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I've been amazed at just how good the sour beers that have come out of our first three barrels have been. Without the advantage of blending multiple barrels it is fortunate that we have been consistently bottling great beers. We have bottled a total of five batches (not including variants on fruits or dry hops) with another three aging, and not a single clunker.
The solera apple brandy barrel was different from the start though. The barrel was already old when we got it (probably 20 years by my estimate), and displayed the scars of a hard life - a cracked stave and a bit of a vinegary smell. That combination of issues almost caused Nathan and I to search out a replacement barrel, but it held water and smelled alright after a Star-San rinse so we filled it. At eight months in oak the beer was already starting to show signs of going acectic/vinegary. At that point I was considering trying to talk Nathan into pulling the plug and starting over with a "fresh" barrel and beer. Luckily the acetic character calmed down once the ambient temperature dropped, and we decided to let it age a few more months.
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Alpine Brewing earlier in the week about their wine barrel aged Ichabod pumpkin ale (which includes canned pumpkin puree in the barrel in addition to whole roasted pumpkins in the mash) we took his advice and added cinnamon and nutmeg directly to the fermentor. The baseline for amounts was the two grams of cinnamon and one gram of freshly grated nutmeg I added to the boil for my butternut squash sour brown, but we wanted to make the spices more noticeable. Initially we planned on doubling the spices, but after Nathan weighed and added them to the fermentor seeing the amount gave us cold feet. Luckily spices float so by overfilling the carboy slightly I managed to flush out around half of the spices… I'll still be tasting it this week.
Amarillo/Simcoe/Cascade bottle hopped sour red. Dry hopped sours are a remarkable rarity given the popularity of both sour and big hop aroma beers, not to mention how many of the breweries that brew great sours also make standout IPAs (Russian River, Lost Abbey, Ithaca, Captain Lawrence, etc…). For the record, I did try to convince Pat to brew a dry hopped sour beer (given their amazingly aromatic hoppy beers), but he said they simply don't have the capacity to store more barrels at this point.
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Anticipated SRM: 10.7
Anticipated IBU: 13.9
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Ended up with much lower efficiency than I expected.
Chilled both halves to ~74 F. Split between 6 fermentors Aerated each with 30 seconds of pure O2. Pitched Wyeast Farmhouse Ale into 1 fermenter, a total of 3 packs of rehydrated T-58 split between the rest.
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In short: Enjoyed this every bit as much as london marathonIn full: What a Day!! A PB (Despite doing a Paula), hills but no agressive ones...great crowd, even allowing for chavvy kids throwing water..hey it was hot so no problems there...do this the enormity of the event will sweep you away!!!Date of review: September 22, 2009
In short: I was buzzing from the time I got to the start until about an hour afterwards!In full: This is just the best race ever.Brilliant atmosphere from start to finish,and after,great organisation,and great attention to detail,like the water booths,more than enough drinks stations etc.The crowd were fabulous!!A race you've just got to do before you die!!Date of review: September 22, 2009
In short: Brilliant experience. Tougher than expected but atmosphere was superb, resulting in Pb.In full: Lovely weather, possibly a little too warm. Felt more undulating than expected but brilliant atmosphere dragged me along. Luckily was in front starting pen so no congestion which meant a pb, so am really happy. Good organisation, loads of drinks stations.An expensive weekend but well worth it.Date of review: September 22, 2009
In short: Big & reasonably cleverIn full: My 13th GNR was interesting-as usual hotter than predicted and tougher than expected but even though its getting bigger it seems reasonably well organised although a tad overcrowded. See you next year!Date of review: September 22, 2009
In short: Every runner should do this, but once is enough!In full: I was delighted to get a ballot place in this the most well known and iconic half marathon, I am so glad I did it but I won't be back. The long wait to get to the start was very tiring, and I felt rather anxious in the crowded pen, but once we got going it was fine. My overwhelming memory is of the wonderful people who pretty much lined the route, cheering, clapping and giving out water sweets and ice pops, the fantastic bands who must have played for hours and hundreds and hundreds of banana skins. It was a beautiful day, the course is undulating, not too challenging and what a magnificent view as the finish approaches. Far too many runners to get a decent time, and I had to be careful not to trip over the discarded bottles. I agree with the comment about headphones, they should be banned at races as the wearer is oblivious to those around, and there was a lot of bumping and barging which could have been dangerous. BUT I am proud to say I did it, I got goosebumps and a lump in the throat, it is most definitley a once in a lifetime experience for me.Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: It's a nightmare getting away from the finish, but it doesn't matter because it such a brilliant event to be part ofDate of review: September 21, 2009
In short: Awesome experience againIn full: Second time round and will be back next year. Hard work in the sun but well, well worth it, even if my time was slower than I hoped for. The locals are fantastic with the biscuits, ice pops and hose pipes. The effect of somebody you don't know clapping and cheering your name is amazing.Bit suprised to read about goody bag issues. Not the reason I run in this event, after the atmosphere as long as I get the medal I do not care.Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: A fantastic event, all about the atmosphereIn full: I was the keen one - at the start by 0730hrs ! Where did the time go - brilliant chatting to folk from all over the world. The mens urinals - what a brilliant idea but still needed a stop in the bushes ! Didnt see any celebs but the stars for me were the local kids giving chocolate / ice pops etc around the course - they made my day & I will sign up for next year as soon as I am rested - long journey for me was the only downside.Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: GREAT RUNIn full: This is an event rather than a race. From Robbo on the bridge doing the pre race annoucements to the final mile along the seafront with the smell of bbq's the Great North is like going for a social jog with your mates. The 3 minutes for Abide by Me needs to be seen. Don't enter if you want a PB unless your in with the elite group expect to be bumped have your progress blocked by people running slower than you and to have water sprayed at you by the locals as you run along. This is an expensive race no doubt throw in the over the top hotel prices for this weekend and if you have change of £200 your doing well But the event is fantastic. On saturday I watched batman and robin run in the kids race with Batman as the child and his dad as Robin and watched international athletes sprint along the quayside. This event should be seen as a way of celebrating UK running and the ability of runners to raise millions for charity. As for the weather I'm convinced that Brendan Foster has made a pact with God to make sure it never rains on Great North Day. This was my 9th and they only get better for atomosphere. However the value for money aspect needs looking at as with the running club membership the cost is £50. Not that it will put people off By the way when is next years Date of review: September 21, 2009
In short: How do they manage to organise such great weather every year?Date of review: September 21, 2009
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (May 22, 2009) – USA Volleyball has announced the 19-player roster for the U.S. Men's National Team for the 2009 FIVB World League, which begins June 12.
U.S. Men's Head Coach Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.) and his staff chose the roster of 19 from the group of 22 that was announced on April 9. Prior to each World League weekend, 12-14 players will be chosen to compete.
The roster is highlighted by eight returning players from the 2008 U.S. Men's National Team that won World League and the Olympic gold medal.
Those returning players are setter Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.), middle blocker and team captain Tom Hoff (Park Ridge, Ill.), libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.), middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.), outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) outside hitter Riley Salmon (League City, Texas), opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawai'i) and outside hitter Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.).
Hoff has played in the last three Olympics. Salmon and Stanley have played in the last two.
Setter Lloy Ball (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and opposite Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.) have retired from the U.S. Men's Team. Middle blocker Ryan Millar (Palmdale, Calif.) and outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.) are taking the summer off from indoor volleyball competition.
Among other returning players, opposite Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.) played in the 2004 Olympic Games, where the U.S. Men placed fourth, and played pool play matches for the United States in the 2006-08 World Leagues.
Setter Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania) played in the 2004 Olympic Games and in the 2006 World League. But he has missed the last two seasons after injuring his Achilles tendon early in 2007.
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The total World League prize purse is more than $20 million, with the winning team collecting a prize of more than $1 million.
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1 Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2 Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
3 Evan Patak (Opp, 6-8, Pleasanton, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
4 David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6 Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7 Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC)
8 Andrew Hein (MB, 611, Carol Stream, Ill., Pepperdine)
9 Jonathan Winder (S, 6-8, Irvine, Calif., Pepperdine)
10 Riley Salmon (OH, 6-6, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
11 Brook Billings (Opp, 6-5, Santa Barbara, Calif., USC)
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13 Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawai'i)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15 Russell Holmes (MB, 6-8, Fountain Valley, Calif., BYU)
16 Jayson Jablonsky (OH, 6-5, Yorba Linda, Calif., UC Irvine)
17 Delano Thomas (MB, 6-7, Sacramento, Calif., Hawai'i)
18 Scott Touzinsky (OH, 6-6, St. Louis, Mo., Long Beach State)
19 Alfee Reft (L, 5-10, Oxnard, Calif., Hawai'i)
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SBI containers provide for safe meth lab disposal at no cost to local governments
Local law enforcement in North Carolina now has a safe, less costly way to dispose of toxic waste from methamphetamine labs, Attorney General Roy Cooper announced Monday.
"Criminals who make meth leave behind a potentially deadly brew of chemicals that can put neighbors at risk," Cooper said. "Local law enforcement can now have these toxic waste sites cleaned up at no cost to them."
The Clandestine Laboratory Hazardous Waste Storage Container Program, a joint effort by the State Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and the Governor's Crime Commission, provides safe disposal of dangerous meth lab waste at no cost to local law enforcement. North Carolina is one of only eight states in the country to use this innovative solution for handling the toxic chemicals left behind at meth labs.
Local law enforcement agencies have had to cover the costs of hazardous waste clean-up at meth lab sites for much of the past year after federal funding dried up. The SBI was briefly able to cover the costs, but that funding was exhausted quickly and local governments had to foot the bill.
Under the program launched this week, SBI agents and trained local officers will remove, neutralize and package meth lab waste and SBI agents will then transport it to four container sites for pickup and destruction by a hazardous waste contractor.
The container sites are located at Sheriffs' offices in Davie, Haywood, Sampson and Wilson counties. DEA inspectors visited the sites last week and approval for them to begin receiving waste is expected shortly. Cooper visited the Wilson County site Monday and planned to visit the Davie County site on Tuesday.
Law enforcement can use any container site in the state. Hazardous waste will be removed weekly from the containers. An additional four container sites are expected to be in place later this year and locations are still being determined for those sites.
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In this study, 225 non-smoking people aged 18 to 60 who had retinitis pigmentosa were randomly assigned to receive 12 mg of lutein or a control tablet (providing no treatment), and all participants received daily vitamin A (as 15,000 IU of retinyl palmitate). During the first year of the study participants were also advised to eat two 3-ounce servings of oily fish per week after a study showed benefit of DHA (docosahexaenoic acid) supplementation for retinitis pigmentosa.
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Abstract:This study compared the responses of human participants studying motor interference and motor coordination when they were interacting with three different types of visual stimuli: a humanoid robot, a pendulum, and a virtual moving dot. Participants' responses indicated that participants' beliefs about the engagement of the robot affected the elicitation of the motor interference effects. Together with research supporting the importance of other elements of robot appearance and behavior, such as bottom-up effects and biological motion profile, we hypothesize that it may be the overall perception (in this study, by the term "overall perception," we mean the human observer's overall perception of the robot in terms of appearance, motion, and observer's beliefs) of a robot as a "social entity" instead of any individual appearance or motion feature that is critical to elicit the interference effect in human-humanoid interaction. Moreover, motor coordination responses indicated that the participants tended to synchronize with agents with better overall perception, which were generally in-line with the above hypothesis. Based on all the results from this experimental study, the authors suggest that a humanoid robot with good overall perception as a "social entity" may facilitate "engaging" interactions with a human.
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Abstract:Building intelligent systems with human level competence is the ultimate grand challenge for science and technology in general, and especially for cognitive developmental robotics. This paper proposes a new approach to the design of cognitive skills in a robot able to interact with, and communicate about, the surrounding physical world and manipulate objects in an adaptive manner. The work is based on robotic simulation experiments showing that a humanoid robot (iCub platform) is able to acquire behavioral, cognitive, and linguistic skills through individual and social learning. The robot is able to learn to handle and manipulate objects autonomously, to understand basic instructions, and to adapt its abilities to changes in internal and environmental conditions.
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Abstract:Human-robot interaction is a key issue in order to build robots for everyone. The difficulty for people to understand how robots work and how they must be controlled will be one of the mains limit for broad robotics. In this paper, we study a new way of interacting with robots without needing to understand how robots work or to give them explicit instructions. This work is based on psychological data showing that synchronization and rhythm are very important features for pleasant interaction. We propose a biologically inspired architecture using rhythm detection to build an internal reward for learning. After showing the results of keyboard interactions, we present and discuss the results of real human-robots (Aibo and Nao) interactions. We show that our minimalist control architecture allows the discovery and learning of arbitrary sensorimotor associations games with expert users. With nonexpert users, we show that using only the rhythm information is not sufficient for learning all the associations due to the different strategies used by the human. Nevertheless, this last experiment shows that the rhythm is still allowing the discovery of subsets of associations, being one of the promising signal of tomorrow social applications.
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Abstract: Primates often perform coordinated eye and arm movements, contextually fixating and reaching towards nearby objects. This combination of looking and reaching to the same target is used by infants to establish an implicit visuomotor representation of the peripersonal space, useful for both oculomotor and arm motor control. In this work, taking inspiration from such behavior and from primate visuomotor mechanisms, a shared sensorimotor map of the environment, built on a radial basis function framework, is configured and trained by the coordinated control of eye and arm movements. Computational results confirm that the approach seems especially suitable for the problem at hand, and for its implementation on a real humanoid robot. By exploratory gazing and reaching actions, either free or goal-based, the artificial agent learns to perform direct and inverse transformations between stereo vision, oculomotor, and joint-space representations. The integrated sensorimotor map that allows to contextually represent the peripersonal space through different vision and motor parameters is never made explicit, but rather emerges thanks to the interaction of the agent with the environment.
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Abstract: Cognitive systems research aims to understand how cognitive abilities can be created in artificial systems. One key issue is the architecture of the system. It organizes the interplay between the different system elements and thus, determines the principle limits for the performance of the system. In this contribution, we focus on important properties of hierarchical cognitive systems. Therefore, we first present a framework for modeling hierarchical systems. Based on this framework, we formulate and discuss some crucial issues that should be treated explicitly in the design of a system. On this basis, we analyze and compare several well-established cognitive architectures with respect to their internal structure.
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Abstract: This paper discusses an utterance system based on the associative memory of partner robots developed through interaction with people. Human interaction based on gestures is quite important to the expression of natural communication, and the meaning of gestures can be understood through intentional interactions with a human. We therefore propose a method for associative learning based on intentional interaction and conversation that can realize such natural communication. Steady-state genetic algorithms (SSGA) are applied in order to detect the human face and objects via image processing. Spiking neural networks are applied in order to memorize the spatio-temporal patterns of human hand motions and various relationships among the perceptual information that is conveyed. The experimental results show that the proposed method can refine the relationships among this varied perceptual information that can then inform an updated relationship to natural communication with a human. We also present methods of assisting memory and assessing a human's state.
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Abstract: Based on the concepts of dynamic field theory (DFT), we present an architecture that autonomously generates scene representations by controlling gaze and attention, creating visual objects in the foreground, tracking objects, reading them into working memory, and taking into account their visibility. At the core of this architecture are three-dimensional dynamic neural fields (DNFs) that link feature to spatial information. These three-dimensional fields couple into lower dimensional fields, which provide the links to the sensory surface and to the motor systems. We discuss how DNFs can be used as building blocks for cognitive architectures, characterize the critical bifurcations in DNFs, as well as the possible coupling structures among DNFs. In a series of robotic experiments, we demonstrate how the DNF architecture provides the core functionalities of a scene representation.
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[Avionics Today 08-19-14] California-based embedded-systems software company Wind River is upping the ante on their VxWorks Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) by introducing a virtualization profile for its next-generation version. The virtualization profile for VxWorks extends scalability capabilities of the VxWorks 7 core platform by integrating real-time embedded, Type 1 hypervisor into the core.
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Study of Braising: Wild Mushroom and Pork Cheeks Estouffad, Polenta, Braising Jus, Pico de Gallo
Explore the Study of Braising at home with Sunriver Resort's Chef Fabrice Beaudoin's incredible braised pork cheeks. The third feature in the "Study Of" series - this dish is northwest inspired, with French roots! The northwest wild mushrooms, pork cheeks and polenta meld as rustic northwest flavors with a distinct French twist. Explore braising at home with the pork recipe below. Or if you'd just like to treat yourself, you can order this pork entree at the Sunriver Resort Lodge restaurants throughout October and November!
Wild Mushrooms and Pork Cheeks Estouffad, Polenta, Braising Jus and Pico de Gallo
4 servings
12 pork cheeks
½ cup port wine
1 ⅔ cup red wine
1 carrot, roughly chopped
1 onion, roughly chopped
1 stalk celery, roughly chopped
½ tsp. black peppercorn
Sprig of fresh thyme
Dash olive oil
1 qt. veal or beef stock
1 qt. chicken stock
½ lb. seasonal wild mushrooms (chanterelle, porcini, hedgehog, etc.)
75 grams pancetta cut into lardons
½ Tblsp chopped parsley
1 clove garlic finely chopped
1. Place the pork cheeks, port, wine, vegetables, peppercorn and herbs in a non-reactive bowl. Cover with plastic film and leave to marinate overnight
2. Preheat the oven about 300f. Remove the cheeks from the marinade and pat dry on kitchen paper. Pour the marinade through a colander into a bowl to strain the vegetables. Reserve the vegetables and the marinade.
3. Heat a dash of olive oil in a large heavy sauce pan, add the cheeks and fry until golden brown all over. Remove from the pan and set aside. Add the vegetables to the pan and fry until golden. Add the marinade and reduce the volume of liquid by half.
4. Return the cheeks to the pan. Add both stocks to the pan and bring to a boil, skim and then cover and cook in the oven for 2 hours or until meltingly tender. Once cooked remove the cheeks from the liquid and keep warm. Reduce the liquid to a sauce consistency.
5. For the garnish heat a dash of oil in a large heavy bottomed frying pan and fry the pancetta lardons until golden brown, drain and return the pan to heat. Add the mushrooms to the pan and fry with the garlic and parsley.
6. Served over a creamy polenta and topped with some Pico de Gallo
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Thanks Xine.
I'll see if my local debenhams has a shock absorber run bra over xmas in my size if not i'll go with less bounce I think i'll get a crop top and if the shock absorber isn't enough on it's own, just try that over the top.
I'm a bit paranoid... paid a reasonable amount of money for my boobs... don't want to waste that handiwork
Booktrunk, I looked at the Lime one you linked to myself, but discounted it because it is compression style, which is only really good for A-B cups. Anything larger and you need something with cups.
I used to wear compression tops, until I saw video of myself at the end of a race. It didn't feel like there was so much swinging, but the evidence said otherwise. Not pretty!
If you have just had an operation, as your post above suggests, then I guess you need to be extra careful about causing ligament damage, and the double approach might work well, especially at first.
I don't know if you live near a Sweatshop, but they do a free bra fitting and advice service. I haven't tried it but it might be useful, especially if you are not completely sure what size you are now. Lots of people wear the wrong size you know. I was wearing a 38B until I got fitted for wedding underwear and she said I was actually a 36D. And sports bras can measure up slightly differently to normal ones too.
Hope you find the one that suits you and enjoy your investment.
Thanks Jane,
I'll have a hunt around my nearest sweatshop is a few miles away, and last time i went in there were only male staff, heh, not sure if I fancy a blokey measuring me up for a bra .... might be fun!!
Regarding size.. I got with the M&S online sizing guide which seems pretty accurate as a starting point
Yeah, i'm a bit over the top paranoid about looking after them. But, I really don't want to damage anything, and my surgeon was a bit ohh not sure about running but i've read lots of others have been out 4 to 6 weeks after surgery, so I will try to get sorted over Xmas and go for it just before or after the new year, but I think i'll start off with a shock absorber run bra the website was good seems that you need it nice n tight :0 and i might stick a compression top over it, better to be safe then sorry.
Thanks for your advice everyone. I was thinking shock absorber before hand and that seems to be a reasonable way to go so i'll stick with that.
I've tried all sorts and found that the shock absorber run one is good, also the panache are good too. I get mine from less bounce, tried the M&S ones but felt they didn't have the same amount of support.
Good luck.
I've tried all kinds of different bras and the only one that works for me is the Enell front fastener from less bounce. Very comfy, and the best fit for me - keeps the girls as still as they'll ever be......
Personally I don't like Shock Absobers - got one professionally fitted at Bravissimo, went out in it for a 9 mile run and it ripped my skin apart......very painful! Phoned Shock Absorber customer care who were great about it and refunded me in full, but will still never use them again.
Good luck with your search.
I think i'm just going to do for it and get a Shock Absorber Amazon have them at £26 and i have prime so freebie next day delivery. Now I just have to guess a size they say they should be quite tight so might go 36D decisions, decisions.....
I have the shock absorber ones and they're the best I've ever had (used to be a 34D and they worked fine then). I think it's easiest to put them on like a normal bra and then reach behind you over your shoulders to do the top bit up, but I suppose it depends on flexibility. But whenever I'm buying sports bras I always go into the shops and jump up and down in the changing rooms to test them. I recommend John Lewis if buying in an actual shop, because they'll match Debenham's promotions anyway and tend to have quite good bra fitters around for advice.
I use the Shock Absorber Max support tops. They look like a crop top but are encapsulation style. I just sit my HRM under my boobs but above the band. It works perfectly well and I've never had any problems (I've run a couple of marathons like that). I like them cos they have lots of different colours and definitely no bounce.
As for size I find them quite tight around the band so have to buy a bigger chest size. Usually I wear 30 G but I buy 32FF.
I can recommend Less Bounce, also Boobydoo. I usually buy from whichever is cheapest or has free delivery ...
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"Parenthood" is the critically acclaimed one-hour drama inspired by the box office hit of the same name. This reimagined and updated Universal Television/Imagine Entertainment production follows the trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
Sarah Braverman (Lauren Graham, "Gilmore Girls") is a single mother with two kids - the bright but rebellious Amber (Mae Whitman, "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World"), who is living on her own, and sullen and sensitive Drew (Miles Heizer, "ER"), who returns to Berkeley this year.
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Topic: adding digits to float
hey all
I would like to know how to have always have two zeros next to the coma so that if I have b=2.0 it displays 2.00 instead, with "b" being a float.
thanx in advance
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hey all
I would like to know how to have always have two zeros next to the coma so that if I have b=2.0 it displays 2.00 instead, with "b" being a float.
thanx in advance
Well, if you don't get any better answers, you can always do
sprintf("%0.2f", b)
you can get fancier and embed this functionality right into float. You could override to_s and then your floats are always output that way no matter what. I'd be hesitant to do that though. Or you could create say to_m (for "to_money", assuming the desire to have two decimal places is currency related). Or whatever you'd want to call it:
class Float
def to_m
sprintf("%0.2f", self)
If you're displaying a price, you can use number_to_currency instead.
<%= number_to_currency 2.0 %>
ok thanx a lot to both
Aha, there's the answer I was looking for: number_with_precision(number, precision=3)
I thought there was a helper to do that, which wasn't related to currency.
lil off topic...
What is the motivation behind doing this stuff with helpers as opposed to inside the class itself?
Obviously you don't want to add stuff to a class like Float willy nilly. But like for me, my site converts between US and metric units all the time. At first I created a suite of helpers to do the job for me. It was such a pain. So for my revision I decided to embed the unit conversions directly into Numeric.
So now I do stuff like
foo.weight = 33.lbs
<%= bar.energy.to_kcals %>
Rails does this too of course, 3.days.ago and all that good stuff. But sometimes they opt for a helper instead. Is there any cut and dry reasoning on when to choose one over the other?
The way I see it is: if it's view related, it goes in a helper. Converting a number to a currency is view related, especially since it includes the currency symbol. Converting a value from one unit of measurement to another is not view related, so placing it in the class seems appropriate.
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So the Cavs are 3-1 on their travels and have just a solitary W at home after the Nets returned the favour on the second game of a back to back.
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Two of America's top referees, Monika Nowak and Malgorzata Golus-Szubelak, called three matches in the first round of the 16th Women's Junior World Championships in Macedonia last week. The duo worked Group B featuring Denmark, Montenegro, Angola, Japan and Kazakhstan. All the games took place in the SRC April 26 Stadium in Geveglija - a town about three miles from Greece.
Former Executive Director of USA Team Handball, Mike Cavanaugh, is on hand and provided the updates to USA Team Handball. Cavanaugh served as the Technical Delegate for at least one match every day and had the chance to watch Monika and Gosia in action.
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Topic: Paperclip create images with the wrong access rights
On my production server (ubuntu, passenger, capistrano), i can add images using paperclip (stored in public), and i can delete them, however when accessing those images with a browser i have a forbidden error.
The user running the ruby process is admin, if i create a file in the public folder logged as admin the access rights are : -rw-r--r--
The folders and images created with paperclip use those rights : drwxr-x---
All of them belong to admin admin
How can i set my rails/apache/paperclip/imagemagick to have the copied files readable by public web browsers ? I'd like to do it the "clean way"
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A loophole lets the Seminole mayor keep her job even though she has resigned to run for the House.
By ANNE LINDBERG
Published July 2, 2006
SEMINOLE - When the City Council next convenes, Mayor Dottie Reeder will preside. That wouldn't be so unusual if she hadn't resigned Tuesday to run for the state House.
How did Reeder manage to resign and remain the mayor all at the same time?
It's the way the state law is written. It says candidates have to resign no later than 10 days before the qualifying date, but the resignation does not have to be effective until later. In Reeder's case, that will be Election Day, Nov. 7.
Many candidates have done exactly what Reeder is doing and it's clearly legal. But two of Reeder's opponents for the District 51 seat are questioning her decision to remain in office after resigning.
"The citizens voted for her to serve them as mayor, not as a candidate for higher office. If she wants to run for another office she should resign completely, not wait till after the election to leave," said Bruce Cotton, one of her opponents in the Republican primary.
"To stay in that position is a disservice to the people of Seminole who elected her to be mayor, and I believe it could be seen as a conflict of interest that the citizens should be concerned about," Cotton said.
Janet Long, who is running for the Democratic nomination for District 51, was on the Seminole City Council when she decided to seek higher office. She could have tried to keep her seat and then resigned Nov. 7, but instead, she said, she decided not to seek re-election and to campaign full time.
"For me personally it was an ethics issue. I didn't feel I could serve two masters," Long said.
Remaining in office after resigning, she said, gives Reeder an easy way to stay in the public eye.
"It's a good example of having your cake and eating it, too," Long said. "Either you're the mayor or the candidate, what are you?"
Reeder said she sees nothing wrong with retaining her office as long as possible.
She said she feels an obligation to the voters who put her there. This way, she said, she will serve all but four months of her term.
She also disagreed that it will split her time. During her 11½-year tenure as mayor, she has also held down a full-time job. The mayor's position is part time. And, should she win the primary, Reeder said she will take a leave of absence from her job as health and welfare coordinator for BayCare Health Systems.
"Most candidates do this," Reeder said. "I feel very comfortable that I'm able to fulfill all my obligations to my constituency that I have in the past."
Once Reeder does step down, Vice Mayor Dan Hester will take the helm. Hester, who is the treasurer for Reeder's campaign, will run things for 30 days to give the council a chance to appoint a successor. That successor could be one of the six council members or someone from outside who would reside until the next city election in March.
Long and Cotton said Reeder's decision could come back to bite her. If the issues in Seminole get tough, Reeder could well turn off some voters.
They also acknowledged that Reeder didn't invent the practice.
"Just about every public official in the state ... uses that little loophole in the law," Cotton said. "It's just the way the game is played."
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I tried them tonight on NP (pics will be up tomorrow hopefully). They are without a doubt one of the finest tomatoes I've ever tasted. Deep tomato flavor and color and sweet as candy. I added about 1/2 cup of water to the can (it was too thick for my taste) and you couldn't even tell a difference in the flavor or sweetness. I thought it would be too rich and not acid enough for NP, but it was really good. The whole family liked them. The main comment was "you could taste it more - more tomato flavor." The one thing I don't like at all is the skin bits.I'll probably stick with the Cento Italian for NP - mainly because of the skin thing, but as far as crushed tomatoes go, the Sclafani are the best I've tasted.
Sounds like they would be a good candidate for your beautiful looking Detroit Style pies; no?
I'll have to look a little more closely, but I've never had an issue with skins in Sclafani crushed tomatoes. If there's any in there it's gone unnoticed by me.
I'll have to look a little more closely, but I've never had an issue with skins in Sclafani crushed tomatoes. If there's any in there it's gone unnoticed by me.
I guess Im not that sensitive about the skins to notice.
I use the Cento brand San Marzano whole peeled tomatoes for my pizza. I add a few things and then I use my immersion blender to purée the tomatoes. Makes a great pizza sauce. I use different tomatoes when I make gravy and meatballs
Love the Scalfi's!whole not crushed
I've only used the tomatoes in your first link. These are the Sclafani Whole Peeled Tomatoes from Don Pepino B&G Foods Inc from NJ. I use these when I make NP-ish with just some sea salt and a few pulses from the hand blender.


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In short: Not called a slog for nothing but you feel good when you finishDate of review: November 13, 2014
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In short: 2012 may be the lst time if the proposed housing development and relocation of the Frys Club ahppen on planIn full: Its a long drag up the hill out of Keynsham nbut not so nad once you get to the turn before the 5K mark. Havinving only run the Keynsham and Pensford 10Ks I'm sure there must be 'easier' ones!Maybe I am a sub 48 runner really......Date of review: May 4, 2012
In short: You can't rely on the weather and this year it was abysmal but still a PB for me!In full: I didn't pre-register and the weather was just awful so that tells you something about me and the race. Me, I'm in training for a bigger race and needed the notorious Pepper Shells hill to guage my fitness by, and the race how well organised and friendly it seems to me. I haven't run many 10 races (only my 5th but) but knocked 2 mins 2 secs of my PB for any, and an amazing 3 mins 50 seconds off my previous Pensford race PB in 2010. How? 5 Kg lighter perhaps part of the reason but I really do believe beetroot juice played a very significant part! Viva betterave! Allez Le TransbaieDate of review: May 4, 2012
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Charges dropped against Wallaces
St. CLAIRSVILLE A case of animal cruelty was closed this past Tuesday when 41 counts of cruelty to animals were dismissed for lack of evidence. The charges had been pressed against Carmen and Christopher Wallace after the Belmont County Animal Shelter removed 41 animals from their shelter on the grounds of unhealthy conditions.
The case began under Judge Harry White, now retired, and concluded under Judge Eric Costine.
The Wallaces expressed dissatisfaction about the conduct of the animal shelter during the affair.
"I am very outraged," Carmen Wallace said. She also said the shelter had been ordered to return a horse and two dogs to her, but all of the animals had either been placed with other owners or euthanized. She said it was improper to place the animals before the trial was complete. She added that some of the animals taken and adopted out were tenant animals belonging to others. "They did not follow proper protocol."
Wallace said she has been subject to harassment and rumor campaigns in the previous months. She said the conditions were not as bad as they had been made out to be and that they had been attempting to be classified as a non-profit shelter. Wallace added that she would like a public apology from the Belmont County Animal Shelter.
Verna Painter, shelter supervisor and dog warden, does not consider the dismissal to be an exoneration of the Wallaces. She said White had suppressed the evidence gathered due to issues with the search warrant.
Painter said a signed search warrant never reached the judge's office after it was issued to the shelter. Painter said the shelter was broken into and the humane officer's truck was stolen, and during that time the paperwork related to the Wallace case went missing. Painter said questions were also raised about the way they gathered evidence.
She said 31 dogs, a horse, eight cats, five snakes, a catfish and numerous other fish were removed from the premises.
"We did our job. We did a good job. The animals were all saved and the bad thing was (Wallace) was not held accountable for her actions," Painter said, adding that eight or nine dogs were euthanized. "There had to be a few euthanized because of aggression. We are not capable and do not have the facility to handle aggressive animals long term."
Painter said questions of whether animals were to be returned to the Wallaces were raised in the negotiation stage and that the county shelter was opposed.
"No one formally told me to return animals," she said.
Painter said the shelter had little choice except to place the animals.
"Most of the time, we don't place animals when there is a pending investigation or prosecution, but our organization has 30 cages that hold large dogs. We removed 31 dogs. To house them for 15 months we would have had to euthanize every dog came through doors. We weren't willing to do that."
Painter said the owners of the tenant animals would not have been able to take their dogs back. The Wallaces had been caring for animals on behalf of people who could not keep pets due to their locations.
"We talked to a few who were paying her to board their animals and they were appalled that they were being in those conditions," Painter said. "They understood we were going to place their pets."
She added that the Wallaces were classified as owner/keeper/harbor.
"She carried a kennel license. As far as I'm concerned, she was the owner," Painter said.
The animals were removed from the Neffs area shelter October 2011. Painter said the conditions were deplorable and included crated dogs in the basement, dogs in locked rooms with no light, cages filled with feces and urine, a birthing bed infested with maggots, and filthy water in the fish tanks.
"I'm feeling very guilty that the Wallaces were not held accountable for the actions that they did with these animals," Painter said. "If I had to do it again, I'd do it."
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Running in Place - Page 2
Kevin Lin, Ray Zahab, and Charlie Engle during the 111-day Running the Sahara adventure. Photo by Scott Brewington.
Engle grew up an athlete, running a 4:40 mile in high school and playing quarterback on the football team. He has always incorporated running into his life, including through his 20s and a hellish 10 years as an acute drug and alcohol addict. In the late 1990s, in his 30s, he embarked on a fast-track "career" in adventure racing and ultrarunning, swapping his substance addiction for another. After a string of marathons in the early 1990s, Engle one day watched a Discovery Channel documentary on the Eco-Challenge/British Columbia adventure race, and that was it.
"You either watch something like that and say, 'Those are the biggest idiots I've ever seen,' or 'I want to do that … and be a complete idiot too,'" says Engle, laughing. "I knew it was for me."
Typically, he dove in headfirst, in 1997 attending California's Presidio Adventure Racing School (a 10-year anniversary gift from his then-wife, Pam). The very next year, Engle wetted his feet in the Raid Gauloises/Ecuador, and the following year ticked the Raid/Tibet-Nepal. These non-stop, multi-day, four- or five-person-team adventure races incorporated a huge array of skills and disciplines, from running to orienteering to kayaking to mountain biking, over distances up to 400 miles.
In 2000, admittedly "completely unqualified for the job," Engle finagled his way onto a team for Eco-Challenge/Borneo, an event created by producer Mark Burnett (now of the television-show Survivor fame) and inspired by the Raid Gauloises events. "It was like playing in the Super Bowl without ever having played peewee football," says Engle. But he learned fast. "Adventure racing is where I learned to suffer properly, physically," he says. Following Borneo, he fired off the Raid Gauloises/Vietnam and the Hawaii Ironman within six months.
From 1998 to 2002, Engle devoured every major adventure race in the world, culminating with Eco-Challenge/New Zealand-Fiji. Then, in 2003, he made an important transition, entering his first stage race, the inaugural edition of the Gobi March, a six-day solo foot race across China's Gobi Desert.
"I had become frustrated with the team aspect of adventure racing. Although I loved my teammates and many are still my best friends, your team is only as strong as the person having their worst day," says Engle. "I wanted to try some things individually and either succeed or fail because of me."
His initial experiment was a success—Engle won that Gobi March. Then in 2004 took second in the Atacama Crossing, another six-day event, across Chile's Atacama Desert. The same year, hitting another extreme, Engle climbed Alaska's Denali, the highest point in North America, with Aron Ralston (who would later become famous for performing an arm self-amputation in the Utah desert to free himself from beneath a boulder), the storied adventure racer and ultrarunner Marshall Ulrich (with whom, in 2008, Engle would launch an expedition to attempt to break the transcontinental record for running 3063 miles across the United States, documented in the feature-length film Running America, which Engle co-produced) and photographer Tony DiZinno. In 2005 he won Brazil's 220-kilometer Jungle Marathon, another punishing stage race, seven days through the Amazon rainforest.
"I became good at running and carrying a backpack," says Engle. "Adventure racing gave me the skills to beat much faster runners. I understood pacing, and wouldn't go all out on day one or two. I figured out the 50-mile day is the most important." Certainly, at a solid 6' 1" and 185 pounds, Engle is larger-framed than many elite distance runners, and seems built for endurance over pure speed.
From 2003 to 2009, sans backpack, Engle fed his desert obsession with five Badwater Ultramarathons—completing the brutal 135-mile run from Death Valley to Mount Whitney in July, with temps often tipping 130 degrees, and garnering all top-10 finishes, including two thirds, a fourth and a fifth. In 2009 he tacked on the Furnace Creek 508-Mile Bicycle Race across Death Valley, setting a new record for what is termed the Death Valley Cup (for combined times for Badwater and Furnace Creek in the same year). In 2010 Engle took 10th overall in Hawaii's slick, rooty HURT 100-Mile Endurance Run.
"Charlie is obviously one of the 'greats' of the endurance world," says Ray Zahab, one of the Sahara runners and Charlie's trainer. "Every time he competes, he puts his best effort forward, and always blows my mind. I have been creating Charlie's running and cycling programs since 2005, and have to consciously rein back his volume, or he'll just keep running, literally."
Lisa Jhung, an accomplished adventure racer and trail runner from Boulder, Colorado, has raced alongside Engle many times and even teamed up with him once or twice. "Charlie is always keeping you entertained with a funny story. And while he takes racing seriously, he knows how to appreciate every moment—even the awful suffering that often comes with adventure racing," says Jhung. "He's a kind, supportive teammate, not the type to yell at you to hurry up, but the kind that asks if you need help. Plus, he's strong as a horse, and knows how to handle pain. With Charlie, it's never 'poor me,' but more like, 'This sucks but it's awesome at the same time.'"
Engle traces his path to the Sahara clear back to 1997 at the Presidio Adventure Racing School, where he met Mike Lucero, his instructor. "Everything in life is connected," he says, citing an ensuing string of events. Just before Lucero was to compete in the 1998 Raid Gauloises-Ecuador, he was killed in a car accident on his way to an adventure race in Colorado. Lucero's teammates invited Engle to join them in his place, and he finished the race. In 1999 he began working as an instructor at Presidio.
"Life doesn't happen in a vacuum. I am truly convinced that from the death of Mike Lucero sprang my life of adventure," says Engle. "In every event, I still give thanks to Mike."
A Presidio student, Josh Gelman, happened to work for CBS on the show 48 Hours, which was later to produce a film on the Eco-Challenge/Borneo. In 2000 Engle and his teammates applied for a spot in the race. On his application Engle listed his professions as "documentary filmmaker, semi-pro badminton player and amateur comedian." At the time Gelman was looking for a cameraman. He gave Engle a shot.
"I wasn't afraid to put the camera in people's faces," says Engle. "48 Hours ended up using 10 minutes of the footage, which is unheard-of." He was invited to a showing of the film in New York City, where he met its other producer, Tom Forman. Two years later Forman created Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Engle received a call from Forman, asking him to work as a cameraman and producer, even though at the same time, as Engle recalls it, Forman said he was "completely unqualified for the job." Such was Engle's segue from his automobile "dentless paint repair" business into the incongruent world of television production.
Engle had chased hailstorms around the world for 15 years and, in 1990, started his own company, Universal Hail Repair, which at one time had 100 employees. While he made less money in the television business, says Engle, "It was getting me closer to combining my passions: running, speaking, recovery and writing. When the show first started shooting, of course, we had no idea that it would be a hit. But I knew for sure that we were helping some families that really needed it and deserved a break."
Then at the 2004 Jungle Marathon, he befriended the Taiwanese racer Kevin Lin and the Canadian racer Ray Zahab. A month later, Zahab called Engle with the crazy idea of running across the Sahara Desert, and Engle bit. The two recruited Lin, and they all decided to run the 2006 Jungle Marathon as a team to test their compatibility. They clicked, and they also won.
A television connection, Tim Beggy, who was also an adventure racer, saw potential in the RTS project, for which Engle was seeking sponsorship support. He introduced Engle to James Moll, who agreed to take on the film project. Ten days later Moll called and rhetorically asked if it would be all right if Matt Damon's company LivePlanet produced the film.
Life was good, says Engle, until he woke up at 3:00 one morning in a cold sweat, six months before the runners were to begin RTS. "Oh, my god, I have to run across the Sahara Desert," he thought. The heat was on, and, aside from the camera crew, he recruited a small support team that included a doctor, a logistics coordinator, a massage therapist and a local guide. And trained, hard.
Although his peak training weeks topped 125 miles, says Engle, "There was no real way to prepare my body for 4500 miles, and weekly mileage of twice [125], so I just tried to stay healthy and trusted that my body would adjust. I also had to learn to eat 10,000 calories per day, which was not as much fun as it might sound." He also incorporated core work and weight lifting four days a week.
On November 2, 2006, Engle, Zahab and Lin ceremoniously dipped their hands in the Atlantic Ocean off Senegal and began running. Their goal was to run the 4500 miles in 90 days (including 10 rest days) through Senegal, Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Libya and Egypt to the Red Sea. That's about 55 miles a day—farther and faster than anyone had ever gone, facing tortuous terrain and conditions and complex logistics. That first day, they ran 22 miles.
The inauspicious start planted seeds of doubt, but the three slogged on through 120-degree daytime temperatures, a three-week sandstorm and constant headwinds, battling stomach issues, blisters, snakes, locusts, scorpions, energy-sucking sand, sleep deprivation, bad food and attacking wild boars. They eventually settled into a routine, though, rising at 4 a.m. and running until noon, napping till about 3 p.m., and then running until 9 at night. Over 40 miles a day, every day.
Watch Running the Sahara, and you sense the tension within the team, and Engle's intensity. The physical torture was monumental, but the psychological torment was off the charts. Engle actually thrived on it.
"I wanted us to suffer," he says. "To find a whole new level of self-discovery."
Engle was the undisputed leader and a relentless taskmaster. He deems Ray Zahab "the morale officer, the king of happyland." Continues Engle, "Kevin was a good soldier, a great guy, but he had his down moments. I could yell at Ray, but yelling at Kevin was like yelling at a puppy, who would cower and not come out from under the couch all day."
Says Zahab, now 42, of Chelsea, Quebec, a professional adventurer and founder of the not-for-profit organization Impossible2Possible, "I had quit a pack-a-day smoking habit in 1999, and took up running in 2003. By the time we started running across the Sahara, I had competed in ultramarathons all over the world, but nothing could really prepare me for the Running the Sahara project—and what it would teach me.
"It taught me without doubt that dreams are achievable. Period. Charlie definitely was the driving force. I always felt like I could lean on him, and he was always there for his teammates.
"One of the glues that kept us together was Charlie's ability to crack a joke and make you laugh in the most stressful situations. Sometimes on an expedition now, I think back to those moments, and no matter how sore or tired I am, I break out into insane laughter."
One hundred and nine days, 4350 miles, countless blisters and couscous servings, two showers—and no rest days—after starting, the three were poised for a final 150-mile push. Over 48 sleepless hours, in which Engle battled severe blisters, they pushed past the pyramids of Giza and through the chaos of Cairo and, finally, stumbled into the waters of the Red Sea.
"It was so humbling, and I was almost embarrassed to be running through Giza. The history was so intimidating, and made me feel small and insignificant," says Engle. "The thing that I am most proud of is that we all three finished together—the odds of all three of us making it are incalculable."
Engle says he is also proud to be a co-founder of H20 Africa, an organization founded to address the water crisis on the continent. Running the Sahara raised over $6 million for the cause, and resulted in hundreds of life-saving wells being built in remote areas.
Ironically, Engle's crowning achievement of running across the Sahara Desert is what triggered his labyrinthine legal battle.


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Wanted city man brought to justice
OBSERVER Staff Report
A fugitive convicted of sex offenses has been captured in Arizona after a month-long search.
Paul Turley, 47, of Dunkirk, failed to reappear in Niagara County court after lunch during jury selection on Jan. 23. It is alleged Turley had inappropriate contact with two young females between 1996 and 1998 in the town of North Tonawanda.
"He is looking at around 40 years or more for raping his stepdaughters in the 90s. He is looking at a lot of time and that is why he ran," Supervisory Deputy Daniel Larish with the U.S. Marshal's Office told the OBSERVER.
Both Turley and his wife Diane have been missing since the court appearance, but were found together Friday at the mobile home of a former Western New York resident and will soon be extradited. Turley was convicted in absentia of first-degree sexual abuse and first- and second-degree course of sexual conduct against a child.
Larish said the Niagara County Sheriff's Department was among agencies searching for Turley.
"The Niagara County Sheriff's Office is part of a taskforce with the U.S. Marshals … so when Turley failed to reappear in court, the sheriffs went to track him down, and that is our specialty, so we also responded to track Paul and Diane Turley through various states," he said.
According to Larish, marshals were on the Turleys' trail through Michigan, Wisconsin and New Mexico until finally being caught in Arizona on Friday afternoon.
"The department in Arizona made the arrest at a mobile home near Tucson … based on the investigation there were people in the area who were acquaintances from the Western New York area. The wives were friends," Larish said.
"Investigative leads and boots-to-the-ground work is what led to Turley's arrest," Larish stated.
Larish said Diane Turley was charged with obstruction of justice, a felony, after the district attorney in Niagara County learned she had absconded with her husband.
He said both were taken to court in Arizona and remanded to jail without bail.
Turley will be extradited by the Niagara County Sheriff's Office in the next few weeks, according to Larish. He was unsure if Turley's wife would also be extradited back to New York. Turley will face sentencing on April 19.
At the time of his disappearance, Niagara County Assistant District Attorney Elizabeth Donatello said Turley's last known address is listed as Lincoln Avenue in Dunkirk. She said he previously lived in Cassadaga and has family in Lily Dale and in Dunkirk.


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Horse and Buggy Days
PLC Field trip to burn area addresses camping, fire and hunting in Huntington Canyon
The Emery County Public Lands Council took a field trip for their August meeting to look at the Seeley fire burn area one year later.
Big winner in golf shot competition
One small practice golf ball and a small bucket about 40 yards away was all it took for KC Jones West to win $10,000. Sitterud Insurance Solutions and the Emery County Fair sponsored the event....
Adults need vaccines too
Southeastern Utah District Health Department Celebrates National Immunization Awareness Month
Missing man's body found on desert
A call came into the Emery County Sheriff's Office on Aug. 2 from a missing man's family. He was due back in Missouri but hadn't returned. The family figured he was in the Emery County/Wayne County area. ...
ECBC Lunch and Learn highlights Castleview Hospital/Med center
The Emery County Business Chamber hosted their July Lunch and Learn. The guest speaker was Mark Holyoak the CEO of Castleview Hospital.
Tailings project clean-up includes ground water
DOE Moab Site Cost-Effectively Eliminates 200 Million Gallons of Contaminated Ground Water.
Dugout canyon wins coal mine rescue competition
Utah's Dugout Canyon Mine Wins
Orangeville Days Pioneer celebration
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Minnesota Bike Summit on Capitol Hill!
February 17, 2012 by Kathy Geislinger · Leave a Comment
Are you a bike advocate? Do you enjoy biking on MN trails, encourage your children to bike to and from school, or want safer accessibility for all bicyclists and pedestrians on MN roadways?
The second annual Minnesota Bike Summit on Capitol Hill on March 5th, 2012 wants to bring together advocates to educate our legislative leaders about BikeMN's 2012 Legislative Agenda. The Minnesota Bike Summit is an event sponsored by BikeMN (Bicycle Alliance of Minnesota) – an organization committed to providing leadership and a unified voice for bicycle education, advocacy and efforts to make Minnesota more bicycle friendly so that more people will ride bicycles more often.
Advocating to…
Fund a State Safe Routes to School Grant Program. Increase the opportunity for children to be physically active before, during and after the school day. Support state bonding initiative to fund State Safe Routes to School program
Authorize the Mississippi River Trail (MRT) State Bikeway. To plan the route and work with other state and local units of government on the implementation of Minnesota's first state bikeway. From Itasca State Park to the Iowa border this state bikeway will impact the health of individuals, communities, the environment and the economy.
Register today to attend the second annual Minnesota Bike Summit on Capitol Hill!
Help make history with the authorization of Minnesota's first State Bikeway and by becoming the first state to support Safe Routes to School with state funds. Share with friends!
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Heavy period + meat cravings/dreams?
Okay so I know the logical answer is that since I'm having a heavy period I'm craving meat because of the Iron or low b vitamins except that I eat plenty of greens and b vitamins and I DO infact supplement with b12. So WHY am I craving meat?
A friend told me its just becuase I'm wanting to think of comforting things? I walk by a place cooking meat or in the market and I smell it and I want to throw up, when I cooked meat like a year ago it made me throw up, I can't imagine doing it now. I'm just bothered by the fact I'm thinking it in the first place.
Also It's important to mention that I've been DREAMING about eating meat, and not only that but smoking cigerettes too, (which I quit over a year ago also)
so anyone have any ideas on why I'm dreaming about this and what I can maybe do to make it go away? Could it have something to do with protein ? i know thats a touchy subject for vegans but I eat more of a high carb low protein mcdougall style diet so its always a thought.
I don't think it had any kind of connection with veganism, the meat dreams. I think you were just famished.
'cause women crave a bunch of stuff during the time of the month.I know.for me,I become a bottomless pit.have to get some filling foods,like beans,vegetables and fruit.