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Penguins Sign Kris Beech, Bill Thomas, Ryan Stone
by Alanah McGinley on 07/15/08 at 04:27 PM ET
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Kris Beech to a one-year contract, it was announced today by Executive Vice President/General Manager Ray Shero.
Beech posted 11 points (six goals, five assists) in 25 NHL games during the 2007-08 season.
He began the season with the Syracuse Crunch (AHL), registering 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) and 22 penalty minutes in 16 contests before joining the Columbus Blue Jackets. Beech was claimed off waivers by the Penguins on January 26th before making his season debut with the team on February 7th vs. the New York Islanders. He played five games until suffering a broken wrist on February 14th at Carolina, missing the remainder of the season.
Beech, 27, had appeared in 95 games in three seasons with the Penguins prior to rejoining the club for the 2007-08 season. He tallied 27 points (10 goals, 17 assists) along with 57 penalty minutes from 2001-2004. Beech also posted 150 points (53 goals, 97 assists) and 319 penalty minutes in three stints with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins of the AHL.
Beech, a native of Salmon Arm, British Columbia has tallied 67 points (25 goals, 42 assists) along with 113 penalty minutes in 198 career games in the NHL. The 6-2, 209-pound forward was originally drafted by the Washington Capitals in the first round (seventh overall) of the 1999 NHL Draft.
—Press Release
The Pittsburgh Penguins have signed forward Bill Thomas to a one-year contract, it was announced today by Executive Vice President/General Manager Ray Shero.
Thomas, 25, played seven games with the Phoenix Coyotes during the 2007-08 regular season, including 15:22 of icetime on December 3rd vs. the Pittsburgh Penguins. He played 75 games with the San Antonio Rampage of the American Hockey League (AHL). The Pittsburgh native tallied 52 points (24 goals, 28 assists) along with 40 penalty minutes. Thomas played in seven playoff games with San Antonio, scoring three points (one goal, two assists).
The 6-1, 185-pound forward has 17 points (nine goals, eight assists) and 10 penalty minutes in 40 career games in the NHL with Phoenix. He made his NHL debut during the 2005-06 season. Thomas has played 122 career games in the AHL, registering 85 points (37 goals, 48 assists) and 60 penalty minutes.
The Fox Chapel High School graduate played two seasons for the Tri-City Storm in the USHL before heading to the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He scored 95 points (46 goals, 49 assists) over 80 games in two seasons and helped guide the team to its first-ever NCAA tournament appearance.
—Press Release
The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Ryan Stone to a one-year contract, it was announced today by Executive Vice President/General Manager Ray Shero.
Stone, 23, played six games over three stints with the Penguins during the 2007-08 season. He made his NHL debut on January 10th vs. Tampa Bay. Stone registered his first NHL point on March 12th vs. Buffalo when he assisted on Chris Minard's first NHL goal. The 6-2, 207-pound native of Calgary, Alberta tallied 39 points (11 goals, 28 assists) and 129 penalty minutes in 65 games with the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (AHL) during the 2007-08 season. He was sixth on the club in scoring and tied for third in assists.
Stone played all 23 games for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton as the team advanced to the Calder Cup Finals. He scored 17 points (five goals, 12 assists) and led the team with a plus-nine rating in the postseason.
Stone was originally selected by the Penguins in the second round (32nd overall) in the 2003 NHL Draft. He has played three seasons in the AHL for Wilkes-Barre/Scranton recording 108 points (32 goals, 76 assists) and 324 penalty minutes in 181 games. Stone has also played 44 playoff games, registering 33 points (11 goals, 22 assists) and 66 penalty minutes.
—Press Release
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(1) Standards that maple syrup or sorghum processors and beekeepers must satisfy in order to be permitted to place on the label of their food products a seal of conformity and inspection of the director, as described in division (A) of this section;
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A ruddy, beet-tinted crumb dotted with sour cherries under a streusel top - just the cake for an afternoon listening to Tchaikovsky.
125g grated raw or cooked beetroot
150g dried sour cherries
1 tsp almond extract
2 tsp mixed spice
1 tsp red-wine vinegar
150g unsalted butter, softened
150g caster sugar
2 large eggs
50g ground almonds
225g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
½ tsp cinnamon
Cherry jam, cream and icing sugar
Line the base of two round 18cm sandwich tins with nonstick baking paper and heat the oven to 180C (160C fan-assisted)/350F/gas mark 4. Mix the beetroot, cherries, almond extract, spice and vinegar in a bowl, and leave to infuse. In another bowl, beat 125g butter and 125g sugar until soft and smooth, then beat in the eggs one at a time. Beat in the ground almonds and the beet mix. Sift 150g flour and the baking powder, and fold in. Divide between the two tins and smooth.
Rub together the remaining flour, butter, sugar and the cinnamon with a teaspoon of water until it crumbles, then sprinkle over one tin. Bake for 35 minutes, give the streusel-topped tin five to 10 minutes longer, and leave to cool. Sandwich with swirls of whipped cream and jam, and dust with icing sugar.


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Company : petragascompany
Address: La house, Kyiv, Ukraine
Telephone: 380-930-964682
Mobile: 380-936941445
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Fax: 380
Address: krechatick
Zip: 04210
Country/Region: Ukraine
Province/State: Kyiv
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Scammer Innocent Peter a.k.a. Ify also does the re-shipping / fake check scam.Innocent Peter
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Birthday: October 8, 1988
Hometown: kiev
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Thanks and please get back to me asap and confirm this mail asap.
Contact me also with this no. +380930964682
Nigerian criminal Innocent Peters, a.k.a. Ify, currently in Ukraine
Нігерійський кримінальну Інокентій Петерс, в даний час в Україні
Other West African criminals scamming from Ukraine...
Stephan Nsansi
Abunaw Henry
Peter Fombang
Paul Ojong Ndip
Ayafor Trésor Zerewoh
Ify Peters


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We also interviewed Codie on her fashion loves & must haves
What first sparked your love of fashion?
I think the fact that when I was much younger, I had access to Fashion TV on Foxtel. They would constantly be playing the latest runway shows from all around the world, as well as interviewing designers. It was incredibly intriguing to a then eight year old me.
Who's your style crush?
Nadia Bartel
Who's your favourite designer?
International wise, my favourite designer would have to be Olivier Rousteing who is the head designer for Balmain. To me Balmain is constantly pushing the envelope. He knows how to dress a woman and there is something so powerful and strong about his designs.
Nationally, my favourite designer would have to be Camilla Franks and Nicky and Simone Zimmermann. Camilla and Zimmermann are both different ends of the spectrum in terms of design and style. Camilla being more bold in colours and Zimmermann being more feminine. However, they both embody the essence of Australian style that being centred around dressing to feel confident and beautiful. Plus the attention to detail, craftsmanship and quality of their designs are impeccable.
What is your favourite fashion blog?
I love Helen Chix, her style is so bright and vibrant and she is always wearing one of my
favourite designers, Camilla! Also love Friend in Fashion.
If you could swap wardrobes with anyone, who would it be?
Definitely Nadia Bartel or Pia Muehlenbeck.
How would you describe your personal style?
It all depends on how I feel. I am very much a minimalist, but on the other hand I love making a statement. I think I am a combination of minimalist, feminine, on trend and a little bit of bohemian.
What are you wardrobe essentials?
Living in Queensland, I live in t-shirts and singlets. My go to for T-shirts is Aje and I love my shoestring t-back tops by Camilla. A pair of denim shorts and a denim skirt is a must for me. I love dresses and playsuits too, there is something about having an entire outfit already sorted that puts the mind at ease. For shoes, definitely a nude heel and a pair of cute flats! In terms of bags, I am definitely a small bag type of person so a clutch and a slightly bigger bag with a strap is ideal.
What's your favourite outfit that you have posted so far?
By far the Zimmerman Lovelorn Floral Flutter dress, completely head over heels in love with that outfit!
What's your favourite Style Secret handbag?
By far the hardest question out of all of them! I will say I am completely biased towards Saint Laurent bags, so in that case I will have to say the Saint Laurent Nude Tassel Satchel and the Saint Laurent Pink Camera Bag. I'll have to say that when I saw the new Gucci Dionysus Blooms Chain Print Bag, I fell in love!
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The ABC has reported that the Department of Immigration have confirmed Ali's bridging visa. With a bridging visa, Ali and Matt can stay together while they wait for the Migration Review Tribunal to hear Ali's case.
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|Dane Cook's Final Horcrux
Which is of course not a sex-party with a fire safety certificate.
(I've started this separate from the Contraception thread, as I'm not thinking about pregnancy prevention so much here, more about STIs - for boys and girls)
I was reading this comic recently, and while I intellectually know that one can catch things on/from one's hands (herpes-hands! wart-hands! fun times!), it would never in a million years have occurred to me to use protection for/from fingers. To be honest, it wouldn't even be at the top of my list for oral sex, even though I know that's me being wrong.
So I thought, why not have us all have a talk about this, in public!
How far do you go to protect yourself during sex? If you're in a longer-term relationship, do you get tested then stop, or not?
I know some people who would say you should still use protection in case someone cheats on you, but then where does it end, because married people can still cheat so do you NEVER stop using condoms unless you want babies, or are taking a huge risk if you do?
Do you use protection for everything, or just genital-genital sex? Should you?
I'm curious!
I'm thinking that a lot of my internal conflict and malaise comes from the tension between the life I ACTUALLY want to live, and the stories I'd love to be able to tell? - T-Rex, qwantz.com
|Dane Cook's Final Horcrux
A fun fact I've just become aware of:
Gonorrhea could soon be untreatable!
I'm thinking that a lot of my internal conflict and malaise comes from the tension between the life I ACTUALLY want to live, and the stories I'd love to be able to tell? - T-Rex, qwantz.com
|Knows what a real civil war should be
My professional opinion:
I... don't need to use protection? Because if I thought I did, I wouldn't be doing anything so then I still wouldn't need protection?
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I would think most monogamous long term relationships proceed from the assumption that no protection against STIs are needed? And yeah, I guess sometimes that trust is misplaced.
I vaguely recall that when we ditched rubbers for other forms of birth control, I told my husband that if he ever cheats, he should at least wear one. "You too," he replied, and that was it. I don't know, in a long term relationship you trust the other person with your well being and health in so many ways. This is just one of them. Relationships are inherently risky.
That said, antibiotic resistant anything gives me nightmares.
Sorry, but you are looking for something that isn't here.
|In control
Long term trusting monogamous relationship means birth control only here too.
Never stare into a car's headlights and freeze, because you'll either be run over or shot.
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I am never shaking hands with someone from your school again.
Hermits have no peer pressure
I've never used protection for hands or oral. I'm aware there's a risk, but you can catch colds, herpes, mono, etc from kissing, so I have somewhat of a fatalistic point of view- you can't ever be completely safe, and for me personally I would not enjoy hands or oral if latex protection was used, so why do it? If I felt it was THAT big a risk with a particular person I'd just skip it all together.
Matrix and I used condoms once in a while when I wasn't using another kind of birth control, and for now TGIB and I will be using condoms, at least until testing gets done, but I have a difficult time finding condoms that my body accepts. It's probably a latex sensitivity, so I'll be trying non-latex options, but in the past Matrix and I used condoms so infrequently that I never bothered doing much research or getting an official diagnosis (and up until now he was the only one I'd had "genital-genital" sex with).
Hopefully I won't have any unplanned or unexpected exposure to an STI due to cheating. Seems sort of silly to me that one would lie about sleeping with another person when one can be honest about it without negative repercussions. But if/when there are other partners involved, I'll likely use condoms, at least for a while, with whoever has the new partner to make sure I'm taking steps to protect myself, rather than relying on secondhand information (and I think both Matrix and TGIB would use protection with a new person also). And both of the guys will probably continue to use condoms if they're with anyone else, even if tests are clean, because, while my tubes are tied, neither one of them has yet been snipped, and there will be NO MORE KIDS!! We are all DONE with pregnancy/babies! So then we're back to the birth control side, rather than the STI side. :P
Vice-Chancellor of the Heartless Bitch Council
Damn peer pressure
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No protection for hands or oral. Condoms at the start and later negotiable.
While i know this is inconsistant, i don't switch sexual partners at all regularly. So I take a few chances for enjoyment's sakes.
It also, in my view, rather depends on the partner.
So post-testing condoms optional.
Blog: Room with a view.
~You are a *Taverner*.
Sometimes patrons want to go where everybody knows their names, though it helps when half of them are named John. When people want to celebrate, or commiserate, they gather to your establishment. You provide the atmosphere, the warmth, rum, and even an ear to bend. Did I mention the rum? Years before the language will be mangled with terms like facilitator and networking and interpersonal communication, you've overseen it all, and broken up a few bar fights, to boot.~
|Knows what a real civil war should be
I prefer no condoms, yellow dishwashing gloves, and a circa WWI mustard gas respirator.
|*Special Achievement Award Winner 2010* shines on like the stars
Minor highjack here,
I had to fish a condom, filled as a water balloon, out of the mens rest room at work. Now a real water balloon is made to break on impact, a good condom should not. Just what are they teaching kids these days?
Life is too short to read a bad book.
|Did something right
I've said it before: Your mouth can't get pregnant.
My baby is cuter than your baby!
|Knows what a real civil war should be
- Big Flinchy
- safe sex
Choose one.
|Smartest woman in the world.
Sorry, Boo. I've made that choice for all of you. You get safe sex, and I get Big Flinchy.
and pregnant.
Parenthetical enthusiast.
|Dane Cook's Final Horcrux
I think the thing about risk, is that it's not a question of 'there's a risk of something so you don't do it', otherwise the best solution would be to not have sex with anyone ever, or leave the house or breathe.
I'm thinking that a lot of my internal conflict and malaise comes from the tension between the life I ACTUALLY want to live, and the stories I'd love to be able to tell? - T-Rex, qwantz.com
Right. LIFE = the STD with a 100% fatality rate!
Vice-Chancellor of the Heartless Bitch Council
Damn peer pressure
|Knows what a real civil war should be
What if Tongsterbot got you pregnant and not Big Flinchy? I mean the only differences between them is the monotone voice and blinking LEDs on the forehead, and Tongsterbot could fake those easily.
I caught genital herpes (HSV1) due to unprotected oral sex (receiving end) The guy I caught it from was asymptomatic and had never even had a cold sore in his life. I learned about viral shedding thanks to him.
Since a huge amount of the population has HSV1 (cold sore virus) and wouldn't imagine that they had to tell a sexual partner that they've had cold sores, I haven't told all of my partners about my infection. If I've had an outbreak due to stress (about once ever 3-4 years or so) I avoid having sex during that period.
I make my partners use a condom because of it. A current casual sporadic lover has requested to have sex without a condom, but I won't let him. He keeps saying, "I don't have any diseases" but I haven't had the heart to tell him, "Dude, I'm making you wear a condom to protect you."
I've had long term partners who have been informed of the risk, and where we've had unprotected sex. None of them have caught genital or oral herpes, most likely because they already have a HSV1 infection.
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I was in the US in the late 1980's, when knowledge of HIV was less than a decade old, and retrovirals weren't on the scene - awareness of possible routes of transmission for STDs were very widely and publicly discussed in lesbian and gay social circles. It seemed to be very much the case that American lesbians were much more into the whole barrier thing - gloves + dams - than British lesbians (generally speaking), although dental dams were known about here, if not all that common, and clingfilm was not unknown, either. That cartoon you linked to is American, I think?
I have been off the scene for a looooong time now, so I don't know what is the generally Done Thing is amongst young lesbians now in the UK.
ETA: also, damn you, I'm now reading Girls With Slingshots.This message has been edited. Last edited by: Hive,
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I suppose the real question is how risky is it? I'll look at straight sex in my hometown of just over 1 million in the incidence coverage area.
In my city chlamydia is the most common STI. It's very common in teens and early twenties cohorts. But not so much in people over 30. It is also common in some neighborhoods and comparatively rare in others usually of higher socio-economic status. With taking into account these and other risk factors and adjusting your behavior slightly your risk would be about 1 in 1000 if you didn't mind a lover over 30. If you went for the worst case scenario and chose the sketchiest 21 year old, who is not a sex worker, is drunk and lives near Somerset you would be up to 22 per 1000. On the other hand chlamydia can be cured with a single pill. Much more dangerous things to worry about.
We have almost wiped out Hep B locally, only 1 case. 2 women contracted syphilis. Only 4 woman were infected with gonorrhea last year. Not much risk considering the size of the metropolitan area.
17 women contracted HIV. 12 through heterosexual sex. 5 knew the partner was HIV positive. If you also factor out persons from countries where HIV is endemic and sex while traveling there are only 3 or 4 cases left.
All in all I would say that our public health authorities have this problem well under control. In terms of real risk all sex in my hometown is "safe" IMO.
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This is Your Brain On L. Ron Hubbard
Maybe you didn't realize that L. Ron Hubbard's greatest genius may have been not merely inventing a whole pseudo-religion from of the scraps of a philosophical notion he found in a 25-cent sci-fi magazine (yes, literally) in order to rake in mountains of cash, but in marshalling armies of lawyers to attack anyone who dared question it and engage in a long, drawn-out battle to have his "church" declared tax-exempt in the U.S. even after barely avoiding being indicted on charges of skimming millions from all the lost '60s souls who gave him all their money because they were brainwashed into seeing him as a visionary and not as, you know, your creepy Uncle Roy who smells like day-old bacon and leers at trees.
So now, as the itchy TomKat PR miasma blessedly sinks back into the rank pop culture tar pits, you can at last find out more about where it all comes from and read Michael Crowley's superlative Slate piece all about the oddball Hubbard himself and maybe find a hint as to why Tom Cruise, Katie Holmes, John Travolta, Kirstie Alley, Beck, Jenna Elfman and that woman who does the voice of Bart Simpson are so fabulously deluded and pretty much anything they say about anything related to psychospiritual analysis should be taken out back and put in a large kiln and baked at 4,000 degrees and then cooled overnight and tossed against a large brick wall to see how easily it shatters into tiny cute little bits.
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GNOME sliding Linux onto business desktopsBy Derek Sooman
The creators of GNOME – a popular Linux desktop environment – have designed the next version to be easier for administrators to deploy in enterprises. GNOME 2.14, which is due for release on March 15, includes technology such as a profile manager (called Sabayon) and an editor to lock down PC functionality (called Pessulus.) The profile manager software can make profiles for groups of users, and can create default and mandatory settings for these groups. The lockdown feature can disable certain functionality in the GNOME desktop, for example forbidding users to edit panels, use the command line and so forth. Applying these kinds of restrictions, of course, is a feature that has been available in Windows operating systems for some time.


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A foot of snow blankets the Sierra just west of Mono Lake (January 8)
"Over the summer, when I gave tours at South Tufa, visitors often asked me, 'What does it look like here in the winter?'" This was a comment by Andrew Youssef, a Project Specialist for Mono Lake Committee. South Tufa is arguably the most scenic part of Mono Lake State Natural Reserve in eastern California. Since he had only spent summers in the Sierra, he honestly wasn't sure what the winters were like at Mono Lake. He knew the Sierra crest would probably be snow-covered, and possibly the Mono Craters, but he couldn't say anything for certain.
This season, he has been fortunate enough to spend his first winter in the Mono Basin. "And what an amazing season it has been so far — from frozen streams to snow-covered tufa to all the animal tracks which are suddenly visible after a snow shower!"
Mono Lake is a large, shallow saline soda (or alkaline) lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake. These salts are what make the lake water alkaline.
This desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrimp that thrive in its waters, and provides critical nesting habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp.
In 1941, the city of Los Angeles diverted water from the lake which lowered the lake level and imperiled the migratory birds. The lake had dropped 45 vertical feet by 1991 and lost half its volume. As a result, alkaline sands and formerly submerged tufa towers became exposed, the water salinity doubled, nests of seagulls were exposed to predators (such as coyotes), and migratory birds were forced to abandon this site.
The Mono Lake Committee formed in response and won a legal battle that forced Los Angeles to partially restore the lake level. Due to Mono Lake Committee's continued successful work, Andrew Youssef has been able to capture these amazing winter scenes for you to enjoy:
The Dana Plateau rises high above a quiet Tioga Road, which is currently closed for the winter (January 8).
The Mono Craters were covered with 8-10 inches of lake-effect snow after a Thanksgiving storm (November 28)
Snow in the high desert. (December 17)
Mono Lake's snowy shorline (November 27)
Lesser Goldfinches gathered atop a snowy tree in Lee Vining next to Mono Lake (January 5)
View from Conway Summit as poconip fog fills the Mono Basin (December 17)
More poconip fog and snowy peaks above Mono Lake (December 17)


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Wow, what a project! We do our own projects (as much as possible) and it does give a good feeling. I am a mega-family blogger, too! :o)
We did the whole east side of the house on the inside all brand new and then the interior of the living room including having to replace all the studs and the beam foundation in the front. It has come to a point were we had to hire work out. We will still do some work on our own but the workers will do most of what is left. glad you stopped by. I wish there were mega families in my area too:)
I know how difficult to renovate a house! Thanks for sharing your life experience about home renovation work. The pictures are good!
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The Grounds
The inn sits on a large corner lot in the historic town of Aaronsburg and the grounds are as charming as the inn itself. Private gardens, patio and an expansive deck await you where you can relax against the backdrop of the inn's 200 year old bank barn and mountains to the north. Or you may choose to watch the horse and buggys pass while overlooking the main street from the gazebo. Inside or out, the Aaronsburg Inn is maintained to offer its guest a pleasing and relaxing environment whether for a romantic getaway or a working weekend.


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It's a delight to see Miguel Maestre* return to the modern Spanish tapas that first excited me about his cooking.
Take his Grilled Mushrooms ($10) as a case in point. A medley of shitake, Swiss brown, oyster, king brown and button mushrooms sautéed with garlic, topped with an egg, and delivered to the table with love, pride and a liberal helping of Spanish sex appeal. Who knew Miguel had an even more handsome brother?
Carlos Maestre is wonderfully warm on the floor, and a passionate advocate for his mother country's cooking ingenuity. A jug of crisp apple and lychee laden White Sangria ($35) will fuel your seduction. He's single (at least for now).
Wrap your lips around a trio of Cucuruchos de Jamon Serrano ($19) – crisp cones filled with decadent potato puree – while you contemplate something much more wicked.
First I suggest a little wine – the Vionta Albarino ($12/glass) is a beauty – and some Huevos Crujientes ($22) with chorizo, egg and little cubes of potato (for stamina).
A few Sher Wagyu Roast Beef Tortilla ($14) wouldn't go astray either...
Then, if you take along an (attached) girlfriend, she can have Churros con Chocolate ($10)...
...while you swallow creamy Leche Frita ($10) milk fritters sitting under a scoop of dark chocolate ice cream. Half way through, swap plates – I hear it drives men wild.
Excellent food, great drinks, buzzy vibe to the space... I'll definitely be returning though probably not on a Saturday night. When I asked the sexy Carlos how he manages to survive the ladies when it's busy, and he smiled a little wanly then said: "Sometimes I need the security guard to help me..." You'd better come yourself and see why...
*Please note: Miguel Maestre was hired as a menu consultant in the initial stages of this venue. He is no longer associated with it, though his handsome brother is still on the floor.
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"Freedom and love go together".
Whether you are a Valentine fan or an Anti-Valentine type of person, Valentine's story is a strong story about letting love spread freely.
A Roman priest called Valentine goes against emperor's will that prohibits soldiers to be married. He pays his disobedience to stop soldiers' marriages with imprisonment and death sentence. He was proclaimed Martyr and Saint and honored on February 14th.
Truth or legend? Are there many Valentines or just one? No matter what the message is clear and no one disagrees: we can't forbid love. Love always finds the way to be fulfilled even with the ultimate sacrifice.
Happy Valentine's day ♥
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A fifth man has been charged with murdering an autistic man who was "gunned down" on his doorstep in a suspected case of mistaken identity.
Chad Gordon, 27, was shot at close range after he answered his door in Haringey, north London, on 18 May.
Javarn Carter-Fraser, 22, of West Green Road, Tottenham, north London, was charged on Thursday with murder.
He was remanded in custody and is due to appear at Highbury Corner Magistrates' Court on Friday.
A post-mortem examination into Mr Gordon's killing gave the cause of death as a gunshot wound.
Earlier this month, officers charged Cameron Robinson, 19, of Rainham Road South, Dagenham, and Mason Sani-Semedo, 18, of Tottenham, with Mr Gordon's murder and possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence.
Talye Olabisi, 23, of no fixed address, is also charged with murder.
On 29 May, officers charged Clive Spencer, 23, of Ermine Road, north London, with murder and assisting an offender.
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July 30, 2001
Needle Sellers on the Street Are a Frequent Source of Supply for Injection Drug Users in Baltimore
Needles sold as new are often used or contaminated with HIV
While many injection drug users in Baltimore rely on needle exchange programs (NEPs) to obtain sterile syringes, the majority also use needles obtained from other sources, according to a study conducted at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Researchers found that 85 percent of injection drug users reported getting needles from sellers on the streets. While these needles may look new, there is no guarantee that they are not contaminated with HIV or other diseases. The study, which examined factors associated with the use of NEPs in Baltimore, appears in the August 1 issue of the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes.
"Needle exchange programs serve an important health function by offering free, sterile needles to injection drug users. They provide an incentive for returning used needles, which gets contaminated needles out of circulation,"explains lead author Carl Latkin, PhD, an associate professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "However, NEP sites and hours are limited, and our study suggests injectors are drawn to the convenience of getting needles on the streets."
Data for this study were collected as part of an experimental HIV prevention project called Self-Help In Eliminating Life Threatening Diseases (SHIELD). During baseline interviews for the project, 741 of the 1,637 respondents reported injection drug use within the previous six months and were eligible for this study. Prior to the project, the 741 participants were asked questions about where they obtained needles, how far they travelled to obtain needles, if they sold needles or drug paraphernalia, their HIV status, and their drug habits.
Only 4 percent of the participants reported obtaining their needles exclusively from the NEP, although twice that many obtained all of their needles from sources considered by researchers to be moderately safe including NEPs, pharmacies, hospitals, and diabetics. Nearly one-third indicated obtaining needles from at least four different sources and an alarming 85 percent reported obtaining some needles from sellers on the street.
Slightly more than one-quarter of the participants reported selling needles. The researchers interviewed a subsample of these needle sellers, and found that four out of five considered it to be relatively easy to fool buyers into believing a used needle was new, and two of the five admitted to cleaning needles and selling them as used. While half of the sellers obtained some needles through the NEP, the majority also obtained needles through potentially unsafe sources.
Almost half (44 percent) of the injectors reported obtaining needles from diabetic patients. While this is considered relatively safe, insulin needles are not individually sealed, and could be contaminated. The researchers also point out that it is possible that injectors, one-quarter of whom in this study were HIV-positive, may use a needle from a diabetic patient and then return it contaminated, putting the diabetic at risk.
The authors conclude the study with a recommendation: "At this time, individually sealed syringes are available but they are more expensive. By requiring manufacturers to produce safety seals or individually package all syringes, much like other health products, there will be no guessing whether or not a needle is new," says Dr. Latkin. "Such a change may cost a bit more, but clearly has the potential to decrease transmission of HIV and other blood-borne diseases, and save lives."
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Lego Australia is out with a largely winsome addition to the Christmas advertising pile—a stop-motion animation about a Lego Santa finding his way home to save Christmas, thanks to a little surprise help from a spirited stranger.
The minute-long spot from CHE Proximity opens with a Lego North Pole—or Lego Christmas Town, as the brand calls it—set on a living room floor. It's abuzz with holiday activity, when a human-Godzilla foot comes crashing down on the blissful scene, causing a specific Lego reindeer to squirt very specific Lego poop in fear—graphic sound effects included—while general catastrophe ensues everywhere.
Santa grabs onto a string of Lego Christmas lights that's stuck to the giant impostor's big toe, in an apparent attempt to save it. Instead, Saint Nick ends up flung off into the wilderness, aka underneath the couch.
There, in those ostensibly East Asian lands, he finds Sensei Wu. Santa tries to tell Wu, a martial-arts-sage archetype, about the mayhem that is surely underway back at the workshop. Elves are running around frantically, literally knocking each other's heads off. Reindeer are cruising around on conveyor belts. Some blonde character in a blue shirt and purple scarf, presumably a child who's gotten an empty box, or the wrong gift (seriously, another neck wrap?), is weeping in horror.
Wu shrugs. He has no idea what madman Santa is ranting about, or no ability—and little apparent desire—to help him get back. At least, until Santa has crawled into a sock to sleep. Then, a wheel—the straggling aftermath of the North Pole catastrophe—flies out of the sky and lands at Wu's feet.
When Santa awakes, he discovers that Wu has begun taking apart his own Lego shelter, and is halfway done turning the parts into some kind of vehicle. Together, they finish it. And with the help of a half-crayon and a little ingenuity, it turns out to be a magic motorcycle, powered by the string of Christmas lights. Then, they drive off to save the day.
"Build together," reads the onscreen tagline, in bold red and green letters.
All in all, it's a delightful little story that perfectly illustrates the sort of elaborate world-building that Lego toys foster, and the imaginative play that can happen within those little universes. Sure, the overtones of exoticism might risk coming across as a little off-kilter—Wu's character at first seems like a foil for Christmas, then becomes an active participant in the Christian ritual by literally sacrificing his home for it, in a sort of uncomfortable conversion parable.
A more generous reading might frame it as a tale of camaraderie and generosity, with the sensei becoming a Good Samaritan … or preferably some non-biblical equivalent thereof—let's just say a hero. Plus, Christmas these days is all about the consumerism, anyways.
The different cultures featured may intend to reflect the campaign's target market—a press release describes the ad as part of a broader push that includes the Asia-Pacific region as well as Australia and New Zealand across various media. Japanese families, for example, do celebrate Christmas as a non-religious holiday—often, oddly enough, by eating a lot of KFC. (That ritual is thanks to the fast-food chain's deliberate effort to commercialize the holiday in the latter half of the 20th century, and presumably aided by the nominal visual similarities between Santa and Colonel Sanders, who is frequently sports a red Christmas hat, in that market.)
Lego, globally, is no stranger to evocative holiday advertising about building and togetherness. Take, for example, the brand's fantastic 2013 spot (below) about a father-and-son construction team.
The stop-motion ad, for its part, came from a "dream brief," says director Kyra Bartley. "It took over 100 hours of animation, shot over nine days, and around 12,000 Lego pieces from nine different sets to build, featuring 13 different characters," she says. "I'm sure everyone has nostalgic memories of building magical Lego worlds as a kid, so doing that inner child's sense of imagination justice was really a driving force for me."
In that, Bartley certainly succeeded.
Agency: CHE Proximity
CEO: Chris Howatson
Managing Partner: David Halter
Executive Creative Director: Ant White
Group Creative Director: Brian Jefferson
Senior Writers: Cameron Brown & Ashley Wilding
Senior Art Director: Daniel Davison
Group Account Director: Mariana Rice
Senior Account Manager: Claire Maitland
Head of TV Production: Julie Duff
Sound Engineer: Matt Thompson
Head of Design: Jason Young
Senior Designer: Vanessa Saporito
Digital Designer: Sebastian Perez de Arce
Production Company: Sixty40
Director: Kyra Bartley
DOP: Simon Higgins
Executive Producers: Bonnie Law & Will Alexander
Senior Producer: Charu Menon
LEGO Builder: Nigel Hill
Animator : Norman Yeend
Colourists: Greg Constantaras: Clement Bouchet
Music Composition: Otis Studios
Media: UM Sydney
Client: LEGO Australia
Senior Director, Head of Marketing: Angie Tutt
Senior Brand Manager: Justine McKenny
National Account Manager: Jacqui Wonder
Brand Manager: Ashlee Stojcevski
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Judge's rejection of jury's execution recommendation is rare
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A recent decision by a Cleveland judge to overrule a jury's death sentence recommendation for a triple killer highlights how rare such judicial decisions are.
Research by The Associated Press found just eight additional examples of judicial overrides since Ohio's current death penalty law took effect in 1981. That's compared with more than 320 death sentences handed down during the same time period.
Overriding death sentences can be politically risky for judges, who are elected in Ohio and many other states, said Doug Berman, an Ohio State University law professor and sentencing expert.
FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 19, 2016, file photo, Douglas Shine Jr., center, stands in the courtroom for sentencing in Cleveland. A decision by a Cleveland judge to overrule a jury¿s death sentence recommendation for a triple killer highlights how rare such judicial decisions are. Judge Joan Synenberg cited defendant Shine¿s childhood abuse as a child in sentencing him to life without parole on Dec. 19. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak, File)
Many cases with strong evidence against capital punishment for a defendant are resolved with plea bargains before ever reaching a jury, he added. Those cases typically involve pretrial research turning up strong mitigating evidence — a horrific childhood or mental disabilities, for example — that outweigh what are called aggravating circumstances, such as the brutality of the crime.
"It's relatively rare a case will get to a jury verdict if it looks like there's a pretty significant possibility that the mitigators will outweigh the aggravators," Berman said.
Cuyahoga County Judge Joan Synenberg cited defendant Douglas Shine Jr.'s prolonged physical and psychological abuse as a child, mental health problems and years of incarceration in sentencing him to life in prison with no chance for parole on Dec. 19 instead of accepting a jury's recommendation for the death penalty.
Testimony during the trial's death penalty phase showed that Shine's early childhood was chaotic and "characterized by persistent neglect and physical and psychological abuse," Synenberg said. She noted that Shine lived in youth detention facilities from age 10 to 16 followed by two years in an adult prison.
Prosecutors said Shine walked into a Warrensville Heights barber shop in February 2015, pulled two guns from beneath his coat and opened fire, killing three people and wounding two men and a woman.
"Unfortunately, the court gave more weight to the self-serving, unsubstantiated statements of an unrepentant, malingering mass murderer than to the overwhelming evidence that he was fully capable of planning and carrying out this diabolical attack on a crowded barbershop filled with men, women and children," Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Tim McGinty said following Synenberg's ruling.
Highlights of the eight other cases in Ohio in which judges have thrown out a jury's death sentence since the state enacted a new capital punishment law in 1981:
1983 — A jury's death sentence for Drewey Kiser, of Williamsport, convicted of fatally shooting Don Writsel during a robbery, was overridden by Judge Nicholas Holmes Jr. of Ross County Common Pleas Court. Holmes cited Kiser's age, 23; the defendant's lack of a significant criminal history; mental illness; and alcoholism. Holmes also pointed out that a death sentence would not have been proportional to the three other death sentences in Ohio at the time.
1987 — A jury's death sentence for Alonzo Wright, of Cleveland, convicted of fatally shooting Grover Lang during a robbery, was overridden by Judge Frank J. Gorman of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court. Gorman cited the victim's decision to rush Wright, which apparently led to the shooting, instead of obeying Wright's request for money.
1988 — A jury's death sentence for John Parsons, of Worthington, convicted of shooting a man as he fled from his burning home, was overridden by Judge Dale Crawford of Franklin County Common Pleas Court. Crawford cited Parsons' background and lack of a prior criminal record and said a death sentence would not be equivalent to five other death sentences imposed in Franklin County up to that time.
1989 — A jury's death sentence for Eddie Robertson, of Dayton, convicted of fatally shooting Stephanie Hiatt in a 1988 robbery, was overridden by Judge William MacMillan Jr. of Montgomery County Common Pleas Court. MacMillan cited Robertson's lack of a significant criminal history, his relative youth (30), his pursuit of education beyond high school and the lack of an advance plan to kill anyone. MacMillan said it appeared Robertson shot Hiatt on the spur of the moment, fearing she recognized him.
1999 — A jury's death sentence for Gregory Crawford, of Valley City, convicted of beating Gene Palmer to death during a robbery, was overridden by Judge Mark Wiest of Wayne County Common Pleas Court. Wiest cited Crawford's age (37), his good behavior in jail, Crawford's strong relationship with his family, his work completing his high school degree and his religious conversion.
2000 — A jury's death sentence for Christopher Fuller, of Hamilton, convicted of killing his 2-year-old daughter after trying to rape her, was overridden by Judge Matthew Crehan of Butler County Common Pleas Court. Crehan cited Fuller's job supporting his family, his military service, his lack of a prior criminal record and the remorse he showed over the girl's death.
2002 — A jury's death sentence for Brian Siler of Nankin in Ashland County, convicted of shooting his estranged wife, Barbara Siler, was overridden by Judge Jeffrey Runyan of Ashland County Common Pleas Court. Runyan cited a number of factors in Siler's defense, including the absence of a criminal background and active participation in church and the community. Runyan also questioned the burglary charge against Brian Siler — an added count that made the crime a capital case — pointing out that he'd broken into his own home. Runyan then questioned whether the death sentence was an attempt by the community to avoid responsibility for failing to do more to prevent Barbara Siler's death.
2010 — A jury's death sentence for Charles Cunningham in Clark County, convicted of aggravated murder in the fatal shooting of an ex-girlfriend, Jessica Serna (the mother of two of Cunningham's children), was overridden by Judge Richard O'Neill. Cunningham was also convicted of killing Serna's friend, Heidi Shook, but not sentenced to death for her slaying. O'Neill said there was "a fine line" between the evidence that Cunningham killed Serna "with prior calculation and design," an element necessary for a death sentence, and whether he shot her "on the spur of the moment" out of frustration with his unsuccessful attempts to re-establish a relationship.
This story has been corrected to show that Judge Mark Wiest cited Crawford's age, not Palmer's age, and Crawford's good behavior in jail, not Palmer's.
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The Best I Could Have Hoped For
As much as I love television, I cannot watch every show, and sometimes a show I've heard good things about slips by, unwatched and unloved. Raising Hope, airing Tuesdays on Fox, was one of these shows. Somehow I lived a year and a half without this delightful, simply ridiculous show in my life, and I'm still not entirely sure how I managed this.
It seems I am not the only one. Out there on the interwebs word of Raising Hope has been spreading, and ratings have improved, but it's certainly not a commercial success. So if you've heard of Raising Hope, and you have always been kinda curious about it, I cannot urge you enough to watch it.
Hope Springs From The Most Unlikely Sources
The premise is simple. Jimmy Chance (Lucas Neff), a 23 year old slacker, has a one night stand in the back of his van with a girl who ends up being a serial killer and gets her pregnant, but does not know it until she shows up a year and a half later with a baby girl named Hope, before getting arrested and fried in jail, leaving Jimmy to raise Hope with his poor parents Virginia (Martha Plimpton) and Burt (Garret Dillahunt) and his great grandma Maw Maw (Cloris Leachman), all while crushing on Sabrina (Shannon Woodward) who he works with, along with a crazy cast of characters. Simple!
What's amazing is how the show constantly fills you in on this premise, so you can randomly pick an episode, even in the middle of the season, and totally know what is going on. There are also a lot of funny faces and a really cute baby.
Plots practically pinwheel off of this premise, and every episode bursts at the seams with odd ideas, mostly stemming from Garret Dillahunt as Burt Chance. I could praise Garret Dillahunt for a month and it would still not be enough. It takes a very talented and charismatic actor to make a line like "I smuggled fireworks across the border, I gave cops a lot of lip, I dry-humped the school mascot at homecoming. Your mom claims she hates that kind of stuff, but hey, she let me knock her up" work, but somehow he does it.
The women of Raising Hope are no slouches either. There is a reason both Martha Plimpton and Cloris Leachman have been nominated for Emmy Awards for their roles, Cloris Leachman especially. Her Maw Maw is a sight to behold, a sometimes Alzheimer's sufferer who has no problem with eating shaving cream and runs around in a granny bra.
Ridiculousness is great, but what will really draw you in is how easily the heightened silliness becomes sweetness. It seems almost effortless, and never once is it mawkish. For example, when Jimmy was younger, Burt would always dress up and scare him. It seems mean, but then Burt explains that it was so Jimmy would run to him and give him a hug, which Jimmy had been doing less and less. The logic is iffy, but the heart is there.
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As with any show, there are a few issues that still need to be worked out. At this point, the largest issue is that the show still relies on some cliches and conventions that have outlived their stay. Case in point-Jimmy's love interest Sabrina. She's an interesting but typical character. She is witty, kind of a rebel, attractive, and always comes through in the end. It is well done, but there's nothing exciting.
Nonetheless, Raising Hope has undergone a turn around from a bad pilot to a great show faster than any show I've heard of in quite some time. In the end, all I can do is incessantly and annoyingly tell you to watch Raising Hope right this instant. You'll be charmed and laughing within moments, and you will have found a new favorite show.
My Rating: 8.5/10


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Yup Vij..celebs everywhere..:)Dont miss Rasool..:P
I am awed at that set of bowl,thali n spoon,more than at pudding..they are just amazing da..I bet they are traditional ones passed on..:)
Palpayasam is like Amritu for me..The temple at Ambalapuzha in kerala(krishna temple) is famous just cos of the palpayasam made there and is said to be the tastiest ever..:)
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He ended the acceptance speech by saying "Yella pugazhum Eraivanuke" (meaning "All praise for the Lord" in Tamil). Congrats to Rasool Pookutty as well. Its a proud moment for every Indian and especially for Chennaites!
My humble city – Chennai was so colorful with fireworks last evening. There were proud smiles every where and Rahman's famous tracks was heard in every tea stall/auto/bus stand. There was a celebration time in Chennai.
I kept watching Rahman Oscar acceptance speech in every news channel possible and it was indeed an emotional moment for me.I wanted to celebrate this in my own style.
For the Tamilian in me : What more than a simple bowl of warm Paal Payasam will convey my happiness?
The post for today is Paal Payasam, condensed sweetened milk dessert cooked with little dash of Indian rice. Its a famous Tamil delicacy. Paal means milk in Tamil and Payasam means pudding inTamil. This recipe was taught to my mom by her sister S and its our all time favorite one for festivals and birthday celebrations.
This dessert is one of the favorite of Lord Krishna and is cooked during Janmashtami (Lord Krishna's Birthday). It is deliberately slow-cooked and involves constant stirring. The mild aroma of the cardamoms are beautifully infused into incredible rice cooked in milk.The smell of the boiling milk adds a divine smell to the kitchen air. At the end of it, I am sure its worth the wait and the silken creamy milk pudding is sure to rekindle the hidden Tamilian taste bud of yours.Slurp!
- 2 tsp long Indian rice (No basmati rice)
- 500ml whole milk
- 2 cups sugar
- 2-3 cardamon pods
- 8-10 saffron strands
- 10-12 roasted unsalted cashwenuts
Heat the milk in a large cooking vessel and bring it to a boil. Add in the rice. Once boiled lower the flame and cook for 1 hour with constant stirring. Spoon out few rice grains and mash it with curved end of the spoon or finger. The rice should get mashed by this time and thats the right texture we want.
Now add in the sugar and cardamon and cook on a low flame for 15-20min.Garnish with saffron strands and roasted cashewnuts. Serve warm. Enjoy!
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Clean a cooking pan and set the lid with gasket and whistle. Clean the rice in running water.Drain the water and keep the rice aside.Pour in the whole milk along with the rice, sugar, cardamon and cook for 10-12 whistles.Switch off the flame and let it cool. Transfer it to a clean vessel. Add saffron strands and roasted cashews. Serve warm.


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Trippy Lets Your Friends Help You Plan Your Trips
The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.
Name: Trippy
Quick Pitch: Trippy lets your friends plan your trip, helping you more closely tailor your travel plans to your wants and desires.
Genius Idea: Harnessing your social graph to get your friends' recommendations for places to visit and things to do.
What do you do first when you first start planning a trip? You probably go to Google and search about the location you're visiting. Or perhaps you visit Priceline, Expedia or Tripadvisor to look up hotels. There's a lot of information, though, and it isn't always accurate. Most of all, it comes from strangers, so you can't assess how knowledgable they are about the beaches of Costa Rica or the pubs of Dublin.
Trippy believes there is a better approach to planning trips, and it revolves around friend recommendations and the social graph. So the startup, like so many other companies these days, has bet the farm on Facebook.
Once you log into Trippy with your Facebook account (there is no other way to sign up), you can start planning a trip with your Facebook friends. You then choose the type of trip you're taking (business or pleasure?) and the locations you know you want to visit, and asks you to write a brief description of what you want to accomplish.
Once done, Trippy's Facebook integration takes care of the rest. The system provides a list of Facebook friends that likely have knowledge of the city you're visiting. Perhaps they lived there for a short time or maybe they studied at a university there. Trippy prompts you to send them a message to those friends, asking for their help. In addition, any friends on Trippy will see that you recently created a trip and are looking for help.
Trippy founder and CEO J.R. Johnson says that the company's big advantage is its harnessing of the social graph. He believes a restaurant or hotel recommendation from a good friend trumps the information you might find on Tripadvisor or Yelp. TripAdvisor is notorious for its wonky ranking system, one that can be gamed and often doesn't provide the best recommendations.
Johnson knows the travel space like the back of his hand. He founded VirtualTourist in 2000 and OneTime.com in 2004 (both acquired by TripAdvisor). He is also the founder of review website Lunch.com.
I decided to test out Trippy by asking my friends to help me plan my upcoming trip to London. Creating the trip was easy (though the system thought I was visiting London, Canada initially), but I didn't get the instant responses I'm used to seeing from Facebook, Twitter and other social networks. You will have to wait a few hours or more until your friends check their Facebook inboxes, get on Trippy and provide you with their advice. The positive, of course, is that you can trust this advice because it comes from somebody you know.
Trippy is still missing some key features (e.g. the ability to plan multi-city trips), but it provides a nice hub for planning trips. Sending a message to just a few friends can seed it with interesting content and help you get your trips off the ground. And syncing with Facebook makes it simple to find the friends you need to make your trip a success.
What do you think of Trippy? How do you plan your trips online? Let us know in the comments.
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text: The Scarborough Inn is deeply rooted in the history of Ocean City, New Jersey. Originally built in 1895, a short time after the city was founded as a Christian retreat, The Inn has been subtly transformed over the years into one of the premiere Bed and Breakfasts in all of Cape May County. While the current owners, Steve and Brandie Cesari moved here in 2014 from East Central Pennsylvania, Brandie has had family here since the seventies. Immediately upon taking over the inn, the Cesaris started putting their personal touch on keeping the Scarborough Inn as a premier vacationing venue in the whole county. From upgrading their electric service to accommodate refrigerators in each room, to re-modeling a few bathrooms each season to bring the rooms into the modern era. Breakfast, which is included free with all reservations made by calling us or through the official website, has been a popular start to each day here at the beach. Unlimited coffee, tea, and hot cocoa, coupled with afternoon snacks makes guests feel right at home while staying in our 24-room "home away from home". The 100-foot wraparound porch, complete with rocking chairs, has become a relaxing cornerstone of our guests' vacations. Join us and see what many are talking about. You may step back in time when life was simpler. Come and relax— wake up to the aroma of freshly brewed coffee and our homemade breakfast. Our staff is here to please, and while you enjoy your day, our daily chambermaid service will make your bed. Our front desk will be happy to make dinner reservations. Let us take care of you while you enjoy the island life.


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Well I finally got around to updating the site and adding the three links for The See Project, You Can Do Astronomy LLC and The National Center For Blind Youth In Science
As always I am hoping I can do more with the site. If anyone is reading this and has some good links that I can post, please let me know.
Monday, April 10, 2006
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