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Dark, Ghostly, So Good Something strange is going on at The Sun Down Motel In 1982, 20 year old Vivian Delaney stumbles upon a job opening as the night shift clerk at The Sun Down Motel, located in eerie Fell, New York During her shifts, Vivian begins to notice some inexplicable occurrences at the rundown motel doors randomly opening and closing, strange phone calls, the smell of cigarette smoke when no one is present It seems that the Sun Down is haunted Making things even dramatic are the creepy customers who come to stay At the same time, young women in Fell are being murdered Vivian plays investigator and when she comes up with a lead, she vanishes without a trace.Fast forward to 2017, Vivian s 20 year old niece, Carly, arrives in Fell seeking answers about her aunt Vivian s disappearance Carly finds herself doing Vivian s old job at the Sun Down and also begins to notice the strange happenings at the motel As she investigates her aunt s disappearance, she finds herself in extreme danger.There are so many things I loved about this book Simone St James transported me to Fell, NY The atmosphere is rife with eeriness The whole time I was reading this, I kept thinking that it would make for the perfect Halloween read The supernatural plays a large role I am not the most tolerant when it comes to the supernatural, but it works in this book The ghosts serve a purpose not to scare, but to remind of events from the past Vivian and Carly share some of the same characteristics, but their voices are distinct The mystery is intriguing and while the plot is not the most complex, I was riveted and could not put this book downIt was a little rocky in the beginning and felt like a cheesy tv movie, but the the better it got I was wholly entertained by The Sun Down Motel and I highly recommend to those who enjoy creepy, atmospheric mysteries I received an ARC of this book from Edelweiss and the publisher in exchange for an honest review. 4.5 stars A dark, engrossing, chilling, gothic, suspenseful, atmospheric, mysterious thriller Loved it After her mother s death, Carly moves to the small town of Fell, to investigate the disappearance of her mothers sister, Vivian Decades earlier, Carly s aunt Vivian took a job as the night clerk at the remote Sun Down Motel Unexplained strange things happen at this motel including the disappearance of Vivian from her shift one night Police investigation provides no answers as to what happened to Vivian Haunted by the tragedy that happened before she was born, Carly begins her search at the Sun Down Motel, only to be offered a job as the night clerk Carly finds herself in the same role that her aunt Vivian had before she vanished Will Carly be able to uncover the long buried secrets and get the answers she hopes for I loved this book The atmosphere was thick I felt every spine tingling scare that Carly felt I was with her there in that run down motel, holding my breath in anticipation of what would happen next The author, Simone St James, created a storyline that completely engrossed me within the suspense and mystery I felt like I truly knew the characters, the small town and the motel The story is brilliantly narrated in two timelines perspectives through Carly in 2017 and her aunt Vivian in 1982 Loved the pace and flow it kept me curious and hungry to read just one chapter My one tiny critique is that I felt a couple things near the end were a stretch for me to accept.I will warn you that this novel is quite ghost y I am not one who generally attracts to ghost y type novels, however, this story simply felt so real and kept me fully immersed and invested that I never doubted the supernatural element I read and loved Simone St James previous novel, The Broken Girls This book was just as good I m a huge fan and look forward to what this author comes out with next I must make note of how much I LOVE THIS COVER Thank you to Berkley for sending me a physical copy to read and review with The Traveling Sisters Expected Publication Date February 18, 2020. Twilight zone s intro music blasting out in my mind nananana I m in the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition and I m at the dimension of imagination.Nanana I cannot sleep I cannot move I cannot breathe When I was younger so much younger than today I never needed anybody s help in anyway but even all ghost members of Beatles cannot save me I m numb, terrified I m speechless I m about to do something in my pants but I don t I barely hold myself Thankfully, I wore diapers before reading something sooooo scary So I m giving my 5 gaazzzzzillion ssstaaarss I cannot even speak or properly write, this book is so horrifying I wish I hold my childhood Teddy bear to gather my wits but I already ripped its head when I was nine, reading Salem s Lot Dammit It s midnight in LA, even my 24 7 partying neighbor is sleeping My husband is still making entire Jurassic World s sound effects by snoring loudly But I m alert Eyes shut open Already all lights in the house are turned on I m at the verge of hysterical breakdown, waiting to see Sun Down Motel s ghosts banging on the door Is this smoke I smell right now Is this a salesman walking toward me Who keeps knock, knock my heavenly house s doors Eric Clapton Daattt Freddy Mercury Nope He will rock not knock Okay, I can t stand any, dear lovely occupants of Sun Down Motel, I m not night clerk, I m just regular reader who loves your stories I m not talking about one of your friendly one named Casper , I actually find it overrated and Simone St James did an amazing job because I didn t eat for 8 hours, I didn t move an inch and now my legs turned into jellies that I couldn t move them, they re useless right now And of course I had limited booze service from my husband you can imagine drinking and empty stomach could be definition of living dangerously I didn t blink and I think my face is also paralyzed I m just looking like a survivor after over botox injections I didn t even visit to bathroom so my bladder already performing Under Pressure as a tribute to Bowie and Mercury.As a summary This book is mind blowing, horrifying and so much better than entire horror movies I ve watched lately It s better than Bad Times at the El Royale I wish salesman Simon could dance like Chris Hemsworth but you cannot get what you want all the time , entertaining as Bates Motel this time night clerks are women and innocent, but we cannot say the same for the deceased occupants of the place whose souls stayed there for their unfinished businesses and they re as creepy, spooky, disturbing as Overlook occupants So we have an amazing gem is an impressive combination of Vacancy, Inkeepers and Poltergeist.In 1982 Viv Delaney, night clerk of Sun Down hotel, vanishes into thin air They never find her corpse Nobody knows her whereabouts Till in the present time her niece Carly, arrives at the hotel, getting the same job her missing aunt had performed decades ago After her mom s sudden death because of big C, Carly is so adamant to find out what has happened to her aunt By getting rid of the burden of the past, she feels like she may designate her own path for her own future steps.As soon as Carly arrives to Fell and starts her new gig, she s going to find out, she s living ten times worse experience of Paranormal Activity movie sequels and she knows who she is gonna call of course Ghostbusters but there is bad reception at the hotel The story is narrated by two people and two timelines We move back and forth between 1982 and today We have Viv and her niece Carly as narrators They re so interestingly similar each other, only their zones are different but both of them brave, smart, risk taker, loner, introverted, happy with their own terms and small things kind of ladies I thought too many times, Carly could be daughter of Viv Their instincts and approaches to the events, their actions are so similar Carly is too determined to find the secrets about the hotel and what happened to her aunt which puts her life in danger because she literally has to deal with the supernatural entities who could help her show the truth There are so many amazing characters such as Helen I visualized as Billie Lourd, only Carrie Fisher s talented daughter could handle this creepy, weird but also loveable character And of course nobody knows what is like to be the sad man behind blue eyes Nick is also memorable character, hiding from his traumatic past, a great partner of crime to help Carly to solve the puzzle.I had great, terrifying time and I truly enjoyed every second of it by reading this book Special thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group to share this best ARC COPY and give me early Christmas gift in exchange my honest review And honestly guys, PLEASE READ IT, READ IT, READ IT And special thanks to Simone St James for creating this amazing, memorable, stunning, mind blowing masterpiece I ain t afraid of no Ghost I don t know why upon finishing this book, I could not get Ray Parker Jr s theme song for Ghostbusters out of my headIf there is something weird and it don t look goodThank you Simon St James for that earworm and of course, for writing such an engrossing, creepy, haunting and riveting book.The Sun Down Motel an old Motel with secrets, ghosts and a dark tale to tell Some get a room to sell drugs, some to drink themselves into oblivion, some to have a torrid affair, some to sleep for the night after a long day of driving, some for prostitution But the Motel has a history, a history those in the town of Fell know about but aren t always so willing to talk about A Motel where things really do go bump in the night Viv Delaney worked as the night clerk at the Sun Down Motel and soon begins to notice things that that aren t quite right Things that are creepy, scary and strange Intrigued, she begins to investigate the Motel s history, because that is what you do right, when doors open and close on their own I d be so out of therejust sayin But then one day, Viv isn t there any.Carly arrives in the town of Fell, with questions Her aunt Viv Vivian went missing after working as the Night Clerk at the Sun Down Motel Her mother died never knowing what happened to her sister Carly wants to know as well and as luck would have it, the Sun Down Motel needs a nigh clerk, so Carly accepts the position As she begins to ask questions and look up the Motel s history, she too begins to hear, smell and see that things which go bump in the night.Oh, how I love a good haunting Simone St James who knocked my socks off with The Haunting of Maddy Clare has done it again This book played out like a movie in my mind I could imagine everything happening This book is eerie, atmospheric and chilling She has created intriguing characters who can t quite help but to put themselves in intense situations because of their curiosity Apparently, no one warned them about what curiosity did to the cat Initially, I did struggle keeping track of which young woman s storyline timeline was being told, but I found my stride and had no problems after that I found this to be an engaging, delightfully creepy haunting which delivered I loved how everything came together in the end This is the perfect book to read on a chilly October night as Halloween approaches Plus, how about that cover Can well all just take a moment and appreciate the perfection that is this cover So, so stunning Now let me tell you why you all need to go out and grab a copy of this Not only is Simone St James an incredibly talented writer but she likes to get her spooky on and I m a spooky kind of gal My only regret is that I should have waited until closer to Halloween to sink my teeth into this one but patience is not a virtue of mine and I m not ashamed to admit it Like in her previous book the only one I have read Now THIS I am ashamed of , The Broken Girls, we have back and forth chapters, one in the present and one in the past 1982 Viv Delaney takes a job working the night shift at the Sun Down Motel It appears not all is still and silent in the night and Viv sets out to discover the mysteries of the Sun Down Until the night she vanishes into thin air never to be found again Present Carly, having recently lost her mom to cancer, decides to investigate the mystery of her long lost Aunt Viv Her mother mourned her sister until the day she died but never wanted to speak of her Carly decides to go to Fell, NY and the Sun Down Motel in search of answers Imagine her surprise to find out that the Sun Down Motel is looking for a night clerk and so she applies Maybe working the same position at the same hotel in which her aunt disappeared will reveal some answers She is about to get much than she ever bargained for because the Sun Down Motel is restless at nightCome on in the building seemed to say with it s jagged up and down lights, its blue and yellow neon cheeriness Get some sleep Take it easy until the sun comes up again And if you see someone sitting at the end of your bed, pay them no mind That s just one of my secrets And I m not going to tell4 perfect for Halloween stars Thank you to Edelweiss and Berkley Publishing Group for providing me with a digital ARC in exchange for my honest review. My first introduction to Simone St James was reading her previous novel The Broken Girls, it was one of my top 10 books last year I went into this with a crazy amount of anticipation and hoping been another 5 read.The novel revolves around a young woman, Carly, searching for the answer for why her long dead aunt Vivian disappeared The family never felt any kind of closure because her body was never found She just vanished one night during her late night shift working at reception in The Sun Down Motel In order to understand Carly s point of view we must be taken back in time to when her aunt disappeared Meanwhile Carly will get a job at the Sun Down herself in order to try and find an answer.Here begin some of my problems with this book Lots of situations happened around the same time in the women s timelines I also found situations were just too repetitive having to weave the two stories together At first I was just a little confused about whose story I was reading As I got into the story I did enjoy the ride but it wasn t a page turner for me Ms St James s writing here is top notch and the story is a good one I found the characters to be well described but I did have trouble with believability I asked myself so many times, why didn t she just quit Why would they intentionally put themselves in such danger Who can anyone trust In each storyline there is a good friend and a boyfriend.This novel has Ms St.Jame s signature creation of a ghostly vibe and it s a good mystery There were lots of lights going on and off, doors opening and shutting on their own, smoke scent in the air and apparitions Both Vivian and her niece Carly are looking for answers as to what is going on and putting themselves in grave danger.The ending moved my rating up to a solid 4 and I can definitely recommend it Ms St Jame s followers won t be disappointed.I would recommend this as a long sit read in order to keep the timelines straight and to ratchet up the tension and vibe This is a great Fall and Halloween read Publication is set for February 18, 2020 I received a ARC of this novel from the publisher through NetGalley.This was a Traveling Sisters read You know those rundown , L shaped motels that you pass on road trips, despite the fact that you are so bone tired, that you are not sure that you could drive another mileThe ones with the buzzing signs, that blink, Vacancy Cable TV The REALLY CREEPY ones Welcome to the Sun Down Motel Located in Fell, a small town in upstate, NY A town too small to have this many DEAD GIRLS Viv Delaney was just passing through in 1982 Running out of money before she could reach New York City, with dreams of becoming an actress, she takes a job as the night clerk at The Sun Down.Cigarette smokeThe doors to locked rooms swinging open one by one..a whiff of perfume..And, a woman in a floral dress warning her to RUN Compelled to investigate, till she too disappears..2017 Viv s niece Carly is drawn to Fell, NY after her mother s death She wants to find out what happened to Vivian and ends up following in her Aunt s footsteps.She too takes a job at The Sun Down as a night clerk SOME things never change..I wanted an atmospheric, ghost story for Halloween, and I got one I grew up reading Trixie Belden and Nancy Drew books, so Viv and Carly playing amateur detective, was right up my alley Some readers may feel that some of the chapters seem repetitive as first one sleuth, and than the other, makes her discoveries, 35 years apart, but it did not bother me, as Viv s chapters in the 80 s felt so nostalgic that their voices were distinct to me Reading this book in my dark backyard last night, my IPAD screen glowing, and the hairs on my arms standing up, I couldn t go to sleep till I found out if Carly would get justice for Vivian..Thank You to Edelweiss, Berkley Publishing and Simone St James for the digital ARC I received in exchange for a candid review.If you enjoyed The Broken Girls this one will not disappoint you Available Feb 18th, 2020 This old, seedy roadside motel setting had me running to grab this one This creepy, haunted motel has a past that it won t let go slamming doors, traveling salesmen, and many unanswered questions I loved the atmospheric setting and couldn t help but think of the Bates Motel The same type of place you wouldn t necessarily want to check into I was also picturing the Scooby Doo van about to roll up at any moment to help this girl Carly out.The two timelines meshed together to solve a 35 year old mystery made this an entertaining who dunnit Carly was the amateur detective and was determined to get answers.While it was a spooky read, I was hoping for a little spine chilling twists and creepy turns For me this one was of a spooky adventure where Carly is on a mission.If you are looking for a unique crime read with some ghostly happenings, this one is quite entertaining and perfect for the season.OUT on Feb 18, 2020Thanks to the publisher and NG for my review copy. The Secrets Lurking In A Rundown Roadside Motel Ensnare A Young Woman, Just As They Did Her Aunt Thirty Five Years Before, In This New Atmospheric Suspense Novel From The National Bestselling And Award Winning Author Of The Broken GirlsUpstate NY, Every Small Town Like Fell, New York, Has A Place Like The Sun Down Motel Some Customers Are From Out Of Town, Passing Through On Their Way To Someplace Better Some Are Locals, Trying To Hide Their Secrets Viv Delaney Works As The Night Clerk To Pay For Her Move To New York City But Something Isn T Right At The Sun Down, And Before Long She S Determined To Uncover All Of The Secrets Hidden [ Reading ] ➿ Fisica 1 - Principios y Problemas Author Paul W. Zitzewitz – Lavons.co.uk Just As They Did Her Aunt Thirty Five Years Before [Ebook] The Beautiful Disruption By G.G. Renee Hill – Lavons.co.uk In This New Atmospheric Suspense Novel From The National Bestselling And Award Winning Author Of The Broken GirlsUpstate NY !!> Read ➵ Games Rednecks Play ➹ Author Jeff Foxworthy – Lavons.co.uk Every Small Town Like Fell [PDF / Epub] ☃ The Magic Cottage Author James Herbert – Lavons.co.uk New York [KINDLE] ❄ Practical Object-Oriented Design in Ruby: An Agile Primer (Addison-Wesley Professional Ruby Series) 1, Sandi Metz, eBook - Amazon.com ❧ Sandi Metz – Lavons.co.uk Has A Place Like The Sun Down Motel Some Customers Are From Out Of Town [Ebook] ➦ Eski Yunanca - Türkçe Sözlük ➥ Güler Çelgin – Lavons.co.uk Passing Through On Their Way To Someplace Better Some Are Locals [PDF] Dont Leave Me Alone By GG – Lavons.co.uk Trying To Hide Their Secrets Viv Delaney Works As The Night Clerk To Pay For Her Move To New York City But Something Isn T Right At The Sun Down [PDF] ✪ I Won a Spaceship By Harrison Park – Lavons.co.uk And Before Long She S Determined To Uncover All Of The Secrets Hidden A stunning cover, an unsolved mystery and a motel harboring both secrets and ghosts another winning read by Simone St James I absolutely devoured this book and with good reason Once you start reading, you just can t stop It s such a page turner Simone St James has captured all those creepy thoughts we all have about those roadside, seedy looking motels and turned things ALL the way up Talk about a place you want to run far away from The story is told via 2 POVs The past it s 1982 and Viv Delaney has dreams of making it in NY as an actress but she ends up in Fell as a night clerk at the Sun Down Motel What starts out as a temporary stop ends up being the last place anyone ever sees her One night she simply vanishes and her family never hear from her again The present Viv s niece Carly is drawn to Fell after the death of her mother She is determined to find out what happened to her aunt Viv The two stories mesh together, to reveal the truth of the Sound Down Motel I love how St James weaves ghosts into her stories and this one was really well done It added such a spooky element to the storyline and a great twist to the mystery This story was totally up my alley a 80s vibe, creepy motel with ghosts and spooky happenings, a Nancy Drew esque vibe with the main characters and it even had a hot guyNeedless to say, I enjoyed this so much A highly recommended read for my fellow mystery and thriller fans Thank you Simone St James, Berkley Penguin Publishing and Edelweiss for the opportunity to read this arc All thoughts are completely my own.


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FOG HEAVEN / The sun will come out tomorrow. Or maybe not. It's summer in the city, and that means gray skies.
The rest of the country may be sweltering in the grip of summer, but the Northern California coast is deep in the fog days of August, lost in a blanket of gray gloom.
San Francisco is ground zero for the summer fog, which some people think is worse this year than ever. On Wednesday, San Francisco was colder than Anchorage, Alaska. San Francisco had a low of 52 at sunrise, three degrees colder than the Alaskan city.
As every fog-belt resident knows, the fog comes in a variety of shapes and sizes. It almost never comes in on little cat feet, as the poet Carl Sandburg said.
There is much more variety. In 1968, author Harold Gilliam identified nine different summer fog formations: wreaths and domes over Alcatraz; arches over the Golden Gate Bridge; eddies and fog falls that look like cascades over Twin Peaks in San Francisco and the Sausalito hills; surges and combers over the Peninsula and past the top of the hill in Daly City; rivers of fog at places like Candlestick Park; and the so-called fog decks, where fingers of fog skip over the bay and into Berkeley.
What residents know for sure is that the San Francisco Bay Area has three seasons: winter, summer and fog. And summer is just around the corner. On the coast, summer comes in the fall.
On most Independence Days, crowds on the San Francisco waterfront gaze at nearly invisible fireworks displays, and if the month of August had a color, it would be gray. Dawn has been visible only two of the first 18 days of August in San Francisco.
The sun hasn't come out at all for days in San Francisco's western neighborhoods; no one has seen a sunset in the Sunset District for nearly a week.
On Thursday, the marine layer -- the weather expert's term for fog -- was 2,000 feet deep over the Bay Area. Even normally sunny Contra Costa was as gray as a pessimist's heart at midmorning Thursday.
"What's the fog doing here?" physical therapist Deedee Savant wondered when she noticed downtown Walnut Creek wrapped in gloom. She usually comes to work in bright sunshine from April to November.
A finger of fog even penetrated into the Sacramento Valley on Thursday morning. More is in store: the National Weather Service is calling for fog and low clouds through next Thursday. The moon will be full tonight in the rest of the world, but in San Francisco, and on the coast from Eureka to Big Sur, the light of the moon will be only a rumor.
Point Reyes, 30 miles northwest of the Golden Gate, is the second foggiest place in America. The foggiest is the aptly named Cape Disappointment at the mouth of the Columbia River in Washington state.
Fog in the summer shouldn't be a surprise to anyone who has lived in California for more than a year, but the depth and extent of the fog always is a shock at this time of the year, especially when reports of baseball games starting in 100-degree temperatures and news of August heat filter back from the East, the Midwest and even the rest of California.
"I'm up to my nose in fog," said Helen Johnson, who has lived in San Francisco -- "in the fog," she says -- for 16 years. Johnson runs the heater in her house in the West Portal district four months of the year, she says -- in January, February, July and August.
"This has been one of the foggiest Julys and Augusts I've ever seen," she said. Johnson, a transplanted New Englander, used to fly to Boston every August to get away from the fog, only to run into heat and humidity -- "fog is just humidity in another form," she said.
"We haven't seen the sun for quite a while," said Martin Wefald, who has lived at 48th Avenue and Cabrillo Street on the western edge of San Francisco for 46 years. "I don't miss it," he said. Like many San Franciscans, he accepts the fog and is vague about what causes a foggy summer. "Global warming, maybe, or global cooling," he says. "Maybe it's the Republicans." Republicans, of course, are as rare in San Francisco as an August heat wave.
The fog is such a part of the area that it has become part of the literature of San Francisco. Poet George Sterling referred to the "cool gray city," and Dashiell Hammett made the fog -- "thin, clammy and penetrant" -- almost a literary character in his masterpiece, "The Maltese Falcon." John Steinbeck thought the San Francisco fog rolling in looked like a herd of woolly sheep, and the fog in the Salinas Valley reminded him of thin flannel. "The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco," a saying that is almost a San Francisco cliche, turns out to be an invention of unknown origin, the coolest thing Mark Twain never said.
As every schoolchild knows, the summer fog is caused when the sun heats the Sacramento and San Joaquin valleys, which draws in the cool marine air from the Pacific Ocean. Often a low atmospheric pressure area is associated with the interior valleys and an area of high atmospheric pressure out in the ocean.
The high-pressure area is called the Pacific High. In the meantime, the ocean currents produce a rising of cooler water. The result is condensed ocean water that rises in a mist: fog. Now the changes in atmospheric pressure move in -- air from high-pressure areas on the coast moves toward low-pressure areas, producing wind and moving the fog inland.
July was warmer -- and less foggy -- on the coast this summer. August has been more like normal -- average for this time of the season, said Jan Null, a meteorologist who is an expert on the Bay Area's climate.
"You have to think of the air as a fluid," he says, "and that means it takes the path of least resistance."
The result is that some places are foggier than others, because the fog flows like water through gaps in the hills. The Golden Gate, at sea level, produces rivers of fog, but fog comes through the Russian River Valley -- which is why Santa Rosa was foggy Thursday morning -- over the low spot in the hills near Muir Woods, over Twin Peaks in San Francisco, over the hills near Daly City and down the hills near San Francisco's Bayview district.
The most famous spot for fog in sporting history is the ballpark at Candlestick Point, where the fog and wind nearly drove the San Francisco Giants out of town. Null says that the river of fog blowing on summer evenings would hit Bayview Hill, just above Candlestick Point, and swirl, "like a rock in the middle of a river."
The fog swirls hit the stadium nearly every afternoon and evening. "If you would pick the worst place for a baseball stadium, that would be it," he said.
The Bay Area's hills, valleys and bays all produce microclimates, so one place can be foggy in August and another warm and sunny. On Thursday, for example, there was no sun at all in most of the city, but the high temperature was a pleasant 72 degrees; it can be sunny and cold in the same city on the same day.
Some places on the coast deny they have fog. In Pacifica, where a Fog Festival is held every September, the Chamber of Commerce boasts that the city has 274 days of sunshine a year. "Fog here?" says chamber president Ron Eagleson, "That's a rumor.
"Right now," he said at midweek, "I'm looking out my window at people out there in bikinis." People come to Pacifica, which stretches along the coast for miles, to escape the fog. The fog festival? "That's just a joke," he said.
Is this the foggiest August in years? Null thinks not. "I have not seen any significant changes," he says. "It's all within the realm of normal variation."
Capt. William Grieg, president of the San Francisco Bar Pilots, who pilot big ships in any weather, says this August is just "a typical summer. There's no more fog than usual."
There are those who hate the fog -- and most of them moved from the fog belt to the warmer suburbs years ago. But then there are those who love it.
"We are fog people," Jerry Pedersen, a San Francisco carpenter, said the other foggy afternoon while nipping into Flanahan's Pub on Noriega Street in the Sunset District to get out of the chill. "It's another beautiful day out here," he said. "No sun at all."
What causes fog
How fog is formed and why it moves from the coast toward inland valleys:
1 Winds around the Pacific High (a semi-permanent area of high pressure), circling clockwise due to the Earth's rotation, push ocean surface waters south and away from the coast.
2 The resulting current causes an upwelling of cold water from ocean depths.
3 The cold surface water cools the air above it, causing its moisture to condense into fog.
4 Warm air in the sun-heated Central Valley rises and is gradually replaced by cool ocean air, which draws the fog across the bay and toward the valley.
Fog forecasting on the Web
One of the best ways to see what the fog has in store is on the Web at SFGate.com's
three dimensional animated fog forecast (go to www.sfgate.com/weather). It shows the extent of the fog as predicted over the next 24 hours for both Northern California and the Bay Area. The forecast display moves hour by hour so users can see how the fog is expected to move in and out from the coast in 3-D. At right are examples from today's fog forecast.


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06.28.09 Fast BreaksPosted by rtmsf on June 28th, 2009
Let's get caught up after a glorious weekend…
- Elliot Williams to Memphis. Nothing surprising here, as we reported last week that Elliot Williams was leaving Duke to move closer to home to attend to his mother's illness. The only school that made reasonable sense was his hometown University of Memphis, and Gary Parrish reported yesterday that Williams will indeed become a Tiger. If Williams can get the NCAA to approve his hardship waiver so that he can play next season, he should walk right into a starting position at the PG spot for Josh Pastner's squad. While we're on the subject of Memphis getting new players, former Kentucky player (well, he never actually played) Matt Pilgrim is probably transferring to Memphis with the assistance of new UK coach John Calipari. Pilgrim, a transfer from Hampton who sat out last season at UK, wasn't part of the new regime's plans. Since he didn't want to leave Lexington but was no longer welcome, Coach Cal is trying to facilitate a seamless transfer for him.
- The NCAA Shell Game. Seth Davis wrote an article last week that illustrates just how one-sided the NCAA scholarship system can be. When new coaches (e.g.,Isiah Thomas and John Calipari) get to their new schools, they often feel the need to run off players (such as Pilgrim, mentioned above) who don't fit in their lofty plans for the program. That's all fine and well for replacing lesser players, but the whole house of cards gets exposed when a coach wants to keep a player who otherwise would like to transfer. Meet Freddy Asprilla, a 6'10 Colombian center at FIU who had a great freshman year and wants to transfer to a major conference school, but whom isn't being released by FIU simply because, well, they don't have to. There's an adage about the deck getting stacked somewhere in here.
- FIU Cheerleading. We know it's purely coincidental that FIU is enabling cost-cutting measures by cutting its cheerleaders during the same year that they hired Isiah Thomas to coach their men's basketball team (Thomas isn't taking a base salary this year). Still, the rich irony of FIU wholly dismantling the cheerleading team within months of Thomas' arrival on campus isn't lost on anyone. Sometimes the unintended consequences are more compelling than the intended ones.
- NBA Draft Detritus. Gary Parrish: the NBA will find you wherever you play. Luke Winn: behind the scenes at MSG, and raising legitimate questions as to Ty Lawson and DeJuan Blair's draft positions. Jeff Goodman: Brandon Jennings made the right choice to go to Europe. More Parrish: like RTC, he also thinks Demar DeRozan is going to be a stud.
- More Quick Hits. Marquette's Maurice Acker: done with basketball. Renardo Sidney: stop delaying, NCAA. Jeremy Tyler: headed to Israel? Brian Ellerbe: new assistant at GW. BYU's Dave Rose: now cancer-free and returning to coach this fall. William & Mary: considering an asparagus mascot. Roy Williams: Aw Shucks… the RW Story, on sale in November. Antonio Anderson: those Ws are ours!


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Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher are rumoured to have got engaged.
The couple are believed to be planning to get married and Mila has been spotted wearing a diamond engagement ring, according to E!.
A source told E! that the pair are planning to make things official after Mila was seen with the ring while out shopping.
The pair have yet to comment on the rumours, but Mila posted a photo of her with Ashton on Instagram, with the caption: "I love you @kutcher78."
Mila and Ashton first met when they were co-stars on That '70s Show from 1998 to 2006 and have been dating for nearly two years.
Ashton was previously married to Demi Moore, but split from her around seven months before getting together with Mila, who at first laughed off rumours of the romance, calling them "absurd".
When they first got together, their former sitcom co-star Kurtwood Smith said: "It's amazing. They're both great people, so I'm happy for them. Maybe they should get married. We'll all go to the wedding and that could be the reunion. It'll be a reality show."
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DIY Vegan Beauty: Pumpkin Pie Scrub
I don't know about you guys, but I've been going off on pumpkin pie and soy nog like there's no tomorrow (I love this time of year)!
In an effort to not OD on eating holiday deliciousness (is that even possible?), I've decided to enjoy pumpkin pie in a whole new way—on my skin. Say what? Yup, I'm talkin' about a wonderful, yummy-smelling, exfoliating, pumpkin pielicious, easy-to-make body scrub (which happens to make a great holiday gift, too). Btw, pumpkin is high in Vitamins A & C and Zinc, and it's the bomb at moisturizing skin.
Pumpkin Pie Scrub
- 1/2 cup canned pumpkin (pureed)
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
Combine ingredients in a plastic bowl and mix together. Apply to body and scrub gently using circular motions. Rinse with warm water and pat dry. Feel free to eat the leftovers.
You can also put this pumpkin pie scrub in a reusable jar, decorate it all Christmas-style, and then gift it!
About Sunny (Sunny's Profile)Longtime vegan, hardcore compassionate beauty junkie, serious cake aficionado, and lover of all things floofy and sparkly! If there's something in particular you'd like me to review, drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also find me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, and Google +.
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what benefits if any do u see from this scrub? And by the way it does sound yummy!
How long will this last? Should it be refrigerated? I wanna do it for Christmas gifts!


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ULSTER — A global business consulting firm will expand into Ulster County, bringing as many as 250 jobs to the area.
ULSTER — A global business consulting firm will expand into Ulster County, bringing as many as 250 jobs to the area.
SourceHOV plans to lease 40,000 square feet near TechCity for tax return and remittance processing work. The company plans to set up shop in January.
Up to 90 of the new positions will be set aside for people with disabilities. Kingston-based Gateway Community Industries will help place and support these employees.
Gateway has already identified people qualified for the positions, according to Gateway CEO Francoise Dunefsky.
"This is, of course, the greatest of opportunities," Dunefsky said.
Gateway lured SourceHOV to the county by touting the workforce and quality of life. SourceHOV had to employ people with disabilities as part of its contract to do electronic filing integration for the state.
The county became involved over the past eight weeks, said March Gallagher, deputy director for economic development. SourceHOV won't receive any incentives or tax breaks.
"It was a (2013) county tax decrease, great workforce and available location that tipped the balance," said Ulster County Executive Mike Hein.
SourceHOV has operations in Binghamton and New York City, and employs more than 12,500 across the world.
SourceHOV executives were unavailable for comment Friday afternoon, said company spokesman Jimmy Rice.


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Baking, cake, cream cheese, dessert, icing, recipe, red velvet
It was a year ago that I embarked on a very special relationship. It has, at times, been hard work. And, other times, very rewarding.
Yes, that's right. It's my first blogiversary. Yay!
I felt the best way to celebrate was to take another stab at a Red Velvet Cake. The first attempt was, well, less than stellar. And my fascination with this southern U.S. specialty hasn't waned in the intervening months. Plus, there is something so appealing about ritual, no?
There are about 800 million different red velvet cake recipes on the Internet.* (*Slight exaggeration possible.) And I have a collection of about seven that I'm slowly working my way through. One day I will find the perfect recipe. This one is certainly a step closer.
Take two was far and away better than my first attempt, though, troublingly, not perfect. Friends disagreed. Of course, when you layer that much cream cheese icing on anything it's going to taste good.
Even though I created a paste using the liquid food colouring and cocoa, I still got faint chocolate-coloured swirls in the batter. I suspect I was overly cautious when it came to mixing the paste in. But this time was definitely more red than the hot pink version from last year. Still, not quite the deep red I was looking for.
I also, decadently, decided to go with a triple layer cake instead of the usual double. (Anything to acquire new baking equipment; I am the worst when it comes to wanting new kitchen things. Single handedly fighting through the recession with baked goods and the stuff in which they are baked!)
And I ate the first piece with a lovely antique silver fork I bought a few days earlier during an antiquing trip with my friend Sherri Zickefoose to Nanton — a little town about an hour south of Calgary that has a handful of very fine shops. Because, when it is a celebration, even if you are alone, it should be done right.
The next day I took the rest of the cake into work. So, on a Sunday morning, three of us sat around listening to the police scanner eating cake with plastic forks at our desks, hours before noon. A rather decadent weekend shift, to be sure.
Red Velvet Cake
- 2 1/2 cups sifted cake flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa
- 2 oz. red food colouring (I used two bottles, which I think were 1 oz. each)
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 1/2 cups sugar
- 2 eggs, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup buttermilk, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon white vinegar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Preheat oven to 350.
Butter and flour three 8″ cake pans. (Or, butter and line base with parchment.) Sift together cake flour, baking powder and salt in bowl, then set aside. In a small bowl, mix food colouring and cocoa powder until there are no lumps. Set aside.
In a large bowl, using a mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs one at a time, then add vanilla and cocoa-colouring mix. Add one-third of the flour mixture to the batter, beat well, then add half of the buttermilk. Beat in another third of the flour, then the rest of the buttermilk. End with the last third of the flour mix. Beat until just combined, making sure to scrape down the sides.
In a small bowl, mix vinegar and baking soda, then add straight to cake batter and stir well. Quickly divide batter between three pans and put in oven. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes. Cakes are baked when a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Let cakes cool in their pans on a wire rack for 10 minutes, then remove and let them cool completely. Frost with cream cheese icing.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 16 oz. cream cheese (2 packages), softened
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted
- pinch of salt
Using a mixer, blend cream cheese and butter until smooth. Blend in salt, vanilla and then powdered sugar. Beat until light and fluffy and then ice cake.


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Newcastle: Elliot, Manquillo, Lascelles, Mbemba, Clark, Hayden, Merino, Ritchie, Atsu, Perez, Joselu Subs: Woodman, Murphy, Diame, Aarons, Saivet, Gamez, Mitrovic
West Ham: Hart, Zabaleta, Ogbonna, Collins, Cresswell, Noble, Rice, Antonio, Ayew, Fernandez, Chicharito Subs: Adrian, Fonte, Kouyate, Lanzini, Obiang, Sakho, Masuaku
La Vida Hammer
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 14:39
Dicks is the man
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 14:54
let me guess 4-2-3-1?
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 14:57
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 15:00
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 15:14
We look like the home team
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 15:43
Your jokin mate cant get on the ball for any strech ,
We're being well out played
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 15:43
same old west ham...sit back try and counter...I thought we were playing a team with a makeshift back four and a second string g/k.......seriously does slav even try to win from the start?
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 15:44
who suddenly goes blind to fouls against us in the opposition area!
La Vida Hammer
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 15:49
mistake, sack the figing lot
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 15:51
just how pathetic are we:-(
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 15:52
a couple of changes at half time. Bring on Lanzini and Obiang.
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 15:53
This reminds me of west ham under Sam its all head and hoof
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 15:57
if we lose these 3 games I think slav will be gone before sept is out...they may give him a little buffer as its 3 away games but come on Southampton now Newcastle...drastic changes need to be done at half time.
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:01
Dicks is the man
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:02
get this sorted bilic or no more huge pay cheque.
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:11
convinced that Hart is any better than Adrian.
La Vida Hammer
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:16
Dicks is the man
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:22
come on ffs. the team is an organised shambles.
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:26
We're making them look like a top 6 side
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:28
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:34
Its all over now
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:35
Dicks is the man
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:37
bilic out!
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:39
we don't need a defender and he is right, we need a fuxxing lot more than a defender. For a start we need someone that can set the team up to win.
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:41
We are like a fuc*in pub team at the moment,why does he insist on playing the likes of fernandez,ayew,hart etc...
Slavs record in the last 20 or so games is on a par with allardyces last term,same sort of style,hoofball or play it back & get caught in possession,time for a change...
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:44
Thats all we need Diame to score
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:47
awarded for the most back passes in a season, if so we will win it by a mile. How can Sakho or Hernandez ever score, why even have a striker if you don't give them a chance.
Dicks is the man
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:48
thrashed again. change needed.
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:49
Awful, simply awful.
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:51
bilic has to go
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:53
both asking the prem league if there fixtures against us can be moved forward as they need a boost!
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 16:57
I am starting to turn into a Bilic out member, this is shit and I can't see an end to it. The tactics aren't working. The stubbornness reminds me of one Mr BFS and I don't want to go through that time again. The international break can't come quick enough. Can't see a result coming from the next game either unless there is a massive change.
Red Neck Iron
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 17:10
I can't see an end to it as until bilic goes I'm resigned to expecting and getting very little. The plus is if davex2 back him and we go down they lose a lot of dosh
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 17:32
If that happens Red its the end of west ham just imagine what it would do to us playing in a stadium that holds 60 000 with about 20 000 (if we're lucky )lookin on
Burkie 1
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 21:52
The driscolls & lady bonus"s dream that we will be a top 6 club in a fabulous stadium,the envy of every other club...
But no contingency if it all goes pear shaped,beggars belief...
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 17:06
That must go down as one of the worst performances ive seen us play - and we have a fair few to choose from! Absolutely clueless. Major work to be done, what happened to our ability to hold the ball, pass and defend? If this keeps up it will be bilic out and lanzini, chico and antonio will be off
Red Neck Iron
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 18:17
Andy that's my fear, Hernandez, Lanzini and Antonio wanting out! Does anyone know what pictures bilic has on the board? Surely he must have something on them to still be in a job. Anyone who still backs bilic is in denial or deluded.
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 17:12
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 17:14
the board seen that we all know bilic in the last year of his contract they wont renew it so why keep him....get rid now two weeks to get it sorted or are they going to hold fire and hope the game against huddersfield on monday night will restore our fortunes in our first home game of the season......hopefully not...slavs tactics or should that be TACTIC as i dont see him ever changing will be the death of us..winters coming slav and its going to be a hard one...thanks but have the decency to walk please.
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 17:21
"all the traveling the past few weeks has caught up with us" lol what a miserable excuse to have...we were totally dominated by a team who were poor and without a win themselves.
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 21:36
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 21:58
Not half as much as the fans who have grafted all week to pay to travel & watch their fave team perform like the dog & duck pub team over at hackney marshes...no sorry ill correct myself there thats a disrespect to all pub teams over the marshes we are fuc*ing worse than that at the moment!!
Sun, 27/08/2017 - 07:28
What a piss poor excuse from a pro footballer. If only he had the chance to swap a 'Day in the life' of any of us...
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 17:31
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 17:42
have we said that about west ham
Red Neck Iron
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 18:27
Surely HG, you mean how many times have we said that over the YEAR! To all you bilic backers I say this has gone on for over a year now with no sign of change. How many decent games of football have we had from West Ham last season and this? I'd say 2. Chelsea and Spurs. 1 in the league. I find it so much easier expecting nothing from the team and not being surprised. We don't compete with the big boys at all like Bournemouth did against City today and now we get thrashed by the team just above us. Bilic supporters love to use an excuse well what about today? This is a bilic team no one else's!
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 17:48
is a manager who will put the fear of god into the side one who does not play favourites and keep the players on there toes....just dont see it with bilc i'm afraid and as its the last year of his contract(anyone here think he will be offered a new one hands up)why should players on long contracts worry they'll still be here long after he has gone
La Vida Hammer
Sat, 26/08/2017 - 21:00
he has to go and sooner rather than later.
Burkie 1
Sun, 27/08/2017 - 00:02
I watched it on sky Ireland ,they show one 3 o'clock match every saturday and i know its irrelevant but its got to be the worst ground in football anywhere to watch a game on tv especially on a sunny day that shadow of their stand fuks up any game
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The Structural Testing Center (STC) houses two large scale structural testing frames capable of static and dynamic loading capacities up to 200,000 pounds. The STC contains 5 loading actuators for static and repeated loading tests of varying capacities, three state-of-art-data acquisition systems and several PC's loaded with TCS® software. Two hydraulic pumps with a capacity of GGPM and 35 GPM powers the actuators. Measurements of loads, deflections, accelerations, and strains can be taken electronically. Electrical and other types of strain gages are available to characterize compressive, tensile, and shear strains within the structural members. The STC has in-house construction capabilities for manufacturing of various configurations of structural concrete elements and pretensioned and post-tensioned concrete components. Adjustable formworks are used to construct various shapes of concrete beams. An adjustable reaction bulkhead system for prestressing is also available.


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"We are still a couple of years away from the Olympic Games, and in the Olympic Games, stadia are Olympic stadia, so this for the time being is not a matter of major concern for us," Bach said. No date has been set for Bach's visit to Brazil, but it could come in January before the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, which run from Feb. 7 23. On another issue, Bach said the IOC is going ahead with plans to use the Russian anti doping lab to test samples at the Sochi Games. The World Anti Doping Agency had threatened the Moscow Omega Seamaster Professional 300m On Wrist lab with a six month suspension if it failed to improve operations by last Sunday. Moscow is setting up a "satellite" lab in Sochi for the games. "From our point of view we can, with this approval of WADA, go ahead with the Moscow lab with regards to Sochi." Meanwhile, the IOC is continuing to retest frozen doping samples from the 2006 Turin Games. With the results expected to be finalized soon, Bach said the IOC will quickly act if any positives are found. Athletes can be disqualified and have medals retroactively stripped. The Rio trip continues Bach's whirlwind schedule since his election as president in September, succeeding Jacques Rogge. The German has been to the United Nations and various countries in Africa, Asia and Europe. He has met with several heads of state and government, including Russia President Vladimir Putin in Sochi and Pope Francis at the Vatican. Bach will chair his first IOC executive board meeting on Tuesday in Lausanne, Switzerland. Immediately after that, he will convene a special "brainstorming session" of the board over several days to discuss a wide range of issues facing the Olympic movement project he calls "Olympic Agenda 2020." Bach said the issues discussed at the board retreat will be put forward to the full IOC assembly in Sochi. Commissions and working groups will make recommendations to be approved by the end of the year. Among the key issues for debate will be bidding process for host cities, which Bach has said he hopes to change. One possibility is the reinstatement of member visits to bid cities, which have been prohibited since the Salt Lake City corruption scandal. Any changes should be in place for the bidding race for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Rome, Paris and cities from the United States and Africa are potential contenders. "I would like to have Olympic Agenda 2020 in place by the end of next year," Bach said. "This would mean that it would fully apply to the '24 bidding procedures."
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Bryce Harper injured in Nationals' win over Giants
WASHINGTON (AP) — When Bryce Harper clutched at his left knee after slipping on first base, the stadium went silent and Dusty Baker feared the worst.
Less than a year after watching catcher Wilson Ramos tear the ACL in his right knee on a noncontact play after a rain delay, Baker just hoped it wasn't that bad. But the uncertainty over Harper's injury overshadowed the Washington Nationals' 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Saturday night.
Baker said Harper hyperextended the knee and was scheduled to have an MRI.
"The same reaction everybody had — silence goes over the crowd," Baker said. "You're just thinking, 'Please, Lord, don't let it be serious.'"
Baker went so far as to ask for prayers from baseball fans for the health of one of the sport's top players and a potential NL MVP candidate. Harper, the 2015 MVP who is hitting .326 with 29 home runs and 87 RBIs as the most fearsome hitter in the league this season, was not made available to speak to reporters after the game but could be seen walking with a limp.
The injury came as it was raining about 20 minutes into the game after a three-hour delay. Harper tried to run out a grounder to the right side and though he avoided colliding with first baseman Ryder Jones or Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija, he slipped on first base, which was still wet.
"It didn't look good," Jones said. "I hope he's all right. It's just one of those freak plays where you kind of thought there would be a collision and there wasn't and that might be part of it, too."
The result of the game meant little for Washington, which leads the NL East by 14 ½ games, or San Francisco, which is out of contention. Baker said the teams were "at the mercy of the schedule" with Major League Baseball in control and the Giants in town for the last time this season.
With Harper out, the Nationals got their offense in the form of RBI doubles from Ryan Zimmerman and Adam Lind, and an RBI single from Daniel Murphy off Samardzjia (7-12).
Right-hander Edwin Jackson (3-2) allowed one earned run on five hits and struck out five in six innings before giving way to Washington's newfound lockdown bullpen trio of Brandon Kintzler, Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle.
Giants manager Bruce Bochy wanted to make sure Mark Melancon's first appearance off the disabled list didn't come in a high-leverage situation after the $62 million closer missed more than six weeks with a right forearm strain. He was able to do that, as Melancon allowed one hit and had one strikeout against his most recent team in the eighth inning, his first work since June 27.
"I thought it was a perfect situation, eighth inning there down two," Bochy said. "We're in the ballgame, so he's got some adrenaline going, pitching late in the ballgame. And he did a good job."
Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg will make a minor league rehab start Monday at Class A Potomac.
Strasburg has been on the disabled list since late July with a right elbow nerve impingement. Pitching coach Mike Maddux said that Strasburg is likely to throw about five innings and 75 pitches in his first rehab outing.
Giants: To make room on the roster for Melancon, the INF Miguel Gomez went on the 10-day DL, retroactive to Aug. 9, with right knee inflammation.
Nationals: Strasburg is one of 11 Nationals players currently on the DL, and Baker doesn't want to rush anyone back. Baker said outfielder Taylor doesn't have his timing yet and reliever Shawn Kelley (back) isn't as sharp as trainers would like yet. ... Enny Romero (forearm strain) is playing catch, and Baker said he's hopeful the lefty is back soon.
RHP A.J Cole (1-2, 5.63 ERA) starts the day game of a split-doubleheader for the Nationals against Giants RHP Chris Stratton (0-2, 6.63). Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer (12-5, 2.23) had his choice which game to pitch and preferred night, and he'll face San Francisco LHP Matt Moore (3-12, 5.88).
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Cook the Book: Shrimp Biryani
Rice can sit on the sidelines sometimes, acting as a starchy support. Not so in the case of biryani. Baked with all sorts of sweet, heady aromatics as well as deeply caramelized onions, this Shrimp Biryani from The Food52 Cookbook by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs makes a main event out of delicate basmati rice.
The rice is soaked (a great trick for cutting down on cooking time) then tossed with a bright green chile-ginger-cilantro paste, then baked in the oven until cooked through and just a little crusty on the bottom. Shrimp rubbed with turmeric and salt are briefly sautéed, coated with that same bright green chile paste and spooned over the cardamom scented rice.
It's a lovely plate, full of all sorts of exotic spices that pop up in each bite—heat from the serrano chiles and black pepper, warmth from cinnamon and cloves, and bright bursts of ginger and cilantro.
If you're looking to add more to the dish, a vegetable-heavy yogurt raita works quite nicely, balancing the heat and adding a welcome creaminess.
Adapted from The Food52 Cookbook by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs. Copyright © 2011. Published by William Morrow. Available wherever books are sold. All Rights Reserved
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- Active time: 25 minutes
- Total time:35 minutes
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- 2 cups basmati rice
- 1 pound medium shrimp, shelled and deveined
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground turmeric
- One 1-inch piece ginger
- 4 large garlic cloves
- 1/4 bunch cilantro
- 2 serrano chiles
- 4 tablespoons neutral oil, such as vegetable or canola
- 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
- One 1 1/2-inch cinnamon stick
- 1/2 teaspoon whole cloves
- 10 whole green cardamom pods
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 large yellow onion, chopped
- Salt
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 2 mint sprigs, chopped
Heat the oven to 350°F. Wash the rice and soak it in cold water until needed.
Wash the shrimp and drain it well. Add the salt and turmeric and mix. Refrigerate until ready to use.
Peel the ginger and garlic and use a food processor to blend it to a paste with the cilantro and chiles. You can add a little water if it's too dry.
In a large Dutch oven or oven-safe pot, heat the oil over medium heat. Add the peppercorns, cinnamon stick, cloves, cardamom, and 1 of the bay leaves. Sauté until fragrant, about 2 to 3 minutes.
Add the onion and sauté until light brown, stirring constantly.
Add half the ginger paste and sauté for another 1 or 2 minutes.
Add 3 cups water and salt (1 to 2 teaspoons, depending on taste) and bring the mixture to a boil.
Drain the rice and add it to the boiling water along with the butter and mint. Bring to a boil, cover, and put it in the oven. Bake for 20 minutes.
When the rice has been in the oven for about 10 minutes, heat some oil in a sauté pan and add the remainder of the ginger paste along with the remaining bay leaf. Sauté for 1 to 2 minutes and add the shrimp. Sauté the shrimp until done (they should be light pink), 2 to 3 minutes.
Remove the rice from the oven. Top it with the shrimp and serve.
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Somewhere that is good for both of us. As long as there are no lines to stand in
Nothing important. You can found my character !
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Anything active or a good, fun meal with great conversation.
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How about we go to a nice dinner and then go to a concert or a sporting event where we can talk to see if we click
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text: The Administrative Law Committee gathered on March 15, 2013 for their first meeting of the year. Members discussed the potential challenges of Act 559 to the practice of administrative law as Judge Lynn L. Lightfoot led the conversation. Differences between professional board versus state agency hearings and proceedings were also a featured topic at the meeting. Ideas for summer and fall CLEs were being planned, with possible topics ranging from a panel presentation on defending a client from action by a state board or agency and legislative updates on admin law in general and Act 559 which amended the Louisiana DAL for Suspected Drunken Drivers law.


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Sure, there are a few scifi comedies out there we all agree are great — Third Rock from the Sun comes to mind, as well as the ever-awesome Galaxy Quest. Still, there is only so much SF comedy. What about comedies that aren't specifically science fiction but are still beloved by SF fans, like Community and Monty Python?
What would you recommend to your fellow SF fans when they are looking for some good comedy? My recommendation of the day is the Canadian show Trailer Park Boys (see clip). Even though it has nothing to do with SF, this series about small-time criminals in a Halifax trailer park has a surprising amount of geeky humor, and is incredibly well written. Pay attention - the jokes may seem crass, but they're also pretty subtle too. Plus, the character Bubbles is my favorite trailer park nerd ever.
Tell everybody in comments what you'd recommend!


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Lindenwood University will host two important events to express support and offer prayers for those affected by the tragic shootings at Virginia Tech.
There will be a candlelight vigil on the Quadrangle at 8 p.m. Wednesday, April 18.
There will be student-led interfaith prayer, including prayers for our nation, for healing, for strength, and most especially for those closely affected by the shooting at Virginia Tech.
In addition, there will be a special Prayer at the Pole at 12:15 p.m. Thursday, April 19.
Participants are asked to meet at the flag pole in front of Roemer Hall for 15 minutes of student-led prayer for nation, families, wholeness and strength.
Dr. Mike Mason, Chaplain, will close.
A special card reflecting support and encouragement for students, faculty and administrators at Virginia Tech, will be on display outside the dining hall tomorrow for everyone to sign.
In addition, student groups and campus ministries are encouraged to send messages of support and greeting to their counterparts at Virginia Tech, http://www.vt.edu/.


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DWTS 16: What Was it Like to Be At the Cast Announcement?
…thankfully, we have someone to tell us! Kristina (our reader who was able to confirm there was a 12th couple – thanks again!) was fortunate enough to nab tickets to the announcement, and was gracious enough to share her experience with us. Here's some tidbits she gave us about what's it's really like to be there live…
Courtney: First off, you have to get up REALLY early, don't you?
Kristina: There was a 2:30 AM call time for the studio audience, and I got there at 2. It was held at a nice ABC studio, and they fed us breakfast.
C: And here I was bitching about getting up at 7 AM EST to live blog the announcement! 😛 What can you tell us about the crowd, Kristina?
K: The audience was pretty small, and about half of it was press people. There were no phones allowed, because they didn't want anyone taking pictures. Everyone seemed kind of quiet, and it wasn't really the same party atmosphere that the show has. (Kristina has actually attended quite a few DWTS tapings in the past!)
C: Can't say I blame everyone for being a bit quiet – I would be too if I had to get up that early! What were Tom & Brooke like?
K: Tom was quick-witted as always and we got the chance to chat with him briefly. Also managed to exchange a quick "Hello, how are you?" with Brooke. Tom's coattails were all crumpled in the back – some sort of wardrobe malfunction. He actually did a funny walk to make fun of it once he noticed!
C: Ok, now I'm jealous that you got to interact with the Berge 😉 Did you interact at all with Sam & Lara?
K: Gal sitting next to me was a huge GMA fan, and she got to chat with Sam a bit. Sam kept getting caught in between Sasha & Emma as they were dancing! I was also surprised to see the anchors whipping out their own makeup to touch-up in between takes – while Brooke had her makeup girl come out to reapply her lipstick and Tom was hollering for powder for someone else, Lara was touching her own makeup up. Poor Lara actually had to have her dress fixed right before the live broadcast, because they found out during the pre-broadcast screen test that the bottom of it was see-through.
C: Nice to know that anchors, like us, are human too 🙂 Anything else funny happen before the announcement?
K: One of the chairs they had on stage for the celebs kept coming unlatched, and we audience members were yelling tips to the people on-stage to try and help them to fix it. Sasha & Emma kept having to start their dance over, because the music was coming on at random times. It would be like "1, 2, 3, GO!" and there would be no music…and then it would start a few seconds later.
C: So tell us about the celebs.
K: Jacoby was hilarious! Gave us quite a nice little preview of what to expect this season. LOTS of cheering for Wynnona from quite a few fans in the audience. Andy was funny too, and tried to get everyone to start cheering "DICK! DICK!" in response to Wynonna's fans cheering "Wy! Wy!" Audience seemed to be pleasantly surprised when Dorothy's name was announced, too. I actually brought my Kellie Pickler CD along with me in hopes that I could get her to sign it when I read about Kellie being rumored for this season at Pure 🙂 We got to watch as they took their group photo – it was funny, they wanted the DWTS logo in the background, but the projector guy had already left for the day! They managed to get it back, though, and it was cool to see the whole cast standing together for the first time.
C: Really??? We love hearing that 🙂 So in your opinion, who are the big contenders this season?
K: Dorothy for sure! Probably Jacoby too – he showed us some nice moves. And probably Kellie too, since she has Derek. I actually shouted out "We love you Derek Hough!" at my daughter's request before we left the show…not sure people appreciated it, hehe.
C: I bet Heidi would have appreciated it 🙂
Thanks once again to Kristina for giving us a peek behind the scenes of the annoucement, and being patient with me as I got bogged down with my 9-5 this week and didn't get this posted immediately after the announcement 😛 Kristina has actually been fortunate enough to attend quite a few tapings of the show itself (one of the advantages of living in CA), and in the future, we may get more behind-the-scenes POV's from her on tapings she attends. In the meantime, you can follow her on Twitter @KrismissHampton and chat about all things DWTS – she's good people 😀
Kristina at the annoucement…she's the lovely lady in red 🙂


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I too had a problem with hearing when not using an ear-piece. That lasted until I discovered that I wasn't holding the sound output close enough to my ear input :-)
If you can't hear when not using an ear-piece, try moving the phone down, so that the top 1/2 inch of the phone is over your eardrum.
-lightweight and slim
-No camera => definite plus for me
-Voice commands work well
-Bluetooth works well
-Contact phone# can be entered with password
-Battery life is good
-Shortcut keys can compensate for poor interface design
-Alarm works when phone is turned off
In general, someone let the marketing geniuses get out of control. What better way to annoy your customers than to trick them into running up extra charges for services they don't want to use.
-Default setting for center button at top level is Internet connection and can't be altered. I had to find the connection and remove the phone number for it to disable this.
-Poor documentation for basics - Nothing on how to enter passwords with phone numbers for contact entries. User Guide writers and/or their bosses forgot that this is a PHONE first, not a web browser or an organizer. No instructions about wired ear-piece anywhere in book.
-Ear-piece connection is proprietary. Yes it's 2.5mm. But a generic 2.5mm ear-piece will not work with it.
Grat Phone
I have only had this phone for 2 days but so far it has been a great phone. My wife picked the LG PTT and I grabbed this one for the blue tooth. I was afraid to get this phone because of the reviews with the phone loudness. I think this works fine and I have no problems hearing even when I was at Chuckecheese with three birthdays going on around me.
Easy to navigate menus
Voice reconnection software ( you don't even have to train it) It will open apps and make phones calls by saying name or the full phone number
decent selection of ring-tones to start (nothing great but not bad)
great size and weight
Push to talk works great and even works without it on speaker phone and on my blue-tooth headset
Charger. Difficult to plug in the charger and hold the cover at the same time.
Demo version of games... always asking for you to but the full verison.
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So far, so good
The phone and the PTT works as advertised. My first Samsung and I'm pleasantly surprised at the overall quality of the instrument. The walkie talkie works very well with only one bar of signal strength.
No cons to speak of.
its alright...
I got this phone last week. So far it has been pretty good. But honestly, if i wasnt getting the new razr v3i in a month or two, i defenitely WOULD NOT stay with this phone. One major problem is that the earpiece volume is so low, you cant hear the other person, even when the ringer level is on the highest. Its pretty annoying...but i just use my bluetooth headset for all my calls, and it solves everything. Heres a Pros and Cons list.
1) Great Look
2) Great size and weight
3) I love the service light feature
4) Great menu style
5) Nice buttons
6) Bluetooth
7) Good battery life
1) Cant hear anything the other person is saying because the earpiece volume is low
2) Downloaded ringtones dont sound too good on this phone
3) Screen is a little small
4) Charging port cover at the bottom of the phone makes it impossible to put the charger in without flipping it upside down and matching it perfectly (i cut mine off)
5) You cant customize the Text alert with a downloaded tone
6) Bluetooth is a little fuzzy (might be the headset, but not sure)
7) No camera
All-in-all, if i had to stay with the phone for more than two months, i wouldnt stay with this phone. i dont feel like going through the hassle, especially when im getting the v3i. I really wouldnt recommend this phone to anybody else. I work in the cell phone department of a big store, and i try to stop anyone else from buying this phone. Take it from someone who knows...save your time and go with another phone!
WHY? I thought I liked Samsung
I owned this phone for a total of 20 minutes. I saved a few numbers into the address book. My friend calls me and his name which was saved into the address book doesn't show up, only the phone number does, NO NAME!! The only way to get the name to show up was to save the contact in your address book with the area code first. But then if you dialed their number, you didn't know who your were calling unless you dialed the area code as well because their name wouldn't show up.
This was a neat phone until I tried to address book. It is very important to me to see who is calling before I answer the phone. And if this Samsung phone is going to give me trouble, I'd rather not mess with it. I sent the phone back after 20 minutes of messing with the phone book. The other negative was the headset volume. The only way I could hear someone was to go into a completely quiet and silent room, like a bathroom and then have the person on the other end yell what they wanted to say.
I would not recommend getting this phone if you are concerned about the address book or if you are hard of hearing. If you can hear like Superman, then go for it.
Great Phone
The Samsung D357 is a great affordable phone for an entry level phone user.
-Small & Light Weight
-Very Easy To Use
-Loud Ringtones
-Alarm Will Work When Phone Is Off
-No Camera
-Charger Port Is Hard To Open
-Scratches Easily
Great phone @ price point!!
The Samsung D357 is one of the best bargains available in the wireless world. It is a piece of functionality not a flashy jazzed up pos like some other offerings. A camera would complete this one nicely but the functions of this phone outweigh that. The biggest bit of joy for me is the fact that the reception is top notch. I went from a S710 to this phone and the difference is night and day. So in short form:
Reception is A+
Bluetooth reception is A+
Mp3 Ringtones are quite loud
Screen is bright and easy to read
Menu system is simplistic
Keys are well placed and large(main pad)
All this under $50 w/activation!!
The left side keys are easy to hit when the phone is open which then changes your ringer volume.
Battery life while using bluetooth is short.
So in closing if you want something flashy that will impress your friends this one is not for you. If you want a great talkers phone for a great price definitely give this one try.
I love to hate it
We got the PTT for our family business. Three of us picking up the Samsung and my wife got the LG 7200. About a month ago my speaker went out to were only if I have it on speaker phone do I get volume. Three weeks later my dad's phone did the same and finally today my mom's did the same thing. We are three for three w/ faulty phones.
Now I loved the phone, the bluetooth, the PTT, all worked great, but I am just a little in disbelief that we are the only three w/ this issue.
Because we all had the issue w/ the low volume as it seems many people have.
We are going to Cingular Monday and I am sure they will try to give us the same phone. No go.
I don't understand everyone's complaints with this phone. I have had this phone for about 2 months now and upgraded from the Motorola V551. Got this one for the PTT and bought one for my wife. This phone works great, I have rarely had any signal strength issues (in fact this gets way better signal than the V551). The charger isn't difficult to use, (the buttons on the plug don't have to be held in while plugging into the charging port), you just have to remember to hold the port grommet down while plugging in the cord. I don't have a problem with the volume (try a V400 sometime). Overall I love this phone. I didn't mind losing the camera on the V551 since I hardly ever used it. I might have missed if I had a megapixel camera prior. The standard camera on a phone is horrible and a gimmick at best. I love the PTT feature. It works way better than I expected. I also love the contact list for this phone. After having a Motorola for so long, (V60, V400, & V551), I never knew an address book could be so nice. The only con I have is that I cannot save contact list to both the phone memory and the SIM card at the same time without duplication. All I can say is that too many people complain about silly stuff. No wireless phone will be perfect for everyone, but this one is pretty good.
I have had this phone since it has come out and I have never had any problems.
The only thing bad i can say about this phone is that it takes forever to get on-line, other then that its GREAT!! I love the voice command, I never had a phone where the voice dialing worked correctly on till i used this one. The setup took less then 5 mins and it works every time i use it. Samsung has really stepped it up.


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Today was Troy's football Championship Game. The big one, the game that the whole season boiled down to.
His team, the Big Lake Blue Lightning, they decided to call themselves, won each and every regular season game. Then they went into the playoffs as first seed, every playoff game..they won too. Incredible. Just incredible.
Last night some of the football Moms got together to make banners for the game today. We decorated them, decorated cars, it was a blast.
Today was the game. A beautiful day, sunny, light breeze. The Championship Game.
Rock on Blue Lightning! They won 20-6. They won every game of the season, only having had three touchdowns scored upon them during the whole season.
Congratulations Blue Lightning!!
I've seen Troy develop a confidence within himself that wasn't quite there before. He holds his head a bit higher, he doesn't seem quite as unsure of himself. Working hard and watching his own level of endurance and progress has been beneficial for him.
I know that feeling. I'm glad Troy does, too.
Before the game, Topaz and I headed off for 15 miles at the trail. I was going to run 10, but man, the Rogers Boys Cross Country Team showed up at 900 as I was refueling at my car. They noticed my Twin Cities Marathon shirt, we began talking, and before I knew it, I was running another loop with them. They kicked my ass. Topaz loved running with the fast boys. Well, so did I!
Have a wonderful weekend!


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The DSJV carries, in addition to its regular international and US Jewish news, local Jewish history stories, such as this one on French Jewish history in the South.
Last year, sociologist Anny Bloch-Raymond gave two talks on Jewish life in New Orleans in a series co-sponsored by the French Consulate in New Orleans, the Alliance Francaise of New Orleans, and the Jewish Federation of Greater New Orleans.
Bloch-Raymond, with a master's in American civilization from the University of Paris, and a PhD in social sciences from the University Marc Bloch, Strasbourg, is a member of the National Center of Scientific Research at the Center of Social Anthropology. She teaches Jewish culture in the anthropological department of the University of Toulouse LeMirail and in the Institute of Jewish Studies.
She's working on a new book - "Jewish Migrants from the Banks of The Rhine to the Banks of the Mississippi" - and her current field of research is migration from France and Germany to the American south during the 19th-20th centuries.
The two programs were "Languages, ways of cooking and religions: French inspiration, Jewish rites, and Creole practices" and "From the banks of the Rhine River to the banks of the Mississippi: a long story of the presence of the French Jews in Louisiana."
The first explored how French Jewish immigrants in New Orleans adapted their cuisine to include Creole traditions.
The immigrants who settled in New Orleans maintained their French Jewish heritage even if they had adjusted it. Cooking combined French and Southern mode, gumbos and matzo balls, gefilte fish, kugels, and pecan pies. Many families compiled their own recipe books. Some became professional cooks, such as Beulah Ledner, who created a French doberge adapted from Austrian cake, and opened a bakery in New Orleans in 1933, becoming very successful.
Her second talk focused on the Jews of Alsace-Lorraine who, in the mid-1880s, left their homes, landed in New Orleans and mainly settled in small towns along the Mississippi River.
They gave their names to the towns of Geismar, Klotzville, and Marksville in Louisiana. They owned plantations in Bunkie, White Castle, and Reserve. There are still dry goods stores and general stores bearing their names: Abraham Levy, Wolff, Lemann, Lorman, Fraenkel. They were founding members of synagogues in New Orleans, Donaldsonville, Alexandria, and Opelousas, along with the German migrants that they married ...
Other resources for the area include the private, non-profit Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life (ISJL), dedicated to providing educational and rabbinic services to isolated Jewish communities, documenting and preserving the rich history of the Southern Jewish experience, and promoting a Jewish cultural presence throughout a 13 state region.
The Institute began as the Museum of the Southern Jewish Experience in 1986. Now a subsidiary of the ISJL, the museum helps to define southern Jewish culture through traveling and permanent exhibits. In recent years, the Institute has dramatically expanded cultural offerings in both small towns and big cities throughout the South.
Innovative regional programming includes annual Jewish film festivals, concerts highlighting cross-cultural music, literary programs, dance and theatre performances, and other activities that promote artistic interpretation of the Southern Jewish Experience.


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Goldstone Park
5850 - 146 Street
About Goldstone Park
Goldstone Park is a 3.7 hectare (9.25 acre) park in the Panorama neighbourhood of Newton.
This busy local park has a fantastic water park and playground, two soccer fields, tennis courts and a basketball court. There is also a popular walking path around the soccer fields with a 575 metre loop.
You'll find a washroom building next to the water park as well as a parking lot with access from 58 Avenue.
The park was established in the late 2000's as part of the development of the South Newton Neighbourhood Concept Plan.