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Bright as a button today are we? ...Or maybe not? Either way I got one perfect excuse for you to roll up your sleeves and spend 15 minutes to make these cookies weather you want to celebrate an awesome day or pick your self up from a not so good one. The ultimate celebration cookies or comfort cookies! They are chewy, of a cookie dough consistency and full of heavy chocolate flavors. Who can resist that?! Oh yeah, they are healthy too!
Made of prunes, pumpkin seed flour (that you can easily make), some virgin coconut oil, raw cacao, agave/honey and vanilla - they are easy peasy to make.
Health benefits of Prunes:
[Prunes are dried plums]
• Contains a unique phytochemical (plant chemical) called neochlorogenic and chlorogenic acid. These are antioxidants that are damage-preventing, neutralizing a particularly dangerous oxygen radical. Prunes also prevent oxygen-based damage to fats. Since our cell membranes and brain cells consists of fat you can image the importance of the these antioxidants.
• Prunes are full of beta-carotene (vitamin A). Just a quarter of a cup will give you 17% of the daily need of vitamin A. So this recipe gives you nearly 70% or your daily need for vitamin A. Vitamin A promotes a beautiful, clear skin and healthy complexion. It also helps preventing wrinkles and acne. Beta-carotene has been shown in studies to be helpful to prevent a variety of diseases like atherosclerosis, diabetic heart disease and colon cancer, it is also useful for reducing inflammatory conditions like asthma, osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.
• Prunes are rich in potassium. The mineral that is needed for bone health and mental stability. The "15 minutes Chocolate Fudge Cookie" recipe gives you 35% of your daily need of potassium.
• Fibre! Prunes contain water soluble fibers, that helps normalize blood sugar = temper and energy, prolonging the feeling of satiety = helps in weight loss. They also prevent constipation = detoxifying. Eating high water-soluble fibre foods like prunes, figs, nuts, flax, fruits, psyllium) helps prevent heart disease and a study involving older women showed a 34% reduction in breast cancer risk for those consuming the most water soluble fruit fibers.
• Friendly bacteria. Prunes provides nutrition for the friendly bacteria in the large intestine that is needed for a healthy colon. Healthy colon means beautiful skin and better immune system.
• Prunes increase the absorption of iron.
15 minutes Chocolate Fudge Cookies
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• 1 cup of Prunes (moist)
• 0.5 cup raw Cacao
• 2 tablespoons virgin Coconut oil
• 1 cup Pumpkin seeds (make into a flour)
• 2.5 tablespoons Honey or Agave nectar
• 1/4 teaspoon real Vanilla
• 2 small pinches of Himalayan salt
Grind the Pumpkin seeds into a fine flour in a coffee grinder or blender. Put aside in a bowl. To the bowl add the dry ingredients (Cacao, Salt and Vanilla and stir by hand.) Add the moist Prunes to a food processor and process until you have a "prune-paste". Put the paste in the bowl with the dry ingredients and add the Coconut oil and Honey/Agave to the bowl and start massaging with your hands until you have a dough ball.
Roll small balls of the dough, flatten them into patties and use a fork to make stripes. Eat them as they are or put them in the fridge to eat them cold.
15 minutes Choklad-Fudge Kakor
• 2 dl Katrinplommon (färska och mjuka)
• 1 dl raw Kakaopulver
• 2 msk virgin Cocosolja
• 2 dl Pumpakärnor (mals till fint mjöl)
• 2.5 msk Agavenectar alt. honung
• 1/4 tsk äkta Vanilj
• 2 små nypor Himalayasalt
Börja med att göra ett fint mjöl av Pumpakärnorna. Häll mjölet i en skål och ställ åt sidan. Tillsätt till skålen resten av de torra ingredienserna (Kakaon, Vanilj och Salt). Rör om noga med en sked så det blandas. Tillsätt Katrinplommonen till matberedaren och processa tills du har en "pasta". Lägg pastan i skålen med de torra ingredienserna och tillsätt Cocosoljan och Agaven / honungen.
Knåda ihop allt med dina händer och rulla sen till små bollar som du plattar till lätt och drar en gaffel över för att skapa ränder. Ät som de är eller ställ i kylen för att avnjutas kalla.


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I know the offsets to flag techs as researched - but is there a way to modify techs' effects?
For example, veteran troops (or soldiers, cannot remember the tech name) gives a +20 max will upon researching; can I modify this value (to give it for example +10 or +50) or is it hardcoded somewhere?
Thanks in advance.

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Masked batteries drove Capt. Robert F. Dyer and his patrol bonkers on Tuesday, April 15, 1862. For Dyer and his neophyte cavalrymen from various towns in Maine, the experience caused them to "see the elephant," a Civil War term that referred to soldiers being under enemy fire and participating in combat.
Early that morning, Dyer received orders to take his Co. C, 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment and conduct "a reconnaissance on the line of the Orange and Alexandria R.R. to the Rappahannock river," as he noted in his "official report." The regiment's adjutant, "Lieut. [Benjamin] F. Tucker," accompanied the patrol.
In autumn 1861, Dyer had helped form Co. C, drawn primarily from Kennebec County; Dyer hailed from Augusta. After the regiment had shipped south in March 1862, Federal commanders sent five companies to the Shenandoah Valley and seven companies to Warrenton Station, Va.
The inexperienced Maine cavalrymen and their horses needed field experience; the Shenandoah-bound companies would endure a costly shellacking just weeks later, but for today, Bob Dyer and his Co. C troopers could just mosey along the Orange & Alexandria Railroad and see what Johnny Reb might be up to.
And Ben Tucker, a bonafide regular Army cavalryman, could ride along to lend his expertise.
"We left camp according to orders at 9½ o'clock A.M. proceeding on the line of the R.R.," Dyer wrote. His men "met two contrabands [slaves], who informed us that they left the Camp of General [Gustavus] Smith on the opposite side of the river at 9 o'clock last night."
For Union cavalrymen riding essentially "blind" into Confederate-held territory, slaves could provide rudimentary intelligence, at least to the presence and location of enemy soldiers. Free blacks and slaves knew that the "good guys" wore Union blue and often warned Union soldiers about potential danger.
These two slaves talked profusely. They "also informed us that a part of the Confederate Army were encamped there — supposed to be from 5,000 to 7,000 [men] — that they were constructing a bridge across the river" about two miles from the O&A RR bridge, "with the intention of crossing," Dyer wrote.
"They were also throwing up earthworks," the slaves reported.
The 1st Maine boys rode along the railroad until they reached "a house occupied by an Irishman," Dyer noted. Either ignorant about distances or a Confederate sympathizer intent on sending his enemies on a wild goose chase, the civilian "informed us that the distance to the river was two miles, when it could not have been more than ¾ of a mile. We then proceeded about ½ mile to an unoccupied farmhouse, where my company halted."
Then Dyer and Tucker, "accompanied by [Augustus] W. Ingersoll of the Regimental Band, advanced about ¼ mile to an old Earthwork to Reconnoiter the opposite shore," Dyer wrote. They confirmed what the slaves had told them.
"They discovered plainly with the naked eye, a line of Rebel Earthworks at intervals for two miles — could also see the Blacks [slaves] at work upon them, and with the Field Glass could see everything within the line distinctly," wrote Dyer, who accompanied Ingersoll and Tucker. Ingersoll hailed from Houlton; why Dyer brought a bandsman on this patrol, no one knows.
Estimating "there were from 150 to 200 horses picketed in the rear of a grove" across the Rappahannock, the Maine troopers "could also see a large White House," probably the Confederates' headquarters, Dyer conjectured. Seeing no cannons "within the Earthworks" and "judging that the encampment contained 3,000 to 4,000 troops," he decided to withdraw Co. C.
Suddenly "they opened upon us from a masked battery at the Southern extremity of their encampment." Actually a well-camouflaged artillery position, the masked battery accurately hurled "Cannister (sic)," with "one shot striking near … Tucker and Ingersoll, and another striking about twenty feet from the centre of the company in the rear," Dyer reported.
The Confederate gunners had pre-sighted their cannons, and Dyer had led his men to ground zero. Horses screamed, bucked and plunged as the Maine troopers desperately battled their frightened mounts. "Immediately another battery opened upon us from the centre of their encampment, throwing 10 lb. shot striking in the rear of the Company, about 40 feet beyond the first discharge," Dyer wrote.
"Then a third battery opened from the extreme north of the encampment, throwing about a 12 lb. shell after which they came thick and fast from the three batteries making a cross fire," he reported. "There were 13 shot struck in the vicinity of us before we were able to get out of range."
The Co. C troopers finally turned their horses and bolted east. Behind them a few Confederate cannons barked a final time, sending shot and shell to explode amidst the landscape recently vacated by Union blue.
Capt. Bob Dyer militarily matured that day. A vainglorious officer might have pressed the recon; Dyer wisely decided otherwise. "After getting out of range we thought it not prudent for us to make any farther reconnaissance up or down the river, from the fact of their having so large a body of horse within their encampment and being able to cross both by fords and also by a bridge," Dyer explained.
Smart move: In those heady days of J.E.B. Stuart, Southern cavaliers and inferior Yankee horsemanship, Confederate cavalry habitually ran roughshod over Union riders. In fact, Confederate troopers often mauled their blue-clad counterparts; Dyer was lucky not to encounter mounted foes.
He almost did, however. As the Warrenton-bound Maine troopers approached Beale's Station on the O&A RR, "two black women having seen us coming some two miles distant, ran half that distance to inform us that they had seen eleven mounted cavalry upon this side of the river this morning, dressed in Grey uniform, some of whom they knew to be rebels," Dyer reported with his incredibly neat and clear penmanship.
For him, the patrol would end well, despite the riverbank shelling. The black women said that the Confederate cavalry often traveled to "the vicinity of Liberty Church" to meet "a Blacksmith named Robert Willis." Likely offering the Union cavalry his skills as a farrier, Willis had "the habit of coming into our camp and giving information in relation of our pickets and the position of our encampments which he was known to communicate to the enemy," Dyer passed along the information provided by the slves.
Whether or not Union soldiers later detained Willis as a spy, Dyer did not say. He brought Co. C into camp without incident and filed his report later that night.
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Postcards from the Top 14
Swapping the Shed for le Aime Giral
Tom Hamilton
September 14, 2012
Former Gloucester favourite Luke Narraway in pre-season action for Perpignan against Zebre © PA Photos
Luke Narraway's transfer to Perpignan in the off-season flew under the radar. His previous side Gloucester saw 10 players leave through the Kingsholm exit door and they were changing their coaching staff. It was a case of out with the old and in with the new. He departed from his beloved Cherry and Whites with more of a whimper than a fanfare.
Narraway is now four games into his Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais career and it hasn't been the easiest start on the field with his team losing three of their first four Top 14 clashes - defeats to Toulon, Bordeaux and Clermont Auvergne were probably not what coach Marc Delpoux had had in mind at the start of the season and this weekend things don't exactly get any easier against reigning champions Toulouse in Barcelona's Olympic Stadium.
But he is clearly enjoying life in southern France. "Sorry, I was just out on the sun lounger" was the answer that greeted me after I listened to the monotonous French dialling tone for a while. He is lapping up all the benefits of a change in culture - he had popped over the Spanish border to Girona for the day when we spoke - but this is not a holiday for him.
He's 29 and should be playing the best rugby of his career and if ever there was a reminder that the Top 14 can bring a player out of their shell then it came in the guise of Steffon Armitage who last season, in his first term at Toulon, scooped the Player of the Year award.
While Armitage journeyed to Mourad Boudjellal's side complete with fluent French thanks to his Nice upbringing, Narraway did not have this luxury. Mastering the language and adjusting to the different training methods are some of his immediate priorities - all that will translate to an easier time on the field for the No.8.
"Some aspects of training are very similar and others are completely different," Narraway said. "Usually at home we'd get in early at say 8 or 9 o'clock - do some training and then eat and get out between the hours of 1 and 3 o'clock. But over here they like their lunch and siestas a little bit more. Here we get in at about 9.30 and finish at 11 and get home for about midday. And then you have four hours off for lunch or a siesta and we come back in at 4/4.30 and do a couple of hours in the night. At first this was explained to me as being due to the heat but I think it's more about the siestas.
"So that's taken some adjusting to but I think I've done that - but the language will take longer. It has been difficult to get to grips with it but it was a case of having to jump in with both feet. I've got some French lessons sorted for each week and most Thursdays I end up in the president's suite at the ground getting put through my paces.
"The rugby side of the language came quite quickly as you're always in the midst of it. And then are the priorities such as ordering your bread and your beer! It is slow, but it is a good challenge and keeps things pretty fresh as you always have to engage your mind."
Such is the nature of the current game that when Narraway journeyed to France, he would have followed in the slipstream of some other players making the cross-Channel journey. Ex-Gloucester flanker Alasdair Strokosch had opted to move to the Top 14 side in the close season with Dragons lock Luke Charteris also making the switch. James Hook had already got a year's French league experience under his belt while former Wasps fullback Richard Haughton was recently added as an 'injury joker'.
The brutality of French rugby is well documented and although there were some sympathetic ears in the team when Narraway first rocked up at their training ground, he had to adjust to the pace on the field on his own.
"The Top 14 is definitely different to the Premiership. The sides on average are a lot bigger - we've probably got four or five players in our squad that our over 125-130 kilos. The front fives tend to be a lot bigger but then that equates to more mismatches as the game goes on. It's typically French - one minute it can be a slow game and then next it can change and be the free-flowing running rugby that we've seen from the French in the past. There's no real explanation for it - it's just the way that everyone plays - it's innate. It's certainly entertaining though."
And in regards to "entertainment" there are few experiences in world rugby that can rival Narraway's previous home Kingsholm. The Shed is one of rugby's greatest cauldrons but even he was taken aback the first time he ran out for USAP in front of their home support.
Luke Narraway lifts the Anglo-Welsh Cup at Gloucester © Getty Images
"The Shed produced an incredible atmosphere and it's something that I hold close to myself. But the first game I played at the Aimé Giral was like a football crowd. There was chanting and the noise was all encompassing. The first game against Toulon was absolutely rocking. I had the chance to play in Bordeaux at the football stadium and then went onto Clermont and it was like a Colosseum."
With three starts and a try to his name, Narraway is clearly embracing his fresh start at Perpignan and being able to concentrate solely on his rugby. Although very proud of his role as skipper of the Cherry and Whites, he is now void of the off-field responsibility that comes with such a position and he seems to be relishing that freedom.
"It is difficult going from being captain of a club and having a lot of influence over how things are done on and off the field to a team where you are the new kid at school and you can't even speak the language. I found myself in the first few games trying to say something to the other guys about positions but didn't actually know how and by the time you've worked it out the moment has passed. But I've learnt a few bits and bobs in French and I can now get my point across.
"For me moving to Perpignan is a fresh start and although I loved my time at Gloucester being captain, it is nice, in a weird way, to have none of those responsibilities now. I can now just enjoy my rugby and concentrate on improving."
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- Yield
- Makes 6 side-dish servings
- Total Time
- 1 hour
- 1 tablespoon ground cumin
- 1 2-pound head of cauliflower, cored, cut into 1-inch florets (about 8 cups) 4 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided
- 1 teaspoon minced peeled fresh ginger
- 1 garlic clove, pressed
- 1 1/4 cups ketchup
- 1/4 cup soy sauce
- 2 tablespoons sugar
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Toast cumin in small skillet over medium heat until darker in color and beginning to smoke, about 11/2 minutes. Set aside.
- Toss cauliflower and 2 tablespoons oil in large bowl. Transfer to medium rimmed baking sheet. Roast until very tender, stirring occasionally, about 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile, heat remaining 2 tablespoons oil in small saucepan over medium-low heat. Add ginger and garlic; sauté until very fragrant, about 3 minutes. Add ketchup, soy sauce, sugar, and toasted cumin. Bring to boil, whisking to blend. Reduce heat to very low; simmer barbecue sauce 1 minute to blend flavors, whisking constantly.
- Remove cauliflower from oven; transfer to large bowl. Toss with enough barbecue sauce to coat; season to taste with salt and pepper.
One serving contains the following: Calories (kcal) 183.28, % Calories from Fat 47.5, Fat (g) 9.84, Saturated Fat (g) 0.71, Cholesterol (mg) 0, Carbohydrates (g) 23.04, Dietary Fiber (g) 3.83, Total Sugars (g) 17.61, Net Carbs (g) 19.21, Protein (g) 4.50


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Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee III, born at Leesylvania near Dumfries, Virginia, was blonde, blue-eyed, and full of spirit. He graduated from Princeton in 1773 and returned home to prepare for war. His skill as a horseman, as well as his temperment, made him a natural cavalryman. He soon was commissioned as captain in the fifth group of Virginia Light Dragoons and sent north to join the Continental Army.
Leading his men on lightning raids against enemy supply trains, Harry attracted the attention and admiration of General George Washington and was rapidly promoted. In a surprise attack at Paulus Hook, New Jersey, he captured 400 British soldiers with the loss of only one man. His adroit horsemanship soon earned him the nickname "Light Horse Harry." When the military theatre shifted, he enjoyed equal success in the Southern Department.
Resigning his commission after the British surrender at Yorktown, Harry returned to Virginia to marry his cousin, the "divine Matilda" Lee. The wedding took place at Stratford, and it is said that General Washington contributed several pipes of his best Madeira to the festive occasion. Matilda had inherited Stratford in the division of her father's estate and lived there with her new husband. The dashing young calvaryman, however, was no farmer. His interests in the livelier arena of politics led to Harry's election to the new Virginia House of Delegates. After only eight years of marriage, Matilda died in 1790, leaving three young children and a husband desperate with grief.
Two years later, Harry was elected Governor of Virginia, serving three one-year terms. While living in Richmond, he fell in love with Ann Hill Carter of nearby Shirley Plantation. In 1793 they were married. His governorship behind him, he took his bride to Stratford.
Again, family life was interrupted by his appointment to the Continental Congress in Philadelphia. Upon the death of President George Washington, Harry was asked by Congress to deliver a tribute to his beloved general, describing him for posterity:
First in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen…second to none in the humble and endearing scenes of private life.
After the death of his idol, Harry's fortunes began to decline rapidly. the support of a family of six, coupled with disastrous land speculation, reduced him to financial poverty, Then, on January 19, 1807, in the large upstairs room at Stratford where so many Lees had come into the world, Ann gave birth to their fifth son, Robert Edward, named after two of his mother's favorite brothers. As Robert was learning to walk, his father was carried off to debtor's prison in Montross.
With characteristic courage, in a 12-by-15 foot prison cell, Harry wrote his Memoirs of the War in the Southern Department of the United States, still the standard text on that portion of the Revolutionary War. When the book was finished in 1810, the family moved to Alexandria, where a new life on a modest scale was made possible by a legacy from Ann's father. Harry's eldest son, Henry IV, became master of Stratford.
"Light Horse Harry's" last years were marred by sorrow and pain. Internal injuries, received when he was beaten by a mob as he defended a friend and freedom of the press in Baltimore, kept him in constant physical pain. He sought relief in the warm climate of the West Indies. When his health continued to decline, Harry attempted to return home, but died on Cumberland Island, Georgia, in the home of the daughter of his former commander, Nathanael Greene.


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Defense Crunches are not only safe and effective but also the best exercise for developing the abs.
Prosecution Spinal flexion (bending the spine forward), as in crunches, has been shown to place a lot of stress on the disks and should be replaced with core exercises that do not flex the spine, such as the plank.
■ The research showing that flexion of the spine places a lot of stress on the spinal disks was done in isolated pig cervical spines, so it has little relevance to the human lower back in real life.
■ Research actually shows that flexing the spine is good for the disks and spine because it boosts nutrient delivery to the disks, increasing flexibility and reducing low-back pain.
■ The best way to develop the ab muscles is by performing exercises that involve spinal flexion, such as crunches.
Some fitness "experts" try to make a mountain out of a molehill. The truth is that doing crunches or other exercises that involve spinal flexion is actually safe, healthy and effective.
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She has also reportedly sustained a burn on her ankle, as well as various cuts, scrapes and sore muscles during her time on "Dancing."


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I saw this on digg and thought back to my days at microsoft where I proposed making a similar product (using public transit actual travel times vs published times to predict the traffic levels) and was given a "oh that is nice" reply. This company seems to have made this work using cell phones as the source and gps:
There are a lot of great uses for this data and over time building a predictive model for traffic that is reliable becomes a reality.
I hope this is successful, and if it isn't maybe I need to start writing code


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Engineering Week Encourages Girls in Math, Science
Students from Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School participated in the national program during an event at UT Dallas.
In the field of engineering, the ratio of men to women in the workplace is nearly 9-to-1. To combat this staggering gap, a national movement called "Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day" has emerged to show girls the possibilities and the fun in math and science.
Last week, UT Dallas' Office of Diversity and Community Engagement welcomed students from Irma Rangel Young Women's Leadership School as part of the national program. The visiting girls worked together in groups on activities such as "speedy shelter," "roving the moon" and the "blimp jet challenge." They also met with members of the Texas Instruments Women's Initiative and the UT Dallas chapter of Society of Women Engineers.
"The students met with role models, who showed the girls how much fun and excitement they can find in the fields of math and science. UT Dallas has a great engineering school and can make a great impact in attracting girls to become engineers," said Dr. Magaly Spector, vice president of Diversity and Community Engagement at UT Dallas.
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day was also made possible by The Carolyn Lipshy Galerstein Women's Center's SAWS initiative (Supporting and Advancing Women in STEM).
"We are glad to be part of this unique opportunity where teachers, girls, college students and professionals gather in one place to share stories and experiences," said Lauren M. DeCillis, director of the Women's Center.
The Women's Center is dedicated to developing leadership opportunities for our female students, so they can share their success with young women following in their footsteps."
Media Contact: The Office of Media Relations, UT Dallas, (972) 883-2155, [email protected].


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By Bonnie K. Goodman
Ms. Goodman is the Editor of History Musings. She has a BA in History & Art History & a Masters in Library and Information Studies from McGill University, and has done graduate work in history at Concordia University.
With just over a day left for negotiations before the government will shutdown and despite working all night Congressional Republicans and Democrats have still not come to an agreement for the 2011 Budget. Last night President Obama met with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) at the White House, declaring some progress, still there was no agreement.
Although Obama opposes the measure Speaker Boehner and Republicans are working on a week extension to prevent the shutdown on midnight Saturday. At issue is the 7 million difference between the Democrats proposed 33 million and the Republicans 40 million in spending cuts.
The shutdown would affect 800,000 federal workers and all aspects of the government.
The last government shutdown was in November 1995 and January 1996, when Democrat Bill Clinton was President and Newt Gingrich was the Speaker of the Republican Congress. The clash over the 1996 budget caused a government shutdown for 21 days.


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Congress Cuts Funding For Horse Slaughter
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Congress has again cut funding for inspections at horse slaughterhouses, the latest blow to efforts to resume horse slaughter in the U.S.
Congress on Thursday passed a $1.1 trillion budget bill that prohibits the Department of Agriculture from spending money for inspectors at equine facilities.
The last domestic horse slaughterhouses closed in 2007, a year after Congress first cut funding for the inspections in an attempt to shutter the industry.
Funding was restored in 2011, and Valley Meat Co. in Roswell, New Mexico, has been fighting ever since to convert its small cattle operation to horse slaughter.
Companies in Iowa and Missouri had also received permits to open last year, but the efforts have been blocked by lawsuits.
Animal protection groups are applauding the vote.


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Spring Flowers Around the MuseumCreated: 5/18/2014 Updated: 8/9/2016
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Walk around the restored habitat vignettes on the East and South sides of the museum grounds, and you may notice much of what you see is last year's dead vegetation, with patches of green and a mixture of native and non-native flowers. Early spring on the prairie is a notoriously dull time for flowers, compared to woodlands or savannas. This is in part due to the fact that, in woodlands, the herbaceous layer is in a race to grow and flower before the trees fully leaf out and gobble up the available light. This results in a floral display intensely concentrated in late April and early May. In prairies, there is no shortage of light and therefore no hurry. Here, the greatest number of species flower in mid to late summer. In addition, tallgrass prairies (and, to a lesser degree, savannas) tended to burn more often in early spring than dense woodlands. This could also be a factor in why saving the flower show for later would be advantageous. Our native habitat restorations are a mixture of both prairie and savanna. Many of the native plants in bloom around the museum are found in both.
I have compiled a list of native species that are in bloom this week. This isn't meant to be a field guide, but could save time for anyone interested in doing an internet search on a plant they see. I have attempted to include every native species, but It changes fast, and this list will be obsolete soon! (Also, there are several species of the Sedge Family (Cyperaceae), in addition to the two I have listed, which cannot be identified until their seeds ripen)
These are the native species which we have intentionally planted:
White Trout Lilly (Erythronium albidum) We have already missed this one's blooming period, but some may have noticed this plant a couple weeks ago. A small but conspicuous part of our early spring flora. It grows in large colonies, usually with the basal leaves far outnumbering the flowering stalks. The number of plants which flower varies greatly from year to year. This plant can be seen in almost any moderately intact woodland or savanna near Chicago in the early spring, and often ventures into nearby prairies as well. Around the Museum, they can be seen in greatest number in the Prairie on the southern side. The show doesn't last long however, and within a few weeks the flowers and leaves seem to vanish without a trace, until next spring.
Penn's Sedge (Carex pensylvanica) Most people may not think of grasses or sedges as flowers, but if you look closely in certain spots around the museum's restored areas, you will notice what looks like patches of thin grass with tiny yellow flower petals at the end of short stalks. Actually, this is not a grass but a sedge- a similar looking, but different family of plants. The differences between grasses and sedges are a bit complex to get into here, but an age old rule-of-thumb cliché is that "Sedges have edges." The base of a Sedge stem is solid and triangular, while grasses have hollow, round stems. It may be difficult to see, but if you roll the base of a sedge stem between your fingers, you can feel the "edges." If not, it is probably a grass. This sedge is also a trademark of Chicago area woodlands and nearby prairies that are not too shady. It is one of the first sedges to bloom, and its flowers are also extremely short-lived. The leaves remains visible until at least late summer however. Around the museum, it can be seen in patches all over, especially along the trail to the right of the entrance doors, and on the north side of the "ravine" in back, just before it meets North Pond.
Jacob's Ladder (Polemonium reptans) Another attractive purple flower with "ladder-like" leaves which will persist until June. Grows in damp meadows and woods with rich soil. More occasional around Chicago than common. Very conspicuous on the hill facing Fullerton Ave. at the moment.
Golden Alexanders (Zizia aurea) Found in prairies to open woods, this bright yellow flower is just beginning to bloom.
Wild garlic/onion (Allium canadense) Not quite in bloom yet but will be soon. One of two species around Chicago (and the museum) this one blooms earlier than the other.
Shooting Star (Dodecatheon meadia)-One of the earliest blooming Prairie Plants. It is distinctive, conventionally attractive, and quite popular in restoration projects and prairie gardens. It can be found in both prairie and savanna/open woodland. It is somewhat sensitive to disturbance, and unless reintroduced, indicates the land has not been plowed or too heavily grazed. Currently, it has just began to flower, and will do so for about a month. A colony can be seen on the hill on the right side of the museum entrance.
In addition to the Native plants we have intentionally planted, there are others that are not as sensitive to habitat disturbance, and came here on their own. These are some weedy natives:
Common Wood Sedge (Carex blanda) This is probably the most common sedge of the Chicago region, and also one of the most bland-looking. It has much wider, floppier leaves and stems than Penn's sedge, and is a grayish blue-green color. (though the petals are also yellow). It will grow almost anywhwere.
Common Blue violet (Viola sororia) Very common in our area, this species is unusual in its adaptability. It can be found in almost any habitat that is not too wet or dry; full sun to dense shade, pristine natural areas to mowed lawns. It has a long blooming period of a month or two. Around the museum, I have only seen a few near the tent out back (the blue variety)
Missouri Violet (Viola missouriensis) Almost identical to common Blue Violet, except for its leaves, which are triangular and pointed, rather than heart shaped and round. Near Chicago, it is most often seen in moist woodlands and meadows, though it can sometimes be seen in more disturbed habitats as well, such as here.
(Note - These two violet species caused me quite a bit of confusion. The majority of the plants around the museum are apparently of the white variety of Missouri Violet. Both have a blue and white variety. The white form is less common but not rare, especially with Common Blue Violet. In the Chicago region, The Missouri Violet is less common in general, and is less likely to occur in lawns and gardens, though around the museum, the reverse is apparently true!)
Kidney-leaved Buttercup (Ranuculus aborvitus) Blooms April-June. Part of the huge family of buttercups (Ranunculaceae), this one is the first to bloom and, of the natives in this area, the least sensitive to disturbance. It can be found in almost any slightly damp place. This one came here on its own.
Aunt Lucy (Ellisia nyctelea) Just beginning to bloom, and will continue into early summer. The flowers are very small, a dull white and easy to miss. This plant is a spring wildflower in woodlands but also a very common weed in gardens and disturbed ground.
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Purslane Speedwell (Veronica peregrine) Very tiny and easy to miss, it looks very similar to the other, non-native Corn Speedwell, except with thinner leaves and white flowers.
Nate Fremont
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I was nine or ten years old when my addiction began. My dealer: a strict, devastatingly sophisticated, Russian ballet teacher who walked with grace and commanded obedience in ever glance.
The candy was a break, a treat, a reward for finishing a particularly grueling set of exercises or mastering complex choreography.
Sometimes they were gummy bears. Sometimes they were jelly beans. I preferred the gummy bears, specifically the white ones. I think they taste like pineapple.
"You can take one," she told us, subtly reinforcing the idea that sweets should be consumed in moderation.
One!? I didn't want one! I wanted a fistful.
When I was old enough to buy the 99 cent bags myself, I would gorge sometimes. I could eat half a bag before my stomach would protest. But so often though those gummies would be stale. Seriously, it was like I was the only person who bought gummy bears from the drug store.
But not in Germany. No siree. Germany is where gummy bears come from. Haribo, the company which makes the original gummy bear (and the only one that matters), was born in a suburb of Bonn.
My cousin Grace spent a semester there. I am surprised she made it out alive.
I allowed myself to indulge during the few weeks we spent in Germany, buying two bags at a time of the freshest gummy bears in the world.
~ Molly


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Dressed in his Army fatigues, Prince Charles, who is known as the Duke of Rothesay when in Scotland, visited the 51st Highland, 7th Battalion the Royal Regiment of Scotland this past weekend at the Barry Buddon Training Centre in Carnoustie, Scotland. The 51st Highland Division was pivotal in the Battle of the Somme and fought in each of the Western front battles in the Second World War. The Duke of Rothesay is Royal Colonel of the regiment.
"When a Royal Colonel visits a unit it's always very much appreciated that they wear their uniform, especially when the regiment is practising their skills out in the field," an Army spokesman told the Daily Mail. "It's always good for Royal Colonels to see the soldiers in training."
This was just a brief visit for His Royal Highness as he headed to Cardiff for the service to honour police officers who died whilst in the line of duty, on National Police Memorial Day. This was the 10th service held honouring the officers. Following the service was a reception held for the families of the officers and members of the police force at St. David's Hall in Cardiff.
In 2006, The Prince became Patron of the National Police Memorial Day. The 2011 service in Glasgow, Scotland was the last time His Royal Highness was in attendance for the memorial service. The service is held on the Sunday that is closest to the 29th September, St. Michael's Day – St. Michael is the patron saint of police officers. The memorial service is held each year in one of the four countries of the UK.
Upon Prince Charles' arrival, a mounted police honour guard greeted the attendees who also included South Wales Police Chief Constable Peter Vaughn, Lord Lieutenant Peter Neck, Home Secretary Theresa May and representatives from all four Home Offices of the UK.
"Our courageous policemen and women routinely endure hazardous environments in order to defend us and protect all our freedoms," His Royal Highness is quoted as saying in the Daily Mail. The Prince continued: "But there is nothing routine about the courage they display. Indeed, to all those who keep us safe, and to their families, we owe a debt of gratitude that we can never repay. They will never be forgotten and their proud legacy inspires us and will always live on."
Sgt. Joe Holness is founder of the National Police Memorial Day. "I think the fact that the nation is stopping and remembering the commitment of the fallen officers means a great deal to their families, friends and colleagues," Sgt. Holness stated in the Daily Mail. He continued in regards to the royal visit by stating: "It doesn't bring back the officers they have lost but it gives some small comfort and recognition of what that family has given." According to Sgt. Holness, an estimated 4,000 police officers have died in the line of duty since record keeping started in 1792.
The first Memorial Day took place at St Paul's Cathedral on Sunday 3 October 2004.
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July 23rd, 2008 mysurface
syslog is a standard for logging service in Linux, it usually run as daemon like syslogd or rsyslogd. Syslog daemon will be forward and store logs in /var/log directory, you may configure it to store at separate location if you want. (we will look into it later). And there is a major file that store […]
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24" "Sweet Valentine" Cupcake Foil Balloon. Printing on both sides. Helium quality balloon.
Fun Fact: Foil balloons are self-sealing and reusable.
Balloons arrive uninflected. Helium inflation available at Nature's Nook (Minot, ND). Always dispose of balloons properly. Do not release balloons into air. California residents will be required to purchase a balloon weight with any foil balloon inflation at party stores if they do not already have one.


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Dolan is reportedly against the lockout.
He was on the negotiating committee for the NBA lockout last season.
Adam Rotter: The two games they are showing have local connections, Ryan McDonagh tomorrow and Ilya Kovalchuk next week, and as of now it seems like a one-off kind of deal where MSG gets some fresh content to feed to a hungry hockey market. It's an interesting comment from Walsh though and this could be a subtle jab at Gary Bettman and the rest of the owners.


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Ohio University President Roderick J. McDavis (right) greets Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and members of his family at Ohio University's Women's Center.
Photographer: Ben Siegel
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine (left) discusses the achievements of the outreach program with Ohio University President Roderick J. McDavis, Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Shari Clarke and Women's Center Program Coordinator Sarah Jenkins.
Photographer: Ben Siegel
Ohio University President Roderick McDavis (right) greets Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine at Ohio University's Women's Center.
Photographer: Ben Siegel
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By Gretchen Gregory
Ohio University President Roderick J. McDavis welcomed Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and members of the media to Ohio University's Women's Center in Baker University Center early Thursday to discuss the University's recent partnership with the state to provide services and support to victims of sexual assault and domestic violence throughout Southeast Ohio.
"This is so critical for our state, Ohio University, and our region and I think our cooperative efforts will help us advance victim advocate training and help victims in important ways," said President McDavis.
The University has received grant funding as part of DeWine's statewide initiative to increase access to core sexual assault services in each of the 88 counties. OHIO is now overseeing the implementation of sexual assault services in Athens, Meigs, and Perry counties, with the goal of expanding the program throughout Southeastern Ohio.
"We thought it made a lot of sense to do this with Ohio University because you have a long history of providing services and have the expertise," DeWine said. "This is a University that does great outreach and it's a great tradition."
Earlier this month, eight local volunteers completed the first OHIO Survivor Advocacy Outreach Program, which was designed to educate how to adequately respond and support victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, rape culture, and intimate partner violence.
"We think we're at our best when we're working with our neighbors," McDavis said. "This is one of those areas that is extremely important to the University, in terms of our concern for victims, as well as our concern for helping our neighbors in the close counties to us, so this is something we intend to continue in the future. We think this support will help us do that."
The Women's Center has served more than 27 individuals with 94 hours of direct services since receiving funding from DeWine's office, and OUSAP Program Coordinator Catherine Wargo has been called to assist victims in the hospital at least five times, said OHIO Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Shari Clark.
"It's really needed and very necessary, and we love the fact that it fulfills OHIO's mission of outreach, and we feel very strongly about that," Clark said.
Prior to the partnership, victims of sexual assault or domestic violence in Meigs County who lacked transportation were unable to seek services, but Wargo sent letters and arranged appointments with officials in Meigs County to help bridge the gap and get transportation to those who need it most, added Meigs County Victim Assistance Director Theda Petrasko.
"By going to all those people, she filled that gap," Petrasko said. "The rapes don't just happen during office hours, they happen 24/7. It happens right when it happens and that's when services are needed the most, and that's what she has done for Meigs County."
As former county prosecutor in Green County, DeWine said he noticed a need to provide services to victims because, all too often, the aftermath of the crime is just as difficult as the crime itself.
"We tried to help prepare them for what was coming ahead in the legal system, and we did that on an ad-hoc basis, but it wasn't consistent or as good as it could be," he said. "I worked on this issue when I was in the Senate, and then as attorney general, one thing I found was there were a number of old rape kits that were sitting around police departments across the state."
Soon after the discovery, DeWine's office started researching the best practices needed to establish a protocol to have the kits tested. After hiring additional scientists and reaching out to every police department and sheriff's office across the state, the local response overwhelmingly showed a need.
"So far in this program, we have tested 4,300 rape kits. In the city of Cleveland, it's hard to believe, but they had 4,000 old rape kits that had never been tested. Some of them went back 18, 19, 20 years, so we started testing at a rate of about 300 a month," DeWine said.
The most surprising part of the testing, he added, is that scientists are consistently getting DNA matches on one out of every three kits tested.
"We wanted to do testing because some of these rapists may still be loose," Dewine said. "Also, I felt that society owes it to the victim. Here's a person who has been victimized, brutalized, and was undoubtedly told the rape kit would be used for evidence to try and find the attacker. We're now going back to police departments and sheriff offices and saying, 'We now have your rapist.'"
By increasing the number of scientists processing the kits, the time to analyze rape kits has gone from 125 to 22 days, despite the amount of work increasing fourfold.
"It takes a cooperative effort in everyone knowing what services everyone can provide," Dewine said. "We're excited for this partnership we have with OHIO. I think outreach is so important and for people to know what services are available."


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Back when I was a young mother, "The Tightwad Gazette" was a hit among our circle of friends. Most of us were under thirty, in first-time jobs, starting families and households. We loved Amy! We needed this kind of advice, and for people my age (now over fifty) it helped us feel normal as frugal people, and not like paupers when we compared ourselves to the consumer culture spreading through our society like an influenza virus. Amy and her family lived in Maine, like our little group, and many of us shared the same conditions and challenges her family had.
We learned to make our own granola, bake our own bread, darn socks, clean with baking soda and vinegar, establish car pools for work and playgroup, refinish furniture and power-shop garage sales and thrift stores. We used it up and wore it out, made it do or did without. I admit: My mother and grandmother taught me most of this, but it was new to the people who had moved to almost rural Maine in the late sixties and early seventies, looking for a quieter, healthier way of life. Amy helped them find it, as they had left a suburban and urban world that was rapidly evolving into the greedy, status-hungry mess we now see.
Amy and her frugal companions never advocated harming your family by neglecting nutrition, good sanitation or medical care. They advocated giving gifts and helping others. They did not mean "tightwad" as in miser; it was a humourous play on how others characterized them when they saved buttons and zippers from old clothes that they then made into patchwork quilts or diapers. They weren't hoarders. If you want you can find photos and interviews on video with Amy at her home. It is spare and clean. Her collections of reusable items are well organized.
But times have changed. And this is why I am not a tightwad. We are just poor. I do employ those old ways of keeping body and soul together; I have food in the house at all times because I have a supply of dried foodstuffs in the pantry – beans and lentils, flour and cracked wheat, potatoes, onions, carrots, turnips I bought in quantity, which should last us at least a couple of months. We have firewood, and we installed a woodstove because we could not afford to heat with oil or electricity, which were the existing systems in the house. Our reasoning was that it is cheaper here; seasoned firewood is available from our landlord; and in the worst case, we can scavenge wood, which we can't do with oil, electricity or propane.
Back when I was a young householder, it was possible to buy or rent a big old house in rural Maine with barns and sheds, acres of land, and maybe a woodlot. A couple of Jotul stoves and a big garden later, you were good to go. This isn't possible now. The houses are older and losing condition if they weren't renovated 30 years ago. Woodburning stoves are expensive and old ones are no longer acceptable to insurance companies. For someone without a woodlot, cords of wood in an area where there is high demand can run as much as oil overall.
Many of us have to look at living in smaller houses, and even micro-homes, less than 500 square feet. Ours is less than a thousand, but since we use only four rooms principally, we use about 700 square feet of living space.
This is why I can't be the classic tightwad, and I'm not sure I am inclined in that direction. We can't afford the space to store all the bits and bobs to be re-used; we can't trawl the thrift store and garage sales for items to be stored for later. All my extra fabric, notions, items for resale and out of season coats have to be stored in a dresser and one closet. In a micro-home, there would be even less room, and it makes no sense at all to rent a storage locker for $25-$100 a month to store items that could be purchased new for less. I've seen what happens when people with a tiny home start to store those things – the vintage finds for resale (that don't get sold); the bags and boxes of extra clothing the children outgrew and haven't yet grown into; the hardware, kitchenware, linen, toys, appliances, and even lumber for the house that is not yet built, and can't be built until the two acres is cleared of sheds, old trucks in various stages of cannibalism, piles of scrap metal to sell, and firewood to cut and split.
I limit the saving. I don't stock up unless I am certain I can use it within its lifespan. I am the opposite of a hoarder – I get rid of things when they have not been used. I find this is the only way to live in a small house without getting overwhelmed.
There is still plenty to be learned from Amy and the tightwads of my generation. But I think we are all going to have to look at the reality of downsizing – of consuming less – of turning old things into new things by recycling rather than storing for later. So if you have trash bags full of old detergent bottles for the Scouts to turn into bird feeders, well, just go ahead and take them to the recycling center. It's time.


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Closed 8 years ago
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#19021 closed New feature (wontfix)
collectstatic should support checksums as method to determine a file's changed state
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|Dan Loewenherz
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|Dan Loewenherz
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When running
./manage.py collectstatic, all files in all static directories are copied to the location specified by
STATICFILES_STORAGE, regardless of whether they have already been copied or not.
I propose that collectstatic should only copy files to the destination if they have changed or don't yet exist. I wrote my own solution which doesn't incorporate staticfiles, but I'd like to see this in Django proper. Without this feature, it can take ages to upload static media for a large project. It makes sense to only update those assets which have changed between deploys.
I currently solve this problem by creating a file containing metadata of all the static media at the root of the destination. This file is a JSON object that contains file paths as keys and checksum as values. When an upload is started, the uploader checks to see if the file path exists as a key in the dictionary. If it does, it checks to see if the checksums have changed. If they haven't changed, the uploader skips the file. At the end of the upload, the checksum file is updated on the destination.
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comment:1 Changed 8 years ago by
This does not sound right. When I run collectstatic it does not copy unmodified files:
$ ./manage.py collectstatic You have requested to collect static files at the destination location as specified in your settings file. This will overwrite existing files. Are you sure you want to do this? Type 'yes' to continue, or 'no' to cancel: yes 0 static files copied to '/var/www/html/static' (83 unmodified).
comment:2 Changed 8 years ago by
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I agree with comment 1.
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Weird, I can't reproduce this (initially I commented saying I might have overlooked something).
First of all, when working on a team with multiple people, the current solution doesn't work. Every computer is on its own. Here's a real world scenario:
- Person A runs collectstatic. All files are uploaded.
- Person B makes a change to one file and runs collectstatic. Again, all files are uploaded.
This is untenable for a team size N > 1.
Secondly, there is a bug in the heuristic used to identify changed files. I just changed a js file in one of my static folder after running collectstatic earlier. When I run collectstatic again, nothing is re-uploaded, even though the file has changed.
if you look at the source, this is because collectstatic only checks if a file has changed by checking its path name. The contents of the files themselves are ignored.
comment:6 Changed 8 years ago by
Alright--I'm being educated here...I missed a bunch of things, but there are still a couple of problems. I noted them in an email to the developers list.
The heuristic is not file name. Last modified time is the heuristic, but some backends don't have a reliable implementation of it (or don't support it at all) and therefore this feature doesn't work for those backends.
Additionally, in any sort of source control, when a user updates their repo, local files that were updated remotely show up as modified at the time the repo is cloned or updated, not when the file was actually last saved by the last author. You then have the same scenario I pointed to earlier: when multiple people work on a project, they will re-upload the same files multiple times.
For the reasons noted above, I would propose moving towards checksums and away from last modified times to check if a file has been modified.
comment:7 Changed 8 years ago by
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|collectstatic should only copy files if they have changed or don't exist in destination → collectstatic should support checksums as method to determine a file's changed state
In an ideal world - checksums would be an perfectly viable way to compare files
for collectstatic. However, practically - they can't be well supported by the
collectstatic API.
While md5 may be somewhat common - it is neither universal nor standard. For
cloud based storage backends to support a comparison metric other than
modification times for use by collectstatic, they would need to provide that
value as a remote/api call, it would do no good if the only way to support
this involved retrieving the remote object to get a hash on it (even if you had
drastically asymetrical bandwidth - this is just poor design).
Checksums have a compute cost that modification dates don't - so a checksum
comparison would always need to be an alternate, not the primary comparison.
Without a good universal way for a range of storage backends to provide some
sort of fingerprint/hash - there is no good way for collectstatic to take
advantage of that approach.
In cases where your modification dates are rendered invalid because of some
specific environment set up (like the git based team issue), there are a couple
workarounds. Perhaps the best is to use collectstatic locally - where the
performance of copying every file isn't as bad, and then use a sync tool
(such as rsync --checksum) or something home built that can do the checksum
based comparison knowing the specific remote storage you are working with in
your project.
A couple other links that might prove useful for those working with git
(provided without endorsement or review)


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It's the 15 year anniversary of the opening of the Schlitterbahn South Padre Island Waterpark! Isn't that AWESOME!? It was built-in 2001, and this park is home to the Transportainment River system that is designed to maximize time in the water and eliminate lines. This river system connects eight attractions that feature rapids, chutes, and gentle currents. It really keeps the park continually moving along the river. Schlitterbahn truly believes that when you come to the beach, you should just be able to sit back and enjoy your tube ride while you tan.
To celebrate this 15th year Anniversary Schlitterbahn is waiving their venue fees for Quincaneras this year! Amazing right!?
In honor of the 15th anniversary we took a trip to Schlitterbahn in South Padre Island to experience it ourselves. And lucky for us this trip landed on our sweet Sadie's 7th Birthday. It was a surprise trip for the kids and they LOVED it!
I have learned so much experiencing it first hand. I can't wait to share all my tips and tricks to help you and your family have the best experience possible.
I love saving money, on everything and a trip to a water park can be pricey or you can choose to be frugal. Click here to see ticket pricing.
Get a group together to get the group rate. This requires a group of 15 or more.
Be sure to check the weather for the day you are going. Also check the park calendar (online or by calling) and make sure there is no big event happening on that day or it will be super crowded and lines will be longer than normal. Click here for dress code.
Plan to arrive early at least 30 minutes before the park opens (10 am here at SPI), for good parking and a good spot to picnic. There are many great free places around the park to picnic. When you first walk in there are umbrella tables. Towards the back there are wooden picnic tables under the palm trees. And if you have little ones a table with shade by Sand Castle Cove or the Lily Pad is a must! Also when planning on being there all day don't be afraid to let your little ones nap. A quite break will energize them for more happy play later.
Don't forget sun hats, towels, and cheap sunglasses it is really bright. I wear prescription glasses and almost lost them a few times from overhead spraying so secure them with a cord.
Of course at a water park you need sunscreen but you also need to apply it at home to give it time to fully dry before hitting the water. Lesson learned the hard way we all are a little sun burned. Another tip is to get the kids long sleeve water shirts trust me if you don't want to track them down to reapply sunscreen and let it dry they need these! Also make sure to have water shoes the cement does get really hot.
Another thing we did to save money was pack our lunch, water, and drinks. YES! You can bring in food and drinks. No glass or alcohol. We packed two ice chests one with drinks and the other with food. They both fit perfectly in our wagon to make walking from the parking lot with little ones easier.
Check out my Pinterest board for packing if you don't want to stick to simple sandwiches. The pepperoni pasta salad is a kids pleaser. Next time I will individually package everyone's portions so it is just easier when we are at the park. Don't worry there are plenty of trash cans. Next time I might even wrap some ribs in foil the sun will keep them warm while we play! Click here to find more great packing tips from the Schlitterbahn blog.
We actually brought in cupcakes, balloons, and a pretty plastic tablecloth since it was Sadie's Birthday. It was really cute and I really recommend a tablecloth. The cupcakes melted in the heat-that was a bad idea.
You can also choose to head to the park without a worry over arriving early for a shaded area by renting a cabana and leave the ice chest at home because you can get catering straight to your cabana. Another dinning option especially for teens is giving them splash cash. Here are some of the dinning options and prices you will find in the park.
The restrooms are located at the front of the park along with a shower area. There is also a small two stall restroom on Cabana Island.
This park is known for Rio Adventura, the parks river transportation system from this river you can access the Storm Chaser, Sea Blaster, Pirate's Plunge, Agua Blanca Tube Chute, and Gale Force. All from your inner tube! They even offer double tubes, and double tubes with a hole on one side and a seat for smaller children on the other.
We all enjoyed riding on the tubes in Rio Adventura. It took a while to find two tubes with seats for Ezra and Dad and Sadie and Caydence, but once we did we just floated around the whole park 4 times, which took up most of our morning. They loved it so much! At first I was little terrified for the girls to go alone, but me being on a single tube made it easier to paddle towards them.
Squid Row has the softest flooring and was the best place for Ezra while he was warming up to the park.
Click here to see all the attractions Schlitterbahn South Padre Island has to offer.
See the park map here to help you plan.
By the time we were done the little ones were due for a nap and Sadie was super energized then fell fast asleep on the drive back home. We had a wonderful, fun-filled day or in Sadie's words, "It was the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!"
I hope this post inspires you to plan a Schlitteriffic Day for your family!


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Socialism, Islam and Hell
Liberals and their paranoia
By Julio Severo
The same socialism condemning conservative Christians as "fundamentalists" and "fanatics" protects Islam by calling it a "religion of peace" — while its adherents persistently take away the peace and lives of hundreds of thousands of innocent people yearly.
That protection is largely an effect of the effort of some Western liberal Jews, who managed to establish laws to protect minorities. Those laws are today exploited by homosexual and Islamic activists to protect their own interests and impose on the Western societies the homosexual and Islamic ideology. Christians eventually pay the bill, suffering pressures and oppressions from completely antagonistic groups.
By contrast, Christians are routinely persecuted in Islamic nations. But, incredibly, now Islamic groups demand an international law against "Islamophobia", because they say that Islam needs protection from people that do not like terror and terrorists produced by the "religion of peace". Muslims, with the support of socialists, have learnt how to exploit the Western paranoia against intolerance, prejudice and discrimination and they are being able to persecute and oppress Christians and Jews in their own turf.
When it comes to paranoia, the Islamic mind is not much different from the socialist mind.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president of Iran that denies the Holocaust and says that he wants do destroy Israel, has an administration that sees no problem in the torture and murder of homosexuals. But Ahmadinejad was never annoyed by the same socialist human right groups that routinely blame Christians for "crimes" against homosexuals. Those Christian "crimes" do not consist in acts of real violence, but exclusively in views that reflect the Bible condemnation of homosexual practices. That is the socialist reality: silence about what Islamic Iran does, and many coward charges against Christians.
The visit of president of Iran to his friend Lula in Brazil
Speaking about Ahmadinejad, he visited Brazil November 23. He was warmly welcomed by his socialist friend Lula.
Ahmadinejad funds terrorist groups against Israel, because he ignores and rejects God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Lula has friendship with Ahmadinejad because… Why? Choose the reason:
Lula does not care about God's covenant with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
Lula does not care about the human rights abuses, torture and murder of Christians in Iran.
Lula does not care about the human rights abuses of Jews in Iran.
Lula does not care about torture and murder of homosexuals in Iran.
Lula does not care about the Iranian sponsorship of Islamic terrorist groups against Israel.
You could present a long list of problems in the Islamic Iranian Dictatorship, but Lula does not care. Socialists act this way: they do not care about God, about moral values, about hell and about their own socialist friends — unless they have significant personal interests involved. There is nothing more important for an ambitious socialist than to promote his own glory.
Socialist Shimon Peres visits Lula
Attempting perhaps to weaken the visit Ahmadinejad to Brazil, Israeli president Shimon Peres visited Brazil before Ahmadinejad, November 10. Yet, Lula does not also care about the fact that Peres has the same "democratic" socialist feelings regarding to abortion and homosexuality.
Nevertheless the ideological, moral, political and ethical affinity with Peres, Lula prefers friendship with Ahmadinejad, whose stances are opposed to the stances of Lula and Peres in the abortion and homosexual issues. Would Lula fail to hug Ahmadinejad only because socialist comrade Peres is not easy with the wish of Ahmadinejad to destroy Israel? For some reason, Lula sees in Ahmadinejad another expedient to promote his own glory.
In turn, Shimon Peres does not care much about the fact that, in his about eight-year administration and having visited several Islamic nations near of Israel, Lula has never had the least willingness to visit Israel. In response to the apparent disregard of Lula toward Israel, Peres said, "He has his agenda and priorities. I am not supposed to lecture him. We consider him a friend. We know one another for a long time. We began in the same socialist path. So I can say that I remember him 'since his childhood'. He has his own way of priorizing things".
Liberal mind lives hand in hand with paranoia — whether in Brazil, US and even in Israel. Liberal mind does not care about evil when it sees it. When a homosexual rapes a 6-year-old boy, liberal journalism sees only a generic "rape against a child", without mentioning specific identifications compromising the gay agenda. When an Islamic terrorist murders innocents, liberal journalism applies the same measure, reporting only "the bomb that murdered several people" or the "terror that murdered several people", leaving radical Islam completely untouched and protected.
Conversely, any crime against a homosexual is used as an opportunity to launch against Christians a specific and detailed blame for the crime, even though no Christian were involved and criminal circumstances suggested possibility of violence among homosexuals. This is part of the liberal paranoia.
Paranoia of the diversity and tolerance ideology
In nations where socialism controls everything, the enemies of the system are eliminated for any and every reason. See Cuba, North Korea, etc. In nations where the population is under gradual conditioning to embrace socialism, society is firstly led to paranoia. It is sheer paranoia to approve laws condemning Christians for the fictitious crime of "homophobia", because Christians do not have a tradition of murdering homosexuals. But Obama and Lula act this way.
Homeland Security Department says that a true terrorist can be identified by some special characteristics: he can be an individual opposing abortion and homosexuality. Adherence to Islam cannot be considered as terrorist characteristic, because Muslims are minority and they deserve protection. Therefore, even though all the 9/11 terrorists were Islamic and even though all the terrorists attacking Israel are Islamic, liberal ethics orders the establishment to ignore this fact. Similarly, it orders the press to omit the word "homosexual" or "homosexuality" in all violent crimes where young boys were victims of a homosexual.
Recently, Islamic terrorist Umar Farouk Abdul Mutallab tried to blow away a jet heading to Detroit. American service secret had information on him for at least two years, but they had a hard time to give exclusive attention to him, because the Muslim individual was in a politically-correct, broad security watch list containing more than 500,000 other threats: conservative Christians, abortion and homosexuality opponents, etc. How to sort out from this massive database the real threats without singling out the followers of the religion of peace?
Mutallab could not be halted months earlier because it would be very expensive to probe all of these "threats" together. Besides, he could not be screened by his Islamic name and religion, because — for the overjoyed followers of the religion of peace — profiling is a crime in the US. In their typical ideological paranoia, American liberals do not care if 100% suicide terrorists against the US have consistently been followers of the religion of peace.
In fact, Obama administration cannot profile people with Muslim names — because Obama is one of them. (Can you convincingly prove that some of the acts of Obama put America at risk?) But Obama administration can freely profile abortion and homosexuality opponents — because Obama is not one of them, being a fervent abortion and homosexuality promoter.
Yet, after this recent terrorist attack, Homeland Security Department is likely to launch more aggressive measures against all the other "threats" in its database without profiling any Islamic name and origin! This makes me wonder who will defeat America first, al Qaeda or PC paranoia? I certainly doubt al Qaeda is stronger than PC paranoia.
If the US had embraced PC ban on profiling in the World War 2, American military would be trying until this day to figure out their real enemies from some another PC massive database containing thousands of thousands of fictitious enemies, and World War 2 would be the perpetual, endless World War. PC paranoia is the best way to perpetuate criminals and their crimes.
In World War 2, Americans forgot only to profile communists, and for such negligence they — and the world — paid an excessively high bloody cost for the next decades. Liberal America creates her own nightmares.
The protection of diversity and tolerance toward perversion in Brazil, US and Europe while supporting Iran and other Islamic nations that hate diversity and tolerance is a trademark of the liberal paranoia. Liberals may criticize, condemn and revile God and his followers, but for them diversity and tolerance are sacred — only in Brazil, US and Europe, and never in Iran, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, etc. I know it for experience, because my blog has been targeted by federal prosecutors in Brazil for criticism of homosexuality and Islam. On March 2008, four Islamic journalists in São Paulo filed a complaint requesting federal prosecutors to shut down my blog for prejudice against Islam, because I denounced Islamic terrorists.
Right to free speech to criticize homosexuality and Islam? This is capitalist talk!
In July 2007, in the same time when Google interdicted my blog for some days because of charges and defamations of homosexual activists, I denounced the homosexual website ParouTudo for posting "Amando Garotos: Pedofilia e a Intolerância Contemporânea" (Loving Boys: Pedophilia and the Contemporary Intolerance), an article defending openly pedophilia. (See more information here: http://lastdayswatchman.blogspot.com/2009/12/day-sex-between-men-and-boys-is-no.html) I had requested authorities to investigate and take action, but today, more than two years later, nothing was done. Is diversity and tolerance paranoia a free way for homosexuals to advocate pedophilia?
ParouTudo remains active on the internet, without any problem, but my blog has been under risk of being closed by federal prosecutors.
So if you think that it is paranoid for Lula to hug Ahmadinejad (whose administration hates Christians, Israel and homosexuals), this is socialism. If you think that it is paranoid for Obama to profile conservative Christians opposed to abortion and homosexuality and not to profile terrorists whose common identification is the "religion of peace", this is socialism. If you think that it is paranoid for Shimon Peres to humble himself before a Lula that wants alliance with Ahmadinejad, this is socialism.
Modern Israel, dominated by socialism, has gay parades and legal abortion. But with all this incredible ideological affinity, Lula prefers Ahmadinejad, who does not allow abortion and homosexuality in the Islamic Iranian dictatorship. For the sake of his own glory, a socialist — whether atheist, Catholic, Islamic or evangelical — could deliver his own mother and homeland to the devil.
Rebel Jews in the old Israel, whose history of apostasy is found in the Old Testament, belittled hell, where they eventually ended. Today, even knowing in lesser or greater measure this account, Lula, Obama e Shimon Peres equally belittle hell and fall down before the same socialism that is selling their nations to the fatal deceitfulness of the homosexual, abortion and Islamic ideology.
Portuguese version of this article: O socialismo, o islamismo e o inferno
Spanish version of this article: El socialismo, el islamismo y el infierno
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Cheyney University of Pennsylvania lacked institutional control over its certification processes, according to a decision issued by the Division II Committee on Infractions. During the 2007-08 through 2010-11 acad\emic years, the university violated NCAA rules in the certification of initial, transfer and continuing eligibility involving all sports programs. Over the four year period, numerous student-athletes competed while ineligible due to improper certification. In amateurism certification alone, 109 student-athletes practiced, competed and received travel expenses and/or athletically related financial aid before the university received their amateurism certification status from the NCAA Eligibility Center. The committee also concluded that a former compliance director failed to monitor when she did not follow proper procedures in the certification of student-athletes' eligibility.
Penalties include five years of probation, a postseason ban, a vacation of wins and a five-year show-cause order for the former compliance director. If the former compliance director seeks employment at an NCAA member school during her show-cause period, she and the new employing school must appear before the Committee on Infractions to determine if the school should restrict athletically related duties. Because the institution is considered a "repeat violator" due to an infractions case in 2007, it must relinquished voting privileges in the NCAA for two years.
In an instance of improper certification, six student-athletes in several sports practiced and completed in their initial year without the university completing the academic certification process through the Eligibility Center. The university could not produce any documentation to explain why the student-athletes were allowed to complete without the certification.
A men's basketball student-athlete was allowed to compete while he was not enrolled in the minimum required credit hours and did not meet the appropriate progress-toward-degree requirements. The university utilized a campus-wide program that could verify full-time enrollment status, but it was not reliable, forcing staff to access student-athlete records by hand. The university did not have systems in place within the registrar's office to monitor full-time enrollment for student-athletes or to alert the athletics staff if a student-athlete fell below full-time status.
Additional certification violations occurred when the university allowed a second men's basketball student-athlete to compete during his year in residence after transferring to the university. He was also allowed to compete after his fourth season of competition. Despite not meeting the two-year college transfer rules, two other men's basketball student-athletes were permitted to compete. Additionally, two football student-athletes competed after being certified as academic nonqualifiers by the Eligibility Center.
The university lacked institutional control when it did not establish adequate compliance processes, monitor and evaluate its athletics programs, and provide rules education and training to staff to ensure the athletics program complied with NCAA rules. Contributing to the lack of institutional control, the university did not maintain student-athlete records and did not establish policies and procedures to allow the university to monitor certification.
A former compliance director failed to monitor when she neglected to follow proper procedures in student-athletes' eligibility certification. The failure resulted in violations of initial, transfer and continuing eligibility certification; financial aid; and extra benefits involving numerous student-athletes in all of the university sports.
Penalties and corrective measures, including those self-imposed by the university:
- Public reprimand and censure.
- Five years of probation from August 21, 2014 through August 20, 2019.
- Relinquished voting privileges in the NCAA for two years, beginning on August 21, 2014.
- A postseason ban for all sports during the 2013-14 academic year (self-imposed by the university).
- A vacation of all wins in which ineligible student-athletes competed during the 2007-08 through 2010-11 academic years. The public report contains further details on the vacation.
- A five-year show-cause order for the former compliance director. The public report contains further details.
- Attendance at an NCAA Regional Rules Seminar each year during probation beginning in 2015 for the athletics staff members.
Members of the Division II Committee on Infractions are drawn from NCAA membership and members of the public. The members of the committee who reviewed this case are Douglas Blais, professor of sport management, Southern New Hampshire University; Jean Paul Bradshaw, attorney and public member; Julie Rochester, chair and faculty athletics representative and associate professor, Northern Michigan University; Harry O. Stinson III, assistant athletics director for compliance, Kentucky State University; and Jane Teixeira, assistant commissioner and senior compliance administrator, Pacific West Conference.


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1. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yogana-Technical Institutes(PMKVY-TI)
The National policy of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship has projected a shortage of 109 million skilled persons by 2022 and called for an effort to step up skilling of youth under the scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana(PMKVY). It is decided by the Ministry of Human Resources Development to train the unemployed youth in Engineering skills through AICTE approved Engineering Colleges/Polytechnics.
All India Council for Technical Education(AICTE) is implementing the PMKVY for Technical Institutes under the scheme (PMKVY-TI) through AICTE approved Technical Institutions in the country. Under this Scheme in next 3 years, 10.5 Lakh youth are to be given Engineering Skills.
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2. Additional Skill Acquisition Programme(ASAP)
The General Education and Higher Education, Departments of Kerala State Government in India jointly launched an Additional Skill Acquisition Programme (ASAP) as part of State Skill Development Programme to enhance the employability of students passing out of Higher Secondary Schools as well as Arts and Science Colleges in the state.
Historically Kerala has been a prominent supplier of skilled human resource to the rest of the world. But now, in accordance with the requirements of the fast changing world, though Kerala has an amazing pool of Human Resource, the overall employability is far less than the required standard.
ASAP has been conceived as an effective remedy for this situation. The idea is to provide the students skill training, in addition to their regular academics, in the crucial sectors based on needs demanded by the Industry. Thus when they complete their regular academic programmes students will also get additional skill certifications. This will ensure them job opportunities immediately on completion of each stage of their academic programme.
Summer Skill Skool 2018 Notice Courses
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan is inspired by the vision of transformational change in rural development processes by leveraging knowledge institutions to help build the architecture of an Inclusive India.
The Ministry of Human Resources Development, Govt. of India as selected College of Engineering Kallooppara as a participating institute of UBA in a open challenge considering the commitment of the college in community and rural development
For more details visit http://unnat.iitd.ac.in
4. Swachh Bharat Summer Internship
Following the Prime Minister's clarion call on 2nd October 2014 for each individual to devote at least 100 hours to Swachhata through the year, the Ministry of Human Resource Development in association with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has launched the 'Swachh Bharat Summer Internship – 100 Hours of Swachhata'.
The program aims to:
- Develop the skill and orientation of youth for sanitation related work
- Bring youth across the country an opportunity to make a significant contribution to the swachhata revolution
- Integrate youth in the community service in rural areas in the run up to the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi
The students of CEK with active cooperation of NSS unit is also participating in this venture. The selected village is Kallooppara.
For more details visit https://sbsi.mygov.in
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Born and raised in New York, Aimée spent her school holidays exploring the fashion showrooms where her parents both worked. It was through this submersion in the world of fashion and textiles, where Aimée developed the foundation for her diverse interest in design and trends. Immediately following graduation from the School of The Art Institute of Chicago in 2001, Aimée began working as a freelance graphic designer. Aimée has also worked as an in-house designer for several firms including Designspace, Dwell, and Martha Stewart Living. Over the past several years, Aimée has designed for Bed Bath and Beyond, Crate and Barrel, Urban Outfitters, Dwell, Dwellbaby, Martha Stewart Living, MTV Cribs, Skip Hop, and Gap Kids. In 2008, Aimee signed a licensing agreement with Vans to feature three of her designs for both shoes and accessories. Most recently, two of Aimee's designs have been licensed for use on novelty band-aids. Aimée draws her inspiration from both contemporary graphic art and the design world; influences include typography, logo design, illustration, textiles, urban toy design and rock poster art. Aimée's projects include designs for home textiles and accessories, fashion and print, along with numerous exciting collaborations to be announced in the coming months. Concurrently, Aimee works on commissioned art pieces in a broad range of applications from hand-screened one-of-a-kind prints to outdoor sculpture.
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Woah, deja vu.
Just like last year, an iPhone prototype was "misplaced" by an Apple employee. This time, in a Mission bar! Cava22, to be exact, a place surely devoid of tech-savvy hipsters hoping to sneak a peak.
The phone was lost in late July, but using the built-in tracking features it was traced to a home in Bernal Heights. When investigators arrived and questioned the guy, he recalled being at Cava22 but denied anything about having the phone.
Suuure, dude. So someone happened to throw it in your bag and you somehow managed to keep it charged for a month?
Can't wait to see how this develops.
[via CNet, photo by potentialpast]


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I had reservations taking my family to Mozambique but thanks to the friendly and helpful sales consultant, it turned out an effortless exercise. From arranging the flights to Vilanculos and the accommodation at Indigo Bay to setting up my wife's birthday surprise, nothing was too much trouble. As it turns out my wife and I got to spend a lot of time doing the diving we so enjoy because our kids were taken under the wing of the staff who entertained them for hours! So thank you for such a memor…
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