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DVD to iPad, Why Convert
Have you been trying to figure out the best way to put your favorite movies and TV shows on your iPad so you can watch them anytime from anywhere? Well, there are some great reasons to convert your DVD collection to iPad, not the least of which is being able to take whole movies or favorite clips along with you on your mobile devices. Once you start thinking you'd like to convert all or part of your collection, there's a lot to take into consideration as you decide how to proceed. Here we outline some basics about how the compression process works and the benefits of conversion when using a DVD to iPad converter.
How it Works:
The files on your DVD are a subset of the familiar MPEG file type. The quality of your DVD depends on which MPEG format is used. The standard DVD format is MPEG-2, but for high definition you'll find that MPEG-4 or H.264 is often used. MPEG is considered a lossy compression, where some of the information is lost in both the video and audio, but the quality remains almost the same.
iPad MP4 is another common compression format for video files. Like MPEG files, there are various compression schemes that affect the quality, size and device-compatibility of the files. Each of these compression schemes is known as a codec – short for coder-decoder, which is basically what a codec does. The various codecs bundled within the best DVD to iPad converter software will code your DVD files to be decoded by the devices that play MP4 files.
Reasons to Convert:
Less Space – The various codecs available in DVD to iPad converters offer a variety of compression options for both audio and video. This is a great way not only to save space on your hard drive but to reduce the number of boxes full of DVDs in the corner of your living room.
More Mobile – By converting files from DVD to iPad, you can watch your movies on more platforms. You can put the files on your smartphone or game station. The end result: While you are waiting at the doctor's office, you don't have to settle for the old magazines to keep you occupied.
Backup – Tired of lending out DVDs and having them returned scratched? By using a DVD to iPad converter, you can create a backup copy of your favorite DVDs just in case the original discs are damaged. Keeping a digital copy off-site is also good practice in the case of a disaster.
Editing Tools – A lot of DVD to iPad converters come with editing tools. These can be used to add effects, crop video, create segments and specify which audio and subtitle tracks to include. If your video was shot in poor lighting, or if you want to change the aspect ratio, these applications are a great way to make the changes you want.
Overall, using a DVD to iPad converter is a reliable way to change your DVDs to an iPad format so you can enjoy movies on the go. By understanding the basics of how the conversions work, identifying the ways you want to use your converted files, and planning ahead for the limitations of digital conversion, you're be well on your way to making sure you get exactly what you need out of your DVD to iPad converter software.


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VIDEO: Sneak Peek - SWITCHED AT BIRTH Christmas Special Coming to ABC Family
What would have life been like for Bay and Daphne if the switch never happened? Look out for an all new SWITCHED AT BIRTH Christmas Special, coming this December to ABC Family. Get a sneak peek below!
About the show:
Switched at Birth" tells the story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working class neighborhood. Despite overwhelming socio-economic and ethnic differences, both families must learn to co-exist as parents and blend their lives into one for the sake of their daughters.
The third season of ABC Family's Peabody Award-winning drama series airs Mondays, 8:00PM – 9:00PM ET/PT. Senior year means big changes for Bay and Daphne, as they make decisions about their future and deal with consequences of decisions already made. Daphne's work at the free clinic has inspired her to consider pre-med, but when a life-altering event takes place, she begins a spiral of self-destructive behavior that will risk everything she's worked for. Reconciled with Emmett, Bay debates attending art school and discovers a cousin she never knew she had. Kathryn deals with the reality of being a herotica novelist, Regina is torn between the pull of her old neighborhood and her new life, and the girls need to summon courage to face a moment of truth they never anticipated.
"Switched at Birth" has been honored with a Peabody Award as well as a Television Critics Association Award for Outstanding Achievement in Youth Programming and an Imagen Award for Best Primetime Program. The series has also won AFTRA's (American Federation of Television and Radio Artists) American Scene "Crystal Award®," the Producers Guild of America George Sunga Award and a Gracie Award.

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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Promoting Gender Equality to Empower Women
Promoting Gender Equality to Empower Women
By James Achanyi-Fontem
Cameroon Link
Gender inequality continues to cause serious problems in Cameroon like in other parts of Africa and elsewhere. When women lack control over resources such as land, they are unable to make decisions which improve family income. Without control over family income by growing cash crops or animal breeding, women contribute their time and labour only to maintain subsistence levels, and are more severely affected by poverty than men. And cultural traditions, which bar women from activities such as tree planting, limit their ability to conserve and promote environmental sustainability.
Land and property rights, in particular, are slowly taking centre stage in almost every public forum convened by Cameroon government officials or civil society, and women are taking a leading role in the fight against discrimination with the creation of many female only organisations. Gender equality is a human right and at the heart of achieving the Millennium Development Goals. It is a must before overcoming hunger, poverty and disease in our communities. Gender equality means equality at all levels of education and in all areas of work, equal control over resources and equal representation in public and political life. This web page looks at eliminating gender disparity in all sectors of life because we cannot enjoy development without security, we cannot enjoy security without development and we cannot enjoy both development and security without respect for human rights.
Gender equality promotion starts in most cases with the promotion of women and property rights, which is considered a national issues in Cameroon and a global concern in other regions of the world.
Cameroon Link sees women and property rights promotion as another way to achieve the Millennium Development Goal of promoting gender equality and empowering women.
Both men and women have recognised in Cameroon that women are entitled to land access, security of tenure and the right to own property, though only a few respect the legislation, causing this issues to remain on the debate list. Cameroon law does not discriminate against women's rights to inherit property, but customs and traditions of individual communities continue to prevent their access to that property when their partners are deceased.
By raising this issue, Cameroon Link is trying to help women change discriminatory laws and customary practices regarding inheritance, women's direct ownership and control of land, and women's co-ownership of family land through human rights activism and advocacy action.
We want to help women to become aware of their rights through popular education, legal aid clinics, media campaigns on women's access to land and property, and celebration of "International Women's Day" every year on the 8th March.
Through social mobilisation during health development community meetings, we raised a women's rights advocacy issue and stress the need to involve men, women and children in discussions on property matters.
This has raised women's spirit to fight for their rights and deal with greedy relatives who make women suffer by kicking them out of their matrimonial homes and taking all their property.
It is often very sad to hear that a woman lived happily with the husband for close to twenty years, but when death knocks at the doors of the family, sometimes due to simple malaria, sickle cell disorder or HIV, the whole world crumbles on the woman when the partner is no more. Even the joy of having been the darling of her in-laws disappears like a flash of light from a torch that is put off. Everybody turns hostile to the widow, from her husband's brothers to his parents, as everybody demands a share of the property. Some widows have even been forced from their homes following the deaths of their husbands by several methods.
The awareness campaigns undertaken by Cameroon through the COGESID Women Gender Councils is now getting women want to be the masters of their own destiny. Cameroon Link's men's initiative action is getting them to present their own activities and development plans for their future. Some women are beginning to speak a different language. This means that the promotion of WABA Men's Initiative can lead to diversity among women as a source of richness, strength, knowledge and energy if gender mainstreaming is effectively applied in some circumstances..
As endorsers of the WABA men's initiative expand their activities, it should be noted that there is no single formula for recommendations on tenure types for women's access to land and property. Registered titles may be appropriate in some situations and customary titles for others.
The provision of legal security and equal access to land and property for women requires action not only by governments, but by all sectors of society, including the private sector, non-governmental organizations, communities and local authorities, as well as by partner organizations and entities of the international community.
We are inviting governments to realise that women need an equal voice in decisions that affect their lives - from within the family to the highest level of government. This is a key element in women's empowerment. For a long time, men have dominated decision-making at the highest levels. Preventive and corrective measures for the expected undermining of women's land and property rights due to current trends of economic policies must be prepared and implemented.
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Wednesday, 11 May 2011
about me
12 comments:
- Laura Jane said...
I really liked your guest post @ lilly's. Yours is a new to me blog and looks right up my alley (but then, there isn't really a strict criteria for that... something to do with sewing/quilting/babies/infertility/baking yummy stuff? I'm in!) Looking forward to reading more of you from now on. Laura
- 11 May 2011 at 10:57
- Justine said...
Hi Clare, found you via Lilys Quilts! Fab blog it looks great - very easy on the eye, just how I like it!! Your summer fete quilt is amazing - Justine xx
- 11 May 2011 at 12:35
- Simone said...
Just been over! It is nice to find out more about you Clare!
- 11 May 2011 at 12:47
- Miri said...
So glad you were a guest at Lily's...it brought me over here! Love your wadding/batting tests! Thanks!
- 11 May 2011 at 13:34
- CharlotteP said...
Hi Clare,found you via Lily's too...I'll have to follow you now to see that magnificent star quilt finished and on your bed!
- 11 May 2011 at 14:46
- Sequana said...
Any blend of Lily's is a blend of mine. I've added you to my reader. Your blog seems like fun. *S*
Hello from Chicago, Illinois.
- 11 May 2011 at 16:15
- annmarie said...
Lily's Quilts said to come check you out so I did. Great blog. Look forward to following you.
- 11 May 2011 at 16:25
- Judith said...
Hi, just discovered you through Lynne. Great guest post and I love your funky blog - fresh and different. Gorgeous quilt too! Jxo
- 11 May 2011 at 16:57
- Nicky said...
Hey great post on Lily's quilts - love your star quilt, the gardening thing! Your garden photos much tighter than mine - must try that though don't know if camera is up to it!
- 11 May 2011 at 16:59
- Jopsy said...
Loved your intro on Lily's, popped over after reading it. Added you to faves. Look forward to reading you blog :)
from another 30something
- 11 May 2011 at 21:29
- Pat V. said...
Hi, Clare, great post at Lily's blog. You sound like someone I would like to know. So I'll be reading your blog from now on!
- 12 May 2011 at 03:37
- Tammy said...
Found you on Lily's. I'm ow a follower of yours!
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As a general rule, I thought it always enhanced the flavor of whole spices to lightly toast them first. I just did this to some fenugreek and it smelled not-so-tasty.
From experience I do know that fenugreek is incredibly strong in flavor and after taste. Not only just the seeds, but the sprouts. Just takes a little bit of fenugreek, not matter what the form. Was at a raw foods fast a while ago, and when they served fenugreek it was with us for 48 hours after. It is wonderful and healthy, and needs a light touch.
Looking forward to what others have to say.
toasted fenugreek is usually added to Indian pickles, the slight bitterness complements the tart lemons & mangoes beautifully,
Coming to think of it, almost all spice blends that call for fenugreek in Indian cuisine have it in a toasted form. The seeds tend to be very tough otherwise & have a glutinous nature when added to a liquid medium otherwise. (kinda like wet gelatinous chia seeds) toasting takes care of it. Its bitter by nature, toasted or otherwise, but toasting tends to bring out a musky note, indispensable to Indian spice blends. Its never really added alone to any Indian dish. (although you can use the dry leaves)


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* State Police responded to a crash involving three vehicles in Bagley Township at the intersection of M-32 and Wilkinson Road Wednesday.
The incident occurred around 5:50 p.m. when the driver of a 1990 Ford Bronco, Guy Menkes,16, of Gaylord, allegedly failed to yield as he made a left turn onto Wilkinson Road from M-32.
According to authorities, Men-kes was eastbound on M-32 when he allegedly attempted a left turn into the path of a 1994 Ford pickup, traveling westbound on M-32 and driven by Gerald Higley, 49, of Gaylord.


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Good news, bad news for U.P. moose
Michigan State Roundup
Published May 1, 2007 | May 2007 issue
As a matter of supply-demand, it's funny how closely the natural world can mirror an economic one. In late January, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service officially removed the gray wolf from the federal threatened and endangered species list in western Great Lakes states, including Michigan, thanks to sustained populations.
That's good news for wolves, of course; not good news if you happen to be a moose, or so it seems. A moose population census on Isle Royale National Park found their numbers had dropped almost 15 percent from just the previous year, according to an Associated Press report. As recently as 2002, the chain of islands in Lake Superior was home to more than 1,000 moose.
Ironically, wolves apparently are not the main culprit for the moose dive. Rather, the moose decline is the result of repeated hot summers and tick infestations. In combination, it's believed, the two factors managed to weaken moose enough for them to become prey to wolves. But it turns out that wolves on Isle Royale may be in even more danger than the moose-their numbers declined from 30 to 21 last year-because the moose herd is getting thinned too quickly. Fox numbers have declined as well, because wolves are leaving less behind for scavengers after a kill.
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Avant Garde Improvised Music and Sound Performance
Every Tuesday night at Bar Open, 317 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy 3065
Doors at 8:30 pm for a 9:00 pm start
Coming up:
09/10: Adam Simmons & Gela Reh; Yan Jun (China, Alice Hui-Sheng Chang and Sean Baxter.
23/10: Dale Chapman & Tim Paneretos; Sergio Beresovksy (Argentina).
27/11: Kris Wanders, Brett Evans, Tom Fryer, Rory Brown, Ali Watts and Damien Ellis.


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Already a star in American pop music, Portuguese
Canadian songstress Nelly Furtado breaks ground, and barriers, with her new Spanish-language album Mi Plan.
By Fernando Ruano, Jr.
It's around lunchtime and Nelly Furtado is consumed by thoughts of arroz con pollo. Engaged in lively banter about all things food with one of her associates, the talk prompts a sudden yearning for a plate of the traditional Cuban dish or a visit to her mother in law's kitchen.
"Oh, my God ... El [arroz con] pollo a la churrera is to die for," says Furtado, who's married to Cuban-American producer Demacio 'Demo' Castellon and a frequent visitor to his parents' suburban home in Miami. "Their cooking rocks. The platanos maduros and all that stuff is... yum. I'm getting hungry just thinking about all the food.
"Happily chatty and casually clad in a loose-fit pink tee and tight grey-washed jeans, the 30-year-old Canadian-born singer/songwriter boasts a girl-next-door like demeanor. By all appearances, she'd definitely make a good dinner guest."I can do some damage around a dinner table," Furtado says. "I have a pretty good appetite for a girl.
"Her hunger and passion for good food is surpassed by her appetite for musical creativity. To satisfy her professional hunger for something new, Furtado, who's known for her pop and radio-friendly English-language tunes, branched out by recording, and completing, Mi Plan. It's her fourth full-length album, but her first in Spanish. It was released in September by Furtado's own Nelstar Music label. Although Furtado has had a number of collaborations with Spanish-language musicians to her credit (including Tu Fotografía with Juanes for his Un Día Normal 2002 album and a remix of No Hay Igual alongside Calle 13) the idea of recording and releasing an entire album in a language she's not fluent in might be considered a risky move.
What made the project increasingly difficult was that it surfaced not long after Furtado had completed an exhausting yearlong tour to promote her 2006 chart-topping album Loose. She began in Europe performing 23 shows in five weeks, traveled to Japan, crossed through Canada and concluded in the U.S.That album featured hit single Promiscuous, and sold more than 10 million copies worldwide, according to representatives at Universal Music Latino. While wildly popular, the tour left her a bit winded and short on inspiration."I wasn't exactly in the mood [to write and get back in the studio]. It was weird because in a way I had lost my desire to write in English," she says. "I was searching—and needed—something new.
"At work in the studio with her close friend and guitarist James Bryan and unsuccessfully trying to pen lyrics for a new album, Furtado, the daughter of Portuguese immigrants, even tried her hand at authoring songs in Portuguese—but she wasn't too crazy with the results.
Things started sounding different after Cuban-Canadian singer-songwriter Alex Cuba dropped by one day and suggested she put it together in Spanish. "I really liked what I was hearing after Alex came into the picture," says Furtado, who listened to plenty of Latin music in her teens in Victoria, British Columbia, including crooners Luis Miguel and Laura Pausini.
"I learned Portuguese really young, so it helped with the Spanish," she says. As a student, Furtado had hung around with plenty of friends of South-American descent and learned a choice word—or two—in addition to taking Spanish courses in school. But that was nothing compared to what she was experiencing with Cuba and Bryan.
"I loved what I was hearing," says Furtado. "I felt free singing in Spanish and expressing myself . It was like letting my Latin soul loose. The depth of the lyrics was gravitating to me.
"The plan took a slight turn as the three headed back to the studio to write material for the album. The result: 24 co-authored tracks that were eventually cut down to a dozen, including duets with Alejandro Fernández, Juan Luis Guerra, Julieta Venegas, Josh Groban and La Mala Rodríguez.
Heavy on love relationships and adorned with an intimate and romantic lyrics, the up-tempo dance, melodic and folksy album features lead track Manos Al Aire, a club fixture that has already topped the charts in Germany, Colombia and Argentina. The song has allowed her to reach new heights in the U.S. as well, recently making Furtado the first non-Hispanic to reach No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Latin Songs chart with a Spanish cut.
While the Grammy-Award winning Furtado, who climbed her way up the pop charts and left her footprints with I'm Like a Bird off her debut album Whoa, Nelly! (2000) and Loose (2006), appears to genuinely appreciate the fruits all the mainstream success have allowed.
"I've always tried to keep a steady ground," says Furtado. "I'm blessed to have so many beautiful things happening to me right now." She admits to finding a new appreciation for her profession after the birth of her now six-year-old daughter Nevis. Furtado gets a kick whenever her daughter starts singing (in Spanish no less) and asks questions about some of her new songs.While enjoying the fruits of a new and successful production and the anticipation of another long tour, she is also fond of the days when the lights didn't shine so brightly.
The wide-ranging Furtado, who has sold over 18 million records in a career spanning a decade, recalls her musical roots. As an adolescent she established herself by singing in church and playing the keyboard and guitar (after losing interest in the trombone). "I was just so moved with the sounds [of music]. Even as a kid I looked forward to going to church because I knew I was going to get a chance to sing.
"Furtado began sneaking out of her house in British Columbia and into DJ booths as early as age 12. Interacting with underground rappers and DJs led to invitations to contribute her vocals on a few albums. On a summer visit to Toronto, Furtado met Tallis Newkirk of hip-hop group Plains of Fascination, and the meeting resulted in her contributing vocals to Waitin' 4 The Streets on the group's 1996 album Joining The Ranks.
She moved to Toronto after graduating and soon teamed with Newkirk to form Nelstar, a trip-hop duo that specialized in the down-tempo sound that emerged from British hip-hop and house scenes of the mid-1980s.
But it wasn't until she performed at Honey Jam, an all-woman music fest in 1997, that she garnered the attention of Philosopher Kings singer Gerald Eaton and was invited to write songs with him. Shortly after she cut a demo and had her first record deal with Dream Works.
Party's Just Begun (Again), her first single, was released as part of the Brokedown Palace movie soundtrack. As part of the Party, Furtado sings, "I feel like falling asleep and never waking up. Its not like my glass is empty but I need another cup.
"Ten years later she finds herself swimming in unchartered waters, but determined to keep moving forward. "I've never been afraid of taking a risk," says Furtado, whose recent album was a surprise to some in the music industry because she is practically unknown in Spanish-language music circles.
Furtado's albums have a track record of success, and that could spell continued success for the accomplished star—no matter what language she sings in. "In my opinion music is sort of a language in itself," says Furtado. "It may really sound vague but that's what I've gathered from just traveling [the world].
"Furtado is prepared to give her versatile chops quite the workout in coming months with the continued traveling to show off her newest baby and a possible tour next year. Regardless of the outcome, Furtado says: "I do it from the heart."


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|22 Apr 2012
Formatting second hard drive
Hello there.
Wasn't sure where to post this, so if it's in the wrong area, sorry. I bought a Dell Precision 380 Workstation Desktop about a year ago that had two WD 160GB hard drives, one of which had Win XP installed and the other was blank but formatted to NTFS. I installed Windows 7 Home Premium x64 on the second hard drive so I could dual-boot 7 and XP. Now I've decided to just get rid of XP. I backed up the data on the second hard drive with Ashampoo Burning Studio 10 and went to the Disk Management Utility and told it to format the hard drive. It's drive letter was D. How ever it just said "Windows cannot format the system partition on this disk." Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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|22 Apr 2012
7 Ultimate x64/7 Home Premium x64
My guess is that your BCD is on that disk. Have you tried to format that disk by booting to the Windows 7 DVD?
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|22 Apr 2012
Run disk management:
WIN | type DISKMGMT.MSC | ENTER
WIN=key with Microsoft logo on top.
Maximize the output of Disk Management:
ALT-Spacebar key combo | X key (selects Maximize) |
Drag the field separators (such as between Status and Capacity) to show entire field.
Make a snapshot:
WIN | type SNIPPING | ENTER | New
Drag the cursor around the area you want to snip.
File | Save as | select save location and name | Save
Post the snapshot:
Post a File or Screenshot in Seven Forums
Please post the snapshot.
thanks, karl
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|22 Apr 2012
Okay so I did what bbearren said to do and apparently that was the system disk so now my BIOS refuses to boot to the other hard drive. Any idea how to fix that? Thanks
P.S. Sorry karlsnooks. I had already done this by the time I realized you had posted.
|My System Specs
|22 Apr 2012
System Repair.
Do you have either a Win 7 DVD or a System Repair Disc (this is made by Win 7 from within Win 7 and is NOT something from the supplier of your computer)?
|My System Specs
|22 Apr 2012
I have my Windows 7 install disc. But would just swapping the SATA cables work?
EDIT: Swapping the SATA cables didn't work. Just resulted in a failure to boot.
|My System Specs
|22 Apr 2012
Do you have a Win 7 DVD? I do not know what an install disc is.
No, just swapping the cables will not work.
I will tell you that when we find out whether you have a Win 7 DVD from Microsoft, that one of the steps will be to disconnect the drive which does not have Win 7 installed. After your problem is fixed, then you will be able to reconnect and format the non-win 7 drive.
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|22 Apr 2012
Unplug the XP HD, plug its data cable into Win7 HD, make sure it remains set to boot first in BIOS setup.
Now mark Active the Win7 partition: Partition - Mark as Active (Method Two). If it won't mark Active it might be a Logical partition (which is why we needed to see the Disk Mgmt screenshot first). Boot into free Partition Wizard bootable CD, post back a camera snap of drive map with listings, or just convert to Primary the Logical Win7 partition so it can be then marked Active.
Now from the DVD run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times until Win7 starts and holds the System Active boot flags in Disk Management.
You can now plug back in the XP HD if it is not formatted to access it's data from Win7 explorer, or boot it if needed by tapping the Dell F12 one-time BIOS Boot Menu key at boot to choose XP HD to boot.
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|22 Apr 2012
Please follow Greg's detailed procedure.
Let us know if you have any questions.
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|22 Apr 2012
It would have helped to have the Disk Management screenshot requested so we can see what the config is.
Absent that, unplug the XP HD, plug its data cable into Win7 HD, make sure it remains set to boot first in BIOS setup.
Now mark the Win7 HD Active: Partition - Mark as Active (Method Two)
Now from the DVD run Startup Repair - Run 3 Separate Times until Win7 starts and holds the System Active boot flags in Disk Management.
You can now plug back in the XP HD to access it's data from Win7 explorer, or boot it if needed by tapping the Acer F12 one-time BIOS Boot Menu key at boot.
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One can hope that the U.S. Senate has more common sense about the Obamacare effort than the U.S. House did. Last weekend, the House passed an Obamacare plan that, if enacted into law, will have a huge negative impact on this nation.
Under the House plan, small businesses will be burdened with large increase in health care expense for employees. The result will be that small businesses will eliminate jobs at a time when unemployment is already at record highs.
Under the plan, individuals will be required to buy health insurance; if you don't, the government will have the power to put you in jail.
Under the plan, taxes in the coming years will skyrocket to pay for it. Congress used sleight-of-hand in its financing language such that it essentially lied to the American people about how much Obamacare will really cost.
But the worst thing about the House version of Obamacare is that it creates a huge entitlement for the middle class in America. Within a generation, Americans will come to believe that government-paid health care is a "right" in the nation.
This legislation is the most important this nation has seen in decades and will move the country toward the political Left in the extreme. Your health care will no longer belong to you, it will belong to the government. The result will be a disaster on many, many levels.
Let's hope the U.S. Senate kills this bad bill and adopts something less intrusive, less expensive and that will actually help the health care system.
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This was a Christmas gift for my husband. We grill year-round about 4 to 5 times a week. This BBq has been put thru everything. From our weekly family dinners for 6 or...Read complete review
This was a Christmas gift for my husband. We grill year-round about 4 to 5 times a week. This BBq has been put thru everything. From our weekly family dinners for 6 or turkey at Thanksgiving for 35. We love this grill.
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it takes constant attention to keep the temp regulated. the end closest to the fire box gets too hot. not impressed.
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Excellent Product
By The Dachshund People
from Colordo
About Me Master Griller
Using this product to smoke ribs, chicken. Tasted fantastic. Easy to control cooking temp and time
Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend
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I would by this product again and again.
By Ambus
from Battle Mountain, NV
I like the large cooking area. This is a wonderful product.
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Excellent Grill/Smoker
By Grilling in PR
from San Juan, Puerto Rico
About Me Grilling Enthusiast
I live in the Caribbean, so use the grill year round and often. I've had the Smoker Pro for 5 yrs. now, and it is not rusted. Take good care of the CI grates by oiling them (vegetable oil works fine) after cleaning. Smoker box has a small cooking grate and can be used if you only have to grill for 1-2 people. The larger grill is divided into 4 removable grates, so using 1/2 the grill, and loading more charcoal is very easy to do. Dumping the ashes from the main grill and the side box is a snap, as the charcoal bases are removable. Smoking is easy, and heat control is also fairly simple. Highly recommed this grill. 5 yrs. ago I paid $200.00 new, and though it wouldn't last, because it was inexpensive; [...]assemble this.
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A+ Buy this Grill and enjoy
By The Butt Guy
from Aurora Colorado
Very large grilling area. You could smoke a whole cow. I smoked a Butt, Brisket, and 2 Chickens the first time out and only used half the grilling surface. The temp was a little hard to control, the main area was hard to get up to the temp I wanted but made a few adjustments and got it to where I wanted it. I suggest filling all the extra holes for attachments that are not used with nuts and bolts to make controlling the Temp easier. Clean up was easy and fast. The meat itself was very tender and tasty and after a few more times I will have worked all the kinks out and expect the meat will be just the way I want it. It was really close the very first time. Used a lot of wood chips due to the extreme heat in the firebox and would advise large chunks of wood. All in all a great purchase for my needs. The 70 people at my office that I treated had no complaints!
First time smoker
By Mike
from Atlanta, GA
Have years of experience on grill but none on smoking. Read several websites on a staurday and decided to go with this offset model. Using lump charcoal and hickory chunk wood unsoaked, we had an awesome first smoke on this grill. Quickly figured out the temp management and cant wait until I have time to fire it up again!
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By Smokin'D
from Bristow, VA
Nothing better than smoking ribs for about 7 hours, they fall off of the bone. All of my neighbors want to know what I am cooking. I love this smoker.
I would advise my friends to buy this.
By Mikeyd
from Manhattan, Kansas
About Me Occasional Griller
Nice big grill to cook meats direct and indirectly.
I will never use a gas grill again
By JT
from Orlando, Fl.
This is the perfect grill for myself and wife or for a family get together.
Very Good GRiller and Smoker
By Steve
from Pensacola,FL
I use this for making Bar-B-Que. I use Pork, Boston Butt. It tastes as good as the best. Good for smoking Turkey. Smoke them about two hours and finish them in the oven where most people cook turkeys. GOOD smoked Turkeys. Try it! The grill is large, very large. It works good too.
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By bebop bob
from detroit, mi
i would buy it again.
this was a great buy
By tito
from new jersey
this was a good buy, I like to bbq year round this will be great to use
Awesome grill, tastes like the pros
By Tim the Toolman
from Redding, CA
This grill is just what the Dr. ordered. I have been a Weber charcoal fan for years, but I made the step up to wood-fire. We have black oak in NorCal and that is some amazing taste! Great heat and with the separate firebox I can get the perfect mix of slow-cooking heat and smoke.
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By desiree=bbq lover
from San Jose, CA
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Bottom Line No, I would not recommend this to a friend
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Monday: rest
Tuesday: 4k
Wednesday: rest
Thursday: 4k
Friday: rest
Saturday: 6k
Sunday: 30 min walk
This means that today would be a 4k run. I look outside when I get home from work and:
downpour, including high wind gusts. Even a rainfall warning! So I decided to keep my workout indoors and repeat this circuit I did on Friday. It was still brutal, however I managed to increase on all my reps and take shorter breaks. I really like circuit training as a way to cross train. If anyone has a favorite circuit that requires minimal or no equipment please share!
I recently bought some new workout clothing that I can't wait to try out!
First off, I bought this adidas running skirt:
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I've never owned a running skirt before so I'm pretty excited! The polka dots are black and red.
I also recently purchased this top:
I love how the back is mesh. I have a tendency to get overheated while exercising, so I'm hoping this feature will keep me cool.
Now let's all hope for good weather tomorrow so I can get my 4k completed!


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Fresh off laying off some 30,000 workers, Ford is trying to curry its fans favor by releasing ringtones (and wallpapers) of its cars. One of which is the Ford Mustang, whose ringtones include that most American of songs, The Star Spangled Banner. Now, it s not just, you know, instruments playing these songs. Nope, Ford went ahead and recorded engine and other car sounds to serve as the instruments. It s kind of like when the cats sang Jingle Bells only this time with fine, American-crafted cars doing the singing. Hey, at least it s free.
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On-line Book ReviewYO TOMITA
It may appear at first that the author is setting himself an enormous, if not impossible, task; fugue is a genre in which each part is based on the same melodic idea; thus there is no clear distinction between the melody and the bass that Schenkerian analysis needs to distinguish, and so it is not an ideal model to apply the Schenkerian method of analysis. (In fact, Schenker himself attempted only a few analyses on such easy fugues as the fugue in C minor from Book I).
Once start reading it, however, it becomes clear that the author has a host of fascinating ideas about analysing Bachs fugues in this way. By zooming into various structural levels of fugue and by breaking them down into a harmonic skeleton, he often succeeds in demonstrating how Bachs contrapuntal techniques functions tonally, and how the composer may have conceived these harmonically in the first place. Although there are also other places where he encounters analytical problems, his observations generally give fresh insight into the matters that are either not seriously challenged or taken for granted by the traditional approaches, e.g. discussion of the precise ending point of the subject, and the relationship of tonic and dominant notes in subject and answer to be viewed within a single harmony, and so on.
Renwicks discussion is thorough and systematic. He starts with the
historical background of fugal analysis, and quickly moves on to the exhaustive
discussion on subject and answer, where he deals with nearly 300 works
and classifies them as subject categories and paradigms. This is most impressive;
the detailed discussion of each category means that he does away with the
narrative drive that the monograph of this kind is usually expected to
have. He then expounds the tonal principles in fugal expositions by using
this method of analysis, and explores the relationship between imitative
counterpoint and voice-leading in fugue.
1. Approaches to Fugal Analysis
My criticisms are all minor, some of which are perhaps inherent in this
type of analytical discussion where ambiguities must remain. The premise
in Schenkerian analysis that the fundamental melodic line has to be a conjunctive
motion (normally descending) automatically restricts the way the discussions
can be unfolded naturally. The fugue subject of BWV 892/2 is a case in
point: how can we see that the first note of the line must be inferred
from the context of the initial arpeggiation (p.49)? Surely we cannot
take into account a note that Bach did not write. Many fugue subjects start
with an ascending motion, but somehow Renwick often excludes this element
from the Urlinie; instead he calls it as initial arpeggiation
or initial ascent (i.e. it is part of the area where tonic is established).
It is unclear how he arrived at the shape of the fugue subjects of BWV
875/2 (as 5-4-3) and 538/2 (as 8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1), for instance. There are
an unusually large number of typographical errors, too. I have no idea
where the variant readings of BWV 858/2, bars 32-33 (p. 213) originate.
Despite such minor reservations, Renwicks discussion is full of insightful
ideas and observations, and certainly it is a welcome addition to the Bach
literature on analysis.
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Do you ever stop having self-doubt as a runner? Does that exist?
This morning, I logged into Dailymile to see what my mileage was for May. Forty-six miles. So with that, I decided four easy miles were the plan today so that I could have another 50 mile month. But then my legs and the dog had different plans.
My shins started acting up as did my right Achilles when we hit the first mile mark. My Achilles started to hurt at the end of the half last week, and now seems to be a thing. Seems like it's probably a good time to get some new shoes; I'm probably close to 300 miles since I bought them last year.
I was going to push through it since I was only doing four miles, but then I looked down at my pup. She was HOT. It was hot and humid out and her tongue was showing me she was feeling it. I was worried that if she was this hot after only a mile, how was she going to do three more. That's when I decided between my legs/Achilles and my girl, we should just walk the mile back. Sometimes, it's just not time for a run.
But once I got back, I felt pretty disappointed in my legs. Why can't they do more? Why do they have to get shin splints? Why isn't running easy? How was I able to run 13 miles last week, and struggle to do 1 mile today?
Running is one fickle bitch and I can't figure her out. Is this always the case, or will I eventually understand it?


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We hear it all the time, find your passion and you will never work a day in your life again. But what if you have no idea where to begin? Or when fear of being you truly scares you because of all the things you would be losing such as
- friends
- security
- stability
But what about all those things you are gaining?
- Freedom
- Love
- Truth
I get it stepping into who you are and following your passions is scary because it pushes you out of your comfort zone and really your ego is helping you stay there. Because when ego deems things unsafe it will sabotage you although you believe it to be protected.
But what if you are really wanting to find that passion despite the ego and fears?
- Start with deciding to stop for other areas to fall into place.
- Make a list of interests that you have. What brings you joy and what fires you up.
- Make a list of the things that frustrate you or make you angry.
- What can you do about feeling less frustrated and angry? Where do you have control and where do you not feel like you have control?
- If you had a superpower that could change the world, what would it be? How can you create this word without having the superpower?
- Write down what having a purpose means to you. Be clear and identify what you would be doing, how you would feel and what would be different about your life.
- Are you already doing some of those things? How can you bring into your life what is meaningful to you now?
- Decide on a goal that lights you up and makes you feel inspired.
- Brainstorm all the ideas that come to you to help you achieve this goal. Include your skills and talents that can support you in this.
- If you like visions boards, create one and print off the images that bring your purpose and meaning.
- Keep track of your negative thoughts and beliefs. Journal about them and do some evidence-based writing. Where has this been true? Where has this been false?
- Surround yourself with people who will support you on your journey.
Finding purpose is a journey and may even change over time because our mind and awareness expand. If you are following your passions, the things that light you up and excite you and bring you a tremendous amount of joy, odds are you will find your purpose sooner rather than later.


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What is it about this sign that makes me want touch it – if not with my finger (gently, gingerly, carefully of course), then with something – a stick, a blade of grass, a piece of paper, anything just to see if the edges really are sharp and if they are, how sharp are they?
Could I cut my finger on this sign if I just touched it or would I have to do something really stupid, like try to pull it out of the ground or punch it, hard? Could I use it to slice bread, or slice a loaf of lunch-meat or a block of cheese for a sandwich? What if I was walking across this field, taking a short-cut at night and stumbled into this sign? Would they find my mangled body in the morning and say, "Tsk, tsk, we told him not to touch the sign!"
The last thing I'm wondering (well, there are other things I'm wondering, but there's no reason to go wandering off after them here, after all we are dealing with a sharp-edged sign right in front of us), is are there other signs nearby? Signs just like this one, or maybe signs that say things like, "Do not touch, electrified" or simply, "Do not touch, wet paint," or maybe something like, "Do not touch,. Touching this sign could metamorphose you into becoming a Cubs fan." That is a frightening thought!


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For the past couple of months, there have been more and more projects being done at the same time at Automach sad to say Happy Lemon isn't on top of the list. In order to finish the project, we have decided to pull the car out and let my friends at Vannitec / Staginglanes finish the job :)
In only a matter of few hours we were able to install the Walboro fuel pump and some panels. Also installed an HKS visor thanks to HKS super oil.
Fresh off the Hyper Rev book :p Since Gen's Evo was there as well decided to go shoot. Notice how I still lack my side skirts and door flarings :p


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export GST_DEBUG_DUMP_DOT_DIR=/tmp
Start a pipeline:
gst-launch playbin uri=file:///home/thijs/Desktop/mewmew-vorbis-ssa.mkv
On warnings and error's this pipeline will create a dot file. A error can be generated by killing the output window. Now you can transform this dot file to a svg/png/... file. I prefer the use of svg files because the png file from this pipeline is more than 38000 pixels width and crashes my image viewer.
dot -Tsvg -o pipeline.svg 0:00:02.270914892-gst-launch.error.dot
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We weren't necessarily blown away with the design of the ICONIA TAB A500, mainly because it felt rather cheap in overall build quality, but thankfully that's not the case this time around. In fact, we have to commend Acer for improving the choice of materials and build quality found on the ICONIA TAB A510 – with its sturdy metallic feel accented by its rubbery coating in the rear. Despite employing a very straightforward tablet design, we do like how this one is a bit more streamlined.
Flaunting more improvements, we actually adore the better display and processor on hand with the ICONIA TAB A510. Specifically, its 10.1" 1280 x 800 display is piercing to the eye thanks to its strong luminance and wide-viewing angles – while easily being a complementary treat to the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich experience on the tablet. Furthermore, the 1.3GHz quad-core NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor makes the A510 perform almost flawlessly with almost all operations. Barely giving this bad boy a workout, we have to admit that we're astounded by its lightning fast operation.
Considering that the ICONIA TAB A700 is deemed as a higher-end model over this one, we're hoping that Acer justifies the price of the ICONIA TAB A510 very aggressively. For the features, you can't help but keep this one in mind if you're shopping around, but of course, we have to wait until pricing is revealed to know you'll be getting the most bang for the buck. As it stands right now, there's no mention of an official release date, but from what we checked out, it seems to be almost ready!


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Making a partisan big deal out of scandal (or the perception of scandal) is always a bit of a gamble.
Republicans flogged then-president Bill Clinton with impeachment over his extra-marital affair with Monica Lewinsky, which certainly didn't do Al Gore any good a year later when Gore lost – in the US Supreme Court, not in the popular vote – a very close and very divisive election to George W. Bush.
But as Gallup has reported, "Clinton weathered the Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1998 with fairly high personal ratings – averaging 58 percent that year – and ended his presidency on a positive note, with a 57 percent rating in December 2000." Last year, Gallup ranked him the fourth "most admired man" – between Pope Francis and the Rev. Billy Graham.
Now, congressional Republicans are going after the Obama administration over the 2012 attack by Islamic militants on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, which killed American Ambassador Christopher Stevens and three other US personnel.
Speaker John Boehner has named a special committee to investigate charges that the Obama administration white-washed or covered up missteps in the US response to the attack. Rep. Darrell Issa, (R) of California, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, has issued a subpoena intended to force Secretary of State John Kerry to testify before the panel about Benghazi.
Kerry's predecessor – former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who leads any possible opponents in the 2016 presidential race – is an obvious target.
"It's clear that there are implications for 2016," Rep. Steve Stivers, (R) of Ohio, told Bloomberg News.
But as Oklahoma Republican Tom Cole warned, "It's a very two-edged sword."
There's concern among Republicans that in probing Benghazi, "the peril at the polls is at least as strong as the chance for political gain," Bloomberg reported. "That could prove especially so if it appears the party is talking about the deaths of four Americans in the attacks mainly as a way to win votes."
Democrats dismiss GOP efforts here as "a blatantly political and partisan effort," as White House spokesman Jay Carney put it.
"It is nothing more than a political ploy, because continuing to focus obsessively on repealing the Affordable Care Act has lost its luster," Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz of Florida, who chairs the Democratic National Committee, said at a Monitor-hosted press breakfast this week.
Still, it could be a move that pays off for the GOP – at least that's what several recent polls suggest.
Most voters suspect the Obama administration hasn't been completely forthcoming about how it reacted to the Benghazi attack, Rasmussen reported this week, and just over half think the Benghazi matter deserves further investigation.
"Only 32 percent of Likely U.S. Voters are satisfied with the administration's explanation of its response to the Benghazi situation in September 2012, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey," the polling organization found. "Fifty percent are not satisfied with the administration's explanation."
A Fox News poll in April had similar results: By 60-34 percent, voters want Congress to continue investigating Benghazi, including 42 percent of Democrats.
"By a margin of 61-26 percent, voters believe that the White House is 'trying to cover-up' what happened in Benghazi rather than 'being open and transparent,'" Fox reported. "About a third of Democrats (33 percent), two-thirds of independents (66 percent) and almost all Republicans (87 percent) say the Obama administration is hiding something on Benghazi."
Asked in a Washington Times poll, "Do you think the Benghazi scandal will hurt former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton if she chooses to run for president in 2016?" 83 percent said "yes."
Meanwhile, Democrats have to decide whether to take part as the minority in the House's special investigative committee – they'd have five seats and Republicans have seven – where they could at least weigh in, or to boycott committee hearings.
That still hadn't been decided by the end of the day Friday.
Speaker Boehner has rejected the Democrats' request for equal membership on the panel. Democrats say they'll participate nonetheless if they get GOP guarantees of fair access to documents, a voice on subpoenas, and an equal chance to question witnesses.
"We must have standards," Pelosi said at a news conference after Democrats held a strategy session Friday morning. Later, in a letter to Boehner, she held firm to her objections, saying the current rules would not prevent a repeat of the "unacceptable and repeated abuses" that she said have occurred in the parallel investigation by Rep. Darrell Issa.
"We don't want a kangaroo court," Rep. Chris Van Hollen, (D) of Maryland, told reporters. "We think that this whole Benghazi hearing is a waste of taxpayer dollars, but if at the very least they're going to establish a fair process then we could participate."
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I cried a river in my dreams.
I awoke in a puddle of illusion.
I see clearly when my mind is focussed on eternity,
When I turn and get distracted,
I fall deep into my dreams.
The river flows from my insecurities.
I drift down lackadaisically in a high when I'm focussed.
The river gets rough when my focus is trying to stand on my own two feet.
I get pulled in the current and feel like there's no way out.
I get distracted and gasp for air.
I forget that the river is shallow,
Just like my worries.
Focus on GOD.
What I want is trivial compared to what he has in store.
Focus on the moment,
Focus NOW,
Today is the day.
I cried a river in my dreams.


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For years Ive made due with the smallest food processor available (4 cup is it?) and wistfully read recipes that would require the use of a large food processor- pizza dough, etc- and considered them basically out of reach. No more! I finally got a 10 cup capacity yesterday. What is everyones favorite thing to make with their (large) food processor?
we have a roundup of great food processor recipes! https://food52.com/blog...
(also: it makes shredding things like brussels sprouts and cabbage a DREAM!)
Shredding potatoes for latkes in winter; pureeing cantaloupe with homemade almond milk and honey for cold soup in summer.
I worked for Cuisinart for years and always recommended (and still do) to buy the largest one you could afford or fit into your kitchen. You can do small amounts in a large work bowl much more easily than the reverse. Actually, 10-cups is not considered "large" at all, but average sized. However now you should be able to make bread, cookies and other goodies in your food processor. Soups also, altho with the advent of the stick blender, that utensil has really taken over the soup duties. [BTW, even my 14-cup workbowl is not the largest available.]
Great for crushing cookies to use in bourbon or rum balls! Great for turning booze-soaked dried fruit into a paste to use in flavor bourbon or rum balls! Great for combining paste with cookie crumbs to make bourbon or rum balls! (I made two different batches last night in my Cuisinart.)
Great for coarsely chopping cranberries for use in mostardas, cranberry chutney, etc.
Great for blitzing herbs and aromatics in this tamarind sauce https://food52.com/recipes... (Make triple or quadruple batches and freeze what you're not using tonight, to use within the next few months when you need a quick meal.)
Great for making XO sauce. (I use the recipe on grubstreet.com.)
Great for making Paul Virant's extraordinary Pumpkin Butter nice and smooth. https://food52.com/recipes...
Oh, I could go on and on . . . .
My then-soon-to-be mother-in-law gave me a 10 cup Cuisinart a few weeks before I was married. It's one of, if not *the* best kitchen tool gift I've ever received. I never would have bought one for myself (they were quite new back then). I use it all the time! ;o)
chop nuts(carefully, pulsing); grinding Parm; pureeing soups and sauces; mincing cooked seafood or meats; grinding meat;slicing large batch of mushrooms; slicing large amounts of onion before hand chopping the rest of the way. Thinly slicing cukes and carrots; pulsing for rough chopping canned plum tomatoes to break up before making marinara.; slicing baby kosher dills paper thin for Cubano and other sandwiches; grating large block of cheese; making bread crumbs. Congrats! No better kitchen appliance investment imo!
I would take the new machine as an occasion to re-learn or re-visit some things that can be made in any size processor, but with more space or ease in a larger one:
butter from scratch;
flavored butter (using store-bought or home-made);
quenelles (fish mixture to be poached. aka French gefilte fish);
crushed ice (for drinks or other kitchen use);
bread dough (use the machine power to mix and do first kneading);
mixtures for cold or hot soups;
cake batter (though be careful not to overprocess).
Hello Jennifer W.,
O I love this question, and the answers are fabulous! I feel I have to represent my craft with the following list. p.s. As an aside, I received my first (and only) Cuisinart food processor over three decades ago! My father and stepmother were demonstrating them! It's still working!
When it comes to doing "liquidy" prep, my "rule" is - liquids in the blender & purées in the food processor. But after that, I LOVE the grating and slicing features for everything from vegetables & fruit, to cheese & butter.
ganache, cake frosting, tart dough (pâte sucre), muhammra, hummus, pastry cream, cremeux, gelee, granita, gravy, most any sauce, coulis, veggie burgers, chunky soup, marshmallow fluff.
pps. Please learn from my mistakes, though... Food processors are famous for using a lot of electricity. If one side of your house is susceptible to blowing fuses, choose your outlet carefully :[]


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In our ongoing effort to reissue as much as the El Deth catalog as we can to the major digital retail outlets, this one was next.
Originally released in 2004, this was one of the earliest projects to come out of El Studio. I had met Hamilton at an open mic type of night at the now defunct Blue Cats in Knoxville's Old City. We kept in touch and he gave me a DIY cassette release of something called The Common Cold EP. I absolutely loved it and we've passed through several musical doors together since.
This album features a track with Dire Con backing him up in full. (Of course I'll take this moment to plug the upcoming, self titled, Dire Con release that El Deth will be throwing into the universe in a few months.) Also, note the additional lyrical stylings of The Illiest on that same track.
The chick on the cover, playing the part of Sara Lewis (who is named similar to that chick from Jag Star), is actually Melissa Fagan of The Melissa Fagan Band.
How bout this place? I don't even know what this is.


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Los Angeles: Paul Walker's mother Cheryl and his ex-girlfriend Rebecca Soteros will reportedly fight a legal battle over the custody of the late actor's 15-year-old daughter.
Meadow, who is Paul and Rebecca's daughter, had been living with Cheryl Walker since August, three months before Paul died.
After Paul's death, Rebecca flew from Hawaii to live with Cheryl and Meadow and planned to stay until things stabilized.
But Tmz.com reports that things fell apart last week when Cheryl filed to become Meadow's legal guardian.
An upset Rebecca took Meadow to live at a family friend's house a mile away from Cheryl.
Rebecca has had a serious drinking problems over the last six years, with 2 DUIs under her belt. It is said that this why Meadow reached out to her father several years ago and asked to move to his home.
And, in Paul's will, he expressed the desire to make his mom Meadow's guardian in case he died.
So Cheryl will go to court in an attempt to win temporary guardianship of Meadow, but according to family sources, Rebecca will fight her tooth and nail.
The sources also said that Cheryl is armed with evidence that Rebecca's drinking problem has not subsided and she's an unfit parent.
Meanwhile, Rebecca has a legal advantage because she's the biological mother, but Cheryl is determined to protect her granddaughter.


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Drug driving concerns highlighted
No real effort is being made to clamp down on those who drive while under the influence of drugs, according to anti-drugs campaigner, PJ Blake.
Speaking to the Donegal Democrat, Mr Blake said that the comments of AA's Conor Faughnan on Highland Radio on Tuesday - the director of consumer affairs said it was almost impossible to detect drug drivers because of the ever changing availablity of substances - backed up his belief.
"Back in 2007 the gardai and the Road Safety Authority came toghether with the aim of reducing the number of drug driving incidents by ten per cent," PJ Blake said.
"While it is great to see so much progress being made in the area of drink driving, unfortunately the same cannot be said about drug driving. People are driving on our roads, with both legal and illegal drugs in their systrem and the inability of the authoriries to detetect these people is doing nothing to make our roads any safer. I'm extremely disappointed."


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I'm having a day...
I think I'm pms-ing or something, I'm just super emotional today. I keep getting angry, then sad, then I'm fine... It's the full moon so I know that's a little of it. I'm just so flippin sensitive. I should go to bed and pretend I don't exist the rest of the day.
I heard from my swap partner today and feel like crap for being so stressy about not hearing from her, apparently her Grandpa died last week, which is why she was not in touch. Man do I feel crappy for complaining now. Not that I could have had any way of knowing, but...
In other news it's only 2 weeks until my birthday. I am so looking so forward to my shopping day with mom and Shmoo. We did this last year and it was so much fun. We just ran around on high street all day, going from shop to shop, mostly window shopping. We started with breakfast at Jack and Benny's and went from there. I'm so looking forward to the 13th.
I'm also looking forward to next Saturday, because Seth and I and a group of others are all going to the movie tavern to watch the new Alice by Tim Burton.
It looks so amazing... and I'm hoping it will inspire me even more for my Alice swap.
I also have time off coming up, the whole week after my birthday. We are going to go down to Cincinnati for a few days to go to the Newport Aquarium. We are also going to get together with my dad and Lesley for dinner at some point, she is going to make Shepherds pie, nomnomnom. Lots of stuff coming up in the next couple of weeks. A lot to look forward to.


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'Breaking Bad' Cast Takes on 'Team Nerdist' in Bowling Showdown
All this season, the Nerdist channel on YouTube has been running a 'All-Star Celebrity Bowling Challenge' in which comedians from the Nerdist podcast and website take on celebrities in a bit of ten pin.
Previous opponents include the cast of 'Mad Men' and 'Mythbusters.' But Chris Hardwick and company faced perhaps their toughest opponents, the cast of AMC's 'Breaking Bad,' in the series finale.
'Team Breaking Bad,' represented by Bryan Cranston (Walter White), Betsy Brandt (Marie Schrader)
RJ Mitte (Walter White, Jr.) and Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman) are certainly at home at a bowling alley as the cast and crew on the AMC drama have their own annual bowling tournament. The challenge was also taking place in their home turf of New Mexico, where the show is shot. Would these advantages lead to a Breaking Bad victory, meaning $10,000 would go to the charity the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children?
Well, it certainly looked like a good time was had by all. But beyond the side bets, taunts, threats of nudity and the revelation that Hardwick and Paul look quite similar, there were was a winner, and that was Team Breaking Bad. "They go home to Los Angeles with their tails between their legs because they've lost," said Cranston, after his team's 507 to 490 victory.
While Hardwick wasn't able to lead his team to victory, he can take solace in the fact that he personally rolled a 217, which is a great score even outside the realm of Celebrity All Stars.


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So, it's New Year's Eve. Woohoo! Let's party!!
Or not. Because New Year's Eve has never appealed to me much as a "holiday." I think the only time I ever really made a concerted effort to "celebrate" it was during a three- or four-year span during my teenage years. Maybe from the time I was 15 or so until I was 18?
Back in those days, I did some really stupid things. Overall I was a terrific kid (you can ask my Mom), but damn…when I look back and reflect on some of the behaviors I engaged in, it scares the hell out of me.
Having grown up in an alcoholic home (compliments of my Dad), I always associated New Year's Eve with drinking. Not that it was much different than any other night in my house. I mean, my Dad was always drinking. I guess New Year's Eve just meant that the beverages consumed included some more variety. Instead of just the usual Club Manhattans on the rocks, maybe there was some Champagne or Cold Duck thrown into the mix, too. And, of course, the kids were always invited to imbibe at the stroke of midnight, if not before.
(Cold Duck, a combination of wine and Champagne that was invented at a restaurant in Detroit--yes, as a Detroiter my Dad knew the history--was big in our house at holiday time. The first time I ever got drunk was when I had too much Cold Duck to drink one Thanksgiving. I was probably 12.)
So New Year's Eve was, to me, a drinking holiday. Growing up, that's what I saw, and it was engrained in me from an early age.
I think I was 15 when I had my first truly horrific experience with alcohol. It was New Year's Eve and a girl down the street was having a party. I was excited to go because I had a bit of a crush on this girl, and she had way cool parents (or so I thought at the time). Her parents were so cool that they were letting her have a party with alcohol. The plan was for everyone to bring a bottle of something, then it would all be mixed together into a "punch."
Great idea, right? Wrong.
Looking back, I can't even fathom how something like this was allowed to happen. I know it was a different time--likely 1976--but what the hell kind of parents would let such a thing go on in their house? I can only imagine that it must've been an extreme case of "If they're gonna drink, let's have 'em drink at home so we know they're safe." Sadly, I think some parents still subscribe to that theory, although I'm certainly not one of them.
But back to my story.
I went to the party. The punch was mixed. I drank punch. Actually, I drank a lot of punch, because I didn't know what the f*ck I was doing. By 9:30 or 10:00, I was completely wasted. I knew I was going to be sick, so I made my way from the basement (party headquarters) to the bathroom at the top of the stairs. So, in what was probably one of the biggest examples of Murphy's Law I've ever encountered in my lifetime, what do you suppose happened when I got to the bathroom? Yup. It was occupied.
I certainly wasn't planning for that scenario. I started to make my way back downstairs, but only got down a couple of steps before I threw up. And boy, did I throw up. All over the stairs. All over the wall. All over myself.
Strangely enough, nobody noticed. The kids downstairs were partying too much to notice. And the music was so loud that nobody--downstairs or up--could hear me being sick. At the time, this gave me the false impression that I was home free. That nobody would know that I had been the one to fill the stairwell up with vomit.
Yeah, right.
It didn't take long for the girl's father to find the mess I had created. And it took even less time for him to pin the crime on me. The fact that I was covered in my own puke kind of made it a dead giveaway.
Long story short: I was asked to leave. I grabbed my coat, left the party, and made my way down the block, on foot, back to my house.
It was very snowy out and I have no idea how I managed to navigate my way home that night. I remember wondering what the hell I was going to tell my parents, who would most certainly be up and about. But somehow I managed to go around to the back door, waited for the perfect opportunity, and snuck in without anyone knowing. I quietly went to my room, took off my soiled clothes, and got into bed.
I remember waking up the next day with my first hangover. I felt like I was dying. And at that point I wanted to die.
Happy new year, huh?
You would think that that incident would've taught me a lesson, but it really didn't. I remember going out and drinking for the next couple of New Year's Eves, too, but I didn't get sick anywhere but in my own bathroom at the end of the night. Needless to say, there was a period during my teenage years when I was obviously hanging out with the wrong people. When I found a different crowd to run with, things definitely changed for the better. Thank God.
Maybe that horrific experience back in the mid-seventies helped mold my current opinion of New Year's Eve. I'm sure it must've had some effect. In any case, for me New Year's Eve ranks right up there with St. Patrick's Day as, first and foremost, a "drinking holiday." That's why I like to spend December 31st at home, safe and sound, with people I love.
Tonight I'll cook a nice meal, we'll enjoy each other's company, and maybe we'll even make it to midnight. But it will be an alcohol-free "celebration," and the only scary thing about it will be hearing the gunshots ring out from across the border in Detroit at 12:00.
I hope all of you out there enjoy your New Year's Eve, no matter how you celebrate it. Just remember: if you drink, don't drive. Don't make this holiday one your family will never forget for the wrong reasons.
Now, pass the root beer.


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Although a little down time in Jane Austen's time sounds glorious, romantic, and even glamorous, I know enough about that time period to know that it would be grating on this 2011 gal. If wealthy or at least of means, a woman had serious restrictions on what she could or couldn't do, and who she could or couldn't see. Much of this information is highlighted, but in a very fun, proper sort of way in The Jane Austen Handbook by Margaret C. Sullivan.
For any serious Janeite, I would highly recommend having a copy of this cute little handbook. The information and details are a nice reference point to the period, and to Jane Austen's novels in particular. As set up, it is separated into four sections:
- Jane Austen's World and Welcome to It
- A Quick Succession of Busy Nothings; or, Everyday Activities
- Making Love
- The Best Company; or, Social Gatherings
"Some experts suggest simply multiplying the amount by fifty; thus, Mr. Darcy's ten thousand a year becomes a half million pounds, or close to a million dollars...Economist J. Bradford DeLong suggests that straight multiplication does not give the whole story...Dr. DeLong's calculations place the modern equivalent of Mr. Darcy's income at $6 million per year." (27)Regardless of the sum, that's a whole lot of money! It's easy to see how setting Mr. Wickham back on the straight and narrow with Lydia might have been a big wad of cash, but nothing in the overall picture of his income and worth.
|Regency Letter (via Jane Austen's World)
There are lots of other details shared in this cute handbook that made it an easy read. I highly recommend this as a fun gift for any Jane Austen fan on your gift list. It is well organized, with a nice Table of Contents, Index, and list of terms defined in the back. The language is informative, without being stuffy and boring. And the pictures included in the book are well done and fit with the information of the book. On my edition the hardback cover is well made, and the size is smaller than even a paperback book. Honestly, I really would recommend this Regency England guidebook for anyone who reads and loves Jane Austen's time period.
The Jane Austen Handbook: Proper Life Skills from Regency England comes out today! Thank you to Quirk Books for the opportunity to read and review this great little handbook.


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I am sure many people were amazed of the latter release specially when the USA or English version came out. And just recently A Japanese version of this title came out and thanks to the people who are spending their time translating Japanese titles for the PSP community to enjoy.
I am giving you this which was converted by KEYTOTRUTH/TRUHKEY all credits to him for spending his skills and effort.
I am planning on putting this on torrent as I have it uploaded on megaupload, fileserve, depositfiles, duckload and mediafire already because I know not everyone has high speed internet and they would prefer torrent than direct links.
Name: Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep Final Mix.iso
Size: 1.60 GB
Percentage translated(overall): 85%
System messages: 100%
Story: 75%
Commands: 100%
Descriptions: 100%
Report: 60%
Misc: 70%
Secret Episode: 100%


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Russian-English SlovoEd 2.3.7 Free Download
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Even though this is a letter from a sister to her Muslim sisters, it can easily apply to the brothers as well.
My Dear Sister in Islam:
Insha-Allah, everything is well with you and those close to you. I am writing this letter to let you know how much I care and to help us both gain an understanding of what Sisterhood in Islam really means, Insha-Allah.
I care about you because we share something that is more special than the whole world and all that it contains; we share the belief in the Oneness of Allah (Subhana wa Ta'ala) and the religion that He (Subhana wa Ta'ala) has given to us. This is a gift that transcends any differences we may have in regard to race, color, nationality, culture or language. Being a sister in Islam is one of the many blessings that comes from acceptance of the true path of Allah (Subhana wa Ta'ala). It is also a responsibility that we each have as members of the Muslim Ummah. To fulfill our obligation, we first need to understand what is required of us. This is what the bond of Sisterhood in Islam means to me, based upon the wisdom of Allah and his
Prophet Muhammad (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam), "...And lower your wing for the believers (be courteous to the fellow Believers)." (Al-Hijr 15:88) The Prophet (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) said, "None of you has Iman
(faith) until he desires for his brother (or sister) Muslim that which he desires for himself (or herself)." (Bukhari and Muslim) He (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) also said, "The Muslims in their mutual love, kindness and
compassion are like the human body where when one of its parts is in agony the entire body feels the pain, both in sleeplessness and fever." (Bukhari and Muslim) I love you for the sake of Allah (Subhana wa Ta'ala) .. The Messenger of Allah (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) said, "On the Day of Judgement, Allah, the Most High, will announce, 'Where are those who love each other for the sake of My pleasure? This day I am going to shelter them in the shade provided by Me. Today there is no shade except my shade." (Muslim) I will be sure to tell you of my love, Insha-Allah ...The Prophet (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) said, "If a person loves his brother, he should inform him of this fact." (Abu Dawud and Tirmidi) I will be merciful
and compassionate toward you, Insha-Allah ...Allah (Subhana wa Ta'ala) says, "Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, and those who are with him are severe against the disbelievers, and merciful
among themselves..." (Al-Fath 48:29) The Prophet (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) said, "Do not be envious of other Muslims; do not overbid at auctions against another Muslim; do not have malice against a Muslim;
do not go against a Muslim and forsake him; do not make an offering during a pending transaction. O' servants of Allah, be like brothers (or sisters) with each other. A Muslim is the brother (or sister) of another Muslim; do not hurt him (or her), or look down upon him (or her) or bring shame on
him (or her). Piety is a matter of heart (The Prophet (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) repeated this thrice). It is enough evil for a person to look down upon his Muslim brother (or sister). The blood, property and honor of a Muslim is inviolable to a Muslim." (Muslim) I will keep company with you, Insha-Allah ..The Prophet (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) said, "Keep company with a believer only, and let your food be eaten only by the righteous." (Abu Dawud and Tirmidi) He (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) also said, "A person is likely
to follow the faith of his friend, so look whom you befriend." (Abu Dawud and Tirmidi) I will help you when necessary and I will cover your shortcomings, Insha-Allah ... The Prophet (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) said,"One who helps a fellow Muslim in removing his (or her) difficulty in this world, Allah
will remove the former's distress on the Day of Judgement. He who helps to remove the hardship of another, will have his difficulties removed by Allah in this world and in the Hereafter. One who covers the shortcomings of another Muslim, will have his faults covered up in this world and the next by Allah. Allah continues to help a servant so long as he goes on helping his own brother (or sister)." (Muslim) I will encourage you to the
right, Insha-Allah ... Allah (Subhana wa Ta'ala) says, "The believers, men and women. are Auliya (helpers, supporters, friends, protectors) of one another, they enjoin (on people) Al-Ma'ruf ( i.e. Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do), and forbids (people) from Al-Munkar (i.e. polytheism and disbelief of all kinds, and all that Islam has forbidden); they offer their prayers perfectly (Iqamat-as-Salat); and give the
Zakat and obey Allah and His Messenger. Allah will have His mercy upon them. Surely, Allah is All-Mighty, All-Wise." (At-Tauba 9:71) When the Prophet (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) instructed, "Help your (Muslim) brother (or sister) when he commits a wrong and when a wrong is committed against him, someone
asked, "O Messenger of Allah, I understand how I can help him if a wrong is committed against him, but how can I help him if he is himself committing a wrong?" At that the Prophet (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) answered, "Stopping him from committing the wrong is helping him." (Bukhari) I will fulfill my
minimum duties and beyond, Insha-Allah ... The Prophet (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) said, "A Muslim owes six obligations towards another Muslim: when you meet him (or her), salute him (or her) saying 'Assalamu Alaikum; when he (or she) invites you, accept his (or her) invitation; when he (or she) solicits your advice, advise him (or her) sincerely; when he (or she) sneezes and praises Allah, respond with the supplication Yarhamuk Allah (Allah have mercy on you); when he (or she) falls sick, visit him (or her); on his (or her) death, join his (or her funeral)." (Muslim) He (salAllahu Alaihi wa Salaam) also said, "When a Muslim visits his (or her) Muslim brother (or sister) who is sick, he (or she) certainly gathers the fruits of Paradise until he (or she) returns (from visiting)." (Muslim) You should understand, dear sister, that these are only some of the promises that I have made to you and to Allah (Subhana wa Ta'ala), Insha-Allah. I will strive to fulfill each of them to the best of my ability, Insha-Allah. Insha-Allah you will do the same for all of your sisters in Islam. This will not only enhance our bounds of Sisterhood, but will also strengthen the fibers of the Muslim Ummah as we acquire and utilize the wisdom of Islam, Insha-Allah. Our ultimate goal is to gain the pleasure of Allah
(Subhana wa Ta'ala), as well as His Mercy and Blessings, Insha-Allah. May we both find the true peace that comes with being a Muslim and attaining the highest of rewards: Paradise.Ameen!!!
With true love, Your Sister in Islam


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January 30, 2012
January NEW Challenge by Penny
Reader Penny submitted this layout for the January NEW Challenge. She said:
Here is my challenge layout: It's titled "New Smile". I hope you like it!
Now it's your turn to take the January NEW Challenge. The January Challenge is anything doing with NEW - it could be a new tool, a new product, a new technique, or the project could have somehing to do with NEW - like New Years Eve - Our New Home, etc!. Anything goes! Have fun sharing something NEW with us.To participate in the January NEW Challenge - just email a picture of your project along with a description to email@example.com
All submissions will be posted to The Scrap Our Stash blog and on January 31st a winner will be chosen, and given the opportunity to be a Guest Design Team Member for the month of March. This challenge ends at midnight central time January 31st.
Posted by Get the Picture by Kathy at 10:01 AM
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Jenny, what a bright and happy layout. Love the water bubbles added. He's so cute!ReplyDelete
Great layout! Love the colors and circles.ReplyDelete
This is a really wonderful layout! I just think that look on his face is pure heaven!! I love the colors you used and all the layering. The water bubbles are neat too.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous happy photograph, the layout compliments it perfectly - great colour combo and like how the use of circles.ReplyDelete
I love the bright colors - and this picture is awesome. You did a great job of making it your focal point.ReplyDelete
Great photo and layout! I like the circles with brads and the bright colors.ReplyDelete
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100 Princes' Blvd.
Toronto, ON M6K 3C3
The major intersection closest to the Enercare Centre is Lakeshore Boulevard and Strachan Avenue.
NOTE: There is no entrance through the Princes' Gates this year
Take the Gardiner Expressway west to Spadina/Lakeshore Boulevard cutoff and follow the signs for Lakeshore Boulevard. Take Lakeshore Boulevard past Strachan to Newfoundland Dr.
Take the Gardiner Expressway east to Lakeshore Boulevard or Jameson Avenue. There are two entrance points to Exhibition Place from Lakeshore Boulevard – Ontario Drive and Newfoundland Drive. Access via Toronto Transit (TTC).
$15 Weekdays
$18 surface/$21 underground Weekends
WEEKDAYS (Mon-Fri) after 4PM parking is FREE
There are two stations on Exhibition Grounds and numerous parking locations both above and below ground.
Take the Bloor subway to Dufferin Station, board the #29 bus south to Exhibition Place.
Take the Bloor subway to Bathurst Station, board the #511 streetcar south to Exhibition Place. There are two streetcar stops at Exhibition Place, at Strachan Avenue, and adjacent to the Horse Palace/GO Station.
Take the Yonge-University subway to Union Station. Board the #509 streetcar west to Exhibition Place. There are two streetcar stops at Exhibition Place, at Strachan Avenue, and adjacent to the Horse Palace/GO Station.
Exhibition Place also has a GO station located right on our grounds. The station name is EXHIBITION and is one stop west of Union Station on the East-West Lakeshore line. For more information please contact GO Transit.
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Katherine Johnson
Katherine Johnson is Assistant General Manager and Chief Financial Officer at KCBX.
She is responsible for overseeing the organization's financial operations, financial reporting, budgeting, and serves as the Business Manager for the station's annual Live Oak Music Festival. She also assists with human resource management.
Prior to her employment with KCBX, which began in December 1996, Katherine ran an export management company that specialized in trade between California and northern Italy.
Previously, Katherine worked as the Marketing Manager for an international licensing company and served as the Assistant Director of the World Trade Association of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce.
Katherine received a bachelor's degree in Social Sciences from UC Berkeley in 1986, which included a year of study at the Università di Padova in Padova, Italy. She earned a Master's Degree in Political Science from UC Berkeley in 1989.
Katherine lives in Arroyo Grande with her husband, Ian, two children, Duke and Emma, and many pets.


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The Lords of the Ring
More than seventy years ago, a party of dwarves led by Thorin Oakenshield, accompanied by Mr Bilbo Baggins of the Shire, entered the Lonely Mountain on a quest to defeat the dragon Smaug and reclaim the Dwarves' lost homeland.
They were never seen again.
Now, Middle Earth is on the brink of war. The Necromancer, driven out of his fortress of Dol Guldur in southern Mirkwood, has arisen once more in Mordor and openly declared himself as Sauron, the Dark Lord.
His Orcs probe ever deeper into the western lands, defying the forces of Gondor who try to keep them contained. Rumours abound that the ancient tower of Barad-Dur has been rebuilt. Smoke hangs over the peaks of the Ephel Duath.
And now the Wise have learned that, when Mr Baggins entered the Lonely Mountain all those years ago, he took with him a ring. A very special ring. The One Ring, forged by Sauron himself to dominate all of Middle Earth.
In Rivendell, Elrond Halfelven holds a council to decide what must be done. One thing is sure: Sauron must not get the Ring.
But can a Fellowship of the Free Peoples of Middle Earth find the Ring before Sauron does?
And how much does the dragon Smaug know about this treasure?
Find out more about our heroes and their world in The Lords of the Ring wiki


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I'm just waiting on a friend . . .
I was sitting, waiting for Bryan, looking out at Astor Place. The man in the red sweater was leaning on the mailbox, looking like he owned the place, or at least like he had optioned it. Next to me a couple was interviewing a potential nanny for their twins, a Jamaican woman who was doing her best to answer the questions. "They were premature, so they have special needs. I spent a lot of time bed-ridden in the last months of the pregnancy and I'm anxious to get back to my life--can I depend on you to wake them if they sleep too long and miss a feeding?" asked the mother. "We just need to feel that we can trust you," said the father. "Every child is different," said the job applicant, "you just got to pay attention to the child . . . "
The guy sweeping the floor looked over my shoulder and said, "looks just like him. I notice people, but I can't draw'em. That guy's always standing there, taking his foot out of his shoe and looking around. I notice them, but I can't draw them. I see them all, but I don't know how to draw . . . "
I wish I'd noticed he was only wearing one shoe . . .