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Happy National Guacamole Day! Wouldn't you just love to be able to chill out today with a big ol' bowl of guac and a fresh bag of rinds?
Whether you love the classics or can't get enough spice, we've got the right guac recipe to make your favorite flavor of Rudolph's Pork Rinds sing. Did you know that guacamole dates back to the days of the Aztecs? All these years and we think we've finally found three recipes to prove that some things really do get better with age!
#NationalGuacamoleDay comes 1x a year. Make it last w/ 3 all-star #guac #dips! https://ow.ly/QiAGi https://ctt.ec/ovFeb
Italian Guacamole by Gimme Some Oven. All we can say is, "Yum!" It's a twist on a classic that you don't want to miss. Try it with our OnYums!
The Perfect Guacamole recipe by The Kitchn is truly delicious. Close your eyes and just imagine that you're south of the border! Try it with our Original Pork Rinds!
Our easy Guacamole Dip is the perfect compliment to our Bold and Spicy BBQ Pork Rinds. Give it a try and you might be tempted to lick the bowl clean!
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Posted on: September 16th, 2015 | By: Rudolph's Pork Rinds
Do you know where your favorite Rudolph's pork rinds come from? Right, from us of course! But how do they get to you? They don't appear out of thin air (what a treat that would be)! It's all thanks to truck drivers! This September, celebrate National Truck Driver Appreciation Week with us and you just might win cash and some tasty pork rinds.
Haven't you heard? Rudolph's new Fill My Rig game is a hit! Will you be the lucky one to win $2000? https://ow.ly/RamKz
From now until National Truck Driver Appreciation Week (September 13-19), we'll celebrate over 3.1 million hard working truck drivers who travel nearly 400 billion miles each year with our Fill My Rig game. Each time you play, you're be automatically entered to WIN the grand prize … a $2,000 cash prize and a year's supply of pork rinds! First runner-up? You'll win a year's supply of pork rinds. Either way, celebrate and play for a chance to win.
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Posted on: September 9th, 2015 | By: Rudolph's Pork Rinds
Rudolph's Pork Rinds are truly spectacular. They're crunchy, savory, and, best of all, satisfying. But don't take our word for it! Here are 3 top bloggers who have publicly proclaimed their love for our rinds.
When #PorkRind fans use the L word, U know it's #love! https://ow.ly/QloRS
If you're a true snacker, let us know! We've always got an ear to the ground and a hand clutching a bag of pork rinds! Here are a few fans that aren't afraid to say the "L word" … When it comes to Rudolph's at least!
1. Louisiana Cajun Recipes. Straight from Baton Rouge, Louisiana comes a vlogger passionate about eating a great meal and sharing it with fellow food lovers. Take a peek at his latest video featuring Rudolph Foods!
2. Queen of Reviews. You know you're a Rudolph's Pork Rinds fan when you're willing to share them with the world. Justine knows just how important it is to show her fellow snackers just how delicious our wonderfully crunchy bites are through giveaways.
3. Tales From A Southern Mom. Pork rinds, dips, and family. Oh my! This Southern mama knows how to party. By sharing only the best recipes we have to offer, she gives readers a gift unlike any other! Yum!
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Posted on: August 26th, 2015 | By: Rudolph's Pork Rinds
So, you've got the #ManCave, the autographed football carefully encased in glass, and a big screen TV that showcases just how much of a man you truly are .. But a man's man can handle the heat. Can you?
It's #HotNSpicyFoodDay! Man up! How to #eat #spicy foods here: https://ow.ly/QiAGi
From Hot & Spicy Pork Rinds to Bold & Spicy BBQ Pork Rinds, we know how to seek heat. But our friends at The Kitchn can help you learn how to hide the sweating, the flushed face, and that signature fiery mouth. Their tips below:
1. Eat Slowly. The more capsaicin you've ingested, the stronger your body's reaction will be. Eating slowly keeps a steady but tolerable amount in your body.
2. Drink Something Ice-Cold. Ice numbs the nerves in your mouth to the point where they aren't activated by the spice.
3. Eat Something Rough. Crackers, bread, and rice give the receptors in your mouth a different kind of signal to focus on.
4. Build Your Tolerance Slowly. Learning how to handle spice takes a bit of determination. By eating a lot of increasingly hotter foods, you'll build your tolerance gradually and come to appreciate the nuances in the different kinds of spice!
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Posted on: August 19th, 2015 | By: Rudolph's Pork Rinds
They're the lone stars. They're the silent partners. They're the road warriors. They're America's truck drivers, and we're celebrating them all month long!
Now, when you celebrate with us, the reward is two-fold: You get to honor the men and women who bring bag after bag of Rudolph's Pork Rinds to your local store and you get to have fun doing it … With our all-new game!
Honor #America's #TruckDrivers & #WIN cash here! https://ow.ly/Qiuct
Now until National Truck Driver Appreciation Week, September 13-19, we'll celebrate the more than 3.1 million hard working truck drivers in our country who travel nearly 400 billion miles each year with our new game, Fill My Rig.
Each time you play, you're entered to WIN the grand prize. That's a $2,000 cash prize and a year's supply of pork rinds. First runner-up? You'll win a year's supply of pork rinds.
Play and enter here.
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Posted on: August 5th, 2015 | By: Rudolph's Pork Rinds
There's 101 ways to eat pork rinds, and when you follow us on Pinterest, you can get them all! From Paleo Pork Rind Tortillas to Pickle Brined Chicken Tenders, you'll be in a pork rind lover's paradise!
And because men deserve a hearty, pork rind lovin' meal, this month's recipe will have you reaching for seconds (and thirds and fourths!) of pizza when you use our bacon flavored Pork Rind Pizza Crust. How high can you pile the toppings?
Whether you carefully place ingredient or just toss 'em all on there, we challenge you to transform your pizza. How do the pork rind experts at Rudolph's do it? Take a look:
Pork Rind Crust
1 bag Rudolph's Pork Rinds, crushed
1/2 cup shredded mozzarella cheese
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
3 eggs, beaten
Toppings for the Ultimate Pork Rind Pizza:
The Classic: Fresh Tomato Sauce, fresh mozzarella, spinach
Sausage Lover's: Crumbled sausage, pepperoni, sliced garlic, green onion
Golden Onion: Carmelized onions, mozzarella cheese, olives
Market Veggies: Roasted potatoes, garlic, olives, oregano
Kale & Beef: Crumbled beef, sliced green onions, torn kale
Mix all the ingredients well, press into a nonstick sprayed pie pan, going up the sides. Bake at 350°F for about 8 minutes.
Add your toppings, then re-bake until cheese and toppings are hot. This recipe can easily be doubled to fit a pizza pan.
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Posted on: July 29th, 2015 | By: Rudolph's Pork Rinds
This summer, #LetsGetSauced. We don't mean with a dainty salad or too-tart lemonade. What you need is to fire up the charcoal and smell the scent of charred beef on the grill.
3 master #grilling tips from the #porkrind pit pros: https://ctt.ec/rl9ct+
Follow the ultimate man's guide for grilling, grab a bag or two of Rudolph's Pork Rinds and you'll be king of the BBQ.
1. Keep the grate hot, clean, and oiled. This is the grill master's mantra. Follow it to keep food from sticking and for world class grill marks. Before grilling, scrub the hot grate with a wire brush, then rub it with a tightly folded paper towel dipped in oil. Scrub the grate again when you're finished cooking.
2. Grip, don't stab. Use a pair of tongs – not a barbecue fork or, worse, a knife – to turn meat or move it around on the grill.
3. Give it a rest. Meat served right off the grill will taste tough and dry, but a post-grill rest allows the muscle fibers to reabsorb the juices, resulting in a tender and succulent cut.
Pork Rind Lover's Rule No. 1:
When someone asks you, "How do you want your favorite Rudolph's Pork Rind Pork Chops?" The answer is, "Grilled … with a side o' pork rinds."
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Posted on: July 15th, 2015 | By: Rudolph's Pork Rinds
What's better than Rudolph's Pork Rinds? Burgers made with pork rinds! This 4th of July, we're taking the patriotism up a notch with the beefiest (and porkiest!) super burgers you've ever seen!
When those fireworks are lighting up the sky on Independence Day, we'll be right there with you, munching on one of our favorite pork rind recipes: The Beefy Pork Rind Burger. But we're not stopping there …
Take your #burger up a notch with our list of hefty toppings! https://ctt.ec/7Yb7c+
Pile on these toppers for a one-of-a-kind masterpiece:
The Southern Heat Burger: Spicy salsa and a dash or two of hot sauce (if you dare)!
The This-Is-As-Close-As-I'm-Getting-To-Salad Burger: A little Caesar dressing goes a long way in giving your burger a unique bite.
The Porky Pig Burger: Add a pile of pork rinds to your burger and get ready for a big crunch!
The Red, White and Blue Burger: Top your burger with tomato, crumbled blue cheese, and a healthy serving of pork rinds. Each festive bite will be unforgettable!
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Posted on: July 1st, 2015 | By: Rudolph's Pork Rinds
Ever wonder what it takes to become a pork rind expert? It takes someone who relishes each crunchy cracklin and who appreciates their crispy, meaty texture. Ultimately, it also takes someone with a pure love for fried pig skin. Here, we unlock some of the knowledge that all snacking experts know, including some need-to-know facts about the pork rind's counterpart … the cracklin!
Cracklins are the cousin to pork rinds, fried with just a little extra fat that gives them a major pork flavor. Also called scratchings, some cracklins are even fried a second time in order to give them that unmistakable crunch. One bite and you'll wonder how so much flavor can be packed into such a compact snack! Check out our field guide to pork rinds (and cracklins) to know the in's and out's of your favorite snacks!
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Posted on: June 29th, 2015 | By: Rudolph's Pork Rinds
June is Men's Health Month! Snackers like yourself should be stoked!
With a crunch like Rudolph's Pork Rinds, you'll be able to tolerate even the … (shudder) vegetable medley your wife puts in front of you for dinner.
This is one #LowCarb #PorkRind #recipe that's sure to get you through #MensHealthMonth: https://ctt.ec/84akz+
We'll get you through the month with a low-carb, high protein, and gluten-free snack that has the crunch and flavor you crave. The wife won't nag you about your snacking habits when you tell her those pork rinds you're munching on have more protein than nuts and are low carb. Nutrition is the backbone to becoming the man's man you really want to be, so, during the month of June, skip the potato chips with 15 grams of carbs and reach for Rudolph's Pork Rinds.
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Posted on: June 15th, 2015 | By: Rudolph's Pork Rinds


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WEST BATH, Maine (AP) � A painting contractor from Bath has been sentenced to a year in jail for stealing cash, jewelry and other items from homes where he had worked.
The Times Record (http://bit.ly/1dy06C6 ) reports that Matthew Atwood was also ordered by a judge in Sagadahoc District Court to three years pf probation and to pay more than $17,000 in restitution.
Authorities say the 36-year-old Atwood stole jewelry and cash worth $11,000 from a Georgetown home where he had worked as a painting contractor in January 2012.
Police arrested Atwood a second time and charged him with theft after investigators identified property stolen from a second Georgetown complainant had been pawned in the Lewiston-Auburn area.
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General Discussion / Re: Expelled, with lie-correcting subtitles!« on: November 02, 2008, 04:56:26 AM »
Octamed: you might want to change the title. It makes it seem as if the movie's included.
You're right, I changed the description. Plus I deleted it and reuploaded another one because it was broken anyway!
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Back at the end of July, Microsoftee Dare Obasanjo attacked the Open Web Foundation for being a bunch of kids fresh out of college who hadn't heard of IETF or other standards bodies. I dashed off a post calling on Dare to revert to his previously ecumenical ways of supporting bottom-up standards development, and to stop his partisan attacks on these Animal House attempts and their predatory sponsors from Google et al. The response in comments took me to task for being an idiot but others were not so sure.
Flash forward to a few days ago, when another post by Obasanjo popped up as a pingback linked to the phrase "personal attacks by Techcrunch" with more of the same, this time focusing on the Portable Contacts API promulgated by OWF co-conspirator Chris Messina and Plaxo's Joseph Smarr. The money graf:
If anything, I'm concerned by the growing number of interdependent specs that seem poised to have a significant impact on the Web and yet are being defined outside of formal standards bodies in closed processes funded by big companies. For example, about half of the references in the Portable Contacts API specs are to IETF RFCs while the other half are to specs primarily authored by Google and Yahoo! employees outside of any standards body (OpenSocial, OAuth, OpenSearch, XRDS-Simple, etc). I've previously questioned the rise of semi-closed, vendor driven consortiums in the area of Web specifications given that we have perfectly good and open standards bodies like IETF for defining the Open Web but this led to personal attacks on TechCrunch with no real reasons given for why Web standards need to go in this direction. I find that worrying.
I called Messina up and arranged for he and I to have a conversation today on The Gillmor Gang, where we touched on the history and attitudes of Obasanjo in the context of what clearly is something too tempting to be left alone. Messina goes into some depth about the rationale for OWF and its genesis, mostly as the outgrowth of what Chris calls work done to solve small problems. OWF, as Messina suggests, is an attempt to help leverage legal issues common to many of the "specs authored by Google and Yahoo! employees outside of any standards body" to help move these useful tools from point solution to specs able to be bought into by big companies or even the aforementioned IETF.
I'll let Chris explain the details of Portable Contacts and much more, but, though I tried to broker some conversation directly between Obasanjo and the college kids to bridge the gap between them, here I'll just parse that first sentence of Dare's:
- growing number of interdependent specs – cleverly intertwined to shut out big company market force standards broadsides
poised to have a significant impact on the Web – threatening to overwhelm the right way of doing things with subversive amateur disruption of the Wild Wild Web
defined outside formal standards bodies – note the silent use of the word "open"
in closed processes funded by big companies – as opposed to the formal standards bodies funded by big companies.
Let me get this straight. These things are working, they grow from the grassroots into useful tools, we should go back to the good old days where market leaders create standards bodies like WS-I to shut out competitors' work, and these homegrown efforts are closed because the same market leaders decline to participate when invited.
And a personal note: if using past words to underline how different an agenda seems to have emerged is a personal attack, then perhaps I'll take it as a backhanded compliment that my perspective may be poised to have a significant impact on the Web too. I hope you're right, Dare. Microsoft can't afford to be anything but transparent about its interpretation of what the meaning of open is, with only three weeks and change to go to Mesh and the Windows Cloud's promised open platform debut at the PDC.


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Mathematician and writer Alex Bellos says there is a superior way to cut a cake which helps "maximise the amount of gastronic pleasure", by keeping it fresh for longer.
The scientific cake-cutting method was developed by a British scientist over 100 years ago.
It involves cutting a rectangular slice out of the middle of the cake first, ensuring the cake's insides won't get dry when put in the fridge for later.
For example: If you cut out a triangle, the exposed sides in the middle of the cake are vulnerable to dryness.
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text: In the world of wine, air is the enemy. Or more specifically, oxygen is the enemy. Let me step back a second. Air serves a very important purpose when you're drinking wine. Most importantly, it "opens up" a wine and helps to bring out its character. When you slosh wine from a bottle into a glass, a lot of air gets mixed in. This causes those aromatic compounds to fill the glass and makes the experience of drinking a good wine all that much better. There are decanters and aerating gadgets to speed up this process, too, if swirling's not your thing. But once air gets to the wine, the cat is out of the bag. While it will taste fantastic for a few hours, it will then slowly lose its fruitiness, its aroma, its body, and just about everything else. Eventually the wine will oxidize due to exposure to O2 in the air, which starts a chain reaction in the wine, forming hydrogen peroxide, then acetaldehyde, neither of which you want to be drinking a lot of. Once a wine is uncorked (or once the cork starts to fail), this process begins in earnest. So what do you do if you want to drink a single glass of wine but not throw away the other four-fifths of the bottle? You turn to a wine preservation system. There are three main tactics to arrest oxidation, and gadgetry is available for each. They are: 1. Suck the air—including the oxygen—out of the bottle, leaving a vacuum. 2. Replace the bad air with good air; some inert gas that won't interact with wine. 3. Form a physical barrier between the wine and the air. (You can also do this by pouring the remainder of a larger bottle of wine into a half-bottle and resealing it such that no air is left between the wine and the cork.) Which one works best? I've been writing about wine for more than a decade and have tried all three of the above strategies many times over. I have developed opinions about each method, but until now I'd never done any formal, controlled testing between multiple devices. For this report, I used my informal test results as a guideline but am largely relying on this fresh, formal analysis. How We Tested I purchased seven bottles of the same wine (a California Cabernet Sauvignon). Five were opened and tasted to ensure they weren't tainted in some way, and the same amount of wine was poured or extracted from each bottle. The five bottles were each sealed for two days using one of five different preservation systems. After 48 hours, the wines were tasted blind (i.e., with no advance knowledge of which glass was which) and were rated based on how close they tasted to a freshly opened bottle. The wines were then resealed for another five days. On day seven, the blind testing was repeated against another fresh bottle of wine. My wife, who is a wine industry professional and seasoned taster, also tasted all the wines with me. Our marks were very similar across the board. I'm not the first person to attempt this test, so remember that every vendor can and will point to its own results that show that without a doubt that its product is the best at preserving wine. They might actually be right: Different wines keep better under different conditions. A big Chardonnay may keep for days under a vacuum seal in the refrigerator, but a delicate old Burgundy could fade in hours unless it's treated with the dignity it deserves. That said, the big picture shakes out like this.Vacu Vin Wine Saver This is the preservation system just about everyone starts on. It's cheap, brainlessly simple to use, and for overnight preservation, it usually works well. Just pop a special rubber stopper into the bottle's mouth, then press the hand pump to the top. Pull back a few times and air gets sucked out of the bottle, creating a (somewhat weak) vacuum. A clicking noise alerts you when the pump can't extract any more air. Vacu Vin Wine Saver Mechanism: Hand-pumped vacuum $10 (extra stoppers cost $2 each) vacuvin.com In theory it's a perfect solution: If air is the enemy, then no air is the answer. Getting the air out of the bottle should theoretically protect the wine indefinitely. The trouble is the part where you create a vacuum by hand. How much air can you realistically pull out of a wine bottle with a $10 piece of plastic? Some have actually measured the strength of the vacuum created and calculated that it's only about 70 percent complete, and that's on a fresh pull. That leaves plenty of air in the bottle, plus, over time, there's fear that a Vacu Vin seal leaks, letting in even more air every day. Furthermore, some have speculated that the process of creating the vacuum sucks out the volatile esters from the headspace in the bottle, essentially removing flavor compounds along with oxidizing elements. In reality, that's a whole lot of doomsaying over a stocking stuffer, and for short-term wine keeping, Vacu Vin works better than detractors claim. In fact, in my two-day test, the Vacu Vin wine earned my highest score. I couldn't tell it apart from a fresh bottle. But things went south—way south—after a week. At the seven-day mark, the Vacu Vin wine had become extremely musty and was completely undrinkable, lending credence to some of the theories about its long-term effectiveness. For short-term storage, Vacu Vin is foolproof and works fine, but if you need to keep an open bottle for more than 48 hours, look elsewhere. WIRED The most affordable wine preservation system this side of sticking a cork in the bottle. Easy to apply to multiple bottles at once. Fast and idiot-proof. TIRED Completely ineffective after a couple of days. Easy to accidentally bump seal and break vacuum. Sealed bottles can't reliably be stored on their side. Rating: 7 out of 10Private Preserve It takes quite a leap of faith to put your trust in Private Preserve. This can of inert gasses—nitrogen, carbon dioxide, and argon—feels empty when it's full. To use it, first you read the instructions. (There's enough text emblazoned on the surface of the can to make Dr. Bronner jealous.) Then, following the steps outlined, just remove one of the WD-40 style mini-straws, connect it to the nozzle, and insert it into a partially-consumed bottle of wine. A specific sequence of long and short compressions (described on the canister) sprays a blanket of this invisible gas atop the wine, then you quickly seal it shut, ostensibly sealing in what's inside. Private Preserve Mechanism: Inert gas spray $9 (120 uses) privatepreserve.com Did you do it right? Well, there's no way of knowing until the next time you pour a glass from the bottle. That said, if you do use Private Preserve correctly, it really does seem to do the trick. Blind tastes of wines preserved for two days and seven days with the product earned some of the highest marks in my comparison. I couldn't tell much of a difference between a fresh bottle of wine and one preserved with Private Preserve for a week. And after just two days, I actually thought the Private Preserve bottle tasted better than a freshly opened one. The bottom line is that air may be an invisible killer, but the stuff inside Private Preserve is clearly even stronger. At a price that equates to less than a dime per use, this is a low-risk way to keep your wines intact. WIRED Perhaps the best overall at preserving wine; the company says it's had wines opened for over four years under Private Preserve no ill effects. Cheap. Usable on multiple bottles simultaneously (and other non-wine products, too). TIRED Bottles must be stored upright. Cork jammed back into the top of a bottle doesn't scream elegance. Instructions vary on website versus bottle. Practice before trusting your Petrus to it. Rating: 9 out of 10Air Cork Not the most elegant of wine preservation systems, the Air Cork at first looks a bit like something you'd find at Spencer Gifts. The idea behind it is simple: You insert a deflated latex balloon into the neck of the bottle. It's connected via a hose to a hand pump, which you squeeze to inflate the balloon until it forms a seal against the sides of the bottle. Getting the height right so there's minimal air trapped between the balloon and the surface of the wine is tricky, but making tweaks is easy enough. A valve releases the air out of the balloon so you can remove the mechanism when you want another drink. Air Cork Mechanism: Inflatable rubber barrier $25 (extra balloons $5 each) aircork.com The overall appearance of the Air Cork, whether inflated or not, is a little disconcerting, but the impact it had on my test bottle was worse. In blind testing, the wine was decidedly unpleasant by day two, with a distinct chemical taste to it. Things were only marginally worse at day seven, though at least the chemical notes had faded considerably, leaving behind a merely dull, lifeless wine with no fruit left in it — worse than a wine that had been sitting with just a cork in it at that point. My theory is that the wine's contact with the rubber in the balloon affected it even more than the air, although the company explicitly claims it will not. That said, I had better luck with Air Cork on other test bottles (not tasted blind), so I won't write it off completely. But there are better options available. WIRED Seals bottle without extra height (making it more likely to fit on a refrigerator shelf). TIRED Relatively ineffective, even for short-term use; even the company says a seal is good for just three days before re-pumping is required. Looks juvenile. Requires cleaning. Unclear what long-term impact of rubber on the wine might be. Rating: 4 out of 10Savino The Kickstarter-launched Savino (save+vino) is the only product in this roundup that requires you to take the wine out of the bottle for it to work. On one hand, that's good: The Savino is elegant and sophisticated and lets you pretend your Yellow Tail is Chateau Lafite. On the other hand, that's just more stuff you have to clean before bedtime. The idea is similar to the Air Cork. Pour the wine into the Savino, then drop a hollow plastic disc on top. The disc floats to the top of the wine, and a silicone ring around the edges blocks virtually all of the wine's surface from being exposed to air. Savino Mechanism: Custom decanter with floating plastic barrier $60 savinowine.com That's the idea, anyway. Results with the Savino were mixed and, in fact, a little baffling. After two days, the wine in my blind taste was at its worst, a funky, musty wine that had begun to taste astringent and was developing some of the same chemical notes as the Air Corked wine. But on day seven, things had settled down. At this point, the wine was tasting fresh and fruity, with none of those off notes. In less formal tests, I've also had inconsistent results. One wine will taste fine after four or five days, another will turn sour after 24 hours. What to make of all of this? Maybe it's best to use Savino as a simple decanter, and drop in the preservation disc topper if you don't happen to finish it off... then hope for the best. WIRED Handsome. Easy to use: Dump in wine, drop in the float. TIRED Inconsistent performance. Lots of stuff to clean (disassembles into five separate pieces). Needs special care to avoid sunlight and jostling the carafe. One wine at a time only. Seems pricey. Rating: 5 out of 10Coravin 1000 Easily the most sophisticated preservation system on this list, the steampunky Coravin 1000 is the only device I've seen that can remove wine from a bottle without ever opening it. Designed by a medical device inventor, the Coravin works by inserting a long needle (inspired by a spinal needle) directly through the cork and capsule of an unopened bottle of wine. Push a button and argon goes in, which allows wine to come out through the same needle. When you're done, remove the Coravin and the cork reseals, leaving virtually no evidence that the wine's been consumed. In a sense, the wine's original preservation system—the cork—does the real work. Coravin 1000 Mechanism: Needle inserts argon while extracting wine $350 (est.), refills about $10/capsule. Launches later this year. coravin.com It's a fascinating concept that lets you sample a wine before committing to it, perfect for those who want to check if a wine is ready to be consumed. Got a cellar full of old Mouton? Now you can sample it every few months so you don't miss the optimal drinking window. Of course, if you want to use it to drink one glass of wine a night for a week, you can do that too. (High-end by-the-glass service at restaurants is a major target for the company.) At the same time, the Coravin has some issues. It's far from intuitive, it doesn't work with synthetic stoppers or screwcaps, and wine pours slowly and somewhat inelegantly, full of spurts and splatters. Even storing the device is tricky, and the whole affair is crazy expensive (not even mentioning the cost of argon refills). Once you get the hang of the device, it really performs well. Along with Private Preserve, the Coravin 1000 was the only product I tested to offer solid preservation results at both the two-day and seven-day mark, with almost no noticeable changes to the wines over that time. Coravin has beta testers using this device on oversize magnum bottles in wine bars, where the wines are often slowly drained over the course of a few weeks (and sold at $30 a glass). The investment—both upfront and ongoing, as each argon canister is good for only about 15 glasses—will be prohibitive for most, but for drinkers with five- or six-figure cellars who are constantly kicking themselves that "I shoulda drank this a year ago," the Coravin 1000 is a unique and soon-to-be essential piece of gear. Formally launching late summer 2013. WIRED Try your wine without ever opening it? We're sold. Top-notch preservation. Usable on unlimited bottles simultaneously, which can then be re-stored however you like (even returned to the cellar). TIRED Composite corks don't reseal. Extremely expensive. Tends to make a mess even after you get the hang of it. Rating: 8 out of 10All Photos: Alex Washburn/Wired


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Actors Theatre provides a Shakespearean-style study break in Love Labour's Lost, which is playing now.
Love Labour's Lost will go on from now until Sept. 21 each day except Mondays at various times. All performances are to happen in the Pamela Brown Auditorium at Actors Theatre, located at 316 W Main Street in downtown Louisville.
Tickets for each show range in price from $25-$59 per person, depending on the seat. All tickets can be purchased at the Actors Theatre box office, the Actors Theatre website, or by calling the box office at 502-584-1205.
Love Labour's Lost is a Shakespearean comedy about a king and some scholars who decide to rid themselves of all possible distractions in order to study. That'll change when a princess and her ladies come into town, and the men become interested in them.
Love Labour's Lost will run 2 hours and 10 minutes with a 15 minute intermission. The show is recommended for those 14 years of age and over due to the show's sexual innuendos.
During Love's run, Actors Theatre will also return Dracula to the stage. That production opens Sept. 12.
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Millet has participated in Communities in Bloom since the program started in 1996. Under the direction of Mrs. Bernice Knight (dubbed 'the Flower Lady'), the Town bloomed into the Prettiest Town in Alberta. Mrs. Knight became the representative for Communities in Bloom in 2000 to assist other communities in becoming participants of the Communities in Bloom Program.
Mrs. Carol Sadoroszney then became the Chairperson for Millet in Bloom and, with a lot of help from volunteers, businesses, residents and employees, Millet was dubbed the Prettiest Town in Canada after winning the 2001 Nationals!
Millet has competed internationally with Audley, England in 2000, and Waringstown, Northern Ireland in 2002. In 2005, Millet decided to compete at the Provincial level as it was Alberta's Centennial and Millet's 10th year as a participant in the Communities in Bloom Program.
In 2006 Millet began once again competing at the National Level.
Millet in Bloom celebrated it's 20th Anniversary in 2015!
Wood chips can be purchased at $75 per 1/2 tonne truckload. Payment can be made at the Town office, and then arrangements to be made with Public Works to pick up the chips: 387-5535.
Second Tuesday of each month, in the Council Chambers at the Town Office at 7:30 pm from March through to October annually.
For more information check under 'Meetings' on the Sidebar.
The logo of Daisies was selected through the Town Flower Contest in 2000. Residents were asked to submit their choice of flower and from this the Daisy was selected. It is easy to stylize, draw, reproduce on promotional items, or put on light post banners. In old English it means "Days Eye" (the sun).


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Croonquist is half Swedish, half African American, and married into a Jewish family. She has a lot to talk about, but last year, some of her material went a little too far for her in-laws.
"One line is that I said that when I met my mother-in-law for the first time, I realized that Jews can't whisper, 'cause I met her, and I said, 'It's such a pleasure meeting you,' and she said, 'Have a seat, Eliot put my pocketbook away,'" Croonquist said.
Croonquist was sued by her mother-in-law and sister-in-law last April. They argued that her material was holding them up to public ridicule.
"I felt dirty, I felt sick, I felt so bad. I felt betrayed," she said.
However, she received good news on Tuesday. A judge threw out the case, saying her statements were opinions and not fact, and even what she said about her sister-in-law, the judge said, was all protected under the First Amendment.
"My sister-in-law is a Jewish broad that has this north Jersey dialect … like a cat in heat," she said.
Croonquist says the ruling is a victory for all comedians.
"Can you imagine, Rodney Dangerfield not being able to make a mother-in-law joke," she said. "I was petrified. Suppose I lost, there would be no mother-in-law jokes."
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Loss Recovery Insurance Case Study: Storm and water ingress damage
A few days before the critical Open Day for September entrollments, a freak rain storm caused havoc as water poured through the building, bringing down the ceiling on two floors and forcing the closure of the coffee bar on the ground floor.
Fortunately, the Centre had Loss Recovery Insurance as part of their building and contents policy. The broker was notified and Lorega's Loss Adjuster was promptly on site to offer support and advice.
The Lorega Adjuster was immediately able to organise contractors to carry out preventative work to the roof gullies and start the drying out process.
Using his skills and experience of this type of complex claim, the Lorega Adjuster liasied with the Insurance Company to authorise the works in double quick time.
With only five days before the key Open Day, it was vital that all the work was completed to allow the Centre to enroll the requisite number of students to gain its government funding.
With great team spirit, and project management from Lorega, having worked through the weekend, the building was back up and running in time.
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We provide final date engraving on memorials already in place at a cemetery. We do this work on site and, since it is not included on the original purchase, there is a charge for this service.
We can match up any engraving, whether the memorial was purchased from us or it was originally done by another company.
Families or Funeral Homes simply need to contact us and we will take care of it for you.


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Accessibility is a core component of everything we do. We will evaluate your site page-by-page ensuring any and all accessibility requirements are fulfilled, making sure any visitor to your site who lives with a disability has the means necessary to experience your site in its entirety.
508 Compliant Website Design Services
Plethora Design offers Section 508 Compliance web site development solutions for government, government contractors, businesses, non-profit entities and the private sector to ensure your organization's website is meeting the standards set by the Federal government. Our team includes skilled web designers and expert accessibility analysts with extensive development backgrounds and the technical insight needed when developing or testing Section 508-compliant web-based content.
Having a clear understanding of the accessibility requirements and the knowledge to translate the requirements into technical solutions is essential when building a 508-compliant website. Plethora Design has expert knowledge of how people with disabilities interact with information technology and we are well-versed in the requirements within the Section 508 legislation. Not only do we provide a website that all users can effectively access, we design the website with forward-compatibility, ensuring that as browsers continue to evolve, your website remains constantly functional for all visitors.
Depending on your situation, we may need to target WCAG 2.0 AA or AAA level conformance.
What is 508 Compliance?
The Section 508 legislation is an amendment to the Workforce Rehabilitation Act of 1973, signed into law by President Clinton in 1998. This amendment requires the information technology of Federal Agencies, including websites, to be accessible to those with disabilities. The burden is on the Federal Agency to maintain the website and ensure users with disabilities have access to and use of information comparable to that of the general public. While the experience may not be exactly the same, all users must be able to access the same information, including images and media files, as well as perform common tasks, such as making a purchase or filling out a form on your site.
If you are a federal institution or a direct vendor to the Federal government, your business must comply with federally regulated guidelines for Section 508, including web site accessibility. Plethora Design 508 Compliance solutions meet all the accessibility requirements outlined in this legislation. In knowing how to satisfy these conditions, we are able to provide exceptional websites that adhere to the requirements of this act.
While not mandated for the general public, having a 508-compliant site increases your base of potential customers. Roughly 19% of the population is living with some type of disability, and ensuring your site is accessible to this population is certainly to your company or organization's benefit. Don't miss out on potential sales because your site is not accessible to 19% of the population. Even if your website is strictly consumer-based and 508-compliance is not a requirement for you, we can help you make certain you're reaching all of your potential customers!
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Having a design that is focused on the visitor typically requires making sure the flow of navigation and organization of your website meets end-user expectations. We will analyze the layout and navigation of your site to ensure it satisfies user requirements. Additionally, we will make sure the pages and design elements within your site are visible and accessible to all users.
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Islamist militants attacked a gas production field in southern Algeria on Wednesday, kidnapping at least seven foreigners and killing a French national, local and company officials said.
An al-Qaida-linked group operating in the Sahara said it had carried out the raid on the In Amenas facility, Mauritania's ANI news agency reported.
The field, near the border with Libya, is operated by a joint venture including BP, the Norwegian oil firm Statoil and the Algerian state company Sonatrach.
Five Japanese nationals working for a Japanese engineering firm, and a French national were kidnapped, local officials said. The Irish government said an Irishman had also been seized.
A French national was killed in the attack, a local source said, but it was unclear if the victim was the same person who had been kidnapped.
The foreigners were taken in the morning. Algerian troops had mounted an operation to rescue the hostages and had also surrounded the workers' camp at Tiguentourine, a local source said.
Algeria has allowed France to use its air space during its military intervention against Islamist rebels in Mali with al-Qaida links, but officials have yet to make a link between the kidnapping on Wednesday and the conflict in neighbouring Mali.
ANI, which has regular direct contact with Islamists, said that fighters under the command of Mokhtar Belmokhtar were holding the foreigners seized from the gas field.
Belmokhtar commanded al-Qaida fighters in the Sahara for years before setting up his own armed Islamist group late last year after an apparent fallout with other militant leaders.
BP confirmed there had been a "security incident" at the In Amenas field, but could give no more details.
Statoil, a minority shareholder in the venture, said it had been notified of the incident on Wednesday morning but could not say if any of its fewer than 20 employees were affected.
Statoil described the incident as an emergency situation.
BP said the field was approximately 1,300km (825 miles) from the capital, Algiers.
The five Japanese work for the engineering firm JGC Corporation, Jiji news agency reported, quoting company officials. JGC has a deal with Sonatrach-BP-Statoil Association for work in gas production at In Amenas.
In Tokyo, the Japanese foreign ministry said it was gathering information on the situation but could not comment. French foreign ministry officials also said they had no immediate comment and were trying to verify the reports.


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Below are a few saint dolls that I (Isabella) created over Christmas break. I made about 30 of them. Can you guess who they are?
Also, if you are interested in purchasing a saint doll for yourself, I have decided to accept orders. I love to research the story of the saint and figure out how to draw them.
The cost? $10 per doll (plus shipping, if necessary).
Saint dolls are made to order. If you want one that you don't see below, please don't hesitate to request it anyways! As of February 2015, I have made over 60 different saints. You can also specify details if you wish. Saint dolls make great, thoughtful gifts for births, baptisms, confirmations, or just for fun! They are also a wonderful way to learn about the saints' lives and celebrate their feast days. Dolls are made with acrylic paint and sealed with shellac. Their name and date finished are printed on the bottom. They are 2 3/8" tall.
February 2015 update: We are pleased to announce Isabella's newest creation: the Passion Set! http://smeeko.blogspot.com/2015/02/peg-wooden-dolls-passion-set.html
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The news is not ceasing to surprise everyone. As the date approaches, the buzz around this international Pop sensation, Justin Bieber, performing in India is making news every other day. It is for sure one of the biggest live concerts that this country has ever witnessed and the audience is going to go mad for sure! Every other week we are getting updates about the line-up and the celebrities and the list is going to surprise you till the end. We already have Alan Walker, Norwegian music producer and Internet sensation performing the starting set and blowing the minds of the Indian fans. We also might be joined by the all famous Zayn Malik, a former member of the band One Direction and a close pal of JB joining him in his Purpose World Tour India.
This time, we are hearing singer Justin Bieber's mother, Patricia Mallette who is also a Canadian author and film producer might be accompanying her son on India Purpose Tour this May. Though she is not coming to perform alongside her son, but on a vacation. She is coming to an India tour as she is quite mesmerized by the culture and the varied traditions followed all around the country. It seems like Justin's mother will be a part of the touring entourage and the organizers will be curating a bespoke experience for the entire crew. Since India is a new experience for both of them, the organizers have arranged for two different crews.
Apart from this big headline, the organizers have proposed a quick one-on-one conversation between Patricia Mallette and Twinkle Khanna, who is Akshay Kumar's wife and a former Bollywood actress, is yet to be finalized! This Indian tour, in turn, is to be joined by some of the big Bollywood personalities too. Stars like Jacqueline Fernandez, Varun Dhawan, Alia Bhatt, Sonakshi Sinha will be joining this one-day event at D.Y. Patil Stadium on 10th May along with other celebs from the indian music industry.
Justin Bieber started his Purpose world tour in 2016 and has grossed over $200 million worldwide since then. 'Purpose' is his fourth album and he has collaborated with many international artists for it. He has also experimented a lot with electronic sounds to make his music more popular. His latest tracks, Sorry, Cold Water, Love Yourself and What Do You Mean, will be heard during the concert for sure. So what are you waiting for, grab the tickets before they are sold out. This upcoming music concert in India will be an experience to cherish for a lifetime.


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This was posted on Petzl's site this morning. If you have a GRIGRI 2 within the following serial number range, Petzl has requested you contact them directly: 1800 932-2978 or firstname.lastname@example.com. This concerns all GRIGRI 2's (D14 2O, D14 2G, D14 2B ) with the first five digits of the serial number between 10326 and 11136. Our recent shipment from Petzl contained some of these serial numbers! Please check your serial number if you recently purchased a GRIGRI 2 from us.
Below is their Recall Notice:
Petzl has discovered that exerting excessive force on the fully extended handle of the GRIGRI 2 can cause internal damage, such that the GRIGRI 2 handle may become stuck in the open position.
When the handle is stuck in this position the assisted braking function is disabled. A damaged GRIGRI 2 in this configuration will function similarly to a manual belay device (e.g. tube style device).
When using a damaged GRIGRI 2 with the handle stuck in the position as shown in Figure 1, failure to control the braking side of the rope will increase the risk of an uncontrolled descent. A GRIGRI 2 with a damaged handle must be immediately retired from service.
It is important to note that failure to control the braking side of the rope is a misuse of the GRIGRI 2 under any circumstance (See GRIGRI 2 Technical Notice – pdf file, 2,5Mo).
As of June 20, 2011, seven damaged products have been returned to Petzl through our worldwide distribution network. Petzl has no knowledge of any accidents resulting from a damaged GRIGRI 2 handle.
Petzl Response
Because the safety of our users is our primary concern, as a measure of precaution Petzl has decided to take the following actions:
- increase the mechanical strength of the handle on all GRIGRI 2's since serial number 11137.
- recall all GRIGRI 2's with the first five digits of the serial number between 10326 and 11136, and replace with a new revised GRIGRI 2.
Petzl will pay for all shipping costs to complete this replacement.
If you have a GRIGRI 2 (D14 2O, D14 2G, D14 2B) with the first five digits of the serial number between 10326 and 11136, stop use immediately and contact Petzl America to initiate an exchange.
Contact Petzl America in one of two ways:
– By phone: 1 (800) 932-2978 (toll free)
– By email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The previous generation GRIGRI is not concerned by this recall.
"While the potential risk of damaging the GRIGRI 2's handle is very small, our total commitment to the safety of our users has led us to make this decision. With the summer climbing season just beginning, Petzl understands that this recall comes at an inconvenient time and we are working hard to ensure that everyone receives their replacement GRIGRI 2 as quickly as possible. Everyone at Petzl is committed to resolving this issue. We thank you for your continued support."
Romain Lécot
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African American DNA Research Forum
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I just received my results from FamilyTreeDNA and discovered I was in Haplogroup A as well. My great-great-great-grandmother came from the Cayman Islands. I set up a website at www.HaplogroupA.com to share some information with others. I hope there's some useful information there!
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Tinder Troll Steals Forrest Gump's Life Story
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It's common practice to exaggerate your online dating profile, but one Tinder user took things to another level by copying the backstory of Tom Hanks' character Forrest Gump.
Photos of the impersonator's account were posted on Imgur on Wednesday. 'Blake' describes himself as ex-military with hobbies like long distance running, ping pong, and shrimp fishing. If that isn't enough of a giveaway, he adds that he's trying to get over his childhood sweetheart. Blake likes to make small talk at the bus stop at weekends, and has one son – Blake Jr.
To anyone familiar with Robert Zemeckis' epic romance-drama about the life of a loveable dimwit who is an accidental eyewitness to some of the defining moments of the second half of the 20th century, Blake's references are obvious. But for one smitten Tinder hopeful, this was not the case. In one message, Blake says 'you never know what you're gonna get,' surely giving himself away. But 'Arianna' falls for Blake's story – that, or she wanted to believe that a person like Forrest could exist in real life. (Most of us do.)
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On average eighty percent of the salt that we get in the food and drinks that we buy in the store or use in the catering industry. Often we add the remaining twenty percent ourselves during cooking or at the table. A dog will not swallow salt quickly, but can eat food with a lot of salt. Is that harmful to your puppy or growing dog ? Does your dog get sick or is it so harmful that your dog will die. What if your dog has eaten a lot of salty products, do you have to go to the vet ? Read on for answers to these questions.
What is salt ?
Salt is a collective name for lime, gypsum, magnesium, ammonium salts and kitchen salt. If you talk about salt, you often mean kitchen salt. Most of the salt is added by the manufacturers by the manufacturers to aromatize the food. With some food products, the salt provides the structure.
Nutrients in salt
– Sodium
– Calcium
– Magnesium
Insurance for your dog
It can always go wrong … the cost of emptying the dog's stomach (or even worse …) is sky-high. In almost all cases it is a lot cheaper to give the dog a cheap basic insurance. Compare here the list of cheap dog insurances where you can insure your dog the best and cheapest.
Is salt dangerous for a dog ?
A dog naturally does not eat salt. When your dog eats the pot, your dog can get large quantities of salt. For example, pizza, chips and (salt) liquorice contain a lot of salt. If your dog gets too much salt, he may even get salt poisoning. Especially puppies are very sensitive to this. When a dog has salt poisoning, your dog will have a lack of appetite, he will vomit, get diarrhea and suffer from oedemas. This happens when the salt stays in the stomach, it is absorbed by the blood. The blood then extracts water from the tissues and this can lead to dehydration of the cells.
When this goes to the brain, your dog can develop symptoms if :
– Restlessness
– Irritable or slow
– Fever
– Contraction of the muscles
– Accelerated breathing
Increase heart rate and cardiac arrhythmia
Also pay attention when swimming in the sea. Your dog can then get too much seawater. In the case of slipperiness on paths and streets, there is often brining in the winter. The brine salt will sit on the dog's legs. When your dog licks his legs and does this often, he gets a lot of salt in this way. There are sometimes licking for horses and cows in pastures, which also contain a lot of salt !
Do I have to go to the vet ?
At the moment that your dog has received too much salt, it is wise to go to a veterinarian. If your dog develops neurological symptoms due to salt poisoning, it can fall into a coma and even die of its effects.


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During the summer, Liverpool FC International Academy MA offers six weeks of day camp programming at locations throughout New England for players interested in participating in additional off-season training. Our Liverpool FC-approved curriculum is tailored to players of all levels and highlights soccer agility, 1v1 skills for success, and small-sided games.
Dates: June 26-29, 2017 | 9:00am - 3:00pm
Location: Mass Maritime Academy in Bourne, MA
July 10-12, 2017 | 9:00am - 12:00pm at Total Athletics Cape Cod in Barnstable, MA
Mass Maritime Day Camp Registration Fee: $285 per player
Total Athletics Day Camp Registration Fee: $145 per player
Each August, Liverpool FC International Academy MA hosts our Reds Soccer School Residential Camps, an overnight soccer experience for players of all levels lead by members of the Liverpool FC Academy coaching staff. Our camp curriculum highlights a mix of technical and tactical training, small sided competitions, and fun off-field activities. Players are welcome to register for either the overnight, extended day, or day camp option. In addition, all campers receive a camp t-shirt and an official Liverpool FC certificate of accomplishment.
This summer we will be expanding our annual 2017 Reds Soccer School Residential Summer Camp to a second location in Connecticut set to run immediately following our annual Mass Maritime Academy dates.
Mass Maritime Academy | August 7-10, 2017
101 Academy Dr, Buzzards Bay, MA 02532
The Pomfret School | August 10-13, 2017
398 Pomfret St, Pomfret Center, CT 06259
Day Camper (9:00am - 3:00pm): $285
Extended Day Camper (9:00am - 8:00pm): $390
Overnight Campers:
Club Member: $525
Non-Club Member: $595


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by Goran Hugo Olsson
Sundance Selects
2011, 96 min., DVD
The Black Power Mixtape examines the evolution of the Black Power Movement in the black community and Diaspora from 1967 to 1975. The film combines music, startling 16mm footage (lying undiscovered in the cellar of Swedish Television for 30 years), and contemporary audio interviews from leading African-American artists, activists, musicians and scholars.
Including appearances by:
Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture), Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Eldridge Cleaver, Bobby Seale, Huey P. Newton, Emile de Antonio, Angela Davis.
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Wednesday, December 18, 2013
Merry Christmas... Right?
I know, for many reading this blog, Christmas this year just isn't the same. Thoughts of the baby that should be kicking in your belly or sleeping in your arms are at the forefront of your minds.
Last year, making a list of supposed things I "wanted" was a joke. I really wanted to scream at the vain idea of collecting more "things". How could I want more stuff that I didn't need? How could I make a wish list when the ONLY thing I wanted was for Hudson to be safely in my womb and my family to be living the dream I had hoped and prayed for.
If I couldn't have that, then what was I supposed to "want"?
I do remember it all so well.
Brady and I spent Christmas Eve night writing letters and weeping before bed. Reality had sunk in that our little boy in Heaven would never spend a Christmas morning on our living room floor. We would never hear his feet running down the hall in anticipation of new toys.
This reality coupled with the fact that Christmas has everything to do with the birth of a baby, well, leaves you in a whirlwind of emotion, doesn't it? This was the part of it all that I never anticipated to be so difficult.
Hearing the songs about Mary on that first Christmas night as she delivered the Savior of the World was a little different for me.
What did Christmas look like to Mary? I know it wasn't full of lights, presents, food and shopping. Maybe it wasn't as picture perfect for her as we try to make it for us. Can you imagine how she must have felt, looking in the face of Jesus for the first time? Surely she glorified God with excitement, and yet, surely her heart ached maybe just a little knowing this baby wasn't hers. She was chosen to carry Him, but she was also chosen to be the mother that would give her son away. That baby she loved was not meant for her to keep, but to give for a greater purpose than she could have fulfilled.
The purpose and the hope of this story is evident. There is a purpose and hope to yours too, dear momma. It's up to you to find it.
Don't completely lose heart during this season. Please though, feel free to have an imperfect Christmas. One where you cry, write letters, look at pictures and go through cards. Do what you need to remember your baby and honor their life. Don't feel obligated to pretend all is well just to keep your family and friends happy.
I pray that you'll find the purpose and the meaning and that it will provide a measure of peace during this time!
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Your Baby's Senses
Baby's sensory explorations are constant, whether he's mesmerized by Daddy's face or the smell of Mommy's skin. Here, a look at how your baby's senses develop after birth.
Your baby thrives on being held and cuddled. And your touch has an amazing power to communicate love, as well as soothe him and even boost his immunity. Research shows that babies who are stroked lovingly don't get sick as much and cry less often. And preemies who are massaged grow and develop faster than babies who aren't. It's natural for your newborn to prefer soft touches, like a gentle caress or the feel of soft cotton. You'll notice that baby bristles at a rough touch or a scratchy, coarse fabric.
Baby's palate starts to develop in the womb. Different flavors from Mom's diet are transmitted to baby through the amniotic fluid, and then through breast milk once he's born. Recent studies show that the foods baby was exposed to during pregnancy or nursing are the ones he tends to like. So if you love carrots, don't be surprised if your little one shares your opinion. But no matter what you ate during pregnancy, baby is born with a sweet tooth. He'll love that first bite of sweet pureed banana or applesauce.
Baby's hearing is well developed at birth, but he prefers high-pitched voices, like Mom's, because he hears them best. That's why the baby talk most people use is also music to his ears. Over the first year your child's hearing will sharpen and he'll learn to track sounds. For the first three months, he'll only turn toward a sound that's in front of him, but by 6 to 12 months he'll look toward a noise coming from behind him or from across the room.
Baby's little nose is in full working order at birth. He knows your scent well from the time he spent in the womb, and studies show that newborns can tell the difference between their mother's breast pads and those of another nursing mom by scent. Babies are born preferring sweet smells like the fragrance of vanilla; lemon is also a favorite. And your newborn naturally dislikes foul odors, like the smell of rotten eggs. He also hates bitter or sour tastes -- probably an instinct to help him avoid dangerous foods.
At first, a baby's eyes don't work together, and studies suggest that he sees two of everything. He focuses best on objects 8 to 12 inches in front of him (images closer or farther away are blurry). That's about the distance to your face when you're feeding him, so it's no wonder that he loves looking at you.
Newborns prefer the human face in general. They're especially drawn to the outline of the face or the hairline, which is easy to see because of the contrast. Newborns can distinguish light from dark but can't quite see color until about 4 months. Try getting baby's attention with high-contrast patterns (like a checkerboard or stripes) and black-and-white or boldly colored toys. At 4 months he'll begin to use his eyes to coordinate his hand movements, making reaching and grabbing easier.
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Welcome to the Old Saybrook Land Trust
Old Saybrook, with its wealth of natural resources, is a beautiful place to live and to visit. The estuary of the Connecticut River has been both nationally and internationally recognized for its ecological significance, provides habitat for a number of rare and endangered species and is an important stopover for migrating waterfowl, as well as a critical spawning area for fish. Rich tidal wetlands fringe the town's southern boundary along Long Island Sound, with two tidal river systems providing additional significant habitat. No less important are the forested uplands of the town, a complex of rocky outcrops interspersed with rich inland wetland habitat.
The Old Saybrook Land Trust is a 501 (c) (3) non-profit, 100% volunteer-run organization. Our mission is to preserve open space and protect the town's valuable natural resources for the benefit of the general public.
OSLT Upcoming Events
Hike the Preserve with Parks & Rec and the Land Trust - Saturday, November 16th,
Chris Cryder will lead us on a hike through The Preserve. Approximately three to four miles over mostly gentle terrain with some brief climbs. Trails are leaf-covered, with lots of acorns. Wear hiking shoes, take insect precautions, and bring water. Some may wish to bring a walking stick. We will meet at the Westbrook parking area on RT 153.
Register online to be notified of cancellation at https://oldsaybrookct.myrec.com/
Children 7+, no dogs, please.
Date: Saturday, November 16th
Time: 10-12:30
Meeting place: Westbrook parking area on RT 153
Suellen Kozey McCuin Fund
At the request of Suellen Kozey McCuin's husband, Scott McCuin, the OSLT established a fund in her name to use for future conservation projects. Donations may be made online using the button at the bottom of this page. Pictured at left are members of Suellen's family and some of her close friends. The group hiked together in The Preserve to honor Suellen's life on what would have been her 50th birthday. Suellen passed away after a brief illness on August 21, 2015. She was a loving wife, mother and key force in the effort to preserve the 1,000 acre forest for more than 16 years, never wavering in her belief that this land would some day be permanently protected.
Letterboxing at Great Cedars West! Girl Scout Toop 62128 refurbished and improved the trail for their Silver Award project. See the updated clues to 10 boxes.
2017 OSLT Scholarship Awarded
Erin Stangel and OSLT President, Mike Urban
Stewardship Event
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Smartphones can now be used as laboratory-grade medical testing devices thanks to new kit designed by the University of Illinois. The transmission-reflectance-intensity (TRI) analyzer attaches to a smartphone to examine blood, urine or saliva samples as reliably as large, expensive equipment, but costs just $550.
The technology uses a high-performance spectrometer. First, a fluid sample is illuminated by the phone's internal white LED flash, then the light is collected in an optical fiber. The light is then guided through a diffraction grating into the phone's rear-facing camera, and a reading is provided on-screen.


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Having just experienced Hurricane Irma and Hurricane Harvey and dealing with business owners all over the United States we have clients in both areas of the country.
So we wanted to share with you some ideas of how to keep your family and your business safe during these storms.
Let's talk about family first
Hurricane shutters and windows
Flood insurance – even if you are outside a flood zone
Lanterns, Flashlights and batteries
Extra Cell Phone batteries and a solar bank to charge phones and other stuff
Generator – having a generator is important and many home do not have on
Portable AC Unit or Window Unit – these are good with a small generator
Radio with crank
Tv with Rabbit ears
Internet – even with a hot spot – so many towers were down – Internet was not easy to get.
Water – while bottled water is always good – get some 5 gallon water bottles like the ones for a water cooler and fill in your tub or at a store for .25 cents.
Now some idea's for Business Owners
Have a disaster plan for email and servers – have a mirrored location that won't lose power or in another state – so your email and files are on the cloud.
Generators – restaurants – so many lost food and were not able to open for days due to the lack of power
Keep in touch with employees – using what's app or another app so groups can communicate and stay in touch about what the plans are.
Internet – we recommend if you have a router – that you should put in a router with a 3G or 4G fail over with a pre-paid card so there is no monthly fee – that can keep you on the internet and computers running – many businesses had power and no Internet and even someone we talked to today is still with out internet
Credit Card Processing – above solution works
Also an emv device for your smart phone so you can still take payment $10 a month and we are offering these for FREE right now with your merchant account from one of our vendors.
or 3G credit card machine – which has a monthly fee
ATM Machines – we recommend using wireless communication all the time, but if you don't have it for $30 a month you can upgrade now !
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The U.S. military says two American service members have died following an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan.
The military says the attack took place on Saturday but provided no other information about the incident.
Earlier this month, a suicide bomber attacked a joint Afghan-NATO patrol in the region, killing at least 14 people. The Taliban claimed responsibility.
On Friday, U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Afghanistan's president needed to show the international coalition troops who are fighting and dying in his country some gratitude instead of criticizing them.
Panetta was responding to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's remarks a day earlier, in which he said the U.S. was failing to go after Pakistan-based militants and was instead concentrating on the insurgents in Afghanistan.
Panetta said "I think it would be helpful if the president every once and awhile expressed his thanks for the sacrifices that have been made by those who have fought and died for Afghanistan, rather than criticizing them."
Tensions between Washington and Kabul have escalated over an increase in insider attacks, in which Afghan security force members, or militants posing as security force members, turn their guns on coalition troops.


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Living behind 林森北路 turned out to be bad for the spirit. Every night I returned to an area known for hostess bars and 酒店 where a twenty-something lady with a fifty-something man was not a rare sight. Granted the accommodation was affordable and every taxi driver in the city knew where 林森北路 (Linsen North Road) was. But living there had its costs. Do you believe in ghosts? By the time I figured out I had to move, I realized I […]
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What is a Tax Fi Fa?
A property tax fi fa is a lien placed against a piece of property for failure to pay taxes when due. Literally, "fieri facias," means "cause it to be done." Another term is "execution." This is a judicial writ directing the sheriff to satisfy a judgment (such as unpaid delinquent taxes on real or personal property) from the debtor's property. By law, a fi fa may be assessed against the property as early as 30 days after the due date. It may be recorded in the office of the Clerk of Court once the taxpayer has received a 30-day notice of such action.
Because a fi fa indicates a late payment or non-payment of a bill, it may affect the credit standing of the property owner(s). Therefore, prompt payment of property tax bills, like any other bill, should be taken seriously. In addition, the fi fa increases the amount due by $6.50 for bills $100 and under and $10.00 for bills over $100.
If a fi fa has been recorded in the Clerk's office, it is marked "Cancelled and Satisfied" when the tax bill (including accrued late fees) is paid, but it is still left on the books as a matter of public record.


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At Wolverton Primary School we offer a wide ranging and comprehensive curriculum that is both structured and stimulating.
At Wolverton Primary School we offer a wide ranging and comprehensive curriculum that is both structured and stimulating. The school places a strong focus on the teaching and attainment of the key skills in English and Mathematics at each stage of a child's development, believing that these provide the foundation upon which further study in other subject areas is based.
Our curriculum follows the National Curriculum (2014), which consists of eleven subjects: English, Mathematics, Science, Design and Technology, Computing and Programming), History, Geography, Art and Design, Music, Physical Education and Modern Foreign Languages (KS2). In addition to these subjects Religious Education is also taught and we follow the Warwickshire Agreed Syllabus for RE (2009). Alongside the academic curriculum, our Personal, Social and Health Education and Citizenship (P.S.H.E & Citizenship) curriculum prepares children for their lives today and in the future.
Our curriculum, with the exception of the Reception class, is planned and taught in phases rather than separate year groups as follows:
- Key Stage 1 (Years 1 and 2)
- Lower Key Stage 2 (Years 3 and 4)
- Upper Key Stage 2 (Years 5 and 6)
We use a topic based or thematic approach to planning our curriculum. Topics have been selected to ensure continuity, progression and full coverage of National Curriculum Programmes of Study. Some subjects, including maths and English are taught discretely.
Our curriculum is underpinned by our 'looking for learning' approach which engages pupils in their own learning, encourages them to recognise the strategies they use to become successful learners and promotes high standards.
At Wolverton Primary School, we endeavour to deliver a 21st century curriculum which promotes and sustains a thirst for knowledge and a love of learning.
By following the links on individual class pages you can find out more information about what your child is covering in the curriculum each term.
The school uses the 'Letters and Sounds' Programme to support the teaching of phonics. Our aim is to develop the children's phonological awareness, ability to segment and blend words and read tricky words on sight in order to become fluent readers. Daily phonics sessions are delivered in the Reception and Key Stage 1 classes. Teacher use a range of both practical and online resources to promote pupil engagement.
National Phonic Screening
All children in Year 1 are screened using the National Assessment materials in the summer term. If the children in Year 1 do not reach the required standard they will be retested when they are in Year 2.
Curriculum and assessment guide for parents 2019 2020
Year 1 to Year 6
This guide is intended to support parents of our primary school children Year 1 to Year 6. It would be impossible to set out in detail everything your child would learn during their six years of statutory primary education, but by providing an outline of typical content and some background information about how the curriculum and assessment works, hopefully this information will help parents support their children in making the most of their learning at Wolverton.
English, Maths and Science are considered the core subjects in both primary and secondary education. The National Curriculum sets out in some detail what must be taught in each of these subjects, and they will take up a substantial part of your child's learning week. Alongside these are the familiar foundation subjects: Art, Computing, Design & Technology, Foreign Languages (age 7+ only), Geography, History, Music, and Physical Education. For these foundation subjects, the details in the curriculum are significantly briefer: schools have much more flexibility regarding what they cover in these subjects.
Much of the publicity about the changes to the curriculum has focused on 'higher expectations' in various subjects, and it is certainly the case that in some areas the content of the new primary curriculum is significantly more demanding than in the past.
High Achievers
If your child is achieving well, rather than moving on to the following year group's work at Wolverton School we will encourage more in-depth and investigative work to allow a greater mastery and understanding of concepts and ideas.
New tests were produced for the summer of 2016 onwards to assess work from the new curriculum.
Tests your child will take
Lots of schools use tests at all stages of their work. For the most part, these are part of a normal classroom routine, and support teachers' assessment. However, at certain stages of schooling there are also national tests which must be taken by all children in state schools. Often informally known as 'SATs', the National Curriculum Tests are compulsory for children at the end of Year 2 and Year 6.
Children in these year groups undertake tests in Reading, Mathematics, and Grammar, Punctuation & Spelling.
The new National Curriculum Tests for children in Year 2 and Year 6 take place each summer from 2016. Tests for Y6 pupils are sent away for marking, and results are reported to schools and parents at the end of the year.
Where previously these tests – and other teacher assessments – were graded in levels (normally numbering between Level 1 and Level 6 in primary school), from 2016 the tests results are reported as a scaled score, with a score of 100 representing the expected level for each age group. The school will provide accompanying information to parents to explain how children are progressing at the end of the year.
To see the curriculum overview grids which outline the topics your child will cover over our two year rolling programme click here. Your child will cover all of the topics shown and therefore cover the content of the National Curriculum by the end of each phase.
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One Hampton LakeBluffton, SC | Multifamily Development
This Class A multifamily development is located at the entrance to a well know planned development in Bluffton, SC called Hampton Lake. The site will afford its residents tremendous waterfront views while also offering amenities that far outweigh the areas competition. Our amenities will include a Cyber Cafe with computers and Wi-Fi, a resident lounge, a billiards and gaming room complete with flat screen TVs, cardio-wellness center, expansive swimming pool with cabanas and grilling stations, controlled access gates and much more. If you are looking for a tranquil and upscale neighborhood that still affords easy access to retail and shopping, Grand Oaks at Hampton Lake will not disappoint.
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