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I have never seen a definitive guide I have liked since so much changes all the time, so I usually get info from a bunch of different articles. I've included a few I reference occasionally.
I like SEOMoz's: http://www.seomoz.org/article/social-media-marketing-tactics
That is a great reference if you are looking to prioritize sites or social networks.
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Free agent first baseman Derrek Lee has declined his arbitration offer from the Pittsburgh Pirates. Lee can still sign with the Pirates, and the team is expected to continue pursuing… Read more
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The Buttahatchie River is a biological jewel with a variety of habitats including upland pine-oak forests, bottomland hardwoods and extensive wetlands.The Conservancy has partnered with local landowners, researchers, businesses and government agencies to study and restore the watershed, and is developing a local, grassroots constituency and conducting scientific research to increase understanding of the river system. The efforts of the Conservancy and its partners will allow the Buttahatchie to remain a valuable resource for all the communities living along its banks.
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Today a total of 22 species of freshwater mussels are found in the river, a decrease from the 40 species in a 1978 survey. Examples of these creatively-named invertebrates include the fine-lined pocketbook, orange-nacre mucket, Alabama spike, Southern combshell, white heelsplitter, Southern hickorynut, Alabama hickorynut, heavy pigtoe, ridged mapleleaf, squawfoot and fawnsfoot.
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With unemployment having reached a 25-year high in the United States recently, millions of Americans are dealing with financial troubles that seemed unimaginable just a few years ago.
One source of income that people strapped for cash can turn to is their 401(k) accounts. Workers currently employed and those that have lost their jobs have multiple options for dipping into their 401(k) accounts, but there are penalties involved, and financial experts caution this should be done only if it is absolutely necessary.
"I tell people, 'First, it's a last resort.' See if you can get a personal loan, or take a home equity line of credit," said Nicole Middendorf, a financial planner with Strategic Financial in Plymouth, Minn. "Cut back your expenses. Do something. I always say it's the ultimate last resort, to take money out of your 401(k)."
But with the economy bringing news daily of layoffs and home foreclosures, many Americans are finding themselves in a crunch if they are struggling to make mortgage payments, pay medical bills or just simply put food on the table.
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The second option is to roll the money into a traditional IRA account, which is called a conversion. This is what many financial planners recommend. A traditional IRA allows you to convert the money over without having to take a hit and pay taxes, but it is a personal account with contributions you make yourself and is not matched by your employer.
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always love episodes where there are dragon pokemon
good episode
always love episodes where there are dragon pokemon
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Finally, Dratini's official US debut. It was too bad it was short-lived. Dratini evolved of course so we didn't get to see it's cutest form for long. As for Clair: she looked funny in a jacket and pants haha. I liked that they added the Dragon Fang item from the games' Blackthorn City storyline to the anime in an interesting way; by adding a ritual to the mix. Pretty nice way to start the whole Dragon arc as I call it. 6/10.
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Dragon Arc, that's not a bad name.
Anyways good episode, nice to see Dratini and Dragonair, I think Dragonair is quite a serene looking Pokemon, good start off for the Dragon arc.
I wonder what Dragon that Fang came from. Salamence? Dragonite? You can't see all of the Dragon's fangs so it's hard to tell.
Ash was quite enthusiastic to start his 8th gym battle. At the begining and at the end.
Clair's Dratini evolved, but I always wanted to see if Ash can beat a Dratini. At least they had him facing against his evolution, who has various attacks, and it's a bigger challinge, of course.
I don't know why, but I pretty loved the old man.(Clair's assistant). Too bad he didn't use pokemon.
Jessie disliking Dragonair was cool, like Dragonair is not cute and beautiful.
Team Rocket had their (in my opinion) best disguise, with their "picture-of-Dratini-taking."
Brock had his usual moment.
Clairs voice in the Netherlands is annoying, she has a Belgian accent. I couldn't find a Dutch Youtube video with Clair, otherwise you could listen.
It was the first time I saw Dragonair in the anime, because of the banning of "The Legend Of Dratini".
This episode was very cool. It was cool seeing a Dratini again, and a Dragonair again after it evolved. Dratini was so cute! The old guy was a great addition to the episodes, and at times was funny. Clair is really cool. The purification ritual was very cool to see.
Claire sounded awfully familiar. Professor Ivy?
Clair was probably one of my favorite gym leader from Johto. I loved her personality and her favoritism in dragon-type Pokémon and it was good that she was shown for five consecutive episodes. This episode really made a good introduction to the Dragon arc and this is really one of my favorite arcs out of Johto - enough events happened during this arc.
A decent episode, nice to see Clair's debut. I thought the Dratini was cute and I liked how Gyrados was protecting it. I loved the Lance flashback and TR's old people disguise too.
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I really liked this episode. Mainly because it showed off Clair, Dratini, and Dragonair. Clair is so cool. Dragonair's ability to control the weather is really cool as well.
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You may occasionally wonder who the person is behind The Advocate Food's Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/theadvocatefood) and Twitter (http://www.twitter.com/theadvocatefood) accounts.
Some of you may know that it's me. Fewer of you probably know that it's like an obsession. I'm always posting, checking in and snapping pictures. Not all of it gets posted because, occasionally, my better judgment prevails.
The truth is that I love talking to all of you. Twitter and Facebook have exploded into very efficient forms of rapid communication, as long as the ideas being discussed aren't terribly complex.
Even in this day and age, there are some conversations best had face to face. But when you need to tell lots of people one thing, Twitter and Facebook are an excellent bet.
Take, for example, the recent unpleasantness known as Isaac. Right as its first squalls moved into Ascension Parish, the Colvin clan was taking a walk. I find toddlers and dogs weather storms best with some of their energy siphoned off early on.
During our walk and consequent jog back to the house in the rain, we picked up another canine companion. She was an American bulldog with furry ears and good manners. She had a collar but no tags, and was in good enough shape that you could tell she had people. And that they were probably worried sick about her.
We bundled her up in the car and drove surrounding neighborhoods, but no one still outside recognized her. So back home we went, where she got a bath and some supper and promptly passed out on a blanket.
Meanwhile, I snapped a picture and took to Facebook, posting everywhere I could think of. We found her people about eight hours and a gazillion shares later. They were paramedics who lived a couple of neighborhoods over. They'd been called out to work during the storm.
Anastasia, as we now know her to be called, wandered off during a potty break and couldn't be tracked down before they both had to go. We told them she was fine and more than welcome to stay with us for as long as necessary. And so she did, until the action died down and they could break away to come get her.
After Isaac's wrath, Facebook and Twitter showed up again, full of messages from several Baton Rouge and New Orleans eateries offering free food to first responders and power workers. Chef John Besh offered up free food from Borgne to people running shelters.
Beyond that, though, both social media networks offered information on what was open, when and what was to be had. Where the groceries are, who has ice and the occasional blip of power. Vital information in a hurricane, whether you're a first responder or not.
Social media has many a critic, and many of them make valid points. But it has its uses, too, and those tend to coincide with the best bits of humanity. Because of Facebook and Twitter, Anastasia's back home with her family, people have access to hot food and cold air, and, most importantly, the residents of the Gulf Coast have a live connection to each other in their time of need.
Beth Colvin is The Advocate's assistant Food editor. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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Police and Fire Briefs for June 30, 2012
July 04, 2012
Two men accused
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East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff's detectives Friday morning arrested a former McDonald's employee accused of robbing the shop where he used to work.
Deputies said Tramones Allen, 21, walked into the McDonald's at 11647 Hooper Road at 6:30 a.m., forced a worker at gunpoint to give him cash, then forced all the shop's employees into a walk-in freezer and stole some of their cellphones before fleeing in a vehicle driven by Thomas Lathers, 19, said Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Casey Rayborn Hicks.
Detectives found some of the stolen cash and cellphones in a vacant field and then determined that a vehicle previously seen in the field had been at Allen's home, Hicks said.
Allen, 11647 Hooper Road, will be booked into Parish Prison on counts of armed robbery, Hicks said. Lathers, 300 McHugh Road, Baker, will be booked on counts of principal to armed robbery, as well as two warrants for possession of marijuana and schedule II narcotics, Hicks said.
Police arrest pair
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Police arrested two men accused of entering a house early Friday and attempting to rob the people inside with a BB gun, according to an affidavit of probable cause.
Police said Robert Richard and Christian Klein, both 19, walked uninvited into a house in the 400 block of Jennifer Jean Drive at 1:40 a.m. Friday. Richard then pointed a BB gun at the people inside, while Klein told them "not to have hard feelings, but they were getting robbed," the affidavit says.
When the victims said they had no money, Klein began fighting one of them and Richard ran away, the affidavit states.
An officer immediately arrested Richard after arriving at the scene to check on reports of two men in the street with a gun, the affidavit says. Richard fit the description of one of the men, the affivadit says.
Afterward, Klein also ran out of the house and, seeing the uniformed officer, tried to flee, the affidavit says.
Both Klein, 777 Ben Hur Road, and Richard, 2419 S. Saratoga St., New Orleans, were booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on counts of armed robbery, booking records show.
BR man arrested on
armed robbery count
Police arrested a 32-year-old man Friday accused of pistol-whipping a mentally handicapped man and robbing him at gunpoint, according to a warrant.
Police said Johnny Jackson went to the mentally-handicapped victim's house in the 3100 block of Fuqua Street on June 1 to recover about $200 he claimed the victim owed him from a $100 loan about a year ago, the warrant states.
Jackson allegedly beat the victim with his gun before stealing the victim's wallet, which had $800 it, the warrant says.
Jackson, 9523 Swingalong St., was booked into East Baton Rouge Parish Prison on counts of armed robbery, booking records show.
Seven drivers booked
on EBR DWI counts
Authorities arrested at least seven people suspected of driving while intoxicated in East Baton Rouge Parish and booked them into Parish Prison between 2:30 p.m. Thursday and 2:30 p.m. Friday, booking records show.
Those booked and the counts against them:
- Benny Smith, 55, 13882 Lovett Road, second-offense DWI, failure to maintain control and reckless operation of a vehicle.
- Cody Glasper, 22, 4268 St. Gerard St., second-offense DWI and driver's license expired.
- Whitney Leboeuf, 20, 13119 Joor Road, first-offense DWI and license plate light required.
- Richard Nguyen, 24, 7641 Bless Ave., first-offense DWI and speeding.
- Dustin Parrino, 29, 9960 Cloverdale St., Denham Springs, second-offense DWI, seatbelt violation, careless driving and failure to maintain control.
- Craig Stewart, 45, 14196 Bayou Terrace St., St. Amant, first-offense DWI and speeding.
- Larry Ware, 49, 10217 Avenue I, first-offense DWI and drinking in a motor vehicle.
Compiled from staff reports. To talk to a crime reporter at The Advocate, call (225)388-0369.


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7/27/2012Looks like someone on the White House social media team should head back to school. Or at least learn to use spell-check. A Facebook post trumpeting a presidential education initiative misspelled both "Americans" and "initiative," a decidedly humiliating twofer. "Earlier today, President Obama signed an Executive Order establishing the White House Initiatve on Educational Excellence for African Amerericans," the post declared.
The misspellings were corrected, but not quickly enough to stop the ridicule. "I don't want to hear any more talk that @BarackObama is somehow un-Amererican," quipped one tweep. Before the Romney camp jumps all over this and tries to school the prez, though, it should remember Exhibit A: its own "Amercia" iPhone app gaffe. [Source]


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Prisoner Escapes By Walking Out Of Hospital
By: Bill Palmer
Updated: October 29, 2012
According to Erie police, around 12:30 this afternoon, 53 year old John Allcorn, a inmate from Warren County was being treated for a medical condition at UPMC Hamot and was reportedly under the supervision of a Warren County correction officer, when he walked out the front door of the hospital.
He was last seen heading east on Third Street.
Allcorn is 53 years old. He is described as 5 foot 11 inches tall and weighs 170 pounds.
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Hi, I live in zone 6B. I'm a total novice with gardening, but I feel compelled to get involved with the landscaping committee of my condo community, as they're trying to re-do our landscaping and they may know even less than I do! We have a very shady courtyard, and they keep talking about planting grass. We've tried this many times in the past, and the grass always dies. Right now, there is mondo grass in there, and it's growing well, but for whatever reason, people don't like it. The grass is in a central area that just looks boring, there are a couple of trees bordering it, but it's about 25 x 35 ft of just plain mondo grass. Since they just removed a couple of smaller trees, I was thinking of suggesting planting a new tree in the center to make it look like it has a point of focus, and then maybe planting various shade-loving plants around it so it looks more sectioned / manicured / interesting, etc. Does anyone have any suggestions on what we might plant that looks good, obviously is very shade tolerant, and could give this a more interesting and attractive look than just clumps of mondo grass? Too bad, it cost a lot of money to put in the mondo grass, such a shame to pull it out. Maybe we could just pull out some of it and add other stuff to it. Thanks for any advice. |
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Hosta strikes me as the next move here because they are low maintenance, though not evergreen. Also, look at Spiderwort. A bright lime green Heucherella (pronounced You-ka-rella) would contrast nicely with black mondo grass as would Japanese forest grass. Woodland phlox and hellebores are nice as well. There really are more options and combinations than I could possibly list here. I would recommend a nursery visit with a camera in Spring. |
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The Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) aims to provide safety ratings for all popular vehicle makes and models, so consumers can make informed decisions before they buy their next car. ANCAP is a not-for-profit organisation that raises funds from its members for testing. Unfortunately the test process is extremely expensive which prevents them from testing all cars. You might find ANCAP rating labels used by manufacturers in their advertisements – especially when they've received a five-star rating. However, in Australia, there is no requirement for dealers to display or disclose this information to the consumer.
In September 2010, ANCAP launched its ratings Roadmap, a timeline outlining changes to crash test protocols over the next five years. In the future, in addition to current testing, ANCAP will introduce testing above and beyond present regulatory requirements. Expect to see:
You can find the protocol papers giving more detail about the Roadmap in ANCAP's media centre.
ANCAP has also received five-year funding from the Federal Government to increase the number of crash tests and level of research into vehicle safety. With policy changes, ANCAP will be able to make better use out of car ratings in some categories; a result for a three-door car, for example, could potentially be applied to a five-door, allowing ANCAP to make ratings for more vehicles available to consumers.
For more car articles take a look at CHOICE's car section.
Video: ANCAP test footage
Car crash test footage courtesy of ANCAP (www.ancap.com.au)
ANCAP test results arm consumers with information about the level of occupant protection that vehicles provide in serious front and side crashes, adopting testing protocols from the European equivalent, EuroNCAP. The EuroNCAP results should only be used as a guide, however, as the structure and equipment of European models may differ from that of the Australian models. New car crash testing is carried out in Australia, the US, Japan and Europe, and simulates different crash scenarios. The four tests currently carried out to give the occupant protection score are:
Source: Crash test data from the Australasian New Car Assessment Program (ANCAP) , which is supported by Australian and New Zealand motoring clubs, all Australian state Governments, the New Zealand Government, NRMA insurance and the FIA Foundation.
* Unless otherwise stated, the left-hand drive European model was tested by EuroNCAP. Australian specifications may vary and models sold in Australia might provide slightly different levels of protection from those described.
na No star ratings were available at the time of publication. ns Not specified.
High level of protection of the head, body and legs fives high level of protection for both driver and passenger. High level of protection of the head and neck, greatly reducing the risk of serious injury or death.Moderate risk of serious injury or deathHigh risk of serious injury or death.Very high risk of serious injury or death.
Australia's cheapest car - the Chinese-made Chery J1 - only receives three stars for occupant protection. In the side impact crash test there was a high risk of life-threatening chest injury for the driver. It features only two airbags, lacks electronic stability control (ESC) and joins other Chinese-made vehicles like those from Great Wall Motors that have scored poorly. The Australian-made Toyota Camry and Toyota Camry Hybrid have upgraded from a four-star rating to five after making production changes earlier in the year. Thumbs up also goes to the Subaru Impreza - the first tested by ANCAP to achieve the highest four-star rating for pedestrian protection. From July 2011, Commonwealth fleet passenger cars purchased must have a five-star rating. Corporate fleet purchases represent half of all new vehicle sales in Australia which impacts on the production of vehicles. By upping the requirements in this sector there'll be a flow on effect in private vehicles as well.
The latest "green" vehicle to hit the market, the Mitsubishi i-MiEV, received a four-star rating. While this wasn't a bad performance, many light and small cars are now achieving five stars, and ANCAP urges manufacturers of fuel-efficient cars to also strive for top safety ratings. Of the four utility vehicles on test, only the Ford Falcon Ute received the five-star rating, with the remaining vehicles only receiving three. Passenger compartments for the Toyota Landcruiser and Nissan Patrol lost structural integrity, while the Ssangyong Actyon Sports Ute was let down by its offset crash result. Protection from serious leg injury for the driver was also poor.
Great Wall Motor's SA220 and V240 dual cabs scored poorly for occupant protection, when they were tested in September 2009, lacking what should be standard safety features. Some months later, however, the Great Wall Motor X240 four-wheel drive (4WD) received a four-star safety rating. Dual front airbags and antilock brakes (ABS) with electronic brake distribution (EBD) - features missing from the SA220 dual cab - are now standard in this model.The structure and restraint systems in the 4WD performed much better in this round of crash testing. The X240 missed out on the five-star rating as it doesn't come with electronic stability control (ESC), which has been mandatory to achieve full marks since 2008. The X240 was at the bottom for safety among other four-wheel drives, but overall it was encouraging to see Great Wall Motor making improvements.
Australia's first hybrid car, the Toyota Prius, has a five-star ANCAP rating. In our previous update, however, the Toyota Camry Hybrid only scored a four-star safety rating - the same result as the Camry tested by ANCAP in 2007, suggesting no improvements were made to achieve the highest score. The Camry Hybrid comes with ESC, which would have made it eligible for the five-star rating, but the crash tests showed vulnerability to injury of the driver's knees. The Camry Hybrid also has no passenger seatbelt reminder - a feature now standard in Commodores and Falcons.
When it comes to safety, ESC detects car instability, oversteering and understeering, and puts the vehicle back on course by braking individual wheels and reducing engine torque. Since ANCAP made ESC mandatory from 2008 in order for vehicles to achieve the five-star rating, manufacturers are now installing this feature to receive the highest safety scores. Other safety systems, such as ABS and EBD, further help to keep control of the car in situations when heavy braking is required to avoid an accident. Front seat belt pretensioners and active head restraints also minimise the level of injury sustained in a crash. However, such features are not yet standard across all vehicles.
(The table 'Trends with ANCAP Star Ratings' is courtesy of ANCAP)
Antilock brakes (ABS) operate during heavy braking and on slippery roads, to stop the wheels from locking up. ABS allows the driver to steer and gain control of the car without skidding or spinning out of control. It is also referred to as ALB.
Electronic brake-force distribution (EBD) helps to balance braking forces between the front and rear wheels. It varies the amount of force which is applied to individual brakes, taking into account road conditions, speed, load and other factors.
Traction control prevents wheel spin and maintains vehicle stability during acceleration, when too much power is applied. It is particularly useful during wet conditions, when the road is slippery or when rapid acceleration is required.
Electronic stability control (ESC) builds on ABS, EBD and traction control, and also works to control loss of traction during cornering. It is an advanced technology aimed at preventing crashes and providing help when turning under particularly hazardous conditions. ESC compares the driver's steering wheel position to the direction of travel of the vehicle. When a difference is detected by the system, ESC intervenes to independently apply the brakes to individual wheels. This allows the driver to maintain control of the vehicle. ESC is also referred to as:
Seat belt pretensioners tighten up any slack in the belt webbing in the event of a crash. This helps to hold the occupant secure and move them into the optimum crash position.
Active head restraints are situated on the head rest of the seat and during a rear-end crash move forward and up to automatically decrease the space between the restraint and the occupant's head. This reduces the degree to which the head accelerates before making contact with the restraint.
Seat belt reminders are visual and/or audible warning devices used to alert vehicle occupants that a seat belt is not being worn.
Three-point seat belts are one single continuous length of webbing that spreads the impact forces more evenly across the passenger's torso and helps to keep the upper body in place in the event of a collision.
Airbags are large nylon bags that inflate and deflate rapidly in the event of a severe frontal or side crash. Sensors are fitted at different points of the car and detect when a crash occurs. When the sensors all agree that the airbags should be deployed the system triggers an inflator and igniter unit. The airbags inflate, splitting open the covers on the steering wheel or dash board, causing them to balloon in front of the occupant. As the occupant's head strikes the airbag, it starts deflating. Vehicles can come with, front, side, head and knee airbags.
Hybrid cars use a conventional petrol engine with an additional electric power plant. They're designed to be more fuel-efficient while still providing the performance and efficiency of a petrol-fuelled car. Hybrids are most efficient in city driving situations; at low speeds the petrol engine stops and the battery kicks in to keep the car running. On the open road, the difference between hybrid and petrol-fuelled cars is not as noticeable. The petrol engine on a hybrid will shut down if you're travelling downhill on freeways and open roads; however, a hybrid acts like any other car when travelling uphill.
ANCAP testing is internationally recognised and undertaken in an independent test laboratory. The two main crash tests are offset frontal and side impact, with a score of up to 16 points allocated to each. An additional five bonus points are available for a pole test (two points) and assessing seatbelt warning systems (three points). Overall, a maximum of 37 points is available, which we converted to a percentage to give the occupant protection rating in our results table. It's important to note that crash test results are only comparable for vehicles within the same category.
The occupant protection rating considers the injury of the driver and front passenger's head, neck, chest, adbomen, pelvis, upper and lower legs and the deformation of the vehicles structure. The following assessments are made:
Restraint system
Injury risk
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gold market manipulation: despite the media lock-down, the word is getting out.
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gold market manipulation: despite the media lock-down, the word is getting out.
It's A Ponzi Scheme the Gold Market
by Nathan Lewis We've had a string of amazing revelations recently regarding the world's precious metals market. This is important stuff for anyone (like me) who holds gold as a means to avoid currency turmoil and counterparty risk. (My earlier post on shenanigans at the Comex gold market.) This news has been actively suppressed in the mainstream media. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, a U.S. government regulatory agency, held hearings in Washington D.C. in late March regarding position limits in the futures market. People involved in the markets have known/suspected for years that they have been manipulated by certain large entities, notably JP Morgan and Goldman Sachs. Analysts like silver maven, Ted Butler, hedge fund giant, Eric Sprott, and the Gold Anti-Trust Action Committee (GATA) have been collecting evidence of this manipulation for years. These hearings were supposed to be a non-event. However, despite the media lock-down, the word is getting out. The CFTC, like the SEC, is a conflicted agency. Some people, notably Chairman Gary Gensler and Commissioner Bart Chilton, seem to want to clean up the sleaze, fraud and corruption. The CFTC even invited GATA's Bill Murphy and Adrian Douglas to make statements. Would you be surprised to learn that the cameras had a "technical malfunction" during Bill Murphy's statement, which magically righted itself immediately after he finished? After the hearing, according to Douglas, Murphy was contacted by several major media outlets for more interviews. Within 24 hours, all the interviews were canceled. All of them. You can follow the links above to see the research that Butler, Sprott and GATA have done over the years. That was only one part of the emerging story. The second part is the appearance of London metals trader and now whistleblower Andrew Maguire, who understands JP Morgan's manipulation scheme inside and out. Maguire understands the process so well that he was able to describe it to the CFTC's Bart Chilton on the phone in real time. As in: "in a few minutes, they are going to do this, and then they will do that." Listen to an extended interview with Maguire and GATA's Adrian Douglas on King World News here. Maguire has taken some personal risks to tell all this in public. In fact, almost immediately after his initial statements, he was run over by a car while walking down the street. The driver sped away, nearly running over some other pedestrians in his haste to escape. Fortunately, Maguire survived the hit-and-run "accident" with minor injuries. What a coincidence. The third item was during the question-and-answer session at the CFTC hearings. GATA's Adrian Douglas. For many years, people assumed that the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA), the world's largest gold market, was a simple bullion market. Cash for gold. However, just in the past few months, more people are realizing that there is actually very little gold within the LBMA system. Even long-time gold specialists like Maguire have been amazed to learn that there is no gold corresponding to the vast "gold deposits" at the major LBMA banks. During the CFTC hearings, Jeffrey Christian of CPM Group apparently informed us that the LBMA banks actually have about a hundred times more gold deposits than actual gold bullion. (GATA on CFTC hearing revelations, including video clips. ZeroHedge on the LBMA "paper gold ponzi") This means that there are thousands of clients -- Asian and Middle Eastern governments and sovereign wealth funds among them -- who think they own hundreds of billions and perhaps trillions of dollars of gold bullion, and are being charged storage fees on that fantasy bullion, but they really own unsecured gold loans to the banks at a negative interest rate. There is nothing new about this. Morgan Stanley paid several million dollars in 2007 to settle claims that it had charged 22,000 clients for storage fees on silver bullion that didn't exist. Imagine now that you are one of these people who think they own billions of dollars of gold in an LBMA bank depository. Now you find out that this gold doesn't really exist. You would ask for delivery of your gold immediately. It would be a "run on the bank." What about things like ETFs linked to gold? Most of them also claim, as assets, these "deposits" at the LBMA banks. The entire gold market is complete "ponzimonium," a word popularized by the CFTC's Bart Chilton. This does not even take into account the tungsten gold bar counterfeit issue, which has emerged over the past year or so. Imagine that you are an LBMA gold bank -- like JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs or HSBC. Your clients start asking for their gold, which you have been telling them is safely stored in your super-safe depository, but the gold doesn't actually exist. It's not so easy to buy it either, because none of the other LBMA members actually have any gold. Can you see the incentive to deliver a phony tungsten counterfeit instead? You might even ask your buddies in the U.S. government whether there is any gold left in Fort Knox that they could use -- this being an issue of National Security and all. Four 400 oz. LBMA standard bars were discovered to be tungsten counterfeits in Hong Kong. This set off a wave of investigations, turning up more such phony bars worldwide. These were very high quality counterfeits. According to some investigators, it appears that the original source and creator of these counterfeits was the U.S. government itself. Some people put the possible number of counterfeit bars out there in the hundreds of thousands! Let's say you are an Asian or Middle Eastern sovereign wealth fund taking delivery on a few billion dollars' worth of gold bullion. You find out that you were given a bunch of phony tungsten by an LBMA bank, whose original source was the U.S. government itself. Heck, I'd be pissed. I might even want to do something about it. (Saturday Night Live approximates the Chinese reaction to U.S. government scams and lies.) There is an easy way to sidestep all the scams, frauds, and phony nonsense. Take delivery on your bullion, whether a 1 oz. Kruggerand or a truckload of 400 oz. institutional bars. Put it in an independent, insured depository that is not affiliated with any bank. Assay all the holdings for tungsten counterfeits. Then audit it periodically, for exact serial numbers and specified weights. When will the music stop on this merry-go-round of lies and corruption? Who knows. But you can take your seat now, while they are still easy to come by. I suspect those who do not act in advance will eventually find that they are victims of the Ponzimonium. What if you don't have any gold, and have no interest in owning any? This could affect you too. Ultimately, a lot of these "gold suppression" schemes amount to dollar-support schemes. Many of the same games were played in the late 1960s, the days of the London Gold Pool. The London Gold Pool was an agreement among world central banks to stabilize the gold market at $35/oz. This was really an attempt to stabilize the dollar, which tended to decline in value due to the Keynesian "easy money" policies popular in those days (and today as well). These Keynesian "easy money" policies have consequences. You can't "easy money" your way to prosperity. Prosperity is built on "hard money" -- money that is unchanging in value. The London Gold Pool eventually blew up, of course, and the dollar fell to about 1/24th of its original value, hitting $850/oz. in 1980. This dollar decline produced a horrible decade of inflation, during the 1970s. We spent most of the 1980s and 1990s just recovering from that disaster. Click below for a graph of U.S. Treasury interest rates from 1955 to 2005 View image Thus, when the "New London Gold Pool" blows up, we might find that the dollar decline that has been going on since 2001 could accelerate dramatically. You would be surprised how little most big hedge funds know about gold. But they do know the scent of blood in the water. And they learn quick. |
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RE: gold market manipulation: despite the media lock-down, the word is getting out.
the Chinese are going to be pissed
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RE: gold market manipulation: despite the media lock-down, the word is getting out.
Quote:The world Largest Fraud: 5.5 Trillion? Time you stood up.http://digg.com/business_finance/The_wor...5_Trillion http://www.investingcontrarian.com/globa...-stood-up/ There are no others, there is only us. http://FastTadpole.com/ |
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RE: gold market manipulation: despite the media lock-down, the word is getting out.
Some more insight on the IMF role in this fiasco. The off market sale of gold also supports the theory that India is being groomed to be an economic centrepiece of the so-called 'elites' new world agenda.
Quote:IMF Refuses To Sell Gold It Claims Is Availablehttp://digg.com/world_news/IMF_Refuses_T..._Available http://news.coinupdate.com/imf-refuses-t...able-0210/ There are no others, there is only us. http://FastTadpole.com/ |
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RE: gold market manipulation: despite the media lock-down, the word is getting out.
Quote:Exclusive: Second Whistleblower Emerges - A Deep Insider's Walkthru To Silver Market Manipulationhttp://digg.com/business_finance/A_Secon...er_Emerges http://www.zerohedge.com/article/exclusi...nipulation Video :: IMF buy our Gold at $42.20 per ounce using SDRs July 22, 2009 – 6:33 pm http://revolutionarypolitics.com/?p=1830 IMF can be vetoed by US government since they have the final say, not sure why they are not, perhaps it is their best intrests or the best intrests of the poeple who backs their power. Funny how the same private banks that are vested in the Ferderal Reserve of New York control the IMF. Why $42.20? Post WWII prices when the gold was deposited were set at that rate and rates have been locked in since. The IMF has the 4th largest reserve of gold in the world so this is not small change we are are talking about. 3,217.3 tons of gold which each ton translates into 2,204.6 pounds or 35273.6 oz per ton. At $951.20/oz * each ton would be worth $33,552,248.32. Meaning $107,947,648,519.94 USD from a liquidated stockpile. That is a tidy profit of 2254%. * I calculated this based on 07/26/2009 prices ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_gold_reserves There are no others, there is only us. http://FastTadpole.com/ |
(This post was last modified: 04-15-2010 05:22 PM by h3rm35.)
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RE: gold market manipulation: despite the media lock-down, the word is getting out.
Quote:The IMF has the 4th largest reserve of gold in the world so this is not small change we are are talking about. 3,217.3 tons of gold which each ton translates into 2,204.6 pounds or 35273.6 oz per ton. At $951.20/oz * each ton would be worth $33,552,248.32. Meaning $107,947,648,519.94 USD from a liquidated stockpile. That is a tidy profit of 2254%.Chris Powell of GATA says most of that's paper like in the LBMA, and that it's being used to scare down inflation (see the second video) so in essence, that gold isn't real, and is just part of the crazy futures market that is used to control currency values... I'd assume that the IMF isn't vetoed by the US Gvt. because JP Morgan is a registered agent of theirs and is utilized to smooth over financial difficulties, (this is explained in the first video segment,) and the IMF is involved is the same activities that JP Morgan is... That is, keeping gold and silver prices lower so that the dollar is still valued above the price of the paper it's printed on. |
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A gluten free blog dedicated to food, family, friends, and time in the kitchen
Friday, April 12, 2013
On Reading Bread and Wine and Shauna Niequist's Magical White Bean Soup! YUM!
We recently returned from a family vacation to Hawaii which was won.der.ful! Hawaii is my place, my special spot! To me it's magical, wonderful, and there is nowhere on earth where I am more alive! I love how it smells, how warm the air feels, the beach, and the sunshine! During our stay I DEVOURED Bread and Wine! Oh My Word, what a FUN and easy read! I poured through this book, marking pages, underlining quotes, and meal planning. I've read all of Shauna Niequist's books. Being a girl who loves to cook, eat, and feed my people, this book was like candy to me and I couldn't get enough of it! Shauna shares some of the BEST ideas for putting meals together, and there are so many recipes I can't wait to devour! And what's better than that is that her husband eats a gluten free diet so the recipes even work for me and my family!! I couldn't wait to get home and try one of her recipes.
When we arrived back home it was 45 degrees and raining (tears!) so I decided to try her Magical White Bean Soup which was delicious and easy! I left my soup chunkier than she recommends because that's how we like it; but that's the only thing I did a little differently.
I wish that I could sit down at a table with Shauna and talk to her for a few hours. She shares so many of my thoughts, not only on entertaining, but even on things like instagram and blogging. I felt like a friend was talking to me as I read. I highly recommend this book as it's a great one to grab for your summer reading. I just know that you'll really enjoy it!
Magical White Bean Soup- taken from Shauna Niequiest's book Bread and Wine
"This recipe was inspired by Nancy Silverton's Tuscan White Bean Soup with Prosciutto and Parmesan in her cookbook, A Twist of the Wrist.
I liked the idea of a thick bean soup with ribbons of prosciutto (for the meat eaters), a dusting of Parmesan (for the dairy eaters), and a drizzle of balsamic vinaigrette. Even though Nancy's recipe calls for just olive oil, I'm in a serious balsamic phase, and I want it on everything." Shauna Niequist
2 shallots, sliced
1⁄2 pound carrots, sliced into thin coins on a diagonal
1 bulb fennel, sliced
4 celery ribs, sliced on a diagonal
6 cans white beans in liquid (cannellini or great northern beans)
Salt and pepper to taste
Balsamic vinegar
Olive oil
For serving:
Prosciutto, torn into ribbons
Parmesan, curled into strips with a vegetable peeler
1 tablespoon rosemary, rough chopped
In a stockpot or dutch oven, soften two sliced shallots in olive oil over medium heat.
Add carrots, fennel, and celery, and allow to soften, 10 to 15 minutes.
Add beans in their liquid and chopped rosemary.
Cover and cook for 20 minutes at a gentle boil.
Taste, add salt and pepper, taste again—keep in mind that you'll
get a good amount of salt from the toppings.
Cook for an additional 20 minutes, or longer if you have time.
Off heat, mash with a potato masher or the back of a wooden spoon for a rustic, chunky texture. If you'd like a smoother texture, run it through a food processor or use an immersion blender in the pot.
Balsamic vinaigrette:
Mix a spoonful of Dijon, a few tablespoons of balsamic, a quarter cup or so of olive oil, some salt and pepper in a glass jar, then shake well. Adjust to taste—I usually like a 2:1 ratio of oil to vinegar and Dijon.
Serve with a small pitcher of vinaigrette, and bowls of prosciutto torn into ribbons, curls of Parmesan, and chopped rosemary.
ServeS: 6 to 8
books I love,
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Gluten Free Cooking Class For Kids!
I'm so excited to announce that on Saturday April 20th I will be teaching two hands on cooking classes for kids at the Flour Pot Kitchen! I will be teaching a few of my own kids' very favorite dishes and then we'll all enjoy a meal together in a beautiful location! This is a hands on class and will be loads of fun!! I hope you can make it!
Here is the link: http://www.flourpotkitchen.com/kidsteens-in-the-kitchen.html
See you there!!
Thanks to Becky for the fun cooking collage!
Saturday, March 23, 2013
Happy Spring!
I've always longed to move somewhere sunny and have been mistaken for being from California many times! But lately I find myself feeling more and more content with just staying where I am. Even though we see our share of rain in Seattle we've enjoyed many days of blue skies lately which has just been wonderful! Today I took a nice, long run in the sunshine and soaked up some of that wonderful vitamin D. My husband took our youngest snowboarding up in the mountains and she came home with a little sunburn! I just seem to notice more and more the beauty that surrounds me where I live and see that I'm deeply treasuring the friendships that I've made over the years and find those people to be so valuable in my life! I've even been puttering around in the garden and getting my hands in the dirt is just good for my soul! I'm completely an outdoor girl at heart and if it were possible I would eat every meal out of doors! It's not quite warm enough for that here... Yet! BUT we did BBQ a few mean steaks this evening and ate in our sun filled kitchen while the dutch door was open, allowing lovely, fresh breezes to blow though which caused the candles to flicker with a romantic glow while we ate.
I love to "copy" meals that we've had that have beautiful memories attached to them and tonight we were pretending we were eating that first meal in Paris where the sweet owner of a lovely bar cooked steak frites for us at 10pm and we enjoyed our first Paris meal while basking in the atmosphere of a large table of french men laughing, eating, and enjoying life. Tonight we brought that home and ate together as a family in much the same way. It wasn't Paris, but it was home and we LOVED it!
family meals
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Lemon Meringue Pie, Gardening, and Gluten Free Mac N Cheese That The Kids Can Cook!
I have this auntie that I've looked up to ever since I was a little girl. I've always thought her to be the "coolest" when it comes to fashion, home keeping, lifestyle, etc. In fact, I'm a regular visitor to her facebook page. She is a snow bird and lives in Arizona during our yucky winter months and recently posted photos of homemade lemon meringue pie which she made from lemons from her neighbors garden. I don't know if I had ever had lemon meringue pie before but I HAD to try it after seeing my auntie make it! Well now this is my very favorite pie!! It's so fresh and delicious! The lemon zest and freshly squeezed juice add SO MUCH to the taste! I will be making this over and over again all summer long! I served it to my grandpa, mom, and 2 of my aunties and they all said it was delicious! You've GOT to try it! :)
For the gluten free pie crust:
1 c cup4cup flour
1/4 t kosher salt (it's important to use kosher)
1/2 t sugar
1/4 c plus 3 T very cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes
4 T ice water, plus more if needed.
In the bowl of a food processor, stir together the flour, salt, and sugar. Sprinkle the butter over the top and pulse for a few seconds, or just until the butter is slightly broken up into the flour but still visible in pieces. Evenly sprinkle the water over the flour mixture, then process just until the mixture starts to come together. Dump the dough onto a work surface and press it together into a disk. Place the disk in a large zip-lock plastic bag. Refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes or up to 1 day, or freeze up to 1 month. When ready roll out your dough for the pie crust.
Bake at 400 degrees for 20 minutes.
For the lemon meringue filling:
The original recipe found here.
1 cup white sugar
2 tablespoons cup4cup flour
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups water
2 lemons, juiced and zested
2 tablespoons butter
4 egg yolks, beaten
1 (9 inch) pie crust, baked
4 egg whites
6 tablespoons white sugar
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
To Make Lemon Filling: In a medium saucepan, whisk together 1 cup sugar, flour, cornstarch, and salt. Stir in water, lemon juice and lemon zest. Cook over medium-high heat, stirring frequently, until mixture comes to a boil. Stir in butter. Place egg yolks in a small bowl and gradually whisk in 1/2 cup of hot sugar mixture. Whisk egg yolk mixture back into remaining sugar mixture. Bring to a boil and continue to cook while stirring constantly until thick. Remove from heat. Pour filling into baked pastry shell.
To Make Meringue: In a large glass or metal bowl, whip egg whites until foamy. Add sugar gradually, and continue to whip until stiff peaks form. Spread meringue over pie, sealing the edges at the crust.
Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes, or until meringue is golden brown.
My oldest daughter has begun to enjoy cooking and finds great pride in preparing our family's meal from time to time. Tonight she made her very favorite recipe! I'm so proud watching her slice the raw chicken and then cook it in the hot olive oil! She's becoming quite capable in the kitchen and it's something that we can really enjoy together! I must admit that we're both getting a lot out of our time together in the kitchen!!
Spicy Mac N Cheese
1 package gluten free penne pasta
1 T olive oil
2 chicken breasts- diced into 1" pieces
1 1/2 t onion flakes
1 t garlic powder
1/2 t dried oregano
1/2 t chili powder
1/2- 1 t chili flakes, to taste
2/3 c 2% milk
4 oz velveeta
1/2 c shredded cheddar
1/2 c shredded monterey jack
1/8 t ground cayenne pepper
1/8 t ground black pepper
1/4 c diced roasted red pepper
2 t gluten free breadcrumbs
2 t parmesan, finely grated
1/4 t finely minced parsley
1. Cook the pasta in a large saucepan according to package directions. I like to put about 1 tsp salt in the boiling water
2. Heat the oil over med-high heat in a large skillet. Add the chicken. Season with onion flakes, garlic powder, dried oregano, chili powder, and red pepper flakes. Cook until chicken is no longer pink.
3.. Combine milk, velveeta, cheddar cheese, jack cheese, cayenne pepper, and black pepper in a small saucepan over medium heat and cook for about 10 minutes until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth.
4. Drain the noodles and pour into the pan with the cooked chicken. Add the roasted red pepper. Pour the cheese sauce over the top and toss to coat.
5. Combine the breadcrumbs, parmesan, and parsley in a small bowl. Stir to combine.
6. Pour pasta into a serving bowl and sprinkle the breadcrumb mixture over the top.
Serves 4
I must admit that I do not enjoy winter at all! Once Christmas is over I begin counting the days until spring! I'm so thankful that tomorrow is the first day of spring!! To celebrate I planted sweet peas, sugar peas, and a bit of chard today!! Once I finished, I cut a bunch of Muscari to bring into the house and placed several small vases around the kitchen and living room. Let spring begin!!
Saturday, February 23, 2013
My last final project!
Good morning!
I couldn't sleep because we put my grandma in hospice last night so I figured I get my final finished for my last quarter of school. I'm going to miss working on final projects! I find that I pour my heart and soul into them. This quarter I took studio lighting and I had a blast shooting my final! I originally was going to shoot food as usual but then I decided to spread my wings and try something new while I had all of the equipment available for use. Man I enjoyed this shoot! My goal was to capture lots of personality! Baby Ava had me in stitches so many times! Shooting toddlers was a lot harder than I anticipated because I forgot how difficult it is for them to be still! I worked with her by shooting and shooting until I got the shot I wanted. And truly, if looking for personality was my goal then I couldn't have chosen a better model! I've known her mama since I was 14 years old because she's been my sister's best friend since preschool so that also kept things very comfortable and casual in the studio. What fun! If I had a studio like this available for use I think I just may enjoy shooting kids more than food!
I'm SO GRATEFUL for the opportunity of returning to school. It changed me in more ways than I had ever dreamed. I've found that having a skill that brings me such joy has been great for my self confidence. In addition, each week as I've taken criticism for my work it's helped me to develop a backbone. I remember my first critique over a year ago when I came home in tears! Now I just listen to what my professor and classmates have to say and apply the things that can help me grow without taking offense. This is a life skill that has helped me in other areas as well.
I could not be more thankful to Neal who funded my education. :o) I had such encouragement along the way from him and my family. At the beginning I wanted to quit so many times feeling like I would never get the hang of photography. Now there is little that stirs that fiery passion inside of me more than photography.
Where do I go from here??
Man! I don't know yet! But I feel that the world is my oyster. I've run after my education with all my heart and now as I finish I know that I will put the same passion into my career (as soon as I figure out which direction that is).
I never knew how much it would mean to me to find my passion- my creative side. When I was younger I would look to my younger brother who is a fantastic designer or my sister who is an amazing singer and decorator. Then there's my mom who can basically do anything and I always felt like I was the girl who could balance a good checkbook or write a workable budget. It brings me great joy to now have something that is mine! Something I'm crazy about! And if I can just say it once again, I'm eternally grateful!
Sunday, February 17, 2013
parmesan and butter risotto for my valentines
I hope you were able to enjoy Valentine's Day! I'm not one to make much of a fuss over Valentine's Day but this year we decided to make it extra special. We got each girl Valentine cards, heart shaped boxes of chocolates, and a small gift. I was thrilled when while shopping I found a valentine's box of Hawaiian chocolate covered macadamia nuts for Neal- his favorite!
Whenever I need help menu or party planning I always turn to Tracy from Loving Pretty Things because that's her specialty. She's my party planner, extraordinaire friend. She texted me some simple ingredients that I could make a marinade with for our prawns which were to.die.for. I need to figure out some measurements and get that recipe on my blog STAT because this meal was better than anything we could've ordered at a restaurant! We went with a surf and turf theme serving rib eye steak and prawns. I was only going to serve seafood but apparently it's not valentine's day for my husband without beef. :) Then we just tossed the asparagus with olive oil, sea salt, and pepper and grilled it for a couple of minutes. This was truly one of the best dinners I've ever had. I made the risotto in advance during the afternoon and then kept it in the fridge until it was time to serve it and reheated it before serving. This would make a great menu for your spring entertaining as well!
For the risotto:
prep time: about an hour
6 cups chicken stock
1 1/4 sticks unsalted butter
1 onion, finely chopped
2 1/2 c arborio rice
2/3 pinot gris
1 c freshly grated parmesan
sea salt and freshly ground pepper
Heat the stock in a medium sauce pan and keep at a simmer.
In a separate saucepan melt half of the butter and add the onion stirring until soft and translucent. Add the rice and stir until well coated with the butter and heated through. Pour in the wine and boil until it has reduced to almost nothing.
Begin adding the stock, one ladle at a time stirring until it's absorbed by the rice. Continue until all of the stock has been added and cook until the rice is creamy and tender but still firm, about 15-20 minutes. ** you are gently stirring this entire time to keep the rice from sticking or burning at the bottom of the pan.
Salt and Pepper to taste and add the remaining butter and parmesan. Cover and let rest until ready to serve.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013
My favorite kitchen tools and accessories!
My absolute FAVORITE room in the house is the kitchen. It's a tiny little kitchen but it's white and bright and all the people I love most in the world congregate there while I feed them and love on them. My favorite way to cook is with recorded shows of the barefoot contessa playing on my ipad and a candle lit. There are certain kitchen tools that I've found to be invaluable and completely worth the money and I thought I'd share my favorite kitchen objects here:
Tea towels by Studiopatro. They have the BEST colors and designs and they wash up beautifully.
Latte bowls from Anthropologie. My kids eat cereal almost everyday and these are the first bowls that never chip in the dishwasher, plus they come in super fun colors!
Dutch ovens by Le Creuset. People have asked me if they're worth the money before and I give them a hearty yes! I use them on the stove and in the oven. Mine is washed and washed and doesn't have a single chip! Plus they hold their heat well and come in pretty colors! I'm obsessed with the new quince color!
Boos cutting boards. They're so great left out on the kitchen counter and work perfectly well with my recommended knife!
Wusthof knives! I had a gift card to Williams Sonoma over the holidays so I bought my first good knife. What a HUGE difference it makes!! It makes life in the kitchen so much more enjoyable! I had no idea how much easier prep work could be with a fabulous knife! If you can only afford one I recommend the 8" chef knife. (that's the one I got!)
The fleur de sel hand soap from Williams-Sonoma. I LOVE this smell!!! I've been using this soap for 2 years now and still enjoy it every time I wash my hands!
Mrs. Meyers Dish soap. My favorite scent is lemon verbena. I'm a firm believer that good smells make cleaning more fun.
Fresh Herbs! I can't express this enough! Makes all the difference in the world! Mine grow in an old wash bin just outside the kitchen on the deck. It will change your cooking!
Grapefruit candle by Jo Malone. Okay. I understand this one is a pricey one but it smells DIVINE!! It's my favorite smell in. the. world! I don't always have one but when I do it's a real treat!!
And last but not least, any cookbook by Ina Garten simply because she's my favorite!
Well there you have it! A few of my favorite things! You know, Mother's Day is coming and maybe you can start hinting around if you see something you "need." :)
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Recreational mathematics
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Recreational mathematics is an umbrella term for mathematics carried out for recreation, self-education and self-entertainment, rather than as a fully serious professional activity. It often involves mathematical puzzles and games.
Many problems in this field require no knowledge of advanced mathematics and recreational mathematics often attracts the curiosity of amateur mathematicians, inspiring their further study of the subject.[1]
This genre of mathematics encompasses logic puzzles and other deductive puzzles, the aesthetics of mathematics, and peculiar or amusing stories and coincidences about mathematics, and the personal lives of mathematicians. Some of the more well-known topics in recreational mathematics are mathematical chess problems, magic squares and fractals.
Mathematical games
Mathematical games are multiplayer games whose rules, strategies, and outcomes can be studied and explained using mathematics. The players of the game may not need to use explicit mathematics in order to play mathematical games. For example, Mancala is a mathematical game, because mathematicians can study it using combinatorial game theory, but no mathematics is necessary in order to play it.
Mathematical puzzles
Mathematical puzzles require mathematics in order to solve them. They have specific rules, as do multiplayer games, but mathematical puzzles don't usually involve competition between two or more players. Instead, in order to solve such a puzzle, the solver must find a solution that satisfies the given conditions.
Logic puzzles are a common type of mathematical puzzle. Conway's Game of Life and fractals are also considered mathematical puzzles, even though the solver only interacts with them by providing a set of initial conditions.
Sometimes, mathematical puzzles are referred to as mathematical games as well.
Other curiosities and pastimes of non-trivial mathematical interest:
- Juggling (juggling patterns)
- Origami (many mathematical results, some deep)
- Cat's cradle and other string figures
- The journal "Eureka" published by the mathematical society of the University of Cambridge is one of the oldest publications in recreational mathematics. It has been published 60 times since 1939 and authors have included many famous mathematicians and scientists such as Martin Gardner, John Conway, Roger Penrose, Ian Stewart, Timothy Gowers, Stephen Hawking and Paul Dirac.
- The Journal of Recreational Mathematics is the largest publication on this topic.
- "Mathematical Games" was the title of a long-running column on the subject by Martin Gardner (1914-2010), in Scientific American. He inspired several generations of mathematicians and scientists, through his interest in mathematical recreations. "Mathematical Games" (1956-1981) was succeeded by "Metamagical Themas" (1981-19??), a similarly distinguished, but shorter-running, column by Douglas Hofstadter, then by "Mathematical Recreations" (19??-????), a column by Ian Stewart, and most recently "Puzzling Adventures" (????-present) by Dennis Shasha.
- In popular culture
- In the Doctor Who episode "42", the Doctor completes a sequence of happy primes, then complains that schools no longer teach recreational mathematics.
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime, a book about a young boy with Asperger syndrome, discusses many mathematical games and puzzles.
The foremost advocates of recreational mathematics have included:
- Lewis Carroll, author, mathematician and puzzlist
- John Horton Conway, mathematician and inventor of Conway's Game of life
- Henry Dudeney, regarded as England's greatest puzzlist
- Martin Gardner, author of Mathematical Games, a long running column in Scientific American
- Sam Loyd, regarded as America's greatest puzzlist
- Joseph Madachy, long-time editor of Journal of Recreational Mathematics, author of Mathematics on Vacation and Madachy's Mathematical Recreations
- Clifford A. Pickover, author of numerous books on recreational mathematics
- Marilyn vos Savant, author of "Ask Marilyn", a long running column in PARADE
- Malba Tahan, pseudonym of Júlio César de Mello e Souza, author of several books figuring recreational mathematics, including The Man Who Counted
- Yakov Perelman, Russian author of many popular science books, including Mathematics Can Be Fun
- D. R. Kaprekar, Indian mathematician
- ^ Kulkarni, D. Enjoying Math: Learning Problem Solving With KenKen Puzzles, A textbook for teaching with KenKen Puzzles.
Further reading
- W. W. Rouse Ball and H.S.M. Coxeter (1987). Mathematical Recreations and Essays, Thirteenth Edition, Dover. ISBN 0-486-25357-0.
- Henry E. Dudeney (1967). 536 Puzzles and Curious Problems. Charles Scribner's sons. ISBN 0-684-71755-7.
- Sam Loyd (1959. 2 Vols.). in Martin Gardner: The Mathematical Puzzles of Sam Loyd. Dover. OCLC 5720955.
- Raymond M. Smullyan (1991). The Lady or the Tiger? And Other Logic Puzzles. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-286136-0.
- Igor Kokcharov (2012). Math Puzzles for MBAs. eBook for iPad. ISBN 9781623141318.
External links
- Recreational Mathematics from MathWorld at Wolfram Research
- Mathematical treasure hunt on the Internet by CIJM (for highschool students and general public)
- QEDcat - fun mathematical resources by Burkard Polster and Marty Ross.
- mathpuzzle.com by Ed Pegg, Jr.
- Puzzles of the Month by Gianni A. Sarcone
- The Unreasonable Utility of Recreational Mathematics by David Singmaster
- Nick's Mathematical Puzzles
- Cotpi Weekly Puzzles
- Knot a Braid of Links
- Project Eureka - collection of mathematical problems and puzzles
- A+Click: Math problems with difficulty level adapted to students' age


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Drugs found during surprise search earlier this week.
Four Tewksbury High students were hit with $100 civil citations after being found to be in possession of small amounts of marijuana. The students' names were not released because they were not charged with a crime. According to Massachusetts law, possession of less than one ounce of marijuana is not considered a criminal offense but is subject to a civil fine. The drugs were found during a surprise K-9 drug search at the school on Tuesday, Feb. 12. According to information provided by the Tewksbury Police Department the search was conducted at around 9 a.m. with Tewksbury's K-9 Unit and 10 other K-9 Units from several other local communities (Billerica PD, Burlington PD, Concord PD, Melrose PD, Wakefield PD, Weymouth PD, and Middlesex …
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UFC 146: The MMA Fight Professor vs. Scott Matla
This week we introduce a new feature to AddictedMMA that will interact and give the Addicts a chance to pit your wits against a MMA trainer known simply as the "MMA Fight Professor".Each "numbered" UFC event will see the professor put his reputation on the line so without further ado....
Hi guys what's up, I've been looking at UFC 146, what a crazy card. Big massive monsters ready to bash the granny out of each other, so be ready for arm breaking submission and jaw smashing knock-outs!!
So let's run through the main card. "Man I'm pumped for this"...
Lavar Johnson vs. Stefan Struve
First of we have got massive raw power against a very long rangy durable fighter with solid subs.
Lavar Johnson (17-5-0) is a man with no problem standing and getting into a fist fight, while Stephan Struve (23-5-0) has a good ground game. Struve is a purple belt but also has had good wins over quality kick boxers such as Pat Barry and Paul Buentello.
This is the way I see this playing out. Johnson will be trying to land some heavy punches and trying to finish fast, this won't be easy given Stefan's incredible reach advantage. Stefan will probably eat a lot of these whilst trying to score the takedown; he can't stand and trade with this demolition man. I think he will struggle in the 1st but will survive the round.
Then early in the second round Stefan will make his come back strong, and get the takedown. This will make Struve's life easy as all apart from one of Johnson's losses have come from submission, I can see why when he has the ground game of an upturned crab!! Then sink the choke in mid part of the second round
Stefan Struve wins via Round 2 Submission.
Addict Scott Matla: Johnson is a killer pure and simple with 15 TKO/KO victories out of his 17 total victories. Struve has struggled with power punchers in the past and Johnson has dynamite hidden in his knuckles. I look for the two to have a short feeling out process before Johnson catches Struve and puts another clip to his highlight reel.
Lavar Johnson wins via Round 1 KO
Stipe Miocic vs. Shane del Rosario
This fight should prove to be an interesting one with both men being high quality strikers. Miocic (8-0-0) a Golden Glove Champion and Rosario (11-0-0) a WBC World Muay Thai champion. Miocic a NCAA division one wrestler and Rosario a blue belt in BJJ and training at Brock Lesnar's Team Death Clutch.
My opinion is that Boxers are better punchers than Thai guys, plus you don't want be throwing many kicks around when facing a division one wrestler.
Both men are known for big knock-out power, so it comes down to who will throw the cleaner punches and who will have the better chin?
Both men will come out swinging, this fight will not be going the distance, I see Miocic landing the better punches and finishing the fight in the first.
Stipe Miocic wins via Round 1 TKO.
Addict Scott Matla: Stipe has been highly impressive since joining the UFC and disposed of his last opponent in impressive fashion. Del Rosario however has been even more impressive fighting his way up the Strikeforce heavyweight, ladder both are undefeated and both carry a lot of finishes as well. However Del Rosario is my pick to out point Miocic for three rounds and pick up the unanimous nod.
Del Rosario wins via Unanimous Decision
Roy Nelson vs. Dave Herman
This will be one of my favourites. I am a MAHOOSIVE fan of Big Country especially since my waistline is slowly creeping out.
What can be said about this bout? Big Country (16-7-0) a man who has a beard harder then granite and Dave Herman (21-3-0) a unit who went 15-0 at the start of his career, a big puncher with good knees, and a solid submission game to compliment.
Height will come into play early into this fight with Herman being 5" taller then Nelson, Nelson will no doubt take several blow's to his swede (head) but not without trying to land some of his own with some success. Hopefully we might get to see some of Big Country BJJ black belt skills come into play with this one.
Unfortunately for Herman I see the second round having Roy landing a whooper of a right hand, much the same as we seen with the Schaub. Leaving Herman looking up to the stars asking what happened??!!
Roy Nelson wins via Round 2 KO.
Addict Scott Matla: Herman packs big power in his hands as evidenced by his 15 TKO/KO wins; however Roy Nelson packs big power of his own and has a chin that may or may not be made of adamantium! Nelson also boasts a very well rounded game with a BJJ black belt so he is prepared to take the fight to the ground if required. I look for the two fighters to trade the entire opening frame before Nelson clips Herman and follows up with ground and pound for an early 2nd round victory.
Roy Nelson wins via Round 2 TKO
Co-Main Event:
Cain Velasquez vs. Antonio Silva
This could be a main event on any card in any country. Cain Velasquez (9-1-0) will be looking for an impressive win to make a statement for a claim at the Heavyweight Title again. Whilst Antonio Silva (16-3-0) will be making his debut in the UFC, against a very tough competitor in former champion Velasquez.
This fight must play a little with Silva's head due to the fact that his last opponent Daniel Cormier finished him at just 3:56 of the 1st round. A fighter coming out of AKA, the same team as his new opponent and they are almost carbon copies of each other. NCAA division 1 wrestlers who like to sprawl and brawl, with sharp heavy hands.
Cain Velasquez can keep an amazing pace where most normal humans would crumble, and he stopped the (almost) unstoppable Big Nog.
In this fight I wonder if Silva will try and use some of his own ground game wizardry which could possibly be his biggest chance in this match. Or go hell for leather and land a JDS style big boomer and get the "W" that way.
But the way I see it playing out is Cain trying what his team mate Daniel did, and go in heavy using wrestling in reverse and land a highlight real KO late in the 1st.
Cain Velasquez wins via Round 1 KO.
Addict Scott Matla: This is a huge fight for Velasquez after losing his title to Junior Dos Santos in just 64 seconds. Cain boasts a great wrestling pedigree, seemingly limitless cardio, and KO power in his hands. Bigfoot Silva is no slouch however being one of just three men to finish the legendary Fedor and in dominant fashion nonetheless. Silva possesses a great striking game and a BJJ black belt. However Bigfoot's chin is the size of a watermelon and isn't the greatest either. Look for Cain to clip Silva midway through the 2nd round and follow up with a ground and pound stoppage.
Cain Velasquez wins via Round 2 TKO
Main Event:
Junior Dos Santos vs. Frank Mir
Holy knock out Batman!!! I have a funny feeling we all know how this bad boy is going to end and it will not be well for Mr. Mir.
Frank Mir (16-5-0) coming off of his second career defining moment; being the first man to tap Big Nog, and currently riding on a three fight win streak.
While JDS (14-1-0) is the current UFC Heavyweight Champion, undefeated whilst in the UFC, has KO'd a who's who of the UFC heavyweights and will be looking for some revenge against Frank for his last win against Big Nog.
Personally I can't see this last more than a few minutes before "Cigano" has punched a hole in Mir's face, probably an upper cut from hell that will go a long way towards winning "KO of the year".
You can't count Frank Mir out as he is always dangerous, but his chin is questionable and he seems to quit when he is hurt.
Junior Dos Santos wins via Round One.... KO of the year
Addict Scott Matla: Frank Mir steps in for Alistair Overeem in this title fight and sadly it won't be a long night for Frank. Mir possesses the most brutal BJJ game in the heavyweight division as evidenced by him snapping Big Nogs arm at UFC 140. His striking is rapidly improving but it isn't nearly on the same level as JDS. Mir also has a bad habit of attempting to trade punches with fighters he shouldn't...in his last few fights we saw him rocked and dropped by Nog and before that both Brock Lesnar and Shane Carwin force-fed Mir knuckle sandwiches. JDS is 5x the striker either of those men are and his stand up is a deadly mixture of speed, power and technique. Also training with Big Nogs JDS has a highly touted ground game that we haven't seen yet. I look for a short feeling out process and Mir to clinch in an attempt to slow down the champion. However in the clinch Dos Santos will land a big upper cut and end Mir's night soon after to retain his title belt.
Junior Dos Santos wins via Round One KO
So I'll leave the final words to our MMA Fight Professor;
Also a big shout out to UK fighter Dan "The Outlaw" Hardy fighting on the Facebook section of this card.
'Sweep the leg'
Peace out
'The MMA Fight Professor'
The MMA Fight Professor:
• Struve Rd2 Sub
• Miocic Rd1 TKO
• Nelson R2 KO
• Velasquez R1 KO
• Dos Santos R1 KO
Scott Matla: (Pic 2)
• Johnson Rd1 KO
• Del Rosario R3 UD
• Nelson R2 TKO
• Velasquez R2 TKO
• Dos Santos R1 KO
If you'd like to challenge the Professor at UFC 147 then drop me an email at SteveWickett@AddictedMMA and you may get the call up!
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Aaron Finch belts Doug Bollinger into Etihad roof but scores no runs
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- December 19, 2012
IT was hit so far it should have counted for eight, but in the end it was likely the first 100m-plus blast in cricket history that didn't score.
Renegades skipper Aaron Finch bludgeoned a Doug Bollinger bullet so far and high that it hit the Etihad Stadium roof's main supporting beam that towers 25m over the boundary line of what is the dockside wing when the arena is set up for football.
The crowd roared in delight when the ball smashed into the beam and fell back to the turf during the Big Bash League match tonight.
Should a ball that hits the Etihad roof be declared a dead ball or a six? Have your say below.
But they booed in unanimous disapproval when the blow, that looked certain to land in the top deck of the stand, was deemed a dead ball by umpires.
The ground rule dictates that any ball hitting the roof is out of play.
The only previous time it has been called on was when Mike Hussey hit the roof for Australia against the World XI in 2005.
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