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King, Jr. & Thomas nail down 4th Big-Block Mod & RUSH LM wins; Gabrielson & Davis return to victory lane in Mods & Stocks; Double wins 7th in Econo Mods; Creech keeps on winning in Minis
By Mike Leone
August 24, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
(Hartford, OH)…It was chamber of commerce weather Saturday as Sharon Speedway completed another "Steel Valley Thunder" program after a busy week of racing beginning Tuesday night with the successful fifth annual "Lou Blaney Memorial".
Celebrating in the Hovis Auto & Truck Supply victory lane on YSU Night were Rex King, Jr.-Governor Insurance DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds, Will Thomas III-Barris Supply RUSH Late Models, Joe Gabrielson-Summit Racing Equipment Modifieds, Paul Davis-Gibson Insurance Agency Stock Cars, Jeremy Double-HTMA/Precise Racing Products Econo Mods, and Travis Creech-Deforest Used Parts Mini Stocks. A pair of bikes was given away to two lucky children thanks to King Bros. and Sharon Speedway.
After getting caught up in a bad heat race accident Tuesday night ending his night early, Ricky Richner looked like he was about to rebound in a big way on Saturday night in the 20-lap DIRTcar Big-Block Modified feature, but Rex King, Jr. had other ideas. King, Jr. used a lapped car to his advantage to pass Richner at the checkered flag for his Governor Insurance Agency division-leading fourth of the season!
"Lapped traffic finally worked our way," expressed the 23-year-old Bristolville, Ohio driver. "He's (Richner) a real good racer when the track slickens off. I was very fortunate how it played out. We had a good start and were in the right position and utilized it. That was a bad crash on Tuesday and I'm glad everyone walked away. I have to thank everyone that helps out and all of my sponsors. We've had a stellar year and I really appreciate everyone."
Jim Rasey took off in the lead at the start of the event with Richner, King, and the father-son Weller duo in tow. Richner dove low in turn three and made the pass stick to lead lap two as the top three quickly pulled away. King drove under Rasey for second in turn two on lap four. The battle then was on for third with Rasey trying to hold off the Wellers. Weller, Jr. passed Rasey with an inside move in turn two for third before Rasey went up in smoke bringing out the event's first and only caution with nine laps scored.
Back under green, Dave Murdick was on the move passing both Wellers to move into third at the halfway point. After Richner got away in the ensuing laps after the restart, King closed in on lap 14. The final five laps was a four-car race with Richner trying to hold off King, Murdick, and Weller, Jr. While King was throwing everything but the kitchen sink at Richner, Murdick was the doing the same as one slight bobble by any of the top runners would prove costly.
Richner looked strong coming down for the white flag and got off turn two perfectly keeping his momentum up as he actually increased his lead; however, lapped traffic loomed ahead. Rick Ryder was running Richner's line and just the slightest lift of the throttle by Richner allowed King, Jr. to make a move on the inside. It was a wild battle to the finish with King stealing a first career Sharon win away from Richner by just 0.085 of a second!
King's seventh career win moved him ahead of his father for second in points as the elder King was still recovering from a second straight flip on Tuesday night and was not in action. The win came in the KMB, Inc.-owned, Jim Brown Seed Sales/Bristol Disposal/Cedar Steel/Professional Heating & Cooling/Reese Services/King Sanitary Service-sponsored #165.
Richner's runner-up was his 10th top six finish this season, but was his best career Sharon finish for the New York "358" small-block standout. Murdick was third and was also able to overtake the elder King for third in points. Weller, Jr. edged out his son Weller III for fourth and leads the points by 44 heading into September. Completing the top 10 were Bob Warren, Rob Kristyak, Don Brown, Rick Regalski, Jr., and Carl Murdick. Both Wellers won the heat races.
Defending champion Will Thomas III kept pace with current point leader Dennis Lunger, Jr. matching him for his fourth win of the season and kept his faint championship hopes alive in the RUSH Late Models. Thomas put on one of the most dominating performances seen winning by nearly seven seconds over Lunger in the 20-lap Barris Supply feature.
"We were able to win the championship last year, but I'm kind of running out of time as we missed opening night," acknowledged the 38-year-old Sharpsville, Pa. racer. "Dennis Lunger has had a really good year. This car is just a pleasure to drive. My guys do such a great job. Russ King gave me a different left rear shock to put on for the feature. I asked him what he thought and he said just run it. I said alright we'll try it. I'd love to take the credit, but it's all the people helping out that make this happen."
Eric Wilson took off in the early lead from the pole position over Bob Diver, Rocky Kugel, Thomas, and sixth starting Lunger. Thomas moved past both Kugel and Diver for second on lap two, while Lunger grabbed fourth from Kugel. Thomas quickly closed on Wilson and was on the leader on lap three. Thomas peeked inside Wilson on the bottom of turn four on lap four just before the event's first and only caution for a spin by Lon Emerick.
When racing resumed, the last 16 laps would go green-to-checkered. Thomas grabbed the lead using the outside to power ahead, while Lunger got past Diver for third. On lap six, Lunger put a slider on Wilson in turn four to take over second. At this point, Thomas had a two-second lead on Lunger. Lunger kept the deficit about the same until the halfway point when Thomas began to pull away.
The second half of the event saw Thomas increase his lead every single lap and by the time the checkered flag waved his margin of victory was 6.933 seconds in his Colonial Metal Products/Barris Supply/All Star Motorstate/Sweet Mfg. Quarter Master/King Sanitary-sponsored #9. With just two years experience now on dirt, Thomas has tied Mike Pegher, Jr. for the most career wins in the division at eight.
Wilson, the Sweeney RUSH Series "Futures Cup" point leader, faded to a distant third. Josh Double came from 10th to finish fourth over Diver. Heat winner Kugel was sixth as Ben Black, Jamie Wrightsman, Russ Byler, and Emerick completed the top 10.
Joe Gabrielson became the fifth different driver to repeat this season in the Modifieds as still no one has been able to win more than a pair of events in the ultra-competitive Summit Racing Equipment division. The second place point man topped a season high 27-car field.
"This one is for my dad," expressed the 25-year-old Bristolville, Ohio racer. "His birthday would have been yesterday and I went to see him at his gravesite. I told him it was about time we win one of these damned things- we've been struggling for awhile and sure as shit we win! The old man always said if you can make it work on the outside you can make it work anywhere. I have to thank my mom and dad for getting me started in this. It's a dream and I'm glad she let me keep doing this. I'm thankful for Sharon Speedway. Some of these guys haven't been to other places and don't realize how good we have it here."
The 15-lap feature got off to an ugly start with a pair of cautions before a lap was scored followed by a hard hit by Andy Buckley into the turn one fence after Bruce Powell led the opening lap. Clayton Kennedy started fourth and was up to second for the restart. Kennedy took over the top spot from Powell driving inside and past the lead in turn four to lead the second circuit.
Gabrielson started in seventh and was up to fourth after one lap. He passed last week's winner, Scott Stiffler, for third on lap two then overtook Powell with an identical move that Gabrielson did one lap earlier for second. Brock Moskey brought out the caution with four laps completed. When green replaced yellow, Gabrielson made what would be the winning move on Kennedy. Gabrielson would go on pretty uncontested taking his sixth career win by 2.701 seconds in the Deborah Gabrielson-owned, Awesome Signs & Shirts/Integra Racing Shocks/Reese Services/X-10 Pavement Sealing/Wedge Motorsports/Willy's Carb & Dyno Shop-sponsored #58.
The battle for second was intense the final six laps as the position changed hands numerous times. Stiffler came out on top for runner-up barely edging out 21st starting Alan Dellinger. Point leader Mike Kinney came from eighth to finish fourth as he now leads Gabrielson by 44 points. Kennedy dropped to fifth. Completing the top 10 were 22nd starting Joel Watson, Powell, Shawn Shingledecker, Bob Diver, and Wayne Tessean. Heat winners Brian Douglas, Jonathan Taylor, and Dwayne Clay all had issues in the feature.
Like the Modifieds, the Stock Cars also turned out a season high car count and it was veteran Paul Davis ending a dry spell. After winning two of the season's first four features, Davis had been shutout of victory lane since May 11. That changed Saturday night when the veteran came out on top in the 15-lap Gibson Insurance Agency feature over the 23-car field.
"That's the race track I kind of like," said the 53-year-old Fowler, Ohio native. "I hated seeing a lot of guys crash out as I wanted to see how this car would run, but hey I'll take it. I've had some bad luck lately. I've had like three flat tires in the last three races and none of them were my fault.
And also like the Modifieds, the Stock Car main got off to a rough start with a five-car accident on the opening lap then on the restart defending champion Tim Burns got upside down in turn one ending his title hopes. He was okay. When action calmed down, Rod Laskey was the leader but his lead didn't last long as he slowed on lap two and exited the event.
Jamie Duncan was the new leader with fifth starting Davis up to second. Davis made the winning pass of Duncan in turn two on lap four. Three cautions slowed action between laps six and eight. Finally the second half of the race went green-to-checkered. Despite getting passed, Duncan stayed right with Davis over the final seven laps, but would come up just 0.617 of a second shy to Davis' 10th career win in his Advance Auto Parts/Hover Racing/Don Williams Excavating/GSM Enterprises/Tub's Automotive-sponsored #3.
Bruce Redman was third. Bob McCann, who came back from an early race accident and pitting to finish fourth. Brent Coleman completed the top five after starting 12th. Heat victors were Davis, Redman, and point leader Mike Clark.
Jeremy Double came out on top of a caution-filled 15-lap HTMA/Precise Racing Products Econo Mod feature for his track-leading seventh win of the season. "The cautions are hard after we've lost a couple races because of them," acknowledged the 17-year-old Bristolville, Ohio winner. "Cautions make it nerve-wracking. There was plenty of bite on the bottom. The top was still decent tonight. You could run pretty much top to bottom, anywhere- it was pretty good. I didn't think we'd be this far with wins this year. I was hoping for maybe six."
Alan Atkinson led the first three laps of the event, but slammed the turn two fence on lap four yielding the lead to Rusty Wheeler with seventh starting Double up to second. Double took the lead away from Wheeler when racing resumed and pulled away on lap five. Twelve-year-old phenom Jacob Eucker was on the move from his eighth starting spot. Eucker passed Jason Longwell for third on lap seven then drove to the inside and past Wheeler for second on lap nine.
By the time Eucker got to second, Double had a near five-second lead built up. Eucker got what he needed as four cautions slowed action in the final five laps. On two occasions this year, Eucker was able to steal wins away from Double on restarts, but not on this night as Double was too strong in his Cortland Auto Repair/Wedge Motorsports/Thomas Heating & Cooling/King Bros./Russ King Racing-sponsored #83 for his ninth career win.
Eucker was second over 14th starting Ryan Fraley, who now trails Double by 21 in the championship chase. Steve Haefke was a season best fourth over Wheeler, who dropped to fifth. Heat winners were Jamie Scharba, Tim Deutsch, and Jason Longwell over the 23-car field.
Travis Creech continued his impressive rookie season winning his fifth in the Mini Stocks. Creech battled it out with point leader Scott Gilliland then held off the division's all-time winning driver in Bill Fuchs for the 12-lap Deforest Used Parts win. "I've been having a blast- this has been nothing but fun," expressed the 25-year-old Niles, Ohio resident. "I never thought I'd be in a championship chase let alone have a win. This car is fast. I love it. I lost brakes on lap three that's why I had to get up in the loose stuff to slow it down."
A heads up start put heat winner Creech on the pole and he took off in the lead with Gilliland tailing. Last week's winner, Jim Haefke, Jr., and Fuchs were both able to pass rookie Pat Drennan on lap two for third and fourth respectively. The event's only caution was for Jeff Little with six laps scored.
When racing resumed, Gilliland took over the top spot, while Fuchs moved past Haefke for third. Gilliland's lead would only last a lap as Creech regained the lead on lap eight. Creech's win was his first since June 22 in his May's Towing/Elite Coleman Sales/JLB Trucking-sponsored #75T and closed to within seven points of Gilliland. Fuchs and Haefke both were able to get past Gilliland on lap 10 to finish second and third respectively. Gilliland dropped to fourth over Drennan.
Governor Insurance Agency DIRTcar Big-Block Modifieds (20 laps): 1. REX KING, JR. (165) 2. Ricky Richner (26) 3. Dave Murdick (61) 4. Jim Weller, Jr. (31) 5. Jimmy Weller III (23) 6. Bob Warren (96B) 7. Rob Kristyak (00) 8. Don Brown (71B) 9. Rick Regalski, Jr. (13) 10. Carl Murdick (6) 11. Rick Ryder (Snider 189) 12. Tom Glenn (83T) 13. Jim Rasey (32) 14. Dave Reges (27R)-DNS.
Barris Supply RUSH Late Models (20 laps): 1. WILL THOMAS III (9) 2. Dennis Lunger, Jr. (Schwartz 71L) 3. Eric Wilson (27W) 4. Josh Double (38) 5. Bob Diver (23) 6. Rocky Kugel (21KRT) 7. Ben Black (27B) 8. Jamie Wrightsman (21J) 9. Russ Byler (Hoover 00H) 10. Lon Emerick (3).
Summit Racing Equipment (E) Modifieds (15 laps): 1. JOE GABRIELSON (58) 2. Scott Stiffler (14) 3. Alan Dellinger (White 53) 4. Mike Kinney (3) 5. Clayton Kennedy (9) 6. Joel Watson (92) 7. Bruce Powell (35) 8. Shawn Shingledecker (54s) 9. Bob Diver (23) 10. Wayne Tessean (10) 11. Rocky Kugel (Beck 357) 12. Brock Moskey (3M) 13. Arlan Coy (56) 14. Amanda Stiffler (14A) 15. Trevor Herr (32) 16. Bob Moskey (33) 17. Brian Douglas (214) 18. Rick Robinson (34R) 19. Andy Buckley (965) 20. Dwayne Clay (007) 21. Wayne Brugmann (79) 22. Jonathan Taylor (5) 23. Gary Sullivan (47s)-DNS 24. Jeff Johnson (27)-DNS 25. Mike Monreal (71M)-DNS 26. Bob Williamson (93)-DNS 27. Evan Taylor (7)-DNS.
Gibson Insurance Agency Stock Cars (15 laps): 1. PAUL DAVIS (3) 2. Jamie Duncan (67J) 3. Bruce Redman (27) 4. Bob McCann (Fornataro USA1) 5. Brent Coleman (01) 6. Jeff Buccella (Davis 915) 7. Ron Yarab, Jr. (Burns 70B) 8. Jason Stanke (44) 9. Tony Bruno (97) 10. Ron Kennedy (43) 11. Charlie Jasinski (5J) 12. Mike Clark (7) 13. Gary Robinson (44R) 14. Brian Carothers (02c) 15. Jamie Gibbs (98) 16. Jesse Brock (22B) 17. Bryan Wagner (56) 18. Mike Kerr (25K) 19. Rod Laskey (1R) 20. Tim Burns (66)-DSQ (unsportsmanlike conduct) 21. Brett McCarthy (33)-DNS 22. Mark Hopkins (69H)-DNS 23. Randy Miller (46M)-DNS.
HTMA/Precise Racing Products Econo Mods (15 laps): 1. JEREMY DOUBLE (83) 2. Jacob Eucker (64) 3. Ryan Fraley (12) 4. Steve Haefke (41) 5. Rusty Wheeler (6) 6. Larry Root (22x) 7. Ty Rhoades (12R) 8. Jamie Scharba (Petsko 00s) 9. Kevin Robinson (24R) 10. Derek Dellinger (19) 11. Jason Longwell (7S) 12. Pat Adams (39) 13. Brian Lacey (51) 14. Tim Deutsch (8) 15. Jodi Woodworth, Jr. (07) 16. Jason Stanke (44) 17. Keith Felicetty (98) 18. Junior Mechling (89) 19. Adam Babcock (67) 20. George Vestal IV (4) 21. Alan Atkinson (30Too) 22. Steve Burns, Jr. (70B) 23. Brian Foley, Jr. (16JSR)-DNS.
Deforest Used Parts Mini Stocks (12 laps): 1. TRAVIS CREECH (75T) 2. Bill Fuchs (10) 3. Jim Haefke, Jr. (421) 4. Scott Gilliland (27) 5. Pat Drennan (24) 6. Jake Monreal (32M) 7. Geof Pinch (36) 8. Jeff Little (42) 9. Christi Brugmann (19)-DNS.
There will no racing over Labor Day Weekend; racing returns on Saturday, September 7 for another six-division "Steel Valley Thunder" program at 7 p.m.
Sharon Speedway is owned by the Blaney, Weller, and Kirila Families and is a 3/8-mile dirt track located on Custer-Orangeville Road in Hartford, Ohio near the intersection of Routes 7 & 305. For more information, check out the website at www.sharonspeedway.com or call 330-772-5481. Become a fan of Sharon Speedway on Facebook at www.facebook.com/sharonspeedway and follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/sharonspdwy.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (April 24, 2013) – The U.S. women's beach volleyball team of Jennifer Fopma and Brooke Sweat won its qualifying match on Wednesday and has advanced to the main draw of the FIVB Fuzhou Open in China.
Meanwhile, three U.S. men's beach volleyball teams went undefeated on the first day of main draw pool play.
Fopma (Bellflower, Calif.) and Sweat (Fort Myers, Fla.), who were seeded ninth in the qualifying bracket, defeated eighth-seeded Jantine van der Vlist and Marloes Wesselink of Netherlands, 21-17, 21-17 in 34 minutes on Wednesday to advance to the main draw.
In the men's main draw, second-seeded Sean Rosenthal (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach, Fla.) rolled through their first two Pool B matches. The U.S. pair defeated Russia's No. 31 Maksim Hudyakov and Alexey Pastukhov, 21-15, 21-10 in 30 minutes and Netherlands' Daan Spijkers and Steven van de Velde, 21-16, 21-18 in 37 minutes. On Thursday, Dalhausser and Rosenthal will complete pool play against Poland's 15th-seeded Michal Kadziola and Jakub Szalankiewicz. Men's single-elimination play will begin on Friday.
The ninth-seeded U.S. team of Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Casey Patterson (Van Nuys, Calif.) opened play in Pool H on Wednesday with a 21-14, 25-23 victory over Australia's 24th-ranked Isaac Kapa and Christopher McHugh. In their second match, Gibb and Patterson got past France's Andy Cès (husband of U.S. beach volleyball player Jennifer Kessy) and Edouard Rowlandson, 21-18, 17-21, 15-11 in 49 minutes. Gibb and Patterson will finish pool play on Thursday against No. 8 Linyin Xu and Peng Gao of China.
The 10th-seeded U.S. pair of Ryan Doherty (Toms River, N.J.) and Todd Rogers (Santa Barbara, Calif.) won two three-set matches in Pool G on Wednesday. In the morning, Doherty and Rogers defeated Norway's No. 23 Iver Andreas Horrem and Geir Eithun, 21-18, 16-21, 15-11 in 56 minutes. In the afternoon, Doherty and Rogers beat Russia's 26th-seeded Konstantin Semenov and Yaroslav Koshkarev, 21-17, 18-21, 18-16 in 49 minutes. On Thursday, Doherty and Rogers will close pool play against Poland's No. 7 Grzegorz Fijalek and Mariusz Prudel.
In the women's bracket, the highest seeded U.S. team is No. 4 April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Jennifer Kessy (San Juan Capistrano, Calif.), who will open play in Pool D on Thursday morning against their U.S. compatriots, Lauren Fendrick (Carlsbad, Ind.) and Nicole Branagh (Orinda, Calif.), who are seeded 20th. In the afternoon, Ross and Kessy will play Poland's No. 29 Kinga Kolosinska and Monika Brzostek while Fendrick and Branagh will face Switzerland's 13th-seeded Nadine Zumkehr and Joana Heidrich. On Friday, Ross and Kessy will close pool play against Zumkehr and Heidrich while Fendrick and Branagh will get Kolosinka and Brzostek.
The first round of women's single elimination will also be played on Friday.
The U.S. women's beach volleyball team of Summer Ross (San Diego, Calif.) and Brittany Hochevar (Fowler, Colo.) are seeded No. 27 and playing in Pool E. They will open play on Thursday against sixth-seeded Kristyna Kolocova and Marketa Slukova of Czech Republic before moving on to play Spain's Liliana Fernández Steiner and Elsa Baquerizo McMillan, ranked No. 11, in the afternoon. Ross and Hochevar will close out pool play on Friday against Canada's No. 22 Heather Bansley and Elizabeth Maloney.
Fopma and Sweat were seeded 28th in the main draw and will play in Pool E. On Thursday morning, they will take on Germany's fifth-seeded Katrin Holtwick and Ilka Semmler. In the afternoon, they will face Brazil's No. 12 Liliane Maestrini and Barbara Seixas De Freitas. On Friday, Fopma and Sweat will close pool play against Switzerland's No. 21 Isabelle Forrer and Anouk Vergé-Dépré.
For more information on the Fuzhou Open, click here.
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Ido - Interactively do things is a very convenient way to find files and switch buffers.
Basic setup
(ido-everywhere 1)
Helpful keybindings
- [C-s]
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- [C-r]
- Move to previous ido suggestion.
Common Customization
Enable Fuzzy Matching
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Ignore Case
(setq ido-case-fold t)
Virtual Buffers
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You can still look in other working directories explicitly with [M-s].
Directory Caching on Windows
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Cookie Cutters: Not Just For Cookies Anymore! Post # 26: Even More Cookie Cutter Ideas & Links Found On-The-Web
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Even More Cookie Cutter Ideas & Links Found On-The-Web
This is the next-to-the-last post I have planned for my series "Cookie Cutters: Not Just For Cookies Anymore". I hope you have enjoyed this series. The last (?) post will be a wrap-up summarizing all the posts. So if you missed any of the posts you'll be able to catch up and not miss out on any of the really great crafts and ideas! And I'll let you know how the e-book idea works out!
Here are some more ideas and links to tutorials on using cookie cutters as a crafting material I'd like to share with you. The tutorial links I have given are not the only links I found on the web, just in my humble opinion the best. I'd love for you to share your favorite tutorial with me.
Please visit these blogs and join me in thanking these bloggers for sharing their crafts and ideas!
I've also have started pinning each of the ideas I find on my Pinterest Boards. I have two on "Cookie Cutter Crafting" currently, "100 Plus Ways To Use Cookie Cutters" and "My Cookie & Cookie Cutter Crafts". I'd love for you to follow these boards. If you'd like to be a contributor to the 100 Plus Ways board send me an e-mail expressing your interest and include your e-mail address. I will add you and you can add to the collection of ideas. I'd really LOVE for this to become the "go to site" for unique cookie cutter uses.
P.S.: Here's a great post on the history of cookie cutters by Karen's Cookies tracing their roots going back over 2000 years. Fascinating!
Cookie Cutter Craft Ideas & Links to Blogs
Let me say one word about these blogs,"Wow!". There are several ideas I found on these sites that are new to me – sun art, floating candles, bird feeders! I don't intend to do tutorials on them right now but there are a few I am dying to try so keep an eye out for them on buggalcrafts sometime in the future (and I said it WAS almost the end of the series! Did you really believe me?).
I have includes a brief description of each craft idea. Please visit the links provided for details on the craft project or idea.
Bird Feeder Cookies: Create these cute bird seed ornaments to hang in the trees to feed the birds.
Clay Candle Holder: To make a clay candle holder, roll out a layer of air-dry clay and then cut four or five clay shapes using the same cutter. Layer them on top of each other, wetting each layer before adding another. Using a mini circle cutter, lemon juicer, etc. that is a little larger than the diameter of the candle you plan on using, cut the center out of the clay (leave the bottom layer intact). Check the fit with the candle being aware that the clay will shrink some as it dries. Allow your candle holder to dry and then is ready to paint as desired and use. And as a bonus, here's a link to another cute cookie cutter clay idea.
Cookie Cutter Stamping: Make cookie cutter stamps from styrofoam and use the stamps to decorate solid color gift bags and wrap.
Cookie Cutter Soaps: Mix together 1 cup of soap flakes, a few drops of food coloring and 2 tbsp. of hot water. Press the mixture inside the cookie cutters and allow the cakes of soap to dry and harden for several days before popping out of the molds and using.
Cookie Cutter Honeycomb Candles: Make candles from honeycomb wax sheets and cookie cutters that can stand upright.
Cookie Cutter Floating Candles: Make floating candles from wax purchased wax or recycled from to-small-to-burn candles. Melt the wax following package directions (add color and scent if desired). Pour a thin layer of melted wax on a heavy plastic plate. Allow the wax set just slightly and then place the cutter in the wax. This will make a "mold" that will prevent the remaining wax from seeping under the cutter. Add the wick to the center of the cutter and pour the wax till it almost fills the cutter. Allow to harden completely then push the candle out of the cookie cutter "mold". An alternative is to pour a layer of melted wax on an aluminum wrapped jelly roll pan. Allow to harden slightly then cut shapes with the cutter. Add a wick to the top of the candle and pour a layer of wax over the wick.
Cookie Cutter Stacked Shape Candles: Cut and stack cookie cutter shapes out of a slab of warm wax to make these unusual candles.
Collection of Cookie Cutter Ideas & Swaps: Visit Craftster for some more great ideas about using cookie cutters. Simply search for "cookie cutters" and find craft projects, swaps and more!
Cookie Cutter Crayons: Use old, broken crayons to make big, cookie cutter shaped crayons for your kids. Make solid color or multi-colored crayons!
Cookie Cutter Crafts: This is a very nice post describing some cookie cutter crafts from kid's crafts (like magnets) to items from the home (like the wax catcher below).
Cookie Cutter Candle Wax Catcher: Check out this tutorial on making candle wax catchers. To make it a "Cookie Cutter Craft, simply cut the clay with a mini cutter. Roll out air drying clay with a rolling pin (or use an unopened soda can for an impromptu rolling pin) until the clay is about 1 inch thick and perfectly flat. Use mini cookie cutters to cut out shapes from the clay. Place a taper candle in the center of each shape and cut around the bottom of the candle using a sharp knife or use a ½ inch round cookie cutter to cut out a circle. Once the clay has hardened, slip the clay shape on a taper candle until it stops for a simple AND useful homespun embellishment.
Cookie Cutter Decorating, Not Your Typical: Here are some inexpensive suggestions that aren't just "cookie cutter decorating"! There are some great ways to display your vintage or favorite cookie cutters. I found these ideas on several sites but this link is to my favorite site.
- Plate Rail Display: Display your favorite cutters on plate rail molding. Hang a single piece or stack them to make cookie cutter "shelves". Use small nails if needed to keep the cutters in place.
- Cookie Cutter Border: Display your cutters by mounting them in the place of a wallpaper border. Mount single cutters every four to six inches around your kitchen walls. Another way to make a decorative cookie cutter border is to string cutters together with torn fabric strips making a garland. Another alternative is to stamp or stencil a cookie cutter border using the cutters themselves or stamps made from potatoes or sponges. Still yet another way to create a cookie cutter border is to decoupage cookie cutter die cuts around the room. Some examples: Stamp animal cookie cutter shapes around a child's room. Tie hearts and star cutters together to make a county border for your kitchen. Share your ideas in a comment.
- Cabinet knobs: Replace the current knobs on your kitchen cabinets with outline cutters.
- Curtain Tie-Backs: For a primitive effect slip a cookie cutter onto each curtain tie back. Or make your own tie back by tying a cutter to raffia or ribbon and tie the curtain back. How about mounting a cutter on a plain metal hook type tie back?
- Window Decorations: Suspend several in each window from a thin strand of wire or ribbon.
- Cookie Cutter Wall Display: Tie a torn fabric strip on each cutter as a bow and mount them directly to the wall with straight pins in a pleasing pattern.
- Cookie Cutter Counter Display: Fill a gallon size jug with your favorite or vintage cookie cutters. Mix copper, colorful plastic, and metal for visual impact. Or use a quart size jar to display tart molds. Use a round tart mold in the place of the flat lid. Secure with a Mason jar ring.
- Window Shade or Blinds Pulls: Use mini cutters as a pull tag on a window shade or blinds. This also works for a light or fan pull.
- Curtain Rod Finales: Glue cookie cutters on the end of curtain rods.
- Cookie Cutter Candle Centerpiece: Place a cookie cutter on a pretty plate, set a colored votive candle in the middle of the cutter. Scatter decorative accents like fresh or dried floral materials, clay "cookies", buttons, beads, or pebbles around the cutter. Take care to not use flammable materials if votive will be lit.
- House Plant Pokes: Glue onto short dowels to make plant pokes for a cute country kitchen accent. Or how about dressing up a plant for a new mother gift by using mini baby related cutters?
- Wallpaper Cookie Cutter Die Cuts: Use a cookie cutter to cut wallpaper shapes for home decor. Decoupage these on wooden canisters, candles or other decorative accents.
- Curtain Weights: Sew mini cookie cutters along the edge or hem of a kitchen curtain to help it hang straight as well as adding a decorative accent.
- Cookie Cutter Chandelier: Spray paint and glitter cookie cutters. Tie to ribbons and hang from the ceiling, chandelier or light fixture, etc. to create holiday atmosphere.
Cookie Plate: When giving a plate of cookies during the holiday season, or anytime!, add a finishing touch to make the gift truly unique. Attach a seasonal cutter (or two) along with a recipe card so the recipient can make more of your cookies any time they like. To make a decorative, disposable plate simply punch holes around the edge of a paper or foam plate. Then thread ribbon or trim through the holes and tie in the ends in a bow.
Garden Stakes: Make these cute stakes to mark your garden rows or dress up your flower beds.
Holiday Wreath: Make a delightful "Sweet Treat" Holiday Wreath for your kitchen door with cookie cutters and baking items. Tie on miniature or regular size baking utensils such as a whisk, wooden spoon, measuring cups & spoons, etc. Add candy canes and cinnamon sticks and then finish it off with a gingham bow. This wreath can serve as a "gift bag" when presenting baking supplies to a favorite niece or friend. Tie on the cutters (copper ones are especially nice) and other items with raffia or ribbon so they can be easily removed. Add a few cut-out decorated cookies wrapped in cellophane and a copy of the family recipe as a special finishing touch.
Miscellaneous Uses: Here are a few other uses I found around the net.
- Use as a pattern to cut non-slip shapes for bathtub grips.
- To hold small items for organization place several large outline cookie cutters in a drawer. Glue in place if needed.
Martha Stewart's Cookie Cutter Ornaments: Cookie cutters make great ornaments for your Christmas tree or wreath. They also work equally well for other seasons such as Valentine's Day. Click here for the tutorial of the ornaments I made.
More Than Cookies; 8 Easy Cookie-Cutter Crafts: Here are eight more crafts with cookie cutters.
Round Cookies Without a Cutter: Don't have a round cutter in the size you need? This is a great tutorial on making uniformly round cookies without a cookie cutter.
Sewing & Needlework: There are tons of craft projects using cookie cutters as templates. Here are a few.
- Use cookie cutters to trace patterns for embroidery or other stitchery work.
- Use a cookie cutter as a template to create fabric shapes and attach them to sewing projects with iron-on fusible webbing. Stitch around the shapes with contrasting thread if desired. Make denim patches for jeans, shapes for quilt blocks, shapes for appliqué projects and more!
- Use a cutter as a stencil with fabric paint on a t-shirt or tennis shoes.
Sugar Craft Cake Catalogue: This on-line catalogue also features some great ideas of "things to do" with cookie cutters. Plus they have some great baking items for sale!
Ten Crafts To Make With Cookie Cutters: This wonderful blogger gives ten great non-food uses for cookie cutters.
Tips on Using a Cookie Cutter: These are some great tips on how to use a cookie cutter on this blog including a really great idea for making cookie shaped bird feeders.
Tips on How to Cut Perfect Cookies: Some really great tips on using a cookie cutter! You will find tips on choosing a cutter and how thick to roll the dough using size of the cutter as a measure. Click here for an earlier post in the series with tips my mother, grandmother and great-aunt taught me when I learned to make cut-out cookies.
Zoo Trip: This is a great post with tips for making a zoo trip more memorable from food to crafts. This would be a great birthday party idea or even a school field trip for young children.


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GENEVA, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, announced that its market-unique, NFC / RFID-enabled memory device has been integrated in Classe Cube, the latest refrigerator from Dongbu Daewoo Electronics. The recently launched Classe Cube has become a sensation by offering a variety of innovative services to consumers as "Korea's first NFC fridge."
Classe Cube enables 'smart' use of a refrigerator by providing information on its current state or its users' habits that is communicated between the fridge and an NFC-enabled smartphone. This communication is made possible by ST's M24LR dynamic NFC / RFID tag, which stores sensor data from the fridge and provides the information to a smartphone. Users can easily access all the information through the Classe Smart app on their mobile device, enabling more efficient use of the fridge based on the users' living habits and plans. Classe Cube alerts the user to its door being left open, reports on the temperature in different sections of the fridge, and provides a new level of maintenance service, including the direct submission of after-sales service requests and remote diagnostics.
Making this possible is ST's M24LR dynamic NFC / RFID tag that provides interactive NFC connectivity in an affordable and easy-to-use device, enabling highly innovative designs. The memory device combines an I2C serial memory, available in several densities, and an NFC / RFID communication interface (ISO 15693) that converts radio waves emitted by RFID reader-writers and NFC-enabled phones or tablets into energy to power its circuits and in some cases even to enable complete battery-free operation. The unique series of devices enable the creation and integration of energy-autonomous data collection, asset tracking diagnostics capabilities, and in-field updates in a wide variety of applications, including phone and tablet accessories, computer peripherals, electronic shelf labels, home appliances, industrial automation, sensing and monitoring systems, and personal healthcare products.
"Integration of NFC technologies increases the intelligence of home appliances that results in higher customer satisfaction. This new connectivity strengthens the link with equipment service centers and helps optimize energy consumption based on the rapid detection of malfunctions," said YS Jeon, Director of Refrigerator division, Dongbu Daewoo, adding that "we will continue to work hard to launch superior products that satisfy our customers by continuously adopting competitive, state-of-the-art technologies."
"We are excited to offer products and technologies that increase convenience and advance the adoption of wireless technologies in digital home appliances with the integration of our market-unique NFC / RFID-enabled M24LR memory device in Korea's first NFC fridge," said Benoit Rodrigues, Memory Division General Manager at STMicroelectronics. "ST takes pride in helping its customers to develop products that make a real difference to people's lives."
For further information on ST's RF Memories and Transceivers please go to www.st.com/nfc-rfid
About STMicroelectronics ST is a global leader in the semiconductor market serving customers across the spectrum of sense and power and automotive products and embedded processing solutions. From energy management and savings to trust and data security, from healthcare and wellness to smart consumer devices, in the home, car and office, at work and at play, ST is found everywhere microelectronics make a positive and innovative contribution to people's life. By getting more from technology to get more from life, ST stands for life.augmented.
In 2012, the company's net revenues were $8.49 billion. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.
[1] Near Field Communication (NFC) is a short-range wireless connectivity technology
ST Memory Powers NFC Fridge: http://hugin.info/152740/R/1717763/571286.pdf
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Source: STMicroelectronics Press Release (via Market Wired)


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2 eggs
3/4 cup oil
1 cup sugar
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
Preheat oven to 325. Puree strawberries in blender, set aside. Beat together eggs and oil. Add dry ingredients to the mixture and mix well, add strawberries and blend in. Pour into a greased and floured loaf pan. Bake for approximately 50 minutes until done. Cool on rack for a few minutes then remove from pan to fully cool before slicing.


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I had a friend stay over at the weekend and she gave me this gorgeous bunch of flowers, my kitchen smells so lovely. I just adore having flowers in my kitchen. Thanks Marja!
I came across these wonderful looking Afternoon Tea Slices at Vi's Pantry (a forum I belong to), Gail posted the recipe and pics. I immediately was drawn to them and couldn't wait to try them out. They are a different take on Anzac Biscuits and are absolutely more-ish and one slice just won't be enough! They are the perfect snack! Thanks Gail for sharing this great recipe.
Afternoon Tea Slices
1 cup rolled oats
1 cup plain flour
1/2 cup caster sugar
3/4 cup desiccated coconut
2 tblsp golden syrup
125g butter
1/2 tsp bicarb of soda
1 tblsp hot water
300g dark chocolate, melted ( I used milk chocolate)
Preheat oven to 160c. Combine oats, flour, sugar and coconut in a bowl. Place golden syrup and butter in a saucepan over low heat and cook until melted. Mix the bicarb with the water, add to golden syrup mixture and stir to combine. Add to oat mixture and mix well. Press the mixture into a lightly greased 20cm x 30cm cake tin lined with baking paper. Bake for 20 mins or until golden. Allow to cool in tin. Pour over the melted chocolate and refrigerate until set. Cut into squares.
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Rosie at Rosie Bakes a Peace of Cake.
Brenda at Tea and Wheaten Bread.
George at Culinary Travels of a Kitchen Goddess.
Anna at At Anna's Kitchen Table.
Kelly-Jane at Cooking the Books.
Pixie at You Say Tomato, I Say Tomato.


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Portuguese Cobblestone
Pavements in the World
Ernesto Matos, in his travels around the world, went on capturing disconnected images, and building an inventory of this carpet made up of small stones in two colors; carved by hand.
In each photograph the author invites us to reflect on the formidable Portuguese Epic, forever leave a mark in the inhabited spaces, including the Bay Area in; San Jose, Hayward, and San Francisco, as if each cobblestone pavement were itself the Padrão (stone monument set up by the Portuguese in newly discovered lands).
Art, Stone by Stone
By addressing the subject from several perspectives: History, Design, Geology, Colorimetry, and Architecture, Ernesto Matos shows that Portuguese cobblestone pavement is more than just the simple application of natural stone. It should be perceived as a natural cultural expression of Portuguese prototype. Its foundations trace back to a legacy from history, a cultural and technological medley of Roman and Arab construction that finally took hold in Portugal in the XV century during the reign of D. João II.
Man, laid out his destiny by taking to the road. Step by step, hand in hand, he metamorphosed the walk and conceived the pavement. Through pavements, peoples and civilizations were united, conquests anticipated, and routes and riches found. Today, this art, so typically Portuguese, may be found in many parts of the world.
Each locality takes advantage of its rich natural geological resources and uses primarily the region's prevailing stone. This is the case in Algarve with the marble and schist and the islands (Azores and Madeira Archipelagos) with the black basalt.
In most municipalities in recent years, the Portuguese cobblestone pavement was used as one of the requirements for urban designation.
Sponsored by: Portuguese Heritage Society of California.
Opening Reception: Saturday, December 2nd, 2:00 PM; 2nd floor room 225. Open to the public, Free Admission.
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2013 NBA Playoffs Recap — Memphis Grizzlies, Miami Heat Advance to Conference Finals
The Memphis Grizzlies advanced to the finals of the Western Conference, and the Miami Heat moved on to the finals of the Eastern Conference. Here's a recap of Wednesday night's action in the NBA:
Memphis Grizzlies 88, Oklahoma City Thunder 84
Zach Randolph had 28 points and 14 rebounds and Mike Conley scored 13 points and dished out 11 assists, as the Memphis Grizzlies upset the Oklahoma City Thunder, 88-84, in Oklahoma City on Wednesday night to win their NBA playoff series in five games. After losing the first game in the series, Memphis swept the last four contests to advance to the Western Conference finals. The Grizzlies will play the winner of the Golden State Warriors-San Antonio Spurs series.
Kevin Durant had 21 points for the Thunder, which failed to make it back to the NBA Finals, where they lost to Miami in 2012. Serge Ibaka added 17 points and eight rebounds for Oklahoma City
Memphis def. Oklahoma City, 4-1
(home team in bold)
Game 1: Oklahoma City 93, Memphis 91
Game 2: Memphis 99, Oklahoma City 93
Game 3: Memphis 87, Oklahoma City 81
Game 4: Memphis 103, Oklahoma City 97
Game 5: Memphis 88, Oklahoma City 84
Miami Heat 94, Chicago Bulls 91
LeBron James scored 23 points and Dwyane Wade added 18, as the Miami Heat rallied past the Chicago Bulls, 94-91, in Miami on Wednesday night to win their second-round NBA playoff series in five games. Miami will face the winner of the New York Knicks-Indianapolis Pacers series in the Eastern Conference finals.
Carlos Boozer had 26 points and 14 rebounds for the Bulls, while teammate Nate Robinson scored 21. Chicago played without 2011 NBA MVP Derrick Rose, and forwards Kirk Hinrich (calf) and Luol Deng (illness).
Miami def. Chicago, 4-1
(home team in bold)
Game 1: Chicago 93, Miami 86
Game 2: Miami 115, Chicago 78
Game 3: Miami 104, Chicago 94
Game 4: Miami 88, Chicago 65
Game 5: Miami 94, Chicago 91


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IOWA CITY- Early voting has started in Iowa as Democrats seek to secure votes for President Barack Obama's re-election and build a pre-Election Day advantage over Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
Voters lined up as county auditor's offices opened Thursday to be among the first to have their say in the battleground state, one of the first where the election process is now in full swing.
Retired University of Iowa clerical worker Jane Ommen voted for Obama at the Johnson County Auditor's Office in Iowa City. A Democratic-leaning independent, Ommen says she voted for the president because she feels he's honest and can empathize with ordinary people.
State data shows Democrats had built a nearly 5-1 advantage in absentee ballot requests as of Wednesday, with roughly 119,000 compared to 25,000 for Republicans.


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Rose Marie Berger writes in the May 2013 Sojourners magazine cover story, "For God So Loved the World," that people of faith are key to reversing climate change. It will take a holy power shift to compel God's people to care for creation and "launch an irresistible force for change."
In creative and bold ways, people of faith from various religious traditions are doing just that. Together, they are raising their voices and taking action to address climate change.
Recently, a group of 75 people gathered in front of the White House to hold an interfaith service. Prayers and speeches from various traditions were recited, including the Muslim call to prayer from the Quran, an invocation of the Four Winds in the spiritual tradition of the First Nations, and a Christian prayer and reflection by Sojourners associate editor Rose Marie Berger. They called upon the president to act justly and heal creation from the dangers of Big Oil, Big Coal, and Unnatural Gas.
Fifteen people were arrested at the interfaith service for engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience. To learn more about the event and watch Rose Marie Berger in action, view this video released by Interfaith Moral Action on Climate (IMAC).


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Ellen DeGeneres is putting down roots where Brad Pitt once laid his head.
The daytime host finalized a deal to purchase Brad's Malibu, Calif., home for $12 million on Friday, according to People.
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The coastal property is divided into two separate homes, which boast ocean views, lush gardens and private beach access.
Ellen's new pad is significantly smaller than the 15,000-square foot Beverly Hills home she and wife Portia De Rossi recently put on the market, measuring in at roughly 4,000-square feet, according to the mag.
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Ellen and Portia's sprawling estate – listed for a whopping $49 million — was featured in Architectural Digest magazine's October issue, where the funnywoman explained her love of home buying and interior design.
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Retrieve an enumerated list of cameras available on the device.
#include <camera/camera_api.h>
camera_error_t camera_get_supported_cameras(unsigned int numasked, unsigned int *numsupported, camera_unit_t *cameras)
- numasked
The requested number of camera units to return in the array.
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A pointer to the number of camera units that you have access to. The argument is updated when the function completes successfully.
- cameras
A pointer to the first element in a camera_unit_t array. The array is updated with the cameras that you have access to when the function completes successfully.
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When calling this function, ensure that the cameras argument points to an array which has at least the number of elements allocated as specified in the numasked argument. To determine an appropriate size for this array, you can invoke this function in presizing-mode by setting the numasked argument to 0 or cameras argument set to NULL. When the function is invoked in this presizing-mode, the maximum array size required is returned in numsupported argument. You can then allocate an array of the appropriate size and invoke the function again with numasked argument set to the value returned previously in the numsupported argument.
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The first time I ever used rosemary, I didn't realize just how prickly all those little seeds were. I thought it smelled so good, so I dumped a whole bunch into some potato salad. Needless to say, after eating a few bites, I ended up trying to pick all the seeds out, since they're pretty much inedible in that raw state.
Even sprinkled onto a grilled pork chop, I think they stay a little stiff even after grilling, but I haven't ever found them in ground form. But with the coffee/spice grinder Jamie got me, we were able to turn a bunch of the seeds into ground rosemary, and now I have a nice little jar of the rosemary powder to use in so many ways.
The baking powder biscuits I like to make were a surprisingly big hit with all of you, and I took that basic recipe and spiced them up a little with some of the ground rosemary, a little garlic, and some freshly grated Parmesan. My favorite biscuit just got even better!
Along with the biscuits, we ate Potato Soup with Kale and Ground Turkey. Since I'm tracking Weight Watchers points now, it's not as creamy as you might expect a potato soup to be, but just as tasty, in my opinion, and full of flavor and nutrients. It's not as pretty in the photos as I would have liked, but hey, it's a bowl of soup - they don't always look photo-worthy.
And the soup was just as yummy a few days later, when we needed a hot meal after getting home from snow-shoeing in Grand Lake.
Potato Soup with Kale and Ground Turkey
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- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1/2 sweet yellow onion, diced
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 pound ground turkey
- 1/2 cup baby bella mushrooms, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 2 carrots, diced
- 1 large bunch of kale (leafy green parts, not the stalks) chopped (about 6 cups)
- 4 medium red potatoes, with the skins, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 4 cups fat-free low-sodium chicken broth
- 2 cups water
- 1 cup fat-free half 'n' half
- 1 cup skim milk
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 1/2 teaspoon sage
- 1/2 teaspoon ground thyme
- salt and pepper
Note: for a creamier, richer soup, substitute whole milk for some or all of the water, skim milk and chicken broth.
Heat the olive oil in a large stock pot over medium heat. Add the onion, garlic and turkey, and cook for a few minutes, using a wooden spoon to break up the meat, just until the meat begins to brown. Add the mushrooms, celery and carrots, and cook for 7-10 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are softened and the meat is completely browned.
Add the kale (it will look like a massive amount, but it will shrink down). Put the lid on the pot for a few minutes to let the steam wilt the kale. Add the potatoes, chicken broth, water and half 'n' half. Whisk the milk together with the cornstarch until smooth, and add that to the pot. Add the sage and thyme, and season with a teaspoon of salt and pepper.
Bring to a boil, then cover and reduce to medium low to simmer for about 30 minutes, until the potatoes are softened. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed. Simmer, uncovered, over medium low to medium heat for another 30-40 minutes, until thickened and the flavors have developed.
Yields a large pot of soup - about 8 servings.
Weight Watchers Points Plus Value: 5 points per serving
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen
Rosemary Garlic Parmesan Biscuits
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- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground rosemary
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 2/3 cup low-fat buttermilk
Preheat the oven to 450. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, or foil sprayed with non-stick spray.
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and rosemary. Drizzle the olive oil over the flour mixture and toss with a fork until clumpy. Add the Parmesan cheese and garlic and toss to combine.
Add the buttermilk, a little at a time, stirring just until the mixture comes together to form a soft and sticky dough. Drop by large spoonfuls (or roll out to make cut biscuits) onto the baking sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, until puffy and golden brown. Serve right away.
Yields 8 biscuits.
Weight Watchers Points Plus Value: 6 points per biscuit.
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Lawyers on both sides of an immigration battle that propelled Hazleton into the national spotlight nearly six years ago will base testimony on court rulings from related disputes in Arizona and Farmers Branch, Texas, when the case resumes Wednesday in federal appeals court.
Attorneys for the American Civil Liberties Union and the city of Hazleton have filed briefs and will make oral arguments before the U.S. Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia on Wednesday.
The appeals court, ordered by the U.S. Supreme Court to take another look at Hazleton's case, will write the next chapter in a long-standing dispute over the city's rental registration ordinance and related Illegal Immigration Relief Act.
The laws, which were never enforced, essentially bar businesses from hiring, and landlords from harboring, illegal immigrants.
The case that has become known as "Lozano, et al. v. City of Hazleton" includes plaintiffs Pedro Lozano, Casa Dominicana of Hazleton Inc., Hazleton Hispanic Business Association and the Pennsylvania Statewide Latino Coalition.
Parties on both sides of the dispute say they're confident heading into Wednesday's appearance before the appeals court.
Omar C. Jadwat, an attorney with ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Project, filed a 32-page brief on behalf of plaintiffs addressing the effects a Supreme Court ruling on Arizona's immigration law has on Hazleton's ordinances.
"In certain ways, they're both kind of directed at the same end - to make life miserable for people so that they leave," Jadwat contends. "The Hazleton law, in certain ways, is more direct about prohibiting basically residence of certain people in the City of Hazleton."
Kris Kobach, a lawyer who wrote Hazleton's ordinances and serves as Kansas secretary of state, believes Supreme Court rulings on similar immigration law in Arizona and Farmers Branch bolster Hazleton's chances of getting a ruling in its favor.
Similar laws
The Supreme Court in late June struck down parts of the Arizona law but upheld a portion that gave law enforcement the ability to check the immigration status of people they arrest. Federal officials who challenged the Arizona law did not contest changes made to a previous law that forces Arizona's employers to use the federal E-Verify system to confirm eligibility of employees and imposes penalties on employers who knowingly employ illegal aliens.
The latter provisions are similar to Hazleton's ordinances.
Kobach filed a brief on Aug. 1 that calls the Third Circuit Court's attention to a ruling from the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court that vacates a previous panel decision regarding an immigration ordinance proposed in Farmers Branch, Texas.
A three-judge panel of the Fifth Circuit was split 2-1 on the Farmers Branch ordinance, which would require that tenants register with a building inspector who would verify their lawful immigration status.
On July 31, however, the Fifth Circuit granted a petition for a rehearing en banc in the Farmers Branch case, which Kobach said in a legal brief has "the immediate effect of vacating the panel decision in that case."
Kobach said plaintiffs in Hazleton's case argued in March that the Third Circuit court follow the now-vacated Farmers Branch opinion.
"Such reliance would be misplaced, due to the fact that the panel opinion no longer has any precedential effect," Kobach wrote. "There is now no opinion in any circuit concerning an ordinance similar to Hazleton's that can be said to offer an even indirect support for Plaintiff-Appellees's position."
Kobach cited those developments - along with the Supreme Court ordering the Third Circuit Court to revisit Hazleton's case - when saying he believes Hazleton is on solid footing.
"I think the court is recognizing that the first try wasn't correct in the eyes of the Supreme Court," he said. "With the two recent decisions from the Supreme Court ⦠if the Third Circuit follows the Supreme Court's lead, it should sustain the ordinance. But, we'll see."
Kobach believes the plaintiffs have no argument for the employment provisions of Hazleton's ordinances, particularly because the Supreme Court upheld a similar law in Arizona.
"Most of the discussion in court next week will probably focus on the rental provisions of the Hazleton ordinance," he said.
Jadwat's brief addresses rental and housing provisions of Hazleton's ordinances, saying they dictate who must register and when, along with the type of information they must provide when registering, and also impose penalties for failing to comply with registration rules, making false statements or submitting false documents.
"The fact that the City nominally requires citizens as well as noncitizens to register does not change its intrinsic character as an immigration control measure," Jadwat wrote. "The registration scheme serves to obtain alien information, only noncitizens are required to provide information purporting to indicate their lawful presence in the United States, and only noncitizens will have their information sent to the federal government. The housing provisions therefore tread on the field occupied by federal alien registration law."
The appeals court also has directed the city to file a brief regarding the effects of Arizona's law on Hazleton's ordinances.
U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta, R-11, who championed the illegal immigration ordinances while serving as Hazleton's mayor, said he has been following the case and will attend the Third Circuit hearing Wednesday.
While Jadwat believes the Arizona ruling will make for a stronger case for plaintiffs in Hazleton's case, Barletta said he's "very optimistic" the city's ordinances will stand, particularly because the business portion of Arizona's law was based on the city's ordinances.
"I think the chances are better now than ever in light of the fact that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the state of Arizona, who used the business portion of our ordinance," Barletta said. "I feel that the Supreme Court would not be sending this down (to the appeals court) to be heard again if they didn't feel we had a case."
Hazleton Mayor Joseph Yannuzzi believes the Third Circuit panel's willingness to hear oral arguments will only benefit the city. Yannuzzi said he will also be in attendance Wednesday.
Jadwat, who will argue on the plaintiffs' behalf, doesn't believe oral arguments will benefit one party more than the other.
"It's not surprising," he said. "I think it's just part of the court trying to consider the issues fully."
Kobach, however, disagrees.
"We already argued in 2008 in the Third Circuit," he said. "It ruled against the city and the Supreme Court of the United States told the Third Circuit to, 'Try again, you got it wrong.' The court could've just revisited the case without another round of hearings."
Kobach will argue on Hazleton's behalf while Jadwat will argue for plaintiffs.
Jadwat submitted the plaintiffs' legal brief along with representatives from the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Cozen O'Connor of Philadelphia, White & Williams of Philadelphia and LatinoJustice of New York.
The outcome
Jadwat said the plaintiffs on Wednesday will seek the same outcome as in the past - having the courts suspend Hazleton's laws.
"We've won at every stage at this case - from the first filing at district court and now, we're back down in front of the (Third Circuit) court of appeals," Jadwat said. "We want to defend that injunction."
Legal fees, which exceeded $2 million as of May 2009, will also come into play at some point, Jadwat said.
As with any other municipality that engages in "unconstitutional conduct," Hazleton could face a steep bill, Jadwat said.
"That is one of the consequences for Hazleton in pursuing this path - that they are likely to find themselves on the hook for significant attorney's fees," he said. "It is, of course, and has always been possible for Hazleton to minimize and avoid these fees by abiding by the rulings of the district court."
Kobach, however, said that while the ACLU "loves to suppress cities with legal fees," their lawyers often don't disclose two key issues.
"They only get the legal fees if they win, and only if they get involved in civil rights issues," Kobach said. "Not all aspects (of Hazleton's case) are civil rights. We're a long way from seeing any fees in that manner."


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