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2018 Porsche Macan
Agate Grey Metallic Stock # PR4907, WP1AA2A54JLB23760, 2.0L Turbo I4 252hp 273ft, 2.0, Direct Injection engine, 7-Speed Double Clutch, 25, Agate Grey Metallic exterior
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Agate Grey Metallic
2.0L Turbo I4 252hp 273ft, 2.0, Direct Injection
7-Speed Double Clutch
20/25 City/Hwy MPG
- Condition: New
- Model: Macan
- Body style: AWD 4dr SUV
- Exterior: Agate Grey Metallic
- Interior: Black
- Doors: 4
- Stock: PR4907
- Model number: 95BAA1
- Engine: 2.0L Turbo I4 252hp 273ft, 2.0, Direct Injection
- Transmission: 7-Speed Double Clutch
- Fuel: Gasoline
- Drivetrain: AWD
20 City
25 Hwy
Actual mileage will vary with options, driving conditions, driving habits, and vehicle condition
- Airbags - Front - Knee
- Airbags - Front - Side
- Airbags - Front - Side Curtain
- Airbags - Passenger - Occupant Sensing Deactivation
- Airbags - Rear - Side
- Airbags - Rear - Side Curtain
- Airbags - Side-curtain Rollover Sensor
- Ambient Lighting
- Assist Handle Front
- Assist Handle Rear
- Audio - Antenna: Diversity
- Audio - Radio Data System
- Audio - Radio: AM/FM
- Audio - Radio: HD Radio
- Audio - Radio: Touch Screen Display
- Audio - Speed Sensitive Volume Control
- Audio Auxiliary Input: IPod/IPhone Integration
- Audio Auxiliary Input: Jack
- Audio Auxiliary Input: Memory Card Slot
- Audio Auxiliary Input: USB
- Audio In-Dash CD: DVD
- Audio In-Dash CD: Single Disc
- Audio MP3 Player: CD MP3 Playback
- Audio Streaming: Bluetooth
- Audio System 10 Speakers
- Audio System 150 Watts
- Audio System Hard Drive
- Auto-Lock
- Braking Assist
- Braking assist hill start assist
- Cargo Area Power Outlet
- Cargo Cover Hard
- Center Console Front Console With Armrest
- Clock
- Cruise Control
- Daytime Running Lights LED
- Digital Odometer
- Drivetrain 4WD Type: Full Time
- Drivetrain Limited Slip Differential: Center
- Electronic Brakeforce Distribution
- Electronic Parking Brake
- Exterior Entry Lights
- Exterior Mirrors Heated
- Exterior Mirrors Integrated Turn Signals
- Exterior Mirrors Power
- Exterior Mirrors Power Folding
- External Temperature Display
- Front 12V Power Outlet(s)
- Front Brakes Ventilated Disc
- Front Fog Lights
- Front Seatbelts: 3-Point
- Fuel Economy Display MPG
- Fuel Economy Display Range
- Headlight Cleaners
- Headlights Auto Delay Off
- Headlights Auto On/Off
- Headlights HID
- Headlights Self-Leveling
- Inside Rearview Mirror Manual Day/Night
- Multi-function Remote Keyless Entry
- Multi-function Remote Trunk Release
- One-Touch Windows: 4
- Power Brakes
- Power Outlet(s) 4
- Power Steering Speed-Proportional
- Power Windows: With Safety Reverse
- Rear Brakes Ventilated Disc
- Retained Accessory Power
- Seatbelts Seatbelt Force Limiters: Front
- Seatbelts Seatbelt Pretensioners: Front
- Seatbelts Seatbelt Pretensioners: Front And Rear
- Seatbelts Seatbelt Warning Sensor: Driver And Passenger
- Seatbelts Second Row 3-Point
- Security Engine Immobilizer
- Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Audio
- Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Cruise Controls
- Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Paddle Shifter
- Steering Wheel Mounted Controls Phone
- Steering Wheel Tilt And Telescopic
- Storage Cargo Tie-Down Anchors And Hooks
- Storage Door Pockets
- Storage Front Seatback
- Tachometer
- Tail And Brake Lights LED
- Traction Control
- Traction Control With Trailer Stability Assist
- Trip Computer
- Trip Odometer
- Universal Garage Door Opener Homelink
- Vanity Mirrors Dual Illuminating
- Warnings And Reminders Lamp Failure Low Fuel Engine Oil Coolant
- Warnings And Reminders Maintenance Reminder
- Windows Front Wipers: Rain Sensing
- Windows Front Wipers: Variable Intermittent
- Windows Heated Windshield Washer Jets
- Windows Lockout Button
- Windows Privacy Glass
- Windows Rear Defogger
- Windows Rear Wiper: Intermittent
- Windows Tinted
- Spare Tire Fullsize Non-Matching Size
- Spare Tire Inside Mount Location
- Spare Wheel Steel Rim Type
- Body Side Reinforcements Side Impact Door Beams
- Child Safety Locks
- Child Seat Anchors LATCH System
- Adjustable Rear Headrests
- Driver Seat Power Adjustments: 8
- Driver Seat Power Adjustments: Recline
- Front Headrests Adjustable
- Number Of Front Headrests 2
- Number Of Rear Headrests 3
- Passenger Seat Power Adjustments: 8
- Passenger Seat Power Adjustments: Recline
- Rear Seats 40-20-40 Split Bench
- Rear Seats Center Armrest: Folding With Storage And Pass-Thru
- Rear Seats Rear Heat: Vents
- Rear Seats Split Folding
- Seats - Driver Seat Power Adjustments: Height
- Seats - Passenger Seat Power Adjustments: Height
- Seats - Upholstery Accents: Faux Suede
- Seats Front Seat Type: Bucket
- Seats Leather Upholstery
- Audio - SiriusXM Satellite Radio
- Driver Information System
- Hill Descent Control
- Multi-Function Display
- Phone Wireless Data Link Bluetooth
- Phone Hands Free
- Security Remote Anti-Theft Alarm System
- Stability Control
- Crumple Zones Front
- Crumple Zones Rear
- Impact Sensor Post-Collision Safety System
- Lane Deviation Sensors
- Parking Sensors Front
- Parking Sensors Rear
- Rear View Camera
- Rear View Monitor In Dash
- Body Side Moldings Black
- Exhaust Tip Color Alloy
- Exhaust Dual Exhaust Tips
- Grille Color Black
- Mirror Color Body-Color
- Rear Bumper Color Body-Color
- Rear Spoiler Color Black
- Rear Spoiler Lip
- Window Trim Black
- Cargo Area Carpet Floor Mat Material
- Cargo Area Floor Mat
- Cargo Area Light
- Center Console Trim Leatherette
- Floor Mat Material Carpet
- Floor Material Carpet
- Floor Mats Front
- Interior Veneer Accents
- Reading Lights Front
- Reading Lights Rear
- Rear Floor Mats
- Steering Wheel Trim: Alloy
- Front Suspension Classification: Independent
- Front Suspension Type: Double Wishbones
- Front Suspension Type: Macpherson Struts
- Suspension Front Shock Type: Gas Shock Absorbers
- Suspension Front Spring Type: Coil Springs
- Suspension Rear Coil Springs
- Suspension Rear Gas Shock Absorbers
- Suspension Stabilizer Bar(s): Front
- Suspension Stabilizer Bar(s): Rear
- Engine Auto Stop/Start
- Doors Liftgate Window: Fixed
- Doors Rear Door Type: Power Liftgate
- 2-stage Unlocking
- ABS Brakes (4-Wheel)
- Air Conditioning - Front - Automatic Climate Control
- Air Conditioning - Front - Dual Zones
- Air Conditioning Air Filtration: Active Charcoal
- Airbags - Front - Dual
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Targaguy11 months agoVery pleased with 20K scheduled maintenance. Todd. Hurlburt is a knowledgeable and professional service rep. I am looking forward to their new facility. It was a great experience.
Daryl Cox1 year agoThey were very responsive and kept me informed. I will use them again and highly recommend. My car looked great after the detailing and smells like new.
Brian_Williams2 years agoI can't speak for all the different aristocrat dealerships but I can definitely say my experience at the Porsche one was by far my best experience at a car dealership. I went in with no intentions of purchasing a car and didn't exactly look to par (Wearing sweat pants a tee-shirt and running shoes). I was immediately greeted by the staff and offered bottled water, while walking around he tells me "you can sit in the cars if you'd like," which I took the chance to do. I was later greeted by one of their sales professionals Mike Diaz and we had about a 1 hour conversation about the cars and our experiences. All in all I'd highly recommend this dealership to anyone.
Charles W. Cheek, MD6 years agoI have purchased two Porsches from this dealership. Both purchases were an easy uncomplicated experience. I felt pricing was fair and required minimal paper work on my part. Charles W. Cheek, MD
JeffMontgomery6 years agoI worked with Rich for several months and was able to secure exactly the car I was looking for as he gave me one of the Aristocrat allocations on the New Cayman prior to the car's official launch event. Between Rich and the entire team at Aristocrat Porsche, I walked away very satisfied!!!
vegq16 years agoI had an excellent experience purchasing my new Porsche. There was no pushiness on the part of my salesman. All of my questions were answered. I was able to come back several times before making my final decision. In addition, my trade in was given a very acceptable amount, similar to what I found on Kelley Blue Book. Overall, my experience was excellent and I would recommend Aristocrat to my friends and coworkers.
karlmphysics6 years agoA great experience! They treated us as VIPs and ensured that we knew everything about our new Porsche before we signed any paperwork to ensure we were happy.
Charles Warner2 years agoI recently had my 2012 Porsche Cayman S serviced. They got the job done in the time frame they said they would and I got it back all washed and ready to go. I was impressed with all the things they had checked out on the car. Their lounge area is very nice and a good place to wait if you are only having an oil change. Todd Hurlburt, my service representative, saved me from what I thought was going to be a bad experience. Shortly after servicing my warning light came on saying my car was over heating. I called Todd and he explained that sometimes when they add water they get an air bubble preventing the proper filling. Sure enough a tea cup of water added solved my problem. Thanks Todd
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workflowbpm necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 95 diseños de 36 diseñadores freelance.
Lodestar is a software product produced by the company Syzygy. It is a synthesis of a business process management system and a customer relations management system. Effectively it manages customer information and status, and tasks business employees through the steps to get their job done, guiding them. The name of the software is derived from this principle: Lodestar.
A lodestar is:
lode⋅star [lohd-stahr]
1. a star that shows the way.
2. Polaris.
3. something that serves as a guide or on which the attention is fixed.
Feedback will be provided regularly, feel free to be creative as we have no 'vision' for an image of the application!
Our target audience is comprised of businesses and their employees.
Lodestar is intended to be a powerful system for helping employees of a business manage their work.
#Technical Requirements:
-Logo comprised of software name in text and an icon.
-Vector format for scaling
-Lodestar should be the only text.
-The icon portion of the logo must be able to be extracted and presented as a single icon. The icon portion of the logo will need to be identifiable at many scales, as a desktop icon or a web-browser icon.
-The icon needs to be a square aspect ratio, 1:1.
-Total logo (text + icon) should be on a horizontal axis, prefer longer to taller.
In deciding a "feel" for the application, we posed the question:
If Lodestar were a person, what would it wear? The answer:
Business casual.
We are looking for a logo that presents a professional image without coming off as overly formal. Disciplined, but not uptight.
-Prefer cooler tones such as blues or greens, use your taste for a touch of warmth!
-No concept has been defined for an icon, so hit us with your best shot!
-Possibly astronomical theme (Lodestar by Syzygy)
-Unique and creative!
*do NOT want*
-Too busy
-Too many colors
The application skin will be undergoing a revamp, so feel free to use any color palette. The future application skin revamp will be extended from the new logo. Impress us! We look forward to your designs!
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.

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ruby-zoom ownership
Trying to make brycestacey a project owner for ruby-zoom. I
can't seem to get
gem owner to authenicate with
credentials that otherwise work on rubyforge and rubygems...
Hey Ed,
This gem doesn't seem to exist...how can I help you here? :)
This is the gem under question: https://rubygems.org/gems/zoom
I don't know if Ed got confused about the the name and that's the root of his problem or not, I don't know if he was trying gem owner on 'ruby-zoom' or 'zoom', but looks like the gem was actually released as name just 'zoom'.
Is the ownership issue worked out? Looks like there's quite a few on that gem.
Since brycestacey still isn't listed, I suspect the issue is not yet worked out.
The gem hasn't had any commits in a couple years, so even though it's got several owners, it's possible none of them still have/remember how to access.
More details are probably required from Ed, not me, I'm just trying to hold your attention while we've got it!
The issue is not worked out since brycestacey isn't listed. Let me know what I can do to help. I don't use this module or Ruby anymore so my willingness to get involved in this much more is limited.
Catching up on this...I can add someone to the gem, or you can with
gem owner zoom --add [email]. Let me know what the email is or run that and add him! :)
Brice Stacey [email blocked]
One more time:
Brice.Stacey at umb dot edu
Hi Ed,
Your rubygems account is this one, just FYI: https://rubygems.org/profiles/esummers
It looks like Brice doesn't have an account with RubyGems.org (in fact, i checked and no one @umb.edu does)...I've added that email to this thread. Brice, if you can sign up and let me know your handle/email I can add you to the
I just signed up with my gmail account: bricestacey at gmail
I am not sure how qualified I am to help maintain, but I'm happy to try. I did patch the gem to work with ruby 1.9 and would like to incorporate those changes.
Is this resolved? Going through old issues, sorry if the ball was dropped here.
No, if you could add me that would be great. Thanks,
Wow, this issue is STILL open!
Was this ever resolved? Confused about its status.
Nope. If I could be made an owner that would be great.
Added. Thanks for not going postal on us with this. If you see me at a conference, I owe you a beer (or a drink of your preference)
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Due to variation in designs and brands some styles may vary from these measurements but you can still use them as a guide. For a more precise measurement refer to the product description for more details or contact us at firstname.lastname@example.com for any questions.
How To Measure Your Bust
With your arms relaxed at your sides, measure around the fullest part of chest.
How To Measure Your Under Bust
Measure around your ribcage, directly underneath the bust.
How To Measure Your Waist
Measure around the narrowest part of your natural waist, generally around the belly button. To ensure a comfortable fit, keep one finger between the measuring tape and your body.
How To Measure Your Hips
With your feet approximately 6" apart, measure around the fullest part of your hips. This area usually corresponds to the top of your legs.
How To Measure Your Inseam
Measure from the top of your inner thigh down to the bottom of your ankle.
How To Measure Your Chest
Lift your arms and measure around the highest part of your chest and should blades
How To Measure Your Waist
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WWE 'Monday Night Raw' Recap – [3/26/12]
This week was the go-home show to 'WrestleMania XXVIII,' but with all the matches set and the stakes already escalated, 'Monday Night Raw,' felt mostly like bookkeeping and plate spinning. Still, with one of the best all-around Mania cards in recent memory, and stars from both 'Raw' and 'SmackDown' appearing on the show, this week's installment of WWE's flagship program was far from disappointing, boasting its fair share of memorable moments.
Catch up on what happened on the last 'Raw' before 'WrestleMania XXVIII' by reading this week's rundown, then make sure to leave your thoughts in the comments below. Finally, after sharing the article on every form of social media you're currently enslaved to, follow me on Twitter, where I absolutely promise not to reveal deep, dark secrets about your family members.
Also, if you're ready to get hyped up for four hours of wrestling, check our preview of 'WrestleMania XXVIII.'
Raw opened with…A MATCH!?
Anyone possessing even a passing familiarity with WWE knows that, perhaps somewhat counter intuitively, the promotion rarely opens its wrestling shows with, you know, actual wrestling. Despite the fact that many fans tune into wrestling shows to watch, you know, actual wrestling, shows typically begin with a couple of guys standing in the ring yammering at one another clean through the first commercial break. So it was a real treat for this week's 'WrestleMania' go-home edition of 'Raw' to open with a star-studded tag team match.
Granted, I would have preferred to see Randy Orton, Sheamus, Daniel Bryan and Kane involved in singles matches, but with only six days until the biggest pay-per-view of the year, I appreciate that WWE is trying to protect their talent. And really, the match went far better than I would have expected for a contest between a couple of thrown-together tag teams, with some solid ring psychology that managed to give everyone a chance to shine – though I'm still not sure how I feel about the unrepentantly evil, demonic monster Kane forming a tag team with anyone. The match was a solid one though, and easily takes home the coveted Shitterson Match of the Night Award.
So that's what the Miz is doing
This week's match between Santino Marella and David Otunga was short and unmemorable. The important stuff came after the match, however, when the Miz snuck into the ring and hit Santino with a Skullcrushing Finale, with his attack on the captain of Team Teddy causing John Laurianaitis to dub the Miz the final member of Team Johnny.
I'm glad that the Miz will be on the card for 'WrestleMania XXVIII,' but this seems like an exceedingly strange way to pay off his whole "Quit ignoring me and give me a match!" storyline. A few weeks ago, he made fun of King Kong Bundy for headlining 'WrestleMania 2' against Hulk Hogan, only to get bumped down the card the following year, competing in a match at 'WrestleMania III' with Hillybilly Jim, the Haiti Kid, Little Beaver, Little Tokyo and Lord Littlebrook. Yeah, the Miz is on the card and competing on the grandest stage of them all, but it's not quite as much of an accomplishment when you consider that Team Teddy vs. Team Johnny is 2012's version of a dwarf match.
The collective sigh of a nation of smarks
At the top of this week's 'Monday Night Raw,' when it was announced that WWE Champion CM Punk would face Christian, every smart mark across the internet started getting excited. Both Punk and Christian are internet darlings and for good reason: Despite not boasting the gargantuan, Herculean physique most prized by WWE, both men have carved out impressive careers based on hard work and flawless in-ring storytelling. By their simple involvement, the match was all-but guaranteed to be a phenomenal one, and a shoe-in for Shitterson Match of the Night. Unfortunately, that wasn't to be…
Instead of the type of close, back-and-forth contest that would have put both men over in advance of their matches at 'WrestleMania,' we instead got to watch Punk beat the holy bejeezus out of Christian. Normally this would be fine – Punk is the WWE Champion after all – but days before Christian takes part in a match at the year's biggest pay-per-view? It seemed like odd booking to say the least, especially with so many midcarders or pure jobbers who could have been the focal point of Punk's rage following further TitanTron-based badgering from Chris Jericho.
It all started to make a little more sense later in the show, when the announce team revealed that Punk's attack on Christian had reinjured the wrestler's neck, rendering him unable to compete at 'WrestleMania.' The smart money is now on Alberto Del Rio rounding out Team Johnny, but I'm left wondering what the point of this whole bait and switch was in the first place, unless Christian has some type of legit injury or problem that this is simply covering for.
Big Show is better than the best tag team wrestlers in the world
I know I shouldn't be upset when WWE dumps all over their nonexistent tag division – they've been doing it for years, so I'm definitely not surprised – but I can't help getting riled up when something exceptionally dopey goes down. Tonight, in his "build me back up after having me get handcuffed to a ring and pummeled by a guy half my size" match, Big Show squared off against one half of the WWE Tag Team Champions, Primo. It didn't make a whole lot of sense to begin with, but it made even less sense when Big Show beat up not only Primo, but also his tag team partner Epico.
I'm not saying that Primo should have necessarily won – though it would have been easy to arrange courtesy of some kind of outside Cody Rhodes involvement – but rather that the match never should have been booked in the first place. Primo & Epico are the tag team champions, and if they can both get laid out by one guy, no matter how big he is, what does that say about the Tag Team Titles? It's not just bad booking, it's totally thoughtless booking that devalues not only two wrestlers, but the entire tag team division (such as it is) and a pair of belts that could easily be built into something meaningful if WWE gave a turkey about them.
Big dudes grabbing each other
I love a technical masterpiece of a match as much as any internet wrestling fan, but that's not the only thing I like about professional wrestling: I also get a kick out of unbelievably huge guys picking one another up. It's the freak-show carny aspect of the genre, and if you ask me, that crassness is an important part of wrestling's appeal. And until Big Daddy V comes back (fingers crossed), you don't get much more freak show than Mark Henry vs. Great Khali.
The match wasn't a "good" one persay, but I'll never not be impressed by a guy picking up the Great Khali as easily as Mark Henry did. Even with Khali helping him, that's still 347 pounds of humongous Indian that Henry was heaving up into the air. Following the match, it devolved into the clusterf*ck that's become pretty typical of matches even tangentially related to the Team Teddy vs. Team Johnny angle, but I got pulled right back in when Booker T ran to Teddy Long's rescue. I'm a big Booker T fan, and I love that he stays in good enough shape to hit the ring and perform every once in a while, so I'm excited to hear that he'll be competing on Team Teddy. But, like the Miz announcement earlier in the night, I find it a somewhat anticlimactic development for a slot that had been left open for so long and the subject of so much fan speculation.
What did you think about this week's 'Monday Night Raw?' Was your favorite moment listed here? Tell us all about it in the comments below!
Aubrey Sitterson is a professional writer and editor specializing in comics and professional wrestling. For GuySpeed, he writes weekly reviews of 'Monday Night Raw' and previews of 'Friday Night Smackdown.' Find him on Twitter and at aubreysitterson.com.


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WJHC GDT (FINAL) – Canada 5 vs. USA 6 – Jan 5, 2010 @ 6:00PM MST – Gold Medal Greatness
|Canada 5 (Silver)
|WJHC Gold Medal Final
|Canada defeats Switzerland 6-1 to earn berth in final
|USA defeats Sweden 5-2 to earn berth in final
|Date: Jan 5 @ 6:00 PM MST
UPDATE: Updated with results, awards, post-game rant and more… read on.
Will that picture be re-created tonight, perhaps with Jordan Eberle the subject? Let's hope so. The Canadians barely squeaked off a shootout win against the USA on New Years Eve. The Americans look to be the best match for the offensive Canadians (not to be confused with the other meaning of the word "offensive", often used with the Oilers as of late). The Americans play a very strong, tight neutral zone game. I suppose you could call it a trap, but it's smart hockey. The Canadians had a lot of trouble getting passes through the neutral zone. They also have been having some difficulty with their powerplay and have changed it up a bit, giving them another option.
Anyways, there also is an Oilers GDT thread out there (below this one). But I have to wonder why anyone in the world would watch that game over this one. This is exciting hockey folks. Even if the Oilers were doing well, this is what hockey is all about. Tune in for sure.
Continue reading 'WJHC GDT (FINAL) – Canada 5 vs. USA 6 – Jan 5, 2010 @ 6:00PM MST – Gold Medal Greatness'»


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After a few years of writing daily posts at BagThatStyle, I've found celebrities toward whose pictures I always gravitate when I'm looking for things to write about. All celebrities carry a great bag from time to time, but only a select few change things up often enough and with enough creativity that the very sight of them in paparazzi photos guarantees not only a fabulous purse, but a different fabulous purse than they were carrying three days prior. Jessica Alba is easily in the top tier of bag-loving celebs, which means that it's time to take a look at some of her handbag highlights.
For a long time, Alba tended to gravitate toward tan. So much so, in fact, that I expected to find almost exclusively brown leather bags on her arm when I started researching this post. In fact, it seems like she's switched up her bag game quite a bit since then, with bags in a variety of colors, materials and price levels. Alba's personal style is the epitome of weekend casual chic, and her penchant for slouchy, easy-to-carry bags goes right along with that look with an extra-glam option thrown in every now and then, just for good measure. Check out the best of Jessica's handbag looks after the jump!
Jessica's Gerard Darel Python Simple Bag may be one-of-a-kind, but a version in black and white python can be found for €980 at GerardDarel.com (That's about $1230US.)
The Rebecca Minkoff Diamond Tote is a fun, lightweight summer option at a price you don't have to be a movie star to afford. $195 via Neiman Marcus.
You can tell Jessica rotates a ton of bags through her wardrobe, because the strap on this Derek Lam Anthea Satchel isn't even worn in yet. $1690 via Barneys.
Of all the bags in this selection, the fun, summer-perfect Loewe Flamenco Bag might be my favorite. $2519 via Matches.
If you're looking to get your hands Jessica's now-discontinued Louis Vuitton Le Fabuleux, you'll have to scour eBay.
Continuing her penchant for straw, this Burberry Colorblock Raffia Tote looks like it would carry anything you needed, and it's on sale at Neiman Marcus for $1537.
Jessica does love her leather bags, though, like this Chloe Angie Tote, $1995 via Neiman Marcus.
On the complete opposite side of the spectrum from big and black, this little white Proenza Schouler PS1 Pouch looks perfect with Jessica's pale outfit. $1325 via Proenza Schouler.
Sometimes, though, Jessica prefers a tried and true design like the Chanel Classic Flap, which can only be bought in person at a Chanel boutique.
Alba's red dress and black jacket are all business, which fits perfectly with the clean lines of her Prada Leather Tote. A similar style can be had via Neiman Marcus for $2100.
Naturally, we couldn't finish a roundup of Jessica Alba's bags without featuring something fabulous and tan. This Valentino Rockstud Tote is my favorite of her handbags in the shade. $2075 via Neiman Marcus.
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For most who have never been to Guantanamo Bay it is something of an abstract, a place defined by a disparate images of Al Qaeda prisoners in orange jump suits, barbed wire, guard towers and US Marines. It is more of a symbol, a 21st century Devil's Island or an emblem of shame for many critics of the Bush administration, than a real place.
Others see it as an off shore Caribbean Alcatraz that confines some of this century's most dangerous men. Among others, it holds Khaled Sheikh Mohammad (KSM), the mastermind behind the slaughter of almost three thousand people on "Holy Tuesday" (as 9/11 is known in jihadist circles). KSM is also the man who proudly boasted of beheading Wall Street Journal journalist Daniel Pearl with his own "blessed hand." For those who lionize KSM, Guantanamo is for this very reason as potent a focus or symbol of the hated Americans as the obscene photos of Iraqi prisoners being abused by US troops at Abu Ghraib.
But "Gitmo" has also entered our culture in more benign levels. Most recently in the form of Harold and Kumar, two pot smoking teenagers who Hollywood promises will try to, for the first time, "to escape a joint" instead of smoking one in the upcoming movie, Harold and Kumar. Escape from Guantanamo.
I must confess that as I looked out the window of our military jet airliner at the green Sierra Masestra mountains and turquoise Caribbean Sea below, the image that came to my mind was of Jack Nicholson as a Gitmo-based Cold Warrior in A Few Good Men. That movie had been about an earlier Manichean struggle between good and the "Evil Empire"; now we were involved in a more complex war against the "Evil Doers." And it was that global conflict that had brought me here to one of the world's most recognizable symbols of the global war on Al Qaeda.
When our plane banked hard in order to avoid flying over Cuban airspace, I strained to see the famous War on Terror sights I associated with Guantanamo Bay. As our plane dove like a fighter bomber towards a small air strip located on the leeward (western) side of the crescent shaped bay I finally made out a line of towers on the green hills marching off into the distance. And on the windward (eastern) tip of the harbor I could make out several square shaped complexes that I knew were the camps Delta, Echo and Iguana which had been built to replace Camp X-Ray.
Somewhere in those camps was a Yemeni citizen named Salim Hamdan who had been captured following a fire-fight in Afghanistan in November of 2001. While the US Special Forces who apprehended him had not known who he was initially, he turned out to be one of the first big catches of the war on terror. For Salim Hamdan was no ordinary Taliban, he was Osama Bin Laden's driver.
And it was Hamdan that had drawn me here to serve as an expert witness in one what was shaping up to be one of the first Military Tribunals since World War II. I had been asked by the Defense–which was led by the fiery former J.A.G. (Judge Advocate General) named Charlie Swift–to serve as an expert witness on Hamdan's behalf.
When I had received the call to join the defense from a retired CIA colleague, I was initially of a mixed mind. While I had read the media reports of the landmark Hamdan vs. Rumsfeld case (which went to the Supreme Court in 2006 and led to the overturning of the White House's Military Commissions), I needed to know more about Hamdan himself. If I felt that he was a member of one of Al Qaeda's notorious akhunds (terrorist cells, like the infamous Hamburg Cell which attacked the US on 9/11) I could hardly serve as a witness. On the contrary, my work for the government on jihadists and trans-national terrorists thus far had been more about putting terrorists away than closing down Guantanamo.
But having met with Charlie Swift and the defense team in Washington, DC and learned more about the case, I became convinced that he was not a member of the elite isitihad (martyrdom) cells. Having benefited from the profiling work on bona fide Al Qaeda terrorist operatives carried out by my ex-CIA colleague, Marc Sagemen, I realized Hamdan did not fit the profile. Al Qaeda terrorist operatives were highly educated, often wealthy, came from good families, and had skills that made them valuable. They were men like Muhammad Atta, the 9/11 team commander who spoke Western languages, learned how to fly, and had a Masters Degree from a German University.
Salim Hamdan by contrast was an orphan who had a fourth grade education and had worked as a taxi driver before becoming a paid chauffer for Bin Laden. While he obviously admired Bin Laden, whom he worked for (and continued to drive and protect after 9/11), his greatest crime appeared to have been being a member of the Al Qaeda armed forces that fought for Bin Laden and protected him. This did not make him innocent, he was clearly guilty of being a member of Al Qaeda's armed forces, but neither did it make him a terrorist.
And so I agreed to testify to the existence of an Al Qaeda jund or army that I found had fought in pitched, frontal battles in Afghanistan against the Northern Alliance opposition. My Afghan field work in this regard ranged from interviewing captured Taliban prisoners of war to living with Northern Alliance warlords who captured Arab fighters for transfer to Guantanamo (most notably General Dostum, the horse-mounted Uzbek warlord).
Having prepared my testimony, it was now time to fly on the plane which was filled with members of Defense, Prosecution, UN observers, random lawyers, and human rights monitors from Andrews Airbase to Guantanamo Bay. It was time to leave the US and go to a place that was deemed to be beyond the reach of America's legal system, but paradoxically within reach of her law.
Arrival in Guantanamo Bay
The first sensation that greets you when you arrive in Guantanamo from a freezing, snow covered place like Washington DC's Andrews Air Base (I went in December) is the tropical heat. As the aircraft's door opened up the humidity came pouring in and a sweating sergeant came on board and announced "Welcome to Gitmo, the Pearl of the Antilles! You can put your coats away ladies and gentlemen, you won't be needing 'em for a while."
With that we de-planned, went through a customs (well technically it was still American soil, but it felt like customs) and were herded out to a small bay to take a World War II era military transport craft across the harbor to the eastern tip of the bay.
As we rode in the warm air and took in the sight of the sun setting on the tropical mountains, the sergeant explained to us that the US only owned the two tips the harbor. While the airstrip was on the western-most tip, the main base was on the eastern tip. As we made our way towards the eastern side of the bay, I began to make outlines of the main base. An old airport terminal on a hill, some World War II era cannons facing towards the Cuban heart of the bay, and the barbed wire surrounding a new holding facility. Behind them I could see several lush green hills with radar facilities and wind-energy mills on them. That and series of non-descript buildings that stretched along the bay for about a couple of miles before I could make out the watch towers that separated the eastern tip of the bay from Cuba proper.
As our transport craft reached its dock, I joined the rest of the passengers and prepared to be billeted in the B.O.Q. which I learned stood for the Bachelor's Officers Quarters. Between the militarese and the lawyerese I would soon be overwhelmed by many such acronyms. But for now the thing I was most looking forward to was the A.C. of my room as the evening heat hovered in the high 80s.
Having made my way from the US mainland to this strange place that was neither US nor Cuba, I spent the evening preparing for my testimony and looking forward to seeing what Guantanamo Bay had to offer. On the following morning, I woke to the sound of reverie and the chants of shoulders doing their morning jog and prepared myself to see the place that tens of millions of people from across the world had come to define as the ultimate limbo.
(To Be Continued; to see more of Brian's photographs of Guantanamo Bay, visit the Cuba section of his website.)
—Brian Glyn Williams, Assistant Professor of Islamic History, UMass Dartmouth


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Jackson Scott and his family woke up to a surprising call form his grandfather.
"He said that the limb fell on the power line and there was sparks and to call the fire," Jackson says.
Tree limbs in their front yard had fallen on a power line and sparked some flames.
The fire department arrived and told the family to keep away from the danger.
"They told us not to go outside in case a limb broke," says Jackson's father, Joe.
Luckily nobody was hurt, but it'll take time to clean up the damage.
"It'll take a couple of days I think before everybody gets back to normal and moving on the roads and they can start cleaning up everything," Joe says.
The Scott's have a warning for everyone in this icy weather so the same thing doesn't happen to them.
"Stay indoors and be careful out there," Jackson says.
"The limbs can break anytime we didn't even notice this limb and it broke. And as you can see we've got one still that's hanging so it's gonna fall anytime," Joe says.
And the Scott's will be spending their snow day in front of a nice warm fire.
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"Follow the Blue Blazes": Connecticut's Hiking Trail System Exhibit Now Open Friday, May 31, 2013Posted by aramsey in Archives, history, Museum.
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"Follow the Blue Blazes": Connecticut's Hiking Trail System exhibit opened this month in Memorial Hall at the State Library's Museum of Connecticut History, 231 Capitol Avenue in Hartford. The exhibit documents the Connecticut Forest and Park Association's role in creating, maintaining, and making hiking trails accessible to the general public through programs like Connecticut Trails Day. Included in the exhibit are maps, trail folders, patches, trail signs, booklets, and photographs.
The Connecticut Forestry Association, later named the Connecticut Forest and Park Association, was founded by a group of concerned citizens who met at the Weatogue home of Reverend Horace Winslow on December 30, 1895. The association's leadership voted on October 5, 1929 to establish a Trails Committee to administer the trails system. Today, the Blue-Blazed Hiking Trail System is approximately 825 miles of trails maintained by hundreds of volunteers working in cooperation with many public and private landowners. All of the items in the exhibit are part of RG 169:007, Connecticut Forest and Park Association records which were donated by the Connecticut Forest and Park Association to the Connecticut State Library on December 17, 2012.
The exhibit may be viewed Monday through Friday 9:00 to 4:00; and Saturday 9:00 to 2:00 through August. All exhibits are free and open to the public.


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Last Thursday, Miracle Marilyn, Sister Sally and I headed up Deer Springs to San Jacinto peak. After a lovely lunch, we came down via Wellman's and Devils Slide. I haven't seen this much water on the mountain since 2011. A bit early for wildflowers but also few bugs.
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March 25, 2008
USC Trojan Invitational Complete Results
LOS ANGELES, Calif. -- Chris Ashley ran an 8:32.34 to win the 3000m and Jeff Stewart threw 56'9" to finish second in the shot put, leading the Gauchos at the USC Trojan Invitational this past Saturday. The meet was contested at Loker Stadium on the USC campus, and was one of the first big meets of the year as the outdoor season officially goes into full swing.
Ashley edged Brian Pierre of Boise State by about three seconds in the 3000m to take the victory, his first of the season. This was his first race since being sidelined with an injury following the All-Cal Challenge on March 1. Michael Powers also ran well in the 3000m, finishing third in 8:38.38.
Stewart had his best day of the season in the shot put, taking second place in the entire meet with a huge throw of 56'9" (17.30m), just short of his personal best of 57'0".
On the women's side, Lindsay Brunner ran the fastest 800m of the season thus far for the Gauchos, taking seventh place with a time of 2:17.33. That time is very close to the Big West Qualifying mark of 2:16.70 and is also the first sub-2:20 mark for the women on the year.
Jane Doolittle jumped 5 feet 5 inches (1.65m) to place third in the high jump, with teammates Christina Nowak and Maureen Ajoku finishing tied for sixth at 5 feet 3 inches (1.60m). This was Ajoku's first clearance over 1.60m on the season, so she has now qualified for Conference in the high jump.
Also in the field, Jennifer Brown and Melanie Sonby each jumped 11' 1.75" to tie for second in the women's pole vault (Section B). Ingrid Sutherland was the winner of Section B for the discus, throwing 144'5" (44.02m), a mark that was just below her personal best but that meets the Big West qualifying standard.
In the men's 1500m, Tim Aukshunas finished with a time of 3:53.68, good for fourth place. Also running in that race was Julian DeRubira, who set a new personal best by crossing the line in 3:57.98.
Earlier in the week, a few of the multi-event athletes took part in a decathlon/heptathlon at Cal State Northridge. Lauri Schakett was seventh overall in the heptathlon with 4264 points, Amanda Lee was eleventh overall in the heptathlon with 3722 points, and Nick deBeaubien was ninth overall in the decathlon with 5862 points. Highlights included Schakett finishing second in the 800m at 2:20.00, and deBeaubien finishing sixth in the 110m high hurdles at 16.00.
This week the Gauchos will be in Fresno, Calif. for the Cal-Nevada Championships.
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Planning on going to this game. Never been there for a game.
Flying in on that friday. Looking for advice/info on where to stay, not to stay, tailgate, go to party, eat, tickets.......
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Originally Posted by jwheels86: If you aren't going as an LSU fan, stay away or don't wear the other teams colors. Those people are dangerous down there
I've been to three Alabama/LSU games in Baton Rouge. In all three of them I've gone with a friend who is a 'Bama fan and wears 'Bama gear and I usually represent the Orange of Vol Nation. I've NEVER had a dispute with any LSU fan and in fact have always been greeted with hospitality and charm. In one instance my bourbon was confiscated at the gate but the local fans made sure that I got as much to drink as I wanted.
Thanks for the input.
I will probably play LSU but either way I'm not one of those fans that sport colors.
Looking for info on hotels and tailgating situation. Any help is much appreciated.
How far is NO from the stadium.
What is the deal with Dalryl.
No handicap tag. What's best place to park/tailgate.
maybe you can get a police escort while you are at a game....
You say allot of dumb garbage in post but this takes the cake...jwheels
Originally Posted by jwheels86: You aren't even making any sense
Here since you can't make sense of a country quote how about "Your Hilarious" talking about how i should wear a Florida jersey to an LSU game in Baton Rouge and i would get beat up.
First off i would rather garbage and fall backwards into it before ever wearing a Florida Gator football jersey.
You was wrong giving somebody BS information when they was asking help about an enjoyable trip to watch an LSU game. You can't tell me LSU fans beat up an old lady because she was a Florida fan.
I don't like LSU but to put a bullshit rap on their fans is wrong, i have been to games and LSU fans has always showed me respect, in Baton Rouge and in Tuscaloosa.
Remember last football season when you told people Alabama fans spit on people and threw stuff at them. Damn it... jwwheels is every fan fucked up except Florida fans.
He can stay in N.O. and drive to the game and enjoy the french quarter, before and after the game and have one of the best times of his life. While he is there he can go to Harrahs Casino, as a matter of fact he should book his room at Harrahs.
Theres no way you played for Alabama you could have been a male cheerleader though.
Originally Posted by jwheels86: Then the times I have been there they must despise Gator fans to a whole new level, they were committing crimes and trying to beat up all UF fans all day and night.
Everybody despises UF fans, I'm surprised that you didn't know that.
JP beat me to most of this.
I typically stay in NOLA, but am lucky enough to be able to stay at the team hotel on campus if I want. BR isn't exactly a thrill-ride, and places get crowded and congested. You're probably better served to drive over from NOLA on game day. Just don't hit it too hard the night before. You can probably walk in to just about any non-student tailgate.
Unless you're astoundngly unlucky, or a complete jackass, nobody is going to bother you no matter who you're supporting.


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Last week in the Netherlands, a 12-year-old girl was on a school field trip, when all of a sudden, she went into labor. According to the Telegraph, she didn't appear pregnant at all and neither she nor her parents knew she was.
After teachers realized what was happening, she was rushed to a nearby building where she gave birth to a baby girl. Now I bet that's something her parents never expected her to bring home from school!
Both mother and baby are said to be "doing well." Though other reports indicate her father may be suspected of impregnating her (he previously served prison time for abusing an older daughter). If that's the case, then nobody in this mess is going to be doing well without a lot of therapy and help.
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Yet another little-known Google feature lets you explore a passion or interest in detail. It's called "What Do You Love?" You type in something you love like 'Genealogy' and it automatically gives you a map of nearby Genealogy, lists of books about Genealogy, blogs about Genealogy, 3D models of Genealogy, recent Genealogy videos, discussions about Genealogy…everything. It's like a 'wonderful things dashboard' http://goo.gl/p105P.
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Rumor has it Brad Bird is being courted to take over Mission Impossible 4, possibly elevating the series to something greater than explosions and excuses for Tom Cruise to don funny wigs.
JJ Abrams and Tom Cruise have been looking for some new blood to direct the next Mission Impossible movie, and while they've been rumored to have approached Zombieland's Ruben Fleischer and Shaun Of The Dead's Edgar Wright, Bird is the name we're most excited about. Best known for film like The Incredibles and Iron Giant, Bird would no doubt whip this property into shape — not that we haven't enjoyed it over the years, but it's time for a fresh look. Especially since MI stories are notorious for their tangled character webs, it would be really interesting to see what Bird would do with the plot.
Paramount wants to put MI4 out in May 27, 2011, so hopefully they'll come to a decision soon. Here's hoping we get an Incredibles-style Mission.


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Cheese cubes, really? Why not get a little wow-factor going on with your holiday party and serve some stuff people may not have seen before?
We've picked a range of hors d'oeuvres from various Asian cuisines, all contributed to AsianSupper.
A squeeze of lemon, some yuzu salt and you are set for a delicious and unique nibbler for your party.
Fried Spring Rolls - Hanoi Fried Nem
You've had these, you say? But have you had the real-deal fried Vietnamese spring rolls? Exactly. Freshly made and freshly fried, these will make your party, we promise.
Who doesn't love meat in some kind of wrapper? This dish combines the best of dumplings + curry puffs.
Dead simple, easy to make ahead and a touch different than your standard kelp chips, which are in an of themselves a great option.
Made with minced chicken thigh, these aren't your ordinary meatballs. Classic Japanese seasoning (soy sauce, mirin, a little ginger, sugar) create something quite unique.
Haemul Pajeon - Korean Seafood Pancake
Everybody loves these. Everybody. Get your party started (but do it early, because it takes time to fry all of these) with classic Korean seafood pancakes. Do your guests a favor and cut them into little wedges for easy eating while standing.
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I'm glad I live in a city where the mention of "vegan brunch" actually brings to mind more than a few delicious possibilities. Echo Park and Silver Lake, alone, have more full-on vegan restaurants (that are actually good) than most states in this country. It's pretty exciting that, once sneered and rolled eyes at, vegetarian food's hard-core sibling is becoming a cuisine like any other in L.A.
One of the best vegan menus in town, doing tons to make the cuisine more accessible, is at Sage Organic Vegan Bistro in Echo Park. Open for a little over a year—replacing their not-so-successful predecessor Mooi—Sage has evolved into a comfort food haven of non-meaty goodness. Think: bacon chili cheese burgers, eggplant parmesan, clam chowder, and bowls stuffed with everything from kale and quinoa to fried macaroni and cheese.
Their brunch toes the same line as their weekday menu, opting for grains, nuts, and other whole foods to recreate flavors instead of relying on over-processed fake meats. Tofu is used, but more often ingredients like jackfruit or seitan are chosen to give "meat" to standouts like their mole burrito, served wet and stuffed with nopales, black beans, and house-made mole. Similarly, Eggs Florentine is served with walnut sausage while hard-shell tacos are filled with a savory mashed potato filling and topped with a drizzle of nut-based crema.
Admittedly, their chilaquiles, made with tofu and daiya, are probably only a good stand-in if you really are vegan, but might not quite hit the spot if you're allowed real eggs and cheese. However, the salsa verde is made in house. Still, you'd probably do better to order the gnocchi or enchiladas, both made with sweet potatoes. You might also be lured by dumplings sweetened with plantains and maple soy sauce or tomato confit topped polenta cakes.
Oh, and Kind Kreme ice cream makes for a nice finishing touch.
Sage Vegan Organic Bistro
1700 West Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90026
Valentina Silva writes about food and restaurants. You can also find Valentina's reviews and stories on her blog, Eastside Food Bites.


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Shawn783 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 103 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
UserGroup.tv is a not for profit that I am starting. The company's mission is capture live user group presentations and post recordings online. This provides value for the group though increased exposure, value for the attendee in there ability to re-watch anything they might have missed, value for those that were unable to attend, and value for the speakers providing increased exposure. The initial focus will be on user groups that focus on developing software for the Microsoft platform. However this is not a Microsoft endeavor, it is for and by the community.
The target audience for the site is going to be folks interested in the technical user group content. Initially it will be the Microsoft development community.
logo must say "UserGroup.TV"
logo must be clean and simple, something that will embroider well
logo must provide 2 different color schemes
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-- light art on transparent for a dark background
-- I seem to like when the letters are all upper case, this is not a firm requirement (don't want to stifle your imagination)
I attached something that I drew in paint, nothing fancy, but might help get the ideas flowing. . . .
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- Court Holidays 2019
- Does the Sheriff's Office allow citizens to pick up dead deer that have been hit and killed by a car?
- Do you do fingerprint cards?
- How do I get a background/records check on myself?
- Do you accept stuffed animals?
- How do I take hunter safety classes?
- When I go on vacation, will the Douglas County Sheriff's Office check my home?
- How can I get a copy of an incident report?
- How can I get a copy of an accident report?
- Where do I go for a municipal traffic ticket?
- What are redemption rights?
- How do I know if I live in an area served by the Douglas County Sheriff's Office?
- My license tag was stolen. Now what?
- What's unusual about calling 9-1-1 from a cell phone?
- What's the difference between jail and prison?
- How do I obtain a copy of an arrest record or a background check?
- What is the difference between a sexual offender and a predator?
- What is the difference between a criminal case and a civil case?
- What are the Kansas child passenger safety requirements?
- How do I file a complaint against a Douglas County Sheriff's Office employee?
- How can I commend a Sheriff's Office employee for outstanding service?
Does the Sheriff's Office allow citizens to pick up dead deer that have been hit and killed by a car?
The Douglas County Sheriff's Office maintains a "Deer List," a list of county residents we can call to respond and remove deer that are killed in non-hunting situations such as car accidents. Douglas County residents who meet the following requirements may apply to be added to the list. Applicants must be 18 years of age, have a valid


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keeto needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 97 designs submitted by 39 freelance designers.
Our current card was something I slapped together on Photoshop. I want to get a logo + business card design done in time to be printed by Oct 28th.
Zeeto Group, LLC
Our company does affiliate marketing, lead generation, product development and we run an affiliate network. We want the card to be unique. It should not include an images of a real person on it.
- Company Logo for Zeeto Group, LLC
- Include these items: Company Name (Zeeto Group, LLC), Full Name, Title, E-mail Address, Phone Number, URL
- The card should be 2 sided but include room on the back for someone to write notes.
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...While I know that lamb is not a popular favorite in the United States, my family loves it. They are particularly partial to double cut chops and really well-flavored burgers made with ground lamb. It can be difficult to find appropriate sides to serve with it because the meat is distinctly flavored and can be overwhelmed by choices that work perfectly well with beef or chicken. I was delighted when I found this recipe in Cuisine at Home magazine because I knew a pumped up orzo would be perfect to serve with grilled lamb. The fact that the recipe was scaled to feed just two diners was an added plus. It takes about 15 minutes to move this dish from the chopping block to the table and it is easy enough for even young cooks to try. The orzo is vaguely Mediterranean and it will appeal to most palates, though I suspect it will not be easy to sell it to young children. While the recipe below is scaled to feed two, it can be doubled or tripled for those of you who still have a gang at your table. If you don't care for sun-dried tomatoes use olives. If you don't like feta try using blue cheese instead. While it is not necessary, I always add a tablespoon or two of pine nuts to the orzo to give it some texture. I really hope you'll try this simple recipe. I think it will quickly become a go-to favorite. Here's how the orzo is made.
Creamy Orzo with Feta Cheese and Sun-Dried Tomatoes...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Cuisine at Home
1-1/2 cups chicken broth
1/2 cup orzo pasta
2 tablespoons sun-dried tomatoes packed in oil, minced
2 tablespoons feta cheese, crumbled
1/8 teaspoon kosher salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
1) Bring broth to a boil in a small saucepan and stir in orzo. Return liquid to a boil. Cook orzo, uncovered, stirring occasionally until liquid is absorbed, about 9 minutes. Remove saucepan from heat.
2) Stir tomatoes and feta into orzo, mixing until feta melts slightly. Season orzo with salt and pepper. Serve immediately. Yield: 2 servings.
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text: There are places near me worth a visit. Perhaps I can show a few of them in this thread. On a hot day like yesterday, you'll rarely find people in an open air village museum. A good opportunity to take pictures, so I decided to go to Mönchhof, a few km from my village. The museum there shows old buildings, furniture, professions from 1890 - 1960. First of all, you'll have to look for it, in case you weren't there before. It's "hidden" near the train station. Here's the entrance: The museum has a website where a "map" can be downloaded, in English as well. Just to show it's location (not from the website): Maps The buildings there were mostly made by the founder himself, he also collected many of the things exhibited there. As soon as you enter the museum, this will catch your eye: A toll house with barrier next to an old Trabant. This should remind of 1989 (see number on car), when many people left the former GDR and crossed the Austrian border next to Klingenbach. There's an old cinema On rare occasions, old movies are shown. In winter, this place is used as stage.


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(Reuters) - For the first time in nearly a decade, the Atlanta Braves have won the National League East division crown, raising fresh hopes they can rekindle their glory days and make a charge at winning the World Series.
The Braves (96-66) finished the regular season 10 games clear of their nearest rival in the division with a win total that was just one shy of the best in the league, shared by the Boston Red Sox and the St. Louis Cardinals.
But for all their success, doubts remains about how far they can go in the postseason, partly because of their poor record in the playoffs but also because of their lean run in recent years.
"We've kind of been under the radar all season," said Braves third baseman Chris Johnson. "Every time we win people say, 'They're playing weaker teams,' or, 'They strike out too much,' or, 'They're not going to win in the playoffs.' After a while it becomes a challenge. And it fuels you at the same time."
Not so long ago, it was almost expected Atlanta would reach the postseason. Between 1991 and 2005, they won 14 consecutive division titles and five National League pennants.
But not so in recent years and Atlanta's record in the postseason continues to haunt them. Despite all their success in that golden era, they won the World Series just once, in 1995.
Since 2000, the Braves have made the playoffs eight times but only made it past the first round once. Last year, they were eliminated in the Wild Card game.
With that type of playoff record, it is little wonder that confidence among their supporters is not high, even though they had a great season.
At one stage they were 15 games clear in their division but took their foot off the gas in the last month, which ultimately cost them the top seeding in the National League.
As a result, instead of playing the wild card winner in the division series, they face the daunting prospect of playing the Los Angeles Dodgers, a star-studded team with one of the biggest payrolls in baseball.
Braves manager Fredi Gonzalez told reporters he could not have been happier with their progress so far but said the real competition was only just starting.
"I'm proud of a good season - 30 games over .500, 96 wins, it's a (great) accomplishment for our ballclub. The fun begins now," said Gonzalez.
The Dodgers are favorites to beat the Braves in their best-of-five division series although everything points to a tight contest.
Atlanta beat the Dodgers in five of seven games this season and have home-field advantage after Los Angeles also struggled in the last month, finishing with 92 wins to win the NL West.
In offense, Atlanta's 181 home runs were the most in the NL and their slugging percentage was second only to Colorado but the real strength of the Braves lies in their depth of pitching.
Each of Atlanta's four starters - Kris Medlen, Mike Minor, Julio Teheran and Paul Maholm - won at least 10 games and their bullpen had the best ERA in the majors, led by Craig Kimbrel, who finished the season tied with Baltimore's Jim Johnson for the most saves (50) in MLB.
"Nobody's picked us all year anyway," said Johnson.
"Nobody picked us to win the division, it was the (Washington) Nationals' year. So we've already been through stuff like that and we're fine like that. And I don't really think it matters whether you have the (NL's) best record or not."
Reporting by Julian Linden in New York; Editing by Frank Pingue


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Controlfreak needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 43 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
ogo required for new online store - controlfreaks.co.nz Tired of meaningless name companies looking for a new logo? Hard to find that elusive creative link? Look no further, with this logo you can let your creative juices run wild!
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Logo required for new online store http://www.controlfreaks.co.nz
The aim of the store is to be the largest online radio control store (eventually) in New Zealand. The store will sell radio control gear (the controllers), cars, boats, planes and helicopters.
The logo will play an important role in setting the tone of the website - im a big believer in branding and this site needs to look big, professional and FUN!
- The company name was derived from control (meaning 'being in control' or radio 'control') and freaks (meaning 'people who have a passion for rc toys/gadgets).
- The site will be designed for a wide market and is not exclusive to the radio control geeks of the world - appealing more to the entry level 'i want a new toy to play with' type of person
- The logo needs to look professional with a good dose of fun
- Customers will be predominantly male, aged 20-55
- Bright, energetic, vibrant colours, the logo needs impact - 2-3 colours max
- Can be 3d, 2d or whatever you like really!
- You can incorportate the website into the logo - i.e. Controlfreaks.co.nz or you could include it underneath, or if you feel the need - drop it altogether!
- Letters can be all the same height, controlfreaks, or the start capitalised, Controlfreaks/ControlFreaks
- It would be great to incorporate some sort of unique icon which would become synonomous with the brand - the icon doesnt neccessarily have to be an icon of a radio controlled toy
- Try not to make the logo too busy - simple is best
- Lastly the logo needs to look wicked! (cool, funky, fun and all those other wonderfully descriptive adjectives)Hey and if all else fails and my ramblings are not providing you a direction then show me something different and expand my horizons.
- See above - everything is covered in the 'what i want' box :-)
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We've seen lots of the rumored iPhone 5's body by now, and now the front cover has been acquired and squared up against the iPhone 4S. The new FaceTime camera position lines up just fine with what we were seeing on the chassis, and when put on top of an iPhone we're all familiar with, we get a good sense of just how much bigger the iPhone 5 will be. Other pictures highlight the position of the light sensor (to the right of the iSight camera, and the proximity sensor (to the right of the earpiece).
Of course, this is all pre-release, so subject to change (or just being a Chinese knock-off) but the more we see these parts bubble up and remain consistent, the more likely it is that they'll turn out to be legit. We've already talked a lot about the pros and cons of a 4-inch iPhone, but has your thinking changed at all after seeing the display size compared directly to your current iPhone? Is the long and thin look something you could get used to? How will this bigger screen impact battery life?
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A remarkable thing happened last week.
For the first time in the six years I've been putting together the annual Kids Edition, we were overwhelmed by submissions.
In past years, I felt like the submission rate was good. We regularly had approximately 20 submissions, good for a nice four- to five-page section and perhaps another few pages the following week. Each year, I was able to run everything submitted.
This year, submissions poured in via email and snail mail. Kindergarten teachers sent in folders and zipped files containing scores of their students' work. The number of submissions quickly went beyond 50 to 75 and more. Submissions came from everywhere. From every local school, from teachers and parents. They piled up on my desk, an avalanche of painted art paper and kid poems stuffed into white envelopes.
The submissions are diverse. There are poems and stories, pencil sketches, crayon drawings and oil paintings. One student even sent in a sample of an illustrated book.
So, the Kids Edition you find in this week's paper has some amazing artwork by children in the area, but it is by no means a complete representation. There were many submissions I simply could not fit.
Because of that, I plan to run another batch of artwork next week.
There will be a Kids Edition, Part II. So if you didn't see your child's work here, it very well may be in the paper next week.
And I may just have enough artwork to take us through December. So we may do more. Stay tuned.
Our polls get poked
Last week, I discussed the Local's foray into online polling. In that discussion, I mentioned a poll we were running concerning Bowman Properties' proposal to develop the former site of Magarity Ford into a five-story retail and apartment complex. The question posed to readers was: Is Bowman's plan too big for Chestnut Hill?
Well, voting on the poll appeared to be regular until after this weekend, after which the number of votes quickly went from 300 votes over two weeks to another 1,000 votes over the weekend. Something seemed wrong.
A savvy reader pointed out to me on Monday that a simple procedure to clear a Web browser's history made it possible for any individual to cast an unlimited number of votes. I was able to reproduce the trick right away on both the Firefox and Chrome browsers.
As a result, I think it's fair to conclude that the results of the poll are, at best, unreliable. Instead of a providing us with a snapshot of neighbor sentiment, we've learned very little except that even the most-used polling services on the Web – we used Poll Daddy – are susceptible to very simple tampering.
I'm a believer in using the polls and spoke to a number of readers who really liked the idea as a way to gauge opinion in a very easy way – what can be easier than logging on to a site and clicking a radio button?
In the meantime, I'm looking for a good replacement service that will provide for us a better and more secure solution. I'd be happy to take some suggestions.
Pete Mazzaccaro


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text: Call it culanthropy: mixing culinary skills with philanthropy, volunteers come here to cook. And in some cases, they plan to come back to stay.Thursday, May 31, 2007 By Judy Walker Food editor A common element in professional cooking competitions is the mystery meal challenge: being given an assortment of ingredients and making an impromptu meal out of them. A variation on the mystery theme played out in the Lower 9th Ward in late March, when a group of student and working chefs called the Culinary Corps divided into four teams. Each group had 30 minutes to go through a semi-trailer full of donated food parked behind the Emergency Communities building on St. Claude Avenue. They were to come up with a five-course menu to serve at the Goin' Home Cafe at Communities. Then they had a couple of hours to make their meals. The dinner menu served on Culinary Corps Day 2: Grilled chicken with buffalo sauce, dry rubbed beef tenderloin, spicy smothered cabbage with bacon, shrimp and cheese grits, roasted corn with black beans and jalapeno butter, barley and black-eyed pea salad with zucchini, almonds and tomato, and cupcakes. This was just one of many things that the Culinary Corps did, when the group of 18 young chefs and devoted foodies, organized by a recent culinary school graduate, Christine Carroll, came to New Orleans for a week of "culinary voluntourism." Before the group left, some of the members had called real estate agents about apartments to rent. Several are planning to move here in the fall. Founding director Carroll and the Culinary Corps will return to New Orleans later this week with a new band of volunteers, each of whom is paying $300 (not counting airfare) to stay in dorm rooms at Xavier University and spend a week in culinary beneficence. How they came to be here at all is a prime example of inspiration, motivation, leadership and the difference individual efforts can make. Not to mention the sheer energy and creativity of young people. . . . . . . . "The funny thing is, the first day they were here I said, 'I predict at least one or two of you will come back for an internship or want to move here, ' " said Ashley Graham, godmother of this story. "I felt pretty sure the prediction would come true." Graham knows the allure of the local culinary culture. She is a new New Orleanian herself. For more than 15 years, Graham has worked for Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., that fights hunger by organizing chefs, restaurants, corporations and businesses in such fundraising efforts as Taste of the Nation, the country's largest restaurant benefit. Another is The Great American Bake Sale, which urges anybody with an oven to hold bake sales and use the money in his community to feed hungry children. (The Bake Sale just started; find details at www.strength.org/what/greatamericanbakesale/.) Graham was working on an event for the 20th anniversary of S.O.S. when Katrina struck. "After the storm, when we mobilized our network to raise money, we wanted to come down and see how best to invest our money, " Graham said. "We started a series of two dozen trips, and by trip 16 I was in love with the city. Each time, it got harder and harder to leave. "I was so moved by the resiliency and the humor of the people here that I decided it needed to rub off on me more, so I made the decision to move in late 2006 and moved here in March of 2007." Share Our Strength officials felt that her presence here would be a great manifestation of their ongoing commitment to the region and its recovery, she said. Since December 2005, Graham and two other S.O.S. employees based in Washington, Shuck Scofield and Denham Springs native Amy Zganjar, have taken about 300 people on "Hinges of Hope" tours -- three- or four-hour bus trips through devastated areas, narrated by informed locals. About a quarter of the people taking the tours have been in the hospitality industry. Others are corporate executives, foundation leaders, media and "just folks that we thought would have an interest in getting engaged in the recovery one way or another, " Graham said. The tours often have sponsors, including the Harrah's Foundation, American Express, Danny Myers' Union Square Hospitality Group and Timberland. One of the Timberland tours, taken by a Starbucks Entertainment executive, ultimately resulted in a $175, 000 donation from Starbucks Coffee Co. and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People to finish restoration at Dooky Chase's restaurant. . . . . . . . Christine Carroll took a Hinges of Hope tour last October when she was here for the S.O.S. Conference of Leaders. Then attending the French Culinary Institute in Manhattan, she was one of 20 culinary students nationwide whose essays on "What Is the Chef's Role in the Community?" won Henckles Cutting Edge scholarships to attend the meeting. The time in New Orleans "really opened my eyes, " said Carroll, a former AmeriCorps volunteer who graduated from the College of William and Mary with a degree in biological psychology before finding her niche in the culinary arts. "I met (local Slow Food chapter founder) Poppy Tooker. It gave me the opportunity to cook rice calas, to paint a school, to cook with Frank Brigtsen, who was one of most inspiring people I've ever met." She left town with the sense that "there has got to be someone trying to get more of us down there." Thus was born her "culanthropy" concept: to find people who have a passion for food and social activism to return to New Orleans. Carroll used her packet of contact information from the S.O.S. conference to network. The Southern Foodways Alliance put her in touch with the Southern Food and Beverage Museum. Online, she found Emergency Communities. The planning for the first trip unfolded easily, she said, "due to this community's love of their own food." She started a Web site (www.culinarycorps.org) and fundraising, to give scholarships to those who can't afford the trip and to give donations to their partners, such as seasonal produce for the Iron Chef competition they held here with children at the Edible Schoolyard at Samuel J. Green Charter School. Carroll graduated from the FCI in January, and brought the first Culinary Corps group here in March. Among the participants were three current and graduating FCI students who made up one of the dinner teams in the (basically) open-air kitchen behind the Emergency Communities building. Whisper Kohler was opening giant cans of corn with a balky can opener as Gerald San Jose prepped ingredients for a marinade, and Danielle Jakubowski summed up their feelings by saying, "It's been amazing. I think all of us want to move to New Orleans now." While here, San Jose -- whose thoughts and many photos from the trip are on his blog at www.foodite.com -- took a "trailing" opportunity, spending time with a chef on his free day. At Cochon with chef and co-owner Stephen Stryjewski, he got to sample almost everything on the menu and even got to help butcher a hog. San Jose said he knew the trip would be great, but "I had no idea it would be as great as it is, " he said. "Or no idea it would be so emotional." "They've made me incredibly proud, " Carroll said, sitting on the steps of the food storage trailer as tears welled up in her eyes. "I've never seen a group of strangers come together and work the way they did. Cooks are an ornery bunch. Knives can flash." As the Culinary Corps members worked on their meals, news spread that something special was up at Emergency Communities. The white chef's jackets worn by the volunteers were the tipoff. When people came through the dinner line, Carroll said, "We heard, 'The chefs in white jackets are here.' Word travels fast." People gave to the chefs, too. Corps members were pulled aside and given recipes, for Mother's gumbo and Grandmother's gumbo. They were given many tips on places to go and eat, places to visit and see. They served more than 1, 200 meals. Hundreds more meals were made for the freezer at Emergency Communities. "We're really seeing how food weaves into the community, and how food is a portal for community service, " Carroll said. And the corps members were not just worker bees, she added. "These people can really see a leadership role in all this, " Carroll noted. "This gives them an opportunity to really lead." "If you can find a way to connect people to an issue through what they do best, it's a much deeper connection than for someone who has just written you a check, " S.O.S.'s Graham said. "These guys from the Culinary Corps, they volunteered, they cooked, they learned about cooking. They really experienced the food scene from all angles. "I think that makes them incredible ambassadors and advocates. This is the kind of experience they go back and tell their friends and relatives and colleagues about, so it's a ripple effect far beyond the week they're here." . . . . . . . Two weeks ago, after a "Red Beans and Rice" contest fundraiser at DBA New York restaurant, Carroll had raised 73 percent of the $2, 750 she wanted to take to New Orleans on the upcoming Culinary Corps trip. And several of the first group had a reunion in North Carolina over the Memorial Day holiday. At least three people in that group, one of them said, are planning to move to New Orleans in the fall. The Culinary Corps group arriving Friday consists mainly of students and alumni from the Institute of Culinary Education in Manhattan. A Washington Post blogger has signed up to come along, too. They will have a welcome dinner at Kevin Parker's Jazzy Po' Boys, as did the first group, and they will do a service project at the new 9th Ward Farmers Market, meeting with Greta Gladney, director of the Renaissance Project, which founded the market. They'll have a group lunch with Susan Spicer at Bayona; tour The Historic New Orleans Collection's current culinary exhibit; and take Poppy Tooker's "Creole/Cajun 101" cooking class at The House on Bayou Road, followed by a crawfish boil with Joey Fonseca. Then they spend two days cooking for Emergency Communities and a day cooking at Cafe Reconcile. An optional Gulf Coast tour with John Egerton of the New Orleans Fish House is on the schedule, as well as a night of dinner and dancing at Rock 'N' Bowl. "We're big believers in the power of her concept and what she's up to, " Graham said of Carroll's organizing -- especially since S.O.S. had been looking for different ways to mobilize the culinary school community. "We're thrilled at her bringing more food leaders to the city, because they can really appreciate what makes this city, more than what those in another field might." . . . . . . . "There's going to be, like, five of us coming down on Aug. 14, when I finally get done with school, " said Michael Rayfield, who is attending the culinary program at the Art Institute of Charlotte in North Carolina and working at a country club. "Everybody else coming down there has already graduated." This time, they are coming for longer than a week. They are moving in. The group from the initial Culinary Corps trip has an eventual plan to open a combined bake shop and ice cream parlor in New Orleans, Rayfield said. But first, he added, "We're probably all going to work for other people to get to know the town." The last night the March group was together here, they were gathered at Savvy Gourmet, hugging and crying, Graham said. She is thrilled her prediction that some of them would return is coming true. "If you find these people before they become the next Susan Spicer and John Besh, " Graham said, "then you've found them at a really critical juncture, when they retain their idealism and they've got all that great youthful energy. The idea of sharing one's strength is inculcated early." . . . . . . . Food editor Judy Walker can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com or (504) 826-3485. _________________________ Stories of three Culinary Corps volunteers In the tiny town of Coshocton, Ohio, Amy Taylor sells baked goods at her local Farmers Market, makes desserts to order and works three days a week in a hardware store. She signed up for the Culinary Corps' spring trip to New Orleans after seeing a notice in a weekly e-mail sent by the French Culinary Institute, where she graduated. After her week of "culinary voluntourism, " she wanted to move here, Taylor said, but she can't talk her husband into it. "You all made a great impact on us and we want to help, even if we can just do some little things, " Taylor said recently. "Several of us are working on our own right now trying to get donations, working on awareness." The first thing she did when she got home, she said, was go to her local newspaper and say, "Here's my story." "I said, in my opinion, the media's dropped the ball. People don't know what the situation is (in New Orleans). People think it's all pink and rosy because they don't know about it. Three days later, the reporter called me, and I had three-fourths of the front page." One of the hardest things the group had to do, Taylor said, was leave. "We made these people happy, we fed them, and why do we have to stop?" Taylor said. "You have a magical city there . . . and it hasn't lost that. There's hope, and people have a real compassion for culture and history, not just for the food end of it." Her husband told her that in the 12 years they have been together, he had never seen her as happy as she was after her trip here. It was truly a life-changing experience. Today, Amy Taylor has a fundraising jar for New Orleans on her table at the Farmers Market in Coshocton. . . . . . . . Gia Rabito was the navigator on the Culinary Corps trip. She graduated from Benjamin Franklin High School in 2004 and is in her third year at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, N.Y. When the levees broke, Rabito was living in Georgia, doing a school externship (basically a brief, unpaid internship). After the family home in Lakeview got 8 feet of water, her parents moved to Denver. Her brother just graduated from Duke University and is moving to California. She has been back to New Orleans about every six months, Rabito said. She does see slow progress. The Culinary Corps trip, she said, "was such a surprise to me. I expected people to care, but not nearly as much as I saw. Everyone, by the end, felt like we were all family. I could tell that everyone who went on the trip truly loved doing what we were doing there. "I know I got way more out of it than I could have ever imagined. The fact that people are so willing to help out is really cool, to see that people really do care and their hearts are in it still." She is not one of the Culinary Corps members moving here, though. "I think it would be a little too heartbreaking for me to move back too soon, " she said. "It was heartbreaking to be there for a week and not have it be the way it was." . . . . . . . "After only a week, it started to feel like home, " wrote Angela Sagabaen in a personal reflection after her Culinary Corps trip to New Orleans in March. Each volunteer was asked by Christine Carroll, founding director of the corps, to contribute something -- an essay, a recipe, photo essay or other recollection -- to her records. Sagabaen wrote that she lived in the San Francisco Bay Area all her life, and decided to move to New York City after receiving a degree in journalism. There, she wound up in culinary school, and on the Culinary Corps' initial trip. When the plane was landing on the trip home, she looked at the lights below and realized that in two years she had learned as much as she wanted about living in New York, she wrote. She was ready to move "to the open arms of New Orleans." "When I got to my apartment, I felt different, " Sagabaen wrote. "Something had changed. At the same time, I kept receiving text messages from my new friends, checking in with one another, making sure everyone got home all right. We also truly missed each other. Next thing I know, a few days later, we all realized we had this insatiable urge to live in NOLA and that's what we're going to do. "I did meet some new people and discovered some great friends. I did learn some new things about New Orleans and plan to call it home soon. I did my deed and felt good about my volunteering efforts, which I hadn't felt in a long time working with other organizations. "I worked hard and got little sleep, but I also laughed and played hard. And in the end, I think that is the point of these things: to not only help your fellow man, but to create warm and meaningful relationships during the process. That not only makes another person's world brighter, but yours as well." -- Judy Walker