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Hello Gunnar,
just discussed on IRC, but for the records..
Gunnar Hjalmarsson [2013-12-13 5:59 +0100]:
> ~/.pam_environment
> /etc/environment
These are fine from my POV. They aren't shell scripts, so they are
"safer" in the sense that it's hard to get unintended side effects in
> /etc/default/locale
This should be taken off the page. This is explicitly not the place to
set arbitrary environment variables.
> Personally I don't find any of them optimal. As regards
> ~/.pam_environment and /etc/default/locale, they are written to
> automatically when people set their languages and locales via the GUIs,
> so there is a risk that manual entries are accidentally overwritten.
That would be a bug in accounts-service & friends though. The PAM ones
have a rather simple line format, so it isn't hard to change existing
ones, and the code goes through some effort to not overwrite user
settings and keep the format nice.
> I tend to think that these files are preferred when you need to
> manipulate environment variables manually:
> ~/.profile - for user specific settings
> /etc/profile - for system wide settings
As Oliver said, /etc/profile.d/ is better. /etc/profile is maintained
by packages (although not as conffile) and it's already quite complex,
so it's easy for users to break it.
> I'm about to edit
> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EnvironmentVariables, but before
> doing so, and since this is an area where established practice
> should be taken into consideration, I'd appreciate some input here
> before doing so.
Many thanks! Keeping docs up to date is indeed very important and
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Just over a year ago the Irish rejected the Lisbon Treaty, which was itself a vaguely named rehash of the EU Constitution already rejected by the French and the Dutch.
At the end of this week, the Irish will be asked if no still means no.
A constitution is supposed to be the guarantee of citizens' rights. The rights of the individual are supposed to balance the powers of the state.
If the Lisbon Treaty, which contains the essence of the European Constitution, strengthened individual rights that would be one thing.
However, it greatly increases the powers of a state, not the nation state in which you were born, but a new super state. And it provides no balancing increase in your individual rights.
The EU is expanding too fast... time for a pause
It has failed to deliver the individual freedoms that the EU claims are "fundmental". While it's broken down the barriers to (especially big) business, the EU has lied about its supposed benefit for individuals.
That's why talk of a constitution, renamed the Lisbon treaty, is a sham.
1) The Free Movement of Goods
Judged on what the EU has done since its origin, it exists to make life easier for big corporations.
Decades after the EU established freedom of movement for goods by companies, it still has not enshrined the same freedoms for individuals. The EU has been slow to consider the problem of double taxation which often affects hire-purchase cars or the house contents when people move jobs across borders.
2) A Single Market for Services
While multinational corporations, politicians and EU bureaucrats move freely around the EU, individuals often can't pay into their pensions from a second country, or even open bank accounts in their native country while they are living abroad.
3) The Free Movement of Capital
Expat workers with bank accounts abroad are considered "offshore tax cheats" by EU governments. The EU thinks all countries should have the same tax rates because different rates distort the free movement of capital.
Irish EU Commissioner Charlie McCreevy has said the EU's long term agenda is to "take control of taxation". If Mr McCreevy is right, small countries will be forced to match the high tax rates of core European countries like France, Germany and Italy.
To really tax people hard, you have to stop them moving to where the tax is lower.
4) The Free Movement of Persons
Our great-grandparents had much greater freedom of movement than we have, hemmed in by visas, work permits, taxes and restrictions on moving our meager wealth and possessions. Again, the EU's actions show that it aims to keep workers under the thumb, with their movements, banking arrangements and personal information regulated and monitored.
The EU's idea of free movement is cheap migrant labour for companies.
For middle class professionals working abroad, the EU's failure to harmonise financial services means individuals face a minefield of conflicting legislation. Strangely, this has been smoothed away for large corporations.
5) The Free Movement of Knowledge
The European Commission started talking about this fifth "freedom" in 2007. However, far from removing barriers to freedom of thought, the EU is creating new ones.
The EU is funding the development of mass surveillance techniques on a European scale, which Shami Chakrabarti, director of human rights group Liberty calls "positively chilling".
From the above you can see that the EU is not against regulation. It is against regulation that it doesn't control. It is not for a free market, but very much the opposite: a regulated market in which Brussels will decide who are the winners.
People mistakenly think Brussels created the Celtic Tiger. Brussels fosters this misconception.
Ireland's rapid growth followed the deregulation of the late 1990s, as politicians saw the benefit of liberating business rather than harnessing it for their own ends.
Corporate tax rates were cut to 12.5%, very low by international standards, and income tax to a maximum of 41%. The service sector boomed, especially finance, because it became much easier to do business.
This was not the EU's doing. In fact, the EU wants to harmonise taxes, which would forbid the low corporate tax rate that drove Ireland's boom in the first place.
Just last week EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso flew to Limerick to offer €14 million in aid, after PC maker Dell closed its plant. Yet, Dell is getting €54 million in EU aid to shift the plant to Poland!
Where you can thank the EU, is for the single currency. The single interest rate, set by the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, was too low for the red hot Irish economy.
Rates were set to levels which favored the sclerotic economies of France and Italy and southern Europe.
In Ireland, cheap loans went in search of a fast buck, driving the real estate bubble.
Even during the downturn, the EU continues to push for a standard minimum wage which would, if adopted, keep unemployment higher than it needs to be.
An economy needs flexibility, so that asset prices can adjust, falling to the level where asset prices reflect the value they produce. That needs a flexible exchange rate, flexible wages.
Europe and the United States were brought close to a second Great Depression by the failure of politicians, regulators and international institutions, the EU among them.
This is not the time to reward failure by giving even more power to those who brought us to this pass.


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There's a story Larry Engwall likes to tell. One he uses to demonstrate why the Adelanto Grand Prix is such a unique event on the motor sports scene.
A few years ago, Engwall recalls, there was this one kid racing through the mud jump portion of the track.
The kid wipes out, right into the mud.There's a slight pause. The kid gets out of the murky water and turns to face a crowd that's fixated on his current predicament. It's during that muddy moment that the personality of the Adelanto GP is on full display.
"He acts like he's taking a bow, and he falls back into the water," Engwall said Tuesday. "The crowd just went wild."
But this weekend will be the last to make new memories as it marks the 30th and final annual Adelanto Grand Prix.
News of the event's ending � brought on in part because of declining interest and a lack of city support � has induced a sense of nostalgia throughout the local racing community combined with a general melancholy atmosphere.
"Everyone's sad," said Engwall, the Desert Vipers Motorcycle club organizer. "It's one of the last great grand prixs. There's still grand prixs going on, but Adelanto was special."
Engwall said that the Adelanto GP was unique because it was such a community event.
Racers could race in front of family and friends, and the crowd was always large because admission for spectators was free.
The purses were big, racers came from different parts of the county � and occasionally different parts of the world � to become a part of the grand prix. In time, the Adelanto GP became one of the biggest events in the sport's calendar.
"It really is one of the premier events," said Tom White, who will announce the AGP for the ninth time this weekend. "In our peak years we've had as many as 3,000 entries. � (It was the) biggest off-road motorcycle race in America -- that's truly something."
Then there was the openness of the event. People could walk around as they pleased, venture to different parts of the track or infield without restrictions.
"It's so different," Engwall said. "Most grand prixs are held in a constrained environment."
But as the AGP grew in size, it became harder and harder for a volunteer group like the Desert Vipers to keep up.
That's a reason why the news of the AGP's demise came as no surprise to Ty Davis, a man who White referred to as "the King of the Adelanto GP."
Davis said that Desert Vipers had warned riders the past couple of years that the event might not continue.
"I think all the racers knew it was going to come to an end," said Davis, who's first competed in the event in 1992.
"It's gotten too big," he added. "It's kind of inevitable that they were going to have to downsize it somehow."
Still, Davis enjoyed the AGP and plans to race one more time in the Open Pro Classic on Saturday at 3 p.m.
"It's treated me really well. I won a lot of races there and made a lot of money with them," he said. "The club does a great job at what they do. They've had the best purse for years. They really give back to the sport."
Because of all the work the Desert Vipers have done for the Adelanto GP, White views this weekend as a chance to his pay respects to the club.
"I just think for me it's going to be about a tribute to the Desert Vipers, and for all the hard work they've done," he said.
White also said that several riders important to the history of the event (Kurt Caselli, Destry Abbott and Davis, among others) will be acknowledged this weekend.
And once it's all said and done, the Adelanto Grand Prix will be just like the story of the young rider and the mud pool � a memory of the past.
"It's been a ton of work and a ton of fun," Engwall said, his voice trailing off into a sober moment of silence.
"We're going to try to make it a good one, and go out with a bang."
David Ely may be reached at (760) 951-6274 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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I'm not a person who usualy listens to the radio or watch television that much; i rely a lot on the internet and news papers for news. Don't judge me.
But about 2 months ago I switched on my radio and randomly tuned into a station without giving it any thought, it was around 16h:00 South African time, and I was impressed by the show that I decided to tune in again in the following week.
The show is called "Chillas' don't ask me where they get these names from, because i don'k know and I don't really care. Back to what impressed me about the show, it's your general entertainment show but the DJ has a slot about 6- 10 minutes where he request the listeners to call in and advertise their businesses, each caller is given 60 seconds to advertise their business and leave their contact details.
To someone who is not that much informed about advertising business and how much air time cost especially on the radio that is the second biggest in the world and number one in Africa, 60 seconds air time costs about R6000, and not so many businesses can afford that, so for me for this particular DJ to offer that platform to his upcoming business audience was amazing.
In numbers the station in question has 7.3 million listeners, imagine what that free 60 seconds does for small businesses, who can't afford to post ads on radio, yet.
Definitely a lesson learned from the Chillas show in Ukhozi fm, promoting small entrepreneurs.
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Earlier this week I shared how we moved to North Carolina one year ago. The story continues by going back in time a tiny bit to May 1, 2013...
On this particular day, I formally gave my notice to the California Department of Education (DOE) that I would be leaving work there and moving to Raleigh. Two days later, we would find out, we were pregnant with our sweet son, Samuel. Even with finding out we were pregnant, Anthony and I knew we were still supposed to move.
We had no jobs lined up. I did have a phone interview scheduled with the NC DOE and thought I would get the job. We had money in savings and were scheduled to continue being paid through the middle of August. We had a place to live until the middle of August too. We had health insurance through September. Not wanting to jeopardize our chance to get new health care and have the pregnancy covered, we didn't see a doctor to confirm we were pregnant. I just took 4 tests.
When I gave my notice a year ago, I told my boss I had some leads at the NC DOE and he kindly said I wouldn't have any trouble finding employment. I greatly appreciated his faith in me. I wouldn't have said so at the time, but I thought I was a great employee and would be employed by July 1, at the latest. Little did I know, this would not be what happened.
Shortly after arriving in Durham (about 25 minutes from Raleigh) on June 3, I began working at a preschool on a temporary assignment. After that ended, I worked at a pool supply store for 3 weeks. All the while, applying for many, many jobs to work for the State of NC. I had two interviews at the DOE in September. Anthony and I felt I needed to tell them I was pregnant and I didn't get the jobs. This came as a huge let down to me. How was I ever supposed to contribute to our family if I wasn't making money? How come things weren't working out for me to be successful? Why did I have to rely on Anthony and why wasn't God letting me take care of myself?
These questions led to much thought and life reflection. I was face to face with the reality that I believed I only had value if I was making money. Here's another way of saying that: if I don't bring home a paycheck, I don't think I'm worthwhile. Which brought up the next truth: I did not believe that being a stay-at-home mom was a valuable profession. Sure, to any mom's face, I would say it was the most important job and I really thought I believed this. That is until I realized there is no paycheck. I can't be a career woman and take care of Samuel full time.
My personal value was wrapped up in my ability to make money and be successful in the work world. Ouch. That is pretty messed up if you're a follower of Christ. And you say you are living for something greater than yourself. It isn't what a good wife would think. It certainly isn't what a loving mom would think either. But that's what I believed.
I think we had to move here and not get "stable" jobs until December for me to realize how my measure of God's provision was my ability to provide for myself. And no sooner did the stable job come, that Anthony needed to resign because he didn't feel comfortable with staying there. So here we were in North Carolina, 2,770 miles away from our families with no jobs, a new baby, and one month of money left.
I would have never agreed to move to North Carolina one year ago had I known what was coming.
I needed to rely on God. In other words, I needed to be put in a circumstance where I actually needed God. I enjoyed relying on myself, because I knew I would come through. I've always prided myself in my ability to achieve and earn gold stars.
Moving here has taught me that God comes through too. Even if it's at the last minute. As of today, we have never gone without food, shelter, or clothing. Our daily needs have been met. What a huge gift it has been to be taken care of just as scripture promises.
If God clothes the field grass, will he not clothe you? If He feeds sparrows, will he not feed you? No need to worry dear child, God cares far more about you than birds or grasses.
Proof that God has taken excellent care of us!


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I have just purchased a Gasmate 9.0kg cylinder from a local retailer. When I took the cylinder in to be filled, the filling station could not fill the bottle. What should I do?
Gasmate 9.0kg Cylinders are fitted with a safety device that does not allow the bottle to be over-filled. At the start of the filling process this device can be tripped by a sudden rush of gas into the cylinder, thus not allowing any further gas to be put into the cylinder.
To rectify this, contact Gasmate on 0800 161 161 for your nearest testing station to reset the safety device.
I have just had my brand new Gasmate 9.0kg Cylinder filled, but now I cannot get any gas out of it. What can I do?
Ensure that the regulator is properly inserted into the valve and that the valve is fully open.If there is still a problem contact us at Aber (the supplier of Gasmate Cylinders), on 0800 161 161 and we will give you the contact details of your nearest Cylinder Testing Station.
I recently took a 9.0kg cylinder in to my local filling station and tried to get it filled. The attendant informed me that it was out of test date and therefore could not be filled. What does this mean?
The test date indicates the start point of the 10 year period in which your cylinder complies with the safety standard it was tested against. After the 10 year period has elapsed, the cylinder will need to be re-certified against the current standard.
Part of a filling station attendant's training is to ensure that a cylinder is not outside of its 10 year test period. If a cylinder is outside this period it should not be filled. The test date is stamped into the cylinders "valve protection ring".
To get the location of your nearest cylinder testing facility contact Aber on 0800 161 161.
The two most important sets of numbers on a Gasmate cylinder are the E.W and the TEST DATE.
E.W. stands for Empty Weight. It is used to correctly calculate the amount of gas that can be safely put into your cylinder.
TEST DATE relates to the date of manufacturing, which also corresponds with the date that your cylinder was tested against the current test standard in the country you brought it from.
I have an appliance that uses an older style Clip-On or Kosan Adaptor. I have just bought a new LPG Cylinder and it has a QCC type valve with the large external thread on it. Am I able to put a Kosan or Clip-On Adaptor into this cylinder valve?
No. The QCC valves are fitted with a safety device that does not allow a Clip-On Adaptor to be fitted. This type of conversion of the thread is not approved and Filling Stations will not fill your cylinders.
A standard POL cylinder can be converted. This will need to be carried out by an approved agent. Note that all conversions are at the customers expense.
OPD is an Over Fill Protection Device that is fitted to all Gasmate 9.0Kg LPG Cylinders. It is designed so that a Filling Station cannot accidentally over fill your cylinder past a safe level.
QCC or Quick Closing Coupling is the large external right hand thread found on the valves of all standard Gasmate 9.0kg LPG Cylinders.
QCC enables a regulator to be connected by hand. No tools are required. QCC is also approved for use indoors whilst POL is not.
QCC is commonly used in patio heaters, barbecues, indoor cabinet heaters and on some portable barbecues.
POL or Prest-O-Lite (Prest-O-Lite was the company that first produced the valve) is an internal, left hand thread connection type that is used in the same valve as QCC as well as on its own.
It was also widely used before QCC. Cylinders with POL only valves can still be purchased. POL is not approved to be used indoors.
POL is commonly used on appliances such as patio heaters, some barbecues and a lot of industrial and domestic high pressure set ups.
A Companion Cylinder is a cylinder that uses a small vertical, external left hand male thread.
It is commonly used on appliances such as camping stoves, heaters and lanterns.
A Kosan or Clip-On type valve is an indoor approved valve that does not require any tools to fit a regulator to. As the name implies a regulator can simply be clipped on to a cylinder.
Kosan is no longer supplied as a standard regulator or cylinder valve on Gasmate products but can still be purchased through selected retailers.


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"Let him go," Ryan told me.
"No." Lindsay said to Ryan and started to leave towards the door, but Ryan grabbed Lindsay's arm and held her back.
"Let me go!" Lindsay shouted struggling to get away.
Ryan was holding her arm pretty tightly and still wouldn't let go. "No." he yelled.
"I'm not yours anymore. You know it's over." Lindsay said while struggling to get away. She kept pulling herself harder and harder and finally broke away. Then she ran out of the theater and kept running without looking back as fast as she could.
When she reached the outside of the movie theater she found someone siting at the curb of the sidewalk right outside. It was Nick. He looked as if he was Astaring off to space thinking about something, totally unaware of someone standing right behind him.
"Can we please talk?" Lindsay asked a very calm voice.
Nick turned around and said, "Sure, but what good will it do? I see you have already made up your mind about who you wanna go out with, and I don't wanna stop you."
Lindsay sat down next to Nick so they could both be talking to one another. "Nick, you got everything totally backwards. What you are thinking is the total opposite of what happened."
"Huh?" Nick asked Lindsay with an odd expression on his face.
"I wasn't doing anything with Ryan. Ryan and I are over. I will never love him again. What you thought you saw was the total opposite of what was actually happening. I bet you thought that I was trying to hit on Ryan, but I wasn't. Ryan was totally trying to get back together with me. He was trying to do the same thing the other day."
For a while Nick just stared at Lindsay wide-eyed probably thinking whether or not to believe her.
"Do you believe me at all?" she asked him.
"Yeah, I totally believe you," Nick said, "I'm sorry. I should have given you more trust than that. We have known each other for a while, but I don't know why I thought that. I should have remembered all the things you used to complain about when you were with him and just figured it out."
"Hey, it's okay."
"Thanx," Nick said.
"No problem, but I have a problem with something else."
Nick had an expression on his face as if saying, oh, no, what now, but he said, "What?"
"Well, I thought we were supposed to be going to the movies tonight, but we won't be able to get back in."
"True," Nick agreed, "Then guess what we'll have to do!"
"I have no idea!"
"How would you like to go to the park and play some basketball?"
"That would be so much fun," Lindsay agreed. "I love basketball."
"No one can beat me, I am a real pro at the game."
"Wanna bet?" Lindsay asked.
"Try me," he said.
"Okay, I will!" Lindsay said and that made the two of them revved up and ready to play.
They walked over to Nick's car and both got in. When they got there Nick too the basketball out of his trunk (Not a fact: just a part of the story: he keeps so many sports equipment in his car, you never know what you'll find in there!!)
"You come prepared, I see!!!" Lindsay said.
"Yep, for every occasion." He replied.
Lindsay laughed.
"Okay, let's play," he said. "I'll let u start off with the ball, since I know I can get it back from you."
"Don't be so confident of yourself," Lindsay said with a smile.
"Okay," Nick said and handed Lindsay the ball once they go onto the court and they started to play.
The game was the total opposite of what Nick had expected. He thought that Lindsay was gonna totally suck at the game, but he was so wrong.
"Wow! You're not half bad," Nick said.
"Thanx," Lindsay said.
The game ended with Lindsay winning 1 game and Nick winning 2, and one of those games were pretty close with a tie, but Nick stole the ball from Lindsay and scored his point.
"That's my favorite game," Lindsay told Nick once the game was over and they were heading back towards the car.
"I can tell." Nick said with a smile. How come you're so good at it?"
"Well, my brothers taught me a lot of sports when I was younger, but this is the only game I really got into, aside from baseball." Lindsay explained.
"Cool!!" he replied. "We should play more often then."
"That's a good idea," Lindsay said. "I'd love to."
"Same here," Nick agreed. Then he looked at his watch. It said 11:00. "Ya know, its getting kinda late, so I better take you home. Time went by so fast didn't it?"
"Yeah, that really was fast. I think you're right. I gotta go home and study for a Spanish test. If I don't ace that test, I am dead."
"You'll do fine," Nick said trying to be sweet.
"Thanx," Lindsay said.
They had finally reached Nick's car and got in. They both buckled their seatbelts and Nick started to drive.
By the time they arrived that Lindsay's house they started to say bye to one another.
"Thanx for such a wonderful evening, Nick." Lindsay said. "I had a great time."
"Me too." Nick said. Maybe we can do it again sometime are you up for that?"
"Okay, I'll call you," Nick said. "Good night."
"Night," Lindsay said while they both were leaning in for a kiss.
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2,013: The number of times I realized that running (driving) back to St. Louis would not solve my problems. It would just replace them with a different set of problems. (For examples: How much I would miss Tucson instead of how much I miss St. Louis. How miserable the winters would make me instead of how miserable the summers make me.)
2: Trips to San Diego. One for a wedding in March. And San Diego was OUT TO GET ME that trip. Cold! Rain! Snow! Uncomfortable shoes! The other trip was a little Labor Day getaway and San Diego and I TOTALLY made up that trip. Beach! Sunshine! Good food! Dancing! SD and I are SO friends again.
I recently was doing some research on archives and archivists. I had read about a study being done to determine how much of the internet is archived. It made me think about how much of me is archived, specifically here on this blog. I mean, that's how this whole blog thing got started. I was having an anti-Facebook moment. My creative side was craving an outlet. My family was constantly wondering if I was still alive because I am not a huge fan of phone calls. All of this culminated into Meg's Mind. A digital archive of my life. The problem is that while I find the idea of a true to my life archive here on this blog to be utterly romantic, the reality of it turns me off.
So off into 2013 we go, dear readers! What comes next remains to be seen.


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Each Caribbean location has its own culture and traditions, offering everything from historical stays to relaxing beachfront escapes. Most of these accommodation services, offer discounted rates and special packages that can be availed of, to make the trip economical. Yes, there are resorts that you can go to, where you choose the type of girl along with the type of room you want. And more and more people are thinking smart and ahead by scheduling vacations in advance.
The most important tip that can be offered on the subject of vacation cruises is to make sure you do your comparison shopping. The growth of all inclusive resorts also continues grow as more and more people are choosing Belize vacations each year. You must ask specifically for the lowest rate in order to get it. Being flexible is important when scheduling vacations and cruises.
To order guides NOT included in the Alabama Gulf Coast Vacation Guide, please select from the options below. In the movie Mike the mouse escapes from some bears and yells 'can't catch me suckers'. With friendly vendors, colorful locals, and some of the best deals you could ever imagine, you will end up enjoying your vacation cruise that much more if you love the places you visit along the way.
Book your vacation package with Travelocity, and you're on your way to the land of sun, sand, and city skyscrapers so tall even Godzilla would have to be impressed. Learning something from the said place that you plan to go to is an advance help. The best places to go on vacation must be secure to travel to. As such, always ensure that you counter check your sources to ensure that you will be safe while on vacation.
I recommend you for your next vacations the tourist places that I said before they are very pretty, incredible, splendind and very visited. And although the newer, hipper spots have stolen some of its thunder, rooms still come with terraces or balconies. Book your Amazing Atlantis Vacation – with rates from $189 per night and free unlimited access to the largest Waterpark and Casino in the Caribbean.


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As much as I hate physical activity lol...Mauro was pretty cool. I didn't mind running for her!
Mrs.Mauro is my hero best teacher ever. shes my favoriteee :] i woudlent want anyother teacher for gym. the end
Mrs. Mauro is my favorite teacher in the whole schoool! her gym classes were a blast and she made health hillarious!
I love Mauro, shes nice and kind a wicked cooler then all of you ^.^
meh.. shes allright.. i dont like her but i dont hate her.. shes a good person.. loses her temper too fast.. but just stay on her good side and shell be fine
She's okay, she can be very nice especially if she likes you... although she has her bad days.
She's so much fun!Mauro knows what shes talking about and she cares about her students. She has her moments and says things sometimes, but its all outta love!!!
I had her for English and a few gym classes and it's been many many years since I graduated and she is still one of my favourite teachers.
Very Caring, lots of fun. She is an awesome teacher, one that i will never forget.
Mauro is wayy to awsum! she def. has her days...but if ur on her good side then ur all set! and im soo glad im there! haha love her!
she was kool, and really easy to tlk to, but she had her days, and hard tests, but i stil thgouth she was a kool teach
ya mauro's pretty cool.shes nice most of the time but she has her moments
Mauro is the best. She genuinely cares about her students, and that includes her telling me to put sweaters on in the winter so I wouldn't catch cold.
Go Mauro! Gym was the best class ever cause you're the coolest gym teacher ever!
best teacher i ever had. haha mauro one of these days me and you are gonna wrestle and i'll beat you just like in soccer!


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the Flare-Flare Fruit (フレアフレア実, Furea Furea Mi) is a Logia-type Devil Fruit that allows the user to create, control, and transform into fire at will, turning the user into a Fire Human (火人間, Hi Ningen). フレア is japanese for flare. It was eaten by Portgaz D. Ace (accdentally, somewhere while he was a kid.).
Its powers were first hinted at when Ace visited a town in Drum and apparently caused the snow to temporarily stop falling there for a day.
Strengths and WeaknessesEdit
The fruit's major strength like other Logia types is that it allows the user to produce as well as become the element they control. In this case, Ace is able to create, control, and become fire. With this in mind, Ace is able to create fire-based attacks and is immune to being burnt. He is also able to avoid normal attacks by turning into fire and allowing the attack to pass through him. Turning into fire also has the added effect of burning an opponent depending on the range of the attack.
This fruit's power seems to come to a stalemate when directly challenged by Aokiji's ice powers or Chaser's smoke powers. However, it apeared to be weak against Akainu's magma because he had to turn back to normal to protect luffy.
The fruit's bestowed powers, as used by Ace, have been used in a variety of ways. Sometime while Luffy was still a baby, Ace accidentally ate this fruit in a young age and have been training himself of his Logia powers Tiger, Garp and Luffy are the only people who knew Ace had powers before their Alabasta reunion Ace at the most had his powers. Ace notably used his powers usually either to fight or to propel his raft. Ace shares Luffy's penchant for naming his techniques, with the only difference being that Luffy adds the phrase "Gum-Gum", followed by the specific name of the attack (usually inspired by a certain object or concept). Ace names his attacks in Japanese and they are often made of two-word phrases and are based on different mythologies. During Ace's cover story, the powers of the fruit allowed Ace to rescue a Navy officer and some documents on board a burning ship. Despite being weakened by the Dark-Dark Fruit severely during his fight against Blackbeard, Ace was still able to skillfully use the fruit's power to inflict some damage to the captain of the Blackbeard Pirates.
The named techniques that are used by Ace that involve the Devil Fruit are as follows:
- Heat Haze (陽炎, Kagerō): Ace shoots a stream of fire from the palm of his hand.
- Flame Fence (炎上網, Enjōmō): Ace creates a circle of fire around a selected area, preventing anyone from entering or leaving it.
- Fire Fist (火拳, Hiken): Ace's apparent signature attack and the source of his nickname "Fire Fist Ace". Ace turns his fist into flames and launches it as a column of fire at his target. This attack is so incredibly powerful that it is able to plow through several ships in one shot. However, it was completely neutralized by Akainu's Great Eruption.
- Fire Gun (火銃, Higan): Pointing the index and middle fingers of both hands at an opponent like guns, Ace turns his fingertips into flames and shoots bullets made of fire from them.
- Heat Wheel (炎戒 Enkai): This is apparently the prerequisite technique where Ace amasses a large amount of flames around his body (usually by first swinging his outstretched hand around him, summoning the flames) in preparation for an attack.
- Fire Pillar (火柱, Hibashira): Used following Enkai,. Ace shoots the collected flames straight upward, destroying a target above him. It can also be fired downwards to clear any enemies that might be below him while he's in mid-air.
- Firefly (蛍火, Hotarubi): Ace creates many small, glowing greenish yellow fireballs that float around an enemy. The idea behind this attack's name is that before he attacks with them, the small fireballs look like fireflies in the air.
- Fiery Doll (火達磨, Hidaruma): After using Hotarubi to send the fireballs floating around in proximity with the enemy, Ace sends them all flying into the target(s) all at once, burning them.
- St. Elmo's Fire (神火 不知火, Shinka: Shiranui): Ace hurls long lances made out of fire. The lances have the combined effect of simultaneously burning an opponent while piercing them.
- Cross Fire (十字火, Jūjika): Ace puts his index fingers together in a cross shape before launching a cross-shaped column of fire directly at his opponent. In the anime, after crossing his fingers, a cross-shaped ray of light can be seen emanating from the fingers at the target followed by the column of fire.
- Great Fires: Flame Emperor (大炎戒 炎帝, Dai Enkai: Entei): Ace's ultimate technique. After creating great spiraling flames centered on his location before amassing it at a focused point (i.e. the palm of his hand), Ace then turns it into a gigantic fireball resembling the sun and hurls it at his opponent to try to obliterate them.
- Flame Mirror (鏡火炎, Kyōkaen): Ace releases a wall of fire to block an attack.
- The Flare-Flare Fruit also granted the user the power to light objects on fire, from a distance.
- So far, the Flare-Flare Fruit is one of the few Logia known to be inferior to another outside of the Dark-Dark Fruit.
- The idea of a Devil Fruit that would allow someone to use fire was first brought up when Morgan explained what Devil Fruits are.
External Links Edit
- Fire - Wikipedia article on fire
- Pyrokinesis - Wikipedia article on the condition Ace has connected with his Devil Fruit
- Pyrokinesis in fiction at AllExperts - article about pyrokinesis


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Bay Area drivers love their cars, but a new bus company is hoping it can entice residents to leave their keys at home next time they travel from San Jose to Los Angeles.
Does a one-way, $1 bus fare sound like a good deal?
Megabus, a no-frills, non-stop bus line that has had success operating in the Midwest, will launch service in California this week with routes from its Los Angeles hub to San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, San Diego, Las Vegas and Phoenix.
The bus company books tickets through its online site, http://www.megabus.com. It will begin carrying passengers Wednesday.
"I like my car, too," said Dale Moser, president and chief operating officer of Coach USA, the parent company of Megabus. "But this is a great value for the money. There's a market that's cost-conscious and is looking for an alternative."
Those $1 fares — plus a 50-cent booking fee per reservation — are likely to go quickly. There will be at least two $1 seats available on each of Megabus' 56-seat buses. You're more likely to get them if you book 45 days in advance.
Fares rise as departure dates near, but spokeswoman Liz Brower said, "You could still book a ticket a week out and get a $5 fare" on a trip with plenty of available seats.
Moser said the top one-way fare from San Jose to Los Angeles will be $34 — cheaper than Greyhound's $39 advance-purchase fare but only slightly better than the price listed by airline start-up Virgin America, which is offering $44 fares from San Francisco to Los Angeles.
For starters, Megabus will offer one trip daily between San Jose and Los Angeles. Buses will leave San Jose at 9:15 a.m. and arrive at Union Station in downtown Los Angeles at 3:15 p.m. The San Jose stop is on Cahill Street, south of the Caltrain Diridon station.
Buses leave Los Angeles daily at 7 a.m. and arrive in San Jose at 1:10 p.m.
"If the volume is there, we hope to expand as we see the demand go up," Moser said.
Greyhound, the granddaddy of intercity bus transportation, does not plan to match Megabus' low fares, spokeswoman Anna Folmnsbee said. The bus line last year served 19 million passengers, including 384,000 who passed through San Jose.
"Competition is part of the business,"' Folmnsbee said. "We've been around 90-plus years and seen competition from other bus companies and other modes of transportation. Our focus is on improving the service we offer and good customer service."
Greyhound, she said, has 10 daily scheduled trips from San Jose to Los Angeles.
There are differences between the two carriers. Megabus does not have bus stations or ticket counters; its sales will be Internet only. But it will operate new motor coaches, and its buses will make only one 15-minute rest stop in each direction. Greyhound, in order to serve more customers, makes frequent stops. Its shortest trip between San Jose and Los Angeles is 61/2 hours.
Megabus was started four years ago in the United Kingdom by Stagecoach Group, which brought it to the United States last year. It serves 14 cities in the Midwest, including Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Detroit and St. Louis.
Moser said the bus service is popular with women ages 35 to 55 who want to travel to a big city, such as Chicago, for a day of shopping and dining. But he's uncertain who his target audience will be in the Bay Area.
"We think it'll be a diverse market, from young professionals to retirees and everyone in between," he said. "We'll be monitoring it right out of the chute."
Reach Michael Martinez of the San Jose Mercury News at email@example.com or 408-920-5503.


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Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Online Craft Show- Sale- Giveaway
18 comments:
- AnonymousNovember 23, 2011 at 12:20 PM
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- Louise TurnerNovember 24, 2011 at 12:15 PM
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take care and enjoy your weekend ttfn Lana :)
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The cozy room for two people furnished in wood is equipped with: hairdryer, TV, minibar, Wi-Fi, radio, safe, telephone, kettle and private bathroom. Price includes breakfast.
Elegant room decorated with wood and equipped with private bathroom, TV, sofa bed, telephone, minibar, radio, Wi-Fi, safe, kettle and hairdryer. Price includes breakfast.
Located in the center of Cavalese, the bio Historic Hotel Ristorante "La Stua" welcomes motorcyclists and cyclists by offering them various services: laundry, drying room for clothes, workshop, garage, mechanic by request, road book, courtesy motorbike, and organized motorbike tours.
Val di Fiemme offers sports enthusiasts many activities throughout the year. Summer is the perfect season for trekking, motorbike rides, and downhill or mountain bike tours. In the winter, it's possible to practice downhill skiing along the more than 100 kilometers of well-kept slopes or Nordic skiing at the centers of Fondo di Passo Lavazè and Lake Tesero.
The elegant rooms and suites differ from one another in interior furnishings that recall the ancient splendor of the Hapsburg period. Inside you can admire ancient 18th century Stubi, majolica stoves and original frescoes. Two wooden furnished chalets equipped with all the comforts are ideal for those seeking greater comfort.
The refined Sissi Stube à la carte restaurant offers sublime Trentino dishes, based on fresh and seasonal ingredients. The beautiful garden with stunning views of the Lagorai mountain range and the San Sebastiano tower are perfect for romantic candlelit dinners or barbecues with friends.
For moments of relaxation, the hotel has a nice wellness center with Finnish sauna, Turkish bath, hydro massage with chromo therapy, cervical shower, and massage center.
Guests also have access to: Wi-Fi, parking, FiemmE-Motion card, paid airport shuttle, ski pass service, and ski deposit.


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Yesterday was the best day ever. Swimming. Kayaking. Bar-b-que-ing. General sunning. All spent upstate with friends at a fabulous bungalo on a small lake in Nyack.
The lake was completely surrounded by green hills, and there were all of these amazing beach houses – each with its own dock and plenty of kayaks, which are used as the general mode of transportation (i.e. to and from dinner parties). I was very into it. Next summer I'm finding a rental in the neighborhood.
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History, Horchata & Hope: How Classic Kiosks Are Boosting Lisbon's Public Life
Lisbon is a city of plazas, parks, overlooks and gardens. For more than a century, these beautiful public spaces were graced by Art Noveau and Moorish-style kiosks — small, ornate structures that provided chairs and shade and served traditional Portuguese snacks and drinks.
These quiosques de refrescos (refreshment kiosks) were the heart of public life in the city. But, under the long dictatorship of Prime Minister António de Oliveira Salazar, which started in the 1930s, laws actually discouraged public gathering and conversation. Many restaurants closed down and the kiosks fell into disrepair and all but disappeared.
That was, until Catarina Portas, a native of Lisbon, former journalist and entrepreneur stepped in.
Read about how Catarina Portas contributed to Lisbon's city life on NPR
The world slowly opens its eyes for Lisbons 5th Icon. The kiosks
The whole world knows about the Lisbons Trams & Tiles. And thanks to VHILS and his Underdog walls around town more and more travelers starts recognizing Lisbon for its street art. And more and more people have discovered the Calçadas under their feet. And slowly people opens their eyes for Lisbon's 5th Icon: All the beautiful Kiosks.
For some strange reasons the kiosks we have here in Graca are among the ugliest in town. But they sere their purpose… as small city oasis where us locals rest for a coffee, meet over lunch og just sit and do nothing. The reasons are easy: the kiosks are always located in central places surrounded by local life and somehow in peaceful settings with trees that cover for the sun… the kiosks invite you to sit down and just do nothing for a while.
To us its a big mystery that Lisbon is the only European city that not only protect and preserves the kiosks. They also encourage new ones… like the one we got en the new Graca Park that opened earlier this year.
"We went to the city council with amazing photographs of the old kiosks, and we prepared all the old drinks and made them taste the drinks," Portas says.
The pitch worked — Portas is fairly sure it was the drinks that convinced the council members. Their first three kiosks opened in 2009.
Read about how Catarina Portas contributed to Lisbon's city life on NPR
Our home city Copenhagen has been very active doing the opposite: closing down it's old and very beautiful kiosks. Instead they and their fellow European Capital should visit entrepreneur Catarina Portas and architect João Regal and hear about their experience and the return home and make a lot of similar kiosks.
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A good website is an important part of any business's success. You can gain a huge advantage on your competition by having a professional looking website. It's not a given that design techniques that you heard about a year ago will work today which is why this article is so important to read. Here are some important thing to know about web page design.
Add a prominent tagline to your website. A tagline is seen as a statement that tells people what a business's site is about. It's important to use a tagline that is clear since you have about eight seconds when someone goes to your page to get them interested in exploring your entire website.
When doing website design, use the appropriate graphics. Bitmap images usually are big and don't work as well as PNGs. A PNG image should be used when it has less than 256 colors, so try to stay with that when designing text buttons, screenshots and images that are photographic quality. JPEG images are good for pictures.
Speed is everything when it comes to the Internet, so make sure that you keep your website's loading time to a minimum. If a visitor has to sit and wait for several minutes while your pages load, they are almost certainly going to click away from your site and go somewhere else, and they probably will not come back to your site.
When you design a site, pull it up in various browsers. This is because your website may look a certain way to you in your browser, but will look very different in another browser. Make sure you understand the popular browsers out there to design for all. Also check your site with different operating systems.
If users want to, let them cancel an action. This includes anything from filling out a simple set of questions, up to registering for a product or service. When you do not allow visitors to cancel something they do not wish to complete, you are forcing them into something, which can prove detrimental to fostering return visits and/or purchases.
Avoid using too many graphics. You want the site to look professional and well-designed instead of cluttered. Use graphics for improvement, not decoration. Having the right amount of graphics that does not impede on the overall website design is key to how well the site looks.
Make your visitor's life a little easier by preserving the content they enter into forms. For instance, if a user registers at your site and another form requires the same information again, be certain your website preserves this data to prevent them the useless and annoying hassle of filling it in again. Creating "sticky"' information in this manner makes the whole process much more simple and smooth, and your visitors are sure to appreciate the time you save them as well.
Make user cancellations easy. Actions may involve searching the website for archives or a variety of topics, signing up for newsletters and notifications, or simply filling out forms. If you do not give site users the opportunity to cancel an action, they are not likely to return to your site. Over time, this could negatively impact your sales and site traffic.
Include photos into your website. Pictures help make your website more user-friendly. People like to look at pictures, so they will probably spend more time on your site.
Use shortcuts. In the world of website design, shortcuts are common place. Look into them and you will discover that they can help with most things. Some HTML codes will let you make easy changes to your site at the snap of a finger, for instance.
There are many free programs available to help you develop your website. Don't be fooled into believing that pricey software is what you have to use; there are many free tools that can get your site up and running. A basic Internet search should produce a number of free design programs from which you can choose.
White is perhaps the best option for background color. Viewers will feel confident in the professional look afforded by a solid white background. Complex backgrounds can make pages unreadable and give your site an amateurish look. It is usually best to keep a simple background.
Make sure that your load times are up to par at all times. Visitors are not going to wait around for a slow site. Therefore, cut back on things like Flash, how many graphics you have, and expire headings.
File types can affect the time it take for a website to load. GIF's are much easier to utilize on your site. While PNG and BMP files create crisper graphics, these types of files can take up significant disk space. You should convert graphics into a more manageable file type that will make an more pleasant experience for your users.
If you are thinking about different topics for websites, it is important that you secure a domain name for the site, immediately. The reason this is a problem is that you need to be creative and the names should match your sites but others may have the same name chosen so lock them up right away. You'd be shocked at how many people share the same thoughts. Great minds do think alike, after all!
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Stay in contact with friends who are knowledgable about design programs like Dreamweaver or Photoshop to make sure that you don't forget how to use them properly. Make sure you understood everything you learned so that you do not find yourself committing mistakes while designing your website.
Try your best to make your site entertaining by putting graphics on your site. You might like images with text wrapped around them, which will keep the site from looking bland. Your visitors will stay longer and return more often if your content has visual appeal.
If you are using captchas on your site, limit the use to user registration. Captchas tend to irk website users, because they force your users to complete a troublesome task simply to proceed to, or view their desired webpage. Chances are that only the avid fan will put up with typing a captcha, everyone else will move on to other websites.
You want to ensure that each webpage within the domain, and it's sub-domains, has a tagline that can be clearly seen. You will want every person who visits your website to see this text in bold, with a large font. They can quickly let the reader know what the offer, goal, or purpose is of the page, and whether they go back or stay on this page.
Time management becomes important when working on web page design. Due to the fact that building a website entails completing a large amount of smaller tasks, you may feel like you can work on things another time. If you are not careful, all these tasks can pile up and overwhelm you. Handle them as they come up.
You should have people beta testing your website as you build it. Each time you change your website or add something, have a friend visit your site and try it out. While a video that loads slowly may not seem too terrible in your eyes, someone else might think differently. Ensure you get the opinions of many people to better your site.
If you develop sites that are functional across different platforms, you can attract more visitors. PHP, MySQL and Java are all highly useful disciplines that can benefit any site designer. Regardless of whether you're building a brand new site or you're helping a friend create one, you should aim to turn into a designer with many different talents.
A visual sitemap is a recommended option when building a website, as it will help you plan things in advance. You'll be able to visualize how your site is growing as you add each new part. This will allow you to hone in on anything that needs some tinkering, or perhaps something that you have completely overlooked. Having a visual representation is key to designing a website.
When adding videos to your website, you should take into account that some people's Internet bandwidth isn't very high at all. A video running at 5,000 kb/s may be faster than some people's connections. Videos with extremely high speeds like this will load slowly and buffer frequently for visitors on slow connections.
If you have crucial information for your website, put it at the top and towards the left of the page. People read in this direction, so keep key content at the top left of your site.
Check your site's stats with every update you make. This will allow you to determine your target audience and see how they are using your pages. These stats can help you determine what to work on so visitors will come back.
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Your logo should be placed at the highest point of your web page. This is the best way to create a link for all the pages of your site and make it more coherent. It helps to create brand recognition for those that visit your site. Be sure your logo relates to your company.
You might think hosting your site sounds like a plan, but there is much to doing this. Do not host your website yourself unless you are aware of the costs involved and you are well-versed on what to do when it comes to hosting.
Check out other websites to come up with a style that you may want to work with, and can really inspire you to create a beautiful site. Implement ideas you like and discard those that turn you off to help your site rise above that of your competition.
as you design your site, make sure you include a link to any blog you have. Your blog should have content clearly showing your expertise and know-how for web design. It should be easy to locate and simple to read, so your visitors find it enjoyable to learn new information on your site and blog.
Come up with a design concept for your website, and sketch it out on paper ahead of time. You can then ask people for their opinion on your concept sketches, and then use their feedback to make any necessary changes to your design.
When hiring another company to do your web design, try asking for their references. If the company does not have any references for you to contact you should avoid doing business with them because they more than likely do not have the experience that is needed to create a quality web page.
Include at least some white space on your site. Your content is the main focus of the site and effectively using white space will help direct the visitor's eye. Do not clutter your page with filler content.
Place keywords throughout your website design that are relevant to the interests of your target audience. Web design is more than just art, it's the art of persuasion. It is important to keep in mind who the website you are developing is for. Are there any particular words that will catch the attention of your audience? Discover approximately five keywords, and then layer them into your design.
A good website design is essential to a successful business. It can help you find success. There are many things to consider when it comes to website development. Using the tips in this article can be quite helpful when creating on the web.
Resolution is an important thing to consider. Because computers use a variety of resolutions, you must ensure that your content can be viewed at various resolution settings. Use online tools to assist you with this.


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Turkmenistan parliamentary vote spotlights president's sonTagged with: #International
March 25, 2018 2:47 am
Voting was underway in Turkmenistan Sunday in a parliamentary election which could indicate a path towards hereditary succession in the authoritarian, gas-rich former Soviet state.
Polls in the Central Asian country opened at 0200 GMT and were set to close at 1400 GMT.
A total of 284 candidates are competing for 125 seats in parliament, but only one stands out from the crowd — Serdar Berdymukhamedov, son of all-powerful President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov.
Serdar Berdymukhamedov, 36, is defending a seat in the Akhal region just outside the capital Ashgabat and is almost certain to win by a big margin.
His opponent is 53-year-old school official Olgudzheren Gurdova.
There is no recognised institution of political opposition in tightly-controlled Turkmenistan, which has never had an election deemed free or fair by Western vote monitors.
Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov won a third term effectively unopposed in a presidential vote in February last year with a crushing landslide of more than 97 percent.
According to the constitution, which was amended in 2016 to strip away the upper age limit for presidential candidates and extend terms from five to seven years, the president heads both the state and the government.
In the event the president is unable to fulfil duties, they fall on the speaker of the parliament.
Serdar Berdymukhamedov's elevation to the legislature in a by-election just months before his father's 2017 victory raised eyebrows in Turkmenistan where little is known about the president's relatives.
It also fuelled speculation among observers of the country that he might soon become the assembly's speaker.
Earlier this month he was part of a Turkmen delegation to neighbouring Kazakhstan, where he was photographed meeting Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev.
The delegation was led by the parliament's current speaker Akja Nuberdiyeva, 60, who has served since Berdymukhamedov came to power following predecessor Saparmurat Niyazov's death in 2006 and is eligible for retirement.
According to his official biography released for the first time earlier this month, the younger Berdymukhamedov worked in the state oil and gas sector, the foreign ministry and as an advisor to the country's United Nations mission in Geneva before taking up his parliamentary seat.
Niyazov, Turkmenistan's first president after independence from Moscow in 1991 was not known to promote relatives to senior political positions.
Like his hardline predecessor, who styled himself "Father of the Turkmen", Berdymukhamedov is the beneficiary of an all-encompassing leadership cult that has seen both men honoured by golden statues in Ashgabat.
by Anton Lomov, with Christopher Rickleton in Almaty
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How to Care for Your Turkey Calls
In episode 035 of The Turkey Hunter Podcast, Preston Pittman with Pittman Game Calls shares some tips on how to care for our turkey calls during and after turkey season.
Wooden box calls, pot and peg calls, and diaphragm calls all are cared for differently. In order to keep from buying new calls every year because our old calls are ruined, it is essential that we take care of these instruments before we store them for the summer or winter and while we are using them during the fall and spring seasons.
By using Preston's tips in this episode, you will certainly increase the lifespan of your turkey calls and save yourself some money, time, and frustration in the future as well.


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The original line-up of …And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead played at Santos Party House in NYC last night. Consisting only of principal songwriters Conrad Keely and Jason Reece, the down-sized duo ripped through classics like "Richter Scale Madness" off the band's self-titled debut from 1998. The new Trail of Dead record is due in January of 2009 on Justice records, which marks the band's return to an independent label after years of suffering at the hand of big bad Interscope. [via brooklynvegan]
Trail of Dead perform as a duo for first time in 13 years
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Leeks. How did I live for so many years without taking advantage of these lovely vegetables? Last night we made Baked Creamy Leeks a la Jamie. Unfortunately, substituting in half & half instead of heavy cream left us with slightly curdled (but not bad tasting) cream. I'm not sure I would make this again "as is," but adding some potatoes and making a potato au gratin could be delish!
Tonight we embraced our inner subcontinent selves and whipped up Jamie's Chicken Tikka Masala. We've tried to make a similar recipe before with really horrible results (i.e. flavors that just didn't melt together properly). However, with the success of Jamie's Salmon Tikka, we decided to give Indian food one more go. And it was good! It had enough heat and enough spice to make it interesting. I whipped up a cornstarch slurry to thicken it a bit and served with rice and naan, it was pretty tasty!