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Boys basketball preview: Oshkosh North
There's no such thing as rebuilding when it comes to the Oshkosh North boys basketball team.
Despite losing its top two scorers and unanimous first-team all-Fox Valley Association selections from a year ago in Cooper Radtke and Nate Neveau on a team that went 20-4, North looks ready to once again be playing deep into March.
Seniors Seth Taylor and Blake Marquardt return for the Spartans after averaging double figures in scoring a year ago. Taylor was a second-team FVA pick after scoring 11 points per game while Marquardt was an honorable mention FVA selection scoring 10.8 points per contest.
Nick Bauer — a four-year starter— and fellow senior Majok Madut also return, as this year's Spartans total nine seniors on the roster.
"I've been very pleased. Nick Bauer, Blake Marquardt and Seth Taylor are our captains and they've been through the wars and they've experienced quite a bit," coach Frank Schade said. "They've really given us good senior leadership which is good to see."
Austin Trochinski returns to the varsity club for his junior year. As a freshman, he played a pivotal role during the Spartans' postseason run to the state tournament when injuries depleted their roster, but played on the junior varsity last year as a sophomore.
Freshman Tyrese Haliburton will be brought onto the varsity club this year, as he and Bauer will share point guard duties.
Trochinski and Haliburton aren't the biggest additions to the Spartans basketball team, however. That would be sophomore standout Philip Flory.
Flory, ranked as the top high school sophomore in the state, transferred over the summer from Wisconsin Rapids and has jumped right into the fold.
"He's a self-made player in my opinion, and that just really adds to what we believe in," Schade said. "We believe in a lot of work ethic and good attitude and he has that and really brings that to the gym every day. Whether that be practice or game competitions, he's a pretty serious basketball player."
Flory averaged 13.5 points per game for Wisconsin Rapids to lead the team as a freshman, then moved to the city of Oshkosh over the summer.
The trust between he and his teammates was forged on his moving day, when the entire team met him at his house to help him move into his new home.
Since that day, Flory said the transition off the court was as smooth as he could have hoped for.
"It's been really exciting for me and my family, I think ever since I moved here that first day when I moved into the house and my teammates were there waiting for me to help me it's just been great," Flory said. "Coach Schade was there too. I love coach Schade and this program, it's been good since day one."
On the court, Flory's still had to get used to the different style that Oshkosh North plays on both ends of the floor.
"It's taken quite a while, with the 1-3-1 (defense) it's a lot different than just running a man defense and it took me about a month to start getting really good at it and start knowing what to do and what positions I should be in and what area I should be on the court when the ball is on the opposite wing," Flory said. "I'm getting pretty good at it, but I've still got to work on it."
He may not be at his peak yet, but his teammates have already seen the type of explosive player the 6-foot-4 inch sophomore can be when he finally gets comfortable.
"He's a huge weapon. He's the top of his class in Wisconsin and he's another weapon outside and inside," Taylor said of Flory. "He can get to the basket or he can create for others. He's got a high IQ for the game so it's definitely a huge plus for us."
North averaged 64.6 points per game a season ago, and while scoring was never an issue, getting five players on the court at once who could all be scoring threats was.
This year they don't believe that will be an issue, and much of that has to do with the steady improvement of Madut.
The 6-6 forward was dynamic for the Spartans over the summer, averaging double figures in scoring and becoming the post-presence North had been waiting for him to become.
North believes double-figure scoring from Madut should continue this winter, taking pressure off Marquardt, Taylor and Flory and keeping the floor balanced.
"Of all our players, I would say he's improved the most over the offseason," Schade said of Madut. "We still have to fine-tune some things but all of a sudden he's a scoring threat inside. All summer long he was a double-figure scorer so we're pretty pleased with his progress."
Defensively, the Spartans will still have their patented 1-3-1 trap defense to wreak havoc on opposing offenses, but with their added length this season (Madut, Marquardt, and Flory are all 6-4 or taller) they plan on utilizing more man defense and not be so dependent on the zone.
As successful as the basketball team has been over the past three seasons, last year's abrupt ending in the regional finals was humbling for the Spartans.
North's 92-75 loss to Stevens Point was an eye opener for Schade's club, and he told his squad at the first practice that their mentality had to change this season if they wanted to make another deep run in March.
"You know, for us the biggest thing was we were at state two years in a row with quality kids coming back and I think we let our guard down a little bit, and we became the hunted instead of hunting and we need to get back to hunting (teams)," Schade said. "That's what we've been talking about since day one; don't get satisfied, we need to be the hunters and that's how we're looking at things."
Jake Van Camp: (920) 426-6661 or jvancamp@ thenorthwestern.com
2014-15 Schedule
Nov.: 28, vs. Milwaukee Madison, 6 p.m.; 29, vs. Plymouth, 7:45 p.m.
Dec.: 5, at Kimberly, 7:15 p.m.; 12, at Fond du Lac, 7:15 p.m.; 16, vs. Appleton North, 7:15 p.m.; 19, vs. Neenah. 7:15 p.m.; 23, at Appleton East, 7:15 p.m.; 30, vs. Mukwonago at WBY Tournament, 9 p.m.; 31, vs. Stevens Point at WBY Tournament, 1:30 p.m.
Jan.: 6, vs. Hortonville, 7:15 p.m.; 9, vs. Oshkosh West, 7:45 p.m.; 16, at Appleton North, 7:35 p.m.; 20, at Kaukauna, 7:15 p.m.; 23, vs. Appleton West, 7:15 p.m.; 27, vs. Kimberly, 7:15 p.m.; 30, vs. Fond du Lac, 7:15 p.m.
Feb.: 3, at Neenah, 7:15 p.m.; 6, vs. Appleton East, 7:15 p.m.; 10, at Hortonville, 7:15 p.m.; 13, at Oshkosh West, 7:45 p.m.; 20, vs. Kaukauna, 7:15 p.m.; 26, at Appleton West, 7:15 p.m.
2014-15 Roster
No. Name Yr.
3 Shane Wissink So.
10 Nick Bauer Sr.
12 Cole Ellestad Sr.
14 Tyrese Haliburton Fr.
15 Ben Leib Sr.
20 Hayden Gabrilska Jr.
22 Austin Trochinski Jr.
23 Mikaal Geenen Jr.
24 Seth Taylor Sr.
30 Josh Hassman Jr.
32 Majok Madut Sr.
33 Phillip Flory So.
35 Zac Hassman Sr.
40 Mitch Sundstrom Jr.
44 Blake Marquardt Sr.


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There are few artists out there who can create a sweet groove like SG Lewis. Following the release of Dusk, the first phase of three making up his debut album, SG is back with 'Hurting'.
Premiered by Annie Mac on BBC Radio 1 this evening, the new single is the first instalment of part two of three, Dark. For his first full album, SG Lewis tracks the journey through the different phases of a night out, as he explained on social media in January.
So it's been a long time coming, but I'm really proud and excited to announce my debut album.
The album is broken up into 3 phases – Dusk, Dark, and Dawn.
The first single from dusk will be dropping on Friday.
SG x pic.twitter.com/SXtuhb56c6
— SG Lewis (@SGLewis_) January 17, 2018
He teams up with AlunaGeorge, the voice behind dance-floor fillers such as 'You Know You Like It' and 'Automatic', in one of the artist's highest profile collaborations to date. Full of Lewis' gloriously ambient electro-touch, it's an intriguing step into the next world of the debut record.
Coining Dusk as "the warm-up for the heavier, darker things to come", it's clear to see that movement from the tropical 'Aura' with J Warner and 'Coming Up'. It's a new sound as the DJ and singer/songwriter continues to shift through the gears ever since releasing the likes of 'Warm' and 'Shivers' when he broke into the industry in 2015. Fans have already taken to social media to praise 'Hurting' with one saying, "This new song is pure GOLD", and another, "This is what dreams are made of".
After playing to a packed Electric Brixton in April, SG Lewis prepares to tour the USA in September and October this year, his date at Brooklyn's Elsewhere already selling out. A good friend of pop superstar, Dua Lipa, the 24-year-old was one artist who played a set at the first ever Sunny Hill Festival in Kosovo last weekend.
BROOKLYN ?? My first NY show at @elsewherespace has SOLD OUT, so we decided to add another date ?? I've also added dates in Santa Barbara and Santa Ana – it's gonna be a movie, see you there ??? pic.twitter.com/rGR2VeZjTU
— SG Lewis (@SGLewis_) August 5, 2018
Exciting times are ahead for SG Lewis. Have you streamed 'Hurting' yet? Let us know @CelebMix on Twitter.


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It seems that just about every kid in the "UK" now has a cell phone, despite increasing
evidence that prolonged use causes brain blood-barrier damage, dna damage and even cancers.
The damnable beeping, squeaking will go on until their presence in the classroom is banned.
Its NOT necessary, the system for emergencies has always been in place, a parent ought to know the
schools number and the school can always contact a parent. Not as if we have earthquakes in the "UK"
is it (even if we did the phones would be 90% inoperative anyway!!).
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The New Season of Bowling Rolls Right In
January 28, 2018
In the new 2017- 2018 season of Bowling at Bishop Blanchet, coach and advisor, Toby McGill, leads one of the biggest bowling teams seen at BBHS into their upcoming season with striking scores.
On Wednesday November 29, the bowling team had a match, the scores were as followed, Morgen Loesch had a whooping 132, Gianna Marchese had a grand score of 128. Lindsey Rappe had strikes upon strikes, while Gigi Gallaudet set a all new personal record.
"I love bowling," said senior Greta Geivett. "It is so great to watch our team continually grow in both size and talent! We are looking forward to a fun and competitive year."
The Bowling team has an incredible size of 70-80 players this year. Each of these players are divided into a co-ed group of four to five players. During a match, these teams will rival one another.
Members of the team note how wonderful it is watching all the teams have fun on the lanes and improve their scores and skills."Bowling is a blast and the players are all so nice!" Mr. McGill said after a quick minute conversation. He was fanatic about how much he loves bowling and seeing his teams prosper in skill and all while having fun bowling.
To catch one of these exhilarating games, be at Spin Alley from 3 to 4:30 on the day specified for the match. You can find these dates on Bishop Blanchet's website under the activities category in the one titled Bowling.


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I don't get to Civil often but I'll be out tomorrow for their Saturday release. Here they go:
Antler Chandelier (7.2%) a collab with Unseen Creatures Brew is a Milkshake IPA brewed with oats and milk sugar and hopped w/ Summer, Citra and El Dorado. Then we conditioned it on Ugandan Vanilla Beans and Vietnamese Cinnamon. 1 case pp, $20 per 4pk.
Similar Interests (7%) IPA brewed w/ Golden Promise and Flaked Barley hopped intensely with Galaxy, Mosaic and Simcoe Lupulin Pellets. 1 case pp, $18 per 4pk.
Blondes Make Me Hoppy w/ Citra (4.9%) Blonde Ale hopped exclusively with Citra. 1 case pp, $16 per 4pk.
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Body identified as missing sister, mom Stacey Boothe-Wilson, but questions remain in cold case
Xenia Freeman knew for years the news would be bad.
When her younger sister disappeared from Greenburgh in October 1994 without saying goodbye to her three children, Freeman was certain she was the victim of foul play.
Freeman learned with certainty Wednesday that her sister, Randi Stacey Boothe-Wilson, had been dead for years, that hers were the skeletal remains discovered in woods near a North Carolina fitness club in late 1995.
"It's hard to hear it," she told The Journal News/lohud. "I'm just so numb now but what I really want is to know what exactly happened to my sister."
That's what police in Jacksonville, North Carolina, want as well. They've investigated the case since Dec. 6, 1995, when a surveyor came across the remains.
But finding out what happened depended on learning who was dead. And that didn't start happening until last month, when a possible match was found between the remains and DNA on a stamp from a letter purportedly sent by Boothe-Wilson.
Greenburgh police had the evidence tested years ago and a DNA profile was added to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System.
No cause or manner of death has been determined, although police are treating it as a homicide.
"There still are a lot of unanswered questions," said Greenburgh police Chief Chris McNerney, whose department is working with Jacksonville police. "Now that we do have remains that are identified and we know that Ms. Wilson is deceased it will help give one answer to a question that we didn't have and we hope to get more answers."
Greenburgh detectives who worked the case over the years said Wednesday they never had any leads that pointed them toward North Carolina.
The first time Freeman ever learned of a North Carolina connection also came last month when she got a call from her niece and nephew. They told her their father, Stacey's estranged husband, Earle Wilson, told them police believed they had identified her body.
She had her son contact Greenburgh detectives, who confirmed that they had also been told of the possible DNA match.
The ID was confirmed by the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner following additional testing and a match to dental records, and announced by Jacksonville police on Tuesday.
But Freeman was disappointed she was never contacted by law enforcement before a reporter spoke with her Wednesday morning.
"They should have told me it was definitely her," she said.
The victim's movements
Boothe-Wilson spent 13 years in the Marines, including time in the 1980s at Camp Lejeune near where her body was found. She was stationed in California at the time of her discharge in August 1994, when the 33-year-old mother of three separated from her husband and took their daughter and two sons to New York.
She initially stayed with her sister in Queens but on Oct. 23, she and the children moved into her mother-in-law's home on Adams Place in Greenburgh.
Five days later, on Friday, Oct. 28, Earle Wilson came to New York. That evening he and his wife went for a drive. He told police later that they argued. She wanted to give her wedding ring back to him, but he wouldn't take it and she left it in the car.
She soon drove away, presumably heading to Queens where her sister had been expecting her to stay overnight. She never showed up and didn't report to her security job at a Manhattan museum the next morning.
Boothe-Wilson's van was found that Sunday around the corner from her sister's home.
Earle Wilson reported her missing to Greenburgh police shortly before 6 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 30. He told police that she called his mother's home that Saturday morning, speaking with their youngest son. He said he also found some letters from her addressed to their kids in his suitcase.
And he shared with them a letter that arrived that week addressed to him at his mother's house. She had included her credit card and Metro-North rail pass and told him to use money as needed. The handwriting was tested but the results were inconclusive, police said.
Detectives submitted the envelope for testing in 2002. The DNA profile that was obtained was finally matched to DNA from bone marrow extracted from the remains in Jacksonville.
New investigation
Freeman finally spoke with a Jacksonville detective Wednesday afternoon and said he told her the investigation was really just beginning now that the remains have been identified. She said he wasn't certain they would ever be able to determine how exactly she died.
Freeman said she was kept from her niece and two nephews for years but finally reunited with them in 2011 after her daughter found one of them on Facebook.
She said she hoped to be part of any funeral arrangements as her sister is given a proper burial.
"I'm just happy we know where Stacey is after all these years," she said. "But I know she wouldn't have just left. Not me. Not her kids. She would have told me if she was going away."
COLD CASE: Detectives in 2002 took new look at case of missing woman
ID: Remains in North Carolina ID'd as woman who disappeared in Greenburgh in 1994
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Early on in Marvel Comics' history, the iconic Stan Lee described its stories as depicting "the world outside your window," referring to being more realistic and in touch with humanity. A surprise new comic book series is taking that approach directly while flipping it to showing the world inside your window.(opens in new tab)
Marvel Comics has launched a new comic book series that is not only digital-first but is exclusive (for a limited time) to the publisher's social media channels. It will showcase some of Marvel's top heroes as homebodies, so to speak, in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Titled Heroes at Home, new editions of the webserial by writer Zeb Wells and artist Gurihiru are scheduled to debut Sundays on the publisher's Twitter (opens in new tab), Facebook (opens in new tab), and Instagram (opens in new tab) pages.
"Baking can be a pretty...sticky situation. #HeroesAtHome" reads the text accompanying the debut installment.
According to ComicBook (opens in new tab), the one-shot comics will be re-purposed as variant covers to upcoming Marvel books.
And Spider-Man isn't the only character that will be in the comic book; Wolverine, Captain America, Captain Marvel, Hulk, and Black Panther are confirmed to have their own one-off social media comics as well.
Here is a schedule provided by Marvel (via ComicBook):
- July 26: Spider-Man story, to be printed as a Amazing Spider-Man #48 variant on-sale September 9
- August 2: Wolverine story, to be printed as a Wolverine #5 variant on-sale September 2
- August 9: Captain Marvel story, to be printed as a Captain Marvel #21 variant on-sale September 9
- August 16: Captain America story, to be printed as a Captain America #23 variant on-sale September 16
- August 23: Hulk story, to be printed as a Immortal Hulk #37 variant on-sale September 16
- August 30: Black Panther story, to be printed as a Avengers #36 variant on-sale September 30
"It was fun imagining how our current circumstances would affect the merry Marvel heroes," Wells tells ComicBook. "When Nick [Lowe, Marvel editor] said he wanted to do some strips about being stuck inside in the middle of a pandemic, I shouted 'How would I possibly know what that's like?!' Then I cried. Then I got to work."


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Candy Tennison, first-grade teacher and science coordinator at University Heights Elementary School in Jonesboro, combines humor, drama, costumes and props with expert pedagogy to animate and inspire learning. The entire first grade rotates through her classroom for their science lessons each week. She and a colleague developed a phonics program in which the letters of the alphabet become puppet-like characters, interacting in amusing ways. The success of this program led them to publish a book entitled Phonetic Phollies. Other ways in which Mrs. Tennison makes learning fun include dressing up in various costumes or filling her classroom with live animals. She is a frequent presenter at education conferences and has helped teach graduate courses at Arkansas State University. Her most recent accomplishment was earning National Board Certification.
2012 Author of Phonetic Phollies
2004 National First Grade Teacher of the Year
1996 Presidential Award for Teaching Elementary Science
2001 National Board Certification
1986 Masters Degree as Reading Specialist
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50 Cent plays host of outdoor series premiere of Power Book II: Ghost in the Hamptons
Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson plays host of special outdoor screening for series premiere of Power Book II: Ghost in the Hamptons
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The stars were out for the special outdoor series premiere of the new Starz series Power Book II: Ghost, which is a spinoff of the long-running series, Power.
And executive producer Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson was on hand to play host of the festivities that was held at a drive-in theater-like setting in the exclusive Hamptons neighborhood in West Mill, New York.
With the COVID-19 pandemic still a major health concern, drivers pulled up their cars in front of a large screen for the airing of the very first episode.
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Curtis '50 Cent' Jackson hosted a special outdoor series premiere of the new Starz series Power Book II: Ghost in the exclusive Hamptons neighborhood on Saturday
Power position: Power Book II: Ghost a spinoff of the long-running series, Power, that featured 50 on screen and as executive producer
Joseph Sikora, who starred in the original crime drama series Power for its entire six season run, hosted a pre-show event, with the help of 50 Cent, who got on stage in front of the screen to hype up the showing.
He looked dapper and summer ready in a fitted white suit over a white-striped vest and t-shirt.
Jeffrey Hirsch, the President and Chief Executive Officer for Starz, also helped rally the guests with a party atmosphere.
Stylish: Decked out in a white suit, the legendary rapper, 45, got on stage in front of the screen to hype up the series premiere
Power play: President and Chief Executive Officer for Starz Jeffrey Hirsch joined 50 at the Hamptons premiere in Water Mill, New York
Safety of his car: Actor John Leguizamo was among the high-profile people to watch the premiere from the Stars are out
Post coronavirus world: With the COVID-19 pandemic still a major health concern, drivers pulled up their cars in front of a large screen for the airing of the very first episode
The hip-hop superstar-turned entrepreneur, 45, also took to his social media platforms to promote the premiere event and its TV debut on Starz on Sunday.
'POWER premier in the Hamptons now this is a vibe you ain't even gotta get out your car. BOOM #STARZPLAY,' he captioned a snap seemingly taken inside his car as the show was unveiled.
He added, 'POWER is back better than ever tomorrow tune in 9pm STARZ,' in a short video clip he shared on Instagram.
Some of the high-profile people who made their presence felt included former supermodel Christy Brinkley, actor John Leguizamo, journalist Jill Rappaport, CNN anchor Don Lemon and his husband Tim Malone and Candace Bushnell, the best-selling author and creator of Sex And The City.
Sneak peak: Legendary supermodel Christie Brinkley and journalist Jill Rappaport pulled their protective masks off to an impromptu photoshoot
Beaming: Brinkley looked lovely and summer ready in a plunging dress and sneakers
Family pouting: CNN anchor Don Lemon and his husband Tim Malone couldn't resist showcasing some of their for-legged family members
Strike a pose: Famed Sex And The City creator and author Candace Bushnell wore a red and orange tie-dye shirt and white pants for the event
The original Power series was a success with critics and viewers following its premiere in 2014, all the way until it wrapped this past February.
Power Book II: Ghost picks up the story just days after the Power finale and then follows Tariq (played by Michael Rainey Jr.) navigating his new life as he tries to shed his father's legacy amid the mounting pressure to save his family.
Along with Rainey Jr. the sequel also star Naturi Naughton, Mary J. Blige, Method Man, Daniel Bellomy, Gianni Paolo, Justin McManus, LaToya Tonedeo, Lovell Adams-Gray, Melanie Liburd, Paige Hurd, Quincy Tyler Bernstine, Shane Johnson and Woody McClain.
Taste: 50 also took to social media to share some photos from the premiere
Pitch man: The Power and Power Book II: Ghost executive producer hyped up the series premiere on Starz that airs on Sunday
Drive-in: The In Da Club rapper also shared a look from inside his car


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Sheryl Crow Keeping Relationship Friend-Based Around The Kids
Sheryl Crow admits that her two young songs have had an impact on her current relationship with an unnamed producer. "I've been in the situation where I've been involved with people and their kids, and if the relationship doesn't work out, it's heartbreak," the singer songwriter tells Prevention magazine. "So I'm keeping the relationship friend-based when we're around the kids." Check out a preview at prevention.com.


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Such an exciting event supplies a rare possibility to interact at different levels and uniquely enjoy yourself. Another way to look out for the safety of your friends' finances is to have some safeguards in place. Safety is key. But so is having fun. Participants were able to complete the BGPS online, via a paper-and-pencil survey, or by telephone. And luckily, if you do your situs domino99 betting online, your chances of winning are better. When the casino offers these kinds of bonuses, they are called "No Deposit Casinos." Things like hefty playthrough requirements can make bonus offers less attractive, and you don't want to have your friend on the hook for a stipulation they didn't anticipate. And make sure to mention how everyone should stay within the budget that they set for themselves.


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Holly Holm hopes she crosses paths with Miesha Tate again now that her former foe is back to active competition.
Holm (14-5 MMA, 7-5 UFC) and Tate (18-7 MMA, 5-4 UFC) first met at UFC 196 in March 2016. Holm entered as the UFC women's bantamweight champion just months removed from upsetting Ronda Rousey, and she came just minutes away from recording her first title defense.
Then, Tate pulled off a dramatic title fight comeback. She rallied in the fifth round with a critical takedown, then locked in a fight-ending rear-naked choke to claim the thrown, giving Holm her first loss in MMA competition.
With Tate recently coming out of retirement after more than four years and booked to fight Marion Reneau on July 17, Holm has the rematch on her radar. However, she's not going to forego greater ambitions to get it.
"My plan is to compete for the belt, so if that fight ends up being on the way there, then absolutely," Holm said Tuesday on an ESPN+ Q&A hosted by Laura Sanko. "I always like to avenge losses no matter what, so yes, I would like to do that, but I think sometimes you can get so fixated on one fight that you're not focused on whatever is coming your way."
At 39, Holm has no time to waste when it comes to deviating from the ultimate prize. She cares more about regaining the UFC belt than beating the specific fighter who took it from her more than five years ago.
Holm was recently forced to pull out of a matchup with Julianna Pena on May 8 that could've capitulated her into another title shot. She said her withdrawal came due to the medical condition hydronephrosis, which is an issue that results in blockage from the kidney to the bladder.
According to Holm, she's experienced hydronephrosis for the entirety of her life, but only recently did it become a noticeable issue. She underwent a procedure and is back on track to return to training and start looking toward another fight, and she wants it to be one that can lead her to the title.
If that opponent was Tate, then Holm wouldn't mind at all.
"Whatever gets you to the belt, that's my ultimate goal and it would be awesome if I could go through and do it all," Holm said. "Avenge my loss (to Tate), then go to the belt."


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Quality and savings at the 3-star hotels in Misano Adriatico
Choose the affordability of the 3 star hotels in Misano Adriatico, the right hotels where you can spend a seaside holiday with many comforts always at your disposal and at advantageous prices. They are the most popular hotel type for families, thanks to the many comforts that they have. What's more, these hotels offer child discounts, agreements with beaches and amusement parks and much more.
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[Preview] Valiant's Next ICONS Title – QUANTUM AND WOODY! #1 by Daniel Kibblesmith & Kano
First Look: Valiant ICONS "Proudly" Presents QUANTUM AND WOODY! #1 in December!
Inside the Dangerously Dazzling New Series from Rising Star
Daniel Kibblesmith and Extraordinary Artist Kano!
As first revealed at The Washington Post, Valiant is proud to present the first lettered look inside QUANTUM AND WOODY! (2017) #1 – the FIRST ISSUE of the ALL-NEW and UNTRUSTWORTHY ONGOING SERIES from rising star Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and explosive artist Kano (Daredevil)!
Consider yourself warned… This winter, the world's worst superhero team is careening back into action! On December 20th, on the heels of X-O MANOWAR (2017) #1, SECRET WEAPONS #1, BLOODSHOT SALVATION #1, and NINJA-K #1, Valiant's "ICONS" initiative throws the comic book industry's sense of propriety straight into the wood chipper for the most heartfelt, most eye-popping, and most punching-est superhero-action-family-drama-
Written by Daniel Kibblesmith
Art by Kano
Cover A (Standard) by Julian Totino Tedesco (OCT171904)
Cover B (Extreme Ultra-Foil) by Geoff Shaw (OCT171905)
Pre-Order Edition by Nick Pitarra (OCT171909)
Extreme Ultra-Foil Chase Variant by Geoff Shaw (OCT171906)
Q&W Icon Variant by Neal Adams (OCT171907)
The Most Variant Cover of All Time! by Clayton Henry, SPECIAL GUESTS & EVERY GIMMICK KNOWN TO MAN! (OCT171908)
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Sometimes… you embrace your destiny. And sometimes… you and your trouble-making adopted brother find yourselves trapped in a scientific lab explosion that grants you $@&%ing awesome super-powers. As a result of their accident, Eric and Woody Henderson – aka Quantum and Woody – must "klang" their wristbands together every 24 hours or both dissipate into nothingness. Which makes superhero-ing pretty awkward when you're not on speaking terms at the moment. See, Eric has been keeping a pretty big secret: He knows who Woody's birth father really is… and where he's been hiding all these years.
"They can't really break up. They're joined at the hip. Almost literally," writer Daniel Kibblesmith told The Washington Post. "Part of that tension is, how long can you really keep up the silent treatment when you have to see this person every day?… You have this extremely practical reason that they're fighting and it's sort of two stubborn people playing the role of an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object."
PLUS: In honor of Quantum and Woody's upcoming overthrow of comic shops everywhere, Valiant can now "proudly" reveal that each of the new series' first 12 issues will also feature EXTREME ULTRA-FOIL VARIANTS — a dynamic, new(ish) cover treatment featuring artwork by superstar artist Geoff Shaw (God Country) EMBOSSED and ENHANCED with AUTHENTIC COMICS FOIL FROM THE '90s!
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Nut'n But Peanut Butter
Looking for the "classic"? You found it with this one - peanuts and sea salt combine in one delicious jar of peanutty-ness!
Perfect for peanut butter and jelly (or fluff) sandwiches, spread on bananas or apples, added to protein shakes, swirled into your oatmeal.......the list is endless.
➡Vegan🌿, Non-GMO & Gluten Free, Soy Free, Dairy Free⬅
🔎Ingredients: Peanuts, Sea Salt.
Calories per ounce: 170, fat - 14g, sodium - 105mg, carb - 6g, fiber - 2g, sugars - less than 1g, protein 6g


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ResourceManager object to the ResourceManager property of the InputLocalizationManager class.
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argument and returns a localized string.
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provided both by code and by resx files and on a higher level by a single resource repository or per assembly, the precedence list looks like this:
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Spring Festival
Date: 04 May 2008 – 05 May 2008
Museum: Open Air Museum of Ethnography
Georgian National Museum Giorgi Chitaia Open Air Museum of Ethnography invites you at the spring festival. The opening event will take place on 4th of May 2008.
The event is organized by the Georgian National Museum and Tbilisi City Hall.
In the framework of the festival, Georgian traditional characters such as "berikebi" and other entertainment games will be arranged and revivified for children.
The spring festival and "Georgian Garden" will be opened by the director of the Georgian National Museum and mayor of Tbilisi - Gigi Ugulava.
Venue: G. Chitaia Open Air Museum of Ethnography, 25 M. Berdzenishvili Str. (Turtle Lake Road). Tbilisi, Georgia.


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Chicken chilaquiles verde use up leftover chicken and tortillas all tossed in a comforting green salsa and cooked on the grill.
Perfect as a 20-minute camping recipe or just because you want to cook breakfast al fresco.
(I am excited to partner with Reynolds Wrap® on this post! All thoughts and opinions are my own. )
Chilaquiles Verde With Chicken
There is nothing as exciting as a big platter of amazing food for breakfast. Or maybe that's just me, but I am a sucker for a savory dish to dive into right after my morning workouts (which is probably the reason I religiously need to work out).
And chilaquiles verde are a special meal that makes me incredibly excited for brunch and leaves me fueled all day.
Loaded with leftover tortillas, tender shredded grilled chicken, or even leftover oven roasted chicken, and salsa verde (though sometimes I just use red enchilada sauce) it's pretty much perfect. When you serve it with a masterfully fried egg on top, then you are speaking my absolute love language.
What Is A Chilaquiles Verde?
Quite simply, a chilaquiles is an ancient breakfast passed on from the indigenous cultures of Mexico. It has a rich tradition, but it is so open to interpretation, so from regional variations to new spins on an old recipe, you will always find new ways to enjoy them.
The "verde" refers to the type of green salsa I use, but you can also do it "roja" with a red style salsa as well.
In its simplest form, chilaquiles is fried corn tortillas that are then simmered and finally slathered in salsa. Adding shredded chicken, cheese, crema, avocado or guacamole, well, the list keeps growing.
Use Leftovers For Chicken Chilaquiles
I adore this recipe because it's incredibly frugal, making sure to use up stale tortillas with flavors that blend so well together, and you can dress it up if you want easily with bright pops of fresh ingredients!
Having a way to use old tortillas you might otherwise throw out? Life just improved. You just moved a little bit closer to true balance. Equilibrium.
This recipe is also a favorite of mine while I am camping, tossed in a heavy-duty foil packet, and onto the fire; they make camping more like those luxury glamping sites.
No one can believe how easy it really is. They are also so easy to cook on the grill for a perfect outdoor brunch and with as much as they look like a big undertaking, prep and clean up are a total breeze.
Variations On Chilaquiles
I suggest shredded chicken, but you could easily do shredded beef too. The thing about chilaquiles is they are designed to repurpose your leftovers.
So, even if you have a bit of leftover salmon, then you can make it work. Just make sure to use it before any bit of gross and stinky sets in. With leftover salmon, you are looking at maybe 24 to 48 hours.
But, take a look in the fridge… Anything you have that you were meaning to use… Now becomes an innovation to the chilaquiles tradition.
Use Thick Aluminum Foil
My trick here is always having Reynolds Wrap® Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil on hand. I use it for everything from storing meat in my freezer to prevent freezer burn to tenting my food with foil after they come off the grill. But I also love that it's a total game-changer for cleanup.
Nothing is as frustrating as when you are cooking and the foil you are using to make things easier keeps ripping unexpectedly – and you guys know what I mean; we've all had that eye roll moment in the kitchen. Let's be honest, some just don't handle the heat.
That's why I have been a fan of Reynolds Wrap® for years. Especially in my camp and grilling kits. I know that it's going to be tough enough for cooking over fire. For packets like these, I will double up the foil, knowing that it's thick enough to protect the tortillas on the bottom from burning if I am skipping the skillet all together.
Pro Tip: Line your skillet with Reynolds Wrap® Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil to make clean up a breeze. Simply measure out the foil to line your skillet with enough foil that it can wrap over the filling completely while you are cooking. After you are done, just lift the Reynolds Wrap® out of the skillet to serve and the mess is gone! One less dish to wash.
So, what do you need for this chila quiles verde recipe?
The trick to mastering this recipe is leftover stale tortillas. Having walked through the market streets of Central and South America, nothing is as prevalent as the homemade fresh tortillas pressed daily. Served with every meal, they are literally everywhere.
And because they are a simple blend of masa harina and water, they do have a rather quick shelf life. With fresh tortillas daily, it is easy to see why using up the leftovers is important. Also, having fresh tortillas on hand just makes me happy. And let's be honest, ain't nothing wrong with that.
From there, you need salsa verde to toss everything in and you'll want to add in last night's barbecue as well. I love this dish with grilled chicken chopped up but it is also amazing with shredded smoked pork or even beef!
Fried eggs, in my opinion, are essential to making this dish over the top, so don't skip them. Actually, you can cook them on top of the chilaquiles themselves and not even worry about having another pan on hand. However, if you want perfectly fried eggs, cooking them in their own pan may be your best bet. Otherwise, crack that baby on top and let it firm up under the heat of the grill.
Lastly, chilaquiles verde make perfect vehicles for toppings like sliced avocado, fresh cilantro, crumble cotija, rashies, scallions, pico de gallo, and pretty much any other Latin topping you can imagine. If you really want to stretch the value and make this a hearty meal, add frijoles too! If anything you will earn some bonus points from me. Got extra leftover chicken? Try this green chili chicken with leftover chicken thighs.
More Great Brunch Recipes
I love this recipe for camping and it makes a great dish for brunch. Not hard to cook, easily loved and consumed, who needs to do another quiche when you have chilaquiles on the menu?
Here are a few others I humbly submit for your inspection and consideration!
- New England Maple Brunch Burger
- Ultimate Breakfast Grilled Cheese
- Pork Chile Verde Omelette
- BBQ Rib Hash
- Easy Croque Madame Recipe
- Easy Breakfast Enchiladas with Salsa Verde (aka, green sauce)
Chilaquiles Verde with Chicken and Chipotle Crema
Recommended Equipment
- Cast Iron Skillet
- Reynolds Wrap® Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil
For the Chilaquiles
- 4 cups tortilla chips
- ½ can green enchilada sauce
- 1 poblano pepper
- 1 tsp cooking oil
- ¼ onion chopped
- 1 cup cooked chicken chopped, use leftovers shredded preferably
- 4 oz cheddar cheese shredded
- 6 eggs
For the Chipotle Crema
- ½ cup crema or sour cream
- 1 tsp freshly squeezed orange juice
- 1 to 2 chipotles in adobo sauce
For Serving
- ½ cup frijoles negros rinsed and drained
- 1 jalapeno seeded, stemmed and sliced into rings
- 1 radish thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp freshly minced cilantro
- 2 oz cotija
- ¼ cup Pico de gallo or salsa
- Lime wedges
- 1 avocado skin and pit removed and sliced
- Grilled Pineapple
Make the Salsa:
- On a grill heated to medium-high heat, add the oil and swirl to coat pan.
- Sauté the onion for 5 to 7 minutes until soft. Carefully remove from pan.
- Meanwhile, char the poblano over the grill until the skin is burnt.
- Remove from heat and wrap in Reynolds Wrap® Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil for 5 minutes. When safe to handle, peel the skin from the poblano and discard.
- Remove the seeds and add the poblano to a food processor.
- Add the onion and enchilada sauce.
- In a food processor blend the ingredients until smooth.
Make the Chilaquiles:
- Preheat the grill to medium heat, hot enough that you can carefully hold your hand 3 to 4 inches above the grill grates for 3 to 5 seconds.
- Line the skillet with Reynolds Wrap® Heavy Duty Aluminum Foil, leaving enough additional length to fold the foil back over to cover, ends meeting in the middle.
- Place a little bit of sauce to coat the foil.
- Add a layer of tortilla chips.
- In a small bowl, toss the chicken with a few tablespoons of sauce.
- Add a layer of chicken to the skillet.
- Toss the remaining tortillas chips in the enchilada sauce and top the chicken layer with it.
- Sprinkle cheese over the chip layer.
- If you are adding eggs, crack an egg into a small bowl. Drop each egg carefully over the surface.
- Carefully fold the overhanging foil over the layers, without letting it touch the surface of the food. Pinch the edges together.
- Place the skillet over the grill and allow to cook until the eggs are set about 15 minutes.
- When the eggs have set, using heat resistant gloves, carefully remove the skillet from the oven (It will be hot!) and garnish with the crema and any desired toppings.
Make the Chipotle Crema:
- Using your blender or food processor, pulse the crema, orange juice, and chipotles until smooth. Season with salt if desired. (If you want more heat, add ½ a chipotle more at a time until you are happy, however, with canned chipotles, it's best to start small and work your way up.)
To Serve:
- Carefully lift the foil packet from the skillet and place on a serving platter.
- Unwrap the top of the foil, peeling it back to display the chilaquiles.
- Place the frijoles and jalapeno on top.
- Sprinkle with the cilantro and cotija.
- Serve with pico de gallo, lime wedges, avocado, and grilled pineapple, if desired
- To make these more traditionally, use leftover tortillas.
In a large cast-iron skillet heat 2 tablespoons of cooking oil until shimmering.
Working in batches, fry the tortilla wedges until just starting to crisp.
Remove and arrange on a paper towel-lined plate while repeating until all wedges are crisp.
- Leftover chilaquiles absorb the liquid from the salsa verde, so they are best enjoyed fresh or within 24 hours. The eggs will not be good reheated.
- Store in an airtight container in the fridge.
- Reheat in the microwave, with the foil removed, until hot. OR in an oven preheated to 325 for 10 minutes, until heated through. Add a bit more salsa if needed. Add a freshly fried egg if desired.
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I'll start off by saying first and foremost, this is not a normal meal in my house! It's a decadent treat I allow myself maybe 2 or 3 times per year! Being a Weight Watcher and heart patient, I do really try and watch my intake of fatty, cholesterol-laden foods! But once in a while, it just tastes SOOOO good!
My History with the "Manner's Big Boy"
Long before it was known as Bob's Big Boy, the local Cleveland-area franchises were known as Manner's Big Boy, and started in the mid-1950s. I remember what a treat it was when mom and dad took me to Manner's for a Big Boy burger, slathered in that delicious white tartery-sauce. We always got "extra cups of sauce" to smother our french fries in and even added more to the burgers!
Over the years the restaurant chain changed names. In Michigan they didn't even use the white sauce, but instead had an orange sauce that resembled more of a Big Mac-type sauce with ketchup in it. NOT THE SAME!
Slowly, the number of Big Boy restaurants started to fade away and now there is only 2 left in the Cleveland area. I found myself stopping at a Big Boy restaurant a few times a year though because I loved the sauce so much and could never figure out how to make it. UNTIL RECENTLY!
One day about a year ago, I had a craving, but didn't have the energy to drive to the west side for a burger. I started scouring the internet to see if there was a copycat Big Boy Sauce recipe out there and wouldn't you know…. there was!
To my delight, I made it. I had to run up to the grocery store to buy the dill pickle relish but I had everything else on hand. I followed the recipe to the "t" and it sure tasted pretty similar to the classic sauce at the restaurant.
We had friends over last night for a cookout and pool party and I wasn't in the mood for cooking up some fancy meal. I thought burgers would be great but wanted to do something a bit different – so, I cooked up 6 Big Boy burgers, complete with the double decker buns!
Double decker buns are not easy to find so I improvised. I bought several packages of sesame seed buns because I would need to use two "bottom buns" for each burger, turning one of them into the "middle bun".
When I first got home I tried to slice the bottom crust off a bottom bun so it would resemble and taste more like the middle bun but it was not easy. Desperate for a solution, I then had an epiphany! FREEZE THEM FOR A WHILE!
I was making burgers for 6, which ultimately required 12 buns… 6 tops, 12 bottoms. I put 6 of the bottom buns in the freezer for about an hour which made slicing the bottom crust off a lot easier.
To cut down on some of the calories, I served them with roasted sweet potato fries and homemade cole slaw.
And the next day, I went on a 5-mile run and ate a vegetarian all day! Everything in moderation! 🙂
ONE SIDE NOTE: I'll be honest, I personally think it tastes more like the restaurant burger if you cook them indoors in a skillet versus on the grill, simply because they were cooked that way in the restaurant, but either way is excellent.
Boy's Big Boy Burgers - with "Secret Sauce"
- 1 c Mayonnaise
- 4 tbsp Dill pickle relish (drained)
- 2 tsp Fresh lemon juice
- Dash Onion powder
- Dash Paprika
- Dash Garlic powder
- 2 pounds Ground beef (Mix of 80% and 85% is what I used)
- 8 Sesame seed burger buns (You need two "bottom buns" for each burger)
- 4 slices American cheese
- 1/2 cup Lettuce (Iceberg, shredded)
- 1/4 cup Onions (Chopped)
- 1/4 cup Dill pickle slices
- Combine all ingredients and mix well.
- Cover and chill for at least 1 hour (or more) until ready to serve.
- Freeze as many bottom buns as you are making burgers. These will become the "middle bun" (if you can't find double decker buns).
- Mix ground beef with a little salt and pepper and form into patties. Cover and chill.
- Chop onions and slice iceberg, and pickles. Prepare cheese.
- After "middle buns" are slightly frozen, using a serrated bread knife, carefully thinly slice the bottom crust off to make it a"middle bun".
- Toast the buns on the grill or under a broiler. Remember to flip the middle bun to get it toasted on both sides.
- Cook burgers.
- Assemble burgers placing a bit of sauce on the bottom bun and middle bun.
- Add burgers on each bun with one of them having a slice of cheese on it.
- Add lettuce, onions and pickles, and more sauce on the top burger.


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Quality, Occupational Health and Safety, And Environment.
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Aspects of Quality, Occupational Health and Safety, and Environment for employees of PT Rire Sanjaya Sakti is a thing that can't be compromised as well as the highest priority. Creating a work environment that is free from accidents, a high standard of workers' health and free from environmental pollution is the main aim.
PT Rire Sanjaya Sakti commited to:
- Communicated QHSE Policy to all employees and all of concerned parties to ensure The understand their responsibilities to company's scope of work;
- Improving quality of product and services, employees' OHS & Environment by improving human resources capabilities in documentation, implementation, maintenance, and improvement QHSE management system continuously;
- Prevent the occurrence of the deviations in quality process, occupational accidents, occupational disease, and environmental pollution in all company's scope of work's aspects;
- Obey all of legislative regulation and QHSE requirement which is still valid and related to company's scope of work;
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- Cooperate and communicate with all QHSE related party;
- Ensure the implementation and socialization of Quality, Occupational Health and Safety, and Environment is responsibility of company and all employees' right.
All of the employee and co-worker / other vendor must be involved actively to achieve HSE objective and make this policy for framework.


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Black Arts MKE, a non-profit dedicated to increasing the availability and quality of African American arts, wrapped up its inaugural Youth Performing Arts Summer Camp at the beginning of August. The 27 campers came together from different schools in Milwaukee, representing Pius High School, Roosevelt Middle School for the Arts, Central City Cyber School, Washington High School, and many more.
Campers chose a West African Anansi story to adapt into a 45 minute musical, wrote the script, and participated in theater activities, music, and dance auditions. Following auditions, the campers began to rehearse the play and songs, design the costumes, and even helped build the set!
Campers expressed new found confidence because of summer camp activities. Danielle, a ninth-grade student from Washington High School, described how her "math skills have gotten better" through helping design the set. She went on to detail "I learned how to transfer (scale) regular paper drawings to large scale set size drawings and that requires math." Who knew math could be fun?
Other campers came with little to no experience on stage and described the impact participating in the theater summer camp had on them. Adria, a student at Milwaukee College Prep, cites the summer camp experience as helping her become more confident on and off stage. She stated Youth Performing Arts Summer camp "helped me to step out of my shell through all the movement and practice. I [was] pushed to try new things!"
Nyla, a student from Roosevelt Middle School of the Arts, became so inspired to by designing costumes for the production that she asked for a sewing machine for her birthday. She will continue to practice her stitching skills after the summer camp ends thanks in part to Teaching Artist, Ms. Beverly.
The camp experience culminated with six live performances of "Ananse Ntontan: The Spider's Web" at the Wilson Theater at Vogel Hall in The Marcus Performing Arts Center. The production followed the mischievous Anansi the Spider as he steals food from different animals in the African savanna. The production included music and dance particular to different African countries, including Sierra Leone and Ghana. The set incorporated Andinkra symbols, used to symbolize different words of wisdom from Ghana.
The live performances of the campers' production "Ananse Ntontan: The Spider's Web" were attended by almost 200 people from the Milwaukee community and even included a special performance at Black Arts Fest! Black Arts MKE is already looking forward to Youth Performing Arts Summer Camp 2020 from July 6 – 31 next year – mark your calendars!


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I'm not that into Valentine's Day.
Actually, I'm really not into Valentine's Day at all. At least the Valentine's Day our society has created. There is too much pressure. Too much money spent. Too many girls left thinking they're not good enough because they don't have flowers to post on Instagram.
The Valentine's Day I love is one spent with people you love. Anyone you love. Not just your husband, or boyfriend, or that guy you're not totally sure you like yet. I'm talking about your grandparents. Your dad. Your baby sister. Your coworkers. Your best girl friends. And yes, your husband. I like Valentine's Day to be full of chocolate and sweet tarts with words and emoji hearts from mama. I also really like the type of Valentine's Day that's full of Target decorations like this, and especially any sort of clothing full of flirty hearts. I'm normally not a pink or sparkles kind of girl, but I can't help it on February 14th.
Oh no… society has gotten ahold of me!
Anyway. If you haven't noticed already, the other thing that must be included in my Valentine's Day is cards. Handwritten cards. Full of kind words. Bought specifically for each person receiving them. Because cards are my love language and on a day that lifts love on a pedestal, I'm going to indulge. And like in all indulgences, someone gets caught in the crosshairs. And that someone is my poor
Rifle Paper Co. Good glory, I'm obsessed. If you know me at all, you know this obsession is slightly unhealthy. The stationary. The classic novels. The planners. The notepads. The wallpaper. The EVERYTHING. If I could, I'd buy it all. And then beg Anna Bond to be my best friend.
Lindsay Letters. You know those people who have that perfect calligraphy handwriting and make it look so easy? Yeah, that's this girl. I'm a frequent Hobby Lobby wanderer and first found her magic on the shelves. Those gold frames with scripture or biblical truths? She made them. Being the
stalker investigator that I am, I found Lindsay on Instagram, which led me to her online shop, which led me to needing wanting everything she's made.
Karen Adams. I don't know much about this designer, but I found her teeny tiny cards at a local shop in Lexington. Whenever I need a card or gift that's unique, I typically head to Peggy's, or another store on Clay Avenue, and find exactly what I need. I love these simple notes that may be small, but can bring big heart eyes to someone special.
So there you have it. This is how I survive the crazy that is Valentine's Day. No roses. No expensive dinner out. No giant teddy bear that sings. Just cards.
In the attempt to keep this blog as real as possible, I must admit a few things.
These pictures are pretty. These pictures are appealing. But in getting these pictures, there were plenty of pictures that weren't. Here's one:
When my husband announced, with a lot of excitement and pride, that we would be celebrating Valentine's Day at the kind of restaurant where if you're late to your reservation you have to pay (okay, that's dramatic), I cringed. "But Hub, I thought we were having a low key Valentine's Day!" Which of course, crushed his brilliant plan to woo his wife, because I'm the one girl in the world who wouldn't want a fancy dinner out. I'm the worst, I know.


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Europe, together with the rest of the world, is still digesting what happened during this weekend. It's been dubbed as the "most important EU vote" to date, and with good reason - the changes that we're all witnessing are undoubtedly both wide-ranging and of an abiding impact. There are many people out there who dissociate … Continue reading Red, Blue, Green and the farmer in between
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Wild Birds info sessions; conservation, traditions and more!
A new project focusing on bird conservation and responsible capturing (trapping and hunting) is about to kick-start next week. 'Aġġornat" is the name given to this project aimed for those interested in hunting and trapping, as well as the Maltese countryside. This awareness project is an initiative of a growing hunting organisation; Kaċċaturi San Ubertu … Continue reading Wild Birds info sessions; conservation, traditions and more!


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The City of Roses is home to some beautiful views, and you don't need to leave the city to find a great lookout either.
Portland Aerial Tram
For an amazing view of downtown Portland, Mt. Hood, and Mount St. Helen's on a clear, sunny day, head down to the Portland Aerial Tram's lower terminal on 3303 SW Bond Ave. The aerial tram is a four-minute ride to the upper terminal where you can see the largest enclosed sky bridge in the United States. Hop off the tram and enjoy coffee and lunch with some friends on the outdoor patio.
The tram is open Monday through Friday from 5:30 a.m.–9:30 p.m., and 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. on Saturdays. Children under the age of six ride for free, but adults pay $4.90 for a round trip ticket. You can get to the lower terminal via streetcar, MAX, bus or bike.
Joseph Wood Hill Park
A lovely high point located right off Highway 205, on top of Rocky Butte, is the Joseph Wood Hill Park. It's a 2.38 acre park overlooking Mt. Hood, downtown Portland and the Cascade Mountain Range and is one of the city's highest eastside points.
The park is a great spot for picnics, dog walking or just people watching. It also has two rock walls and is a popular spot for rock climbers to practice top roping.
South Side Stairwell
For some students, driving may not be an option, so take advantage of the views you can get to by foot.
On the southwest side of Portland, behind the Peter W. Stott field on Portland State campus, you can find a set of cracked cement stairs laced with bushes and fencing. The viewpoint is framed by the beautiful southern hills of Portland's residency. You'll be able to overlook campus rooftops and south Portland. Runners often head to this secret trail in the early morning for a quick workout, scaling almost four stories.
South Waterfront
If heights aren't your thing and you want to take the low road, spend the day along the Portland waterfront. If you want to expand your waterfront adventure, traveling along the northwest side of the river allows you to overlook the industrial views of eastern Portland. Mock's Crest, a remote park that overlooks the east industrial tracks and the north river, is also a beautiful sight.


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The Happy Family, waiting for the Sunday supper call, were grouped around the open door of the bunk-house, gossiping idly of things purely local, when the Old Man returned from the Stock Association at Helena; beside him on the buggy seat sat a stranger. The Old Man pulled up at the bunk-house, the stranger sprang out over the wheel with the agility which bespoke youthful muscles, and the Old Man introduced him with a quirk of the lips:
"This is Mr. Mig-u-ell Rapponi, boys—a peeler straight from the Golden Gate. Throw out your war-bag and make yourself to home, Mig-u-ell; some of the boys'll show you where to bed down."
The Old Man drove on to the house with his own luggage, and Happy Jack followed to take charge of the team; but the remainder of the Happy Family unobtrusively took the measure of the foreign element. From his black-and-white horsehair hatband, with tassels that swept to the very edge of his gray hatbrim, to the crimson silk neckerchief draped over the pale blue bosom of his shirt; from the beautifully stamped leather cuffs, down to the exaggerated height of his tan boot-heels, their critical eyes swept in swift, appraising glances; and unanimous disapproval was the result. The Happy Family had themselves an eye to picturesque garb upon occasion, but this passed even Pink's love of display.
"He's some gaudy to look at," Irish murmured under his breath to Cal Emmett.
"All he lacks is a spot-light and a brass band," Cal returned, in much the same tone with which a woman remarks upon a last season's hat on the head of a rival.
Miguel was not embarrassed by the inspection. He was tall, straight, and swarthily handsome, and he stood with the complacence of a stage favorite waiting for the applause to cease so that he might speak his first lines; and, while he waited, he sifted tobacco into a cigarette paper daintily, with his little finger extended. There was a ring upon that finger; a ring with a moonstone setting as large and round as the eye of a startled cat, and the Happy Family caught the pale gleam of it and drew a long breath. He lighted a match nonchalantly, by the artfully simple method of pinching the head of it with his fingernails, leaned negligently against the wall of the bunk-house, and regarded the group incuriously while he smoked.
"Any pretty girls up this way?" he inquired languidly, after a moment, fanning a thin smoke-cloud from before his face while he spoke.
The Happy Family went prickly hot. The girls in that neighborhood were held in esteem, and there was that in his tone which gave offense.
"Sure, there's pretty girls here!" Big Medicine bellowed unexpectedly, close beside him. "We're all of us engaged to `em, by cripes!"
Miguel shot an oblique glance at Big Medicine, examined the end of his cigarette, and gave a lift of shoulder, which might mean anything or nothing, and so was irritating to a degree. He did not pursue the subject further, and so several belated retorts were left tickling futilely the tongues of the Happy Family— which does not make for amiability.
To a man they liked him little, in spite of their easy friendliness with mankind in general. At supper they talked with him perfunctorily, and covertly sneered because he sprinkled his food liberally with cayenne and his speech with Spanish words pronounced with soft, slurred vowels that made them sound unfamiliar, and against which his English contrasted sharply with its crisp, American enunciation. He met their infrequent glances with the cool stare of absolute indifference to their opinion of him, and their perfunctory civility with introspective calm.
The next morning, when there was riding to be done, and Miguel appeared at the last moment in his working clothes, even Weary, the sunny-hearted, had an unmistakable curl of his lip after the first glance.
Miguel wore the hatband, the crimson kerchief tied loosely with the point draped over his chest, the stamped leather cuffs and the tan boots with the highest heels ever built by the cobbler craft. Also, the lower half of him was incased in chaps the like of which had never before been brought into Flying U coulee. Black Angora chaps they were; long-haired, crinkly to the very hide, with three white, diamond-shaped patches running down each leg of them, and with the leather waistband stamped elaborately to match the cuffs. The bands of his spurs were two inches wide and inlaid to the edge with beaten silver, and each concho was engraved to represent a large, wild rose, with a golden center. A dollar laid upon the rowels would have left a fringe of prongs all around.
He bent over his sacked riding outfit, and undid it, revealing a wonderful saddle of stamped leather inlaid on skirt and cantle with more beaten silver. He straightened the skirts, carefully ignoring the glances thrown in his direction, and swore softly to himself when he discovered where the leather had been scratched through the canvas wrappings and the end of the silver scroll ripped up. He drew out his bridle and shook it into shape, and the silver mountings and the reins of braided leather with horsehair tassels made Happy Jack's eyes greedy with desire. His blanket was a scarlet Navajo, and his rope a rawhide lariat.
Altogether, his splendor when he was mounted so disturbed the fine mental poise of the Happy Family that they left him jingling richly off by himself, while they rode closely grouped and discussed him acrimoniously.
"By gosh, a man might do worse than locate that Native Son for a silver mine," Cal began, eyeing the interloper scornfully. "It's plumb wicked to ride around with all that wealth and fussy stuff. He must 'a' robbed a bank and put the money all into a riding outfit."
"By golly, he looks to me like a pair uh trays when he comes bow-leggin' along with them white diamonds on his legs," Slim stated solemnly.
"And I'll gamble that's a spot higher than he stacks up in the cow game," Pink observed with the pessimism which matrimony had given him. "You mind him asking about bad horses, last night? That Lizzie-boy never saw a bad horse; they don't grow 'em where he come from. What they don't know about riding they make up for with a swell rig—"
"And, oh, mamma! It sure is a swell rig!" Weary paid generous tribute. "Only I will say old Banjo reminds me of an Irish cook rigged out in silk and diamonds. That outfit on Glory, now—" He sighed enviously.
"Well, I've gone up against a few real ones in my long and varied career," Irish remarked reminiscently, "and I've noticed that a hoss never has any respect or admiration for a swell rig. When he gets real busy it ain't the silver filigree stuff that's going to help you hold connections with your saddle, and a silver-mounted bridle-bit ain't a darned bit better than a plain one."
"Just take a look at him!" cried Pink, with intense disgust. "Ambling off there, so the sun can strike all that silver and bounce back in our eyes. And that braided lariat—I'd sure love to see the pieces if he ever tries to anchor anything bigger than a yearling!"
"Why, you don't think for a minute he could ever get out and rope anything, do yuh ?" Irish laughed. "That there Native Son throws on a-w-l-together too much dog to really get out and do anything."
"Aw," fleered Happy Jack, "he ain't any Natiff Son. He's a dago!"
"He's got the earmarks uh both," Big Medicine stated authoritatively. "I know 'em, by cripes, and I know their ways." He jerked his thumb toward the dazzling Miguel. "I can tell yuh the kinda cow-puncher he is; I've saw 'em workin' at it. Haw-hawhaw! They'll start out to move ten or a dozen head uh tame old cows from one field to another, and there'll be six or eight fellers, rigged up like this here tray-spot, ridin' along, important as hell, drivin' them few cows down a lane, with peach trees on both sides, by cripes, jingling their big, silver spurs, all wearin' fancy chaps to ride four or five miles down the road. Honest to grandma, they call that punchin' cows! Oh, he's a Native Son, all right. I've saw lots of 'em, only I never saw one so far away from the Promised Land before. That there looks queer to me. Natiff Sons—the real ones, like him—are as scarce outside Calyforny as buffalo are right here in this coulee."
"That's the way they do it, all right," Irish agreed. "And then they'll have a 'rodeo'—"
"Haw-haw-haw!" Big Medicine interrupted, and took up the tale, which might have been entitled "Some Cowpunching I Have Seen."
"They have them rodeos on a Sunday, mostly, and they invite everybody to it, like it was a picnic. And there'll be two or three fellers to every calf, all lit up, like Mig-u-ell, over there, in chaps and silver fixin's, fussin' around on horseback in a corral, and every feller trying to pile his rope on the same calf, by cripes! They stretch 'em out with two ropes—calves, remember! Little, weenty fellers you could pack under one arm! Yuh can't blame 'em much. They never have more'n thirty or forty head to brand at a time, and they never git more'n a taste uh real work. So they make the most uh what they git, and go in heavy on fancy outfits. And this here silver-mounted fellow thinks he's a real cowpuncher, by cripes!"
The Happy Family laughed at the idea; laughed so loud that Miguel left his lonely splendor and swung over to them, ostensibly to borrow a match.
"What's the joke?" he inquired languidly, his chin thrust out and his eyes upon the match blazing at the end of his cigarette.
The Happy Family hesitated and glanced at one another. Then Cal spoke truthfully.
"You're it," he said bluntly, with a secret desire to test the temper of this dark-skinned son of the West.
Miguel darted one of his swift glances at Cal, blew out his match and threw it away.
"Oh, how funny. Ha-ha." His voice was soft and absolutely expressionless, his face blank of any emotion whatever. He merely spoke the words as a machine might have done.
If he had been one of them, the Happy Family would have laughed at the whimsical humor of it. As it was, they repressed the impulse, though Weary warmed toward him slightly.
"Don't you believe anything this innocent-eyed gazabo tells you, Mr. Rapponi," he warned amiably. "He's known to be a liar."
"That's funny, too. Ha-ha some more." Miguel permitted a thin ribbon of smoke to slide from between his lips, and gazed off to the crinkled line of hills.
"Sure, it is—now you mention it," Weary agreed after a perceptible pause.
"How fortunate that I brought the humor to your attention," drawled Miguel, in the same expressionless tone, much as if he were reciting a text.
"Virtue is its own penalty," paraphrased Pink, not stopping to see whether the statement applied to the subject.
"Haw-haw-haw!" roared Big Medicine, quite as irrelevantly.
"He-he-he," supplemented the silver-trimmed one.
Big Medicine stopped laughing suddenly, reined his horse close to the other, and stared at him challengingly, with his pale, protruding eyes, while the Happy Family glanced meaningly at one another. Big Medicine was quite as unsafe as he looked, at that moment, and they wondered if the offender realized his precarious situation.
Miguel smoked with the infinite leisure which is a fine art when it is not born of genuine abstraction, and none could decide whether he was aware of the unfriendly proximity of Big Medicine. Weary was just on the point of saying something to relieve the tension, when Miguel blew the ash gently from his cigarette and spoke lazily.
"Parrots are so common, out on the Coast, that they use them in cheap restaurants for stew. I've often heard them gabbling together in the kettle."
The statement was so ambiguous that the Happy Family glanced at him doubtfully. Big Medicine's stare became more curious than hostile, and he permitted his horse to lag a length. It is difficult to fight absolute passivity. Then Slim, who ever tramped solidly over the flowers of sarcasm, blurted one of his unexpected retorts.
"I was just wonderin', by golly, where yuh learnt to talk!"
Miguel turned his velvet eyes sleepily toward the speaker. "From the boarders who ate those parrots, amigo," he smiled serenely.
At this, Slim—once justly accused by Irish of being a "single-shot" when it came to repartee—turned purple and dumb. The Happy Family, forswearing loyalty in their enjoyment of his discomfiture, grinned and left to Miguel the barren triumph of the last word.
He did not gain in popularity as the days passed. They tilted noses at his beautiful riding gear, and would have died rather than speak of it in his presence. They never gossiped with him of horses or men or the lands he knew. They were ready to snub him at a moment's notice—and it did not lessen their dislike of him that he failed to yield them an opportunity. It is to be hoped that he found his thoughts sufficient entertainment, since he was left to them as much as is humanly possible when half a dozen men eat and sleep and work together. It annoyed them exceedingly that Miguel did not seem to know that they held him at a distance; they objected to his manner of smoking cigarettes and staring off at the skyline as if he were alone and content with his dreams. When he did talk they listened with an air of weary tolerance. When he did not talk they ignored his presence, and when he was absent they criticized him mercilessly.
They let him ride unwarned into an adobe patch one day—at least, Big Medicine, Pink, Cal Emmett and Irish did, for they were with him—and laughed surreptitiously together while he wallowed there and came out afoot, his horse floundering behind him, mud to the ears, both of them.
"Pretty soft going, along there, ain't it?" Pink commiserated deceitfully.
"It is, kinda," Miguel responded evenly, scraping the adobe off Banjo with a flat rock. And the subject was closed.
"Well, it's some relief to the eyes to have the shine taken off him, anyway," Pink observed a little guiltily afterward.
"I betche he ain't goin' to forget that, though," Happy Jack warned when he saw the caked mud on Miguel's Angora chaps and silver spurs, and the condition of his saddle. "Yuh better watch out and not turn your backs on him in the dark, none uh you guys. I betche he packs a knife. Them kind always does."
"Haw-haw-haw!" bellowed Big Medicine uproariously. "I'd love to see him git out an' try to use it, by cripes!"
"I wish Andy was here," Pink sighed. "Andy'd take the starch outa him, all right."
"Wouldn't he be pickings for old Andy, though? Gee!" Cal looked around at them, with his wide, baby-blue eyes, and laughed. "Let's kinda jolly him along, boys, till Andy gets back. It sure would be great to watch 'em. I'll bet he can jar the eternal calm outa that Native Son. That's what grinds me worse than his throwin' on so much dog; he's so blamed satisfied with himself! You snub him, and he looks at yuh as if you was his hired man— and then forgets all about yuh. He come outa that 'doby like he'd been swimmin' a river on a bet, and had made good and was a hee-ro right before the ladies. Kinda 'Oh, that's nothing to what I could do if it was worth while,' way he had with him."
"It wouldn't matter so much if he wasn't all front," Pink complained. "You'll notice that's always the way, though. The fellow all fussed up with silver and braided leather can't get out and do anything. I remember up on Milk river—" Pink trailed off into absorbing reminiscence, which, however, is too lengthy to repeat here.
"Say, Mig-u-ell's down at the stable, sweatin from every pore trying to get his saddle clean, by golly!" Slim reported cheerfully, just as Pink was relighting the cigarette which had gone out during the big scene of his story. "He was cussin' in Spanish, when I walked up to him—but he shut up when he seen me and got that peaceful look uh hisn on his face. I wonder, by golly—"
"Oh, shut up and go awn," Irish commanded bluntly, and looked at Pink. "Did he call it off, then? Or did you have to wade in—"
"Naw; he was like this here Native Son—all front. He could look sudden death, all right; he had black eyes like Mig-u-ell— but all a fellow had to do was go after him, and he'd back up so blamed quick—"
Slim listened that far, saw that he had interrupted a tale evidently more interesting than anything he could say, and went off, muttering to himself.
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Chicago: B. M. Bower, "Chapter I. The Coming of a Native Son," The Flying U Ranch in The Flying U Ranch (New York: The Century Co., 1899), Original Sources, accessed December 7, 2022, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZDQGJK9FFUN4M5A.
MLA: Bower, B. M. "Chapter I. The Coming of a Native Son." The Flying U Ranch, in The Flying U Ranch, New York, The Century Co., 1899, Original Sources. 7 Dec. 2022. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZDQGJK9FFUN4M5A.
Harvard: Bower, BM, 'Chapter I. The Coming of a Native Son' in The Flying U Ranch. cited in 1899, The Flying U Ranch, The Century Co., New York. Original Sources, retrieved 7 December 2022, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=ZDQGJK9FFUN4M5A.


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Nawaz Sharif received salary from UAE-based company, finds Pak SC
Islamabad: In a shocking revelation, Pakistan's Supreme Court on Thursday found out that documents submitted in the Panama Papers case proved that then Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif got salary from a UAE-based company in August 2013.
The observation came as the apex court's five-member bench, headed by Justice Asif Saeed Khosa, resumed hearing of the review petitions filed by the Sharif family and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar against the July 28 judgement that ousted Sharif from office, Geo News reported.
Justice Gulzar Ahmed, Justice Ijazul Ahsan, Justice Sheikh Azmat Saeed and Justice Ejaz Afzal Khan are the other members of the apex court bench.
Senior counsel Khawaja Haris, representing Sharif, argued that his client never claimed to receive any salary from FZE Capital.
Asserting that a proper trial was needed for the lawmaker's disqualification, Haris argued that if just his election was termed void then Sharif would only have been barred for one term.
Justice Ejaz remarked that Sharif did not declare a salary account and added that documents submitted in the court state that he received a salary in his FZE Capital account in August 2013.
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He observed that the relevant record in this regard was present in the JIT's Volume IX.
Terming the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) report incomplete, Harris said that most of the documents were received from sources and had faults in them.
Justice Ejaz responded that faults in the report will "benefit your case".
"You will have a complete chance for cross-examination in the trial court," he said.
Justice Ejaz said the apex court bench has not considered the JIT report the "undeniable truth" and did not make its decision on that basis.
When Harris argued that the court should have directed the NAB to file references if it considered them fit, the bench responded that the references would not have been filed had the matter been left to the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) alone.
The hearing was adjourned until Friday after the Finance Minister's counsel Shahid Hamid presented his arguments and stated that his client's assets did not grow overnight but expanded over a course of 15 years.


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When it comes to opting for the services of a managed service outsourcing company, many small business owners are hesitant. The reality is far from this as an MSP or Managed Service Providers can expertly manage many parts of a small business organization, offering key services that enable them to better run their operations and serve customers.
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Services of a managed service provider can be of most assistance in the event of disaster recovery, which can at times simply put it out. They know how to work around such a heavy problem, the steps needed to pull out from it, how to avoid heavy fines, etc. Hence the small business can smartly come out of the disaster problem, continue its operations without incurring heavy losses or expenses and serve customers in the best way.
The reality in today's fast-paced business environment is that by outsourcing a part of IT activities to a Managed Service Provider, a small business is able to perform well, gain desired sales and gain expertise which would have otherwise been difficult for them to obtain.
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Oil Tanker Released From Jeddah Port
EghtesadOnline: The Iranian oil tanker 'Happiness 1' that was held at Jeddah port in Saudi Arabia for over two months has been released.
On May 2, the tanker faced an engine failure near the Red Sea port of Jeddah and was forced to seek repairs at the Arabian port. However, after it was fixed, the Saudis refused to let it leave, charging Iran $200,000 a day for repairing the vessel despite the fact that Iran had paid over $10 million to the port authority for maintenance costs, Mehr News Agency reported.
Now after 80 days, following negotiations between the National Iranian Tanker Company and the Saudis, the vessel and 26 crewmembers are heading home.
However, it is not clear under what conditions the tanker was released and if more money was paid because neither Tehran nor Riyadh have officially disclosed any details, Financial Tribune reported.
According to Iranian officials, the incident occurred on April 30 while Happiness I was on its way to the Suez Canal and water had leaked into the tanker's engine room. It has been reported that all necessary precautions were taken to avoid any environmental damage.
TankerTrackers monitoring group estimated the vessel was carrying up to 1.22 million barrels of crude oil.


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There are three Masked Singer episodes left in Season 3: Do you have your guesses locked down yet?
If not, no worries. All season long, TVLine has been paying rapt attention to every episode and clocking every clue, then compiling them into the gallery below. And not to toot our own masked horn, but we've been right about pretty much every outgoing contestant this season (though we admit, that Sarah Palin one was a Hail Mary of a guess that just happened to pan out).
Now that Kitty has been revealed as America's Got Talent alum Jackie Evancho and has left the show (read full recap here), only four contestants remain in the running. Turtle, Frog, Rhino and Night Angel will take to the stage Wednesday (8/7c) to sing for their lives in front of the judges' panel — which will include Saturday Night Live alum Jay Pharoah as a guest judge.
Before then, let's get to guessing! The gallery at right (click here for direct access) has been updated with all the information we could glean from the current week's show, and we've been adding our (and some of your) thoughts about who's beneath the costumes ever since the season premiere. But time is running out! So go ahead and click through, then make sure to log your thoughts, theories and evolving guesses in the comments section!