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As per every Monday morning, the talk around the office here at Sports Poster Warehouse is about yesterday's NFL action. We like to spend the first hour of the day arguing about the top performers from Sunday's NFL games. So, without further delay, here are our picks!
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South Lake Tahoe councilwoman cleared in bribery investigation
A South Lake Tahoe councilwoman has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing after a bribery investigation by the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office and District Attorney's Office.
Angela Swanson was investigated for accepting "an uncounted bag of cash" from career criminal Gennaro 'Gino' DiMatteo between two votes on the future of DiMatteo's former medical marijuana dispensary in the city.
The cash was for Lake Tahoe Educational Foundation, a charity Swanson is involved with. The cash transaction was set up and attended by Swanson and no receipt was given during the transaction, according to the investigation.
"Our investigation revealed that Mr. DiMatteo clearly believed that prior to councilmember Swanson's vote on his dispensary he was told that he needed to make a donation to a local South Lake Tahoe charity," District Attorney Vern Pierson wrote in a four-page letter to the South Lake Tahoe City Council.
"Mr. DiMatteo told investigators it was his understanding — 'you scratch my back, I scratch yours.'"
The cash transaction involved approximately $1,100.
In the letter to the City Council dated Jan. 17, Pierson states it was clearly an attempted bribery under California Penal Code. But an investigation involving multiple witness interviews, search warrants on multiple locations and a review of voluminous documents concluded that while it is clear DiMatteo believed he was attempting to bribe Swanson, it is equally clear that Swanson had already intended to vote favorably for his marijuana dispensary.
"Upon a final review of all the evidence, it is our conclusion that South Lake Tahoe City Councilmember Swanson's actions do not rise to the level sufficient to file criminal charges as she clearly harbored no criminal intent. Accordingly, this case is now closed," Pierson wrote.
The investigation also revealed that the South Lake Tahoe City Council approved permits for DiMatteo to open a medical marijuana dispensary in the city despite his being a convicted felon and city ordinances prohibiting convicted felons from running dispensaries.
Swanson said she appreciates how thorough the district attorney's office was in its investigation and how strongly it made the finding that she harbored no criminal intent in the interaction and always voted with integrity.
"I appreciate them taking their time, doing their job thoughtfully and carefully and coming through with a perspective I heartily agree with and appreciate," Swanson said.
DiMatteo is serving time in federal prison. He was sentenced to five years as part of a plea agreement reached in April 2013. As part of that agreement, DiMatteo pleaded guilty to a single felony count of drug trafficking.
During a 2012 raid on his Angora Lake Road home, authorities recovered about 5 pounds of processed marijuana and found an inactive grow room that they estimated could have yielded between 22 and 25 pounds of marijuana four times a year and made about $320,000 annually.
According to Pierson, DiMatteo has "bragged openly of connections to organized crime."
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In response to the changing global markets, a dairy used Rural Development Programme (RDP) support to reorient its production and maintain its export potential.
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In response to the changing global markets, a dairy used Rural Development Programme (RDP) support to reorient its production and maintain its export potential.
A cooperative focused on quality cheese production, used Rural Development Programme support to expand its facilities and thus ensure the continuous growth of its business.
A major exporting agricultural company in Portugal, used EAFRD support to develop a state-of-the-art innovative, greenhouse production unit.
A dynamic agricultural cooperative used Rural Development Programme support for the setting up of a modern seed processing facility in order to enhance its competitiveness.
In an area where the agricultural sector is under pressure due the expansion of a nearby urban centre, the diversification of farming activities e.g. ice-cream production and marketing, can ensure the farm's sustainability.
A subsistence farm used RDP support in order to become commercially viable by investing in organic production.
Building a reservoir to catch runoff water and provide protection against floods in a vulnerable area.
A family farm specialised on wine production used RDP support to acquire a new tractor and in this way improve its productivity and competitiveness.
A market-driven investment to increase a sheep farm's competitiveness, through the intensification of high quality organic milk production.
An agricultural cooperative invested in setting up organic apple orchards with anti-hail nets. They also acquired agricultural machinery to support the production of organic beef.


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"Our partner, Fujitsu Hokuriku Systems, challenged us to achieve our goal with their ICT. They put themselves in our shoes to fully understand our issues, and work in collaboration to solve them. This attitude influenced our decision"
Tomoya Hayashida, Group Manager, MIS dept. ICT Planning Gr, Administration Marketing HQ
Yokogawa Electric was first established in 1915 as an electric meter research institute. In 1975 it pioneered the development of distributed control systems, which for the first time in the world, could comprehensively control and monitor plant operations and manufacturing. Since sales began, Yokogawa has been recognized in the global market as leading company in its field. The company continues to provide innovative solution services by adding value for customers through activities that support power saving and the development of new energy based on its measurement and control technologies.
Yokogawa Electric is aiming to be the global first in control services following the establishment of their global enterprise foundation. In March 2013, the overseas sales ratio (consolidated) exceeded 60% and the overseas network had grown to 71 subsidiaries in 34 countries. The ICT infrastructure that supports this global strategy is the Yokogawa Global System (YGS).
"YGS is an infrastructure system with responsibility for the overall supply chain of global sales, accounting, manufacturing and distribution. The system has been implemented in 10 bases across seven countries since 2008 and continues to expand globally. Our information system department takes a top down approach to the construction and operation of YGS in order to identify how it can be best utilized. This is achieved by providing users with transparency into the system and standardized operations. Our YGS integrated storage platform forms a base for effective data storage and utilization. Due to growth, the platform urgently required greater capacity to store 2TB of data annually for the ERP system alone, as well as higher performance for uninterrupted data use," explains Mr. Kitahara Taku, Corporate Department Information System.
Yokogawa Electric needed to store 10 years' of data and ensure efficient data management and usability. The data migration needed to be performed securely within a limited time frame.
Yokogawa Electric implemented the integrated FUJITSU Storage ETERNUS DX8700 system to support 10 years' of storage using automated tiering and effective data utilization.
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" big scare for an Oak Park family, their toddler was accidentally served alcohol in a kids meal at Applebee's. After a few swigs from his sippy cup, the 15-month-old boy needed a ride to the hospital. Taylor Dill-Reese says her son started acting strangely after drinking what she thought was apple juice. So, she tasted it and discovered the cup contained an alcoholic margarita mix.". Courtesy of San
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The Hummer was a huge departure from previous military "light" utility 4x4s like the Jeep M38A1 and M151! There is nothing "light" about a Humvee or Hummer H1. When AM General won the U.S. military bid for a "High Mobility Multi-Purpose Wheeled Vehicle" (HMMWV), a vehicle with 3/4-ton, full size truck chassis dimensions burst forth! In the field with armor and utility equipment, these trucks can reach eight tons of steel and equipment. Introduced in the early '80s, they performed in the Gulf War and Middle East military ventures since. When AM General went to the civilian market with the Hummer in the 'nineties, I had the opportunity to test one such beast for the Portland Oregonian newspaper. I picked the vehicle up at Sears Point (Infineon) and drove with wife Donna back to Yerington, Nevada. We spent most of that drive trying to hear each other across the doghouse with the Clarion sound system competing with the G.M. diesel engine! Hoisting the truck for photos, the massive machine, more than a 3/4-ton truck chassis' length and width, took my new 9000# capacity Forward lift to just short of its limits. After that period, the G.M. acquisition brought with it a more "civilized" line of Hummers, including the military-based H1, the H2 and H3. The H2 and H3 were full-size and compact Chevrolet truck chassis and powertrains, offering a decent ride quality, easier parts access to mass produced components, common axles and suspension, and more overall affordability to the product line. In recent years, the magazine's base at Fernley, Nevada has brought me in contact with Brad Falin's race vehicles. Brad has familiarized me with the details of Humvee racing and performance technology and components. Brad worked with the Rod Hall Hummer Racing program for seven years and advanced Hummer suspension/shock absorber systems, making the Hummer highly competitive at Baja and Dakar. Brad's own Duramax powered Ultra4 racing machine debuted at the 2012 King of the Hammers with many Humvee-derived chassis and drive components. I have access to new developments at the Brad Falin race shop, where Humvee aftermarket advancements and technology unfold! Rod Hall's shop is also accessible at nearby Reno... Whether you work, restore or compete with Humvees, own a stock or competition H1, H2 or H3, this forum provides a community for discussing technology, upgrades, restoration and how to keep a Hummer or Humvee alive!—Moses Ludel Any Humvee or civilian Hummer owner will recognize Brad Falin's race car platform. IFS/IRS was a Humvee hallmark. Brad debuted the first turbo diesel muscle in Ultra4 racing at the 2012 King of the Hammers. Rear axle and suspension are a custom beam (solid) axle design by Brad Falin. At right, Brad waits patiently in the contingency line at the 2012 KOH, ready for tech inspection!


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Missing 91-year-old found dead at McAlister Farm
Deputies say Richard Brown's car found in pond
A missing Dearborn County man has been found dead but foul play is not suspected.
The Switzerland County Sheriff's Office said dispatchers received calls from the Ohio County dispatch center saying it had received calls for help at the McAlister Farms on North Branch Road in Switzerland County.
The caller had told dispatchers they had found items belonging to the missing 91-year-old man.
Police said they had launched a search for the man late Friday after he was reported missing from the Aurora area.
Dispatchers said the missing man was known to fish at the farm.
Deputies said they searched the farm with family members that night but did not find anything.
Sheriff Roy Leap said the body of 91-year-old Richard Brown, of Aurora, was found Saturday. The announcement was made about 10:30 a.m.
Investigators said Brown's vehicle was found submerged in a pond at the farm.
Dearborn County Water Rescue Team members recovered the vehicle and found Brown's body inside.
Leap said the case is still under investigation but that preliminary reports do not indication anything suspicious.


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Taiwan: Food, Finally!
My friend John was telling me the other day that the reason "foreign restaurants" are taking off in Taiwan is people here are afraid of Chinese ingredients, like everything has melamine in it. I don't see it that way. I think the population has become more worldly, more adventuresome and less susceptible to Sino-centric brainwashing. This bodes well for me, because boy do I like to eat. I threw some pics down below as further evidence of Taiwan's democratization.
I had this pita sandwich and spicy fries at a Middle Eastern restaurant called the Sababa Pita Bar www.sababapita.com, a restaurant in the newish Breeze Center, upstairs at the Taipei Train Station. I asked one of employees, I think his name was Eddie (an overseas Taiwanese from the Philippines) if they had a "foreign" cook hidden away in the back. He said "no", and that the owner was a Taiwanese woman. But he also told me that restaurant was a franchise. Sababa buys all of their sauces from the original branch, which is run by a Canadian. I'm guessing the Canadian, or his parents, come from some place cooler than Canada. This guy can really cook. Let's just hope the owner of this branch doesn't get it into her head that they don't really need to keep paying up, that she can do just as well on her own. When/if this happens, the Sababa Pita Bar can kiss its sales goodbye.
Moroccan eggplant, yogurt sauce, tomatoes, dill (I think), pita and drink for NT$180 (US$6).
Korean food in Hualien (花蓮), Taiwan: for the life of me, I couldn't remember eating this. It was in my Hualien pics file stored on my Mac, from the spring. I must've enjoyed it, because I love Korean food. Hualien has also started to go cosmopolitan. The tiny airport there serves international flights. And I do remember eating at a Chinese restaurant and having my order taken by a Russian in a chipao.
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This Pom Pom Blanket is tastefully handcrafted by our workshop in the Medina of Marrakesh. A perfect marriage of the old and the new, these delightful blankets are handwoven on traditional wooden looms using weaving and dyeing techniques that have not changed in centuries. Yet, the patterns and the colors used to make these blankets will bring light and energy to a contemporary decor with gusto and style.
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Android on your BlackBerry? Rumors in the past have reported that RIM is seriously considering a feature that will allow BlackBerry devices to run Android apps. Research In Motion toils with the path it wants to take as far as how the existing Java environment will work on its upcoming QNX tablet and smartphones. Jonathan Geller from BGR got the exclusive on this and reports...
Here is the big news: we have been told RIM is very much considering the Dalvik virtual machine, and we ultimately expect the company to chose Dalvik. If that sounds familiar to you, its because its the same VM that the Android OS uses, and it would allow RIMs PlayBook and other QNX devices to run just about any application built for the Android platform. There are various approaches to this situation one where RIM uses the open source Dalvik VM and does not involve Google, and another (incredible) scenario where RIM and Google might reach an agreement (basically certify the device/platform) that would provide official support to Android apps on RIMs QNX-based OS, and would feature the Android Market, Googles Gmail, Maps, and other apps.
Given RIM making some huge leaps lately in the market with the announcement of upcoming devices, QNX, and OS 6.1, it would be a HUGE impact for BlackBerry/Android integration, and in my eyes, great for the open source market.
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A number of Twitter Warcraft types threw around the idea of having a cookie exchange this holiday season. After coming to the conclusion that a multi-country cookie exchange would be more work than fun, we plumped on the idea of exchanging recipes and baking them in the floury splendor of our own kitchens. The writer and baker of each cookie would be revealed only at the end.
Each participant sent in one (or two) recipes. Using a random number generator, I assigned each person a recipe and passed on the anonymous information. Cookies were baked and photos were taken, with results as fun as they were delicious!
I hope the Warcookie bakers enjoyed their sweet treats, and that we all find a few more recipes here to try at home for the holidays.
A huge thanks to our participants:
@asherrylie | @celticlibrarian | @clandmg | @DiscoPriest | @Druidis4fite | @duskhawk | @Frosted_Miika | @glyneth | @happycho | Kamalia | @katfinate | @kissmyalas | @MaeliNexi | @melisan229 | @riththewarluid | @Rhaygar | @Rhoelyn | @Rezznul | @_Vidyala
Alphabetical by recipe giver's Twitter
RECIPE: Danish Wedding Cookies
Recipe Giver: Asherrylie @asherrylie | Melting Faces
Recipe Baker: Narci @Druidis4fite | Flavor Text Lore
Recipe Provided by @asherrylie
(Named with other various nationalities, depending on your location)
1 cup all-purpose flour
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup butter, softened
1/2 cup pecans, finely chopped
1/2 cup powdered sugar, sifted, divided
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Powdered sugar
Combine flour and cinnamon in a large bowl.
Add butter, pecans, 1/4 cup powdered sugar, and vanilla, stir well until blended. Batter will be stiff.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake at 400 degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Remove cookies to wire racks to cool slightly. Roll cookies in powdered sugar, and cool completely.
Baker's Notes by @Druidis4fite
[Recipe above]
RECIPE: Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe Giver: Celtic Librarian @celticlibrarian | Bright Side Reading
Recipe Baker: Kamalia Kamalia et Alia [#Warcookie Post]
Recipe Provided by @celticlibrarian
2 1/4 cup self-rising flour
3 tsp pumpkin pie spice
3/4 cup butter, room temperature
1 1/4 cup light brown sugar
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips (I like the ghirardelli chips meself)
1 cup chopped walnuts or pecans (completely optional)
Preheat oven to 350′ F.
Whisk together flour and pumpkin pie spice then set aside. In a large bowl, cream butter. Add both sugars and beat until light and fluffy. Add vanilla.
Add eggs one at a time and beat until combined. Add flour/spice mixture to sugar mixture in three additions. Alternate with pumpkin in two additions, ending with the flour mixture.
Stir in chocolate chips and chopped nuts (if you include them). Drop on a parchment paper lined cookie tray.
Bake for 10-12 minutes; let cool. Usually makes about 4 dozen cookies.
These are delicious just like this, but if you want to be really decadent here's a frosting recipe to slather on top!
Maple Brown Butter Frosting
3 cups sifted confectioners sugar
1/2 cup butter
1/4 cup milk
2 tsp maple flavoring
Sift sugar and set aside
melt butter over medium heat until golden brown. Watch closely so it doesn't burn
Add butter to sugar, scraping all the butter into the bowl
Add milk and maple flavoring. Stir until smooth
Spread on top of cookies with a knife or offset spatula
*Please note, I did not come up with this recipe, I've modified the cookie recipe slightly but the frosting is 100% not mine. I got this off a lovely dessert blog and unfortunately I can't remember the name.
Hope it's enjoyed! 🙂
Baker's Notes by Kamalia et Alia
My cookies did not quite turn out as expected, due to a moment of derp while I was mixing them up. I merrily dumped in the entire contents of a small can of pumpkin, and only realized after I'd folded in the last of the flour that the can probably contained 1.5 — 2 cups of pumpkin instead of the 1 cup required by the recipe.
I stirred in an additional half cup of flour, then decided that adding enough more flour (and the other ingredients) to correct the soft, gloppy batter back to cookie consistency wouldn't be worth the effort. I greased up a bundt pan, dumped the batter in, baked it for an hour, and got a very nice cake instead.
Then, being rather fond of Amelia Bedelia, I knew that I had to make some *other* kind of cookies to compensate for my unexpected results. I tried out an idea I'd read online to use pomegranate molasses instead of regular molasses in a molasses cookie recipe, and came up with these
Pomegranate Pistachio Cookies
3/4 c butter-flavored shortening
1 c sugar
1 egg
1/4 c pomegranate molasses
2 1/4 c flour
1 t baking soda
coarsely chopped pistachios
Stir together the flour and soda. Cream the butter and sugar, beat in the egg, then beat in the pomegranate molasses. Fold in the flour, then the pistachios. Bake at 375 F.
The pomegranate molasses gives the dough an unusual sweet-tart flavor that is balanced by the pistachios. These cookies would be best served at a party for grown-ups, because the flavor is probably too off-beat for most children's palates.
RECIPE: Hertzog Cookies
Recipe Giver: Clandmg @clandmg | The Autistic
Recipe Baker: Rith @riththewarluid | Polka DoTs and HoTs
Recipe Provided by @clandmg
2 Cups Dessicated coconut
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Sift Flour, baking powder & salt together. Add powdered sugar & rub in margarine.
- Beat egg yolks & water together & add to dry ingredients, mixing to a soft dough.
- Roll dough out thinly and press out circles. Line a greased muffin tin with circles.
- Spoon a teaspoonful of apricot preserves into middle of each circle.
- Beat egg whites until soft peak stage. Add the white sugar slowly, while still beating. Fold in coconut and spoon the egg mixture onto the preserves.
- Bake for 20 – 25 minutes
- Turn carefully onto a wire rack to cool.
Baker's Notes by @riththewarluid
RECIPE: Dream Bars
Recipe Giver: Liala @DiscoPriest | Disciplinary Action
Recipe Baker: Glyneth @glyneth | G+ #Warcookie Album
Recipe Provided by @DiscoPriest
Baker's Notes by @glyneth
[Glyneth's larger pictures may be found on her G+ album for this project right here]
RECIPE: Chocolate Sour Cream Cookies
Recipe Giver: Narci @Druidis4fite | Flavor Text Lore
Recipe Baker: Liala @DiscoPriest | Disciplinary Action [#Warcookie Post]
Recipe Provided by @Druidis4fite
Hai! Here's my favorite family Christmas recipe. I am preserving my mother's choice of formatting. OH BOY COOKIES 16 POINT FONT.
3/4 cup white sugar and 3/4 cup brown sugar
Baker's Notes by @DiscoPriest
I basically derped up this recipe as hard as I possibly could, and then I turned around and derped a little harder for good measure. It was an incredibly easy recipe, but there was just something in the air that would not let me make these cookies! But it all starts out so hopeful (and neat!):
When I was putting the wet ingredients into the mixer, I (1) dropped two eggs on the floor, (2) upended the entire container of sour cream into the mixing bowl, (3) tried to scoop out some of the sour cream so that approximately one cup would be left in there and (4) ended up tipping over the mixing bowl and pouring out all the wet ingredients onto the counter.
I cleaned everything up, dumped out everything, and started over.
This time, I got all the way up to the 'add the melted chocolate' step of the process. Unfortunately, I completely forgot that all of my ingredients were super-cold, and when the hot chocolate hit the chilly mixture, the whole thing seized up into this massively disgusting mess with huge chunks of chocolate floating in it.
Everything went back down the drain, and I started again. At this point, I was out of baking chocolate so I substituted half a cup of cocoa powder bloomed with about a tablespoon of hot water. This time, everything went perfectly smoothly (except for dropping two proto-cookies on the floor and spilling the sugar), and they baked up beautifully on Silpat mats. I think the cocoa powder made them more cake-like than they would have been with the baker's chocolate, but they were absolutely delicious!
The recipe suggested adding frosting or sprinkles, but I was too scared to attempt anything further (and they were fantastic as-is!). Thanks, Grandpa Narci!
RECIPE: Peanut Butter Balls
Recipe Giver: Duskhawk @duskhawk | Marksman Hunter
Recipe Baker: Rhoelyn @Rhoelyn | Beneath Two Skies
Recipe Provided by @duskhawk
Ok, these are *probably* technically considered a confection, but they're always with the cookies, and they're what we fight over at my gramma's. I think in Ohio they call them Buckeyes and don't completely coat them, but I'm from Indiana and we like our chocolate.
We used to get together and make these at my great-grandmother's (this is her recipe).
2 cups creamy peanut butter
1/2 cup butter
4 cups confectioners' sugar
3 cups crisp rice cereal
2 cups semisweet chocolate chips (have more on hand in case you run out – I usually go through 2 bags)
Melt peanut butter and butter in saucepan, over low heat. In large bowl, mix crispy rice cereal and confectioners' sugar well. Pour melted peanut butter and butter over cereal and sugar and blend together thoroughly.
Form into 1 inch or smaller balls, spread on cookie sheets, chill till firm in refrigerator (over night is okay).
Melt chocolate in double boiler and keep melted while working with balls. A teaspoon is best to use in dipping the balls in chocolate. Dip good and place on cookie sheet. As you dip them place them back on cookie sheet and keep chilled till firm.
Notes: If you pick your ingredients right, these are gluten-free. If peanuts are a problem, tahini can probably be substituted, although the flavor will be a bit different (but probably still quite tasty).
My great-grandmother would use carob for the chocolate coating, since it usually stayed glossy better.
Baker's Notes by @Rhoelyn
A teaspoon is best to use in dipping the balls in chocolate.
RECIPE: Sugar and Spice Cookies
Recipe Giver: Frosted Miika @Frosted_Miika
Recipe Baker: Asherrylie @asherrylie | Melting Faces
Recipe Provided by @Frosted_Miika
From the cookbook of Rhas
Makes approx. 36 cookies.
Preheat oven to 375.F (190.C)
3/4 cup vegetable shortening (or lard)
1 cup Brown (or Golden) Sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup Molasses
2 1/4 cups All Purpose Flour
1 tsp Baking Soda
1 1/2 tsp. Ground Cinnamon
1 tsp Ground Ginger (the powdered stuff.. not fresh ginger)
1 tsp Ground Nutmeg
1/4 tsp Ground All Spice
1/4 tsp Black Pepper
White/Granulated Sugar (used to roll the cookies in)
1) In a large bowl cream shortening and brown sugar using an electric mixer. Cream until light and fluffy then beat in egg and molasses.
2) In a seperate bowl combine flour, baking soda and all spices (not the extra white sugar.. leave that in a bowl to the side)
3) Combine half of the flour mixture into the cream mixture using a mixer on medium speed. Once fully combine, stir in the rest of the flour mixture.
4) Shape douhg into 1 inch balls and roll in white sugar to coat.
5) Place on an ungreased baking sheet approx. 2 inches apart.
6) Once oven is preheated, bake for 8-10 minutes. The top of the cookies should crack on the top.
The Cookies should be crisp on the outside once they cool, but still a bit soft on the inside. Good with any type of alcohol.. both with cookie and whilst baking them.. and waiting for them.. heck, even before you start baking maybe a shot or two of something 😉
Baker's Notes by @asherrylie
These cookies were fun to make. It was interesting though, and I wasn't so sure how they would come out. I've never cooked with Molasses before, and when I opened the jar, I wasn't a fan of how it smelt. Haha. Anyways, these were a HUGE hit at my house. The Husband and his brother are sort of picky eaters, but they absolutely loved them. Brother-in-Law even said that I could sell these cookies and make money. It was quite a surprise!
I'm VERY happy with how they turned out, and I will probably make them again in the future!
This was Tons of Fun 🙂
RECIPE: Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Cookies
Recipe Giver: Glyneth @glyneth
Recipe Baker: Rhay @Rhaygar | Healing Rhay
Recipe Provided by @glyneth
1 box devil's food cake mix
1/3 cup powdered cocoa
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 eggs
3/4 cup raspberry chips (Hershey makes these, but they could be hard to find)
3/4 cup dark chocolate chips
Mix together cake mix and cocoa. Add oil and eggs. Stir in both flavors of chips.
Drop by teaspoonfuls onto a cookie sheet.
Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 8-10 minutes. Makes approximately 4 dozen cookies.
Note: Apologies for using a pre-made cake mix, but these are really good cookies. I have found them to be a bit dry sometimes due to the added cocoa, so if you think they need a bit more moisture, you can add a little bit more oil.
Applesauce also works as an oil replacement for less fattening cookies! Or you can use half applesauce, half oil.
If you can't find the raspberry chips, then I'd just recommend substituting another kind of chip.
Baker's Notes by @Rhaygar
Recipe Giver: Su-Li @happycho | @happytauren | Happy Tauren
Recipe Baker: Duskhawk @duskhawk | Marksman Hunter [#Warcookie Post]
Recipe Provided by @happytauren
I am submitting molasses spice cookies with rum glaze. It's from the America's Test Kitchen Baking Handbook, and they are really tasty!
Baker's Notes by @duskhawk
You may note the Alliance got raided while waiting for the Horde to come out of the oven. Alas, I have a cold, so I'll just have to eat them all myself so I don't infect people. >.>
RECIPE: Aska Mistrunner's Mulgore Spicebread Cookies
Recipe Giver: Kamalia Kamalia et Alia
Recipe Baker: Frosted Miika @Frosted_Miika
Recipe Provided by Kamalia et Alia
A blend of seven ground spices and three liquid flavoring extracts gives these thin, crispy cookies a rich and delightful flavor. I love all the different shades of brown of the spices against the white flour as I'm measuring out the ingredients.
3 1/2 c Simple Flour
2 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
1 t each cinnamon & nutmeg
1/2 t each ginger, allspice, mace, cardamom, and cloves
3/4 c butter, softened
1 c sugar
1 Small Egg
1 t each vanilla & lemon extracts
1/4 t anise extract
1/4 c Ice Cold Milk
Whisk together the flour, baking powder, salt, and ground spices. Cream the butter and the sugar together until fluffy, beat in the egg, and then add the liquid flavoring extracts. Fold in the flour mixture in two or three additions, alternating with the milk and having flour as the last addition. Chill the dough for 30 – 60 minutes. Roll the dough thinner rather than thicker. Cut with your favorite cookie cutters.
Bake at 350 F until lightly browned at the edges; the thinner you have rolled the cookies, the closer you will have to watch them to make sure they don't get too dark.
Baker's Notes by @Frosted_Miika
Here is my photo of the cookies I made, "Aska Mistrunners Mulgore Spicebread Cookies". It was fun trying (figuring out) someone else's recipe. Cheers!
RECIPE: Snickerdoodles
Recipe Giver: Katfinate @katfinated
Recipe Baker: Celtic Librarian @celticlibrarian | Bright Side Reading
Recipe Provided by @katfinated
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
2 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon cream of tartar
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
Sugar topping:
2 tablespoons white sugar
2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
Preheat over to 375.
Cream the 1 1/2 cups sugar and butter. Add vanilla and eggs, one at a time until each is mixed well. Stir together flour, cream of tartar, baking soda and salt. Add to cream mix and blend well. Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Combine the rest of the sugar and cinnamon together. Roll dough in the mixture and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
Bake 8 – 10 minutes or until set. Immediately remove from cookie sheets.
And I always recommend White Russians as an accompaniment. For anything. And everything.
Baker's Notes by @celticlibrarian
The recipe was neat because while still very much a snickerdoodle recipe it was different from my grandmother's recipe that I make once in a blue moon. Biggest difference? No shortening – so it was a lighter tasting cookie.
Super easy to make and a lot of fun to put together with my standing mixer. Last time I made snickerdoodles I used a hand mixer and that was a bit of a pain. This time, easy peasy! I don't know how to make little cookies so I think I wound up with about 27-30 cookies in all, pretty sure the recipe was supposed to make more than that but oh well! 🙂
RECIPE: Creative Mint Cookies
Recipe Giver: Alastriona @kissmyalas | Kiss My Alas
Recipe Baker: Maeli @MaeliNexi
Recipe Provided by @kissmyalas
Baker's Notes by @MaeliNexi
Here is a picture of some finished cookies. And now I think I have to have cookies for breakfast, since I just got them out to take this. 😉
RECIPE: Sunwell Sugar Cookies
Recipe Giver: Maeli @MaeliNexi
Recipe Baker: Clandmg @clandmg | The Autistic
Recipe Provided by @MaeliNexi
These are ridiculously simple and easy, but I always make them this time of year and use red and green sugar on them, so why not.
Baker's Notes by @clandmg
RECIPE: Chocolate Chip and Bacon Cookies
Recipe Giver: Melissa @melisan229 | Nerdveau
Recipe Baker: Rezznul @Rezznul | Red Noob Diaries
Recipe Provided by @melisan229
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/8 cup all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
pinch of salt (if you know your bacon is salty, or used the bacon grease, you can lessen this)
1 cup chocolate chunks or chips
5 strips bacon, cooked and crumbled
salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients to the wet.
Baker's Notes by @Rezznul
Ever since Worgens have come into their own, the one thing I've heard over and over is:
RECIPE: White Christmas Dream Drops
Recipe Giver: Rith @riththewarluid | Rith's Deviant Art
Recipe Baker: Vidyala @_Vidyala | Manalicious | From Draenor
Recipe Provided by @riththewarluid
- 2 large egg whites, at room temperature
- 1/8 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup plus 1 1/2 tbsp. coarsely crushed peppermint candies
- Preheat oven to 250°. Beat egg whites and cream of tartar in a deep bowl with a mixer, using whisk attachment if you have one, just until soft peaks form. Add vanilla and salt. With motor running and mixer on high speed, pour in 1 tbsp. sugar and beat 10 to 15 seconds, then repeat until all sugar has been added. Scrape inside of bowl and beat another 15 seconds. At this point, meringue should form straight peaks when beaters are lifted. Fold in chocolate chips and 1/3 cup candies with a flexible spatula.
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper, using a bit of meringue at corners as glue. Using a soup spoon, drop meringue in rounded 1-tbsp. portions slightly apart onto sheets, scraping off with another spoon. Sprinkle with remaining 1 1/2 tbsp. candies.
- Bake until meringues feel dry and set when touched but are still pale, 30 to 35 minutes, switching pan positions halfway through. Turn off oven, open door, and let cookies stand about 10 minutes. Let cool on pans.
- Make ahead: Up to 2 days, stored airtight.
Baker's Notes by @_Vidyala
Here is my photo for the cookie exchange. Thanks for organizing this for us. =)
RECIPE: Red Velvet Cookies
Recipe Giver: Rhay @Rhaygar | Healing Rhay
Recipe Baker: Katfinate @katfinated
Recipe Provided by @Rhaygar
Baker's Notes by @katfinated
I ended up not changing anything. I took them to work where everyone loved them and some even asked for the recipe, so they were very pleased.
I did, however, put in too many white chocolate chips on accident. I wasn't paying enough attention to the quantity when I got to that point. It definitely made forming the cookies harder so something to keep in mind. Lots of chips are not always a good thing. 🙂
RECIPE: Cranberry-Orange Cookies
Recipe Giver: Rhoelyn @Rhoelyn | Two Skies
Recipe Baker: Melissa @melisan229 | Nerdveau | DeviantArt
Recipe Provided by @Rhoelyn
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon grated orange zest
- 2 tablespoons orange juice
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chopped cranberries
- 1/2 cup chopped walnuts (optional)
- 1/2 teaspoon grated orange zest
- 3 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, white sugar and brown sugar until smooth. Beat in the egg until well blended. Mix in 1 teaspoon orange zest and 2 tablespoons orange juice. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt; stir into the orange mixture. Mix in cranberries and if using, walnuts, until evenly distributed. Drop dough by rounded tablespoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Cookies should be spaced at least 2 inches apart.
- Bake for 12 to 14 minutes in the preheated oven, until the edges are golden. Remove from cookie sheets to cool on wire racks.
- In a small bowl, mix together 1/2 teaspoon orange zest, 3 tablespoons orange juice and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Spread over the tops of cooled cookies. Let stand until set.
Baker's Notes by @melisan229
Here is my WarCookie Photo! It's my first time experimenting with paper-child art, but I like it! It's my Paladin Quaras, with the Cranberry Orange cookies and a big glass of milk!
RECIPE: Yummy Bars
Recipe Giver: Rezznul @Rezznul | Red Noob Diaries
Recipe Baker: Alastriona @kissmyalas | Kiss My Alas
Recipe Provided by @Rezznul
All right, I'll admit it. As a kid, I was incredibly picky. My Mom would make the most amazing spread of cookies and bars for Christmas, and make a platter for our teachers as a Christmas gift.
Baker's Notes by @kissmyalas
RECIPE: Rum Raisin Sour Cream Cookies & Peppermint Munchies
Recipe Giver: Vidyala @_Vidyala | Manalicious | From Draenor
Recipe Baker: Su-Li @happycho | @happytauren | Happy Tauren [#Warcookie Post]
Recipe Provided by @_Vidyala
I'm including two recipes to provide a choice based on personal tastes and baking inclinations. The first recipe is very simple to make and tasty (also low fat, as it's from a low-fat cookie book). The second is a bit more elaborate to make (requires cooling, somewhat fidgety stuffing of cookies, etc. but is also delicious, although not low fat.) Choose whichever you'd like, I promise they are both good!
It's become apparent to me that some people absolutely hate raisins! The first recipe (with raisins) is actually a variation to add the raisins. The "basic" recipe would omit raisins, rum, etc and at step 5 – roll spoonfuls of dough in 1/4 cup of sugar in a shallow dish instead. This makes the crunchy coating referenced in the description. I like the rum + raisins version, but the "vanilla" version is also good.
Rum Raisin Sour Cream Cookies
Sometimes the simplest cookies are the most delicious. These soft, plain cookies have a slightly crunchy, sugary coating and are wonderful dunked in hot chocolate.
-1/4 cup stick margarine or butter, softened
-3/4 cup sugar
-1 large egg
-1 tsp vanilla
-1/2 cup low-fat sour cream
-1 1/2 cups flour
-1/2 tsp baking soda
-1/4 tsp salt
-1 cup raisins
-1/4 cup rum
1. Combine one cup of raisins with 1/4 cup each water and rum in a small saucepan. Simmer until raisins are plump and liquid has evaporated. Cool completely.
2. Preheat oven to 350°F.
3. In a large bowl, beat margarine and sugar until well combined – it will have the consistence of wet sand. Beat in egg and vanilla until smooth.
4. In a medium bowl, combine flour, baking soda, and salt. Add half the flour mixture to the sugar mixture, stirring just until combined. Gently stir in the sour cream and cooled raisins, and then the remaining flour mixture, stirring just until blended.
5. Drop spoonfuls of dough 2″ apart onto a cookie sheet that has been sprayed with nonstick spray.
6. Bake for 12-15 minutes, until set but not yet golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Makes 2 dozen cookies.
Peppermint Munchies
Sugar cookies with a creamy peppermint center.
Prep: 35 mins Chill: 30 minutes Bake: 12 mins per batch Oven: 375
-Peppermint Filling (see below)
-3/4 cup butter, softened
-1 cup granulated sugar
-1 tsp baking powder
-1 egg
-1 tbsp milk
-1 tsp vanilla
-2 cups all-purpose flour
-2 tbsp coarse white and/or red sugar (for decorating)
Peppermint Filling
-3 oz softened cream cheese (I use light)
-2 tbsps powdered sugar
-2 tbsps finely crushed peppermint candies or candy canes
-1/4 tsp peppermint extract
1. Combine ingredients for peppermint filling in a bowl. Beat with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Cover and chill for 30 minutes. (Clean the beaters of your mixer because you'll need them soon!)
2. Preheat oven to 375°F. In a bowl, beat butter with an electric mixer on medium speed for 30 seconds. Add sugar and baking powder. Beat until combined, scraping bowl. Beat in egg, milk, and vanilla until combined. Beat in as much of the flour as you can with the mixer. Stir in remaining flour.
3. Shape dough into 1-1/4 inch balls. Make an indentation in the center of each ball; place 1/2 teaspoon of the Peppermint Filling in each indentation. Shape dough around filling to enclose; roll dough in hands until smooth. Place balls 2 inches apart on an ungreased cookie sheet. Dip the bottom of a glass in coarse sugar; flatten balls until 1/2 inch thick. (NB Baker's note: The recipe says to do this but it didn't work for me; so I flatten with just the glass and then sprinkle a bit of sugar on top of each.) Bake for 9-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute. Transfer to a wire rack; cool. Makes about 32 cookies.
To store: Layer cookies between sheets of waxed paper in an airtight container; cover. Store at room temperature for up to 3 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Baker's Notes by @happytauren
Here is my submission to the #Warcookie Christmas Exchange! I made both recipes. Not sure how in depth you'd like us to go so I'll just be brief (and put up more photos on HelloTauren).


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(I received this in the North team's Capture the Flag Yahoo Groups listserve, and thought is was worth passing along...)
(Adapted from Patton's Adress to his Troops) - with Battle Hymn of the
Republic Humming in the background
Now I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for
his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for
his country. Men, all this stuff you've heard about The North
Geocachers not wanting to fight, wanting to stay out of the war is a
lot of horse dung. The North traditionally love to fight. All real
Geocachers love the sting of battle. When you were kids, you all
admired the champion marble shooter, the fastest runner, the big
league ball players, the toughest boxers. North Geocachers love a
winner and will not tolerate a loser. North Geocachers play to win,
all the time. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell for a man who lost and
laughed. That's why the North have never lost and will never lose a
war. Because the very thought of losing is hateful to the north.
Now an army is a team. It lives, eats, sleeps and fights as a team.
This individuality stuff is a bunch of crap. The biggest bastards who
wrote that stuff about individuality for the Forums don't know
anything more about real battle than they do about Geocaching. Now, we
have the finest food and equipment (to include flask's new GPS & car), the best spirit and the best men in the world. You know, my God, I actually
pity those poor bastards we are going up against. My God, I do.
We're not just going to beat the South, we're going to stomp them and
use the remains to grease the treads of our "geo-vehicles".
Now some of you boys, I know, are wondering whether or not you'll
chicken out under fire. Don't worry about it. I can assure you that
you will all do your duty. The South are the enemy. Wade into them.
When you put your hand into a bunch of goo that a moment before was a
soggy geocache, you'll know what to do.
Now there's another thing I want you to remember. I don't want to get
any messages saying that we are holding our position. We're not
holding on to anything. We'll let the South do that. We are advancing constantly and we are not interested in holding onto anything except all the CTF Travel Bugs. We're going to hold them by the tags and we're going to get them to the Bonus.
Now, there's one thing that you men will be able to say when you get
back home and you may thank God for it. 30 years from now, when you're
sitting around your fireside with your grandson on your knee and he
asks you, "What did you do in the Great Capture The Flag Game of
2005?" you won't have to say, "We'll, I shoveled gutters in Maine, New
Hampshire and Vermont". All right now, you sons of mothers, you know
how I feel. OH! I will be proud to walk with you wonderful guys into
battle anytime, anywhere.
That is all.


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With so many different entertainment options out there for your children, we at PopcornBiz thought we'd take a moment each week to dissect one piece of family entertainment strictly from a parent's perspective, so that you know what parts are appropriate for your loved ones, and which are not. This week's COVER YOUR EYES subject: " The Nightmare Before Christmas".
Ah, Halloween. The perfect time to round up the children and cue up a movie that's scary in theory, but not so scary that you have to deal with children who refuse to go to bed at night because they think Michael Myers is coming to strangle them with piano wire. Man, kids are such wimps. Anyway, I have a 5-year-old who's been asking all week for me to buy "Spooky Buddies," but I'll be a monkey's uncle before I plunk down $26 to watch a bunch of talking dogs run around wearing Halloween masks. That's a lame effort. I'd much rather subject my kid to "The Nightmare Before Christmas," the gorgeous stop-motion animation cult hit that has become a perennial holiday favorite for both Christmas AND Halloween. Oh, that Tim Burton. Such a shrewd businessman. Anyway, is director Henry Selick's masterpiece appropriate to show your little ones after they come home with a big bag of Butterfingers? Let's consider a few factors.
The "Will Parents Be Able To Tolerate It?" Factor: It depends on whether or not you can tolerate the glorious oddness of the animation (I can), and whether or not you can tolerate all the Danny Elfman-scored musical numbers (I can, but just barely). No one told me this movie was a musical before I saw it. I really wish they had. All musicals should have a giant red label warning MUSICAL, so that musical-haters like me can avoid them. It would have helped me skip the Johnny Depp version of "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory."
The Dead Parent Factor: No parents die during the movie. However, Dr. Finklestein does create a "mommy" for Sally the rag doll, using a piece of his own brain. In many ways, that's actually worse than a dead parent turning up.
The Violence Factor: There isn't any blood in "The Nightmare Before Christmas," per se. But the movie is otherwise a virtual festival of the macabre: skulls, skeletal reindeer, the nasty bag demon that is Oogie Boogie, shrunken heads, ghost dogs, a kidnapped Santa Claus, snakes, monsters, and more. There's no "normal" in Selick's world. Showing your kid "The Nightmare Before Christmas" means subjecting them to a relentlessly weird and often grotesque spectacle. And the desaturated color palette makes the film dark from start to finish, even in its lighter moments.
The Language Factor: None.
The "I'm Worried Showing My Kid This Movie Will Turn Them Goth" Factor: High. I can't argue with you on that one. No one wants their kid to morph into Helena Bonham Carter. One minute, your kid is a sweet little girl wearing flower dresses, the next she's painting her fingernails black and wearing funeral veils to high school. So, so lame.
The Sexy Sex Sex Factor: Very chaste. Jack and Sally fall in love, but you never see them have skeleton-on-rag-doll relations. That would be going too far.
The Scare Factor: There are plenty of disturbing images in "Nightmare" that could potentially stay with your kid for a long time, even if they claim they aren't scared while watching the film. The movie explores that wonderful dark side of a kid's imagination, the one that includes intense subjects like ghosts and death and all that. It's good for children to get into those subjects. No one wants some shallow kid who's only into princesses. BORING. This is the kind of movie that can really stir a kid's creativity, right after they hide under the bed shivering with fear.
Age Range: Six and up. First graders should be mature enough to watch "Nightmare" and not get too freaked out over it. But for real, don't go showing this to a three-year-old. Looking at you, dude who dressed up as Jack Skellington for Comic Con.


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SF, comics and videogames fans, don't forget that London Comic Con takes place this weekend at the Capital's Excel centre.
On offer are all the usual convention opportunities to spend your hard earned on books, comics, DVDs, BDs and tat.
Warner Bros is sponsoring the two-day event, so you'll have an opportunity to try out Batman: Arkham City but there are plenty of other publishers in place with demos and play zones featuring new and upcoming titles like Assassins Creed: Revelations, Lord of the Rings: War in the North, Saints Row The Third and Rayman Origins.
SF fans can hear from the stars of the Syfy channel's latest shows and the BBC's Torchwood at a variety of panels.
There's even dressing up too.
London Comic Con runs from 29-30 October, with general opening taking place at 11am. Tickets cost £10 a day, and kids under the age of ten go free.
Advance tickets and attendance details are available here. ®


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I always knew it was possible to fool the American financial system. But I never realized just how easy it was.
Last week, in a federal court in Trenton, N.J., Khawaja Ikram became the ninth person to plead guilty for his involvement in a gigantic credit card fraud case that netted more than $200 million.
I was so intrigued I had a look at the documents that the Federal Bureau of Investigation submitted to the courts relating to the case.
What I found: Stealing a fortune from the big banks was a piece of cake. It was so easy it makes you wonder why any robbers bother putting on a face mask and running in the front door waving a gun. Apparently all you really need is a laptop and a mail drop.
These guys stole "hundreds of millions of dollars," according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation. They spent the money on luxury cars, expensive clothes, gadgets, and even spa treatments. They also stockpiled millions of dollars in gold bullion and large amounts of cash.
So how did they do it? Apparently it was a simple three-step process.
The first was to create a fake identity. I had assumed this involved contact with criminal enterprises, faked documents, all the other stuff we associate with gangsters. And often it did. But there was also a simple mechanism. You know your credit-card company often asks you if you want to add an "authorized user"? They did.
They would make up a fake person and add him or her as an authorized user on their card. And, hey presto, the dumb credit-scoring machines would start creating records for that person.
So long as they didn't try to use a Social Security number already in use, there was no problem. The fake person came into being on some server somewhere.
And once that fictitious user existed, they just started apply for lots more credit cards in that person's name. Ka-ching!
The second step was to pump up that user's credit score. Now, the credit-scoring system is almost designed to be gamed. It pays little or no attention to things that you might imagine it would - like your income and assets and so on — and looks mostly at whether you pay off your bill on time. That's it.
So once these guys had the credit cards for their fictitious person, they would use them to make small purchases, and then paid off the bill on time. Easy.
Making things even simpler, they started out by applying for credit cards with small limits. Those were easier to get. But as they kept buying candy and hamburgers with the cards and then paying it off, the computer systems got more and more impressed and pumped up their score, while raising their limits. Ka-ching!
At this point they could have used these cards to go on a shopping spree, but instead these guys did something clever. They set up sham companies, and then just applied to the credit card companies for card terminals — like the ones you see in any convenience store — so that these companies' "customers" could pay by card.
And once they got those terminals, they used the cards to go "shopping." They bought a fortune at these fake companies, the information went through to the card companies, and the card companies deposited the money in these sham companies' bank accounts.
Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Ka-ching!
We're talking hundreds of millions of dollars.
Now in this particular instance, the people involved ran a racket so huge they were bound to get caught in the end. They faked thousands of identities. They ran a scam across eight different countries, from the U.S. to Pakistan to Romania to Japan. And, most foolishly of all, they hung around waiting to get caught.
But I'll bet there are people out there doing this on a low level scale, stealing maybe $5 million, and then vanishing into the ether.
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Standing in the registration line for a paddleboard race a few years ago, I was talking to the guy behind us in line. He asked me what class I paddle. I explained that while I do paddle, I don't race. I was just standing in line with my wife who was racing. A friend interrupted to let the guy know that I don't race, I just paddle for the monotony.
I guess that's true. Fitness is a big part of it but it did make me think about why it is that I enjoy paddling. There is a lot of time spent staring at the Bark logo on the nose of my board. Chasing the nose of my board couldn't be the real reason I paddle, could it?
Perhaps not specifically staring at the end of the board but I do think the mindlessness of the sport has some appeal. It's no different than riding a bike or running marathons. At the end of the day, it's a lot of time spent listening to an iPod (if you choose) and starting straight ahead. I never identified with marathon runners, but now I think I can understand them.
There is peace in the monotony.
It's not always monotonous. Days with big swell, lots of wind or wildlife all result in dynamic environments. They require continual attention. But even those days fall into some sort of rhythm. Ride one wave, paddle into the next. Ride that wave. Maybe it is the monotony.


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Charles Chaney Collection - PP93
Collection finding aids of Photograph Collections in the Prints and Photographs Division of the Maryland Historical Society Library
Prints and Photographs Division, Maryland Historical Society
201 W. Monument St.
Baltimore, MD 21201
Finding aid created Katherine Cowan with funding from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, August 1999
In the early 20th century, the choices were many for people wishing to make holiday excursions by train in the mid-Atlantic region. From Baltimore, among the available train routes were the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore (PW&B) Railroad and the B&O Railroad. The PW&B Railroad, absorbed into the Pennsylvania Railroad system in 1902, ran north from Baltimore through Maryland towns in Harford and Cecil Counties, and through Delaware to Philadelphia, Pa. The B&O Railroad departed Baltimore from Camden and Mt. Royal Stations with trains to New York, Washington, or out to the mid-West via West Virginia, making plenty of local stops at small towns including Relay on the Patapsco River in southern Baltimore Co.
On the Northern Central Railroad, one could head north of Baltimore to stations at Cylburn, Brightside, Woodberry, Mt. Washington, Lake Roland, Ruxton, Lutherville, and Timonium. Other branches turned toward Phoenix, Monkton, White Hall, and Parkton, or Walker, Blue Mount, Bentley Springs, New Freedom, Shrewsbury, Glatfelter, and on to York and Harrisburg, Pa. The Northern Central Railroad ran special trains to Timonium, Md. when the State Fair was in progress every year in August, and thousands of people would depart for this event from the Calvert Station, which stood on the site of the Sun offices at Centre and Calvert Sts.
Charles Chaney was evidently a train enthusiast, in that he not only traveled by train but also focused his camera on specific train engines, identifying them by type or name in his album: the "big double-header" excursion train on the B&O Railroad, or the NCR Railroad (engine) #3119. He knew, in some cases, the trains history; for example, that NCR #3119 was President McKinleys funeral train. Chaney may have been an employee of the B&O or Pennsylvania Railroad, possibly working out of New York.
Collection Origin
Gift of Robert M. Vogel, 1984 (001044).
Scope and Contents
The collection consists of 1 album containing 42 photoprints, of which 40 are gelatin silver prints and 2 are cyanotypes. Titled "Vacation Memories, Summer 02", the album documents a vacation by Charles Chaney in August of 1902, with scenes in Washington, D.C., Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia. Specific locations include Woodberry, Lake Roland, and Hollins in Maryland, Harpers Ferry, W.Va., and Mt. Vernon, Va. Many of the photographs depict trains and locations accessible by train, with several specific train engines identified, and one photo depicts an old horse car.
The photoprints remain in the album.
Container List
1 Box
Box 1: 1 Album
15 x 20 cm. 42 photoprints, 1902.
PP93.1 Northern Central round house, Baltimore.
PP93.2 Pennsylvania Flier for New York, leaving Union Station, Baltimore.
PP93.3 New York train approaching Union Station, Baltimore.
PP93.4 Local train at Union Station, Mt. Royal Station in background, Baltimore.
PP93.5 Big Northern Central freight engine at Mt. Vernon, Baltimore.
PP93.6 Baltimore Motor pulling a B&O freight train in the distance, at Mt. Vernon, Baltimore.
PP93.7 Scene in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.
PP93.8 Woodberry, W from Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.
PP93.9 Woodberry, E from Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.
PP93.10 Lake Roland and Northern Central Railway at Hollins, Md.
PP93.11 Scene near Hollins, Md.
PP93.12 Lake Roland, near Hollins, Md.
PP93.13 Lake Roland, near Hollins, Md.
PP93.14 Unidentified man at Hollins, Md.
PP93.15 Unidentified men, "Country refreshments after a long tramp".
PP93.16 Woodberry from Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.
PP93.17 Duck pond in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.
PP93.18 In the rear of Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.
PP93.19 "Double-header" freight train on the Northern Central, back of Druid Hill Park (Clipper Mill), Baltimore.
PP93.20 Scene near Woodberry, Md.
PP93.21 Big Lake in Druid Hill Park, Baltimore.
PP93.22 Big "double-header" excursion train, on the B&O Railroad, Washington, D.C.
PP93.23 Big "double-header" excursion train, on the B&O Railroad, Washington, D.C.
PP93.24 Harpers Ferry, Va. and John Browns Monument.
PP93.25 At Harpers Ferry, the Potomac, and Maryland Heights.
PP93.26 Potomac River at Harpers Ferry, W from Maryland side.
PP93.27 People beside train, "Goodbye to Martinsburg, W. Va.".
PP93.28 Horse car at Powhatan, Md., "A relic of antiquity".
PP93.29 B&O Railroad at Relay, Md.
PP93.30 Vista of the U.S. Capital through Maryland Ave., Washington, D.C.
PP93.31 U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C.
PP93.32 Congressional Library, Washington, D.C.
PP93.33 Pennsylvania express engine, PW&B Railboad #36, Washington, D.C.
PP93.34 George Washingtons mansion, Mt. Vernon, Va.
PP93.35 Potomac River and Maryland from Mt. Vernon, Va. (cyanotype).
PP93.36 George Washingtons tomb, Mt. Vernon, Va.
PP93.37 One of the engines which hauled Pres. McKinleys funeral train, NCR Railroad #3119, at Baltimore.
PP93.38 Excursion train at Baltimore County Fair Grounds, Timonium, Md.
PP93.39 Balloon Ascension at the Fair Grounds.
PP93.40 Men and boy at table, "The end of vacation, refreshments and music".
PP93.41 Group with musical instruments, "The end of vacation, refreshments and music".
PP93.42 Unidentified train engines, seen from above (cyanotype). © 2001 Maryland Historical Society - ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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The day-long event begins at 10 a.m. with a Red Beans and Rice Cook-off at Bank Street Green. The tasty event is open to professional and amateur Cookin' Crewes. There will be first, second, and third place winners and the team with the most "tips" in the Tip Jar will be presented the People's Choice award. Public sample tasting begins at 2:30 p.m.
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. a Kiwanis Club Creation Station art activity tent will be set up at Founders Park free hands-on art activities for children. On 2nd Avenue, adjacent to the Alabama Center for the Arts, a children's performance stage will provide family-friendly entertainment from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Spray paint artist Chandler Hays will be painting a mural at the corner of Lee and Bank Streets starting at 11 a.m.
The first parade, sponsored by Animal Friends Humane Society of Decatur, is the Carnival Canines on Parade. Four-legged friends will trot through Downtown Decatur starting at 11 a.m.
At 2 p.m., the Prince and Princess Parade for children takes to the streets of downtown Decatur led by 2013 Prince and Princess of Carnegie Carnival. This parade, for tots though teens, is sponsored by Parents and Children Together.
The grand finale is the Carnegie Carnival Parade at 6 p.m. Crewes will proceed in a traditional Mardi Gras style, complete with themed floats, costumes, "throws", and music. The parade will be led by 2013 Carnegie Carnival King and Queen, Tony Shubert and Margaret Wensler. The evening will conclude with the crowning of the 2014 Carnegie Carnival King and Queen at the Carnegie Carnival Crewe Party at Ingalls Harbor.
All parade routes begin on 2nd Avenue at Gordon Street, continues onto Lee Street/Bank Street, and ends at Founder's Park near the Old State Bank. Registration forms and activity information are available atwww.carnegiecarnival.com. Proceeds will benefit the Carnegie Visual Arts Center and other non-profits organizations. For additional information call the Carnegie Visual Arts Center at 256-341-0562.
About The Decatur-Morgan County Convention & Visitors Bureau (DMCCVB)
The Decatur-Morgan County Convention & Visitors Bureau is a not-for-profit organization promoting tourism and economic growth in Morgan County. For information on special events and attractions in Decatur, contact the DMCCVB at 800.524.6181 or 256.350.2028; or visit its website at www.decaturcvb.org.


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Sometimes a tap on the shoulder is just that.
"Real Housewives of D.C." cast member Michaele Salahi yesterday backed off her earlier claims that Whoopi Goldberg physically confronted her after an appearance on "The View."
"I never said the word hit," Salahi said in an interview with the New York Daily News after the supposed altercation that took place shortly after she and her fellow cast mates were interviewed about the debut of their new reality show.
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According to the Salahis, a "young employee" of the show cooked up the story and relayed it to Goldberg.
"Whoopi says, 'Oh no, you effin' said it,'" Salahi said. "I started to cry."
The incident did not leave a favorable impression with the infamous White House party crasher.
"Those women are b-----s," she said.
The prelude to the fight occurred when Goldberg - who was not onscreen for the "Housewives" cast interview - appeared at the side of the stage, touched Salahi on the shoulder, and asked her if she would go back to the White House.
For her part, Goldberg defended the "choice words" she employed to call Salahi out.
"I told her she knew I didn't hit her," Goldberg said.
The couple is still under investigation for showing up uninvited at a state dinner hosted by the Obamas. They maintain that they were invited to the event.


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- Alice Contreras Elementary School
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Gold Seal Wait List Status Now Available
Students may officially inquire about their Gold Seal wait list status for the 2019-2020 school year.
Officials with Fort Worth ISD's Gold Seal Programs and Schools of Choice officially began fielding nonstop email and phone requests about student wait list rankings, Tuesday, March 19.
As space becomes available, students will be notified and assigned to Gold Seal programs in the order in which they're ranked. Notifications will be sent through the first of May.
When inquiring about your Gold Seal wait list ranking, students and/or parents must provide the following information:
- The student applicant's full name
- The student's FWISD identification number, if applicable
- The program and/or campus the student applied for
All elementary school inquires may be emailed to Charles Harris, Elementary POC coordinator, at firstname.lastname@example.com. Email Karen Ponder, Secondary POC coordinator, at firstname.lastname@example.com with any secondary school requests.
The Programs of Choice office is still accepting online late applications for the 2019-2020 school year through September for schools with available spaces or opportunities for potential spaces to open. Students submitting a late application may only apply for one program.
Gold Seal Programs of Choice and Schools of Choice appeal to student interests and passions and equip students with skills to thrive in college and the workforce. The rigorous program categories include engineering, agriculture, business administration, fine arts, government and law, health science, hospitality, marketing, public safety, technology, visual and graphic arts and STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) just to list a few. The programs allow students to finish high school college-and-career-ready and with opportunities to obtain multiple college credits, licensures and certifications.
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Letter, Richard McAllister to Mrs. Charles Robinson
Author: McAllister, Richard
Date: January 9, 1857
Richard McAllister, Deputy Secretary to Governor Geary, wrote to Sara Robinson from Lecompton, enclosing an invitation to the Citizens' Ball on January 15th. McAllister had traveled to Washington with Governor Geary, and was with him when Geary's assassination was attempted. Geary's aim as governor was to put an end to political violence in Kansas by eliminating guerrilla warfare on the part of both free state and proslavery supporters.
Location of Original: KU Call Number: RH MS 38.I.3
Item Number: 101693 Number of images: 1
Keywords: Balls (parties); Douglas County, Kansas Territory; Lecompton, Kansas Territory; McAllister, Richard; Robinson, Charles, 1818-1894; Robinson, Sara T. L. (Sara Tappan Lawrence), 1827-1911
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Laser-powered carbon nanotube speakers! They'll fit in walls and windows, and can noise-cancel ambient rackets. Or blast some music.
"Speakers made with carbon nanotube sheets are extremely thin, light and almost transparent," Kozlov said. "They have no moving parts and can be attached to any surface, which makes the surface acoustically active. They can be concealed in television and computer screens, apartment walls, or in the windows of buildings and cars. The almost invisible strands form films that can 'talk.'"
The research, published in the Journal of Applied Physics, expands on previous work that noted carbon nanotubes can make noise when AC power used; this new paper is all about the specific tones that "black velvet" forests of nanotubes can make when tuned lasers heat the tubes to create thermo-acoustic effects. [UTDallas]


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Two "bad moms" made for good fun on "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
Mila Kunis and Kristen Bell, who co-star in the comedy "Bad Moms," made a joint appearance on Friday's special Mother's Day episode. During their chat with host Ellen DeGeneres, Kunis revealed she "absolutely" wants to have more children with husband Ashton Kutcher, with whom she has daughter Wyatt Kutcher, 19 months. Bell, meanwhile, said she has no plans to give daughters Lincoln Shepard, 3, and Delta Shepard, 17 months, another sibling.
"I feel like I would be too scattered. I'm already very scattered. I can't," said Bell, who is married to Dax Shepard. "Two of them. I got two eyes, two hands – I'm good."
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DeGeneres took Kunis by surprise when she asked if she and Kutcher are "trying."
"Like am I having sex, Ellen?" Kunis asked.
"Yeah. Are you having sex? That's my question," DeGeneres joked. "I want to know how often you're having sex." Bell joked that she also wanted to know "when and where" it takes place. Kunis giggled and said that "yes," they are trying for Baby No. 2. "Not like that, but yes. Oh, my God."
"You brought it up!" DeGeneres said.
"No, I didn't!" Kunis said. "I'm always blushing on your show."
Kunis asked Bell to "distract Ellen," but her sex life was all anyone could talk about. "How's the sex? You brought it up," she said. DeGeneres added, "That's a great question. I imagine it's good."
"Yeah," Kunis said. "It's great."
Later on, DeGeneres surprised her guests with a pre-taped video message from their husbands. Then she revealed "one more surprise" – Kutcher and Shepard would be joining them for a game of a couple's edition of "Never Have I Ever." Before the game began, Kunis advised-slash-warned Kutcher, "Lie if you have to."
DeGeneres handed the two couples four paddles with the words "We Have" and "We Haven't" written on either side. She then read a series of statements to get the dirt on their love lives:
- Never have we ever been to a nude beach.
- Never have we ever used each other's toothbrushes without telling them.
- Never have we ever hooked up on set.
- Never have we ever fallen asleep making love.
- Never have we ever waxed each other's body parts.
- Never have we ever thrown out something of our spouses that we hated without telling them.
- Never have we ever been in handcuffs.
- Never have we ever given each other massages.
Needless to say, some answers took the actors' by surprise. Watch the clip to find out who has and who hasn't done the things DeGeneres mentioned.
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Update: Our massive Black Friday Apps Bargain round up can be found Here
Pack your bags, sell your children (if you have any), Black Friday is nearly upon us!
November 27's festivities will culminate in the trampling death of at least one unwary American shopper at the hands of bloodthirsty doorbuster shoppers. As the season of good cheer approaches, the season of robbing/theft/murder will parade the streets along with the mob of angry, drooling 4 AM cut-throat bargain shoppers.
To get ahead in the game, Ecatcher, Inc. has released a helpful app known as TGI Black Friday which will help you find the best deals from the biggest boxes such as Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Sears, and tons more. The UI is simple, elegant, and makes the job of finding those deals possible.
So, if you're like me, start planning now, and write your will just to be safe.
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Winter Olympics: Russia and U.S. Finish Atop Medal Haul at Sochi
The Sochi Winter Olympics came to a close on Sunday, with host Russia finished just ahead of the United States in the medal standings othe U.S. men's hockey team finishing off the podium with a disappointing 5-0 loss to Finland in the bronze medal game.
Here's a recap of the final weekend of the Sochi Games.
Russia Wins Medals Race
Alexander Legkov led a Russian sweep in the men's 50-kilometer cross-country race on Sunday in Sochi and the host nation was assured of the overall medals title. The Russians used a late surge to move past the United States and earn 33 total medals, including a Sochi Games-high 13 golds.
The Americans finished with 28 total medals. Norway placed third with 26 total medals. The Norwegians 11 gold medals were second only to the Russian total.
Russia (33)
13 gold; 11 silver; 9 bronze
United States (28)
9 gold; 7 silver; 12 bronze
Norway (26)
11 gold; 5 silver; 10 bronze
Canada (25)
10 gold; 10 silver; 5 bronze
Netherlands (24)
8 gold; 7 silver; 9 bronze
Canada Wins Men's Hockey Gold; U.S. Fails to Medal
Sidney Crosby (of the NHL's Pittsburgh Penguins), Chris Kunitz (Pittsburgh) and Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks) scored goals and Carey Price (Montreal Canadiens) recorded his second straight shutout as Canada beat Sweden 3-0 to win its second straight Olympic gold medal in men's hockey on Sunday morning.
The Canadians never trailed once in the Olympic tournament and finished with a 6-0-0 record.
Finland shut out a listless U.S. team 5-0 on Saturday to win the bronze medal game. Forty-three-year-old Teemu Selanne (Anaheim Ducks) scored two goals and Tuukka Rask (Boston Bruins) made 27 saves in the Finnish victory.
The United States finished 4-2 during the Sochi Games, including a 3-2 shootout win over Russia.
Russia Wins Four-Man Bobsled Gold; U.S. Takes Bronze
Russia's Alexander Zubkov drove his nation's four-man bobsled to an Olympic gold medal in Sochi on Sunday. Push athletes Alexey Negodaylo, Dmitry Trunenkov, Alexey Voevoda helped Zubkov slide to victory over the second-place Latvians and the third-place Americans.
Team USA driver Steven Holcomb was assisted in the run to the bronze medal by Curt Tomasevicz, Steve Langton and Chris Fogt. It was Holcomb's third medal, taking its place next to the bronze he won in the two-man at Sochi and the four-man gold the Americans won in Vancouver in 2010.
American-Born Vic Wild Wins Second Gold for Russia
Russian snowboarder Vic Wild won gold in the parallel slalom race in Sochi on Saturday. Originally from White Salmon, Wash., the 27-year old Wild moved to Russia three years ago to marry Russian snowboarder Alena Zavarzina. He also won a gold medal in the parallel giant slalom on Wednesday.
Ceremonies Bring Sochi Games to a Close
Talented performers, elaborate costumes and dazzling visual effects highlighted the closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics on Sunday in Sochi, Russia. The oft-maligned host nation even took time to laugh at itself during the farewell show.
As dancers formed into a representation of the Olympic rings, one group remained in a tight circle echoing a glitch that marred the opening ceremonies when one of the five lighted rings failed to open.
Russian President Vladimir Putin, whose nation spent $51 billion to host the event, watched in delight as the Sochi Games closed with his country on top of the overall medal standings. Russia transferred the host responsibilities for the Winter Olympics to Pyeongchang, South Korea, site of the 2018 Games.
Sources: Sochi Winter Olympics and NBC Olympics


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Travel Smarts
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Some business travelers may still believe quality hotel service can be found only in places, say, 26 stories high, with sparkling chandeliers and a doorman outside. But with limited-service hotels, such as Days Inn, beginning to provide a higher level of service in recent years, many business travelers are discovering the joys of these more affordable accommodations. In fact, in a recent study by Frequent Flyer magazine, close to 92 percent of respondents said limited-service hotels offer everything they need.
"Originally, limited-service lodgings were thought of as 'econo-boxes,' or kind of a cheap place to stay," explains Karen Goodwin, editor in chief of Frequent Flyer. "But now, they have really set out to upgrade their image. The quality is pretty high, and business travelers are asking themselves, Why pay more?"
Why, indeed, when limited-service hotels boast prices averaging $35 to $79 a night; clean, comfortable rooms; and, in many cases, extras such as free local calls, incoming fax service, continental breakfast and more?
Budgetel Inns, for instance, now offer free incoming fax service, keyless door locks for extra safety, and continental breakfast delivered to your room. In addition, Budgetel has equipped all rooms with large desks and dataport jacks for business travelers, and plans to debut its new business-class rooms in coming months.
Up In The Air
The IRS caused an uproar last November when it announced frequent-flier miles earned by employees traveling on business might be taxable. At present, it appears the IRS has backed away from this controversial matter; it has no official plans to tax frequent-flier benefits. However, tax experts agree that the prospect of a frequent-flier tax is an ongoing debate at the IRS.
"A frequent-flier tax is always a possibility," insists Richard Janis, tax counsel with the Air Transport Association (ATA).
What's at stake? Typically, employers reimburse employees for business-related air travel costs and allow them to keep frequent-flier miles for personal use. If frequent-flier miles were to become taxable, says Janis, employees who travel on business and retain the frequent-flier mileage could be subject to taxes.
Exactly how a frequent-flier tax would work, if imposed, is anyone's guess. Myriad problems would need to be addressed concerning how mileage is reported, as well as how to value miles, says Janis. Also, since many travelers pay for business and personal flights with the same credit card, difficulties would arise in distinguishing mileage usage. Ultimately, tax experts predict such a tax would result in more paperwork for business travelers, airlines and the IRS itself.
With this issue still up in the air, only one thing is certain: Most business travelers strongly oppose a tax on airline mileage.
Hoping to put an end to the debate, Rep. Barbara Kennelly (D-CT) has introduced a bill prohibiting taxation of frequent-flier miles. The bill, H.R. 3111, is in committee; Kennelly hopes it will go to a vote before the end of the congressional session on October 4.
To share your opinion, visit the IRS' new Web page at http://www.irs.ustreas.gov, or write your local congressional representative.
Pick A Card
Are your entertainment bills going through the roof? Scads of dining cards have emerged recently that deliver deep discounts on dining out. They also aid business travelers in selecting appropriate restaurants in various locales.
Not all dining cards are created equal, however. Some programs include more restaurants in cities where you frequently dine. And some may include a slim range of cuisines, while others have eateries catering to nearly every palate. Terms vary widely.
For example, In Good Taste (800-444-8872) members pay a $48 annual fee, get 25 percent off meals (excluding tax and tip), and receive a plastic card and booklet of approximately 3,000 restaurants nationwide. Similarly, Transmedia (800-422-5090) cardholders pay no annual fee, receive 20 percent off the check (excluding tax and tip), and have a choice of more than 6,500 restaurants.
Worried that discount cards may not impress clients? For a $49.95 annual membership, Dining à la Card (800-833-3463) registers up to three of your credit cards for use at participating restaurants. At month's end, the company mails you a check for 20 percent off the total bill, including food, beverages, tax and tip-and your clients are none the wiser. "Being discreet and saving money is extremely attractive to many business travelers," says Fanette Singer of The Signature Group's Dining à la Card. The downside? It's only good for the first visit to a given restaurant each month.
Most airlines also offer credit card programs that give members frequent-flier mileage for dining at participating restaurants. Whatever method you choose, be sure the plan is flexible enough to meet your business's needs in a variety of travel situations.
Playing It Safe
The plane crash deaths earlier this year of Commerce Secretary Ron Brown and several company CEOs on an international trade mission brought home the risks a business takes when key executives travel together. In case of an accident, your company could be left without leadership.
Despite the dangers, however, a 1995 Runzheimer International study found nearly three-fifths, or 59 percent, of U.S. companies have no policy prohibiting key executives from traveling together. Worse, the study reveals small businesses are most at risk: 83 percent of small companies have no policy of this kind.
One-Stop Shop
Where can business travelers purchase a Mont Blanc pen and rent a computer for the day? Try Penfield's International Pen Shops in hotels throughout Massachusetts and Rhode Island. The stores combine upscale gifts with a slew of services for business travelers.
"We saw an opportunity to package a retail store in a hotel, offering not only traditional items like stationery and high-end pens but also business services that were sorely missing in most hotels," explains Walt Krawczyk, Penfield's vice president of operations.
In July 1993, entrepreneurs Fred LaSelva, 48, Al Carvelli, 52, and Krawczyk, 45, opened the first Penfield's store in Boston's Westin Hotel. Since then, Penfield's outlets have sprung up in three more hotels on the East Coast: Copley Plaza hotel in Boston and the Biltmore Hotel Grand Heritage and Holiday Inn hotels in Providence, Rhode Island.
With many hotels outsourcing business services to focus on traditional operations, stores like Penfield's are becoming more common. Beyond just a way for hotels to boost efficiency, though, many such shops offer services business travelers couldn't previously find at some hotels. For instance, at Penfield's, guests can rent cellular phones, computers and pagers; express ship documents; or use document translation, desktop publishing, secretarial, faxing and copying services.
So far, the formula appears to be working: Penfield's expects sales of $1.6 million this year, and Krawczyk expects to open two additional stores by year-end.
Brand-name gourmet coffees and beers are finding their way onto hotel and airline menus. Both United Airlines and most Westin Hotels now serve only Starbuck's coffee, and Continental Airlines serves Pete's Wicked Ales as official in-flight specialty beers.
Holiday Inn's "Europe for Less" summer rates are still available through September 7; rates are $99 to $129 in most major cities.
You can earn 500 Delta SkyMiles when booking a rental car from Avis-but you must make advance reservations and show proof of a Delta flight within 24 hours.
Earn 500 miles per transaction by booking flights through Northwest's online reservation service, WorldNetwork, on CompuServe through March 31, 1997. Contact CompuServe at (800) 621-1258 for free software.
US Air Frequent Travelers must now request award certificates by calling the US Air reservations line (instead of the frequent traveler service center). Travelers get tickets mailed directly to them, instead of waiting for a certificate from the service center and redeeming it for the ticket.
British Airways now offers passengers delayed in the United States a prepaid phone card good for a short call anywhere in the world.
Continental Airlines has expanded its nonsmoking policy to include all flights other than those between Newark and Paris or Madrid, Houston and Paris, and Honolulu and Tokyo. Lufthansa has gone smoke-free on intra-European flights of 90 minutes or less and all intra-German flights.
Contact Sources
Air Transport Association, 1301 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W., #1100, Washington, DC 20004;
Budgetel Inns Inc., (800) 4-BUDGET;
Frequent Flyer, (800) DIAL-OAG, (708) 574-6000;
Holiday Inn, (800) HOLIDAY;
IGT Services Inc., 1111 Lincoln Rd., Miami Beach, FL 33139;
Rep. Barbara Kennelly, 201 Cannon Office Bldg., Washington, DC 20515;
Penfield's International Pen Shops, c/o Westin Hotel, 10 Huntington Ave., Boston, MA 02116, (800) 451-1447;
Runzheimer International, (800) 558-1702;
The Signature Group, 200 N. Martingale Rd., Schaumburg, IL 60173;
Transmedia Network Inc., P.O. Box 619400, Miami, FL 33261-9965.


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Dr. rer nat. Claudia Lennicke (seit Juli 2018 Imperial College London)
Publikationen der letzten fünf Jahre:
2017 Loss of epithelium-specific GPx2 results in aberrant cell fate decisions during intestinal differentiation.
2017 Modulation of MHC class I surface expression in B16F10 melanoma cells by methylseleninic acid.
2017 Altered protein expression pattern in colon tissue of mice upon supplementation with distinct selenium compounds.
2017 Methionine and seleno-methionine type peptide and peptoid building blocks synthesized by five-component five-center reactions.
2017 Individual effects of different selenocompounds on the hepatic proteome and energy metabolism of mice.
2016 Redox proteomics: Methods for the identification and enrichment of redox-modified proteins and their applications.
2015 Hydrogen peroxide - production, fate and role in redox signaling of tumor cells.


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Crossroads College has entered into an Associated School relationship with Jerusalem University College (JUC), an evangelical Protestant Christian university level institution established in 1957 and located in Jerusalem, Israel. JUC is dedicated to the study of the geography, culture, history, languages and archaeology of biblical lands as they relate to biblical interpretation and a better understanding of the Middle East. The university offers to its international student body (1) long- and short-term programs, including the Master of Arts Degree in several disciplines; (2) graduate and undergraduate semester abroad; and (3) short-term academic study tours through the Institute of Holy Land Studies (IHLS), the lifelong learning division of JUC.
As an Associated School, JUC serves as an extension campus of Crossroads College. Crossroads students who study at the university are able to transfer academic credits to Crossroads by prior arrangement. Furthermore, students from Crossroads who apply for study in Jerusalem will enjoy priority status when applications are evaluated. Certain JUC courses may be used to fulfill degree requirements at Crossroads. For more information, contact the Academic Office or visit the JUC website, www.juc.edu.
Crossroads College has scholarship funds available for students wishing to study at JUC. For scholarship information, please contact the Office of Financial Aid.
JUC Program A1: Geographical & Historical Settings of the Bible (4)
This program is an intensive three-week academic study integrated with field trips designed to introduce the student to the geography, history, and archaeology of Israel. Regional studies with overnight field trips, on-site lectures, preparatory lectures at the campus, and required map work prior to arrival help students apply the geographical context of the land to biblical studies. Crossroads will accept Program A1 as a BTH elective.
Offered: January, May, and June. Jerusalem
JUC Program B1: Jesus & His Times (2)
This two-week course investigates the geographical, historical, archaeological, and cultural setting of Israel in New Testament times. During the first week of the course, lectures covering the historical and cultural background of the period under study are given, along with several walking tours of Jerusalem. The second week examines the historical geography of the Galilee, with particular emphasis on the first century A.D. This week includes five days of field touring, site visitation, and hiking with overnight accommodations on the east side of the Sea of Galilee at Kibbutz Ein Gev. Crossroads will accept Program B1 as a BTH elective. Offered: July. Jerusalem


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Mel Gibson and his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva have reached a custody settlement concerning their infant daughter, Los Angeles Superior Court officials said in a statement Friday. The couple has been in secret court battles since January of 2010, when Gibson was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.
The Veteran director and actor was made the target of an international scandal when racist, sexist recordings of Gibson were leaked to the media. Sheriffs took possession of the recordings, but attempts to use the recordings against him in court were abandoned this May.
Despite the tumultuous, public legal battle, Gibson's attorney said the 55-year old actor had provided Grigorieva with a multimillion-dollar home and thousands of dollars a month in restitution.
This is the latest in a series of underwhelming bullet points in Gibson's career, which include a 2006 drunk driving arrest, during which he made anti-semitic remarks.
The details of the settlement were not released.
Recommended Reading: The Associated Press


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I vaguely recall that it bypassed walls when I was originally testing it, but I don't know if I'm misremembering or if that's been changed.Alyxeri said:I don't think he's trying to get it nerfed. He's saying it doesn't lose all their momentum just because your target moves away- you can easily chase them. Unless it's in an enemy city then you prob gon' hit totems at some point. Or get picked off.
Distort's a room hinder, so everything that hits piety will hit distort.
Preempt follows everything that isn't fly, doesn't move more than one room (gallop/dash/sprint) and doesn't make you hit a wall (pretty sure it doesn't bypass walls.. never actually tested that one part)
A great roar of triumph echoes across the landscape of the Fire Plane as Solniris bestowed a tithe of Kkractle's power.
ETA: Stupid amounts of work put into this, was going for a 100% solo run as a non-dragon.. not quite able, but had a lot of help from citymates, city enemies, and Ictinus, as is obvious by my multiple raves for him. Thank you all. I must now sleep for a few years.
Who told you you could retireShayde said:It's been forever and a year since I have written a rave and with my recent retirement (due to life - I'M GETTING MARRIED AHHHHHH!!!) I thought I would thank people for making these two years playing this character an enjoyable time. It's been a blast starting off on the "Good" side and moving on to Merchants and then ultimately spending my last year in Mhaldor. All of the battles, experiences, relationships, etc was a joy and speaks well of the Achaean community and the admin.
I most especially want to thank Sartan and Mhaldor for making my entire year incredible. Never once could I imagine myself becoming dragon or even a leader in a city, but you all were supportive and I hope all of the newer players appreciate what you guys do.
I'm not going to try to list names (cause I KNOW I'll forget one and someone will come knocking on my door upset :_:) but y'all know who you are and you're the best!