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Meanwhile, Elena wakes to an Imogene Heap song and tries to write in her diary. She gives up, apparently because there isn't anything interesting to write about besides the whole domestic abuse situation going on with Caroline and her boyfriend. She goes to the bathroom and runs into Vicki, who plays it off all nonchalant. "Morning! Fucked your brother!" Elena runs to tell Aunt Jenna about her Jeremy's carnal transgressions, but AJ doesn't care. She's got a date with Newsman. Elena tells Jenna that she hasn't heard from Stefan in three days. Wait a minute, has Vicki been living at their house for three days? She came over at the end of episode four. Has no one noticed her presence in their house for three days? Elena tells Jenna that everything is fine with Stefan disappearing off the face of the planet, but it's pretty obvious that things aren't fine, because Elena is never fine with anything.
At Salvatore Castle, Stefan is planning to go back to school after his three day, unexcused absence. You're going to have a lot of homework to make up, buddy. Zach doesn't think it's such a good idea, leaving Damon alone with him in the house, but Stefan just warns him to keep out of the basement. Right, Zach, you're the only member of the regular cast over age thirty, I'm sure you'll be totally safe alone in the house with a dangerous killer.
Caroline and Bonnie are hanging out in Caroline's room, and Caroline expresses concern that she can't remember if Damon kissed her, or bit her, or if she wanted him to bite her, or what, because she has holes in her memory. Bonnie, who is becoming ever more pyromaniacal, is playing with a candle and not really listening, and the crystal Damon stole from the mayor's party is hanging in direct sunlight. This is important, and I know this because they linger on it. That's a trick of the trade, kiddos. It's just usually not done so artlessly.
At school, any worries Elena might have had about Caroline's well-being are squashed when Caroline strolls through the halls, instructing all the cheerleaders to be sure and slut it up hardcore at the bikini car wash they're having on the weekend. Stefan shows up and reassures Elena that Damon has been, "taken care of," or "dealt with," or some other kind of mob talk, and apologizes for his absence. He tells Elena that he'll meet her at the restaurant in town to explain everything. That's really the best place to do it. If there's one thing I learned from Jerry Maguire, it's that if you're going to fire someone or tell your girlfriend that you're a vampire, you want to do it in a crowded restaurant to avoid a big scene. Elena is going to come to school the next day and say, "Don't worry. I'm not going to do what you all think I'm going to do, which is just flip out!" right before she steals the well-mannered fish from the biology lab. Caroline sidles up to ask Stefan what happened to Damon, and he informs her that Damon won't be coming back, ever. Why Elena doesn't immediately assume, from the earlier comments about having dealt with Damon and now this little tidbit about him never coming back, that Stefan has murdered his brother, I don't know. Because that would be the first thing I would think.
Later that day, at the Mystic Grill, Matt is playing pool and waiting around to fulfill his sole purpose on the show, which is to have Elena walk up to him and ask if he's seen Stefan.
Back at Casa Dracula, Zach thinks, "I'm going to completely disregard my uncle's warning about staying away from the vampire. In fact, I'm going to go taunt him." This doesn't go over well, despite the warning he gives to Damon that he's "full of Vervain." Luckily, Stefan shows up just in time to save his nephew from certain dismemberment. The entire point of the scene, I guess, is to show us that Damon still has some strength, and that there is some serious shit going on in the Salvatore family. Thanksgiving is probably... tense.
Back at the grill, Elena decides to rachet up the awkward between her and Matt by talking about how his sister is boning her brother. Then, she asks Matt if he thinks Stefan is a good guy. This is Matt's chance to be like, "I saw him curb stomp a puppy!" but Matt isn't that kind of person, so he tells the truth. Stefan is good at football, so that makes him a-okay in his book. Just then, Stefan shows up-- an hour late-- and Elena decides that rather than let him do that explaining she just waited an hour for, she's going to storm out. An old guy (not really old, just super ancient to kids watching the show... this guy is probably fifty) thinks he recognizes Stefan, but Stefan insists he must be mistaken. The guy argues that it has to be him, and "you haven't aged." Elena knows there's something up, and Stefan knows she knows, but he lets her storm off in a huff, anyway. Interestingly enough, Elena goes home to write in her diary about instinct... which is awfully rich coming from the girl who doesn't realize her boyfriend is a vampire.
The Newsman and Caroline's sheriff mom are at the grill, trading notes on their plan to eradicate the vampires, when Jenna shows up for her date. You know, if this whole, "kill the vampires" thing is so super secret, to the point of having to form a cabal to deal with it, maybe you shouldn't be discussing this shit while waiting for a date, Newsman. You would not last a day in The Da Vinci Code.
Jeremy takes a time out from his anti-teen-abstinence protest to check on his sister. Elena tells him that she's miserable, but Jeremy has something up his sleeve. He knows that Stefan is downstairs cooking dinner for Elena. Elena isn't as impressed by this orchestrated assault on her dating life as Stefan though she would be, I'm guessing, but he keeps cooking anyway and informs her that if she's going to dump him, she's at least going to know who she's dumping. Then, he starts telling her about Catherine. So, is she dumping Catherine? He tells her that Catherine was the most beautiful, sexy girl ever, but she was with Damon first. He and Damon fought over her like mongrel dogs, and Stefan's biggest regret is that he didn't tell her what she truly meant to him before she died.
While Stefan pours out this heartwarming tale of the girl Elena will never measure up to, Vicki goes through the upstairs medicine cabinet and finds the left over Vicodin prescription Elena got after the car accident that killed her parents. While most people would be like, "Yurgh, what a very creepy reminder that this poor girl watched her parents die in front of her very eyes. I need to reevaluate my life," Vicki takes a "waste not; want not," approach to life and decides that crushing them up and snorting them is a better idea. Jeremy laments that all they ever do is get high, and Vicki accuses him of wanting her to change. I have to side with Vicki on this one. Jeremy, you used to be her dealer, and you used to get high with her all the time. You think your awesome skills with your wang are going to just snap her out of the prescription narcotic habit you helped her build?
Back in the kitchen, Stefan is still talking about himself. I mean, really, really talking about himself, and Elena makes the obligatory comment about him eating garlic that people always make to vampires when they don't know they're talking to a vampire. I think she was trying to change a subject, just so he'd stop talking about his musical preferences. Or, she's figured out he's a vampire and wants to stuff his mouth full of garlic to shut him up forever. I'm good with either one. Elena decides to help cut stuff up and, like people always do when they don't realize they're in the kitchen with a vampire, and you'll never, ever guess what happens next. No, seriously. You'll never guess. She cuts everything up in uniform pieces without cutting herself. JUST KIDDING! She totally cuts herself. She rushes to the sink to rinse off the blood, and Stefan just stands there, vamping out with crazy eyes and bulging veins. Unlike the Buffy vampires, Stefan has a reflection, and Elena sees him getting all monster-like in the window above the sink. He turns around to hide his face and get under control (why didn't he do that to begin with?), but it's too late. In the single most charming act ever performed by a male on this show, Stefan lets Elena think that she was hallucinating rather than fessing up to being a vampire. Taking lessons from a certain sparkly young cad I know, aren't you, Stefan?
Back in timeout, Damon tries to mentally communicate with Caroline, and a giant crow shows up on her windowsill. Caroline proceeds to beat the fuck out of it, and Stefan decides that Damon is ripe for more taunting, so he goes to do that.
Next up, Elena wears a sweater to the bikini car wash. And another shirt underneath that. What this is basically telling the audience is that, unlike all the other whores at this school, Elena is pure and good, because she is unwilling to shake it for the athletic boosters. It's like whoever is writing the teleplay for this read Twilight and thought, "You know, the strong feminist message in this is really turning me off." Bonnie is standing by when a cheerleader calls a nerdy kid's car a piece of crap, and she uses her witchy powers to make suds explode from the bucket and drench the mean girl. Yeah, that will show her! You got her all wet! At the car wash! She was never expecting that!
Because nothing news-worthy has happened in Mystic Falls, you know, aside from several people dying horrible in the last four episodes, Newsman is there covering the car wash. Aunt Jenna comes to reminisce with him about the time they had sex in the back of a minivan (no, I'm not kidding), which Newsman thinks is the definition of a good date. Elena notices that Stefan is wearing his ring and suggests he take it off while dunking his hand in suds and potentially scratching the shit out of a paying customer's paint job, but Stefan isn't hip to burning alive, so he doesn't. Caroline goes into the school to get "more shimmy things," and encounters Damon's ghostly image, which freaks her right out. The "old" man from the grill shows up and Elena grills him (ha! a pun!) about how he used to know Stefan. When the old man first moved to Mystic Falls, he stayed at the Salvatore boarding house, and was staying there when the owner, Joseph, was mauled to death in a mysterious animal attack. The rude cheerleader strolls up and informs Elena that this is her grandfather, and he has Alzheimer's disease. Which would explain why he thought he knew Stefan. But then he goes on to tell Elena about the ring that Stefan wore, and how he knew him and his brother Damon in 1953.
Elena confronts Stefan about this information in a sneaky kind of way, and pretends that she didn't know he was Italian. Yeah, he's not buying that, either.
Vicki decides that since she and Jeremy are a couple now, he needs to meet the important people in her life. And those people are the burnouts in the cemetery.
Elena busts AJ macking on Newsman and asks if things are going well enough that she can ask a favor. She wants to look at all the news clips from the past century or so. Newsman is happy to complain, so they pile into the newsmobile and take off.
Meanwhile, Caroline has abandoned the bikini car wash, as well. The cheerleaders are fleeing this thing like rats from a sinking ship, let me tell you. Guided by Damon's ghostly commands, she goes to the basement and finds him in vampire jail. Then, she snaps out of his spell and says she won't open the door, because, "you bit me." Damon counters with, "you liked it," and gets her to open the door. Zach tries to stop her just in time, but Damon is too strong. He busts out and takes off after Caroline, who has the good sense to run. Upstairs? Downstairs? What's happening in this chase scene? She makes it to the door, and Damon charges after her, straight into the sunlight without his ring. The results are... not favorable. While he fries like Hayden Christiansen at the end of Revenge of The Sith, Caroline runs away like her life depends on it. Which it does.
Back at bikini car wash, the rude cheerleader hands Bonnie a squeegee mop and tells her to get to work drying off the pavement. Bonnie Potter has other ideas, though, and uses her mind powers to dry off the pavement with witchcraft. Somehow, she sets the water on fire, which sets a car on fire. Stefan, recognizing another freak, realizes that it's Bonnie doing it, and stops her before she goes full Firestarter on the entire car wash.
At the station, Newsman gets called away, presumably to cover the fire at the bikini car wash (Fire at The Bikini Car Wash, wasn't that a movie? Like, on USA Up All Night?), leaving Elena to investigate the newly digitized archive footage. In a clip that looks stunningly like a modern day newscast, Elena sees Stefan standing at the door of his house, in 1953. Or, 2009 with a grainy black and white filter on it. Six of one, half dozen of another, right?
Back at the cemetery, Vicki produces the bottle of pills she took from the Gilbert house and offers them to her friends. Jeremy is understandably pissed that Vicki would steal prescription drugs from his house, and tells her it's not cool. Vicki gets all self-righteous, like Jeremy has done something wrong, and threatens to go back to Tyler. Which is right on schedule, really.
Back at the car wash, Matt decides to give Stefan some friendly advice about Elena. She's apparently "big on trust." Yes, the girl who is using her connections in the news media to investigate her boyfriend is "big on trust." He goes on to warn that if Stefan is hiding something, Elena will ferret it out somehow. Big on trust. Trust.
Sheriff mom finally checks on her daughter, after how many episodes of violence and sex happening right in her very own house. Caroline informs her mother that if she's having boy trouble, she'll talk to her dad about it, since he's successfully landed a boyfriend. Zing! Top score, Caroline!
Night has fallen. While Elena's voice over insists that she doesn't believe in the paranormal, Stefan finds Damon missing and Zach all knocked out on the ground. Caroline sleeps in beams of light filtering through the super important crystal. Bonnie's grandma is Mimi from Rent. Newsman paws through Jeremy's stuff and steals the Gilbert family pocket watch. And, in the moment we have been waiting for through four episodes of screaming, "He's a vampire, dummy, why don't you get it?" at the TV, Elena finally realizes that her boyfriend is not human.
Vicki is drowning her sorrows in pills, booze, and the company of her burnout friends in the cemetery, when she finds Damon doubled over in pain. She tries to aid him and... I would assume this is the end of Vicki, because they show her her hand clinging to something and then limply letting go. That's the universal visual sign for death, right?
Stefan is about to head out the door, stake in hand, only to find Elena on his doorstep. She demands to know, "What are you?" and the audience collectively facepalms, because HOW DO YOU NOT KNOW AT THIS POINT? EVEN BELLA SWAN FIGURED THIS ONE OUT.


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"Tequila" the 1958 classic by The Champs echoed through the Lakeville North locker room. The song reached it's peak as the beat dropped into a dubstep remix of the classic, assuring the Panthers that it was time to celebrate.
Freshman goaltender Jake Oettinger stopped all 34 shots No. 2-ranked Hill-Murray flung at him, shutting out the Pioneers 3-0 on Saturday night at Ames Arena. No. 10 Lakeville North, unbeaten in the past eight games, is one of the state's hottest teams.
The 6-foot-3 Oettinger played a stand-up style, but with such a large frame was able to take up plenty of open-net even when playing on his knees.
Hill-Murray's Mitch Slattery had a point-blank shot in the slot on a 4-on-3 power play, but Oettinger got a piece of his glove on the shot with a mess of players in front of him.
"We put our best line against them," Oettinger said about Slattery's line. "We did a good job stopping them."
Patience was key for the Panthers' defense as they played a near mistake-free game. Lakeville North's defenders didn't force any passes, provided a physical presence and displayed strong ice awareness as they aided Oettinger in his shutout performance.
"The best you can do is allow your goalie to see pucks and take care of rebounds," Lakeville North coach Trent Eigner said.
Almost halfway through the third period, Jack McNeely rifled a shot from the point that bounced off Hill-Murray goaltender Sean Wendlandt's chest. Senior Tristen Hazlett saw the rebound to the left of the net and sent it top shelf over Wendlandt's leg pad for his second goal. McNeely had two assists, both on Hazlett's goals.
With a three-goal lead, Oettinger played with oblivious confidence as Lakeville North killed three penalties following the goal to finish the game.
"I wasn't really nervous. I have confidence in our PK, we work on it a lot in practice," Oettinger said. "Coach told me to play your game; the puck's as big as a beach ball."

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Samsung VARs go Platinum
Firm awards first Platinum Partner accreditations
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The world is tucked in for the night under drifts of soft snow.
The chickens are nestled all snug in on their shed.
The dogs are anxious and ready to go.
They know at Grandma's house lots of treats will be fed.
But the roads are icy so we'll have to drive slow.
Have a very merry Christmas, all! We are heading off to be with our families for the holiday. Looking forward to the good company and good food. Meet you back here in about a week!
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NEW YORK (AP) - Ray Davies and Donovan are among the class of the 2014 Songwriters Hall of Fame.
NEW YORK (AP) � Ray Davies and Donovan are among the class of the 2014 Songwriters Hall of Fame.
The organization announced Tuesday that "Midnight Train to Georgia" writer Jim Weatherly and English songwriter Graham Gouldman also made the cut. Mark James, the writer behind "Always on My Mind" � covered by Elvis Presley and Willie Nelson � rounds out the list of five inductees.
The new class beat out top acts that were also up for nomination, including Madonna, John Mellencamp, Sade, Nile Rodgers and Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page and Robert Plant.
Davies, the Kinks leader singer and chief songwriter, penned the band's hits "You Really Got Me" and "Tired of Waiting For You."
The Songwriters Hall of Fame gala will be held June 12 at the New York Marriott Marquis.


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Pasadena to Azusa Foothill Extension more than half way completeWritten by Jenifer Nunez, assistant editor
The Metro Gold Line Foothill Extension Construction Authority says that its 11.5-mile extension from Pasadena to Azusa is now more than halfway to project completion.
When completed, the nearly $1-billion Measure R project will include six new light-rail stations with intermodal parking facilities in the cities of Arcadia, Monrovia, Duarte, Irwindale and Azusa; two dozen new and rebuilt bridge structures; 14 grade crossings; 3.6 miles of relocated track within a shared corridor with BNSF and a 24-acre, $265-million operations campus to house up to 84 light-rail vehicles.
"We were the first Measure R rail project to break ground and we have stayed on-schedule and on-budget since we began work in 2010," commented construction authority CEO Habib Balian on the milestone. "We still have a significant way to go to substantial completion, but the progress already made provides the confidence that we will be able to meet our schedule and deliver this regionally significant project on time and on budget."
All three design-build projects have been awarded for the project: the $18.6-million Gold Line Bridge to Skanska USA; the $486-million Pasadena to Azusa Alignment to Foothill Transit Constructors – a Kiewit-Parsons Joint Ventura (FTC) and the $48.7-million intermodal parking and enhancements to Webcor. The Gold Line Bridge was completed on time and on budget in late 2012.
The Pasadena to Azusa Alignment is being designed and built by FTC and is also on-schedule and on-budget. Since work began in early 2012, FTC has utilized nearly 500,000 work hours on the project and has now surpassed 50 percent completion. To date, eight grade crossings, 15 bridge structures, 40 percent of the operations campus and 70 percent of the utility work has been completed. The freight track between San Gabriel Ave. in Azusa and the Glendora city border has been fully realigned to its new position south of the future light-rail tracks, more than half of the overhead catenary system foundations have been put in place and track is starting to be installed. Notably, of the nearly half million work hours completed, none have been lost due to injury.
Just 18 months from now, the alignment and parking contracts will be completed. The construction authority anticipates having the operations campus ready for the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (LACMTA) in March 2015 and the remainder of the project turned over to LACMTA in September 2015 for testing and
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First of all happy new year!
Here in Denmark the winter started already in november with temp. below 0 degree celcius both nigth and day and alot of snow. This of course doesn't keep us off the water, but sessions are a little shorter than in the spring /summer time and changing from the wet suit to dry cloth is a little cold But the cold weather also means, that my wife can't sent my outside to do garten work, so I have to come up with something else (otherwise she kills me ) So a new new board is made. It is a CF/GF lay-up on a PVC core, size 140x42 with a little concave and middle amount of rocker. I planed to do a standard high polished carbon surface. But then when I was about to do the last sanding and polishing, I decieded that carbon look is a little to boring, so I played with some spray cans and this is the result:
I also started a "pimp my board" project. It is based on the first board I made. The board is very nice on the water, but the durability of the rails are to poor. The board have been used for paint trails, the kids used it for snowboarding and I planed just to let it go. But then I decieded to do a "pimp my board - rebuilding" So now the rails have been reinforced, the old paint job is removed, and I have started to do my own carbon fins (I just doing an upgrade on the moulds at the moment to have a better surface. The first mould were plaster moulds, now I change to epoxy moulds) The this is the status so fare:
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9am-1pm. Chincoteague Cultural Alliance, 6309 Church Street. Great things from farm, field and bay plus quality arts, crafts and attic treasures. The market is your farm to table provider. Look for seasonal fruits and vegetables, seafood, eggs, meat & more!!! Live music rain or shine event. Free parking & free admission. For more information visit ChincoteagueCulturalAlliance.org
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Beyonce has taken aim at those divorce rumors by once again posting an Instagram photo that seems to dispel talk of trouble on the homefront.
The latest image shows husband Jay Z and daughter Blue Ivy on the beach with the caption "My favorite hue is JayZ Blue."
Beyonce has a history of posting these happy family photos on the heels of media reports that her marriage is crumbling. The most recent report surfaced Tuesday, claiming Beyonce was apartment hunting in New York City without her husband. Multiple media outlets have been reporting for weeks that the power music couple is set to split after their On the Run tour concludes in September.


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Until now, Danger Mouse (DM) has been making some good power. But on the dyno recently, DM made some GREAT power numbers! So good, in fact, that we think this combination of torque, horsepower, and the drivability it would produce, is the best combo we've ever tested. Sure there've been tests with more power, but none of them were as affordable as this. And the coolest thing about all of this power is that if you've already got a flat-top piston 350, you could duplicate it. This really is what Danger Mouse is all about. We work to find the best combinations and then share the info with you so you can have it all. It just doesn't get any better than this.
In this month's story, Pt. 28 - Test 45, we bolted on Edelbrock's new E-Tec 170cc heads and a Performer RPM Air Gap intake manifold to see how they'd compare to last month's test with the E-Tec 200s and Super Victor manifold. The results were way better than we expected, especially in the horsepower department. Not only did the E-Tec 170s, with their smaller runner volumes increase torque by over 40 ft-lb at 4,000 rpm, but power also increased by as much as 34 hp at 4,400 rpm! And peak power never dropped way over 5 percent. That might not seem like a big number, but to put it in perspective, that's an average increase of 22 ft-lb of torque and 18 hp from 2,500 to 6,500 rpm! And all this is compared to last month's combination that was no slouch indeed. In fact, the 485 peak hp DM made last month in Pt. 27 meant that it'd kick some serious booty on the blvd. Now this new combination in Pt 28 would kick even more serious booty!
Why'd It Do It?We're really glad that for this month's test we DID NOT change the cam or carburetor. The only parts changed were the heads and intake. We did try a few jetting and ignition timing adjustments on the dyno, just to see if things could be improved. And it turned out that this month's parts were running just a hair richer, so we removed two jet sizes from the primary side of the Mighty Demon carb and found just a bit more power. The increase in overall power and torque can mostly be attributed to the smaller runners and valves in the E-Tec 170 heads. We keep saying this over and over, and we think it's beginning to sink in; the right combination of parts will make your ride scream.
And this little, 355-cid small-block with its hydraulic roller camshaft and pump-gas friendly 10:1 compression doesn't need a big 200cc cylinder head. It's that simple. The smaller runners and valves in the E-Tec 170s we tried this month kept velocities high and that meant more flow where the engine needed it most. It's was a happy accident that the Edelbrock HR cam (234/238 at .050, 296/300 adv, .574/.584 lift with COMP 1.6:1 rockers, 112 lobe separation), worked so well with this combination, and to be completely honest, before the test began, we'd questioned whether or not the cam would be too big. The results proved our doubts were unfounded.
Once again we've spelled it out for you in black and white. You'd be hard-pressed to create a better combination for the money, and if you find one, please let us know because we're dying to try it out!
Dyno Testing Part 28Danger Mouse specs for Part 27 - Test 44Last Test From Previous Month355 cid, 10.0:1 cr, 4.030-bore 4-bolt Motown block, 3.48-stroke Lunati crank, 5.7-inch Lunati rods, Lunati flat-top forged pistons, Speed-Pro moly rings, Edelbrock E-Tec 200 heads (64cc chambers, 200cc runners, 2.02" intake valves, 1.60" exhaust valves), Edelbrock Super Victor Vortec intake manifold, Edelbrock Performer RPM hydraulic roller camshaft installed at 105-degree intake CL (234/238 @ .050, 296/300 adv, .574/.584 lift w/ COMP 1.6:1 rockers, 112 LS), 36 degrees total advance, 91-octane. Tested on Speed-O-Motive's DTS dyno.
Danger Mouse specs for Part 28 - Test 45355 cid, 10.0:1 cr, 4.030-bore 4-bolt Motown block, 3.48-stroke Lunati crank, 5.7-inch Lunati rods, Lunati flat-top forged pistons, Speed-Pro moly rings, Edelbrock E-Tec 170 heads (64cc chambers, 170cc intake ports, 70cc exhaust ports, 1.94" intake valves, 1.55" exhaust valves), Edelbrock Performer RPM Air Gap intake manifold, Edelbrock Performer RPM hydraulic roller camshaft installed at 105-degree intake CL (234/238 @ .050, 296/300 adv, .574/.584 lift w/ COMP 1.6:1 rockers, 112 LS), 36 degrees total advance, 91-octane. Tested on Speed-O-Motive's DTS dyno.
We're always looking for new ideas.Do you have a better one for Danger Mouse?Send your test suggestions to:
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A little blog about life, family, food, and living in the beautiful Pacific Northwest
Monday, February 2, 2009
The Triple P - Paula's Pork and Potatoes
As I wore out a track on the floorboards today going from fridge to cupboard and back again, I gave myself a pep talk. "Making something quick and easy could be good," I silently murmured within my own thoughts. (Picture me tapping my finger on the side of my mouth.) "Hmm, that pork should be eaten today, and then there are potatoes just waiting to be eaten." Ah, my inner psyche knows how to get attention. Potatoes usually make the picky eaters happy. Pork usually makes me happy. The other white meat is actually my preferred white meat.
So .... after much sighing and facial gesturing and finger-to-face tapping, I decided on a simple but flavorful BBQ pork and potato dish. This ended up being a saving-grace decision as my hubby and daughter made their own trek to the neighbors for some extended super bowl fun, thereby causing me to hold a completely cooked meal for over an hour. An hour, people! So much for just popping over for a to say hi. Be gone 45 minutes at the most. Yeah, right. They were gone almost 3 hours! That must have been one loooong helloooooo. (Actually, the neighbors are very, very nice. I was just tuckered out. And grumpy. I'm better now.)
Ahem. Anyway. This pork was very forgiving, and the sitting time actually made it more the texture of smoked pork or even a carnitas, if carnitas were served whole instead of shredded, that is. It's hard to describe, it wasn't dry but it wasn't really juicy either. What is was, though, was tender and excellent. I mean really, really good. The picky eater charter club members liked it, especially my carnivore son who was displeased that I did not have enough for him to have seconds. He covertly faked like he was going to snatch his twin sister's portion, which resulted in a loud protesting outburst by said sibling. I gave him some of mine, restored peace, and you'd have thought I just provided manna from Heaven judging by the way he ate it. The next time I make this, I'm not sure if I should serve it right away or hold it for an hour!! Here's what I did.
6 boneless pork tenderloin chops (I prefer bone in, but hubby likes boneless)
Lawry's Season Salt
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 cup – give or take – of your favorite thick BBQ sauce (mine is gluten free)
8 large red potatoes
½ cup butter – sliced into pats
½ cup heavy cream – generous ½ cup
Sea Salt
White pepper
Season the chops liberally with Lawry's Seasoned Salt. Rub the oil over the seasoned chops and set aside. Heat up your grill (I grill year round on our gas grill), and when it reaches about 400 degrees, place the chops on the super hot grill. Close the lid, lower the temp just a bit, and grill for 5 minutes. Flip the chops, close the lid, and grill the other side for another 5 minutes. Remove from the grill and place right into a baking dish. Pour BBQ sauce over the chops and place uncovered in a preheated 350 oven for 20 minutes.
While the chops bake, make your potatoes. Select 8 large red potatoes (not the baby variety). Wash, do NOT peel, and cube into large chunks. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Add salt if desired. I desired. Add potatoes to the boiling water. Here's a tip for you. Are you tired of avoiding the scalding splashes when adding veggies to boiling water. Give this a try. Put the veggies, in this case potatoes, into your strainer.Simply lower the stainer into the water, and let the veggies slide out. Easy peasy. Then save the strainer to use when it comes time to, you know, strain the cooked veggies. Boil for about 12 minutes or until cooked. Turn off the burner.
Drain thorough and put back into the hot pot. Place back on burner; the residual heat from the coils/grate will help somehow with the starches. Immediately add the butter and the heavy cream. Stir to coat. Season with sea salt and white pepper. Mash. Leave alone. Over mashing makes them wall paper paste.
Now here is where I would plate and serve them right away.In our case, however, we waited an hour for hubbyman and football fan #3 to return home, with everything staying warm in the oven. They still turned out fabulous.See what I mean? Not dry, not juicy, but oh so tender and all gooooood. The sauce really thickened up during the waiting period. Mmmmmm ... yummilicious. Oh, one more thing. This was gluten free, all the way, baby!
So, I have two questions for you. Well, it's more than two, but, you know, some of them go together.
1) Have you ever had to hold a meal? How'd it turn out? Good? Flop?
2) What do you like to cook when you are just uninspired?
18 comments:
- Cathy said...
I hate those days when nothing sounds good. That's when I'm happy to have something tucked away in the freezer. Your meal sounds wonderful.
You're so clever Paula, in both your cooking and your writing.
- February 2, 2009 at 6:15 AM
- Dawn said...
I do that a lot too when looking into an empty fridge--ohhh boy.
But hey, you had plenty of ingredients for this fabulous dinner.
- February 2, 2009 at 7:46 AM
- Bellini Valli said...
How did my colander get to the Pacific Northwest. We have the same one Paula not that that outshines this delicious pork dish!!
- February 2, 2009 at 8:02 AM
- Pam said...
You made a terrific meal, when you thought you had nothing to make. I would have been upset if I had to hold dinner for an hour too. Glad it still turned out tasty.
- February 2, 2009 at 8:39 AM
- Grace said...
i do a lot of finger-to-face tapping--i hope there are no permanent side effects. :)
i think you fared very well here--it sounds like a great meal.
- February 2, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Cheryl said...
That looks dang good, I am impressed you grill. Ours is too big and complex I am afraid of it frankly! When I am uninspired I have cereal, LOL!
- February 2, 2009 at 10:24 AM
- Marjie said...
I don't usually hold meals, because I'm usually sure I can put it out in, say, 22 minutes, and it takes an hour. And math is my strong suit, plus I'm pretty good at telling time. Ah, well. Usually I'm telling people to hold their tummies! When I don't know what to cook, I grab a roastable meat chunk from the freezer, heave it in the oven, and figure out the sides from there. My superbowl fans were right here - all 4 of them - eating chicken wings, sausage, calzone, breadsticks, deviled eggs, and more chips and dip than a horde of boys and men have a right to! At least they ate whenever I put the stuff in front of them, since they were not at the neighbor's house (although we were invited, with another 150 of their closest friends).
- February 2, 2009 at 10:25 AM
I can't imagine you having even a day of things to eat NOT sounding good. Sunds Great to me!
- February 2, 2009 at 11:27 AM
- noble pig said...
When I'm uninspired...ummm Lean Cuisine works!
Love the P Trifecta...you've inspired me!
- February 2, 2009 at 12:18 PM
- Peter M said...
Love the glaze on the pork...fingah' lickin' good!
- February 2, 2009 at 1:25 PM
- The Blonde Duck said...
This makes me wish Ben would eat pork!
- February 2, 2009 at 1:58 PM
- Aggie said...
I always have to hold meals...my hubby is always home late. Drives me nuts!!
I want some of Paula's Pork and Potatoes bad...mmmmm, love that last picture with the fork. Give me that bite!! ;)
- February 2, 2009 at 2:41 PM
- Maria said...
I always struggle with what to make. I am glad my husband helps me out in the deciding process:) And some nights we just eat cereal:)
- February 2, 2009 at 3:58 PM
- How To Eat A Cupcake said...
Ohh your pictures!! I'm hungry now!
- February 2, 2009 at 7:54 PM
- Jan said...
I never have to hold meals. Usually, by the time dinner is ready hubby is champing at the bit. But then he's not an American football fan.
But I do hate it when I haven't christened (baptized) dinner and can't think what to make. Looks like your pork turned up
trumps. :-)
- February 2, 2009 at 9:03 PM
- Mediterranean kiwi said...
pork chops are what i always cook when i am uninspired - great minds think alike!
- February 3, 2009 at 2:11 PM
- Manggy said...
Oh mannnn.... It's near dinnertime and I really
need some of that. I wish I had pork just waiting for me in the fridge. And some of that delicious barbecue sauce. But then I'd have to wait a while. Could you just fedex it to me? Heh heh. :) I certainly wouldn't take so long at the neighbor's if I knew this was waiting!
- February 3, 2009 at 2:51 PM
- Jan said...
A lovely meal you made there!
- February 3, 2009 at 11:54 PM


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|Market Snapshot:
Week Chg
Week %Chg
S&P 500 Index
Dow Jones Industrials
NASDAQ Composite
Value Line Arithmetic Index
Minor Cycle (Short-term trend lasting days to a few weeks) Negative / Neutral
Intermediate Cycle (Medium trend lasting weeks to several months) Positive
Major Cycle (Long-term trend lasting several months to years) Positive
In the wake of last week's selling that was the first noticeable market weakness since last December's short-term lows and since selling into the November intermediate bottom, we thought it might be useful to take our own informal investor's bull/bear poll.
"Will all those still bullish after last week's selling please raise your hands? Okay…two, three, four. Yes, sir, the noise maker says it all! Thank you. And all of you folks in the second row with Smiley Face T-shirts. Excellent!
"Now, will all those who feel more bearish after last week's selling please raise your hands? The gentleman in the third row in the Skull and Cross Bones biker's jacket, is your hand up, sir? Yes. Thank you. And the lady with the Elk antlers and thumbs down baseball hat. Thank you, too….
Summing up, folks, it looks like the bulls still have an edge both in terms of market bias and sartorial elegance."
Market Overview – What We Know:
- Major indexes closed mixed again last week. All closed within range of even, but only Dow 30 was positive.
- Market Volume declined by 13%, but that contraction was largely due to truncated trading week and national holiday last Monday.
- Short-term trend has taken on more negative tone with deterioration to negative in Momentum in Dow 30 and NASDAQ Composite, although Momentum in S&P 500 and Value Line index remains slightly positive on near term. Intermediate and Major Cycle remain positive, but historically "Overbought."
- To suggest fully positive near-term trend, S&P must rally back above upper edge of 10-Day Price Channel (1520.69 through Monday) and must surpass 1530.94 to confirm resumption of larger Intermediate Cycle. Intermediate Cycle turns negative below lower edge of 10-Week Price Channel (1433.37 through March 1).
- Daily MAAD rallied to new short-term high last Tuesday, but was unable to better that level in subsequent market action. Daily MAAD Ratio was last "Neutral" at 1.04.
- Daily CPFL hit new short-term high last Tuesday and remains below that point. Daily CPFL Ratio was last "Overbought" at 1.73.
- Cumulative Volume (CV) in S&P 500 was last at new short to intermediate high, but continues to remain weak relative to spring 2011 high, as do NASDAQ Composite and Dow 30.
Fact is, market pricing is still leaning slightly in favor of the bullish contingent, especially on the larger cycles. While last week's downdraft on Wednesday with negative follow-through on Thursday negated the positive short-term advance in effect since the late December lows (1398.11—S&P 500), Friday's index price recovery erased most of the losses in the previous two sessions and left all of the major indexes within range of even on the week -- the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up a bit with the S&P 500, NASDAQ Composite, and Value Line index down fractionally.
Market Overview – What We Think:
- Selling last Wednesday and Thursday, and despite some recovery Friday, has left fissures in Minor Cycle that looks negative and vulnerable. Short-term trend could easily slip into more solid negative territory.
- We suspect market ascent in effect since November intermediate-term lows and most recent short-term lows in late December is unsustainable in face of "Overbought" conditions on larger Intermediate and Major Cycles and Momentum that could turn negative on all cycles with relative ease.
- In spite of bullish price bias since November lows, uptrend initiated in March 2009 is mature. In fact, upside "measured move" targets calculated on variety of cycles suggest S&P, Dow 30, NASDAQ Composite, and VAY could be within range of making long-term highs.
- So long as pricing and indicators are not in synch on upside as they were from March 2009 until May 2011, lingering doubts will persist about long-term viability of uptrend and we continue to wonder how much longer this market will be able to shake off unfavorable indicator divergences.


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Iran Hit by Major Earthquake Near Border with Pakistan (Dubai, U.A.E.)
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran Tuesday was hit by a major earthquake centered in the eastern region near the border with Pakistan and felt as far away as Dubai and Delhi.
The quake struck at 3:14 p.m. local time and was measured at 7.8 by the U.S. Geological Survey. Iranian seismologists measured it at 7.7, and said its epicenter was at Saravan in the mountainous eastern province of Sistan and Baluchistan, according to state-run television. There were conflicting reports on the numbers of dead and injured.
Much of Iran lies close to geological fault-lines and is prone to earthquakes. A major tremor in 2003 flattened the southern city of Bam and killed about 40,000 people. A smaller quake last week hit the province of Bushehr and raised concerns about the safety of the nuclear plant located there.
Hedayatollah Mir-Moradzehi, a lawmaker who represents Saravan, as well as Iran's Press TV initially said that 40 people had died. Iranian state television said later that the number came from foreign media. Mohammad-Sharif Khalegi, governor of Saravan, told the channel that the number of injured townspeople was 27. At least 21 people died in Pakistan, state- run television reported.
Casualties may be limited because the region is sparsely populated, state-run Fars News Agency cited Mohamed Sarvar, deputy head of emergency services, as saying. Morteza Moradipour, a Red Crescent official, said because the quake had a depth of 95 kilometers (59 miles), its impact was similar to that of a 4 magnitude event, state-run Mehr said.
Water services, electricity and telephone communications were fixed in 30 minutes, Hatam Narouei, governor of Sistan and Baluchistan, told state television. He said the center of the quake was an unpopulated desert area and that urban areas of Saravan suffered minor damage.
There are about 1,700 villages in the Saravan area, state television said, and Fars said many houses there are made of mud brick that can easily crumble in a quake.
"Much of the population in the region probably live in buildings particularly vulnerable to ground shaking, such as adobe or other unreinforced structures," Steven Godby, earthquakes expert at Nottingham Trent University, said in an e- mailed response to a question.
In the Bam earthquake of 2003, large numbers of these kinds of structures collapsed, including essential buildings, such as hospitals and fire stations, Godby said. Secondary hazards such as landslides may also add to the economic losses by affecting critical infrastructure and making access to remote areas difficult, he added.
Iranian state television said the Bushehr plant, which is about 1,140 kilometers from the epicenter of today's quake, is functioning normally.
In Pakistan, at least 21 people were killed, 150 injured and 100 buildings destroyed in southwestern Baluchistan, state- run PTV reported. "Hundreds of two-room mud houses in the province have collapsed," said Farooq Kubdani, coordinator for Human Rights Commission of Pakistan in Mashkel, a town of about 70,000.
"Several people are still missing and we suspect they are buried under the debris of the houses," Kubdani added. "Also the main bazaar of the town Mashkel has completely collapsed."
In Karachi, Pakistan's financial center, residents ran into the streets, and buildings also shook in northern India.
On the other side of the Persian Gulf, buildings were evacuated in Dubai and other cities where the quake was felt.
Iranian state television said 2,000 emergency tents have been sent to Saravan, a town of 240,000 residents, according to state television. Turkey's Red Crescent said it was preparing aid for Iran, including tents, blankets and food.
— With assistance from Faseeh Mangi and Khurrum Anis in Karachi, Ladane Nasseri in Dubai, Andres R. Martinez in Johannesburg and Augustine Anthony in Islamabad.


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GE Highlights What Works in America; Focuses on Manufacturing, Innovation, Jobs and Trade
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GE Highlights What Works in America; Focuses on Manufacturing, Innovation, Jobs and Trade
NEWSROOM: General Electric (GE)
CONTENT: Press Release
(3BL Media / theCSRfeed) February 29, 2012 - GE held a four-day event with partners in Washington, D.C. dedicated to America's long-term economic and industry growth with discussions centered around manufacturing, innovation and jobs and announced new commitments to strengthen America's global competitiveness by building a more highly skilled workforce, lowering healthcare costs and supporting the integration of the nation's veterans into the workforce.
"American business can compete and win anywhere," GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said. "There are companies and communities all across the country that are leading the way. We know that renewing American manufacturing works; affordable healthcare works; high-skill training works; investing in people works; supporting customers works; accessing global markets works. We should have the confidence to act and to restore American competitiveness."
As part of its focus on what works, GE will launch several new programs throughout the year, including:
- New pilot programs with partners to improve healthcare delivery in Louisville, KY, and Erie, PA, to achieve better health at lower costs in each community. This follows a successful program in Cincinnati that has resulted in significantly lower costs for both local employers and providers while improving access and maintaining quality care.
- Hiring 5,000 U.S. veterans over the next five years and sponsoring a "Hire our Heroes" partnership with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to help veterans integrate into the civilian workforce and match them to jobs.
- Opening several manufacturing skill-building centers called "GE Garages" to spark interest in skills for jobs and partnering with GOOD/Corps on the What Works Project, a new interactive platform to highlight what works by inviting the public to submit stories, images or video depictions of what is currently driving American competitiveness. The project will award up to $10,000 each week through November to selected non-profit organizations that support American jobs and skills training.
- Doubling the number of GE engineering interns to more than 5,000 as part of an initiative proposed by the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness to add 10,000 more engineering graduates a year in the U.S.
GE also today announced details of the expansion of its Aviation business in 2012, including investing $580M in the expansion of its manufacturing and research & development footprints in the U.S. to support growing production rates and expanded product offerings. GE Aviation is adding more than 400 new manufacturing jobs and in 2013 will open the three new plants that are under construction in Ellisville, MS, Auburn, AL, and Dayton, OH. The plants are part of GE investment in the U.S., which includes the construction or rebuilding of 16 plants and more than 12,000 new jobs. Last week GE began production on its first new appliance product line in more than 50 years at Appliance Park in Louisville, KY.
Program Details
Affordable, High-Quality Healthcare. In 2009, GE launched partnerships in the greater Cincinnati area with city leaders, local employers, providers, payers and civic organizations to establish region-wide treatment standards, encourage more efficient information exchange and improve health and wellness education among those battling chronic diseases. After two years, the program resulted in more than 100 new primary care centers, fewer emergency room visits and hospital admissions and decreased healthcare costs per GE employee. GE will expand this program to Louisville and Erie in 2012.
Hiring More Veterans. GE will hire 5,000 veterans over the next five years and partner with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to sponsor 400 jobs fairs for veterans in 2012 as part of the "Hiring our Heroes" initiative. Additionally, GE will offer extra hiring training and services at 50 of those jobs fairs. The company will also renew its Statement of Support with the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve, which renews GE's commitment to support employee reservists when they are called to active duty. Together these efforts will help ensure veterans and reservists have the utmost support as they assimilate into the civilian workforce.
GE employs more than 10,000 veterans and has about 100 U.S. employee reservists currently serving overseas and has been named as a top military recruiter by G.I. Jobs Magazine.
Skills building. GE will undertake two programs to help build jobs skills and to focus on what works:
- GE Garages. GE is partnering with Skillshare, Tech Shop, Inventables, Make and Quirky to open new building spaces that serve as a manufacturing lab for technologists, entrepreneurs and everyday Americans. Kicking-off with mobile pop-ups in Austin and Houston, TX, and San Francisco, CA, and then with long-term locations in Houston and Cincinnati OH, GE Garages will offer a one-of-a-kind opportunity for visitors to learn about the invention prototyping and manufacturing processes, receive support in product building, collaborate in hands-on maker workshops, participate in trainings on high-tech prototyping equipment and learn from guest speakers. With partners, GE is bringing its manufacturing expertise and industrial know-how to deliver manufacturing education and innovation that support each community and its employment base.
- What Works Project with GOOD/Corps. In partnership with GOOD/Corps, GE launched the What Works Project, an interactive platform for people to highlight what is already working by inviting the public to go to www.celebratewhatworks.com and submit stories, images or video depictions of what is currently driving American competitiveness. Stories submitted to the What Works Project will culminate in a tapestry that showcases the power of American communities at work. In addition, the What Works Project will award up to $10,000 each week from February through November 2012 to selected non-profit organizations that support American jobs and skills training. The What Works Project will also reward individual daily cash prices of $500 for the participants whose submissions receive the most votes.
The site is currently integrated with Facebook and Twitter, with places to sync up with Instragram, making it easy to upload and share photos of what works. Twitter users can use hashtag #whatworks and receive a unique URL from @generalelectric to accelerate the submission process.
More Engineers. GE is committed to nurturing young engineering talent through its Edison Engineering Development Program. GE currently has 2,500 engineering interns working across the company in the U.S. and is committing to double that number as part of the President's Council on Jobs and Competitiveness initiative to graduate 10,000 more engineers a year in the U.S. The program is directly tied back to jobs, as GE hires 80% of full-time engineers from the internship pool. GE is one of the largest employers of engineers in the U.S. with more than 19,000 engineers.
Customer Competitiveness. GE is increasing its commitment to making customers more productive and successful in the U.S. and globally through new technology and tools and Six Sigma-style process that will unlock additional value for customers and help them grow and compete. The company will also expand Access GE, an initiative that allows GE Capital's customers to benefit from the full breadth of GE's expertise, to more U.S. middle-market businesses. This year, GE is launching similar programs to unlock value for Rail, Aviation, Healthcare and Energy customers.
American Competitiveness: What Works
The "American Competitiveness: What Works" event is centered on manufacturing, innovation, jobs and trade and brings together more than 65 leaders from business and politics to explore ways to make the U.S. a more competitive country.
Leaders joining GE include: Andrew Liveris, President, Chairman & CEO, The Dow Chemical Company; Jim McNerney, Chairman, President & CEO, The Boeing Company; Governor John Hickenlooper (CO); Mayor Greg Fischer (Louisville, KY); Former Governor Haley Barbour (MS); Dr. Regina Dugan, Director, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency; Alfred Spector, Vice President of Research and Special Initiatives, Google; Bruce Andrews, Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Commerce; Tom Donohue, President and CEO, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Governor Bob McDonnell (VA); Senator Tom Carper (DE); Secretary Robert Rubin, Co-Chairman, Council on Foreign Relations; Kevin Schmiegel, Vice President, U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Eric Shinseki, Secretary of Veterans Affairs General; Senator Patty Murray (WA); Speaker John Boehner; and more.
Each day will be organized around a different theme:
- Monday, February 13: American Manufacturing. Sessions will focus on strengthening American competitiveness, creating an environment that fosters manufacturing growth and growing middle market investment.
- Tuesday, February 14: Innovation. Topics will include leading edge innovation in medical research, transportation infrastructure, energy and the role of innovation in successful businesses and countries.
- Wednesday, February 15: Global Competitiveness. Speakers will focus on the opportunities and challenges in emerging markets and will analyze the policy conditions needed to support a robust global economy. Panelists also will discuss the international trade and export agenda and the global supply chain, and how they can support the domestic economy.
- Thursday, February 16: Workforce, Veterans and Reservists. The final day of the summit will focus on job creation in America and how to best create opportunities for veterans rejoining the civilian workforce.
For the full event Agenda visit: http://www.ge.com/works/.


text: For every fan of Conor Oberst, there has been a moment when this precocious voice of troubled youth has come of age; to my mind, this really is the one. What sets The People's Key apart from Oberst's prodigious output over the past 15 years isn't its lyrical density or conceptual assurance, but the taut, bright, propulsive vitality of its musicianship. This is practically a pop album – albeit a pop album about time, the universe, life as a hallucination and spiritual redemption. Jejune Stars rattles off an exuberant chorus that lodges immovably in the mind, and elates, despite articulating an existential crisis precipitated by the weather. The album is abundant in such choruses, bound together by a chugging, playful rhythm (Haile Selassie), stabbed by authoritative guitars (Shell Games), or embedded in coruscating electronic effects (Triple Spiral) that, in earlier albums, would have disintegrated into chaos. It's as if Bright Eyes have finally exited their bedroom and entered a brave new musical world.


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Things are GROWING!
And the bees are happy :).
And the bees are happy :).
Last weekend, I was able to explore my grandmother's yard (I hadn't done that in a while) and capture these images :).
Another happy bee getting his fill from a beautiful setting :D.
Basil!...I don't really like Basil, but...Basil! Haha :D
Nana's care takers that live with her, Kayleigh Driggers and her mom, Laura, (my grandmother has Alzheimer's) are growing a beautiful vegetable garden! It's lookin' good :D.
Back to my home :).
This lovely pink climbing rose is happily living about 10 feet off the ground in a crepe myrtle tree; it looks like we have a rose tree. Haha :D.
A little random: check out this cool necklace my cousin Amanda made! :D.
Our Creator is so kind :).
"O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good: for His mercy endureth for ever. Let the redeemed of the LORD say so..."-Psalm 107:1
With a smile,
{ Rachel Leigh }
{ Rachel Leigh }


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Apple has reportedly fired the manager in charge of iOS 6 Maps, Richard Williamson. Williamson lead the mapping team that was responsible for the new, heavily criticized maps app that debuted in September. The dismissal of Williamson is one of Eddy Cue's first major actions since being put in charge of maps in the management shakeup last month. Cue is said to be looking to TomTom to fix its landmark data as well as talking to mapping experts outside of Apple about how to be improve the experience. Apple has been hard at work fixing problems in Maps since the release of iOS 6. In a report from Bloomberg reports:
A team at Apple has been working to fix the mapping mistakes, focusing first on some of the most glaring problems, one person said. The satellite imagery over the U.K. has been improved and labels for popular U.S. landmarks such as the Washington Monument have been corrected.
A shakeup of this kind is not unexpected. When Scott Forstall was ousted last month, many speculated that it was due to the issues with Maps, but ultimately it was more to do with internal politics than one issue with one piece of software, as serious as those issues were. As the leader of the Maps team, Williamson was responsible for making sure Maps was done on time. Yes, Maps is a 1.0 product, but there is a minimum level of quality that a product this important has to have before it's released to the public, and Maps wasn't there for a lot of people. The mapping team needs to be able to make improvements to Maps rapidly in order to turn it into the product that it should be, and if Williamson wasn't the right person to lead this team, then Eddy Cue needed to let him go and find someone that he could count on to get the job done.
Source: Bloomberg


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NEW YORK, NY--(Marketwired - Mar 17, 2014) - IntelliCell Biosciences, Inc. ("IntelliCell" or the "Company") (
IntelliCell's Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Steven Victor, remarked, "I am excited that the company will be filing its first IND for osteoarthritis of the knee and has the honor to be working with Dr. Andrews, Dr. Anz and Dr. Hackel. They are the some of the most prominent sports medicine physicians in the company. Dr. Anz and Dr. Hackel bring their vast knowledge and experience in stem cells to this project. With this distinguished group of doctors on board we will be able to advance the research and science of the SVF cellular product in the fields of orthopedic and sports medicine."
As said by Dr. Adam Anz, "Dr. Victor, through Intellicell Biosciences, has been a pioneer in the clinical application of stem cell therapy in the United States. His interactions with the FDA have helped us understand the current regulatory status, and he has a practice, which recently has passed their scrutiny. At the Andrews Research and Education Institute, we look forward to collaborating with him and to applying his technology in a compliant fashion. Working together we will produce evidence about the value of stem cell therapy for the treatment of joint injuries and degeneration, which will help us treat our patients better."
According to Dr. Josh Hackel, "We have recognized IntelliCell BioSciences as a forward thinking company and we are excited to continue FDA compliant research in this area as it relates to sports medicine and the treatment of our patients. It will be research like this at the Andrews Research and Education Institute in collaboration with IntelliCell BioSciences that will further our understanding and improve our management of sports medicine injuries."
About IntelliCell Biosciences
IntelliCell is a pioneering regenerative medicine company focused on the expanding regenerative medical markets using adult autologous stromal vascular fraction cells (SVFCs) derived from the blood vessels in the adult adipose tissue. IntelliCell Biosciences has developed its own patented technology and protocol to separate adult autologous vascular cells from adipose tissue without the use of enzymes. IntelliCell will also be seeking to develop technology-licensing agreements with technology developers, universities, and international business entities.
About Dr. James Andrews
Dr. James Andrews is internationally known and recognized for his scientific and clinical research contributions in knee, shoulder and elbow injuries, as well as his skill as an orthopedic surgeon. Dr. Andrews is a founding partner and medical director for the Andrews Institute in Gulf Breeze, Florida. In addition, he is a founding member of the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI).
Dr. Andrews has been the mentor for more than 250 orthopedic/sports medicine fellows and more than 45 primary care sports medicine fellows. Involved in education and research in sports medicine and orthopedic surgery, he has made major presentations on every continent, and has authored numerous scientific articles and books.
About Dr. Adam Anz
Adam Williams Anz, M.D., is a fellowship trained orthopedic surgeon who specializes in sports related injuries, specifically focusing on complex knee surgery, hip arthroscopy, and innovative stem cell treatments. He has many peer-reviewed publications and presentations with a special interest in cartilage regeneration. His main goal is to keep patients of all ages as active as possible in the least invasive way possible.
He completed his orthopedic surgery residency training at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina where he worked extensively with the Wake Forest Demon Deacons Football team. After residency, he completed a sports fellowship at the world-renowned Steadman Clinic in Vail, Colorado where he learned complex knee surgery from the famed Drs. Steadman and Laprade and hip arthroscopy from Dr. Philippon.
Dr. Anz has numerous orthopedic journal publications and a strong interest in research with projects including the use of CT 3-D reconstruction for subtle hip deformities and a biomechanical project involving MLB pitchers with elbow injury. Dr. Anz's strongest research interest is in cartilage regeneration. During residency he spent 3 weeks in Malaysia with Dr. Khay Yong Saw, an orthopedic surgeon who has pioneered a method to regenerate cartilage using a patient's own stem cells. He returned to Malaysia after his time at the Steadman Clinic for a stem cell fellowship and to work on preparing an application to the FDA in order to apply this cutting edge stem cell technology within the United States.
About Dr. Josh Hackel
Dr. Joshua Hackel, a sports medicine physician, specializes in the prevention, diagnosis, and conservative management of musculoskeletal injuries utilizing the latest medical techniques for anyone who is injured on the job or at home, a weekend warrior, professional, high school or recreational athlete.
Following his residency in 2003 in Family Practice at Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus, GA, Dr. Hackel accepted a fellowship at the American Sports Medicine Institute (ASMI) in Primary Care Sports Medicine under the direction of orthopedic surgeon Dr. James R. Andrews. Upon completion of the fellowship he was invited to become a member of the Andrews Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center in Gulf Breeze, FL.
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Dr. Hackel has a multitude of team physician experience in many different sport and recreational arenas. These include team physician for the University of West Florida, Troy University football, Birmingham Barons baseball (AA affiliate of the Chicago White Sox), Birmingham Power of the WNBA, Arena Football's Birmingham Steeldogs, Southeastern Conference (SEC) womenÂ's basketball tournament, Mercedes Olympic Marathon, and the Medical Director for the Pensacola Marathon.
Dr. Hackel practices in Gulf Breeze at the Andrews Orthopedic & Sports Medicine Center and serves as an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine at Florida State School of Medicine.
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If you are looking to save a bit of money on your MAC makeup addiction, you might be tempted to take advantage of some of the deals you can find online. While it is possible to find some good bargains on MAC on places like eBay, counterfeit MAC is becoming increasingly more common. Here are a few tips on how to identify counterfeit MAC Cosmetics and avoid buying fake MAC items.
First, trust your instincts. If a price sounds good to be true, you should look at the item with a very skeptical eye. It's extremely difficult to find true bargains on MAC Cosmetics products these days. If it's just a few dollars off of retail, it is more likely to be legitimate. If it's a limited edition pigment from 1999 being sold for $2 new in box, you can rule it out right away.
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In order to determine the validity of the item in question, you need to examine it closely. If buying online, you should request pictures from the seller of the item from several angles including the top, bottom, side view, inside of lid, and the box. You need to compare these with original items either from your own collection or using pictures found online. There are a lot of subtle differences that fake MAC makeup products carry.
The packaging is one area where fakes tend to stand out if you know what to look for. For example, many counterfeit MAC eyeshadows come in a pot that looks suspiciously like the real thing… until you notice the compartment with the mirror and applicator underneath. MAC pot shadows never come with applicators or mirrors yet somehow this is very common on fakes. Also, the lid on many fake MAC shadows has a higher dome and opens at a smaller angle than real MAC shadows.
The packaging can offer several clues as well. Often counterfeit MAC boxes will have a very convincing MAC logo but the font on the rest of the box is very different from that of legitimate MAC boxes. Because many of these fakes are manufactured in other countries, you can often spot misspellings on the packaging as well. In some cases, the dimensions of the boxes might be different than real boxes too. If you suspect an item is not real MAC, pore over it very carefully before committing to buy it. Compare the item in question with one that you know is real and scrutinize the size, shape, writing, color and finish of the lid, weight, and scent.
Another tip-off to potentially fake MAC items is the source. Legitimate MAC products can be purchased from MAC counters, MAC stores, MAC's official website, and Cosmetics Company Outlet stores. Sometimes individuals will sell their MAC items secondhand for extra cash online. eBay is a overrun with MAC items but the sad truth is that many of these are counterfeit. When shopping for MAC on eBay, look at the seller's history. Check their feedback carefully for complaints of counterfeits. Look at the other items they are selling. If they have hundreds of new MAC items up for sale, especially without boxes, there is a good chance what they are selling isn't MAC at all.
Unfortunately, you have to do a bit of detective work when you are buying MAC from unofficial sources. Counterfeit MAC makeup items are not just poor quality imitations of the real thing. Some of these items might even contain ingredients that can irritate your skin or eyes. Truly good deals on MAC are few and far between but if you look very carefully, you can still find a few bargains.


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Each lesson or activity in this toolkit is related to NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO). The toolkit is designed so that each lesson can be done independently, or combined and taught in a sequence. The Teacher Implementation Guide provides... (View More) recommendations for combining the lessons into three main strands: 1) Lunar Exploration - These lessons provide a basic introduction to Moon exploration. Note that this strand is also appropriate for use in social studies classes. 2) Mapping the Moon - These lessons provide a more in-depth understanding of Moon exploration through the use of scientific data and student inquiry. The lessons also include many connections to Earth science and geology. 3) Tools of Investigation - These higher-level lessons examine the role of technology, engineering and physics in collecting and analyzing data. (View Less)
Materials Cost: $1 - $5 per group of students
This is a lesson about the solar wind, Earth's magnetosphere, and the Moon. Participants will work in groups of two or three to build a model of the Sun-Earth-Moon system. They will use the model to demonstrate that the Earth is protected from... (View More) particles streaming out of the Sun, called the solar wind, by a magnetic shield called the magnetosphere, and that the Moon is periodically protected from these particles as it moves in its orbit around the Earth. Participants will also learn that the NASA ARTEMIS mission is a pair of satellites orbiting the Moon that measure the intensity of solar particles streaming from the Sun. (View Less)
This is an activity about the rotation of the Moon. Learners use a penny and a quarter to model that the Moon does indeed spin on its axis as it orbits the Earth. They find that the Moon keeps the same face toward the Earth, but receives... (View More) illumination from the Sun on all sides in turn. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
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This module focuses on ultraviolet radiation on Earth and in space and how it affects life. Learners will construct their own "martian" using craft materials and UV beads. They will explore how UV radiation from the Sun can affect living things,... (View More) comparing conditions on Earth and Mars, and then discuss ways in which organisms may protect themselves from UV radiation. They will then take part in a Mars Creature Challenge, where they will change their creature to help it survive harsh UV conditions — like on Mars. They will then test their Mars creatures by subjecting them to different environmental conditions to see how well they "survive" in a martian environment. This investigation will explore shelter and protection as one of life's requirements and how Earth's atmosphere protects life from harmful UV radiation. It also includes specific tips for effectively engaging girls in STEM. This is activity 5 in Explore: Life on Mars? that was developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
This lesson includes a demonstration to show why the sky is blue and why sunsets and sunrises are orange. Learners will use scientific practices to investigate answers to questions involving the color of the sky, sunsets, the Sun, and oceans.... (View More) Requires a clear acrylic or glass container to hold water, a strong flashlight, and powdered creamer or milk. (View Less)
Learners model how the Moon's volcanic period reshaped its earlier features. The children consider that the broad, shallow impact basins contained cracks through which magma seeped up. A plate in which slits have been cut is used to represent an... (View More) impact basin and a dish of red-colored water is used to represent the pockets of magma within the Moon's upper layers. When the model impact basin is pressed into the "magma," "lava" fills in the low areas through the same process that produced the dark patches, or maria, on the Moon. Children may examine a type of Earth rock (named basalt) that is also found on the Moon and that would have been shaped by the processes explored here. This station investigates the Moon's "teen years," when it was one to three billion years old. This activity is part of Explore! Marvel Moon, a series of activities developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
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Participants will use scientific practices to investigate answers to questions involving the color of the sky, sunsets, the Sun, and oceans. This activity requires use of a clear acrylic or glass container to hold water, a strong flashlight,... (View More) batteries for the flashlight, and powdered creamer or milk. (View Less)
This is a collection of outreach resources about the Sun that are meant to be used in informal education settings. This toolkit was originally designed for NASA Night Sky Network member clubs and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific's Astronomy... (View More) from the Ground Up network of museum and science center educators. The toolkit includes background information about the Sun, magnetic fields of the Earth and Sun, and space weather, activity suggestions, and detailed activity scripts. The themes of this toolkit address both the constant nature of the Sun as a reliable source of energy and the dynamic nature of the Sun due to its changing magnetic fields. The activities and related materials in this collection include The Sun in a Different Light - Observing the Sun, Explore the Sun cards, Magnetic Connection, the Space Weather PowerPoint, Protection from Ultraviolet, and Where Does the Energy Come From cards. These activities can be done separately or as a group as part of an informal education event. Institutions that are not part of the Night Sky Network will need to acquire the various materials required for each activity. (View Less)
The 9-session NASA Family Science Night program emables middle school children and their families to discover the wide variety of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics being performed at NASA and in everyday life. Family Science Night... (View More) programs explore various themes on the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, and the Universe through fun, hands-on activities, including at-home experiments. Instructions for obtaining the facilitator's guide are available on the Family Science Night site. (View Less)
Learners will create their own models of lunar orbiters out of edible or non-edible materials. They determine what tools would be necessary to help us better understand the Moon and plan for a future lunar outpost. Then they incorporate these... (View More) elements into their models. NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter is used as an example of a spacecraft armed with "eyes," "ears," and other tools for exploration. This activity is part of Explore! To the Moon and Beyond! - a resource developed specifically for use in libraries. (View Less)
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text: A young Jewish girl named Anne Frank (1929-1945), her parents and older sister moved to the Netherlands from Germany after Adolf Hilter and the Nazis came to power there in 1933 and made life increasingly difficult for Jews. In 1942, Frank and her family went into hiding in a secret apartment behind her father's business in German-occupied Amsterdam. The Franks were discovered in 1944 and sent to concentration camps; only Anne's father survived. Anne Frank's diary of her family's time in hiding, first published in 1947, has been translated into almost 70 languages and is one of the most widely read accounts of the Holocaust.


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Conclave, (from Latin cum clave, "with a key"), in the Roman Catholic Church, the assembly of cardinals gathered to elect a new pope and the system of strict seclusion to which they submit.
The early history of papal elections remains unclear. There is some evidence that the early popes, including Peter, appointed their own successors, though this practice evidently failed to gain support. Subsequently, the election of the bishop of Rome (the pope) mirrored the election process for bishops in other towns: the local clergy were the electors; neighbouring bishops acted as presidents of the assembly and judges of the election; and the laity indicated their approval or disapproval more or less tumultuously. Elections were sometimes challenged or disrupted; as early as 217, a schism occurred and rival popes were elected (see antipope). After the Roman emperor Constantine legalized Christianity in the early 4th century, the emperor assumed a role in the election, often presiding over the process and at times imposing a candidate. In the 6th century the Byzantine emperor Justinian I asserted that the newly elected pope could not be consecrated until his election had been confirmed by the emperor. Two centuries later the Carolingian kings of the Franks, the preeminent power in Latin Christendom, replaced the Byzantine emperor as the secular authority who received formal notification of the results of papal elections, and Western rulers subsequently appropriated the rights and privileges assumed by Justinian and his successors. In the 10th and 11th centuries popes were appointed by Otto I and Henry III, respectively.
In the 11th century, when the entire church underwent reformation, the system of papal election was transformed. In 1059 Pope Nicholas II (1059–61) issued a decree that reformed the electoral procedure, limiting the role of the emperor. The election was to be carried out by the cardinal bishops with the assent of the cardinal priests and deacons and the acclamation of the people. Despite these reforms, papal elections in the 12th century continued to be turbulent affairs. In the 1130s and the 1160s and '70s, schisms occurred as disputed elections led to the consecration of popes and antipopes. The third Lateran Council (1179), which followed one of these schisms, made all cardinals electors and required a two-thirds majority to decide the election.
Nevertheless, abuses still occurred. When the cardinals failed to elect a pope for more than two years after the death of Clement IV (1265–68), the local magistrate locked the electors in the episcopal palace, removed the roof (subjecting the cardinals to the elements), and allowed the cardinals nothing but bread and water until they made their selection, Gregory X (1271–76). At the second Council of Lyon in 1274, Gregory promulgated a constitution that called for the cardinals to meet in closed conclave and imposed strict regulations to guide the election; Pope Boniface VIII (1294–1303) ordered this decree incorporated into canon law. Despite the wisdom and rigour of Gregory's reform, papal elections continued to face difficulties in the 14th century. The most serious problem resulted in the Western Schism, when in 1378 two groups of cardinals elected rival popes, one residing in Avignon and the other in Rome, and a third group of cardinals, convening in Pisa in 1409, elected a third. The crisis caused by the schism was partially resolved by the reforms implemented at the Council of Constance (1414–18): the claims to the papacy of the Avignon pope, Benedict (XIII), and the pope selected by the Pisan cardinals, John (XXIII), were rejected, and each was branded a schismatic "antipope"; Gregory XII grudgingly resigned; and Martin V was elected to replace him.
Electoral rules were further regularized in the 16th and 17th centuries. Pius IV (1559–65) codified all laws on the conclave that had been promulgated since the time of Gregory X. In 1591 Gregory XIV (1590–91) forbade, under penalty of excommunication, the placing of bets on the election of the pope, on the duration of the pope's reign, and on the selection of new cardinals. Gregory XV (1621–23) issued legislation specifying in detail the procedure of the conclave.
By the 17th century the church had tacitly accepted a right of veto, or exclusion, in papal elections by the Catholic kings of Europe. Typically, a cardinal who was charged with the mission by his home government would inform the conclave of the inadmissability of certain papal candidates. The royal right of exclusion prevented the election to the papal office of various cardinals in 1721, 1730, 1758, and 1830. The right was exercised for the last time in 1903, when Austria blocked the election of Cardinal Rampolla. The conclave then chose Cardinal Sarto, who, as Pius X (1903–14), abolished the right of exclusion and threatened to excommunicate any cardinal who accepted from his government the mission of proposing a veto of a papal candidate.
Various popes in the 18th and 19th centuries issued decrees that provided flexibility over the sequestering of the cardinals and that responded to the possibility of interference by secular powers. The entire procedure was codified in a constitution issued by Pius X on December 25, 1904. Pius XII's (1939–58) constitution (December 8, 1945) introduced modifications and increased the required majority to two-thirds plus one. Paul VI (1963–78) directed that cardinals who are 80 years of age or older cannot vote; he also limited the number of voting cardinals to 120. John Paul II (1978–2005) issued several more directives, notably declaring that after 30 ballots the traditional requirement of a two-thirds majority may, at the discretion of the cardinals, be superseded by election by a simple majority. In 2007 Benedict XVI (2005–13) restored the traditional practice, declaring that the valid election of a new pope required a two-thirds majority.
Upon the termination of a pope's reign, the cardinal camerlengo, the personal representative of the Sacred College of Cardinals in the administration of the church, takes up residence in the Vatican palace. If the pope has died, the cardinal camerlengo verifies the death by an ancient and elaborate ritual. Traditionally, he gently taps the pope's head with a silver hammer while calling out his baptismal name three times; upon receiving no response, he pronounces the pope's death. (In the case of John Paul II, an electrocardiogram was used to confirm death.) Although election to the papacy is for life, in rare cases a pope's reign terminates during his lifetime, as it did with the resignations of Gregory XII in 1415 and Benedict XVI in 2013.
Once a papal vacancy has been confirmed, the cardinal camerlengo arranges for the breaking of the pope's fisherman's ring and papal seal, symbolizing the end of his authority. From the cessation of the pope's reign to the beginning of the conclave in the Vatican palace usually 15 to 20 days later (the conclave following Benedict XVI's abdication in 2013 convened 12 days later), the cardinals meet every morning to discuss current business. The interior of the conclave area was formerly divided into small apartments (cellae), one for each cardinal, assigned by lot. The cardinals now reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae ("St. Martha's House"), a hotel-like building constructed for visiting clergy during the reign of John Paul II. Strict security measures are taken in order to ensure the secrecy of the procedure. The area of the conclave is completely sealed off for the duration of the gathering; only the cardinals and their secretaries, the masters of ceremonies, certain other ecclesiastics with specific duties related to the election, doctors, and the service staff may enter. Additionally, the cardinals are denied access to all news media and are strictly forbidden to use telephones of any type or personal computers.
The cardinals vote by secret ballot in the Sistine Chapel (also a part of the Vatican palace) until a candidate had been selected. One ballot is held on the first day of the conclave and four on each subsequent day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. Immediately after the count, the ballots and all related notes are burned in a stove in the chapel, and the colour of the smoke passing from a pipe through the roof enables the crowd assembled in St. Peter's Square to know how the voting has gone: when no candidate receives the required majority, the smoke is black; if a new pope has been elected, the smoke is white. Wet and dry straw were originally mixed with the ballots to produce the black or white smoke, but today chemicals are used to ensure the right colour. Still, even with the additives and depending on weather conditions, the smoke's colour can be difficult to discern. One of the most notorious examples of this difficulty, occurring after the election of John Paul II in 1978, inspired a further reform in the process: in 2005 the bells of St. Peter's Basilica were rung to confirm for the first time that the smoke was white and that a new pope had been elected.
When one person has received the required majority, the dean of the cardinals formally asks him whether he accepts his election and what name he wishes to assume. Upon his acceptance, the news is announced to the assembled populace; the senior cardinal deacon appears on the central balcony in the facade of St. Peter's and declares, "Habemus papam" ("We have a pope"). Soon afterward, the new pope, wearing pontifical robes, appears at the same balcony and gives his first blessing as pope to the crowd. The conclave ends when the new pope disbands it, usually after addressing the body of cardinals. Traditionally, the installation of the new pope takes place a few days later, the day being fixed by the pope himself. John Paul I (1978), John Paul II (1978–2005), and Benedict XVI (2005–13) chose modest inauguration ceremonies instead of the elaborate coronation rite once observed.


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20 July 2011
The Beckhams...
David Beckham...
A dotting daddy's happy feet.
Love, love the Beckhams.
Especially Posh!
Harper is a lovely English name, just not sure about Seven as a name.
But then, these are the Beckhams rights?
Hope your week is wonderful so far.
Image via The Mirror.co.uk
3 comments:
- Michelle {lovely little things} said...
I agree. I love the name Harper, but Seven?
- 20 July 2011 at 15:20
- PhotoPuddle said...
Same thoughts here. Harper is actually rather nice but I can't say I care much for Seven.
- 20 July 2011 at 21:01
- Draffin Bears said...
Great shoes, having all the names embroidered on them. I suppose David will now have Harper tattooed on his body. I love the name too, Harper but not keen on Seven
- 22 July 2011 at 02:43
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