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TSUTigers sat down with Kesi Hess to talk about her TSU experience.
TSUTigers: Talk about your overall TSU experience.
A: great opportunity to live, laugh, learn and grow as an individual.
TSUTigers: What do you love most about TSU?
A: Tradition
TSUTigers: What will you miss most about TSU?
TSUTigers: What is your most memorable basketball moment at TSU?
A: Winning on senior night
TSUTigers: What is your most memorable non-basketball moment at TSU?
A: Freshmen Week
TSUTigers: How do you feel social networking played a role in this season?
A: Good. Good advertising for the games/players and keeping updates on away games!
TSUTigers: Do you have a favorite TSU fan/supporter? If so, who?
A: Ms.Pinkerton "Shoot it like ya want it!!"
TSUTigers: What advice would you give to incoming freshman?
A: Stay spiritually grounded! Work hard and don't give up!
TSUTigers: What was your most challenging class at TSU?
A: Any upper division accounting course
TSUTigers: Who was your favorite professor?
A: Mr. Daniel Powers (accounting principles)
TSUTigers: What organizations were you a part of outside of basketball?
A: Fellowship of Christian Athletes and My Sisters Keeper
TSUTigers: Who have been the most influential people to you at TSU?
A: Lee Brown (Sports Chaplin),Duvall Young, Avery Jones, and Jeremy Perry
TSUTigers: What's next for you?
A: Corporate World
TSUTigers: Once you are an alumnus, how will you stay connected with TSU?
A: Sports and Friends
TSUTigers: What do you know now that you didn't know coming in as a freshman?
A: How mentally tough I am
TSUTigers: What have you learned at TSU that you will keep with you for the rest of your life?
A: Mental Toughness
TSUTigers: Is there anything else that you would like to say to the TSU family?
A: Thanks for the Journey!


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Just about everybody agrees Washington is a gridlocked mess. But who's the man to fix it? After two years of brawling and brinkmanship between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans, more voters trust Mitt Romney to break the stalemate, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows.
Romney's message — a vote for Obama is a vote for more gridlock — seems to be getting through. Almost half of likely voters, 47 percent, think the Republican challenger would be better at ending the logjam, compared with 37 percent for Obama.
With the race charging into its final week, Romney is pushing that idea. He increasingly portrays himself as a get-things-done, work-with-everybody pragmatist, in hopes of convincing independent voters that he can overcome Washington's bitter partisanship. The AP-GfK poll shows the race in a virtual dead heat, with Romney at 47 percent to Obama's 45 percent, a difference within the margin of sampling error.
At a rally Wednesday in Coral Gables, Fla., Romney recounted how he worked with the Democratic-led Legislature as governor of Massachusetts and insisted he would find common ground with Democrats in Washington, too: "We can't change course in America if we keep attacking each other. We've got to come together and get America on track again."
Obama made his own show of bipartisanship Wednesday, touring superstorm Sandy devastation alongside Republican Gov. Chris Christie in New Jersey. A major Romney supporter, Christie has been praising Obama's "outstanding" response to the natural disaster.
Obama counters the Washington gridlock question by predicting that Republican lawmakers focused on opposing his re-election will become more cooperative once he wins a second term and becomes ineligible to run again. Referring to the top Republicans in Congress, Obama joked he would "wash John Boehner's car" or "walk Mitch McConnell's dog" to help get a federal deficit-cutting deal.
Obama also argues that Romney is more conservative these days than when he was elected governor and will find his newer ideas don't go down easily with Senate Democrats. For example, Romney, who worked with legislators to pass a health care overhaul in Massachusetts, has vowed to repeal the Democrats' similar national health care law.
In the AP-GfK poll, about 1 out of 6 likely voters didn't take a side on the gridlock issue: 6 percent weren't sure who would do a better job at getting Washington moving and 10 percent didn't trust either man to break the impasse among congressional partisans.
"They all need to be taken by the ear by a grandma," voter Margaret Delaney, 65, said in frustration.
She lives in Janesville, Wis., the hometown of Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, and she's leaning toward voting for the GOP ticket. But when it comes to ending gridlock, Delaney thinks it may not matter whether Romney or Obama is president.
"I'm not sure either of them can do it," she said.
A political standoff last year came close to forcing the government to default on its bills and led Standard & Poor's to downgrade the United States' credit rating. Over the past two years, a Congress split between Republican and Democratic leadership posted one of the least productive sessions in history.
When lawmakers return after Election Day for a lame-duck session, they need to work together with Obama to solve some festering troubles, including the "fiscal cliff" — a looming combination of higher taxes and spending cuts that could trigger another recession if Congress doesn't find a resolution.
If re-elected, Obama will almost certainly face another two years or more of divided government. Polling in the states suggests Republicans are likely to keep the control of the U.S. House that they won in 2010. And tea partyers who stymied efforts to reach a deficit-reduction deal seem certain to remain a substantial presence.
There's a good chance that a President Romney would face a split Congress, as well. Democrats appear to have an edge in holding onto their Senate majority, especially if the presidential race remains close. At least a dozen of the 33 Senate races remain competitive, making the overall outcome tough to predict.
Obama also likes to remind Democrats and like-minded independent voters that he serves as a check on congressional Republicans. The president suggests Romney would be unwilling to stand up to "the more extreme parts of his party."
Leigh Westholm of Pensacola, Fla., said that's why she supports Obama's re-election even though she doesn't think he will be able to make peace with House Republicans.
"It takes two to tango and he has tried and tried for four years," Westholm said. "It might be better for Romney, but I don't agree with his views."
But Romney supporter Gary Bivins, a 57-year-old West Chester, Ohio, retiree volunteering in his first presidential campaign, says don't blame Congress.
A president needs the ability to lead, he said, and "I think Obama has shown no skill in that area."
The Associated Press-GfK Poll was conducted Oct. 19-23 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications. It involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,186 adults nationwide, including 839 likely voters. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, for likely voters it is 4.2 points.
AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius and AP writers Todd Richmond in Wisconsin, Melissa Nelson-Gabriel in Pensacola, Dan Sewell in Cincinnati and Kasie Hunt in Florida contributed to this report. The questions and results are available at http://www.ap-gfkpoll.com .
Who can fix political gridlock? Poll favors Romney
Just about everybody agrees Washington is a gridlocked mess. But who's the man to fix it? After two years of brawling and brinkmanship between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans, more voters trust Mitt Romney to break the stalemate, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows.


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Data analyze- by using SPSS tool
Budget $90-100 USD
I have data in Excel Sheets. I need to analyze the relationship between different variables using Regression as well as other tools.
in Excel File, you will find data in Sheets titled- Hybrid, Solar (5 sheets) and Wind.(i ill send the file selected person only)
There are power output data collected from various renewable energy production clusters.
In the Hybrid Sheet there is also data on atmospheric conditions including Light, Temperature, Pressure, Wind Speed, Rainfall etc.
The data are between the period Nov 2015 till August 2016.
I need the following:
- Power output data for Hybrid, Solar and Wind cluster to be plotted over the specified timeline.
- Impact of the atmospheric conditions on Power Output assessed for each cluster. For the Hybrid Cluster all the atmospheric conditions are relevant. For the Solar Cluster, all atmospheric conditions excepting the wind data is relevant. For the Wind Cluster all atmospheric conditions excepting the light data are relevant.
- I need to see how power output varies during the different months of the year. In order to complete a full 12 month period, two more months worth of data will be required (Sep & Oct). I will receive these data towards the end of the month but for now I would like to generate all the other graphs, charts, regresssion analysis etc.
- Please suggest any other tools which you think might be relevant for me to do this analysis.
- Where there are gaps in the data, please disregard those points as the participants might not have been able to record data for some issues during that day. i need this done it today. only apply if you have experience dat analyze or SPSS tool or similar tools SPSS is software for editing and analyzing data
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Meeting Notes 2011 12 13
HOWTO run a meeting.[edit]
Pick a moderator, and a note-taker. The note-taker should:
- write notes in this page, put them back up online when they're done,
- edit the Current Consensus Items if anything is decided to be up for consensus next week (stuff raised for consensus this week should be publicised for a final decision next week)
- edit the Consensus Items History if anything was consensed or failed to consense this week.
- tell email@example.com and firstname.lastname@example.com if there are new members.
Moderator should:
- make sure everyone gets a chance to speak
- speak minimally themselves
- keep the meeting moving! you're in charge of summarising the consensus, and/or suggesting things that need to be done!
- get the membership binders and ensure they are returned to the black desk
The 191st Meeting of Noisebridge
Note-taker: Ben
Moderator: Danny
Introduction and Names[edit]
- What Noisebridge is about: "Noisebridge is a 501c3 nonprofit that provides a space for creation, collaboration, and learning about technology and creative projects. Noisebridge provides space, power tools, and infrastructure to help the public learn new skills and create cool things. Noisebridge continues to exist through and depends entirely on membership fees and donations. Our code of conduct is 'Be excellent to each other'."
- Round of introductions:
Danny: moderating, hacks and leads social engineering group
Marko: from Toronto, wants to
Anonymous: expect me
Josh: hack on software ethernet, arduino on door
Nick: makes web games, plays on servers
Rummmrm pizza
Erica: Pretends to be working
Jesse: member of biocurious
Justin: random stuff hive76 philly
Rayce: moves everything quickly
Andrew: Hacks on things and sometimes gets burned by things
- A brief primer on consensus process: Consensus is a process for proposals where any concerns about the proposals are examined by the group and adjusted until the group agrees on the proposal. It is the note-taker's opinion that the contrast to consensus is a system where individuals do not invest the work required for consensus. Rather than invest said (sometimes boring) work someone is appointed to do the work instead. The end result being the people who did not want to invest in the (sometimes boring) work do not have their interests represented and sacrifice a disproportionately large section of whatever was up for consensus. If you think it's a drudge consider the alternatives. Representative Consensus PoC ended, will not be implemented, inherently flawed. /soapbox
Short Announcements[edit]
Rayce has converted the refrigerator into a giant whiteboard. Go and bask in the food prep area at the fruits of labors.
New or Stale Events[edit]
Replicator Wednesdays is at Hacker Dojo this week.
Financial Report[edit]
Funds in bank: $21,623.58
Paypal has eased up a bit. NB now has EIN without SS#. Things will proceed.
Membership Binder[edit]
Michael Monarchy: I thought that i was b=going tone left behind w computers… woodwork n sewing. Can donate and knowledge transfers week 1 no sponsors yet
Josh J: Concerned about software n hardware quality/freedom n civil rights and justice, great sponsor Leif NB is purest form of these ideals
Michael M: hacking is way of life and love contributing week4 2 sponsors ready
Brian K; NB is tight 1. sponsor week 3
Erica L: here all times and likes contributing 2 sponsors week 3
Ada: NB is awesome. Doer 2 sponsor Joghen and k week 4
Max W: NB is the shiet 2 sponsor week 4
Jeff S: stuck in 2011 world without time machine: wants to build way back. 1 sponsor week 4
Katlyn M: Graphics technology and games n media week 1
Stephen B : NB is best hackerpsace in bay area starting a company collaboration 2 sponsor week 4
Josh: joined EFF and shirt is in the mail; mac relics, writes software, works on projects that… most of the things i work on will be used by nobody or lead great change. Mac relics is posix layer on system calls so take untrusted 16k code and only have access to… lost track, 64 k emulator, taking new perspective on emulator that does not boot mac os into window in current environment rather emulate ac toolbox calls so app will be at same level as mac native apps (like Wine but… ) furthet off io future curious about running untrusted 4th party code. Ex… 4th party is ad layer. What if age auth does not trust adverts on page? How to implement… since already using 16k … pay cost of emulation once the virtualsation.. design principle of unix is hierarchy. No silver bullet on social contracts. The people who implement the system are key to the system. Would block consensus IF item under consideration was detrimental to community. (does that warrant blocking consensus) Appreciates value of reality check but blocking… a block means something requires further discussion or
Josh is now a member. Beer provided was Corona and limes were also supplied.
Consensus items[edit]
(Add any new items for consensus to the Current Consensus Items page.)
Discussion Items[edit]
President is up for election: Discussion about previous selection processes. Next president should be MC Hawking: Michael Charlie Hawking is nominated Election postponed to after 12.01.01?
End of Meeting[edit]
- PGP Key Signing could happen now, check the list to see who wants in on the action.
- Put back the membership binder in the black desk.
- Save the meeting notes to the wiki.
- Send a copy of the meeting notes to the discussion list.
- Copy the Meeting Notes Template for next week's agenda and update the main wiki page's link to it.
- Enjoy a cocktail with your fellow hacker or robot.


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The trailer for director Ridley Scott's Robin Hood is now online. The action-adventure, coming to theaters on May 14, stars Russell Crowe, Cate Blanchett, William Hurt, Matthew Macfadyen, Mark Strong, Oscar Isaac, Lea Seydoux, Scott Grimes, Kevin Durand, Alan Doyle, Danny Huston and Max von Sydow.
You can watch the trailer using the player below or in High Definition QuickTime here! The first official photos from the film can also be found here. For more info on the movie, go here.


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Historic Austin Golf Course Renovating After October Floods
By Eleanor Holmes and Brittany Lamas
For Reporting Texas and the Austin American-Statesman
Onion Creek Club, the historic golf course ravaged six months ago by a catastrophic flood, will return this summer in its original form.
Club officials announced in April their plans to restore the entire 27-hole course in South Austin, a project that includes rebuilding the 40-year-old holes swallowed by the October flood and planting new grass on every green. The work assures the survival of the golf home of the Champions Tour, created out of a tournament that began at Onion Creek in 1978.
The club plans to open the original front-nine holes in July, said Onion Creek general manager Justin Jafarian. Seven of those cypress-lined holes along the creek were nearly destroyed by the 100-year flood that caused more than $7 million in damage to the course and maintenance equipment.
Club officials debated what to do when they saw the scale of the destruction. Some members wondered if the club would commit to repairing the front-nine holes along the creek. Jafarian said the club weighed the risks of another damaging flood but decided to rebuild.
Peter Contreras, a member of Onion Creek and an assistant athletic director for the University Interscholastic League, said the character of the club resides in those original golf holes.
"I believe the lure of that place is the history and the tradition," Contreras said.
Shortly before dawn on Oct. 31, 2013, rains pushed Onion Creek to 40 feet above normal stage. The swiftly moving water tore turf from the golf club's putting surfaces, destroyed bunkers and ripped trees from the ground, including the only one next to the sixth green. Fourteen of the course's 27 holes were submerged.
Plenty of work remains. Uprooted tree trunks rest in the grass next to cart paths. Dumpsters and Caterpillar equipment sit on the course. A tire hangs on a tree branch above the creek along No. 16.
But crews have cleared most of the debris, which included brush, rocks, trash, lawn chairs, a toilet seat and an old photograph from a military funeral. Two weeks ago, Onion Creek acted as the host course for the UIL Class 5A golf championships.
The only golf course designed by three-time Masters winner Jimmy Demaret, Onion Creek opened in 1974. For 12 years, the course served as the host of the Legends of Golf, a tournament for retired PGA Tour players such as Demaret, Jack Burke Jr., Sam Snead and Arnold Palmer. The event led to the creation of the Champions Tour.
After opening the original front-nine holes this summer, the club will work on the nine newer greens designed by Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore. The original back nine will be completed last, Jafarian said. The club hopes to have all 27 holes finished by October, a year after the flood. The work also includes restoring bunkers.
The club plans to plant a new grass, TifEagle Bermuda, on the putting surfaces. TifEagle can be mowed lower to increase putting speeds and is used at world-renowned golf courses such as PGA National in Florida, Kapalua Plantation in Hawaii and the Ocean Course at Kiawah Island in South Carolina.
Most of the project can be completed in-house by Onion Creek or its parent company, Dominion Golf Group of San Antonio, Jafarian said.
The club also launched a membership campaign to coincide with the restoration. Onion Creek hopes to reach 500 golf members by the end of May, which would help offset the $1 million cost of the work on the greens and bunkers. Membership had grown from 400 before the campaign to 492 as of Tuesday, Jafarian said.
"Even though this was devastating and it had a significant impact on business, we're excited that members have supported us and the community has supported us," Jafarian said, "and we are able to turn this into something positive."
Welcome to Reporting Texas, a digital media initiative from the School of Journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. Reporting Texas accepts submissions from undergraduate and graduate students throughout the university, promoting engagement in the digital age of journalism.
Supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and its Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education, Reporting Texas serves four primary goals: To showcase the best work of our University of Texas at Austin undergraduate and graduate students; to offer quality, multimedia reporting to local, state, and national news outlets; to experiment with new approaches in journalism education; and to combine aspects of community reporting with multimedia resources.
These efforts grow out of two previous initiatives at the University of Texas at Austin School of Journalism – CapLink and the Capital News Service – in which student journalists provided free public affairs reporting to community newspapers around Texas. In that spirit, Reporting Texas offers all content free of charge to all news outlets as long as we are credited for our work.
Reporting Texas focuses on unique and often hidden stories, using text, photos, audio, and video to provide views of in-depth people and places rarely seen in the news.
If you have questions/comments about the site, please contact the Reporting Texas editor, Mark Coddington. We encourage readers to leave comments, which we reserve the right to edit.
Also, you can check us out on Twitter.
And once again, welcome to Reporting Texas!
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Reporting Texas supports young journalists by fostering an ethical and creative environment for graduate and undergraduate students at the University of Texas to report the news and thereby shed light on our community and our world. Our mission is supported by a grant from the Carnegie Corporation of New York and its Initiative on the Future of Journalism Education. Reporting Texas represents a wealth of disciplines, and all students are invited to present their ideas to our editorial staff, who review and edit all submissions. We welcome reporting through traditional and novel approaches, including text, photos, slideshows, sound slides, videos and mixed media. We emphasize reporting that focuses on untold stories.
Additionally, Reporting Texas is open to mutually beneficial partnerships across a wide breadth of news outlets. For more information, please send an e-mail to the editor, Mark Coddington.


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algorithmic modeling for Rhino
Hi All,
Is there a way to build a curve into a polyline of multiple exact equal segments in grasshopper?
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create circles from start point of curve, where the intersection occurs from the previous circle is the centre point of the next, repeat. Get point list, create lines. All will be equal. This is the generic geometric approach, not sure if there is a component out of the vast array on offer which may do this automatically.
Yes, there happens to be one. Well, it will generate the list of points, you just need to connect the polyline component to it.
No wonder newy011 couldn't find it. It's buried deep under the ambiguously named tab and subgroup:
Curve -> Division -> Divide distance
Classic case of grasshopper ignorance impeding the ability of users to solve simple problems anyone idly browsing the tabs or randomly typing in the finder could do in a doddle...
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JJSmith necesitaba un nuevo diseño de impreso o envases y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 57 diseños de 21 diseñadores freelance.
aProven Probiotic
aProvenProduct.com is dedicated to providing "top shelf" nutritional supplements, and our Probiotic will be no different. It will contain the only three strains of probiotics to have been fully researched with documented health benefits. Better digestion and stronger immunity are only the beginning. These strains have been documented to also reduce high blood pressure, increase bone density, lower cholesterol and improve sleep and more.
This brand will target people interested in getting the best possible health supplements available at any price. People taking these supplements will be part of an elite group of health conscious, over-educated consumers (meaning they probably know as much about their supplements as some of the scientists making them.)
These are not people easily fooled or tempted by generic supplements made from cheap ingredients and manufactured without any regard to how they work.
Think proven science: trusted, reliable and powerful. Exclusivity and highest quality. The finely calibrated race car among clunkers. Strength, health and vitality.
The bottle will be brown/amber glass with a white cap. Be creative.
Label Size: 2.125 inches high by 5.125 inches wide.
Must contain the following:
"Shelf stable bacteria"
"No refrigeration required"
"Certified Organically Grown"
"Herbal Dietary Supplement"
"CAUTION: Do not take within two hours of taking antibiotics"
"These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease."
Must have the name "aProven Probiotic" and the tagline, "Better Digestion Is Only The Beginning"
Must contain attached supplement facts.


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When it comes to the next generation iPhone, is thinner always better, or would you trade a couple of extra millimeters for longer battery life? Rumors went around last week about Apple potentially changing screen technology to something that would let them make the iPhone 5 thinner than the current iPhone 4S. There was also some talk about Android maker HTC running internal polls about thinner phones vs. longer battery life. Apple, however, made the new iPad slightly thicker last time, in part to make sure they could add a Retina display and LTE radio and still off the same battery life.
If the iPhone casing gets even slightly bigger, then the battery can spread out more and maybe the next generation iPhone can be thinner and get the same or better battery life. If the iPhone 5 keeps the same overall casing size, however, something might have to give.
If you had the choice between a thinner new iPhone with shorter battery life, a same depth iPhone with the same battery life, and a slightly thicker new iPhone with longer battery life, which would you choose?
Vote in the poll up top and give me your reasons why in the comments below!


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Reviewed by Evan M. (age 8) and Daniel K. (age 8)
My (Evan's) opinion is they should put more people in the song. It would be even more interesting with additional parts added to the cannon. I (Daniel) liked the illustrations because the men looked funny. They have chubby faces and dots on their cheeks. Drummer Hoff won the Gold Caldecott Medal in 1968.
We recommend this book to people who like the army. We also recommend this book to people who like to read Caldecott award winning books. Children who like stories that build and rhyme will like this book!


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The Chief Classic TV Show
Police drama. A Chief Constable has to juggle the pressures of work with the problems of home life. Creatively filmed and containing realistic, gritty plots.
The Chief Fan Tributes7 Susie Howard from Luton: Love this series, pleased to see that season 3 will be out in April 11.
6 Brian King from LOndon: I have waited years for the Chief to be produced on DVD and now it is. Series 1 & 2 are now out. I cannot wait fro the whole series to be on DVD. As a retired Police Offier I found the Chief a refreshing look at an alternative side of policing i.e. the politics of running the force. Great series.
5 jb from London: The first series of The Chief is available on dvd as a import from the Netherlands, in English with Dutch subtitles and can be purchased through amazon http://www.amazon.co.uk/CHIEF-1-Martin-Shaw/dp/B0029M9E7C/ref=classictelly-21?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1243975981&sr=8-13/classictelly-21 It's a bit pricey at £31.00
4 jb from london: For those that like The Chief there was a behind the scenes book published in 1995 called 'On Duty with 'The Chief' by Peter Haining published by Boxtree and available on Amazon. It has interviews with both Tim Pigott Smith and Martin Shaw. I thought the theme music was rather good, I hope they repeat it on ITV3 or release on dvd!
3 Kev from South Yorkshire: ITV 3 have shown a one-off episode last week. I spoke to their programming department who have said they have passed my request on to the scheduling team. The more people that write to them, maybe they will re run the whole series.
2 Kev from South Yorkshire: Great drama. Wish it would be re run. Trying desperatly to find who has the rights to show it again ? Would pay a small fortune to have the lot on DVD but its never been released. Shame cos the series was great and puts some of todays stuff to shame.
1 Geoff Pritchard from Edinburgh: I was an "extra" that was filmed in HMP Barlinnie, Glasgow Scotland. I played the part of a Policeman and spent a day in the company of Tim Piggott-Smith who was charming as were the rst of the crew. We had some laughs at their expense. Altogehter we had a great day with great food and we got paid to do it.
The Chief
Genre: Drama
Year: 1990-95
Martin Shaw as Chief Cons Alan Cade
Tim Pigott-Smith as Chief Cons John Stafford
Karen Archer as Assist Chief Cons Anne Stewart
Gillian Bevan as Det Supt Rose Penfold
Eamon Boland as DS Jim Gray
David Cardy as Martin Stewart
Michael Cochrane as Nigel Crimmond
Julian Glover as Andrew Blake
Bosco Hogan as Dep Chief Cons Wes Morton
Judy Loe as Dr Elizabeth Stafford
Stuart McGugan as Head of CID Sean McCloud
T.P. McKenna as Colin Fowler
Nickolas Grace and Sean Pertwee.
Tim Piggott-Smith won the 1985 best actor BAFTA for Jewel in the Crown.
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While the northern regions are struggling with yet another snowstorm, the southern regions are gearing up for spring, and planting time. This week, four farmers planted seed in the first of their fields. As it happens, each farmer planted on a different day, in a different direction, and even planted a different crop. Determine the name of each farmer (one was Jack), what day each planted, the direction that each field lay from the farmer's house, and what type of grain each farmer planted.
1. Joe planted in the west field. The corn wasn't planted on Tuesday.
2. The farmer who planted in the north field didn't plant oats.
3. The farmer who planted in the south field planted wheat. Joe didn't plant the corn.
4. On Thursday, the east field was planted. The oats weren't planted on Wednesday.
5. Jake planted on Monday, but he didn't plant the corn. Jeff planted oats.
6. The farmer who planted rye didn't plant on Thursday.
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I tend to like to hold on to things. My father used be the tosser/organizer in our household. He would sometimes get carried away and toss important stuff. I on the other hand would keep too much stuff and the important stuff would get lost in it all. I am trying to find a happy medium between these two extreme styles. I've quickly filled up my free cloud storage at Google Drive and Drop Box (I am now going to open a Skydrive account at Microsoft for additional storage). I don't want to pay for cloud storage I would rather put that money towards other things. Over the years even a small cost adds up.
I've been catching up on my backups to the cloud. Doing this I've noticed how bad my computer filing has been and how inconsistent I have been when it comes to putting things in the right folder. So I am cleaning up sweeping out and reorganizing as I go along. What I am discovering as I go along is:
- I should try to limit the number of folders I have because that it over complicating my filing.
- I should toss duplicates because I am backing up to several places anyway.
- I need to keep the collateral information separate I have some merged with my own line.
- When it comes to backing up first save what can't easily be replaced ie stuff that's not already stored in digital form on a reliable site like Ancestry.com or Family Search where I can access again.
- All my important documents linking generations need backing up no matter how easy I can replace them.
- Name my files appropriately so they will come up in my searches. I sometimes download and don't name something or give the file an obscure and can't find it again.
- I should backup any new document or photo I get immediately, otherwise, I will forget later whether it had been backed up or not. I don't have enough space to back up everything over and over.


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I have so many fun classroom activities to post on this blog and I'm way behind. So if you already taught your littles about spiders just tuck this away for next year.
Halloween this year was so fun we made witches brew and did some spooky science with dry ice. My kids loved it!
We leaned the letter S and made a spider web with all our S words we found around the room. I gave each child a sentence strip and they had to find a S word in the classroom.
We labeled the parts of a spider with a little help from this song
I found this giant harry spider at Target
They drew a spider in their science journal and labeled it.
We made hand print spiders and wrote spider list poems using spider verbs and adjectives.
We graphed are you afraid of spiders and made our first pie graph. The recording sheet and spider coins can be found in my spider unit.
I love how Kim Adsit had her kids write the data with her on white boards so I gave it a try. We practiced making tally marks and the symbols for equal, greater than, and less than.
We have been practicing measuring with non standard measurement. He is something I had in one of my morning tubs.
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One good thing about being a packrat: I don't have to leave my house to shop for an Easter centerpiece. Sometimes, though, it's like an archaeological dig or looking for treasure without a map, or hints.
First, I set up a table for two on the little yellow table.
The brown eggs are fake, but the little white eggs were laid by our guineas.
In the same cabinet, I found my bee juice glasses.
Last year, I found the hinged egg cups at Big Lots ($2 each).
I made a centerpiece in a small wire basket--just a few pansies with moss tucked around them .
Let's look closer at the pansies ... actually, let's get really close.
I can make the biggest messes, but I do find interesting things. Sometimes.
Dishes, wire basket, and retro "North, South, East, West" glasses (in the green wire caddy) are available at my Etsy Bitsy China Closet.


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My blog has no 'real title' other than Christy. I'd say that pretty much covers who I am, so I'm just defining my 'next step' in the near future whenever I feel like it via the banner...until I feel like getting this mess of a blog into something semi-organized. I don't feel like it now. I may never feel like it. So in this next month...or so...there will be glitter. I'm going back to my scrapbooks. I miss them, they miss me. We need to be together. They want me to bring the glitter. I'm going back to candy too, as of Easter morning. I miss it. It misses me. We need to be together. In the near future I'll be spending time with glitter and gumdrops....and probably a gluestick or 15. The banner means nothing. Ignore me. I'm here for my own entertainment. It's my philosophy in life.
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Just A Little Aside...
Posted by Christy Robbins at 9:26 PM 1 comments
Cheese Wafers
A gal at work (Karen) brought these to a shower recently, and they reminded me of these wafers I used to get at the Magic Time Machine. I've been looking for wafers like those for years to have in my daily life. I've bought many boxes that LOOKED similar, but it's never the same. These come pretty close, though the cayenne gives them a bit more of a kick...it's kind of nice! I like to eat them with salads (in place of croutons), or on soup (maybe Tomato?...if you like that sort of thing...I don't). I also like to eat them for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and midnight snacks. Karen shared her recipe with me, and now...I'm documenting it here in this little 'living recipe box' I'm creating. I can't tell you how many times I open up my blog at the grocery store if I can't remember some ingredient I need for a meal. I love my iphone (it needed to be said...this week).
1 cup Margarine, softened
2 cups Flour
8 ounces, weight Sharp Cheddar Cheese, grated
1 teaspoon Cayenne
½ teaspoons Salt
½ teaspoons Worcestershire Sauce
2 cups Rice Krispie Cereal
Cut softened margarine into the flour. Add grated cheese and seasonings. Fold in the cereal. (The dough will be very flaky at this point.) Use your hands to press dough into small balls (about 1 inch) and place on a cookie sheet. Flatten balls with a fork dipped in flour (or the palm of your hand). You should be able to get 4-5 dozen crackers out of the mix, depending on the size of your crackers. Bake for 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
Posted by Christy Robbins at 9:13 PM 2 comments
Imagination Required
I know Santa has a naughty list, but what sort of list does the Easter bunny keep? I don't know, but this big guy is on it...whatever 'it' is...a rotten egg list, maybe?
I saw some Jelly Bean shaped cookies at thedecoratedcookie website last year. All year I knew I'd be trying out the shape this Easter with my favorite sugar cookie recipe. I bought these little oval cookie cutters (used mostly for fondant work, but....I don't work with fondant...so...)
I used the middle size cookie cutter, and pinched in the center of that so the oval became more of a jellybean shape.
I dyed a bunch of icing various bright fun colors. Iced the cookies. Set them on the counter. I tossed about 8 rejects to the back of the counter (bad shape, bad color...lazy icing), and went to get my camera to take a picture of the rest of the cookies. Ten steps into my journey to find my camera I realize I'm one dog short of a dog pack...and now 1 tray short of a jelly bean picture. Max works faster than my brain can function.
Please, let me introduce you to the reject jelly beans that didn't get iced right, aren't the bright colors I loved best, and just got dumped in the trash after this shot.
I'm now moving on to Easter Dessert Plan B. It requires no icing. It also isn't anything 'Easter' themed-other than the fact that it's what I'm going to bring to Easter dinner instead of the Jelly Bean Sugar Cookies. Oh well.
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Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Just a Few Thoughts for Tuesday...
-I hope the health department doesn't swing by my house. I'm pretty sure it would be condemned. I need to clean. I need to unpack from the last three weeks of travel. I need to dust. I need to move.
-I'm allergic to spring.
-Last night I tried out a recipe for Squash Casserole. I discovered recently I like it..a lot...apparently, when other people make it. I did a lot of research. I was a little dissappointed in the outcome. It just didn't have enough flavor for me, but it had so much potential in the written form! This morning I discovered the 1/4 c. butter that was supposed to have gone in the dish still sitting in my microwave ready to be melted and added. That sounds about right.
-Sometimes I like to walk to Albertson's Grocery Store in the evening. It's about a mile. I walk through the store, to the bakery, and then...I snag a free cookie out of the bin on their counter, and....walk home again. I don't know if this cancels out the cookie...or the walk....or if this counteractive move cancels out time in general and when I get home I'm no where closer to being healthy, or unhealthy. It's like it all never happened.
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Monday, March 29, 2010
Carla's Baby Shower-'The Personal Stuff'
I've been friends with Carla since we were giggling elementary pre-teens. We both grew up in the Dallas area, and our smaller girl scout troops merged into a large troop, and we've been partners in crime since the merger. I'd need a separate blog to document the years of friendship, and amnesty before I could share some of our adventures, but....we've had quite a few. Her Mom moved the family to Austin when we were sophomores in high school, and somehow-despite the lack of internet, void of free long distance phone services, or texting plans-we kept up with each other, grew closer still, got together, and made memories along the way. Six years ago (before I blogged), I hosted a bridal shower for her, and stood next to her as the Maid of Honor at her wedding. A year later, I hosted a baby shower in anticipation of John Ross entering the family circle (pictures, lost forever, though she claims to have a few on her computer). I've traveled down I-35 for baptisms, birthday parties, and 'just becauses.' Alexis is now on her way, and she needed a welcome from the gal that plans to add her to the 'kids to spoil' list. The list is getting long!
I chose to host the shower in Austin because that's her home base now, despite my best efforts to get them to come 'back' to Dallas. Carla and Chris have an amazing back yard, and since we were going with BBQ, that's where we headed. Even though the party was FOR the family, I know it's hard to have a party at your house, especially lugging around a belly full of baby, but they threw themselves into helping get the house, and yard ready while I pulled together the decorations, and food. Chris agreed, more than willingly, to grill the meat because I can't be trusted to grill meat. I like it dead, very, very dead. Someday I'll learn how to do this correctly, Saturday was not the day. This meant he was manning the grill while the guest were socializing, though I know they kept him company, it did carve a big chunk out of his time, and he never complained.
In fact, he never complained about any of the 6,543 things Carla, myself, and her pal Gretchen (who flew in from Omaha) asked of him, lots of which we didn't actually ever have to ask, he just did it. He may never let me come back, but I sure appreciated his help.
John Ross was a little bit shy with the stranger who only shows up a few times a year on special occasions. He did identify that I drive a Chevy, and I think this moved me up a notch in his book, he is apparently a fan of the Chevy, and gives lectures to people who drive cars from other continents. He is a smarty, and he kept me entertained.
The extended family came out, along with new (to me) friends from work and play. I love Carla's Mom, and Aunt...always have, always will. They are fun ladies. I can't wait to see Alexis added to the ranks of these strong women.
After hours of talking, eating...
...and present opening...
...a few presents caused some disturbing reactions. I think John Ross has been indoctrinated into the UT way of life because he knew when the gifts he helped unwrap aligned with his father's alma mater, and things like THIS started happening.
...and then there was more eating, and talking. Gretchen, Carla, and I stayed up later talking girl talk, but then something scary happened when I finally headed to bed. Carla and Chris willingly let me stay the night before heading home (Alexis' first slumber party), but....I should have known there would be a catch. Their laughter from the nursery (turned guest room for the evening) should have told me to be afraid....very afraid.
UT?!?!?! They assured me there were no other options. I wanted to steal John Ross' Car comforter, but Gretchen had already claimed it. I don't know what's going to happen to me now. Will Baylor take away my diploma? I'm pretty sure I'm coming down with a rash. And so, this comes full circle. I met Carla in Girl Scouts, their motto was to 'always be prepared' and I forgot the first rule of survival. Next time, I'll be bringing my own bedding. It will be green and gold.
Posted by Christy Robbins at 6:22 PM 1 comments
Labels: Baby Shower, Friends, Parties, Showers
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Cowgirl Baby Shower
Here are the Cowgirl party details to the best of my documenting abilities in the midst of actually hosting the event, which is not everything, but enough that you get the idea.
A Little History: Not that you don't have the 'idea' already if you've read the excruciating details I've already blogged about during party preparation, and if you have-you are a good friend because I know it was a bit much, but...it's for me, you were along for the ride. I'm not always a good 'driver,' just check my driving record...or not. Sure enough, as soon as the first guest arrived, I set down my camera, and pretty much didn't touch it again (minus two pictures). During the gift opening, I did hand the camera to another of Carla's buddy and asked her to take some pictures, I'll post 'people pictures' in the next post along with my personal take on the shower, but I'll just keep this post on the details I was able to capture. I've already said this, but I'll say it again. I offered to host a shower for a friend of mine down in Austin (a 3.5 hour drive from my house). She and I have been friend since childhood, when she was a Dallas girl too, but her life is now in Austin, so it made more sense for me to travel down there since all the guest (minus two) were also in Austin. It's always hard to 'travel' to host a party b/c you never know the arrangements. I brought some of my own tables, and chairs, but I could not possibly bring all the set up I thought I might need, so I had to work with what I found. I've been to Carla's house, of course, but still, it's hard for me to wrap my mind around how it's all going to flow. Consider this a 'traveling shower.' Nothing hanging, the decorations are contained to the tables (I love turning a room over into a theme when I'm at my house). It was a Co-Ed, family friendly shower since Carla and Chris have a 4.5 year old. There were over 30 guest, I just know I counted to about 35 guest (the ones I can recall), so a nice turn out. The nursery is a pink, and mocha safari theme, and I usually try to match the nursery with a baby shower theme, but knowing this group of people (boys included), I just couldn't wrap my mind around some of these guys eating out of zebra print cupcake liners. I had some cowboy 'stuff' from prior Cowboy Themed showers, and I adapted it to pink, and I tried to keep the 'stuffed' horses and cuteness down to a minimum. Minimum in my book may look a little different from other's descriptions of the word, but trust me....this is "Christy Contained."
Guest Sign-In/Gift Area
I blogged about these details before, but here they are 'set up.'
The only 'cake' at this shower was a "Diaper Cake." Please take my temperature b/c there is not a cupcake in sight. I don't even know who I am anymore!
Drinks: Pink Lemonade and Sweet Tea...In Mason Jars
I've used these mason jars for Garden Themed Showers and Parties in the past as well. Is there a 12 step program from Mason Jar Addiction?
The Food
At the family's request we had hamburgers, hot dogs, and all the fixings. Sides include fruit, veggies, potato salad, chips, and salsa, baked beans, lemonade, sweet tea, cobbler, and ice cream.
OK, this is where you will need some imagination because I didn't get to photograph the food after it all came off the grill, but....I'm pretty sure you've seen things like 'hot dogs' before!
Plates 'n Stuff
Chips and Salsa
I found these little galvanized pales in a garden section about a year ago at some store, Walmart maybe (?), but here is the cool thing....they came with little clear plastic liners for plants. I use them with dressings/salsa etc. I don't know if it's potentially dangerous to put these substances directly in a metal tin, but....I never have with the liners inside that slip out so I can wash them. Before that I'd save little butter tubs etc to slip down inside of the pales, or worse case scenario, Syran wrap.
Potato Salad
I used this watering tin in my Garden Party too, but it sort of went with this, so I used it. I have a more 'perfect fitting' plastic tub I usually slip down in the bottom, but in this case, I cheated and bought potato salad at Sam's and it fit pretty nicely into the tin, so I got over the edge showing....oh, and I'm also 'over' the fact that it's not homemade. I'm making some homemade potato salad for Easter, and I have a 'one potato salad a week' quota.
Fruit and Veggie Tray
The Fruit on a Stick was a huge hit. The idea was that the Ranch would be poured into the pail (I was taking pictures as I put things out). That didn't happen because I decided this only mattered to me, and I don't like cleaning up ranch.
Toppings in Metal Pie Plates
I still wish I could have used the pie plates for plates instead of what I did use, but I guess I'll leave that idea for my next shower.
We added ice cream to the cobbler later, but...who knows where my camera was at this point?
The Tables
This was the start of the tables....it was very windy...so I kept everything as flat as possible. The kids found these pails and claimed them for themselves, and carried them around pulling the trialmix from the innards. Ironically, the adults were the doing the most coloring with the pony crayons. These are my kind of people!
Favors: The Dessert Bar
The desserts included Pie Pops (a conversation favorite), Horse Pops (a kid favorite), "Hay Bales," Sheriff Sugar Cookies, Buck-Eyes (an adult, flavor favorite), Trail Mix (we later pulled this out to the fire pit and sat around munching on the mix and talking about memories), and "Miner's Gold" (formerly known as yellow M&M's.
This was a hit with the girls, and the guys. I think it turned into more of a 'conversation zone.' I love candy bars, and own enough apothocary jars to open a pharmacy. I've done various candy bars many, many times, but I'm really glad I went with homemade desserts this go 'round. It's actually probably more affordable than filling large jars with candy, and whenever I've done this in the past, it just draws people, and pulls out conversations. Sign me up for the dessert bar fan club!
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Posted by Christy Robbins at 9:30 PM 19 comments
Labels: Baby Shower, Parties, Showers
Cobbler...in a Jar, Of Course
Let me explain why I need more mason jars, even though I've put 'you' in charge of locking me up if I ever try to buy more. Half of my 1/2 pint mason jars left last night with guest. This size is hard to find, and so I want to buy more while I can still find them....there is a more frugal me that doesn't get to come out and play often who is trying to resist and be OK with this possible outcome for the next time I want to use these jars. It's not like I have current plans, so I should be sensible about this....excuse me while I go examine the definition of the word 'sensible' I've never used it in alignment with a description of 'me' before...
I've posted this 'dump cake' cobbler recipe before, but if you ever make cobblers in a 1/2 pint jar, these are the adaption I made.
1. Use one can of pie filling (of your choice) and place the filling in the bottom of the jars. One can filled about 6 half pint jars.
2. Sprinkle about 1/3 inch of dry, yellow cake mix on top of the filling. Each cake mix covered 12+ of the half pint jars.
3. Take a 1/4 inch pat of butter, cut it into four cubes, and sprinkle it evenly on top of the cobbler. (I didn't do this, I just put one pat in the middle, and in some cases it didn't spread completely, so there was some unbaked mix. This was still OK, but I think I'd add this step next time to get a more even baking). One stick of butter covers 12 1/2 pint jars.
4. Place jars on a tray (for easy transportation in and out of the oven). Bake at 350 for 30-40 minutes, until golden brown. Enjoy the smells coming from your oven. Top with vanilla ice cream.
This was a good recipe for the shower b/c the cobbler was able to cool, I placed the lids on top and everyone enjoyed them hours later after dinner. Some of us reheated the jars (without the )in the microwave before topping with ice cream.
Daisies and Driving
By the time THIS post, these daisies should be open...and another day older. The last thing on my 'to do' list on Friday were mason jars with daisies....Check. By this point in this whole process. I'm on my way home from Austin. I hope my car is a little less full, and my heart is happy. By the way, if I ever say I am going to get more mason jars, please lock me away for good. I have...enough....too many...so many, I can't tell you how many I have.
Posted by Christy Robbins at 12:40 PM 0 comments
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Fruit Stars...on a Stick
I think the world is better when presented on a stick. I love sticks. I'm going to register for sticks some day when I get married...and raffia, and little cellophane bags for wrapping treats. I can't get enough of them...probably ever. Sooo...around Valentine's Day on some blog that was sharing something they had found on a blog etc etc etc I saw melons, and cantelopes cut out with small heart cookie cutters, and then 'threaded' on to popscicle sticks. I have a few fruits and veggies I'm taking down for the shower this weekend, and I decided I wanted to try this concept for presentation purposes....except I'd go with star shapes....because it's kinda cowgirl...if you use your imagination. (Which is just my way to not have to wait for the 4th of July, or....shudder a whole year for Valentine's Day to try out the heart idea). When I was at the store I saw the price of watermelon right now, and I got really scared, and nobody was there to hold my hand and tell me it was going to be OK, so I decided to go with grapes instead of watermelon this go round for a little color.
Conveniently, out of the 4 or 5 million cookie cutters that call my house home, I had a baby star cutter. (Wilton also sells mini star fondant cutters that would have worked, but I had one in a Christmas cookie cutter collection). Let me just note for those of us (and I mean, me) that maybe don't know much about messing with fruit (which says a lot for how much I obviously eat it in my diet) it was actually time consuming to do this....trying to slice the melon just the right width so that you could then punch the cookie cutter through, but not so thin the stick wouldn't slide through. I think I ended up going with about half an inch. I got the largest cantelope I could find, but the star's tips didn't fit completelly b/c I kept running into seeds, and 'skin'...if you are a perfectionist (and I gave that up about 3 minutes after I entered the world) this is probably not a good project for you because the stars won't be perfect. For me....I like the way they turned out, and I'd definitely do this again. Mostly...because it's a stick project....and I'll use any excuse to get to play with sticks. P.s I'm setting this to post later, but by the time this post, the shower will be in full swing. Yay for a fun celebrations...next weekend...I nap.
Posted by Christy Robbins at 8:14 PM 1 comments
Labels: July 4th, On-A-Stick, Showers
Friday, March 26, 2010
Dessert #7: Pie Pops
I've been looking for a reason to revisit pie pops, and since Mom-In-Waiting at tomorrow's shower transformed my original thoughts on half pint mason jar pies, and banana pudding dessert plans, I decided pie had to be somewhere at a Cowgirl party. So, I bought another bucket (#7), and squished it on my dessert bar menu.
What self respecting Cowgirl doesn't eat pie? (This has nothing to do with anything remotely ranch, but I'm OK with twisting everything to fit what I need it to fit for my own purposes...chase that wild goose hunt if you dare.)
I saw this idea on Bakerella's Blog last year, and I told myself to 'wait' to make them for a holiday (and not a holiday I make up, which is usually what I end up doing so I don't have to wait for stuff). But then, a few days later I made up a holiday (Carrilee's family came for a visit from WA) because I really was losing sleep over how stinking cute the pops were, and how they needed to roll out of my kitchen NOW.
I blogged about this is pretty excruciating detail, but I won't go back there...if given the choice between reading that and a root canal..just say, 'Ahhhh.'
Basically, I learned a lot about how not to make the pie pops the first go round.
This time, I reread my advice before making the pops (which is the whole point of blogging about it anyway-it's my living recipe book, advice book, and eye witness testimony to any cases I feel like initiating against...uhhh...I guess, myself. Ha...I just pretended like I take my own advice. :Moves back from screen so growing nose doesn't hit the monitor and interfere with this blog session.:
Back to the pie pops. I have purchased a round circular cookie cutter since my last attempt (where I used the edge of a measuring cup_. I rolled out the store bought pie crust (they come in packages of two, and this will make 20 pie pops), so that it was about the size of an 8 inch pie dough. You could definitely go thinner while rolling...a lot thinner. The crust to filling ratio can be overwhelming if not. I got about 20 round pieces out of each crust (though I did have to take the scraps and do more rolling to get out the last four).
I used about half a can of cherry pie filling for the 20 pops, and I left most of the juice back in the can, spooned out the cherries into a bowl, and added about a T or less of corn starch (to thicken the juice so it wasn't too runny).
I pressed a sucker stick down the entire line of the circle (I had a lot of pie pops slip off last time b/c I didn't get the stick pressed down well. I added two cherries for each pop's filling.
I took a second pie circle, and ran water all along the edges, and then pressed the 'watered' side down to the cherry covered bottom piece (this helps the dough to stick down better, just case you are like me and just figured this out. I didn't trust the water so I still did a lot of gentle pressing and messing with the seams, and then I used a fork to crimp the edges.
I brushed the tops of all the pops with egg wash (the whites of the egg) so they would brown, and then I sprinkled the top with Wilton's Sugar Crystals. Last time, the sweetness level was a little lacking, and so I've added this step for my own benefit. I also think Wilton's Crystal Sugar's look like glitter, and I have a thing for glitter.
The original instructions say to bake for 10 minutes at 350 and cover the sticks with foil to prevent them from burning. I didn't cover the sticks (and they didn't burn), but I did have to double the baking time. I basically left them in the oven until the pie crust was a light brown.
Despite my best 'pressing' some of the filling oozed out, but after they cooled, they are still clinging tightly to their sticks.
I bagged the little pops up in cellophane bags, tied them with raffia, because raffia makes the world better....and packed them up for consumption tomorrow!
Posted by Christy Robbins at 11:26 PM 4 comments
Labels: Cherry, Cooking, On-A-Stick, Pie, Recipes, Showers, Sweets and Treats
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Lego Cake
Don't you think this will be the perfect addition to my Cowgirl Shower?
Just kidding....who knows...maybe I'm not. I stayed out late(r) than I wanted at a PTA meeting, and started on this cake late, and I can't be held responsible for anything I say or do after 10...and I do mean AM.
Back to the cake...because life is really all about cake IE sugar. Eating too much, not getting enough, worrying about when you are going to get your next fix, helping the medicine go down. It's...all...about...sugar. "Work Heather" (I have a plethora of friends with the same name, so they each get a locational adjective attached to their name starting now) has two cute little boys. The oldest, Lucas turns 7 this week, and he's into Legos. Therefore, a Lego cake was in order. We googled, and came up with some inspiration. I said I needed to be inspired by a cake photo, NOT that I wanted to replicate the cake (this allows me to keep low expectations). The best looking cakes had fondant coverings, of course. No fondant for me (that's my excuse for less than smooth icing), I'd rather have great flavor. I printed off the picture from this site called strawberryhillconfections, but I went to link, and it's out of business. Her cake looked way better, and I'm kinda (very) glad you can't see it now to compare.
Next, I needed the connectors ('bumps' on the Legos). (Side Note: I know I 'need' to reevaluate my use of the word 'need.' I don't 'need' to do that now though...) I dropped some Oreo's in colored/melted chocolate for connectors (I saw this idea all over the web).
A. No, the chocolate isn't smooth.
B. Yes, I just posted this picture so you can get one more peek at my 'vintage' cookie sheets.
Just FYI: the pre-colored chocolate colors are a little limited at most craft stores, and cake stores when it comes to bright colors. You can take white chocolate and dye them whatever color you want using Wilton's Gels (or whatever you like to use for coloring). BUT, I find it a little difficult to get a bright color out of gels, and I have this whole baby shower thing going on in my life this week, and I just wasn't sure I could stand and try to get a deep blue out of chocolate this week (originally I thought about blue, green, and yellow Lego pieces). Yes, that's just an excuse, but I think it works pretty well in this situation. I used the three deep colors they do sell in chocolates-yellow, red, and green.
I baked three 9x13 pans, and sliced the cakes in half, iced, and then stacked them (I used some straws (instead of the usual dowel rods) in the bottom cakes 'just in case' to hold up the Lego on top, but it's light enough that it would probably be OK without them. Iced them (with a double icing recipe=12 c. total). Connected the Oreo connectors on each Lego. Ate the extra Oreos. Wrote a little message on the side. Caught up on my DVR'd Amazing Race. Counted the freckles on my right arm. Came up with a health care plan I believe all Americans, and maybe even the Canadians can agree on. Turned on Fox News and found out they didn't need my plan. Today's Mission=Accomplished. I've got six more minutes in this day, who knows what will happen next?!?
Posted by Christy Robbins at 11:45 PM 7 comments
Labels: Cakes
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Hey, Hey, Haaaaaaay!
I was going to make these really spectacular monster cookies (to be renamed Cowboy Cookies for thematic purposes) that Taylor gave me the recipe for a few weeks back. She brought them to a bake sale last fall and they stuck in my memory, and on my hips, yum..and oops! I lost my motivation tonight, and so I'm going to have to save them for another day...or rather, another shower. I also had this intense desire to eat a rice crispie treat for the last two weeks, and I decided to make them instead b/c it only required three ingredients, and that's all the energy I have today. They needed to fit with my Cowgirl Shower Dessert Bar Theme, so I'm going to call dessert #5: 'Hay Bales' (I saw a barnyard birthday cake once with iced cake squares meant to look like hay bales, and I thought they looked exactly like rice crispie treats...and the idea was born). Just fyi: I googled it and you aren't supposed to 'house' the treats more than two days after making them, but you can freeze them in an airtight container for up to 6 months, and pull them out 45 minutes before the event to thaw, so I'll do this. I thought about cutting them out into shapes (pony? star? boot?)...maybe dipping them in chocolate with sprinkles, but then I remembered I didn't actually feel like doing all that this time around. The crispie treats are only exciting to me b/c I've been craving them, but I did figure out how I'm going to label the pales (pictured above), so at least that's new news. Pretty simple labels, but easy because the badges clip to the pales. #6 dessert is going to be trailmix, that I'm also going to scatter smaller pales of mix around the tables, so I won't photograph that until the day of (if then...I have a problem taking pictures at the actual event). #7 I'm most excited about....I'll make that last minute (Friday).
Posted by Christy Robbins at 5:42 PM 2 comments
Labels: Baby Shower, Cowboy, Parties, Showers
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Peanut Butter Buck-Eyes
Item #4 on the Cowgirl Baby Shower Dessert Bar (3 more to go after this) are Peanut Butter Buck-Eyes.
Gretchen makes these every Christmas, and I like them a little too much. When I was scanning my brain for dessert ideas....for some reason Buck-Eyes said 'cowgirl desserts' to me. I think I just wanted an excuse to dip more peanut butter in chocolate.
They sell Buck-Eyes at Cracker Barrell (fyi: they don't taste very good from Cracker Barrell, so don't be fooled-leave 'em there and make your own), but everything at Cracker Barrell must be country, right? So, it fit my theme. Tonight I made my own batch, thanks to Gretchen's recipe. The balls worked great, but I didn't have a lot of luck with the chocolate. I have a constant battle with melting chocolate, but that's a personal problem, and these'll do for now regardless of the war zone formerly known as 'my kitchen.' They aren't standing alone at the shower, and I'll hide the ugly ones (most of them) in the bottom of the pail. They taste wonderful, and really, that's what counts! I made them too big, and I cut the recipe by 1/3 to test my math skills, and to try to persuade myself there aren't enough for me to sample. This can be dangerous!
Here's the recipe. Try these, and you too will want to befriend Gretchen (if you haven't already) so she'll bring you some of these around Christmas...I'm counting down the days until I get my next Christmas delivery. :O)
1 1/2 c. peanut butter
6 c. powdered sugar
1 c. butter, softened
1/2 t. vanilla
6 whole graham crackers, pulverized into crumbs (optional)
4 c. semisweet chocolate chips.
1. Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper, and set aside. Use a wooden spoon to mix together the peanut butter, sugar, softened butter, vanilla, and graham crackers. The dough will look dry. (The graham crackers supposedly make it a little more crunchy, but I thought it was smooth even with the crackers...so add them...or don't...but that's what they are 'supposed' to do if you choose to add them.)
2. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls (mine are way too big). Set them on the prepared cookie sheet and insert a toothpick into each ball. Chill in the freezer until hard, about 30 minutes.
3. Melt the chocolate. Use the toothpick as a handle and dip the balls into melted chooclate, leaving a small circle at the top uncovered. Placed back on the cookie sheet and refrigerate until the chocolate is set, about two hours. Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Makes about 7 dozen.
Posted by Christy Robbins at 5:13 PM 5 comments
Labels: Chocolate, Cookies, Cooking, Light Recipes, Parties, Peanut Butter, Showers
Monday, March 22, 2010
Sheriff Sugar Cookies
These cookies are so cute they should be arrested!
I'm sorry....I'm here for my own amusement. I'm amused easily. I needed to say that. I'm done.
Soooo....I'm back in full shower mode. The 5-day shower count down has begun. I'm more behind than I've ever been for a shower, but this shower is for, pretty much, the most laid back person in my phone book, so I know what I get done....she will love. Any pressure I feel is of my own self-making. I like making myself sick with pressure.
I think I've mentioned one or twenty times that I'm having a dessert bar at the Cowgirl themed shower as the favor station (instead of my usual candy bar, it's an obsession)? Mostly because I found some cute buckets at Target and wanted to justify purchasing them. It went from 5 to 7 desserts (not to mention the actual 'dessert' that will go with the meal). I stopped at 7....only b/c they ran out of pink buckets at Target.
The next dessert I made (Sunday night when I got home from my trip, I was tired, but determined) were Sugar Cookies shaped like Sheriff badges. I don't know why I'm proud of this idea. I've also been exposed to too much sun, and not enough sleep, so don't trust my judgement.
At work, it's sort of a tradition to make these sugar cookies for showers. I love them, and I hope every teacher at my school has 6 more babies, and renews their vows yearly so we can continue to eat them at lots of spring showers. They are so sweet they make your teeth hurt....and my goal in life is to eat enough of these that I end life with no teeth, but a really gummy, happy smile. The gal who shared the recipe with us (Kristin Z) also taught all her sugar cookie followers that you can add light karo syrup to the icing, and it hardens so that you can bag 'em up....and so the tradition of making these cookies for shower favors was harvested.
First cookie stop-star cookie cutter. I found gray M&Ms at Michael's (the price on colored M&M's are pretty much next to highway robbery, but I used a coupon).
I piped the outside of the icing first, it hardened really quickly (within 15 minutes), and then I just squiggled in the middle and smoothed it with a knife within a few minutes of 'squiggly' so it wouldn't also harden and be set in the squiggly state (very technical). The outside, hardened icing helped me spread a little more succinctly on the cookie. There are a bunch of techniques for building the outer dam on cookies, and then putting a more 'liquid' inner icing inside the lines by adding more water/milk etc too the rest of the icing to make it really smooth, or even smoothing with a warm knife....but I'm not really a fan of following directions or rules. Here is a picture of the icing process, but don't listen to me, there is probably 16 easier ways to do this, trust me...I can't be trusted on these sort of things.
After icing, I thought about writing Alexis' whole name, but then I remembered I wasn't an overachiever, and why start now? I just went with the initial. I had reserved a little icing to dye pink for the initial. I played around with the letter....little dots at the end of the letter? No....too much effort. How about a swirly A? I set them in the oven to dry over night (though they were really dry within a few hours, but it was 12 when I was done icing...1 AM vacation time....and I thought I might want to consider sleep.
In case you were wondering, those pans are vintage 2002...don't be jealous, build a time machine and get yourself a pair as spiffy as these beauties.
I then had a really intense debate on ribbon, or folding down the packing bags and sealing with stickers. It's these things that are important to me and nobody else. I had to consider how many other desserts I had, what sort of bows would be on the other offerings (b/c they each need to be different, yet similar). I then began researching therapist and checked on my insurance coverage, finished the cookies, and lived to blog another day.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Spring Fever
This will be the last of my vacation post, promise...for awhile...
The road home on day two was a little...
It started snowing about an hour into the drive, and didn't stop until...well, I'll let you know when it stops snowing here....5+ inches and counting at my house.
Day two of spring looks a little different this year. I should also note that the only thing I packed for my beach vacation were spring skirts, dresses, shorts, t-shirts, and flip flops. It made for an interesting drive today. ;o)
I don't think school is going to be called off tomorrow, and despite my lack of appropriate dress, I don't think I can catch a bad enough cold to miss work by tomorrow...
I TRY not to dread work (look, we aren't supposed to like it all the time, I've read Genesis, I get it), but I have a terrible, horrible, awful, stinky case of spring fever right now. I need a doctor's note because I don't know if I'm gonna make it...
I was driving home from my vacation and thinking of all the reasons I didn't want to go to work on Monday. I have a large bruise across my shin from a little mishap on the boat, and I was wondering if that was enough justification to miss a day or four of work? I got a (rare, but painful) migraine on Friday night, and I was wondering if I could justify three days for recovery...it really hurt?! Saturday, I had macaroni for lunch, and it made me feel really full, and I was trying to think what 'code' I'd punch into the sub system for being 'too full...' And then I thought of the poem called 'Sick' by Shel Silverstein because I realized that perhaps my reasons were not very legitimate, or clever....and I began writing my own version in my head so I'd feel better about...well...nothing, oh and I also had 17 hours to kill in a car over two days. Now I just feel worse because I didn't come up with one reason I think will fly for another day off work. Here is Shel's poem: http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16480
Please do not examine it too closely b/c you will see I followed few of his patterns, rhythms, and rules. In fact, for future reference, don't examine anything too closely that I blog about, including my 'Spring Fever'/I don't wanna work today poem. Excuse me while I go contact Hallmark and see if they want me to write greeting cards or something. And now....what I did for at least a solid 12 minutes on my drive home-think poetry in my head. It went something like this...give or take an illness or two.
"I cannot go to work today,"
Said bitter Christy Ann, Monday,
"I have a bruise on my right shin,
Laundry, dust, and a full trash bin.
My hair is frizzy, my mascara's old.
I returned home, and it's way too cold
My teeth aren't white,
And now my cars a muddy sight.
The sunburn throbs upon my feet,
My Iphone detox is incomplete
My tan is uneven, my eyes are still brown--
Did I mention I've been out of town?
I think I'm out of Diet Coke,
My bank account states that I'm broke--
Donovan needs to select his pony,
My belly's full of macaroni,
I suffered Friday from a Migraine,
I'm sure the scale will say I've gained.
My telephone battery is quickly dying,
I have ribbons (for next week's shower) that need tying.
My toe nail polish is chipping away,
I need to teach my dogs how to speak, fetch, and stay.
I have a new freckle, and my skin is--what?
What's that? What's that you say?
You say this job is the only way I can collect my pay?
Okay, I guess I'll head to work Monday."
I wonder if I make enough of you read this if you'll be willing to chip in for a plane ticket next time so I don't have quite so much travel time for these poetry pursuits?
And on an end note. The photos I've uploaded (minus any people shots, those are on a different camera, and someday I'll get to those...maybe after this upcoming shower) are here: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=153504&id=725172809&l=37a8dc06b0
...because I know the 18 blog entries, and 8,976 pictures I posted aren't enough.
Posted by Christy Robbins at 7:44 PM 1 comments


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More ham? Yes, please
If you had ham for Easter dinner, chances are you will have plenty of leftovers. Make plans in advance to make several different dishes with any ham that you have left. Here are a few ideas for you:
Ham sandwiches
Break away from the traditional bread and substitute bagels or biscuits.
Ham pizza
Line the bottom of a 9-inch-by-13-inch pan with refrigerated biscuits. Top with assorted cheeses and bite-size pieces of ham. Bake in the oven according to the directions on the package of the refrigerated biscuits.
Ham tarts
Roll out refrigerated crescent rolls on the table. Cut out circles using the end of a small glass or small, round cookie cutter.
Spray a mini muffin pan with non-stick spray.
Put the circles over each hole in the mini muffin pan.
Using a tart shaper or your fingers, press the dough down into each mini muffin pan; make sure you cover the sides, as well.
Using a food processor, chop ham into tiny pieces.
Fill each cup with tiny pieces of ham and cheddar cheese. You could also add some ham gravy if you have any left.
Bake at 350 degrees for 12 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from tray to a cooling rack.
Ham tacos
Fill a tortilla shell with tiny pieces of ham and cheese.
Mini pot pies
Roll out refrigerated pie dough on the table, cut out circles using the end of a glass or a medium-sized cookie cutter.
Spray a muffin pan with non-stick spray or use muffin pan liners
Put the circles over each hole in the mini muffin pan.
Using a your fingers, press the dough down into each muffin slot, making sure to cover the bottom and as much of the sides as possible.
Using a food processor or chopper, cut ham into bite-size pieces.
Cut potatoes and carrots into bite-size pieces and boil until completely cooked.
Mix the ham, potatoes and carrots and a jar of gravy in a mixing bowl.
Add the ham, potatoes and carrot mixture to each slot in the muffin pan.
With remaining dough, roll out dough and cut small slats to crisscross over the top of each muffin slot.
Bake at 350 degrees or until golden brown.


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05/12/2011 - Huge regional variations in economic and social conditions within a country require a rethink of the way governments design policies to boost growth and jobs, says a new OECD report.
The economic crisis has hit some areas far harder than others. The OECD's first Regional Outlook calls on policy makers to pay greater attention to regional factors such as amenities, accessibility, size, infrastructure and demographics, as well as industry specialisations and networks. The report focuses on the need for good governance and coordination of policy around these regional factors and rejects the idea that governments should rely on budget transfers to reallocate resources between rich and poor regions.
Read the Secretary-General's speech.
Tailoring action to local conditions is becoming increasingly important, not least because labour mobility within many countries has been held back by the real-estate crisis and a rise in the number of households facing negative housing equity.
Unemployment and job creation vary greatly between regions. In a number of OECD countries, more than half of net job losses recorded between 2007 and 2010 were concentrated in a single region. In some regions of Spain, people are six times more likely to be jobless than in others. And in the Slovak Republic, Italy and Belgium, long-term unemployment in the worst-affected regions is four times the national average.
Longer-term trends such as ageing and migration also affect regions in very different ways. Areas with ageing populations face particular pressures on the provision of social services. Others have benefitted economically by establishing a trend of attracting highly-skilled workers. These trends affect mobility and skill concentration and can only be managed with targeted regional policy actions.
The Regional Outlook observes that policy-makers have traditionally looked to major cities to spur economic dynamism. But on average 70% of the economic growth of OECD countries occurs outside the big metropolitan hubs. And although predominantly rural regions can be among the slowest-growing regions in the OECD, they are also over-represented among the most dynamic. Contrary to popular belief, "rural" is by no means synonymous with economic decline, the report says.
The report stresses that national fiscal consolidation plans and financial stability require the credible involvement of sub-national governments. Yet many local and regional governments are under increasing fiscal strain, and financial markets are increasingly differentiating between the credit-worthiness of regions within countries, in much the same way as they distinguish countries within the euro area. Innovative policy is needed to make the most of scarce resources at all levels of government. With local and regional government accounting for two-thirds of total public investment in OECD countries, their capacity to manage such investment in the most efficient, growth-enhancing way is critical.
To obtain a copy of the Regional Outlook 2011, journalists are invited to contact the OECD's Media Division (tel.: 33 1 45 24 97 00 or e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com)
For further information about OECD work on regional policy, please contact Joaquim Oliveira Martins (tel.: +33 1 45 24 88 53, e-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com) or Suzanne Leprince (tel.: +33 1 45 24 81 72, firstname.lastname@example.com).
More information is also available at www.oecd.org/regional/outlook.
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Get directions to Wabash College Fine Arts Center
Wabash College's Visiting Artists will present The Baltimore Consort at 8 p.m., Friday, April 4, in Salter Hall at the Fine Arts Center.
The Baltimore Consort has delighted audiences on both sides of the Atlantic and earned their CDs a place on the Billboard Magazine Top-Ten list. The Baltimore Consort's arrangements of early music from England, Scotland, France, Italy, and Spain speak to the heart as well as the mind, and their love for the early music of English/Scottish heritage has led them to delve into the rich trove of traditional balladry and dance tunes preserved in the Appalachian mountains and Nova Scotia.
The group has recorded 15 albums for Dorian, including a Christmas album, Bright Day Star, and a collection of bawdy songs with the a capella quartet called the Merry Companions, The Art of the Bawdy Song and a 2007 instrumental, Gut, Wind and Wire.
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text: NMPF Sees Second Goodlatte Amendment as a Good Compromise June 5, 2013 11:03 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By News Release Email Source: National Milk Producers Federation The National Milk Producers Federation released this statement from Jerry Kozak, President and CEO: The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) said today that a House Judiciary Committee vote requiring the Farm Bill's dairy reform program to go through regular government rulemaking was a reasonable compromise to get the reform program approved. "This is the latest attempt at compromise by Congressman Goodlatte on a program that has been approved twice by the House Agriculture Committee and that dairy farmers overwhelmingly support," said NMPF President and CEO Jerry Kozak. "It's time to end the divisiveness and approve reform of the federal dairy program," Kozak added. "For that reason, we see today's vote, which appears to accept that the Dairy Security Act (DSA) will become law, as a good compromise." Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA) tried unsuccessfully to modify the DSA in the Agriculture Committee both this year and in 2012. That amendment would have eliminated the program's market stabilization provisions, which give farmers the option of temporarily scaling back their milk production or contributing a portion of their milk check to purchase dairy products to feed the needy in order to bring supplies more in line with demand. "Having lost in the Agriculture Committee, Chairman Goodlatte brought up a new amendment in the committee he chairs," said Kozak. It calls for interim federal rules for the market stabilization aspects of the DSA nine months after enactment and final regulations in 21 months. "While this is not the approach we chose, we see it as acceptable," said Kozak. "The important thing is to get dairy reform enacted for the nation's milk producers. If it requires this amendment to do that, we can live with that." The National Milk Producers Federation, based in Arlington, VA, develops and carries out policies that advance the well-being of dairy producers and the cooperatives they own. The members of NMPF's 30 cooperatives produce the majority of the U.S. milk supply, making NMPF the voice of more than 32,000 dairy producers on Capitol Hill and with government agencies. Visit www.nmpf.org for more information. Back to news


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- Use the graphical editor to edit the page. The wiki editor is similar to those found in most word processing software.
- Find the location on the page that you want to edit or where you want to add additional information and start typing. Click on the icons on the tool bar to select editing commands.
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NEW DELHI: An Indian navy submarine with about 18 sailors on board caught fire after an explosion and sunk early Wednesday at its home port in Mumbai.
Efforts were being made to ascertain the safety of the personnel and salvage the diesel- and electricity-powered submarine, navy spokesman Narendra Vispute said.
Indian news channel NDTV said a loud explosion was heard and a huge flame leapt up in the sky. Nearly a dozen fire engines rushed to the dockyard to douse the fire, it said.
They extinguished the fire in about two hours. Afterward, the sub was submerged at its berth in the naval dockyard.
Vispute said the cause of the explosion is being investigated.
Further details were not available.
The 16-year-old Russian-made submarine, INS Sindhurakshak, had recently returned from Russia after undergoing an overhaul and upgrade, Rahul Bedi, an analyst for the independent Jane's Information Group, said.
India has 14 diesel-powered submarines, he said.
Last year, India acquired a Russian Nerpa nuclear submarine for its navy on a 10-year lease from Russia at a total cost of nearly $1 billion.
On Saturday, India activated the atomic reactor on its first indigenously designed and built nuclear submarine, which the navy could deploy in the next two years.
India has steadily built up its naval capabilities in recent years, spurred by its rivalry with neighboring China.


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Colony Insurance Company v. Catfish Entertainment, Inc et al
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|Catfish Entertainment, Inc, James C Hunter, Paul Hergert, Jason Pauls and Christopher A Parsons
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|October 30, 2007
|Alabama Northern District Court
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|XX US, Outside State
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|Inge P Johnson
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|28:2201 Declaratory Judgement (Insurance)
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