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Rating: !! 1/2 (out of four) Take it or leave it
The scene: This small but sleek wine bar features a handful of tables in its well-lit front half, with more seating available along the bar and a wall ledge toward the back. On a Monday night just a few weeks after opening, the bar was surprisingly buzzing around 9 p.m., with tables of 20-somethings and older couples sharing a bite to eat and lingering over rounds of wine. Big TVs behind the bar and unintimidating staff members eager to offer suggestions defy the stuffy wine-bar stereotype.
The food: There are plenty of snacks (think oysters, chorizo-stuffed dates or a flight of grilled cheese sandwiches) plus sharable pizzas and salads, but my friends and I were left underwhelmed. The monkey bread ($7 and described on the menu as as biscuits, basil, asiago, smoked tomato with chive butter) came mostly cold and overloaded with a thick, smoky flavor from the tomato.
The drinks: With more than 200 options, the wine list is suprisingly easy to navigate, and glasses of red and white go for $8-$15 apiece. For the best value, go for one of the flights which, for $13-$19, offer three hearty pours of complementary sips. It's an easy way to find a new favorite.
The trip: Located near the corner of North and Wells, Flight 1551 is a short walk from the Sedgwick Brown/Purple line stop or the North Avenue bus. It could definitely be a destination for wine lovers looking for a few inexpensive glasses.
Bottom line: It's a yes to accessible, affordable vino, though next time I'd go for a snack, not a meal.


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E Properties File
E installations include the props.txt properties file, chock full of information that is occasionally useful. You can access it through the interp object. In this example, we get the home directory for the E installation, which can be useful if you wish to store data in a known location to be shared by multiple E programs:
pragma.syntax("0.9") def ehomePath := (interp.getProps()) ["e.home"]
The properties are stored in a map which can be accessed in the usual manner. For a complete listing of the information in the props.txt file, open yours up and take a look.


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One for gaming, two for movies
Toshiba has dipped its toes into the mobile HD market, with the launch of three Qosmio laptops equipped with the manufacturer's dedicated HD content processor.
Toshiba's Qosmio X300: comes with a 17in screen and 'all the latest technology'
Although the manufacturer's not yet willing to release the full specifications of each machine, it's at least positioned the gaming -oriented X300 as the trio's daddy.
The machine has an LCD cover decorated with a "Fire Shark" theme, which makes it look as though flames have gripped the machine. This red theme continues around the keyboard, with red LED illumination used to highlight the multimedia bar, touchpad and integrated tweeter speakers.
A Toshiba spokeswomen told Register Hardware that the X300 is equipped "with all the latest technology," but so far the firm's only been willing to state that this includes an Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme CPU, twin hard drives and Nvidia GDDR3 SLI graphics.
Dual HDDs and a memory of up to 8GB aren't to be sniffed at
The G50 is Toshiba's mid-range Qosmio machine, whilst the F50 is its entry-level model. Both machines come with a 640GB hard drive and, although the basic amount of memory isn't stated, we know each has a "system memory expandable up to 8GB".
One thing's for sure though, all three will be equipped with Toshiba's Quad Core HD processor - aka the SpursEngine. The processor's designed to take the pressure off the main CPU by handling all HD content. Just not on batteries...
None of the machines come equipped with a Blu-ray drive – did you really expect they would be? – all standard-definition upscaling is done by the Quad Core HD. Downloaded HD content is handled by the chip too.
Each machine also has a webcam built into the inner of the lid, which allows films to be controlled with gestures, like a flick of your finger, instead of fumbling around for a remote.
Official prices for either three of the Qosmio laptops haven't been given out yet, but the F50 and G50 will go on sale in UK in Q3.
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They've been working together since September, but on Friday the Central Connecticut men's basketball team got together for its first official practice of the 2012-13 season. Head coach Howie Dickenman, entering his 17th season at the helm of his alma mater, and the Blue Devils practice on Friday night to open the year.
The Blue Devils open the 2012-13 season on Saturday, November 10 in the annual Connecticut 6 Classic vs. Fairfield at 8 p.m. This season the Classic will be played at the University of Hartford.
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Bluffton High entered the Earl Campbell Summer Jamboree with a much different mindset this year.
"Last year, we needed to get some confidence. We had to learn how to win," Bobcats coach Brett Macy said. "This year, we're using this as an opportunity to develop some guys and see where they stand."
Bluffton was one of 16 boys basketball teams to attend the summer league tournament held Monday and Tuesday at Whale Branch and Battery Creek. The second annual event is named in honor of local school board member Earl Campbell.
Macy said the Bobcats, fresh off a SCHSL Region 7-AAA title, were much more confident than last summer as they took on six teams in two days. In their second game Tuesday, they held off future region rival Colleton County 49-42 at Whale Branch Middle School.
"Right now, I think we're looking good," rising junior guard B.J. Hill said, "even though we've all been playing football on the side."
Hill, a safety on the football team, joined a slew of multi-sport teammates in the lineup Tuesday, including C.J. Frazier (quarterback), Marquis Webber (wide receiver) and Jeremy Scott (running back). He said they were missing several key returners: Shooting guard Anthony Smith, forward Harlan Kendrick and reserve Demetrius Smalls.
As the team prepared to drive over to Battery Creek High for a meeting with powerful Summerville, Macy told them about the importance of the tournament's final game. Summerville won the Class AAAA region that Bluffton moves into next year, so it gave the Bobcats a look at what they must contend with this winter.
"They've got 3,000 students and their depth is just astronomical," Macy said.
Bluffton also met Groves (Ga.), Branchville, St. John's and Whale Branch at the jamboree. The most significant, however, were the last two, as they gave the Bobcats a glimpse of the future.
"Getting a look at them now could give us bigger edge (later), when we play them with all of our important players," Hill said.


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What is this project?
Phase one of the new Kessler Mountain Regional Park, located at 2600 W. Judge Cummings Road, has been completed. The official grand opening and ribbon cutting was held on August 20, 2016. The first phase of construction includes six lighted soccer fields, four lighted baseball fields, two restroom/concession buildings, about 400 parking spaces, and other associated infrastructure including an entry road, water, electric, sewer lines, and a temporary trailhead access to the Kessler Mountain trails. Since Phase 1 construction began, additional opportunities for continued development have come about.
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Rotary Club of Fayetteville Playground:
The budget for Phase 1 did not allow for a large playground near the park entry to be included in the original construction contract. Fortunately, the Rotary Club of Fayetteville came forward with a proposal to help fund this addition. Throughout the years, the Rotary Club of Fayetteville has been an engaged supporter of Fayetteville Parks and Recreation and has contributed significantly to a number of facilities that park patrons enjoy throughout the parks system. This year, the Rotary Club's goal was to make an impact on the community by helping to fund this playground at the new 620-acre park. They have pledged to raise $150,000 by the end of the year to contribute toward the playground. As of the middle of July, they had already raised $100,000 of the targeted total.
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Although Phase 1 construction originally included a playground and associated parking near the park entry, the initial low bid for construction was over budget due to challenging topography, geology and other site constraints. However, as construction progressed, city staff and the consulting team identified savings through value engineering to bring the project within budget. Due to recognized savings and after observing frequent and increasing use of the Kessler Mountain trails, staff then requested adding the parking area back into the project to accommodate trail users. Additionally, the Fayetteville Rotary Club has committed to raising funds to potentially add the playground in early 2017. This general parking area, as well as ADA parking will be needed to serve the playground at that time. Constructing the parking area under this contract will save up to 25 percent of the cost since the contractor is already on site and mobilized. This change to the original contract will result in 84 additional parking spaces to serve the existing trailhead, the proposed playground, and overflow parking for the sports fields.


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Euro Auctions needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 125 designs submitted by 39 freelance designers.
Free Internet Bidding
For over 10 years, Euro Auctions has been conducting unreserved auctions of Industrial Plant and Construction Equipment throughout Europe. Today, Euro Auctions conducts over 12 major auctions every year and is the market leader in the UK and Ireland and one of the leading Industrial Auctioneers in Europe.
Euro Auctions is a truly international company with Buyers and Sellers from nearly every country in the world. In 2005 Euro Auctions held its 50th Auction and with the 100th to be held in late 2009 Euro Auctions is confidently looking towards the future.
Euro Auctions offers Free Internet Bidding to all our customers. We are currently about to launch our new website - http://euroauctions-www.incontrolcms.net/
Approximately 50% of our audience are not computer literate so this logo must draw our customers to it.
The majority of our customers are male however do not alienate our female customers.
We are a worldwide company selling machinery both online and on site.
Logo for print & web
Simplicity may be the key.
Key terms are Internet, Bidding, Auction, Global, machinery,Free.
We require the logo to be adaptable (we may want to enclose it as a button for the website but not enclosed for print adverts)
You can be creative in terms of animation, flashing etc
Please do not use auction hammers - this is not what we are looking for
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There was major excitement at 3Beat HQ today when the video for Sway's brand new banger "Charge" landed.
Filmed in East London last week, the video is a beautifully shot call to follow your dreams. We especially love the rooftop shots, featured vocalist Mr Hudson's close ups and Sway's leather jacket! What do you think? Take a look here.
Sway video shoots are notorious for attracting famous faces who want to show their support to the UK's premier lyricist. And the "Charge" shoot was no exception. Ed Sheeran came along for a cameo and brought a mate with him – One Direction heartthrob Harry Styles!
Earlier in the week, the single was added to BBC Radio 1Xtra's C-list (a massive six weeks ahead of release). It was also Twin B's record of the week on the 1Xtra breakfast show.
Sway popped in to chat to Twin B on Friday. Listen back here
Zane Lowe, MistaJam and Target have also been showing their support.
"Charge" is the third cut to be taken from Sway's forthcoming album 'The Deliverance'. It's out on December 2nd.


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Cartoon Network Orders New Seasons of Adventure Time, Clarence, and Three More
Jul 25, 2014 6:15 PM EDT
What time is it? It's Adventure Time, and it'll stay that way for another year. Cartoon Network announced renewals for five of its shows on Friday, and one of them calls for a seventh season of Pendleton Ward's award-winning cartoon. Secret cele… Read more


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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Lynne Hybels should not be criticized for seeing her activism on behalf of the Palestinian Christians as a "calling from God" for after all, Palestinians deserve to be treated as human beings. And she shouldn't be condemned for her belief that modern Israel is not a fulfillment of biblical prophecy. Many Jews don't believe it either, so why should she be singled out?
While she claims to be unbiased, Rabbi Yechiel Eckstein wrote: "Lynne Hybels…enthusiastically embraces the Palestinian 'Christ at theCheckpoint' movement, which reduces Zionism to 'a modern political movement' that 'has become ethnocentric, privileging one people at the expense of others.'"
The rabbi, who has close ties to Christian Zionists, states that Hybels supports "Christian Palestinianism…a movement that…traffics in anti-Israel propaganda and historical misinformation."
In other words, Hybels' visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial didn't convince him that she has a genuine concern for Israel.
Lynne, the wife of Pastor Bill Hybels of Willow Creek mega-church in Illinois, serves on President Obama's Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships. This church has stepped into the Middle East arena in an attempt to bring "reconciliation and peace," yet such an ambitious undertaking requires some kind of empathy toward Israel.
Hybels tries to show even-handedness, but her affiliation with extreme anti-Zionist Christian groups and her friendship with Israelis on the far, pro-Palestinian left shows where her heart is.
One such Israeli friend is Roni Keidar, an activist in Kol Acher (Other Voice), which propagates lies such as Israel targeting "primarily innocent [Palestinian] civilians." Another is Hagit Ophran of Peace Now, an NGO that informs the US and European Union about Israeli settlement construction.
On the Palestinian side, Hybels is close friends with Nora Carmi of Sabeel, an organization that pushes vitriolic anti-Israeli propaganda in the name of "peace and justice."
All of this eclipses Hybels' attempts to become a neutral peacemaker. While certainly not an anti-Semite, she is guilty by close association with those who accuse Israel of everything from genocide to deicide. Perhaps unwittingly, she is carrying on Christianity's awful anti-Semitic legacy.
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Throughout his tenure 1st District Rep. Gil Gutknecht did a radio show, "Conversations with the Congressman."
In his last broadcast on Rochester's KROC, Gutknecht described signing Newt Gingrich's Contract with America. It was the cornerstone of the so-called Republican revolution. It promised a balanced budget, welfare reform and government transparency.
"And as we came out onto the steps to make this big formal signing in front of the press and everything, all of a sudden the clouds started to part, and the sun came out, and it was almost like an omen," he said.
Back in his office, Gutknecht says he leaves Congress with same goals and beliefs. But he says Republicans lost touch with that contract.
"One of the weakness of the Republican Congress, and frankly of this administration over the last five or six years is they're not effective communicators," he says. "Newt Gingrich said this 15 years ago. He said, 'If you can't communicate, you can't govern.'"
Gutknecht wants to start his own, national radio show. He wants to talk about international relations and the conservative agenda.
In his years in office he sat on the Committee for Government Reform, Agriculture and Science. He also briefly served on the House Budget Committee. Despite his seniority as a house member, Gutknecht doesn't have any bills to his name. Instead, he lists Republican accomplishments as points of pride.
"So I'm proud of the fact that for the first time in 40 years we really did balance the budget. We really did pay down over half a trillion dollars in publicly held debt. I'm also proud that we dramatically reformed the welfare system."
Gutknecht also voted for deficit spending following 2001. He largely voted the party line except on a few key issues.
He voted against No Child Left Behind, against the Medicaid Prescription Drug Bill, and led a vote to import prescription drugs from Canada.
Tim Penny served as the first Congressional district representative from 1982 until he retired in 1994. He is now a senior fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute. Penny says Gutknecht was a back-bench legislator, a follower as opposed to a leader.
"And lots of legislators survive quite nicely playing that role and retain a lot of popularity in their district playing that role," Penny says "But it seems to me that after 12 years you ought to aspire to a greater role than that."
Penny says Gutknecht's base of support wasn't as strong as some thought. Penny says Gutknecht didn't push through concessions for farmers or work on Mayo's behalf in health care or its fight against the DM&E railroad loan.
Penny says the district has a reputation for being more conservative than it actually is. He says Gutknecht never won by more than 60 percent of the vote, and his opponents were virtual-unknowns.
"Against those kinds of opponents typically a well-entrenched incumbent will win by a two-to-one margin or 70 percent or more," Penny says.
Minnesota's out-going speaker of the House, Republican Steve Sviggum, sees a much more effective lawmaker on a national level. He worked with Gutknecht in the state Legislature.
"You take the oath of office to the United States of America, to the Constitution of the United States of America," Sviggum says, "Not necessarily just to the 1st District."
He says Gutknecht lost his seat because of anti-Republican sentiment. He says Gutknecht shouldn't be criticized for not having bills to his name.
"I think Gil, knowing him quite well, would not need his name attached to every piece of legislation. But I can absolutely tell you he would be very, very, vital in the passing of a bill."
Gutknecht's successor, Tim Walz, is taking a more vocal approach to the job already.
He just called for a government oversight hearing on the contentious federal loan to DM&E railroad. That's something Gutknecht, despite sitting on the Committee on Government Reform, never did.


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Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the hon. member opposite. Yes, we are new, but we have experience and we interact with artists. I am a teacher and I have used material created by artists. I know how important it is, in terms of economic balance, for creation to continue and for the work of the artists to be recognized for what it is worth. They have to be given more funding, not less funding, with a larger share going to corporations, as the bill currently provides.
It is complex and a number of people are feeling trampled on because of this bill. There is something not quite right. Consultations were indeed held on the matter of the digital locks, but the technology has advanced quite a bit since then. Like the Internet, technology has become more digitized in the past few years. There are more and more new technologies. The proposals also have to be new and take into account these new developments.


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I like this book because I like making new friends. This book could take place any time. There are illustrations; they are nice because they are colorful. This book is special because making friends is a lot of work. I was happy when I read the story because it reminds me of my own friends.
I recommend this book to kids who like making friends. Kids up to fourth grade would like this book because they will be too old to read it after that. The author's writing style is that he tells you how to make friends. You might be interested if you like to have friends.


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From the MLBPA: Mets' infielders Alex Cora and Ramon Martinez filed for free agency.
Cora played in 82 games, mostly in place of the injured Jose Reyes. He .251 with one home run and 18 RBI, but tore a ligament in his thumb and missed the rest of the season.
Martinez replaced Cora, but injured his thumb in June and missed the rest of the season.


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Opium and Afghanistan: Reassessing U.S. Counternarcotics Strategy
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Cultivation and production of opium in Afghanistan have skyrocketed since the Taliban were toppled in 2001 such that Afghanistan now supplies 92 percent of the world's illicit opium. The expanding opium trade is threatening to destabilize the Afghan government and turn the conflict-ridden country back into a safe haven for drug traffickers and terrorists. This paper examines the nature of the opium problem in Afghanistan and analyzes the allied strategy to counter this growing crisis. In analyzing the current counternarcotics strategy, it points out pitfalls including the counterproductive aspects of opium eradication. Finally, changes to the strategy are proposed, which include increasing troop levels and eliminating national restrictions, substantially increasing financial aid, deemphasizing opium eradication, focusing on long-term alternative livelihoods, aggressively pursuing drug kingpins and corrupt government officials, and exploring the possibility of Afghanistan's entry to the licit opium market.
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|"Harry, your eyesight really is awful."
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R. Almeidas was a reporter for the Daily Prophet who wrote a story that appeared on the front page of the edition covering the Death Eater attack at the Quidditch World Cup in 1994.[1]
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The handout of the first 6.0 builds has begun!
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Just curious to see who has covered the most distance so far in their 6th generation Mirage. How many miles/km on yours so far? Also, what Transmission do you have (so we can tell how those CVTs hold up)?
How much do you normally drive in a year?
(I don't drive a lot. Around 5,000 km / 3k mi a year. Mostly because I work from home, and I usually walk/bike in my small city. Which is one reason my 1998 Firefly/Metro has only 31,000 km (~20k mi.) on it. Also because it sat parked in a garage, unused for 7 years before I bought it! )


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PETA President Ingrid Newkirk fired off an email to Whoopi that very politely said just how ignorant Whoopi's statement was. "I think a lot of people who live and work in the South -- as PETA does -- will not appreciate the "view" that cruelty to dogs is an accepted Southern pastime. Those who fight dogs do so in
UPDATE: On today's "View" Whoopi said she was "not condoning" Vick's actions. It sure sounded as though she was making excuses for them.


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DNA / RNA Isolation Purification
Plasmid DNA, genomic DNA and RNAs can be isolated / extracted using kits. Subsequent detection requires PCR amplification and gel electrophoresis of nucleic acids against size markers. In the final stage of sample preparation, purification gives clean and concentrated DNA / RNA. Kits should be fast, efficient, sensitive and give high yield and high quality products.


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Might want to read this and dislekcia's reply: viewtopic.php?f=3&t=2514
I don't think preps are a trainer only. I mean, purist normal dungeons, ok, purist hard ones - I'm not that much into pain thank you very much. Unlocks give you some power to keep up, but the hard dungeons still give you extra trouble.


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Sunday, February 27, 2011
A Narrow Sea - A History Program from BBC Radio Ulster
I've just discovered this radio program on the history of the relationship between Ireland and Scotland. The seven minute episodes started airing on January 3rd and will continue to air weekdays until March 25th. They are available as podcasts for 30 days after the initial broadcast. Bummer! I have missed out on about 20 episodes. I really wish the BBC would make all their podcasts available indefinitely.
Coming into the story in the middle as I did was a awkward; like missing the start of a movie. But after two or three episodes I got the swing of the plot so to speak and all was well. I came into the story at the background to the Ulster Plantation and the ensuing movement of Lowland Scots across the sea. I don't know much about the specifics of movement people from Scotland to Northern Ireland, so the brief history has been interesting. As a migration historian, I've been particularly interested the linking of certain regions of the Lowlands with counties in Ireland. I think my favorite episode thus far is the one on the Border Reivers because it includes the amazing curse the Bishop Glasgow placed on the Reivers in 1525. You can read and listen to the curse here.
Episodes that are available, but I've not listened to yet, include the Scots-Irish connection to the Scottish Enlightenment and the migration of Scots-Irish to America and their experiences there.
These podcasts would be excellent for the family historian or student. The establishment of the Ulster Plantation provided a blueprint for English colonization of the Americas. And of course, the Scots-Irish emigrants have loomed large in American history and imagination. Listening to the podcasts provides a painless way to learn about the context of your ancestors lives or to review for an exam.
Subscribe to the podcast here.
2015 Update: The entire series is available to stream from the BBC Ulster Scots site here.
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- Lolly said...
All of these programmes are available permanently, with their scripts, on the BBC Ulster-Scots website. If you go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/ulsterscots/library/a-narrow-sea
you will find them all there.
Best wishes
Laura Spence
Series Producer for BBC NI
- April 5, 2013 at 11:27 AM
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Remington's Quality Foods is celebrating!!
April 27, 2012 by Judy Trull
Remington Quality Food's right here in Manawa is celebrating their 5 year anniversary, starting next week. These are the moments to celebrate in our community, Dean and Wendy brought a grocery store back to Manawa after we had not had one for almost a year. Such a monumental task at the time, and they really are such a cornerstone of our community and work to preserve this small town way of life that we all appreciate and cherish. So to celebrate there will be free cake, coffee and kool-aid offered all week long, along with many other tasty samples. On Wednesday May 2nd, there will be a chicken brat demo and a visit from Cooper the Gold n Plump chicken. On Friday May 4th from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., there will be a Kornucopia popcorn demonstration, and at 5 p.m. Dave & John will be there with Flavor 8 soda, you may remember we did a blog post a few weeks ago about them and their sodas. On Saturday May 5th, the American Legion Manawa Post 226 will be passing out free flags while they last, there will also be a Brat Fry from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. and in Wisconsin, there isn't just about anything more American than the Flag and a Brat Fry. For Sunday May 6th from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m. our neighbors from Dupont cheese will be at Remington's offering samples of their fine cheese, and let me just say fresh Colby cheese from Dupont is a very fine thing indeed, you can check out more about their cheese at www.duponcheeseinc.com. So come on out next week and help Dean and Wendy and the friendly staff at Remington's Quality Foods celebrate 5 years in our community, stop by and let them know how much we appreciate them!


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Microchip USB: Part 1
Here's the simple test program:
#include <p18f2550.h> #pragma config FOSC = HSPLL_HS #pragma config PLLDIV = 5 #pragma config USBDIV = 2 #pragma config CPUDIV = OSC1_PLL2 #pragma config MCLRE = ON #pragma config WDT = OFF #pragma config LVP = OFF #pragma config DEBUG = ON #include <delays.h> void InitApp(void) { /* TODO Initialize User Ports/Peripherals/Project here */ TRISA=0xFB; //LED output ADCON1=0xD; // two analog channels CMCON=0xF; ADCON2=0x86; // 64 cycles for acq time, lright justify ADCON0=0; // start with channel 0 } // use the built-in 100 cycle delay to get 1mS delays void dly(unsigned int duration) { // the way the clock is set up the frequency should be 48MHz // and 4 clock cycles per instruction // so 12Mhz effective or about 83nS per tick // therefore 12000 ticks should be 1ms while (duration--) Delay100TCYx(120); } int read_analog() { int result; ADCON0|=1; // turn on A/D ADCON0|=2; while (ADCON0 & (1<<1)); result=ADRESH; result<<=8; result|=ADRESL; return result; } void main(void) { int v; /* Initialize I/O and Peripherals for application */ InitApp(); while (1) { LATA=0xff; dly(500); while ((PORTA & 8)==0); LATA=0; v=read_analog(); dly(500); } }
If you get this far, you should see a blinking LED; it will stop blinking when you push the attached push button. Not exciting, I agree, but it does show you have the build environment and the hardware ready.
That catches you up with me. The next step (maybe next week or maybe the week after) is to load the USB libraries and see how far I can get towards making a working HID device.
Actually, you don't actually need support for a USB stack from the vendor, but it sure helps. If you want to get an idea of what it takes to roll your own, have a look at V-USB, an open source USB port for the Atmel AVR.
Another controller I thought looked promising was the NXP LPC11U1X family. I even bought the LPCXpresso board, and will probably eventually experiment with it and share what I find here. The attractive part is it has USB firmware built into the chip. The documentation, however, is a little daunting, so I need to set aside a block of time to play with it properly.


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Four months ago, Bruce Weinstein was drawing a six figure salary at a top five accounting firm. "It was the classic boom period job," he wistfully recalls, "I drove fast cars, went to all the clubs, and dined out on an expense account every night. Spago, Patina, PF Chang's, you name it, I ate it." He won't describe exactly what he did as an accountant, but notes that his clients were always satisfied, "Let's just say the statutes of limitations are still running and leave it at that."
But early this year, the recession economy caught up with Weinstein and he found himself laid off. Rather than working on contract and trying to make ends meet doing the same work he used to do for less income, he decided to go in an entirely different direction.
"I wanted to do something more hands on. I wanted to do real work that made people happy, even if it didn't make me rich. Then I thought, you know, when you come out of Staples after a Lakers game or a concert at midnight or one in the morning and you grab one of those bacon wrapped grease-bomb hot dogs from a little cart, that is one of the most satisfying meals you could ever have."
"I could do that," he thought to himself, and that is exactly what he did. It wasn't easy getting started. Weinstein spent the first three months purely on R&D.
"You know, it's harder than it looks. For the first two weeks, I was like, how do they get the bacon on there? I mean, here I was cooking up my bacon to a fine crisp and roasting up the dogs, and then I'd go to do the wrap, and the bacon would just crumble. I thought, Jesus Christ, I have an MBA, I've got to be able to figure this out. So, I went out to the Garment District to watch some of these old pros, and it turns out," at this point Weinstein moves close to me and in a barely audible whisper says, "they wrap the dogs before they cook the bacon."
Once the recipe was perfected, there was the business plan, and like any MBA, Weinstein needed to find a niche.
"I knew I wasn't going to cut it downtown; the competition there is fierce," so he headed for Beverly, Hills that is. Now he pushes his cart through the streets of this ultra-rich enclave, decked out in a business suit and tie, with a sign reading "All Natural, Slow Food, Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs." When I inquire about the sign and note the empty Ballpark Franks wrapper in his garbage bag, Weinstein shrugs and says, "Give the people what they think they want at a good price and they will be happy."
Still, life is not all roses. Bacon wrapped hot dog carts are illegal to operate in Los Angeles County, and Weinstein has had his share of run-ins with the law.
"I'm essentially working in an underground economy. What I do is criminalized, even though it's a totally victimless crime, I mean except for the cows and pigs, and whatever else is in a Ballpark Frank. For the first few months, the fuzz were totally on my ass. They wanted me to be up north of Santa Monica Boulevard, by the park up there, but I need foot traffic, and that means Rodeo or Canon or Beverly Drive. Now I wander, no more than twenty or thirty minutes in one place. I'm like a hot dog nomad."
He has also developed somewhat of a celebrity following but is hesitant to give specifics, "I'm not going to name names, but let's just say I have a couple of regulars named Paris and Britney; they know where to find me."
Asked if he might use Twitter to communicate his location like the now-famous Kogi Korean taco truck, Weinstein demurs, "What I'm doing is illegal; I can't create a record of it. It would be like gold in the hands of the DA. I've got no problem, personally, with the BHPD mind you," Weinstein gives a little wink, "I just prefer my pigs in a blanket."
Next Week: Burnt Out Talent Agent Turns Echo Park Duck Feeding Pastime into Foie Gras Success Story
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
Faced with Layoff, Accountant goes from Cooking Books to Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs
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- mattatouille said...
this is a hilarious story, where did you get it?
- June 15, 2009 at 3:41 PM
- sku said...
There are 8 million stories in the naked city...
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Biden: "we can act creatively to encourage positive trends and demonstrate support for the Cuban people"
May 27, 2014
Yoani Sanchez, 14yMedio
Q: The Cuban government has recently passed a new foreign direct investment law that has been met with both criticism and a certain level of expectation. Will this law spur any change in U.S. policy toward Cuba, specifically as it relates to American citizens' ability to invest on the island?
A: U.S. policy toward Cuba is guided by a commitment to support the Cuban people's desire to freely determine their own future and advance U.S. interests and promote universal values.
Since President Obama took office, we have demonstrated that we are willing to promote pragmatic changes to our Cuba policies that benefit our interests and the Cuban people. Our travel, remittance, and people-to-people policies are bridging the gap between divided Cuban families and are promoting the freer flow of information and humanitarian assistance to the Cuban people. These measures help put resources in the hands of the Cuban people and help to foster, in the President's words, "spaces of freedom" in Cuba.
We note the Cuban government's changes to its investment laws, and hope that such efforts to attract foreign investment to Cuba will be accompanied by expanded rights and freedoms for the Cuban people to allow them to realize their full potential.
Q: Even when Cubans are able to circumvent the censorship and high prices of internet connection, we still lack access to a number of services and websites due to current U.S. law. This includes access to the online stores for Android or iOS applications as well as select Google services. Is there any possibility of lessening these restrictions on average Cubans by opening up technology and information avenues such as these in the near future?
A: We will keep looking for practical ways to support greater connectivity and to help remove obstacles that stand in the way of open communication and free expression. In 2010, the United States eased restrictions and allowed greater access by people in Cuba to free services that help people connect through the Internet, such as instant messaging, chat, and email. We also changed our policies in 2009 to make it easier for U.S. citizens to donate cell phones and other electronics to people in Cuba and encourage U.S. companies to offer fiber optic and satellite communications services in Cuba, and we started talks with the Cuban government to set up direct mail service between the United States and Cuba. We want Cuban citizens to be able to communicate more easily with each other and with the outside world, so we welcome information about problems that may be arising as ordinary Cubans try to use the Internet and connection technologies.
Q: In 2009, in an interview I conducted with President Obama, I asked him of a possible American invasion of Cuba. His answer was a categorical "no." Our government officials, nonetheless, continue to cover this topic every time they assemble at the Plaza of the Revolution, telling Cuba and the world that the U.S. has a plan to overthrow the Cuban government. An assault that, in their opinion, is imminent. More than the official responses from one government or another, I would like a simple answer for my son. What do I tell him when he asks? Should we be concerned?
A: I can give you the simplest of answers, and that answer is no. Just as President Obama said.
We support the evolution of a prosperous, secure, and democratic Cuba and we will continue to support courageous Cuban citizens who seek to exercise their freedoms. It is our firm position that only Cuban citizens can or should determine Cuba's future. These accusations are a relic of the distant past. They are being used to strike fear into the hearts of decent Cubans who might otherwise focus on problems closer to home. The Cuban people deserve more honesty from their government.
Q: During the last few months, the word "creative" has been used repeatedly by the U.S. government to refer to the new demands of U.S. policy toward Cuba. I am curious as to whether you could give me more detail regarding what this word actually means in this context.
A: President Obama has noted that he was not yet born when the United States initiated the embargo on trade with Cuba. Our objective is to promote positive change on the island so that Cuban citizens can enjoy normal, productive lives in their own country, have the freedom to express their views, and benefit from an inclusive, democratic political system. We have seen positive movement in some areas, such as the increased ability of Cubans to travel abroad, but we remain deeply concerned by the continued arrest and abuse of Cuban citizens for exercising freedoms that are protected elsewhere in the Americas.
The question is how we can act creatively to encourage positive trends and demonstrate support for the Cuban people while continuing to press for improved human rights conditions. Our view is that the President's measures to facilitate family travel, people to people contacts, communications, remittances, and humanitarian donations have had a positive effect and have contributed to the welfare of Cuban citizens. Similarly, our work with the Cuban government on matters of mutual interest has benefitted citizens in both countries. We established these policy changes while continuing to stand for our values and encouraging democratic reforms in Cuba.
Finally, I cannot emphasize enough that Cuba's continued detention of Alan Gross is a major impediment to improved relations between the United States and Cuba. We can be as creative as we like with our policy, but Alan's case remains at the top of our list for resolution. He deserves to come home, and should be released on humanitarian grounds.


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Everett, Washington (October 26, 2013) – The chase for the 2013 GEICO AMA EnduroCross series, fueled by Monster Energy and presented by Lucas Oil visited a sold out Comcast Arena in Everett Washington and Beta's Cody Webb took a thrilling win to move into a tie for third in points. Webb passed KTM's Mike Brown for the lead on lap ten of twelve to take the win. Brown had to hold off Rockstar/Lucas Oil backed Colton Haaker to take second. Taddy Blazusiak salvaged fourth place despite two crashes in the main and a nasty crash during the first practice that injured his right wrist. Husqvarna's Cory Graffunder rode a strong race to take fifth.
Kyle Redmond, Brown and Blazusiak won the three heat races, which all included exciting battles. The thirteen riders that qualified for the main via the heats and LCQ's each completed a single Hot Lap against the clock to determine the gate picks. Webb set the fastest time to get the first pick ahead of Monster Kawasaki's Taylor Robert, Blazusiak, Haaker and Redmond. Brown had a near crash into the pond, which contributed to him earning the ninth pick and a less desirable outside pick.
Despite the outside gate pick, Brown came out of the first turn in second behind Robert and then immediately passed him for the lead and then put in a couple of extremely fast laps to open up a big lead. Robert and Webb exchanged second position a few times before Webb finally took the position on lap four and at that point, he was nearly nine seconds behind Brown. Webb put in several consistent laps at the same time that Brown started to suffer from arm pump and cut the lead in half and then closed to his back wheel on lap ten when Brown got stuck in a tricky rock turn. Webb made an aggressive pass on the inside to take the lead and then took the white flag before opening a five second gap on the last lap to take his second consecutive GEICO EnduroCross win. "This track was so difficult and I felt like I was so tired but I know that Brown and Colton must have felt the same way out there" Webb said.
Brown came under heavy pressure from Haaker and the two battled all the way to the checkered flag to take the final two podium positions. "I could not hold on after the halfway point" Brown said. "The ruts and slippery track was difficult but I should have continued to pull away" he continued. Blazusiak, who had suffered a huge crash during the first practice session crashed multiple times during the main event but managed to work back through the field to finish fourth and lose only four points to Brown in the championship chase.
Graffunder completed the first lap in eighth and steadily moved through the field to finish fifth. Robert, who was sick all week faded to sixth despite taking the lead on the start. Redmond finished seventh, Gary Sutherlin was eighth, Geoff Aaron ninth and Justin Soule rounded out the top ten.
Brown gained four points on Blazusiak in the championship chase, 112 to 105. Robert narrowly held onto third with 90 and Webb moved into a tie for fourth with Haaker at 88 points. Two rounds remain with Boise Idaho on November 9th and Las Vegas on November 23rd.
Everett, Washington GEICO AMA EnduroCross, Fueled by Monster Energy Expert Main Event results:
- Cody Webb Beta
- Mike Brown KTM
- Colton Haaker Honda
- Taddy Blazusiak KTM
- Cory Graffunder Husqvarna
- Taylor Robert Kawasaki
- Kyle Redmond KTM
- Gary Sutherlin KTM
- Geoff Aaron KTM
- Justin Soule Kawasaki
- Max Gerston Beta
- Jamie Lanza Husqvarna
- Wally Palmer Christini
Like most of the races during the evening, the women's main event came down to the last battle and Canada's Chantelle Bykerk took a narrow win over Shelby Turner. The two exchanged the lead a few times and Turner closed Bykerk's rear wheel but came up a little short. Rachel Gutish took over third on the last lap to take that last step on the podium. Bykerk has now won three races in a row and has opened up a large points lead over Gutish, 119 to 97. Morgan Tanke is in third with 75 and Turner is forth with 69.
Each EnduroCross event also includes several amateur classes and Montana's Rob Farrington took the win over Derek Stephen Foord and Ryan Pugh. Harrison Oswald made a last lap pass to take the win in the Open Amateur class ahead of Wyatt Hart and Daniel Brown. In the TrialsCross class, Daniel Blanc-gonnet took the win over Kyle Larsen and Nathan Brown.
For more information, please visit www.EnduroCross.com
2013 GEICO AMA EnduroCross, Fueled by Monster Energy Schedule
Location Date Arena / Additional Information
Las Vegas, Nevada May 3, 2013 Orleans Arena (Friday during Supercross weekend)
Sacramento, California June 8, 2013 Sleep Train Arena
Ontario, California September 21, 2013 Citizens Business Bank Arena
Denver, Colorado October 12, 2013 National Western Complex
Everett, Washington October 26, 2013 Comcast Arena
Boise, Idaho November 9, 2013 Idaho Center
Las Vegas, Nevada November 23, 2013 Orleans Arena
EnduroCross tracks incorporate various elements of extreme off road racing into a Supercross-style setting, including rocks, boulders, logs, sand, mud, a water-hole…and even a few special obstacles like giant tires thrown in! Known as the "toughest racing on two wheels," this indoor off road racing will certainly keep you on your feet. For the seven EnduroCross events, be sure to log-on to http://www.mavtv.com/shows/endurocross for local air dates/times.


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With nine days left before the party primaries, Republican Ralph Norman and Democrat Archie Parnell have raised the most money in the race for the state's 5th Congressional District seat.
The two are among the 15 candidates vying to replace Mick Mulvaney, who resigned in February to become White House budget chief.
Twelve of the 15 candidates for the 5th District congressional seat had plenty to say Tuesday night, sitting elbow-to-elbow onstage in USC Lancaster's Bundy Auditorium.
They had to choose their words carefully and quickly, given the 90-minute time limit for the Before You Vote candidate forum. That worked out to about seven minutes of talking per candidate, covering a wide variety of issues.
Two of the three Democrats in the hunt for the 5th District U.S. House seat visited Lancaster on Thursday night trying to convince members of the local Democratic Party why they are the best choice in the upcoming special election.
Les Murphy told the crowd of about 30 partisans he is the statesman that District 5 needs. A statesman, he said, differs from a politician in that a statesman takes care of those who elect him.
Tonight's scheduled debate among the three Democrats seeking the state's vacant 5th District congressional seat has been canceled.
No specific reason was given, and it is not known if the debate will be rescheduled for a later date.
"We had to pull the plug on the town hall meeting," said Keith Grey, chairman of the Lancaster County Democratic Party. The debate had been scheduled for 7 p.m. at USC Lancaster's Stevens Auditorium.
Congressional candidate Ralph Norman made his pitch to about 45 people at a Monday night campaign event at historic Craig Farm in Lancaster.
Norman, a 63-year-old Rock Hill real estate developer, is one of seven Republicans running for the 5th District seat vacated by Mick Mulvaney, who was appointed White House budget director of the Office of Management and Budget.
The weather was perfect for the outdoor event, where Norman mingled with the crowd, gave a short speech and answered questions from the audience.
Former Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum will be in Lancaster this week to boost Tom Mullikin's bid for the state's vacant 5th District congressional seat.
Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, will attend a business meet and greet from 7:30-8:45 a.m. at the Edwards-Scott House, 200 Elm St. Local construction company owner Kim Lineberger will host the campaign stop.
Those wishing to attend should RSVP www.tommullikin.com/eventsrsvp and select "Lancaster, April 6" from the drop-down menu.
The race for the 5th District congressional seat is in full swing, with two more candidates courting Lancaster County voters over the weekend.
Chad Connelly and Tommy Pope appeared at campaign events in Lancaster and Kershaw. Sherri Few and Ralph Norman stumped in the county last week, and Tom Mullikin is coming this Thursday.
The five are among the seven Republicans candidates in the special election to fill the seat vacated by Mick Mulvaney. The other two GOP candidates are Indian Land attorney Kris Wampler and Ray Craig of Lake Wylie.
COLUMBIA – The push to allow medical marijuana use has likely died for this legislative session, after an S.C. House committee chose not to vote on the proposal this week.
Rep. Brandon Newton (R-45), who sits on the committee, said the Compassionate Care Act probably lacks the support to advance in its current form.
"It's an emotional issue," Newton said. "We have parents with kids who are having seizures, and if marijuana oils will help, I'm all for that part of it.
Full-time city of Lancaster workers are getting another paid day off each year with the addition of a personal day to the municipality's personnel policy.
It's a use it or lose it," said Lancaster City Administrator Flip Hutfles, on the March 14 measure unanimously approved by city council.
The change means that in addition to 11 scheduled holidays, city employees will be allowed to take off one floating personal day that's not charged as a vacation day or as sick leave, though it must be used by the end of the year.
Two of the seven Republicans competing for the 5th District U.S. House seat courted Lancaster County GOP members Thursday night at their monthly meeting.
Sheri Few said education would be her top priority if elected, and she lashed out at one of her GOP opponents as a Democrat. She said she is proudly politically incorrect, declaring that the Confederate flag should still be flying on the State House grounds.
"They are destroying our history and our Southern heritage," Few said. "They are rewriting history."
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Since medieval times Jesse has been placed at the base of Christ's Family Tree. From the eleventh century the Tree of Jesse has been portrayed in religious iconography. In the representation of the Tree, it is usual for Jesse to be portrayed recumbent with a tree rising from his body and the ancestors of Christ portrayed in its branches, with Christ at the summit.
St David Lewis was born in Abergavenny in 1616. Although his mother, Margaret Pritchard, was a devout Catholic, David's Protestant father, Morgan Lewis, brought David up in the Protestant faith. As a Protestant, David would have been baptised and attended services at St Mary's Priory Church in the town. This beautiful and ancient church still serves Abergavenny today. Led by its popular and dedicated vicar, St Mary's is a vibrant parish. Its recently restored Tithe Barn is a delightful and informative place to visit but the Priory Church itself is chock full of interesting features and historic treasures. Perhaps its most famous is its Jesse!
The Abergavenny Jesse is a 15th century figure carved from a single piece of oak. This recumbent Jesse was the base of the Jesse Tree and the Virgin & Child were at the top. The tree was probably around 30 feet high and it is thought to have been a reredos. Originally, the Abergavenny Jesse Tree was vividly coloured and it is still possible to see traces of colour in the details. This magnificent work is one of the finest medieval sculptures in the world. It is our good fortune that, despite the wanton vandalism of Henry VIII in the 16th century and Oliver Cromwell in the 17th century, this beautiful piece of artwork survives.
It gladdens the heart to think that St David Lewis might have looked upon the same Jesse that we can contemplate today. If you live within visiting distance, make it part of your Advent preparations for the coming of Christ. Marvel at the work of this unknown artist then treat your soul to a few quite moments meditating on the words of Isaiah; "A shoot springs from the stock of Jesse, a scion thrusts from his roots:"


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BRUNSWICK — A Durham man has been implicated in a dozen car burglaries in the area and could be connected to another 20 after he admitted to involvement last week, police said.
Robert J. Carroll, 21, confessed to the break-ins after he was arrested on Aug. 21, Deputy Police Chief Marc Hagan said.
In the hours leading up to his arrest, Carroll allegedly broke into a McLellan Street house, where two children witnessed the theft of a laptop computer, Hagan said. The mother of the two children saw Carroll leave as she arrived; she alerted police and provided a description of the intruder.
Carroll was later arrested at Curtis Memorial Library, where police found him with the stolen laptop, Hagan said.
"Eventually he admitted to a series of car breaks (while being held)," Hagan said.
Lt. Michael Moody said there have been 60 reported cases of burglaries in Brunswick since June, and a majority of the cases involved cars as the primary target.
Police have been able to connect Carroll with at least a dozen cases, Moody said, after they matched the stolen property.
"He's suspected to have another 20," the lieutenant said.
Moody said he estimates Carroll stole between 50-60 items – most of them consumer electronics like computers, phones and GPS devices – although he could not be specific.
While police have been able to return some of the stolen goods to their owners, the lieutenant said, it's possible that some residents may have not even realized that their property is missing.
For that reason, Moody said people should check to see if all of their belongings are accounted for. If not, they should contact the Police Department.
Carroll was arrested on charges of theft by unauthorized taking or transfer, burglary, possession or transfer of burglar's tools, criminal mischief and sale and use of drug paraphernalia.
Carroll is being held at Cumberland County Jail.
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Above the Earth
photographs by Yann Arthus-Bertrand
Can you tell what this photograph shows? Yes, that's a tree in the center—one of the last standing in this part of Tsavo National Park in Kenya, Africa. In the 1970s, human hunters, settlement, and drought caused herds of elephants to crowd into the park, where their overpopulation seriously damaged the surrounding vegetation.
Tsavo National Park © Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Altitude.
Some human effects on the earth are obvious. This is just one refuse dump in Mexico City, Mexico, where residents deposit nearly 10,000 tons of household garbage every day. In industrialized countries around the world, each person creates between 700 and 2,000 pounds (a whole ton!) of garbage every year. That probably includes you!
Mexico City garbage © Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Altitude.
What's so important about the rainforest? For one thing, its thick plant growth keeps heavy rains from eroding the soil. In Argentina, where much of the forest has been cleared for farming, iron-rich red soil runs off into the river and out to sea. The Rio Uruguay, which runs across the picture, is ruddy and muddy, but the tributary flowing into it isn't. Can you guess why?
Rio Uruguay © Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Altitude.
More evidence of rainforest destruction floats down the Amazon River in Brazil. Logging, an important industry in Brazil's economy, uses up 7,400 square miles of rainforest every year. The loss of this habitat poses a huge threat to the global web of life, since nearly two-thirds of the world's organisms live in the Amazonian rainforest.
Amazon River Logging © Yann Arthus-Bertrand / Altitude.
See more photos from above Earth. Read Earth from Above for Young Readers by Yann Arthus-Bertrand.
- refuse: Something to be thrown away.
- Look at the picture of the logs floating on the river. Why is logging important to Brazil?
[anno: Logging is an important industry in Brazil's economy.]
- Why is logging harmful to Brazil?
[anno: Logging is harmful because it destroys rainforest habitat.]
- Write a short paragraph supporting one side of the logging issue. Your paragraph should list a few reasons why logging should continue or why logging should stop.
[anno: Answers will vary but should include supporting reasons for either side. If the student is writing in favor of logging, reasons might include that logging is necessary to support people in Brazil and to supply the world with wood. If the student writes against logging, reasons might include that if the rainforest is destroyed, much of the life on the planet will suffer.]


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It's shaping up as an action-packed week for Spain, with the possibility of a long-awaited bailout request not completely being ruled out by analysts and strategists. Here is what U.S. investors need to watch out for:
1) This week, possibly: Ratings agency Moody's could downgrade Spain debt to junk status, though the agency has said it would welcome a bailout request. The review is due by the end of September. See Point 5.
2) Thursday, Sept. 27: The Spanish government is expected to release a new reform package and 2013 budget that could help pave the way for a bailout request. More austerity is expected, including pension-reform measures that could save €4 billion ($5.2 billion), according to Reuters.
3) Also Thursday, Sept. 27: A vote in the region of Catalan that could open the way for self-determination reform and a possible call for early elections by the regional government after a request for greater tax autonomy was rejected by the central government of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy. In short, a political headache for Rajoy.
4) Friday, Sept. 28:Release of detailed stress tests for Spanish banks. Economy Minister Luis de Guindos said Saturday that he expects the report will show banks need €60 billion to clean up toxic assets linked to the housing crash. De Guindos also said the government isn\'t rushing toward a bailout.
5) Yes or no: Bailout request this week? Analysts say it's possible that a request will made the same day as the reform package/budget release, in order to pre-empt a Moody's downgrade. But many say Rajoy wants to wait until after elections in his native Galicia on Oct. 21.
6) U.S. stocks and a Spanish bailout: "We believe most positive scenarios are fully discounted in global stock markets, and as such we believe the downside risk is larger than the upside from here," said Peter Garnry, Copenhagen-based equity strategist at Saxo Bank, who said that for Wall Street expectations surrounding the fiscal-cliff question are a much bigger driver. But, he said, the "conditionality aspects of a Spanish bailout could have wide implications for Spain and could be interpreted negatively by the market.\"
7) Commodities and a Spanish bailout: "If a Spanish bailout turns out to tip in Europe into some more turmoil weakening confidence, etc., then we would expect to see a negative impact for oil and positive outcome for gold, with the latter turning out to be more and more one of very few safe havens when it comes to money," said Garnry.
8) U.S. dollar and a Spanish bailout: Michael Derks, chief strategist at FxPro in London, said that if Spain were to apply soon for a bailout, it would benefit the euro. "However, even if Spain takes longer to apply, it is not necessarily too negative for the euro, as long as they do eventually ask for aid." Still, any negative dollar reaction is likely to be limited, he said.
Chris Weston, chief market strategist at IG Markets, said that the harsher the bailout conditions for Spain, the more European markets, such as the IBEX 35 index and the EUR/USD fall.
*Greece: Greece faces a budget shortfall of about 20 billion, or $26 billion, to satisfy international conditions for emergency aid, almost double previous estimates, German magazine Der Spiegel said Sunday. That was denied Monday by the Greek Finance Ministry.
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My kids complaint this cookie tasted not sweet at all, for me the taste is just nice as the taste is in less sweet side. If you would like to try out this recipe, i would suggest you to increase a bit of the sugar amount and reduce a bit of the corn flour and increase plain flour because my husband said it taste a bit floury..(these were the comments from my kids and hubby, personally i like this cookie a lot, not overly sweet, nice chocolate aroma, slight crunch and fine crumbs, my kind of cookies ^_^ )..
Checkerboard Cookies
(recipe source: recipe modified from Minty's kitchen, by Sonia aka Nasi Lemak Lover)
250g butter, room temperature
125g icing sugar
270g cake flour
100g corn flour
1 egg (large)
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
30g cake flour
15g cocoa powder ( I use Vorlhona cocoa powder )
1. Cream butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Beat in egg and vanilla extract.
3. Sift together flour and corn flour. Fold into the butter mixture and combine to form into a dough.
4. Divide the dough into two portions, add one portion with 30g cake flour, combine to form a dough. Add 15g cocoa powder into another portion and combine to form a dough
5. Flatten the dough and cover with cling wrap and chill dough in the freezer for 30mins until it is firm enough to work with.
6. Roll out plain and chocolate dough into rectangular of equal size, to 1cm thickness.
7. Place plain dough on top of chocolate dough and divide into equal size. Stack them together, cover with chill in the freezer until firm.
8. Measure 1cm and cut lengthwise into strips. Stack 3 strips to form a checkerboard pattern. Chill in the freezer until firm.
9. Cut crosswise into 6mm thick pieces, and place on sheet pans lined with baking paper.
10. Bake at 160C (fan forced) for about 18-20mins.
11. Cool the cookies on a wire rack and store them in an air-tight container.
** you may watch this video for the shaping instruction
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Mark C. Maness, PGA
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Mark has been playing golf for over 40 years and teaching for the last 18. In 1988 was a member of the PGA Tour, and believe the unique insight of what it took to achieve that goal of his helps him in understanding how to help others achieve their goals. In his teaching career, he has devoted himself to learning working for or with many of the top teachers in America, Jim Flick, Hank Haney, Chuck Cook, Martin Hall, and Mike Malaska. Spent eight years with Nicklaus/Flick Game Improvement, learning through working with over 30 different great instructors besides Mr. Flick and Mr. Nicklaus. He is a TPI (Titleist Performance Institute) certified for evaluating the physical condition of students, and work with a physical trainer at his facility who is also TPI certified. Utilize state of the art video, bio feedback equipment (k-vest), putting diagnostic tools (TOMI), and a dopler based launch monitor (Zelocity) to assist students in every way possible. Work with all levels of players from beginners to tour players. It is a tremendous pleasure to see people improve and reach their goals. He can and will help you with the mental, physical and mechanical aspect of the game. Come see why at Golden Bear Golf Center we are "Where golf, fitness, and Technology meet".
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After traveling with Tern last week, I'm now riding and testing bikes in Park City for PressCamp.
Arrived early yesterday and rode the Kamas loop.
Historic Rails to Trails
It starts with a rails to trails section, a long hard climb, country roads, and back through a canyon.
Long, hard climb
I rode a Cannondale CAAD 10 on the loop. I'll ride more 'dales and other bikes for the test of this week, with photos, videos, and posts to follow.


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Our chocolate is carefully made bean-to-bar in Honolulu, Hawaii from lightly processed cacao that preserve many healthy antioxidants while still providing a rich, deep flavor you can enjoy while feeling good. In most other chocolate, fermenting and roasting the cacao destroys many of the antioxidants. We also use many high-antioxidant fruit and spice flavors that are traditional ingredients of the Aztec, Maya, and Olmec tribes that invented chocolate, to both preserve their cultural heritage and give you that original taste.


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Tales of Christmas past in Texas
"We just got up on Christmas morning … and we'd usually have an apple and orange in our stockings. That was about the only time we ever had oranges. I can smell an orange to this day, and it always makes me think of Christmas. We didn't get many toys. We got necessities."
This was a Christmas memory of Zulieka O'Daniel, who was born in 1911 and was raised on a farm southwest of Hart, Texas. Zulieka's Christmas mornings were much the same for many other Texas children in the early 1900s. While the settings were simple and the gifts limited, Christmas inspired the same anticipation and excitement then that it does for children today.
Elora Riddle, who lived on a farm to the west of Kress, Texas, recalled that her older siblings traveled into town by buggy to purchase surprise Christmas gifts one year for the younger children in the family: "Lucindy and Elbert went to town and it snowed and they couldn't get back on Christmas Eve. We hung our stockings on Christmas Eve and Papa and Mama put an orange and an apple, nuts and candy in, so we had that for Christmas and we thought that was all we were going to get." The morning after Christmas, Elora went to the breakfast table to find a "celluloid doll" at her place at the table. "We were so happy that Santa came back," she said.
In 1920, a third-grader by the name of Mill Boyd of Dumas, Texas, attended a community Christmas celebration at her schoolhouse. Instead of individual Christmas celebrations at home, the entire community would gather at the schoolhouse and Santa would visit all of Dumas' children at once. Mill left that year's gathering in delight, carting home with her a "wicker doll buggy and a Schoenhut doll." According to Mill, the Schoenhut dolls were hand-carved, German-made dolls who were "jointed and had real hair." In addition to the doll and buggy, Mill also received two boxes of chocolates from her "little boyfriend" that year. Her mother was not pleased and told Mill she was too young to receive the chocolates and would have to return them. Mill's father, however, interjected, "Leave her alone now. I'm gonna eat that candy."
An even earlier Christmas recollection in 1863 by the daughter of former Texas Governor E.M. Pease, Julia, included a description of the family Christmas tree: "Not tall and stately as the German Tannenbaum, but just a common cedar." Julia recalled that the ladies of the household spent the weeks leading up to Christmas preparing the trimmings for the tree, including stringing popcorn. Julia noted that because of the Civil War, goods had been blockaded from the North and all food and clothing that year had to be made at home.
In the 1890s, Mrs. W.H. Thaxton of Onion Creek, Texas, told the Austin American-Statesman that "real" eggnog was served in "liberal portions" among her family and the neighbors at Christmas. She also noted that "all laws, short of murder and arson, were suspended for the time, and many were the mutual misunderstandings that were settled at Christmastime." At the end of Christmas day, "dancing was engaged in, and the nights were enlivened by the merry strains of the fiddle (not violin), and the calls of the prompter as merrily the dance went on far into the night."
Today, as many of us find ourselves caught up in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season, there is something to be said about the simplicity of Christmas past in Texas. May we all take the time to enjoy the small things, the time together with family and friends, and the real meaning of the season. From my family to yours: Merry Christmas, happy holidays and best wishes for a safe and prosperous New Year.
Sources: Remembering Christmas by Louise George, Texasescapes.com; Austin American-Statesman
Senator Cornyn serves on the Finance, Judiciary, Armed Services and Budget Committees. He serves as the top Republican on the Judiciary Committee's Immigration, Refugees and Border Security subcommittee. He served previously as Texas Attorney General, Texas Supreme Court Justice, and Bexar County District Judge.


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Governor Dave Heineman has granted the request of Mayor Chris Beutler for flags to be flown at half staff in Lincoln Saturday, August 20 until sunset in honor of Army Staff Sgt. Patrick Hamburger, who died on Saturday, August 6 while serving in Afghanistan. Services are scheduled for Christ's Place Church in Lincoln at 10 a.m. Saturday, August 20.


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Call it the Kenny Vaccaro effect.
With a rookie first-round safety in the fold, veteran safety Roman Harper has opted to re-do his deal in a way that creates major cap savings for the team.
Per a source with knowledge of the contract, Harper's cap number for 2013 has plunged from $7.15 million to $3.66 million. That equates to a cap savings of $3.49 million.
Harper's base salary was converted from $5.25 million to a guaranteed salary of $840,000, and $2.91 million of the salary has been shifted to a signing bonus. Previously, only $2.6 million of Harper's salary for 2013 was guaranteed; he emerges with $3.75 million guaranteed for the year. However, his total cash for 2013 has dropped from $5.35 million to $3.85 million.
Harper's cap number for 2014 also has dropped from $7.9 million to $5.87 million, via a reduction in the money he's due to earn from $6.15 million to $3.15 million.
The new deal extends Harper's contract by one more year, via a base salary of $2.7 million, a roster bonus of $650,000, and a workout bonus of $150,000 in 2015.
If Harper is cut next year with a pre-June 1 designation, the Saints would carry $2.72 million in dead money in 2014 and $970,000 in 2015.


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dogcrazyjen wrote:Hey, sounds like a crazy good time, and congrats on the wins. Give Riggs a big hug, he did great. Did you have fun with your dog? That is worth more than a hundred titles. Took me a long time to learn that one.
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Art Historian Highlights Relationship Between the Maya of Yucatan and Franciscan Friars
Amara Solari is taking her readers on a journey through the wake of the Spanish invasion of Yucatan in the sixteenth century, where Franciscan friars and literate Maya elites created a unique and fascinating dynamic of cultural interaction. In her new book, Maya Ideologies of the Sacred: The Transfiguration of Space in Colonial Yucatan, Solari, assistant professor of art history and anthropology, uses the Maya city of Itzmal to explore how indigenous conceptions of space, place, and landscape both aided and subverted the Franciscan evangelical efforts in Colonial Yucatan.
Dedicating a decade to researching the virtually unstudied Maya impact on the Franciscans in the fledgling colony, Solari takes an interdisciplinary approach to investigating how colonial Maya ideologies influenced the conversion strategies adopted by the friars. "As Spaniards built colonies in the New World, men of the cloth saw within ancient ruins and inhabited native towns great potential for easing the colonization effort in the Yucatan," Solari said. "Their practice of remaking a Maya town into a Christian town—often building their churches on the very foundations of an ancient sacred site—represented the absolute triumph of their religion."
Solari examined multiple genres of cultural production that speak to and of indigenous spatial conceptions—including narratives and mythistories recorded in Yucatec Mayan, native-produced maps, and images of indigenous heraldry—to determine how the Franciscan reuse of Maya sacred sites shaped the efficacy and nature of forced conversion to Catholicism. "The town of Itzmal was an ancient pre-Columbian pilgrimage city that in 1549 was reconstructed by resident friars to become the 'jewel' of the Yucatec mission system," Solari said. "The remarkable preservation of Itzmal's visual culture, its urban plan, monastic complex, associated mid-sixteenth-century mural cycles, and well-evidenced ritual performances make it an ideal locale to analyze the preservation and hybridization of indigenous spatial ideologies in the early colonial period."
Solari was awarded a nine-month Long-Term Fellowship at the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence, R.I., for the 2013-14 academic year. The fellowship is underwritten by the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Solari will spend the fellowship completing her third book, Idol Threats: Historicizing Maya/Catholic Icons in the Yucatan Peninsula, 1550-1900, which will examine the shifting role of visual culture in New Spain during the mass epidemics of the early colonial period.
The book was published by the University of Texas Press (http://utpress.utexas.edu/index.php/books/solmay [2]).


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Let?s visit Boudreaux and Thibodeaux in their pickup.
But first, a trip into the dictionary - Lamentation - a term meaning an extreme expression of sorrow, most frequently seen in the Bible. Leave it to the Bible to have vocabulary that's practically unusable in a pickup truck. Grief - is generally considered to be a good psychological release, but it is unpleasant, so it is not much sought after. Yes, doctors say grief is good, but unwanted, and too cerebral for the pickup. And then there is Regret, which is something no one wants to have, but it is constantly hanging around - and that's where fly fishing comes in.


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When I got a call from Good Housekeeping magazine asking me to design some fun summer DIY projects, I knew I had to use them in some way. It was a blistering, hot summer day when I was working on the project ideas, so naturally the thought of a shady place came to mind. A shady place; I had finally thought of a great solution to put the milk jugs to use!
Make a Garden Canopy
What you will need:
Sunbrella or outdoor waterproof fabric (buy the width of the fabric x desired length.)Ours is 72" long. Once you have all of the pieces this project is easy to put together.
(4) large size grommets and grommet kit * fabric stores like Joanne Fabrics
(4) closet poles cut to 72 inches
(4) vintage milk jug containers (flea market item, junk shop or at second hand shops)
(4) 40 Lb. bags of sand
(4) plastic 8" garden pots ( you will find these at the garden center, these are the pots you buy your plants in at the nursery)
(4) large size T cup hooks
(4) tent stakes
At each corner of your fabric add one grommet. 1" down from top of each closet pole screw in one T cup hook. The T cup hook will hold fabric in place at grommet.
The garden pot will help hold the closet pole in the milk container. The garden pot should fit snugly into the top of the milk jug container. Before placing inside you will need to cut a hole the exact diameter of the closet pole in the bottom center of the pot. When the pole stands upright in the container it will slide through this hole and be centered in the milk jug.
First stand pole in milk jug so it is vertical and centered. Pour sand into milk jug and around the pole. The sand will give the jug extra weight and help hold the pole in place. Place the garden pot over the pole and slide down into place inside the top of the jug.
Place all of the jugs the correct distance apart for fabric canopy. Make sure all of the T cup hooks are facing inwards. Hook the fabric to T cup hooks.
Staking canopy: At the top of each pole, wrap and tie one end of the twine (about 8'). Use the cup hook to anchor. At the opposite end of the twine, attach the tent stakes. Push the stakes into the ground pulling to hold the closet poles straight and the canopy taut.