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Whether you like them crunchy or soft, spicy or mild, tacos are a culinary fixture in Mexico and around the world. How much do you know about tacos?
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Question 1 of 30
What's the primary ingredient in tacos de tuetano?
bone marrow
The marrow imparts an unbelievably rich flavor.
Question 2 of 30
Tacos al carbon are usually made with which meat?
The beef is thinly sliced and cooked over a charcoal grill.
Question 3 of 30
True or False: Tacos were developed around the time Europeans arrived in the area of Mexico.
The locals were already devouring tacos before settlers arrived.
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"Salsa" is Spanish for what?
Salsa quality can totally alter your perception of any taco.
Question 5 of 30
What preparation has "adobada" meat undergone before being used in tacos?
It is most often pork marinated in a red chili sauce.
Question 6 of 30
The oldest tacos used which ingredient?
corn tortillas
White corn tortillas were likely the first style used for tacos.
flour tortillas
bean tortillas
Question 7 of 30
In 2015, about how many tacos were consumed in the United States?
800 million
4.5 billion
According to NationalTacoDay.com, 4.5 billion tacos would stretch to the moon and back.
9 billion
Question 8 of 30
Traditionally, the meat for tacos de cazo are first cooked in a pot of what?
spicy broth
Nowadays, many cooks opt instead for oil.
Question 9 of 30
When did tacos likely make their first appearance in the United States?
around 1850
around 1900
There are newspaper items mentioning migrants and the foods they brought with them.
around 1950
Question 10 of 30
The word "taco" may have originated in which Mexican industry?
Miners may have used taco-shaped explosives to help them reach precious metals.
Question 11 of 30
When you eat tacos sesos, which sort of meat are you consuming?
The brain is usually simmered or braised before being chopped for tacos.
Question 12 of 30
When were taco shells first fried into a U-shape?
No one really knows for sure but in the World War II era there are Mexican cookbooks describing the technique.
Question 13 of 30
Which fast-food restaurant often gets credit for popularizing Mexican food (and tacos) in the United States?
Taco John's
Taco Bell
Taco Bell's revolution began way back in the 1960s.
Question 14 of 30
Why are tacos sudados "sweaty"?
They are stored in a steamy basket.
The covered baskets hold in steam, which keeps the tacos soft.
They are very spicy.
They are served in hot locations.
Question 15 of 30
Tacos de cazuela refers to what kind of taco?
tacos from earthenware pots
The various fillings are simmered in pots.
tacos from the Gulf region
tacos made with one type of fish
Question 16 of 30
How is a "mulita" taco served?
like a sandwich
The meat is placed between two tortillas.
on a stick
with bits of skin
Question 17 of 30
How is meat for tacos de asador cooked?
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in an oven
on a griddle
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Why are hard shells frequently used instead of soft shells?
longer shelf life
Soft shells, especially those with few preservatives, spoil much more quickly.
fewer preservatives
more taste
Question 19 of 30
Taco de cabeza includes which type of meat?
You can often specify which part of the head you really like, such as the eyes or tongue.
Question 20 of 30
Pico de gallo is also called what?
salsa palabras
salsa peligroso
salsa bandera
"Bandera" means "flag." The red, white and green ingredients are representative of the Mexican flag.
Question 21 of 30
What does "pico de gallo" mean?
the rooster's beak
It means literally "the beak of the rooster." Some say it got that name because people originally ate it by pinching a small piece off, like bird seed.
the rooster's tail
a pinch of salt
Question 22 of 30
Tacos "al pastor" refer to what style of tacos?
This meat is often skewered and cooked rotisserie style. ("Pastor" means "shepherd.")
Question 23 of 30
Al pastor tacos were strongly influenced by which culture?
Lebanese immigrants introduced this style, which is now one of the most popular tacos in Mexico.
Question 24 of 30
How are Navajo tacos different from Mexican tacos?
They are not spicy.
They use bread instead of tortillas.
They are fried bread that has a puffy consistency.
They are typically vegetarian friendly.
Question 25 of 30
What ingredient might you find in a "chapuline" taco?
They are fried and reportedly delicious … but hard to find in the U.S.
Question 26 of 30
The meat in a tripe taco comes from which part of the cow?
It's very popular in parts of Mexico.
Question 27 of 30
How is a taco dorado cooked?
The cylindrical taco is also called a taquito or flauta.
Question 28 of 30
In which region did tacos de camarones originate?
Baja California
It makes sense, of course, that shrimp tacos would come from an area close to the sea.
Yucatan Peninsula
The Gulf
Question 29 of 30
Which factor was the first to help popularize tacos across the United States?
hard shells
The shells lasted longer during transportation and gave every state access to the necessary taco ingredients.
Taco Bell
less spicy salsa
Question 30 of 30
What type of meat are you using in tacos de lengua?
chicken leg
cow tongue
Boil the tongue first to make it tender; then it is usually sautéed in oil.
goat's head


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It seems I may have found an answer folks have been looking for. To enlighten you to the answer, let me cover a few of the surrounding issues, like doing business in Emery County versus other counties.
It seems that people expect people to do business here. Well, that's just fine and dandy except you're not going to get business just because you're here. Sometimes you even have to be open for business. Then, your prices should be a bit more competitive. Yeah it gets expensive buying stuff elsewhere, if you travel just to shop. But when you do business elsewhere, you save a lot of money by shopping there and not here. Businesses can't charge an arm and a leg, then pay their employees a tad bit above minimum wage and still expect to stay in business. You have to treat your customers and employes right. Hiring illegal aliens doesn't make it any better. It's pretty bad when I'm trying to get some customer service and the sales clerk no habla inglis.
Accidents happen, I suppose. But it sure seems fishy when the owners are LDS. I'm not picking on the LDS church, instead I'm praising them for their high standards as held in the Articles of Faith. We can leave it to the church leaders to decide if federal immigration laws apply to them or not. It must be an awesome feeling being able to decide what laws apply to oneself when no one else has that choice.
I can see why Emery County residents are hesitant to trust Grand County law enforcement. You know, the guys running around loose with badges and very big guns. You know, the kind of guys that scope in on unarmed and innocent clientele at a public event using a very big gun with a very big scope.
This did not happen in my imagination. I used to collect guns years back. I know what a high powered bolt action rifle with a high powered scope looks like when I'm looking at it and the buffoon holding it is only 450 meters away looking through 10x50 binocs. It's some strange things them fellas do in their quest to bring an end to whatever it is they wanna stop.
That's not to mention when trespassers pay a visit to a respected agricultural facility and tamper with equipment and no law enforcement personnel show up to take photos of the proof or do a report. However if you do more than 5 mph over the ridiculously low speed limit, they'll be on you like flies on rotten meat).
Strange times indeed.
In the last letter I wrote I spoke against illegal aliens. Some folks were downright offended by what I said. You're right- I don't like illegals. However I'm being politically correct in this letter, something I'm not when anyone sees me in person. Such is life. But I don't go running around checking everyone's immigration documents except for when some high school kid brags about being an illegal and having the right to work here without documents because his family has been here since before the Revolutionary War. If that's so, then why are you an illegal alien? Prove you've been here and your family has been here for time eternal like you preach. No, the U.S. did not steal anything from your country. You allege to be born here, so you're American and I can't seem to imagine the U.S. stealing from itself. That's like taking a $5 bill out of my right pocket and putting it in my left and then calling myself a cat burglar.
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In closing I have an inquiry for Mr. Brady the mayor of Green River. Pat, you said you went out to California to see the USMC in action. How one of their officers said they aren't there to defend Americans but to defend the Constitution. That was a joke, right? Because the USMC saving the Constitution 12,000 miles away in a third world cesspool with the mess we have stateside is about like me ragging on you about the crickets in your basement when I have a few thousand cockroaches in my kitchen. I'm not saying that officer lied to you (and us), I'm just saying he wasn't being honest.
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Mammatus cloud
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Mammatus, also known as mammatocumulus (meaning "mammary cloud"),[1][2] is a meteorological term applied to a cellular pattern of pouches hanging underneath the base of a cloud. The name mammatus is derived from the Latin mamma (meaning "udder" or "breast"). According to WMO International Cloud Atlas mamma is a cloud supplementary feature.[3]
Mammatus are most often associated with the anvil cloud and also severe thunderstorms. They often extend from the base of a cumulonimbus, but may also be found under altocumulus, altostratus, stratocumulus, and cirrus clouds, as well as volcanic ash clouds.[citation needed] In the United States, sky gazers may be most familiar with the very distinct and more common cumulonimbus mammatus. When occurring in cumulonimbus, mammatus are often indicative of a particularly strong storm or maybe even a tornadic storm. Due to the intensely sheared environment in which mammatus form, aviators are strongly cautioned to avoid cumulonimbus with mammatus. They also attach to the bottom of other clouds.
Mammatus may appear as smooth, ragged or lumpy lobes and may be opaque or translucent. Because mammatus occur as a grouping of lobes, the way they clump together can vary from an isolated cluster to a field of mammae that spread over hundreds of kilometers to being organized along a line, and may be composed of unequal or similarly-sized lobes. The individual mammatus lobe average diameters of 1–3 km and lengths on average of 0.5 km. A lobe can last an average of 10 minutes, but a whole cluster of mamma can range from 15 minutes to a few hours. They are usually composed of ice, but also can be a mixture of ice and liquid water or be composed of almost entirely liquid water.
True to their ominous appearance, mammatus clouds are often harbingers of a coming storm or other extreme weather system. Typically composed primarily of ice, they can extend for hundreds of miles in each direction and individual formations can remain visibly static for ten to fifteen minutes at a time. While they may appear foreboding they are merely the messengers - appearing around, before or even after severe weather.
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The existence of many different types of mammatus clouds, each with distinct properties and occurring in distinct environments, has given rise to multiple hypothesized formation mechanisms[citation needed], which are also relevant to other cloud forms.
One environmental trend is shared by all of the formation mechanisms hypothesized for mammatus clouds: sharp gradients in temperature, moisture and momentum (wind shear) across the anvil cloud/sub-cloud air boundary, which strongly influence interactions therein. The following are the proposed mechanisms, each described with its shortcomings:
- The anvil of a cumulonimbus cloud gradually subsides as it spreads out from its source cloud. As air descends, it warms. However, the cloudy air will warm more slowly (at the moist adiabatic lapse rate) than the sub-cloud, dry air (at the dry adiabatic lapse rate). Because of the differential warming, the cloud/sub-cloud layer destabilizes and convective overturning can occur, creating a lumpy cloud-base. The problems with this theory are that there are observations of mammatus lobes that do not support the presence of strong subsidence in the lobes, and that it is difficult to separate the processes of hydrometeor fallout and cloud-base subsidence, thus rendering it unclear as to whether either process is occurring.
- Cooling due to hydrometeor fallout is a second proposed formation mechanism. As hydrometeors fall into the dry sub-cloud air, the air containing the precipitation cools due to evaporation or sublimation. Being now cooler than the environmental air and unstable, they descend until in static equilibrium, at which point a restoring force curves the edges of the fallout back up, creating the lobed appearance. One problem with this theory is that observations show that cloud-base evaporation does not always produce mammatus. This mechanism could be responsible for the earliest stage of development, but other processes (namely process 1, above) may come into play as the lobes are formed and mature.
- There may also be destabilization at cloud base due to melting. If the cloud base exists near the freezing line, then the cooling in the immediate air caused by melting can lead to convective overturning, just as in the processes above. However, this strict temperature environment is not always present.
- The above processes specifically relied on the destabilization of the sub-cloud layer due to adiabatic or latent heating effects. Discounting the thermodynamical effects of hydrometeor fallout, another mechanism proposes that dynamics of the fallout alone are enough to create the lobes. Inhomogeneities in the masses of the hydrometeors along the cloud-base may cause inhomogeneous descent along the base. Frictional drag and associated eddy-like structures create the lobed appearance of the fallout. The main shortcoming of this theory is that vertical velocities in the lobes have been observed to be greater than the fall speeds of the hydrometeors within them; thus, there should be a dynamical downward forcing, as well.
- Another method, that was first proposed by Kerry Emanuel, is called cloud-base detrainment instability (CDI), which acts very much like convective cloud-top entrainment. In CDI, cloudy air is mixed into the dry sub-cloud air rather than precipitating into it. The cloudy layer destabilizes due to evaporative cooling and mammatus are formed.
- Clouds undergo thermal reorganization due to radiative effects as they evolve. There are a couple of ideas as to how radiation can cause mammatus to form. One is that, because clouds radiatively cool (Stefan-Boltzmann law) very efficiently at their tops, entire pockets of cool, negatively buoyant cloud can penetrate downward through the entire layer and emerge as mammatus at cloud-base. Another idea is that as the cloud-base warms due to radiative heating from land surface's longwave emission, the base destabilizes and overturns. This method is only valid for optically thick clouds. However, the nature of anvil clouds is that they are largely made up of ice, and are therefore relatively optically thin.
- Gravity waves are proposed to be the formation mechanism of linearly organized mammatus clouds. Indeed, wave patterns have been observed in the mammatus environment, but this is mostly due to gravity wave creation as a response to a convective updraft impinging upon the tropopause and spreading out in wave form over the entirety of the anvil. Therefore, this method does not explain the prevalence of mammatus clouds in one part of the anvil versus another. Furthermore, time and size scales for gravity waves and mammatus do not match up entirely. Gravity wave trains may be responsible for organizing the mammatus rather than forming them.
- Kelvin–Helmholtz (K-H) instability is prevalent along cloud boundaries and results in the formation of wave-like protrusions (called Kelvin-Helmholtz billows) from a cloud boundary. Mammatus are not in the form of K-H billows, thus, it is proposed that the instability can trigger the formation of the protrusions, but that another process must form the protrusions into lobes. Still, the main downfall with this theory is that K-H instability occurs in a stably stratified environment, and the mammatus environment is usually at least somewhat turbulent.
- Rayleigh–Taylor instability is the name given to the instability that exists between two fluids of differing densities, when the denser of the two is atop the less dense fluid. Along a cloud-base/sub-cloud interface, the denser, hydrometeor-laden air could cause mixing with the less-dense sub-cloud air. This mixing would take the form of mammatus clouds. The physical problem with this proposed method is that an instability that exists along a static interface cannot necessarily be applied to the interface between two sheared atmospheric flows.
- The last proposed formation mechanism is it arises from Rayleigh-Bénard convection, where differential heating (cooling at the top and heating at the bottom) of a layer causes convective overturning. However, in this case of mammatus, the base is cooled by thermodynamical mechanisms mentioned above. As the cloud base descends, it happens on the scale of mammatus lobes, while adjacent to the lobes, there is a compensating ascent. This method has not proven to be observationally sound and is viewed as generally insubstantial.
This plenitude of proposed formation mechanisms shows, if nothing else, that the mammatus cloud is generally poorly understood. Detailed observations of the cloud have been meager and usually occur only by chance, since mammatus do not pose a meteorological threat to society.[citation needed]
Mammatus clouds over Croatia
Mammatus clouds over Kathmandu City on 18 April 2016
Mamatus cloud in Imphal on April 14, 2016, It lasted for about 15 minutes
Mammatus clouds over New York City, 2009
Mammatus clouds in Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1973
Mammatus clouds over San Antonio, Texas, 2009
Mammatus Clouds over the Pacific Coast San Francisco
Mammatus clouds over Squaw Valley Ski Resort, Olympic Valley, California
Mammatus clouds in Milan, Italy, in July 2005 on a very hot, humid day without wind
Mammatus Clouds in San Francisco, California
Mammatus clouds forming in Minnesota in 2005
Mammatus clouds and crepuscular rays over San Francisco Bay
Aerial photo of mammatus clouds over central New South Wales, Australia,
Mammatus Clouds Over Sierras de Córdoba Mountains, Argentina
Mammatus clouds above Big Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City, Utah
Mammatus clouds over Santa Catarina, Brazil following Cyclone Catarina.
Cumulus Mammatus clouds between Hamilton and Missoula, Montana
Mammatus clouds over the University of Central Florida in Orlando, Florida, 2011.
Just before a large thunderstorm in Altomuenster, Bavaria, Germany
Mammatus clouds over Bingley, UK, following a thunderstorm on 2 November 2013
Mammatocumulus in Cap de Creus, Girona, Spain. Electric atmosphere. June 2014
Mammatus Clouds over Hoshiarpur May 20, 2016, Punjab, India
- ^ http://weatherwing.com/Cumulonimbus-Mammatus.html
- ^ http://www.erh.noaa.gov/er/pit/mam98.htm
- ^ http://library.wmo.int/pmb_ged/wmo_407_en-v1.pdf
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- Forming Mammatus Clouds Time Lapse Video
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- NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day: Mammatus Clouds Over Mexico (30 December 2007)
- Mammatus Clouds over St Albans, Hertfordshire, UK on 12 August 2008 at the BBC News web site. 21 August 2008
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Would someone mind telling me at what chapter this manga was ended?
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Would someone mind telling me at what chapter this manga was ended?
Wiki says it was 55 chapters in total, so the next one should be the last one.
Whoops, it looks like it's not the end yet ;P.
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If you are trying to install or use Kindle for PC under Linux, I had a problem with the version of Wine shipped by default in Ubuntu 12.04 (that is Wine version 1.4).
After installing Wine PPA and upgrading to version 1.5, I had another problem, but this one is easily solvable: it is necessary ro rename or remove one file from the Wine installation directory. The file is:
and Kindle 4 PC will work in all its glory. Just saying it here since I found different results on the Internet, with different solutions, none of which were really working. Somebody is also reporting the necessity to have ttf-mscorefonts installed to have it work, I didn't install them, or they have been installed by default.
Why using Kindle for PC? I'm trying to export books bought via the Kindle Store, but without the DRM. Looks like Calibre is able to do it, but I had no luck. There are plugins that should help you with that, but I still have errors while trying to import a DRMed book.
What should be necessary is a Kindle PID, not the serial number, that can be found out easily, plus your Kindle serial number. With both of them, nothing will change. I do not know if with the latest Kindle generation Amazon changed something in their encryption mechanism…
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Defensive end Jake Bequette (left) and the Patriots took on Charles Brown and the Saints in the first preseason game for the Patriots Thursday night at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough. The Patriots won, 7-6. Next
The Patriots lost linebacker Dane Fletcher to an injury in the first half. According to a report by the NFL Network's Ian Rapoport, Fletcher suffered a torn ACL ligament in his knee. Next
Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork and rookie defensive end Chandler Jones followed the action on the big screen in Gillette Stadium while they were on the sideline. Next
Patriots nose tackle Vince Wilfork (right) and linebacker Rob Ninkovich pursued a play. The Patriots allowed 92 yards rushing and 188 passing. Next
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Saints backup quarterback Luke McCown passed for 96 yards, hitting 9 of 16 attempts. Next
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Patriots quarterback Tom Brady and offensive coordinator Josh McDaniels met before the game. McDaniels, who spent the past few years at coaching jobs in Denver and St. Louis, returned to the Patriots in January. Next
Patriots defensive back Devin McCourty broke up a pass intended for Saints tight end David Thomas. Next
Patriots quarterback Tom Brady is entering his 13th season in the NFL, all with the Patriots. He passed for 5,235 yards last season. Next
Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez was wrapped up by Saints linebacker Curtis Lofton (50) and defensive back Johnny Patrick (32). Next
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Patriots kicker Stephen Gostkowski warmed up before the game. Gostkowski hit 28 of 33 field-goal attempts in 2011, with a long of 50 yards. Next
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Jean-Marc Doussain kicked a 78th minute penalty to see France claim a 19-17 win over Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.
Jean-Marc Doussain kicked a 78th minute penalty to see France claim a 19-17 win over Scotland at Murrayfield on Saturday.
The Scots had led through tries from Stuart Hogg and Tommy Seymour to three Maxime Machenaud penalties, before Yoann Huget's interception brought France roaring back into the lead.
A long-range Duncan Weir three-pointer renewed the hosts' belief, but it was Doussain's effort inside the 22 that dealt Scott Johnson's men a gut-wrenching finale.
Kiwi referee Chris Pollock is traditionally strict on the defensive team at the breakdown, and the words "no clear release" crackled over his microphone time and again as players piled into rucks. The New Zealander may require a police presence at his city-centre hotel this evening, however, after he penalised Scotland's Tim Swinson – predictably for the same offence – for Doussain's decisive kick.
Scotland's line-out woes are painfully well-documented, but it was the French who lost their way in the aerial duel. Third-choice hooker Brice Mach missed his man on seven from ten occasions before being substituted early in the second half.
Up front, the scrums were a mess. Pollock dished out instructions aplenty, but time-consuming resets were the norm on the scrappy Murrayfield turf. The signs were ominous for the Scots as their first set-piece crashed to ground ninety seconds into the match, allowing Maxime Machenaud the chance to open to the scores with a well-taken penalty.
The hosts were let off the hook minutes later too; a Scott Lawson knock-on sparked a sweeping sixty-metre counter-attack from les Bleus, with Maxime Mermoz scragged metres short of the line. A try eluded the visitors, but the pressure yielded a second penalty for the scrum-half.
Despite the early scoreline, the Scots were enjoying the bulk of possession, building phases well inside the French half. And after Jim Hamilton charged down Machenaud on the visitors' 22, Hogg hoisted a speculative hanging kick deep into the gaping Murrayfield in-goal area. Under pressure from Sean Lamont, the ball was fumbled by Huget, allowing the full-back to pounce and ground somewhat dubiously for one the more bizarre tries the famous old ground has seen in recent years. Greig Laidlaw knocked over the extras, and suddenly the hosts were in the lead.
Straight from the kick-off, however, Dave Denton lost the ball in contact on his own 22; the French gathered and pounded the line. The way the Scots repelled the advances of the visitors was admirable, but Hamilton was eventually penalised in the shadow of his own posts. Machenaud kicked France ahead again, while the stretcher was driven on and carted off again carrying Johnnie Beattie – who had taken a knock during the move – with it. Ryan Wilson replaced the blindside flanker.
That didn't faze Scotland, as they drove their way into the French 22 once more, and produced an uncharacteristically astute piece of backline play to cross the line again. With a flash of zip more associated with their opponents, Matt Scott caught out the drifting blindside defence with a delightful inside ball to the onrushing Seymour. The winger scythed through the gap and dived over in the corner; Laidlaw slotted a fine conversion, and Johnson's charges began to believe.
The visitors continued to look dangerous when presented with turnover ball or loose touchfinders, though; Hogg's attempted drop goal almost leading to a Serge Blanco-esque counter from Brice Dulin under his own posts.
Hamilton was – perhaps harshly – pinged for his over-exuberant infiltration of a collapsed French maul on half-time, but Machenaud was wide with his fourth penalty attempt, leaving the Scots five points to the good at the break.
What they did next was typical of this side's maddening tendency to shoot themselves in the foot. In truth, it was terribly Scottish. The hosts had disrupted a French maul on the five-metre line so effectively as to steal back possession; the ball was swept left, the overlap was there, the supporters were already cheering try number three.
But Duncan Weir, with any number of options outside him, floated his pass to the one place it would not find a white jersey. Huget, gambling to nothing, picked it off and sprinted eighty metres to score untouched. Machenaud knocked over the simple conversion.
The Scots should have been shellshocked; the game should have turned in a flash. But Johnson's men showed a resolve and indeed accuracy they have seldom displayed in this Championship. Play opened up and became more fragmented; a development that should have favoured the French, but appeared to suit the Scots' desire to give the ball some air when they could.
Trailing by two points, Laidlaw's near-fifty-metre penalty attempt fell agonisingly under the crossbar, but when the French infringed again in the same area, it was Weir who had a chance to make amends for his earlier interception. The Glasgow Warriors pivot showed great character to step up and drill his kick over.
As the French error count grew, so did the confidence of the home crowd, the mood in the stands very audibly shifting from disbelief to bullishness as a series of French scrums thirty-five metres out yielded nothing but a Scottish put-in, and Mermoz spurned a fine attacking opportunity on the Scottish 22 by spilling the ball.
Another scrum penalty just shy of halfway offered Weir the chance to take the gap beyond the crucial three point margin with five minutes remaining, but the fly-half could not repeat his goal-kicking heroics, pushing his effort just wide of the uprights.
It would be terribly cruel to lay blame for the loss at the door of the 22-year-old, but his interception pass combined with that difficult miss left the gap at two points as the clocked ticked by. With a minute left, the Scottish dream turned nightmarish as Pollock blew up metres from the home line. Doussain did not wilt under the defeaning racket of 60,000 enraged Scots, and so shattered their team's chances of a first win over France since 2006.
Man of the Match: Plenty of candidates, but Hogg gets the nod for his vision in attack, and booming boot that frequently kept the Scots out of their own half.
Moment of the Match: Huget's try should have been seminal, but it was Doussain's penalty that was the ultimate difference.
Villain of the Match: Nothing sinister to report.
The scorers:
For France:
Try: Huget
Con: Machenaud
Pens: Machenaud 3, Doussain
For Scotland:
Tries: Hogg, Seymour
Cons: Laidlaw 2
Pen: Weir
Scotland: 15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Alex Dunbar, 12 Matt Scott, 11 Sean Lamont, 10 Duncan Weir, 9 Greig Laidlaw, 8 Dave Denton, 7 Kelly Brown (c), 6 Johnnie Beattie, 5 Jim Hamilton, 4 Richie Gray, 3 Geoff Cross, 2 Scott Lawson, 1 Ryan Grant.
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The work on the courts building at the new public safety complex is nearing completion. A walkthrough was held on Jan. 24 with the contractor, Sahara as well as the architect, electrician and county officials. The walkthrough aids the contractor in spotting any areas which need to be repaired or changed before the completed building is turned over to the new occupant.
The new building will house the justice court and the seventh district juvenile as well as adult courts. The drug court program, district court clerks, adult probation, guardian ad litem and the county attorney's office will also operate from the building.
The new building boasts two court rooms as well as a smaller court room where child custody hearings can take place. Judge Stan Truman explained, "When court is in session in the other two courtrooms then this smaller court room can be used for a child custody hearing. These hearings usually take place on short notice so it will be good to have a place to conduct hearings of this type. The room will also be used for a conference room and a court library. There are also rooms for the witnesses to wait before they are brought in to testify."
Paul Platt is the representative for the state of Utah in the building.
He said, "It is a great building." Platt pointed out the extra space in the well area of the court room which allows for more council tables for district and juvenile officials. "We really needed a more state of the art facility, the county was out of space in the other court house building and now it will allow for remodeling to take place there to meet other needs in the county.
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Posted on 12/18/2013 7:00:26 AM PST by george76
when it comes to the possibility of repealing the measures outright, as some Republican lawmakers have suggested, Hickenlooper doesnt believe we're going to repeal anything."
(Excerpt) Read more at cpr.org ...
It's time for a LOT of laws to be repealed.
hickenpoop... all of those laws will be gone when your sorry ass is gone.
Repeal Hickenlooper.
It's job one!
Chickenpooper demands hanging onto unworkable unenforceable laws. These laws were poorly thought out. They did nothing in the latest school shooting.
"Laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding..."
USC Title 18 Sec 241 and 242. Conspiracy to deprive Civil Rights under Color of law and Deprivation of Civil Rights under Color of Law.
Your "Governor" needs to be indicted, tried in court, and jailed. If anyone has died as a result of his crime, then he is an accessory and can face life in prison or the death penalty under the above statute.
What's the plan for getting rid of Hickenlooper? Who would be a good replacement?
Good. That keeps recalls an option and we can repeal the democrats. Take this state back!
A modern tyrant no longer needs to post burly machinegun toting men on street corners. He controls a population with REGULATIONS and PAPER.
Want to work? Need a WORK PERMIT!
Want a place to live? Need a RESIDENCY PERMIT!
Want to travel? (Only on PUBLIC TRANSIT, of course.) Need a TRAVEL PERMIT or INTERNAL PASSPORT!
Want to eat? Need that FOOD RATION BOOK!
And draconian penalties await those who fail to obey the regulations or help others do so. Thats when the burly armed men appear. And they will just be following orders. Now where have we heard THAT phrase before??
That could NEVER HAPPEN HERE, say you?
Thats what many of you said about Obama!
Replacement? Any one whose name doesn't rhyme with pooper scooper?
Just about anybody, I reckon.
How about repealing a governor elected in 2011. Is that an option?
Election next year, I like Tancrado.
That might work.
His election is in about 10 months.
This is just Dem talking points in action: Just as with the ACA, any Dem-passed law is "settled law" and thus must not be challenged.
Is Hickenlooper aware that decent people are starting to question the legitimacy of laws that clearly violate the Bill of Rights - and of governments that pretend they have the power to pass or to enforce such laws?
Chickenpooper is pissing off a lot of voters. Attention has been called in his direction and the direction of all Democrats in this State.
Just a word of advice for Colorado, remember Schwarzenegger!
Don't remove the devil you know for one that "appears" more attractive, California learned a hard lesson that day.
Is this a Republic or Tyranny?
The people decide, not POS politicians like Hickenlooper.
FU Hickenlooper.
How about repealing Hickenlooper?
Republicans in Colorado have one term—one chance—to repeal those laws. If they repeal those laws, they'll get another term. If not, they'll lose voter support for a very long time. Voters are already irked at Republicans for supporting so many other socialist causes: regulations against property rights, high property taxes, etc.
He is mistaken. He is not "WE" and we will repeal them.
Isn't he running in 2014?
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TUPELO – Two years ago, Blair and Hamp Hughes were toying with the idea of opening a second restaurant in Oxford or Starkville, patterned after their successful Park Heights in Tupelo.
"We wanted to do a white tablecloth restaurant in one of the college towns, but then this building became available," said Blair.
'This building' is the old Shoney's restaurant on North Gloster. The couple purchased it last July and started renovation the next month.
"It came with it all – the breakfast bar, gumball machines and some things we won't mention," Blair said.
Work included digging up the floors, removing four drop ceilings to expose the original vaulted ceiling from the 1970s, adding bead board and hardwood floors, and bricking the walls.
"We really wanted the feeling of something old and out of the Delta," Hamp said.
The one thing the couple knew they didn't want was another white tablecloth, fine dining restaurant.
"We didn't want to compete with ourselves, with Park Heights," Hamp said.
So they decided on a casual color palette of soft grays, with an assortment of booths, tables and banquettes. Blues music plays softly in the background. And they brought in a young chef, Hal Rusk, who has a penchant for taking old Southern standbys, punching them up and keeping prices affordable.
"The price range is suitable for young professionals and newlyweds to eat here more often," Blair said. The average entrée cost is $16 and the average appetizer is $7.
Hamp said the customer base is everything from truck drivers to doctors to families to young professionals to retirees.
"It's surprising how well it has taken off," he said.
New menu debuts
A new seasonal menu debuted last week. Some best-sellers are the South Burger ($13), the Fried Pork Chop with two sides ($13), the Fried Chicken Breast with two sides ($14) and the Shrimp & Grits ($18).
Sides include cheese grits, five-cheese mac 'n' cheese, tomato pie, stewed tomatoes and okra, skillet fried corn, roasted garlic mashed potatoes, seasonal garden peas and ham, braised collard greens, Mississippi ratatouille and green beans.
"We thought we could fill a void and offer the kinds of food we grew up eating," Hamp said. "We call it upscale Southern soul food."
The couple had a feeling their menu would work.
"The few times we offered specials at Park Heights that leaned in the Southern direction, they really went over well," Blair said.
Hal said the new menu offers some lighter seasonal fare.
"We took off the pot pie for the summer," he said. "We took off the red drum with tarragon aioli and replaced it with blackened mahi with grilled peach salsa. We added catfish cakes and a grilled pork chop, and grouper, and snapper and fried green tomatoes."
And in response to customer requests, Blair said, they've added some lightened dishes and entrée salads.
As for desserts, they took off the Strawberry Pie – an homage to Shoney's – and added a Big Boy Hot Fudge Cake. They even have a Goo-Goo Cluster Cheesecake along with Frozen Caramel Pie and Bourbon Pecan Bread Pudding. All desserts are $6.
The bar offers 30 craft and specialty beers, a large selection of wines, including organic wines, and a dozen specialty cocktails.
Casual, not stuffy
Even with their success, though, the Hugheses admit their biggest challenge is a perception problem potential customers have.
"People think with it being tied to Park Heights that it's going to be an expensive meal," Blair said. "But it's not. So we're getting rid of the white tablecloths because people are quoting it as a 'white tablecloth restaurant,' even though we have Kraft paper on top for people to draw and color on."
The white tablecloths will be replaced with pearl gray ones and the Kraft paper will stay.
Another misconception is that there is a "fancy" dress code for patrons.
"The servers all wear jeans and T-shirts," said Jamie Young, the restaurant's manager. "People come in here to eat in workout clothes, in jeans, in shorts."
Hamp added that on prom night, there were high-school students in the restaurant in gowns and tuxedos. But that's not the norm.
"I think if we had a dress code, it would be, 'Just please have some clothes on,'" Chef Hal said, laughing.
Hamp stressed that he and Blair and the staff want customers to come in and feel comfortable in their surroundings.
'You can't have hardwood floors and play blues music and serve Southern food and not be casual," he said.
WHERE: 706 Hillcrest Drive, Tupelo (in the old Shoney's on North Gloster)
WHEN: Monday-Saturday, 5 to 9:30 p.m.
OFFERINGS: Dine-in, carry-out, catering. Two private dining rooms. Reservations taken for party of six or more.
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El Toro base history featured in exhibits
The Orange County Great Park is hosting a special reception Saturday for two new exhibitions – one that explores the history of the former El Toro Marine Corps Air Station and one that examines the year 1942, when construction began on the air station.
"Farmers to Flyers: Marine Corps Air Station El Toro and Mid-Century Orange County" and "Contemporary Artists Conceptualize the Year 1942" are now on display in the Great Park Gallery and the Artists Studios, respectively. The reception for the two shows will be from 7-9 p.m. Saturday in the Great Park Gallery and the park's Palm Court Arts Complex. Admission and parking are free.
"Farmers to Flyers" is a site-specific exhibition of historical photographs, documents and artifacts that recount the air station's profound impact on Southern California. Based on 400 oral history interviews with El Toro veterans, the exhibit is a joint project with the Center for Oral and Public History at Cal State Fullerton.
"It tells the story of the transition of this land from an agricultural breadbasket to the nation to a Marine air base that helped win World War II, and then in turn had an enormous influence on the way Orange County developed in the 1950s," said Henry Korn, manager of arts, culture and heritage at the Great Park.
Many of the oral histories are incorporated in the exhibit, and visitors can listen to voice recordings of veterans at phone stations.
In the Artists Studios across Palm Court, the exhibit "1942" features paintings by 16 Orange County artists and three from New York and Atlanta. Each artist was asked to think about what the year 1942 means to him or her, and the result explores themes such as family, fashion and the world at war.
Artists include Bradford Salamon, Caleb Morris, Jeff McMillan, Caroline Hadilaksono, Christian Ramirez, Junghwa Hong, Michelle Farro, Sisi Chen and Tony DiMauro.
"It ranges from some who are younger to others who are more established," said curator Kevin Staniec, who's also a program specialist in the arts, culture and heritage division at the Great Park. "Some artists have been around for a while."
Highlights include Salamon's nostalgic scenes from simpler times, and Hong's portrait of Anne Frank combined with a profile of Hong's daughter, who was the same age during a recent visit to Amsterdam.
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PANAMA CITY – Canada's national junior team shifted into high gear on Saturday at the Junior Pan Am Cup men's volleyball tournament thumping the Dominican Republic 25-17, 25-14, 25-16 in quarterfinal action.
With the victory Canada advances to a semifinal match-up with Chile on Sunday. The Canadians had finished third in their group in round robin play with a 1-2 record but showed Saturday they are saving their best for the crucial playoff matches.
Nicholas Hoag of Sherbrooke, Que., led Canada with 14 points which included two service aces. Bradley Kufske of Abbotsford, B.C., added nine points and Tristan Aubry of Edmonton eight including three on blocks.
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Walking onto the new Ralph Davidson Field at Johnston City High School, Jordan Quertermous and Isaac Ingram are side by side.
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The two former Harrisburg High School football players that played in this past year's IHSA Class 4A state semifinals, will strap on the helmet one more time for what Quertermous calls the true meaning of this game.
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The Star Trek Online site has been updated with the news that current and lapsed subscribers will be able to take advantage of the new F2P iteration beginning Thursday, January 5th. They will have access to the Silver level of the game for one month.
Starting tomorrow (Thursday, January 5th), anyone with a lapsed subscription to Star Trek Online will be able to log into the game and play as a Silver member. This means that any account that has in the past subscribed to the game, even if only for the initial month, can come back and play for free!
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[Mod Edit] cant wait for 17th
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Ehh... wasn't Early Access like 2 years ago? 0.o
I pity those who bought lifetime memberships...
Like myself in LOTRO.. lol!
I liked the character customization and the option to customize the companions too, I wished TOR had the same thing.
If you really want to cry over this game, go try to dig up the original design ideas before it was dumbed down into oblivion. I remember listening to a podcast and just being blown away by the plans the original developer had. It would have been a real Star Trek MMO.
That reminds me, how stupid are the corporations overseeing these huge intellectual properties? Star Trek has even more potential to be an amazing IP for an MMO than even Star Wars, and they totally blew it. A Star Trek MMO should be a cash cow.
A sure sign that you are in an old, dying paradigm/mindset, is when you are scared of new ideas and new technology. Don't feel bad. The world is moving on without you, and you are welcome to yell "Get Off My Lawn!" all you want while it happens. You cannot, however, stop an idea whose time has come.
Originally posted by Isturi
Live long and go play TOR lmao.
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Anyhow back on topic I enjoyed the 3 months I subbed to STO and definately will be hopping back in when f2p goes live.
I played STO in the past and the game was okay had good potential but the game play itself had lack fo players to actually make it fun, now the game going F2P actually really ruins the game experience for me even as a free or paying user here is why.
They add Respec Options, and put limits on how much I can respect my skills this used to be totally free in game as a paying member so why exactly should I pay when they limit me?
Additional Bridge Officer Slots, I assume that these have no value in PVP, otherwise a subscribe, or someone who purchases additional would have an advantage over others in PVP if they actually boosted any stats on the ship.
This is what really makes me pissed off about F2P games, as well all know a game going from Subscribe to Free 2 Play is the game company saying Hey our game failed at a subscription so we are going to give it away free and hope to make a profit, and so far.
1. STO has done this.
2. Lineage 2 has done it
3. Aion did this
But the worst F2P games I will never purchase for are Perfect World International, or Nexon because they charge way too much, add in a confusing point system to each game, add limits to what I can trade or do with stuff I purchase and make all the base game play around a cash shop not something that feels worth paying for when I would rather simply pay for a subscription that gives me all the key features of the game and allows me to play my way, but even with that I will not continue to pay for any game that adds barber shops, and charges me money each time I want to change any detail on my character, I don't care if this be a new game like Tera , or any other new MMO Release the moment they start to add pets, or charge for a character customize, I am hitting my Unsubscribe Button.
Originally posted by MindTrigger
If you really want to cry over this game, go try to dig up the original design ideas before it was dumbed down into oblivion. I remember listening to a podcast and just being blown away by the plans the original developer had. It would have been a real Star Trek MMO.
That reminds me, how stupid are the corporations overseeing these huge intellectual properties? Star Trek has even more potential to be an amazing IP for an MMO than even Star Wars, and they totally blew it. A Star Trek MMO should be a cash cow.
Yeah but it wasn't even the original developer, Perpetual Entertainment, it was their original lead designer Glen Dahlgren that had the right Idea. When he left in disgust because the suits at PE wanted him to change the direction of the game(Turn it into 'WoW in Space') they hired someone who would do their bidding. The dumbing down was already in full swing when PE went under and Cryptic took over.
Here is an old interview with Glen Dalgren that shows us a little of the STO he invisioned.
I would have loved to play the STO that Glen proposed but it just wasn't to be. The Suits at PE squashed his vision of STO long before Cryptic ever got ahold of the IP. As for the Cryptic game I may give it another shot now that it's going free to play. I don't see it being much better than the last time I played however. They may have added more content but that still won't hide STO's most glaring flaw... The Cryptic Engine.
The last major content update took them 3 or 4 mo to fix and even then they didn't fix everything. Not to mention the problems they left unattended from before . They then begged Stahl to come back and fix the foundry , which was majorly f'd . ( not to mention Cryptic was made to pull the release of NWN and redo it. Highly embrassing and indicative of sort of crap Cryptic produces . Major staff turn over , not surprising given , new bosses ) They've been promising to FIX Klingons since the game released , Has that happened ? No. Everything is always on the to do do list . All they keep doing is finding and dreaming up methods to soak the player base of it's cash . This whole project has been an embrassment , to Cryptic and by Cryptic. Everything was Atari's fault previously , now it'll all be PWI's fault. The sooner this aberration dies , the better for the IP. CBS should be embrassed that it allows this game to represent the IP and should pull the licensing , when able. ( Usually these things are 5 year deals , witth another 5 year option )
Sorry, but Lineage 2 does not belong in your arguement, becuase unlike the other 2 games mentioned it was p2p for 8 years before going f2p so they could get even more out of a great game.
Originally posted by Renoaku
sorry to burst your bubble there but this game isn't centered around the cash shop if it were i would not be there right now playing. It's got options in the shop and they aren't necessary to play nor does it require a crazy amount of grinding to get what you need. Their dailies consist of sending subordinates out into the field to do missions and waiting. OOoooh aaaah that's difficult. You get currency, resources and yes rare ones too, and you get new officers for free. It's nothing like it was.
I'll say it again. Just like I did well before this game ever launched.
There has never been a good Star Trek video game.
Originally posted by falc0n
What really made me mad was that I bought into the hype and bought my preorder through sy fy for 50 bucks. I still don't think I ever got my moneys worth
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You guys are forgetting something major here. This is cryptic. even free to play is gonna be about as far from "free" as any mmo can go. You'll most likely be able to log in, but they'll force you to buy letter from the alphabet just to name your toon. I wouldn't piss on these guys to put them out if they were on fire.
You can't even own a T5 constitution refit. This is a Star Trek game and I don't give two credits about the timeline. I bought the life time. I bought the Constitution and it's bridge. No more money now. I'm boycotting.
Originally posted by CujoSWAoA
I'll say it again. Just like I did well before this game ever launched.
There has never been a good Star Trek video game.
Yeah, you are right. Even Bethesda botched up that concept.
And there were never a good MMORPG made in 18 months either.
They should have doubled the development time ( at least) and made it a lot geekier to get the Trekkies to like it instead of focusing on the casual MMO players. While casual initially might give you more players Trekkies are probably the most faithful fanbois there are out there and screwing them over was a huge misstake.
I just don't get it, what exactly am i to do if i log in to STO?.
Are Craptic telling me they have lots of new missions for maxed out Fed / Klingon toons?.
Surely they are not pinning their hopes on this Foundry with Player! made missions and a few (Weeklys, i think they were called) missions.
Any chance someone can tell me please.


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