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"New Year's Day is every man's birthday." (Charles Lamb)
A fresh start! We all appreciate that. Some even crave it. A new year can be the catalyst for a healthy turn-around as we focus our best efforts on what's important to our well-being.
There is nothing magical in flipping the calendar. But there is something appealing about closing the door on unhealthy behaviors and their consequences. A healthy, new beginning can result when one gives him or herself permission to leave behind past failings. The next step is to solidify in some practical manner the positive steps required to achieve our wellness goals.
Positive health is an emerging concept that an interdisciplinary team is investigating with support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This pioneering approach to health promotes patients' health assets while focusing on key factors that include subjective influences like optimism. This can add to a healthier and longer life according to the organization.
But what happens when optimism wanes? Staying on track where health resolutions are involved can be difficult. Skeptical of positive outcomes, Mark Twain once remarked, "Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever."
Despite our best intentions, positive thinking is often side-tracked by the frustrations that come with slow or no progress as well as the unflinching determination required to succeed. When looking to fortify a push towards better health and sustain a positive agenda, we can't overlook the best asset we have: God's wisdom, love and joy for us.
The Bible offers some immediate aid:
- "Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old." (Isaiah)
- "For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." (Jeremiah)
- "If any man be in Christ, he is a new creature; old thing are passed away; behold, all things are become new." (Paul to the Corinthians)
- "Be renewed in the spirit of your mind, and put on the new self, which in the likeness of God has been created in righteousness and holiness of the truth." (Paul to the Ephesians)
- "I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with loving-kindness have I drawn thee." (Jeremiah)
When the weight of past shortcomings derail your efforts for reform, take to heart the encouraging words of singer, song writer, Mindy Jostyn when thinking about God's love for you: "There's never a story that ever could change the glory of you in His eyes."
At the stroke of midnight New Year's Day many sing the traditional favorite, Auld Lang Syne (long, long, ago) - the quirky but comforting tune which offers up the question whether old times should be forgotten. "We'll take a cup of kindness," the old Scottish melody asserts. As the New Year unfolds, be kind to yourself. Don't let last year's inadequacies carry over into the potential of today. Welcome in the new you!
Steven Salt is a writer and blogger covering health, spirituality and thought. He is a Christian Science practitioner, curious about everything. You can follow him on Twitter @SaltSeasoned.


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Well I have two thoughts for Follow Friday today. To me follow Friday is recommending a website or another blog etc. So for that part I am going to recommend you take a look at Midwest Genealogy Center's website (part of Mid-Continent Public Library): http://www.mymcpl.org/genealogy. It is the most wonderful place in the world, but I am biased. ;-) On this site you can find tips for starting genealogy and continuing, forms that you can fill out online and save to your computer and many links to other helpful sites. Not to mention the links under getting started about the online presentation. Two classes were done by yours truly and another one on the way!! :-) Check it out!
Next for follow Friday I am challenging myself to "follow" my lead yesterday and go home and do some genealogy. Last night I spent about 2 hours working on my genealogy and playing catch up on entering my information on my computer software that I have recently found. I want to spend at least an hour on this tonight (while watching a marathon of Criminal Minds, of course!) While entering in this information I am creating quite a list of to-do's. I have also created a goal to get this side of my family put into a book and printed out for my family by April! I just have to do it!!!!!!!!!!
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Key Three-Game Stretch Starts Saturdayby Brent Harris • February 11, 2011 Share:
Three games remain on the regular season schedule for the Wabash basketball team, and all three will determine the Little Giants' path in the upcoming North Coast Athletic Conference tournament. The three-game home series starts Saturday at 1 p.m. against Hiram.
Wabash is coming off a thrilling 69-68 overtime win at previously unbeaten Wooster to keep the team in the hunt for one of the top spots in the final regular season conference standings.
The Little Giants have already clinched a home court game in the first round of the NCAC tournament on Tuesday, February 22, but their opponent will be determined by those final standings. The top-eight teams make the tournament field, with the top-four teams earning home games.
Despite the upcoming tournament, the Little Giants' focus is squarely set on their Saturday opponent — Hiram.
"We got back to playing Wabash basketball last Saturday against Wooster," junior guard Aaron Zinnerman said. "It's important that we keep playing our style of basketball throughout these last three home games. Coach Petty always tells us the most important game is the next game. We have to put the excitement of the Wooster win behind us, but remember how we played to earn that win."
Zinnerman was a key for that Wabash victory, leading the team with a career-best 17 points. Nick Curosh added 13 points on 6-of-7 shooting on the interior. Wes Smith dished out five assists and accounted for five of the Little Giants' 14 steals in the contest — none bigger than a steal to salt away the victory.
"Saturday was important on a lot of different levels," Smith said. "Obviously we needed the victory to make certain we didn't lose any ground in the conference standings. We are also kind of tired of hearing that we're a one-man team. I wasn't scoring, but I tried to help out defensively. That balanced scoring from Saturday's game should give us confidence to finish the season with a strong effort."
"Wooster really keyed on Wes," Curosh said. "It was big for us to get contributions from AZ and (Derek) Bailey. That shows other teams what we already knew — that we're not just a one-faceted team centered on Wes. We can pick up the scoring in other areas, and Wes can make an impact in ways other than just his scoring. I think accomplishing that on Saturday gave us a real confidence boost."
Bailey was key figure for the Little Giants in the overtime session. He gave Wabash a five-point lead by scoring on a reverse layup and a 3-point basket over the first few minutes of overtime, accounting for the only points for the team in the extra session.
"Hiram is a great team and they are playing very well heading into this game Saturday," Bailey said. "Having this full week to prepare for them and recover from the Wooster game has let us go hard in practice and work hard as a team."
After Saturday's home contest against Hiram, the Little Giants will face NCAC co-leader Wittenberg in an 8 p.m. game at Chadwick Court on Wednesday.
The regular season comes to an end on Saturday, February 19 with a 1 p.m. tipoff against Oberlin. Wabash fans will honor the five senior members of the 2010-11 team prior to the game. A celebration of Head Coach Mac Petty, who announced his retirement earlier this week after 35 years at Wabash, will take place at the conclusion of the game.
Photos - (top left) Aaron Zinnerman drilled four 3-pointers in Saturday's win at Wooster on the way to a career-best 17 points.
(Bottom right) Nick Curosh was nearly perfect from the field, scoring on six of his seven shot attempts.


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The West Coast CKA had their West Coast Championships at UCSB. The event worked out perfectly, with a good scene and excellent conditions. By late morning, the contest area was set up featuring Red Bull gear, a DJ, lots of sunshine and a whole bunch of eager kiters.
After crafty attempts to rig Rebstock's rubber tow-at apparatus and some good laughs, the faithful springtime Santa Barbara winds kicked in perfectly. Surfstyle was run first with the following results:
1st Place: Patrick Rebstock (Cal Poly)
2nd Place: Kurt Miller (UCSB)
3rd Place: Mikey Benaron (UCSB)
4th Place: Reed Brady (Cuesta)
Rebstock pulled through with the victory thanks to his heavy turns and especially his ariel maneuvers (air reverses, alley oop, and large grabs). Kurt Miller came in a very close second place due to his impeccable unhooked forehand riding, wave selection, and overall ridiculous surfing style.
Mikey Benaron came in a close third with numerous consistent high wave scores from the judges, followed by the infamous Reed Brady.
The wind stayed solid through the freestyle heats and there was a fierce battle for 1st between Reed Brady of Cuesta and Patrick Rebstock of Cal Poly. Rebstock's technicality and overall performance proved to win the judges over in the end as he took the final.
Results were:
1st Place: Patrick Rebstock (Cal Poly)
2nd Place: Reed Brady (Cuesta)
3rd Place: Zach Goepel (UCSB)
4th Place: Kurt Miller (UCSB)
After the heats and the beach cleanup the crew headed to a local sports bar for beer, wings, and the contest results before a long night of debauchery at the IVKC house. Thanks to IVKC (Zach Goepel), Cal Poly (Andy Crafts) and USD (Will Caldwell) for hosting these events and making this circuit possible this year.


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Dallas Cowboys website and Yahoo Sports are reporting that two maintenance workers have fallen off the Cowboys Stadium roof.
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)—Two maintenance workers who were not wearing safety harnesses fell from the roof area of towering Cowboys Stadium on Thursday morning, and at least one suffered serious injuries, authorities said.
The two were working on the top hatch of the retractable-roof venue around 7:20 a.m. when they slipped, Assistant Fire Chief Don Crowson said. They were not using "fall protection," he said.
Both workers were transported to hospitals. Crowson said one man was severely injured but he had no details.
The National Weather Service said temperatures were near freezing at the time of the accident.
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The Kansas City Chiefs have only one win on the season, but they do lead the NFL in celebrating touchdowns that never happened.
Relive every game this season online and on-demand with enhanced viewing features, including the "All-22" coaches film. Get NFL Game Rewind.
In one dizzying, depressing, hilarious sequence during the third quarter of Monday night's 16-13 overtime loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers, the Chiefs celebrated like they hadn't played with a lead all season. (Ohh ... that's right.)
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Back by popular demand, Emmy Award-winning Comedienne Lawrence, one of the most beloved television personalities of her generation, offers a mixture of stand-up comedy, music and observations about real life in this "two-woman show."
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Things seen while riding now include, Guinea Pig rescue. These rescuers are saving Guinea Pigs that were dumped on the side of the highway and later spotted by cyclists on the trail. Several had died already and it was quite a chaotic scene when the furry rodents would bolt from their cover and into the grass. Then the cyclists would yell, the rescuers would leap into action, and we said, "never seen anything like this before!" Also, from a distance as we approached, I thought maybe the rescuers were hunting wild rabbits and was ready to turn them into however polices urban hunting. Nope just well-meaning, good-hearted people saving pets others cast aside.


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Men head to Southern Intercollegiate, women to UNC Wilmington
ATHENS, Ga. and WILMINGTON, N.C. (Sept. 6, 2012) – The ETSU men's and women's tennis teams begin the fall season on Friday, as the men's side heads to Athens, Ga. for the Southern Intercollegiate and the women's squad travels to Wilmington, N.C. for the UNCW/Landfall Fall Tennis Invitational.
The Southern Intercollegiate Championships will be hosted by the University of Georgia for the 45th time this weekend. Student-athletes from 24 different collegiate men's tennis teams will compete for titles in various singles and doubles draws, with championship matches scheduled to conclude on Monday.
The 24 participating collegiate tennis teams include Armstrong Atlantic, The Citadel, Clemson, ETSU, Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Furman, Georgia, Georgia College, Georgia Southern, Georgia Tech, Kennesaw State, Kentucky, Liberty, Lipscomb, Mercer, Ole Miss, Mississippi State, North Florida, Presbyterian, UT Chattanooga, Tennessee Tech, Vanderbilt, and Virginia Tech.
Seniors Jesus Bandres (Caracas, Venezuela) and Juan Ramirez (Asuncion, Paraguay), juniors Roger Ordeig (Gurb, Spain) and Jorge Varon (Valencia, Venezuela), along with sophomores Rogerio Ribeiro (Sao Paulo, Brazil), Fernando Amon and Ricardo Pabon (Bogota, Columbia) will represent the Bucs at UGA.
The UNCW/Landfall Fall Tennis Invitational will be hosted by UNC Wilmington at the Country Club of Landfall's Tennis Center. Play begins Friday, with championship matches scheduled to conclude on Sunday.
The tournament features four women's singles and two women's doubles flights. Competitors from UNCW, Coastal Carolina, VCU and West Virginia will join the Buccaneers in Wilmington.
Competing in the singles A draw for ETSU will be newcomer Antonia Kolovou (Larisa, Greece). Redshirt freshman Lyn Yee Choo (Kuching, Malaysia) will compete for a title in the B draw, with first-year Buc Anna Gerbasi (Caracas, Venezuela) taking on the competition in the C bracket. Another of ETSU's newcomers, Larn McShane (Hobart Tasmania, Australia) enters play as the No. 1 seed in the D flight.
In doubles play, Gerbasi and Choo team up in the A fight, while McShane and Kolovou take on the B flight as the No. 2 seed.
Daily updates for each tournament will be provided on ETSUBucs.com.
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The co-founder of Facebook Inc., Eduardo Saverin, reportedly has renounced his U.S. citizenship ahead of the social-networking giant\'s IPO, in a move that apparently could save him a bundle on taxes.
Saverin, who is 30 and lives in Singapore, stands to make nearly $4 billion from the IPO (FB) slated for next week, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reported Friday.
He \"recently found it more practical to become a resident of Singapore,\" according to a spokesman quoted by Bloomberg. A recent story in The Wall Street Journal said Saverin had become a local celebrity in Singapore, living in a penthouse, lounging with wealthy and attractive people at clubs and picking up expensive bar tabs.
The 2010 film "Social Network," a fictionalized take on the legal travails in the founding of Facebook, prominently featured a character called Eduardo Saverin, and his claims against Harvard classmate Mark Zuckerberg.
Americans living abroad renounced their U.S. citizenship in record numbers last year, according to a recent Reuters report. The United States is one of the few countries in the world to tax its citizens on income earned while they\'re living abroad. They also face rigorous rules for reporting foreign income and accounts.
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Hi BollywoodFan, I'm a relatively new regular reader. I;m finding it difficult to navigate through your posts. Is it possible if you could list the links to all your film reviews on the right-hand side? Great blog, btw.
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Anonymous: Thank you and yes, it is definitely possible to list posts with movie reviews. I am compiling a page with the links (the blog could be better organized), and I shall be putting that up soon. Stay tuned.
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Mackinac Bridge
Janice Mezzacappa 8/29/2009 7:40:50 PMWow R.J. magnificent HDR capture of such a beautiful bridge!! The clarity, colours and lighting are perfection!! #1174202
R. J. Laudenbacher 8/30/2009 7:13:46 AMThank you very much Janice. I really appreciate your comment very much. #7900590
Max Aureli 8/30/2009 9:30:29 AMAmaze capture!!! Great work on the HDR!!! #7900907
R. J. Laudenbacher 8/30/2009 9:53:32 AMThank you Max. I really am enjoying doing HDR photography. #7900940
Debra K. Johnson 8/30/2009 1:46:17 PMAbsolutely MAGNIFICENT! #7901317
Melissa G. Meiselman 8/30/2009 4:52:49 PMFantastic low light exposure with dazzling color, sharp detail and terrific work on HDR, R.J.!!! #7901723
R. J. Laudenbacher 9/1/2009 5:55:52 AMThank you so much Debra and Melissa. I really appreciate the comments #7906668
Randy L. Morgan 9/10/2009 12:18:25 PMBeautiful work! #7932485
R. J. Laudenbacher 9/12/2009 8:14:29 PMThank you for the remark Randy. #7937999
Kim Andelkovic 9/20/2009 4:27:18 AMHuge Congrats Becky....stunning image....fantastic job. #7958437
Amy M. Wilson 9/20/2009 4:34:33 AMBig congratulations on this EXCELLENT Finalist, Becky!!! #7958466
Nancyj E. Hovey 9/20/2009 5:59:37 AMC O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Dawn M. Schneider 9/20/2009 8:38:22 AMawesome finalist!! congratulations!!! #7960420
Maria Coulson 9/20/2009 8:40:26 AMBecky, congratulations on a well deserved finalist. Good luck on the next round. #7960438
Melissa G. Meiselman 9/20/2009 10:35:04 AMCongratulations on this fantastic finalist, Becky!!! #7961253
R. J. Laudenbacher 9/20/2009 3:47:31 PMThank you so much Kim, Amy, Nancy, Dawn, Maria and Melissa for all the kind words of encouragement. I appreciate it very much. #7963091
Mary E. Lake 9/21/2009 5:26:50 AMAbsolutly stunning clear and crisp shot of this bridge RJ. Congratulations on a well deserved finalist. I'll be looking for it in the next round, best of luck!! :) #7965718
Valentin M. Armianu 9/21/2009 8:24:25 PMWOW!!! This is beautiful!Congratulations, fantastic Finalist!! #7969144
Anne McKinnell 9/22/2009 5:30:08 PMBeautiful colours! Congratulations on your finalist. #7972421
A P 9/22/2009 5:36:05 PMWoWzEr RJ this is just stunning. Congratulations on your Finalist #7972443
Janice Mezzacappa 9/22/2009 6:18:04 PMHuge Congrats RJ and I knew we would see again!!! Gorgeous and fave for me! #7972549
Melissa G. Meiselman 9/23/2009 2:10:14 PMCongratulations on this stunning winner, RJ!!! #7975944
Nancyj E. Hovey 9/23/2009 2:15:16 PMC O N G R A T U L A T I O N S
Amy M. Wilson 9/23/2009 2:41:17 PMI'm so happy to see this... Huge congratulations on this well-deserved win, Becky!!! #7976219
Summer A. Kozisek 9/23/2009 2:45:30 PMFantastic HDR work R.J., stunning image! Congrats on your win! #7976249
Valentin M. Armianu 9/23/2009 3:39:46 PMCongratulations on your spectacular gold, RJ!!Amazing capture!! #7976475
Sam Britt 9/23/2009 5:50:26 PMBig Congrats on this Second Place Winner, RJ! #7977096
Courtenay Vanderbilt 9/23/2009 5:50:41 PMCONGRATULATIONS, R.J.!! #7977098
Mary E. Lake 9/23/2009 7:06:48 PMCongrats R.J.!!! :) Well deserved winner!! :) #7977463
Carol L. Fowler 9/23/2009 7:45:12 PMCongrats on the win! #7977646
R. J. Laudenbacher 9/24/2009 2:16:21 AMThank you all so much for your kind and supportive remarks and a special thanks to the BP judges for the selection. #7978226
Usman M. Bajwa 9/24/2009 3:51:52 AMCongrats. RJ on this beautiful Winner image!
Mary Beth Aiello 9/24/2009 7:00:04 AMJust gorgeous, R.J. Huge congrats on this wonderful winner. #7979229
R. J. Laudenbacher 9/24/2009 11:47:39 AMThank you so much Usman and Mary Beth. #7980050
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 9/26/2009 2:41:05 PMCongratulations on your win R.J., a remarkable capture! #7986157
Karen Celella 9/27/2009 5:22:23 AMIt's never too late to say congratulations on your spectacular win Becky. CONGRATULATIONS!! #7987263
Terry Cervi 10/1/2009 9:49:16 PMBecky, I'm so proud of you!! Congratulations on your win and stunning capture of the bridge! WTG my friend!! #8001735
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Third largest suspension bridge in the world, spanning 5 miles between the upper and lower peninsulas of Michigan. Mackinaw City is on the south end of the bridge while St. Ignace is on the north end.
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Mango Pie
1 tablespoon unflavored gelatin
½ cup nonfat milk
1 8-ounce package reduced-fat cream cheese, at room temperature
½ cup Splenda
1 cup light sour cream
2 tablespoons lime juice
½ teaspoon rum extract
2 ripe mangoes, peeled, pitted, diced into ¼-inch pieces
1 9-inch reduced fat graham crust
Sprinkle the gelatin over the milk in a small saucepan. Let stand until the gelatin softens, about 1 minute. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until the gelatin dissolves, about 2 minutes.
Beat the cream cheese and Splenda in a medium bowl with an electric mixer on high speed until smooth. Gradually beat in the sour cream, lime juice and rum extract. Gradually beat in the dissolved gelatin mixture.
Refrigerate until the filling thickens slightly but is still pourable, about 30 minutes. Fold the mango into the filling.
Pour the filling into the crust. Refrigerate again until the filling is set, at least 2 hours or overnight.
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Nolan Reimold: Hello, fans. Thanks for joining me in the chat today!
Q: Hi, Nolan. Great game on Sunday. Is there anything in particular you have been working on while playing in the AFL?
Reimold: I've been trying to be a more consistent player. And to do that I've got to hit the ball to all fields. I went through a stretch out here where I got a little too pull-happy and got into a funk, but I've been trying to work that out and finish strong.
Q: When you were first drafted, did you give yourself a set amount of time to make to the Majors?
Reimold: When I got drafted, I wanted to get there as quickly as possible. But injuries have set me back a little bit. Hopefully I can be there in the near future, hopefully next year sometime.
Q: Have you found that Minor League life is similar to how it was depicted in "Bull Durham"?
Reimold: I've never really seen the whole movie, I've only seen parts. I'm going to have to go rent it and sit down and watch it.
Q: What was your favorite team growing up? Favorite player?
Reimold: My favorite team growing up was always the Cleveland Indians. I always liked the Indians because they're close by and they always seemed to be better than the Pirates. I'm from Pennsylvania, between the two teams.
My favorite player was always Manny Ramirez. I just loved the way he hit.
Q: After the championship game on Saturday, how long of a breather will you take before you start on your offseason regimen?
Reimold: After Saturday, fly home on Sunday and probably take a few days off before I start working out. I'll probably get a personal trainer for a few times a week, and then lift on my own the other days.
This year I'll probably concentrate a lot on flexibility and core strength and do whatever I can to stay healthy next year.
Q: What was the regimen you went through in Sarasota when you were recovering from the oblique strain this season? It seemed to work out well.
Reimold: With an oblique there's not much you can do but rest. When I got down to Florida for the first two weeks all I did was go in, heat it, ultrasound and then ice. When it started to feel better I started to take swings off the tee.
And then soft toss and finally batting practice.
Q: What was it like being able to participate in the Futures Game in 2006?
Reimold: It was an awesome experience, especially since it was in Pittsburgh, which is about an hour from my house.
I had a lot of friends and family come up to the game that saw me fly out to left field in one at-bat. I'll never forget it though.
Q: Do you feel more comfortable in right field than left or center? Nick Markakis has right field locked up, so I'm wondering where you see yourself ending up?
Reimold: Yes, I feel more comfortable in right field -- only because that's where I've played more. I played only right field in college and mostly since I've been pro.
I'm sure that if I played left more often, it would grow on me.
Q: What excites you most about being a part of the Orioles organization?
What excites me most is the fact tat they're giving me the opportunity to play and move up in the organization. The Orioles have been a first-class organization in my experience so far.
And they seem to have a great following. I'm looking forward to playing in Baltimore.
Q: I see you were picked for the 2006 Futures Game. Did you get to ask any MLB All-Stars for advice?
Reimold: When I was in Pittsburgh I got to meet a few MLB All-Stars. I met Ryan Howard and David Wright. I actually got to ride around in a limo with David Wright since we have the same agent.
I didn't really ask him for any advice though.
Q: Nolan, congratulations on your success so far. As you know a group of your dad's old college buddies have been following your career. We are rooting for you! Being from Western Pennsylvania, would you like to play one day for the Tribe? We could sure use you.
Reimold: I'm guessing that this is one of my dad's old college buddies. I'll tell him that you said hi. I did mention before that my favorite team growing up was the Indians, and they're very close to my house. So it would be great to play for them.
But I am very happy being with Baltimore and being an Oriole.
Q: Do representatives from the Orioles organization have any contact with you during the AFL season?
Reimold: Yes they do. Our Minor League coordinator, David Stockstill, was just out here. He saw me go 0-for-12, I think. But right after he left I went 4-for-5 with a home run.
Q: Will you be disappointed if you are sent back down to the Minors after Spring Training?
Reimold: No, hopefully in Spring Training I'll make a good showing and play well. But, I think, realistically, I wouldn't be making the team.
Hopefully in the Minors I will perform well, get a few at-bats under my belt and get called up later in the season.
Q: What parts of your game do you think you need to improve? What parts are Major League ready?
I think I need to improve on hitting the ball to all fields. I think with my swing, I'm naturally a pull hitter and when I go back to that, I become inconsistent.
Major League players are very consistent in their approach at the plate and their swing. Once I'm able to do that, I think I'll be good.
Q: Do you study hitting at all?
Reimold: No, but I do watch baseball on TV to see other guys and how they handle certain pitches.
Q: When you were a kid, whose swing did you try to emulate?
Reimold: Babe Ruth.
Reimold: Thanks for joining me in the chat today, I had a great time. Hope you did, too.


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Boys Basketball Total Points in a Career
Since breaking into the 1,000 career points club last month, junior Zach Brandts kept adding to his career total. He finished season with 1152 points for his career. He's now fourth on the career scoring list. Zach has a shot at becoming the Saints all time scoring leader next year. He would accomplish that next season if he plays in as many games as he did this year and if has the same season average of 21.7 ppg.
Saints total points in a career
Rank Points Player Year
1.) 1646 Tyler Kaus 2004
2.) 1252 Dan Hunstad 1987
3.) 1237 Jeff Nessler 1972
4.) 1152 Zach Brandts Through 2013
5.) 1138 Austin Pinke 2010
6.) 1039 Tom Crosgrove 1959
The third time wasn't a charm as the Saints fell to the Fairmont Cardinals in boys Class 3AA basketball on Saturday night by an 89 to 71 score.
For the Saints the season ended with a record of 3-22. The Saints lost twice to the Cardinals in regular season SCC play.
In those games SJA played them close at home and lost big the first time SJA played them on the road.
The Saints played Fairmont better on the road Saturday night. However, the effort wasn't enough to beat the top seeded Fairmont team which is ranked in the top ten in the state and was the SCC regular season team.
Four Saints were in double figures. Senior Sam Carlson went out on a high note in the sense he scored an all time career high on his last game as a Saint. He had 14 points.
Head Coach Steve Walker said, "Sam had a terrific game with a career high in points and he also had five assists and six rebounds."
Zach Brandts led the Saints with 28 points. Walker Froehling had a baker's dozen and Ryan Menssen tossed in another dozen points. Froehling also led the team in rebounds with nine and had the team's only two blocks.
Coach Walker also said, "I thought we played really hard and competed against the top seed and the SCC champ.
"In the last game at Fairmont we did not handle their pressure at all.
"This time we did a nice job against their press. We only had 13 turnovers for the game." Fairmont had the same number of turnovers.
The rebounding margin was close with Fairmont out boarding the Saints 31-28.
The big difference in the game was overall team shooting. The Saints shot 39 percent from the field hitting 23 of 59 attempts.
Fairmont took only two more shots than SJA, but hit 52 percent from the floor when they dropped in 32 of 61 attempts.
Fairmont was 9-20 from three point land, while the Saints were 5-19 from beyond the arc.
Coach Walker said, "I'm real proud of our effort and performance."
Talking about Joe Nelson, his other senior playing his last game, Walker said, "Joe did a good job defensively.
I'm real proud of those two seniors for the leadership they provided for our team in this game and throughout the season."


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Once upon a time, apparently before the invention of chest hair, Themistocles (Sullivan Stapleton of Cinemax's "Strike Back") led the Greeks against the Persians. The latter were commanded by Artemisia (Eva Green of "Dark Shadows"), a woman seeking vengeance against those who murdered her family and imprisoned her to be raped by slaves. In the recent, stupid "Pompeii," Milo's (Kit Harington) quest to avenge his family made him the hero. So I'm not sure why Artemisia, who has suffered even further, is the villain in this long-delayed, ultra-violent sequel to the moronic 2007 hit "300." Yes, she's more into beheadings than Themistocles and his Athenian warriors -- supposed farmhands so miraculously skilled that their victims' gushing blood never splatters their garments. But otherwise director Noam Murro (the awful "Smart People") and co-writer Zack Snyder (opting not to direct this time) offer little reason to favor either army.
Other aspects of this punishing experience I fail to understand include: why Xerxes (Rodrigo Santoro) emerges from a golden cove not just a god, but a heavily pierced, chain-covered underwear model sporting tighty-goldies; why Themistocles doesn't just finish the job if he immediately regrets killing Xerxes' father instead of the son standing two feet away; and why a studio would release a movie in 3-D IMAX when it only looks uglier and phonier on a bigger screen.
Perhaps it's to showcase all the pecs in capes, or shots of boobs so gratuitous that one outrageous sex scene is likely to make history books burst into flames. Granted, the humorless "300: ROAE" comes from a graphic novel by Frank Miller ("Sin City"), so no one expects a history lesson. But hopefully fans of sword-and-sandal epics want more than fourth-rate battles and speeches, followed by more battles and then more speeches.
We also are treated to slow-motion charging, slow-motion horseback riding and slow-motion jumping, along with lovely shots of a horse hoof smashing a guy's face and enough severed heads to start a football team. Narration from Spartan queen Gorgo (Lena Headey) jumbles rather than clarifies -- though it's a good thing she notes that soldiers make the waters run "red with blood," to avoid confusion with Hawaiian Punch.
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JK Thng needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 58 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Kênh Giá or Kenh Gia
We are a start-up catering to the Vietnamese market. We work with local business to new create promotions (mobile-centric) and deals (similar to Groupon) to bring in huge numbers of new customers.
We want to be more than just a web application that provides promotions and deals. We aspire to be the fun (think FourSquare and Gowalla) online destination where users can discover new products and services, share them and have conversations with new friends.
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This is spectacular Rosé Champagne. Pick a red fruit - they are all in there. There's an underlying salinity, and the length is just fantastic. It is going to be very hard not to plow through my stash of this ASAP, as it is just so drinkable. Wine of the year for me to date, and it will be a hard task for a wine to be better.


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Gary Barlettano wrote:Simple question: How many folks always use onions in their tomato sauce? I was brought up on a regimen of garlic only. The only exception was the "gravy" (pardon me, my New Jersey roots are showing) for chicken cacciatore which, by the way, was always accompanied by fusilli, the long ones and not those aberrant short cuts we often see today.
Nowadays, I make my tomato sauce in many different ways, depending on the mood my palate is in. Still in all, I often wonder just how mainstream or, conversely, off the beaten path my mother was in her not using onions. To be honest, I have never run across anyone who doesn't put onions in his/her tomato sauce.
Maybe there is someone out there more versed in the Italian kitchen than I who has a regional explanation.
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Niki (Dayton OH) wrote:Gary
My mom never used onions, and when I make her sauce, neither do I. My mom's family was from Sicily, by the way, although much of her cooking was influenced by folks from Calabria (the toe of the boot). I don't recall any of my aunts or other relatives and their friends using onions, either. With chicken cacciatore, she sauteed the onions with the chicken, rather than add it to the sauce.
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John Tomasso wrote:I have to disagree with Chef Carey here, in that our "gravy" never includes onions. Having compared and contrasted ours with friends and relatives over the years, I can say that most of their examples did not have onions, either. Our "gravy" making tradition comes by way of relatives hailing from Naples and Abruzzo.
Now ragu, that's another story. Both my long cooked ragu Bolognese, and my ragu sciue sciue contain plenty of onion.
For the uninitiated, the term "gravy" as it relates to tomato sauce refers to tomato sauce in which various meats have been braised. The sauce is then served to dress the first course of pasta, and then the braised meats are served as a second course. I posted a recipe a long time ago on the old FLDG, but I can't find the link, so here's a copy I found in my files.
Italian American "Gravy"
Say gravy to most anybody, and they either think of the gloppy sausage flavored stuff served on biscuits, or the brown gloppy stuff served on roasts. Say gravy to an Italian American, however, and his eyes light up as he thinks of the smell of garlic, tomatos, beef, pork and basil wafting through the house. That's because, for some odd reason, the meat enriched tomato sauce served in just about every Italian American home on Sunday afternoon has come to be referred to by that name, rather than the more technically correct pasta sauce
Now, there are probably as many versions of Italian American gravy as there are Italian American cooks. Indeed, mine never comes out exactly the same twice. But here is a version I hope you enjoy.
For the meatballs:
1.25 LB ground beef
1 cup bread crumbs
2 or 3 eggs, as needed
fresh parsley, chopped
salt to taste
pepper to taste
garlic( I use granulated )
grated romano cheese
Combine ingredients, form into meatballs weighing around 1 oz. If you wind up with 13 meatballs, it's bad luck, so break one in half, or combine two together. Set aside.
You also want to have on hand:
Your favorite hot Italian sausage links
Something with a bone in it, I like country style spare ribs
A hunk of beef chuck, pork shoulder, anything goes here, within reason
Start your sauce:
In 1 TBLSP XVOO, sweat some finely chopped fresh garlic, along with chopped fresh parsley. We're just lending flavor here, so just BEFORE it begins to color, add 2 cans Italian style tomatoes that have been briefly whirled in the blender, not too much, we still want a somewhat chunky texture. I usually add a half can of water to thin it a bit. Season with salt, pepper, crushed red pepper, parsley, fresh thyme, and a little fresh basil. (we'll add more later)  No Oregano!!!!(it makes it taste like canned sauce) Set on medium heat, and go to work on the meat.
Coat the bottom of a large skillet with XVOO. Turn on medium heat, and drop some large pieces of fresh garlic in, say three or four cloves. Wait a minute or so, then put your meatballs in. You don't want to brown them too deeply, but color on all sides. Remove as soon as they look done. Now brown your sausage, and the rest of the meat.
Once all the meat is browned, and your sauce comes to a boil, you are ready to add the meat to the sauce. Just plop all in, it should all be submerged. Turn the heat down to a simmer, and cook for at least two hours. Stir every twenty minutes or so with a wooden spoon, bring up the bottom, this helps thicken it. Oh, and here's my secret. Degrease, aggressively. I usually remove about a half tomato can of grease from the surface of the gravy by the time it is done. People who don't do this wind up with heartburn. You'll know it is done when the sauce gets thick, and the meat starts falling apart. Add some more fresh basil at this point.
Meanwhile, cook your pasta, and sauce it with the gravy. (leaving the meat in the pot)
After you're done with the pasta, bring the meat out as a separate course.
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Have You Heard About… An Invisible Thread
… the woman who took a chance on a little boy? An Invisible Thread is the true story of an eleven-year-old boy panhandler, Maurice Maczyk, and a busy sales executive woman, Laura Schroff, who was living and working in Manhattan. This is an incredible, wonderful and remarkable story.
In the beginning, Laura Schroff didn't understand what is about that kid that makes her feel that he is different from other kids. However, once she started meeting with him weekly, she started to notice the similarities in their lives.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes to read non-fiction books. This book is so good and sentimental that by the end of it I was crying.
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Mother Who Killed 4-Year-Old 'Gay' Son Sentenced To Prison
We reported back in March on Jessica Dutro, the mother who was accused by prosecutors of beating and murdering her 4-year-old son Zachary because she perceived him to be gay.
Dutro was found guilty and sentenced to prison on Friday, along with her boyfriend, Brian Canady, who previously pled guilty to manslaughter.
The jury found Jessica Dutro guilty on all seven counts — one count of felony murder, five counts of murder by abuse and one count of second-degree assault.
Dutro's daughter was 7 at the time of Zachary's death. The girl testified she saw both Dutro and Canady commit the deadly beating.
Dutro was sentenced to life in prison with a minimum of 25 years in prison.
Dutro's boyfriend, Brian Canady, received his sentence Friday as well. Canady pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the killing.
Canady was sentenced to 150 months (12.5 years) with credit for time served.
A life sentence (minimum of 25 years) for Dutro and 12.5 years for Canady.
What do you think of their sentences, Instincters?
My dad tried to kill me at that age. He decided I was gay and used his fist to beat me to the point where I could barely breathe, I felt burning sensations in the back of my neck and everything was turning black, which I assume now was nerve damage. my mom spent her life covering it up and acting like I have just an unexplainable case of depression rather than PTSD from surviving my parents. This shit is real, it happens.
I wish the very worst for these people. Not only because I know the kind of pain they have caused the kid, but because he lost his life over it. I hope when they find out what she did, her inmates spay her like the fucking animal she is.
Why waste tax dollars on them being in prison at all? If it is without a doubt that they are murderers, let the punishment fit the crime. Instead of setting them up with free cable, free room, and free food, for the next x-amount of years, at the tax-payers' expense, let it go. Let it go. Can't hold 'em in anymore.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, it was certainly not enough punishment for committing such a horrific act of violence. Life without the chance of parole EVER would have been okay but let's face it the best punishment would have been "An eye for an eye". They should be placed in the general population with the other prisoners and let it be known what their crime was and allow the other prisoners to serve the most "appropriate" punishment that they can.......and I don't believe I need to express what that would be. Please sterilize both of them so they can never reproduce monsters like themselves.........and god bless the angel that they took from this world
I feel very sorry for the little boy who was unfortunately born to a monster for a mother. Now his soul is free to be reborn into a loving family next time. The mother and her monster boyfriend should serve life sentences for killing a child in a hate crime because he was perceived to be gay. The absolute worst crimes that could be committed are against innocent children and they should have the harshest sentences.
I the fact that she was thinking with her head completely to beat her 4 year old to death cause she thought that he was gay is out of this world. That young boy was only 4 & had no idea what that was or even if he felt that way. They should be sentenced to death with no question I mean seriously someone can go to prison for life for killing someone & they don't get that much time for killing a 4 year old. Isn't that saying something about the way the law works ..... they more less getting a slap on the wrist & let out early so they can do it again.
Sick bastards! Whatever happened to "love unconditionally." Especially a parent's love for a child. These two don't even deserve life. They should both be executed. This beautiful, innocent child was brutally beaten to death by monsters!! Nothing will bring him back, but these two need to experience the torture they put their own child through! NOT HAPPY!
I am a firm believer that karma will take care of them and people in prison don't take too kindly to child offenders... I think they should kill both of them just as they killed a child that they perceived to be gay... People really make me sick and I wish that people think that your children are gay #wgaf they may be gay they may not be they are your children and you should love them unconditionally noatter what the circumstances!!!
If it was where I live, this cunt would be facing the death penalty, and because of the severity of the murder, she probably woulda got it. Life in prison? Fuck that. Why should my tax payer $$ pay to keep this waste of cum to have a roof over her head and 3 meals a day? Fuck that. Kill the bitch...I can only imagine the last hours of her sons life. Maybe we'll get lucky and someone will do that to her in jail. We can only hope
Seeing as how they are both going to prison, it's a good thing. I would not be surprised if they had an "accident" while in prison. Fellow inmates can handle a lot of things, but injuring a child is a #1 NO-NO. Even if they are able to survive and complete their minimum sentences, it will be a living hell for them. One that is much and well-deserved.


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When escapeshellarg() was stripping my non-ASCII characters from a UTF-8 string, adding the following fixed the problem:
setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "en_US.UTF-8");
escapeshellarg — Protège une chaîne de caractères pour utilisation en ligne de commande
) : string
escapeshellarg() ajoute des guillemets simples
autour des chaînes de caractères, et ajoute des
guillemets puis échappe les guillemets simples de la
chaîne. Cela permet de faire passer directement le paramètre
arg comme argument Shell, tout en assurant un
maximum de sécurité. escapeshellarg()
doit être utilisée pour traiter individuellement chacun des arguments
à passer au Shell. Les fonctions Shell sont exec(),
system() et les opérateurs
guillemets obliques.
Sous Windows, escapeshellarg() remplace plutôt les signes de pourcentage, les points d'exclamation (substitution de variables différées) et les guillemets doubles avec des espaces et ajoute des guillemets doubles autour de la chaîne.
L'argument à échapper.
La chaîne échappée.
Exemple #1 Exemple avec escapeshellarg()
system('ls '.escapeshellarg($dir));
|5.4.43, 5.5.27, 5.6.11
|Les points d'exclamation sont remplacés par des espaces.
When escapeshellarg() was stripping my non-ASCII characters from a UTF-8 string, adding the following fixed the problem:
setlocale(LC_CTYPE, "en_US.UTF-8");
Under Windows, this function puts string into double-quotes, not single, and replaces %(percent sign) with a space, that's why it's impossible to pass a filename with percents in its name through this function.
Most of the comments above have misunderstood this function. It does not need to escape characters such as '$' and '`' - it uses the fact that the shell does not treat any characters as special inside single quotes (except the single quote character itself). The correct way to use this function is to call it on a variable that is intended to be passed to a command-line program as a single argument to that program - you do not call it on command-line as a whole.
The person above who comments that this function behaves badly if given the empty string as input is correct - this is a bug. It should indeed return two single quotes in this case.
If escapeshellarg() function removes your accents (like á, a with an 'accute') from the given string, ensure your LC_ALL variable is correct. If using it via web, you need to restart Apache or the corresponding web server after setting LC_ALL with a export LC_ALL=es_ES.utf8 (for example) from your shell.
The reason why % are replaced with space on windows is that it is impossible in cmd.exe to escape or quote them so that environment variables are not expanded. If for instance %path% is in your argument it will always be expanded, so the only safe thing to do is to replace % with something else.
Alternatively, you could wipe the environment before making the call to exec(), but that has its side-effects.
Take care if using escapeshellarg() on serialized objects. Serialized objects contain null bytes, and escapeshellarg stops on the first null byte so you will not receive the full argument. (I consider this a bug, though not sure what it should do in this case. Probably serialize shouldn't have used null bytes, but too late for that now).
The workaround I've found to pass serialized objects on the command line is to base64_encode() them first and decode on the other side.
The comment from 'rmays at castlecomm dot com' is incorrect: single quotes cannot be backslash-escaped inside a single-quoted string when constructing a shell argument. The output from this function is in fact correct. It drops out of the single-quoted string, includes a literal single quote with a backslash-escape, then resumes the single-quoted string. Observe:
system("echo ' single quote\'d '");
system("echo ' single quote'\''d '");
$ php shellarg.php
sh: -c: line 0: unexpected EOF while looking for matching `''
sh: -c: line 1: syntax error: unexpected end of file
single quote'd
This function does not escape $ it seems. This lets user embed shell variables such as $PATH into commands, which you may or may not want to allow. I'm using shell_exec() because I need the entire command as one string, and need access to the stdout data as one string as well.
When running a string of LaTeX code containing hyphens through as an argument to pdflatex escaped using this command, it will result in failure.
If escapeshellarg() returned something on a null input it would probably break more programs than it helps. Even if it's two "'s or two ''s, this function wouldn't work the way it's supposed to (that is, returning nothing).
However, most people do not put "" into their commands but I can see where it might be useful at the same time.
Perhaps an option in the command that would return the type of null we want. I might want the null character to be returned, someone else might want '', and someone else might want nothing at all.
if you want empty arguments for empty input
use the form
the shell will treat foo'' as foo but empty input will become an empty argument instead of a missing one.
Here's a quick and dirty replacement of this function in case you need to deal with special characters.
* An ugly, non-ASCII-character safe replacement of escapeshellarg().
function escapeshellarg_special($file) {
return "'" . str_replace("'", "'\"'\"'", $file) . "'";
the best alternative to escapeshellarg() for windows i've come up with is this:
function w32escapeshellarg($s)
{ return '"' . addcslashes($s, '\\"') . '"'; }


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Teaching, General Teaching Projects in Costa Rica by Joanne Adams
When Projects Abroad first asked me to write about my experience in Costa Rica, I thought "no problem, I had such a great time there, it'll be easy!" I couldn't have been more wrong! I have so many wonderful memories from my time there that it is actually really difficult to write about it all without writing a small novel. So, here's a brief rundown of the experiences and memories I have from doing a teaching project in this, what can only be described as a, truly amazing country.
Why I chose Costa Rica
I decided to do a volunteer teaching placement with Projects Abroad in Costa Rica because I had been taking Spanish lessons and thought it was an ideal way to improve my linguistic skills by fully immersing myself in what I had heard was an extremely friendly and interesting culture. I am also considering changing my career path and becoming an English teacher abroad so I believed the project would provide me with the perfect opportunity to gain teaching experience and to determine whether this is the right decision for me.
Living with a Costa Rican host family
Staying with a local host family in Liberia was the perfect way to experience typical Costa Rican life. My host family was really welcoming and on my first day, realising how tired I was, took me for a relaxing day at the beach which I thought was really considerate of them.
During my stay with them, we enjoyed a number of family dinners and they taught me about Costa Rica and its traditions. It was so interesting comparing our cultural differences. My host family had a live-in helper, Candida, who was from Honduras but could not read or write. I really enjoyed spending time with Candida, chatting and practicing my Spanish with her as well as listening to, and helping her read.
My teaching placement
My one month placement was at a high school and involved assisting in the English lessons of students aged between 12 and 17. I worked with three teachers; Elena, Lillian and Mayra, who were not only extremely appreciative of having a native English speaker to assist both them and the students with the language and pronunciation, but also of the fact they were being introduced to the different traditions and customs of the United Kingdom and Europe.
Whilst at the school, I found playing games an extremely useful way to help the students improve their communication skills. I also led, and encouraged the students to participate in, discussions on various topics such as climate change and the environment, technology and also how society and families are changing in Costa Rica and how these changes compare with those in the UK.
As it was nearing the end of the school year, Mayra asked if I would carry out some of the students' English oral exams as she considered it to be the best way of assessing the students' conversational skills. I also performed a number of 'PowerPoint' presentations on a variety of subjects to help with their reading and listening skills. The presentation which I found both the students and the teachers showed most interest in was the one I gave about 'The World.' The majority of 'Ticos' have never left Costa Rica so I found that they were fascinated in learning about other countries of the world that they will probably never visit. I even taught them some of my native language, Welsh, which they also really enjoyed!
My last day teaching
My final day at the school, although sad, was a particularly interesting one! The students were rehearsing for their school concert, 'Noches de las Artes,' which was to be held that evening. Lillian very kindly offered to teach me to cook typical Costa Rican dishes so that I would be able to cook them when I returned to the UK. The school cook, whose meals were far better than the meals I had when I was at school, allowed us to take over the school kitchen and cook lunch for some of the other teachers. The 'menú del día' included Gallo Pinto, Patacones, Picadillos, Barbudos and Frijoles Molidos and Lillian was such an excellent teacher, I've managed to recreate the dishes pretty well since returning home.
In the evening, I went to the concert to watch the students perform. As the school specialises in the arts, I was fortunate enough to experience a variety of different dance, drama and folklore performances. I enjoyed the traditional Costa Rican folklore dances most as, not only were the dances entertaining, the costumes were both colourful and beautiful. The whole day had been a perfect way to end my trip to Costa Rica!
Life outside of work
Despite working at the school for the majority of my time, I still found time to enjoy some of the highlights of Liberia and Guanacaste in the evenings and at weekends with my volunteer friends and the teachers at the school. In the evenings I played soccer with both the teachers and students as well as going to the cinema and trying out the local restaurants.
Some of the places I visited at the weekends included Playa del Coco, Playa Samara, Playa Ocotal and the Volcán Miravalles region. Costa Rica is a beautiful country and although I only saw a very small proportion of what it has to offer, I was amazed at the sights I was fortunate enough to see in such a short space of time.
Not only did I make friends with some of the other volunteers; with whom I share some fantastic memories and had some wonderful experiences with, the 'Ticos' are some of the friendliest people I have ever had the pleasure of meeting. I could not believe just how kind they were. From the helpful supermarket assistant Diego who was like my personal shopper as he took me around the supermarket helping me fill my trolley with the contents of my shopping list; to Carlos, the Tico we randomly met at Playa Ocotal who gave us a guided tour of the beach and showed us the best bits that tourists don't get to see.
Tania, one of my students, knew how much I wanted to try the dish 'Arroz de Maiz' so asked her mother to make it especially for me even though it is quite complicated and rather time consuming to make. It was delicious. Mayra would frequently invite me to her house for lunch with her family who were so hospitable and acted like a second host family to me in Costa Rica.
Highlights of my Costa Rica trip
The main highlights of my trip to Costa Rica were my placement and the new friendships I have made with the local people and my volunteer friends. The staff and students at the school were truly wonderful and made me feel so welcome. I will miss them very much but will definitely stay in touch. Back home in the UK I only have one regret…that I didn't do this type of project sooner!
My time in Costa Rica was the most rewarding, inspiring and enjoyable experience of my life and I am so grateful that I have had the opportunity to experience such a beautiful culture. Based on this trip, I now have no doubt that teaching English in Costa Rica, or a similar country, in the future is the right decision for me.
My advice to anyone considering doing a project like this is to just go ahead and do it! You have so much to gain from the experience and you will come out of it with memories and friendships you will treasure forever.
Joanne Adams
Ce témoignage est basé sur l'expérience unique d'un volontaire à un certain moment donné. Nos projets s'adaptent constamment aux besoins locaux, ils évoluent au fur et à mesure que des volontaires s'impliquent et s'adaptent aux saisons, ainsi votre expérience sur place pourra être différente de celle décrite ici. Pour en savoir plus sur cette mission, vous pouvez consulter la page de ce projet ou bien contacter l'un de nos conseillers de volontaires.


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Another damaged car was carrying vinyl chloride, Espinoza said, but it was not leaking. Vinyl chloride is extremely flammable.
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|STS104-332-027 (21 July 2001) --- The International Space Station (ISS), just days after receiving the installment of the Quest airlock, was photographed by one of the STS-104 astronauts during a fly-around of the orbital outpost. The survey occurred shortly after Atlantis' undocking. The Canadarm2 or Space Station Remote Manipulator System (SSRMS) appears to be pointed toward the new airlock on the station's starboard side. The STS-104 and Expedition Two crew's joint efforts in the past several days, in which the airlock was installed and other work was accomplished, marked the completion of the second phase of the station. Within the last year (beginning in July of 2000), 77 tons of hardware have been added to the complex, including the Zvezda module, the Z1 Truss Assembly, Pressurized Mating Adapter 3, the P6 Truss and its 240-foot long solar arrays, the U.S. laboratory Destiny, the Canadarm2 and finally the Quest airlock.
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Wednesday, May 12, 2010
Thanks for bringing people to our blog!
I appreciate the new readership. Did you know that a hit on this blog is a hit against the Patriarchy (as Kate once said)? I hope people return here to read more, even if they are finding us on your blog, where your tactics for challenging one of our co-bloggers are (to me) extremely distasteful and do a disservice to the cause you support.
Amelia, who stricly moderates comments according to the Female Impersonator comment policy not because she's a misandrist, but because she believes in tact.
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There's no such thing as "the patriarchy".
Also, one only has to read your spittle and venom to see that you're clearly a misandrist.
If you wish to argue that point, just notice how easily you call anyone that disagrees with you a misogynist, and realize turnabout is fair play, misandrist.
- May 12, 2010 at 7:10 PM
- Amelia said...
Hi Anonymous! Welcome to the blog. :)
The Patriarchy, as a concept for critiquing societies where women are not afforded the same rights as men and/or face additional obstacles to recognizing their full humanity because of their sex and/or gender, does indeed exist.
Spittle and venom, eh? Since you give the appearance of someone who reads this blog frequently, please point out some of that spittle and venom that must reek of misandry to you.
And when have I ever called someone a misogynist merely for disagreeing with me? Please point that out as well.
- May 13, 2010 at 4:14 PM


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|Art by David Wenzel
|Dáin I
|Physical Description
|Images of Thrór
Thrór (Third Age 2542 – 2790, lived 248 years) was King of Durin's folk for 201 years, from 2589 to 2790. He was the eldest son of Dáin I, and with his younger brother Grór he led his people away from the Grey Mountains after a great Cold-drake killed both his father and brother Frór. Thrór led some of the Dwarves back to Lonely Mountain, where he became King under the Mountain. While Grór continued west with the a great following of Durin's folk to the Iron Hills, where he founded his own realm.
King under the Mountain
At Erebor, Thrór and his people were very prosperous. Gaining the friendship of the Northmen who lived along the river Celduin. These people later founded the town of Dale and had much trade of goods, beautiful trinkets, and weapons with the Dwarves. The Ereborians also had much traffic of ores with their kinsman in the Iron Hills. And the region had peace and prosperity for many years.
In 2770 though their prosperity ended. The Dragon Smaug heard of the wealth of Thrór and his people. And he came south from the Ered Mithrin and sacked the Lonely Mountain, killing many Dwarves. But from the destruction many escaped last of them being Thrór and his son Thráin from the hidden Side Door. So with a small company of kin and faithful followers they made the great wandering south, until they reached the hills of Dunland.
On a Midyear's Day, Thrór created his map of the Desolation. With runes he wrote information about entering Erebor from a secret way. He used Moon-letters for this.
Dunland, and the journey to Moria
In Dunland, his people tried to make a living, but twenty years after the Sack of Erebor Thrór now old, poor, and desperate, left his people and went north with a single companion, Nár, but not before giving his son Thráin II his Ring of Power, along with the map and key to the Lonely Mountain. He said to Thráin at their parting: "This may prove the foundation of new fortune for you yet, though it seems unlikely. It needs gold to breed gold." "Surely you do not think of returning to Erebor?" Thráin said. "Not at my age," Thrór said. "Our vengeance on Smaug at bequeath upon you and your sons. But I am tired of poverty and the scorn of Men. I go to see what I can find." But he did not say where.
From Dunland where he was then dwelling, he made north with Nár. Eventually they made it over the Redhorn Pass and down into Azanulbizar the Dimrill Dale. When Thrór came to the East-gate of Moria he found it open. Nár begged him to beware, but he took no heed of him, and walked through the gates as the heir who had returned. But he did not come back.
Nár stayed nearby for many days in hiding. One day he heard a loud shout and the blare of a horn, and a body was flung out onto steps. Fearing that it was Thrór, he began to creep near but a voice called out from within the gate: "Come on, beardling! We can see you. But there is no need to be afraid today. We need you as a messenger." Nár approached and found that it was indeed the body of Thrór, but his head was severed and lay face downward. As he knelt there, he heard Orc-laughter from the shadows and the voice said, "If beggars will not wait at my gate but sneak in to try thieving, this is what we do to them. If any of your people poke their foul beards in here again, they will fare the same. Go and tell them so! But if his family wishes to know who is now king here, the name is written on his face. I wrote it! I killed him! I am the master!" Then Nár turned over the head and and saw branded across the brow in Dwarvish runes the name AZOG. That name was branded in his heart and the hearts of Dwarves afterwards.
Nár stooped to retrieve the head but the voice of Azog said, "Drop it! Be off! Here is your fee, beggar-beard!" A small pouch struck him, holding a few coins of little worth. Weeping, Nár took the pouch and fled down the Silverlode. When he looked back, he saw that Orcs had emerged from the gate and were hacking Thrór's body into pieces and throwing them to the crows.
When Nár returned to Dunland and brought with him the tale to Thráin, Thráin wept and cursed and tore his beard and he fell silent. For seven days he sat in silence without eating or sleeping. Finally on the seventh day, he stood up and said, "This cannot be borne!" This was the beginning of the War of the Dwarves and Orcs. He sent messengers with tale to every corner of the world to the Seven Houses, calling upon them for vengeance. Nine years later at the Battle of Azanulbizar, the climax of the War of the Dwarves and Orcs the Thrór was avenged, and Thráin took the Azog's severed head and shoved the purse of coins into his mouth then set it on a stake.
Dáin I | ________|________ | | | | | | THRÓR Frór Grór | | | | Thráin II Náin
Portrayal in Adaptations
2003: The Hobbit (2003 video game):
- A statue of Thrór stands in the great hall of Erebor
|Preceded by:
Dáin I
|King of Durin's Folk
Third Age 2589 – 2790
|Followed by:
Thráin II
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Monday, March 15, 2010
Scottish Lemon Cake
I've been busy testing recipes for two Georgian cookery classes taking place this week, hence the silence on the blog. I cannot yet blog about any of the Georgian dishes, so instead you'll get a recipe for this simple lemon cake. It's based on a recipe from a Scottish food writer, Claire MacDonald. It's a nice, lemony, moist and crumbly small cake that's perfect with a cup of tea on a cold afternoon. We still have LOTS of snow over here, so cakes like this are totally justified and even more, needed :)
You'll get a small cake that feeds five to six.
Scottish Lemon Sponge Cake
(Mahlane šoti sidrunikeeks)
120 g unsalted butter, softened
150 g caster sugar
150 g plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
a pinch of salt
2 large eggs, lightly whisked
5 Tbsp milk (75 ml)
grated zest of 1 lemon
Lemon syrup:
1.5-2 lemons, juiced
6 Tbsp confectioners sugar/icing sugar
Cream the butter and sugar until pale and creamy.
Sift flower, baking powder and salt into another bowl, mix with grated lemon zest.
Add the dry ingredients, milk and eggs to the butter mixture and stir thoroughly until combined.
Spoon the batter into a buttered loaf tin or bundt pan.
Bake in the middle of a pre-heated 180 C oven for about 40 minutes.
Remove from the oven and let cool for about 5 minutes. Then carefully lift the cake out of the tin and place on a large piece of foil.
Mix lemon juice with icing sugar and drizzle over the warm cake. Wrap into the foil and let cool completely before serving.
9 comments:
- Chris said...
This looks delicious moist and perfect for the spring. ;)
- 3:19 am, March 16, 2010
- Pene said...
This is nearly the same as the muffins I made on Sunday morning, but I added some Estonian Ricotta that I had in the fridge & almond flakes as well. Sprinkled pearl sugar on top & they were delicious!!
- 2:54 pm, March 16, 2010
- Sorina said...
Interesting idea… This looks delicious.
- 4:25 pm, March 16, 2010
- natural selection said...
Still lots of snow? perhaps it is all downhill now, perfect with a cup of Earl Grey I'm sure!
- 5:01 pm, March 16, 2010
- Redbonegirl97 said...
Reminds me of my lemon poundcake.
- 2:51 am, March 17, 2010
- מתכונים said...
אחלה מתכון
- 10:50 am, March 17, 2010
Oled kogemata kirjutanud 1 tl bak.powder eestikeelse lühendiga :)
Üks küsimus ka: mismoodi küpsetada selliseid mahlaseid apelsini-sidrunimuffineid, nagu nt Costa Coffee pakub, muffinite sees oleks nagu siirupised puuviljatükid vms?
- 2:39 pm, March 17, 2010
If you say you can't blog yet about the Georgian food, that means you will eventually, right?? There are not enough Georgian recipes on food blogs, and the recent Simply Recipes post about beetroot hummus just made me hungry for beetroot pkhali. Please share what you have! :)
(Also, I don't know if I've ever commented before. Hi! I found your blog quite some time ago, after spending a lovely long weekend in Tartu (I was living in Russia at the time) and then looking online for Estonia-related things. I kept reading because I love your simple, elegant approach and the Northern/Eastern European flavors. Thank you for your blog!)
- 3:50 am, March 19, 2010
- Pille said...
Chris, Pene, Sorina - thank you :)
Natural Selection - still snowing, indeed :(
Tiffany - I guess all lemon poundcakes are rather similar ;)
Anon. - no näed, oleksin pidanud novembris Costa Coffee muffinid ära proovima :) Ilmselt rohkelt võid ja siis pehmed sukaaditükid.
Leslie, there will be some Georgian recipes coming up indeed ;) Glad to 'meet' another reader!
- 8:14 am, March 23, 2010


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