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- Jan 11:
- Lyons driver sentenced to 8 years in prison for Boulder cyclist's death
- Jan 7:
- Monday sentencing for Lyons man who hit and killed a cyclist
- Jul 15:
- Patrick Ward ruled competent to stand trial in 2013 Lyons DUI crash that killed cyclist
- Apr 24:
- Competency review rescheduled for Patrick Ward in Lyons DUI crash that killed cyclist
- Jan 23:
- Patrick Ward ruled incompetent to stand trial in Lyons DUI crash that killed cyclist
- Jun 6:
- Boulder judge binds over felony case against Patrick Ward in fatal Lyons crash
- May 16:
- Patrick Ward charged with 2 counts of vehicular homicide in crash that killed Boulder cyclist
- May 15:
- Driver arrested in cyclist's death had complained bicyclists 'don't belong' in Lyons
- May 13:
- Driver held on $25K bond after Boulder cyclist struck, killed by SUV in Lyons
- May 11:
- Boulder County Sheriff's Office: Cyclist killed in Lyons car versus bike crash
Days after he was struck and killed by an alleged drunk driver while riding his bike in Lyons, Boulder's Michel Van Duym was remembered by coworkers as a kind, patient man who loved cycling and went out of his way to help others.
Van Duym, 46, was riding his bike down Main Street in Lyons on Saturday afternoon when an SUV that was apparently driving the wrong way struck him, according the Boulder County Sheriff's Office. Witnesses performed CPR, but Van Duym was declared dead at the scene, officials say.
For the past four years, Van Duym had worked as a sales representative at GHX, a Louisville-based healthcare supply chain management firm, according to company officials.
Murali Munuswamy was a co-worker of Van Duym's at GHX for the past three years and had grown close with him, regularly eating lunch with him and going out to dinner with Van Duym and his wife. Munuswamy described his friend as "the nicest guy I ever met."
"He was a pure gem with so much spirit," Munuswamy said. "He was always very optimistic and always had a smile on his face."
Munuswamy said Van Duym was enthusiastic about his cycling hobby, often talking about rides he had been on over the previous weekend. He usually tried to put in between 150 and 200 miles on his bike each week, Munuswamy said.
Munuswamy said he remembers Van Duym telling him about the ride he went on in the Fort Collins area the weekend of May 4 and 5. Along his ride, Van Duym encountered another cyclist sitting off the side of a road in a ditch, Munuswamy recalled. When he went to check on the person, he saw that the rider had fallen off his bike and suffered a nasty facial injury. Van Duym called for help and waited with the wounded rider until emergency crews arrived to administer care, Munuswamy said.
Van Duym brought a similar caring approach with him to work, according to his friend, taking time to coach other employees from all departments on things such as customer service.
"No matter how many times people would come and ask the same questions, he would still explain it very clearly," Munuswamy said. "He was a very patient guy and a very helpful guy. I can't believe he is no longer with us."
Cheryl Flury, GHX's vice president of corporate communications, echoed Munuswamy's comments.
"We're all going to miss him so much," she said. "He was the most positive person."
Flury said GHX is looking into doing something to honor Van Duym's memory, such as donating to a charity.
Lyons resident Patrick Ward, 69, was behind the wheel of the SUV that struck Van Duym, officials say. Ward was headed westbound in the eastbound lanes of Main Street when the accident occurred, though it is possible he was attempting to make a turn at the time, according to the Boulder County Sheriff's Office.
Ward has been arrested on suspicion of vehicular homicide, careless driving resulting in death and driving under the influence of alcohol. His bond is $25,000.
Ward will appear in the Boulder County Jail's courtroom at 2 p.m. Wednesday for filing of charges in the case.
Contact Camera Staff Writer Joe Rubino at 303-473-1328 or email@example.com.


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As an individual, you create, exchange, receive and generate a sea of digital information.
Think of your communications, documents, photos, blog posts and music. Add everything you're creating or working on at your job. Then add everything you've done on social networks like Facebook. Mix in account information, from your mobile phone company to your insurance company to online retailers such as Amazon. Layer on crucial personal information like your tax filings and your mortgage and it's overwhelming -- especially when you want to get access to this information from any of your growing collection of work and personal devices.
Managing all of this content is a growing problem for all of us. It's also a problem for CIOs and business technology (BT) organizations that must deal with individuals maintaining their own caches of digital content, including company content, using vendors such as Dropbox that the company hasn't selected and doesn't control. This will get even more complex as more new services spring up to help individuals manage their digital content.
[ Do we need more self-destructing digital content? Read This Email Will Self-Destruct: AT&T Seeks Patent. ]
Basically, the complete collection of digital "stuff" that matters to individuals is their digital self. The digital self is not just your work and personal computer files. It includes all of the complex and varied digital information that you and the organizations you deal with generate. Already, 77% of U.S. online adults report using one or more personal cloud services to store or manage their communications or content, and this doesn't even count their ubiquitous Web-based email accounts. Forrester divides this wide variety of digital information into four categories of content that make up the digital self:
Created. Content that you author such as messages, contacts, photos and presentations.
Mutual. Content and information you purchase from, create with, or share with providers.
Received. Transaction and activity records sent to you by companies you do business with.
Recorded. Records and data about your behavior collected and analyzed by others.
Challenges And Opportunities In Managing The Digital Self
Here's the dynamic. As people use more mobile devices, they worry more about losing data on those devices. And they become frustrated that more of their "stuff" -- their digital self -- is not available when and how they need it on all their work and personal devices.
These factors drive people to put more of that content online in services like Google Drive, Evernote or Microsoft SkyDrive. Workers use these services for work content, whether approved by their companies or not. But once all this content is in cloud services, people have challenges managing it, collaborating around it, backing it up, linking it with data in other services, keeping it private and secure, and generally getting additional value out of it. That's because current personal cloud services are really just storage automation services that have little content awareness and insight into what the individual is trying to accomplish.

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Ladies and gentlemen, behold! The main character of the weekly series, "Shaqtin A Fool," has parlayed his numerous appearances and bouts of ineptitude into a television show on Oprah's network, OWN.
That's right, JaVale McGee and his momager, Pam, will be on the tube away from the basketball court. Don't know about you, but this is the best news I've heard this month:
The new OWN series "Millionaire Mama's Boy" explores the dynamic relationship between former WNBA basketball star Pamela McGee and her 25-year-old son, Denver Nuggets center, JaVale McGee. Famous for being domineering on and off the court, Pamela is not only JaVale's mom, she's also his business manager, working to build an empire while trying to keep a tight rein on the glitz and girls that come with the life of an NBA star.
Any combination of this woman and this guy is a worthy addition to the televisual medium:


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Today we had The Goondas in-studio! They're celebrating the release of their new album Dog Show tonight at the Turf Club with Red Daughters and Driftwood Pyre. Doors for the show are at 9. We also featured new music from Cat Bath, End Quotes, and Holographic Sands in the playlist this week.
ALSO! In case you missed it, we announced the lineup for our Gigawatt XII showcase, which will be happening August 3rd at the 7th Street Entry. Strange Names, Carroll, and Hot Freaks will be performing so get ready to dance! Keep your eyes peeled on our Facebook page for more details to come.
Next Week's In-studio: Some Pulp
This Week's Playlist:
Artist / Song / Album
Cat Bath / Casio / Single
THE CLOAK OX / JOSEPHINE / Single
Bollywood / Ok Animal / Ok Animal - EP
Tickle Torture / Lovesickness / Spiritual Machete - EP
End Quotes / Bon Spielding / 7"
OAKS / All Mine / Field Beat - EP
Kitten Forever / Famous Friends / Born Ready
The Shakin' Babies / Katrina / Stoked Casual
TEENAGE MOODS / You Make Stars Shoot Out of My Eyes / Grow
THE GOONDAS / Live in Studio K / Live in Studio K
Beat Detectives / One Speck / One Speck
Velvet Davenport / Tangerine / Happy Ending
Moonstone Continuum / Smooth Odyssey / Smooth Odyssey
Seyah / Sleeping Beauty Pt. 1 / Single
Holographic Sands / All Day Dream / All Day Dream
Leisure Birds / Egyptian Ring / Globe Master
Sun Gods to Gamma Rays / Burn Me Through / Single
Strange Names / Strange Revelation / Strange Names EP
HOT FREAKS / HEARTACHE / Single
Carroll / Sticks / Single
Pony Trash / Submarine / Pony Trash - EP
HOLLOW BOYS / HATER / It's True
Sans Caballo / No Horse / Single
Is/Is / Hate Smile / III
Sundowners / Heavy Cards / The Larger Half of Wisdom
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Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Snow White and Rose Red Puddings
The P's were our neighbors for over fifteen years. Mrs. P was a tall, large-boned woman who kept a house so clean that the odor of flax soap actually overcame the aroma of ginger and cardamom coming from her kitchen. Memories of childhood are funny things. My keenest memories of Mrs. P are the smell of her home at Christmas time and the fact that she had a son, my age, who was younger than his nephew. Way cool - at least to a five year old! My mother just shook her head, rolled her eyes and smiled - never said a word. My first exposure to the food of Scandinavia came from Mrs. P's kitchen. Her repertoire was limited, but the food that she made was incredibly good. Snow White and Rose Red are the names she gave to the puddings I'm working with today. Snow pudding is an incredible lemon dessert - it's so light and frothy that one bite will leave no doubt as to how it got it's name. Red pudding, more like a tart and fruity jelly, is delicious as well - especially when served with cream. Both are inexpensive, peasant fare that have become easy work with today's blenders and mixers.
Snow Pudding
Pudding Ingredients:
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
1 cup boiling water
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice (1 large lemon)
Zest of 1 large lemon
3 large egg whites (pasteurized or reconstituted dry white equivalent)
1/4 teaspoon salt
Custard Ingredients:
2 cups scalded milk, cooled
3 egg yolks
1/4 cup granulated sugar
Pinch of salt
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions for Pudding:
1) Sprinkle gelatin over cold water; let sit for 5 minutes to soften. Add boiling water and stir to dissolve. Stir is sugar, juice, zest and salt. Refrigerate until gelatin is softly set. Beat until frothy and thick.
2) Beat egg whites until stiff. stir in gelatin mixture. Beat together until stiff enough to hold its shape. Pour into dessert glasses and chill until set. Serve with custard sauce. Yield: 6 servings.
Directions for Custard:
1) Combine egg yolks, sugar, salt and cooled milk in the top of a double boiler. Cook, stirring, over simmering water until the mixture lightly coats a spoon. Stir in vanilla. Chill. Pour over snow pudding at serving time.
Red Pudding - Rodgrod
1-1/2 pounds fresh raspberries or strawberries, washed, drained and hulled if needed
2 to 8 tablespoons granulated sugar (sugar to taste)
2 tablespoons arrowroot, potato starch or cornstarch
1/4 cup cold water
1/4 cup fresh or whipped cream
1) Place berries in blender jar. Blend until pureed. Strain thru a sieve.
2) Combine fruit puree, sugar and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly until sugar is dissolved.
3) Dissolve 2 tablespoons arrowroot in cold water. Stir into fruit mixture. Bring the mixture to a boil; stir until thickened. Remove from heat. Pour into dessert dishes. Chill for 2 hours or more. Top with cream before serving. Yield: 4 servings.
13 comments :
Beautiful! I love saying "Snow Pudding." And your moving pictures are really cool, too.
I made your Thai Crock Pot chicken this weekend. It was a big hit!-Lorie
- September 30, 2008 at 6:29 AM
- Mary said...
L, I'm so glad you tried and enjoyed the chicken. It's a favorite around here as well.
- September 30, 2008 at 8:17 AM
- RecipeGirl said...
I've never heard of either but they look so, so pretty. I never think to make pudding for dessert, but it's a great idea :)
- September 30, 2008 at 9:01 AM
- Allie said...
Love the color on the red pudding they both look so pretty and sound tasty.
- September 30, 2008 at 9:08 AM
- Maria said...
What beautiful desserts. I love the moving photos too!
- September 30, 2008 at 9:23 AM
Very pretty and wonderful story. Love the pictures.
- September 30, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- Live.Love.Eat said...
Hi there. I came over from Picky Palate. Love your blog, the food looks outstanding!!!
- September 30, 2008 at 1:30 PM
- Mary said...
Steph, I hope you'll stop by often. Thanks so much for the compliment.
- September 30, 2008 at 1:58 PM
Hi Mary, looking lovely I bet it taste delish I wonder if I can use Kanten for the gelatin?
- September 30, 2008 at 8:03 PM
- Mary said...
Hi GJ,
In theory you can - kanten is sold in powdered, flaked, crinkled strands or in a block. The powdered form being the easiest to use in the kitchen because it dissolves in water easily. Set 2 cups of liquid using 2 teaspoons powder, 2 Tablespoons flakes or 1 bar, broken up into pieces. Bring water and agar-agar to a boil, stirring for 2 minutes then add what ever flavoring you would like. Highly acidic ingredients may need extra agar-agar to set, such as lemons, strawberries and things containing vinegar. Ingredients high in enzymes such as pineapple, mangoes or papaya will need to be cooked before agar-agar is added because the enzymes will break down the agar-agar inhibiting the gelling process. If you want to have a softer outcome try playing with using a high liquid ratio.
I think the ratio of kanten/gelatin is one to one, but check to make sure.
- September 30, 2008 at 8:14 PM
This is very helpful Mary!!! Thank you sincerely for answering, I have so much left and wanted to use that before buying the traditional gelly, do you have a preference would you prefer to work with, collagen type or vegetable, powder/sheets?
- September 30, 2008 at 8:23 PM
- Mary said...
GJ, my choice would always be powder!
- September 30, 2008 at 9:21 PM
- Lisa said...
Love your new photos. I have award for you on my blog.
- September 30, 2008 at 10:53 PM


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Former UC Irvine women's volleyball standout Whitney Pavlik and her partner, Jenny Kropp, won the Huntington Beach Open to win the Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Volleyball Series national championship Sunday near the Huntington Beach Pier.
Pavlik and Kropp, the No. 1 seeded team, defeated No. 4-seeded Lauren Fendrick and Rachel Scott, 21-14, 21-18, in Sunday's final.
Pavlik and Kropp captured their sixth Jose Cuervo Pro Beach Series win of the season and will end their season in Thailand at the FIVB World Tour event, Oct. 23-28.
They split $18,000.
In the men's tournament, Costa Mesa resident Jake Gibb and Corona del Mar resident Sean Rosenthal finished second, falling in the title match to John Hyden and Sean Scott, 21-15, 21-12.
Gibb and Rosenthal were seeded No. 1 and Hyden and Scott were the No. 4-seeded entry.
Estancia High product Matt Fuerbringer and partner Nick Lucero, the No. 2 seeded team, finished fifth.
The tournament ended a seven-year partnership for Gibb and Rosenthal, who competed in the London Olympic Games. Rosenthal will partner with Phil Dalhausser next year, while Gibb has yet to announce his new partner.
— From staff reports
Kosakowski prevails
Daniel Kosakowski of Downey defeated Jeffrey Dadamo of Florida, 6-4, 7-5, Sunday to earn the Costa Mesa Pro Classic singles tennis title at Costa Mesa Tennis Center.
Kosakowski, 20, who advanced to the third round of qualifying for the 2012 U.S. Open, earned $1,300 for the win and saw his world ranking improve from No. 379 to No. 333.
Kosakowski, the Pac-10 Freshman of the Year in his only season at UCLA in 2011, was the No. 2 seed, while Dadamo, a former All-American at Texas A&M;, was seeded No. 7.
Kosakowski has won two straight Pro Circuits Tour events, having topped the field the previous week in Claremont.
Nicholas Meister of Trabuco Canyon and Ryan Thacher of Studio City won the tournament's men's doubles crown on Saturday.
It was the second straight Costa Mesa Pro Classic doubles crown for Meister, a former All-American at UCLA.
— From staff reports
Locals out of WBC
Former Corona del Mar High baseball standout Jake Lemmerman scored a run and stole a base, but Israel lost to Spain, 7-5, in the final of a four-team qualifying tournament for the World Baseball Classic on Sunday in Jupiter, Fla.
Lemmerman was hitless in two at-bats Sunday, a game in which teammate Ben Orloff, a former UC Irvine star, did not play.
Costa Mesa High and Orange Coast College product Daniel Cooper, who represented Great Britain in a separate qualifying event in Germany, pitched 21/3 innings in the tournament. He allowed four hits, four runs (three earned), struck out two and walked one as Great Britain won one of three contests.
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By presenting the secular history of Bologna and its art, our local guide will unveil to you secrets of the city, with particulars which tourists do not usually see. Adventure yourself with JMwalkingtour on winding off and on beaten paths frequented mostly by locals connecting an open space to another. From the Church of San Petronio in Piazza Maggiore to the Asinelli Towers, from the Ghetto to the hidden "Venetian canals" of Bologna, you will discover traditions, habits and anecdotes of this amazing city. Each guide has studied and tested itineraries that make every tour unique. Take part to JMwalkingtour, it will surprise you.
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Ah, the cloud. Much has been written about the benefits and drawbacks of storing massive amounts of corporate data in remotely located servers around the globe. As a lawyer who works with technology companies, I feel that one of the less appreciated disadvantages of the wholesale movement of data to the cloud is the extent to which it can cause lawyers to lose sleep (and hair).
The first problem that we lawyers have when we hear "data" and "cloud" used in the same sentence is that data is valuable, and the cloud concentrates that value. Having large amounts of business and consumer data stored on Internet-connected servers tends to attract the wrong sort of attention.
To paraphrase Willie Sutton, this happens because large storage providers are where the data is. Fortunately, the largest providers (like the banks that drew Sutton's interest) know this, and so they build strong walls and safeguards to secure the ever-increasing amounts of data they are contracted to store.
But as the amount of stored data increases, the law of large numbers predicts that the number of attempted and successful intrusions will rise as well. And so it has. For instance, from January 2009 to February 2012, there were approximately 300 publicly reported data breaches, and an unknown but likely larger number of unreported incidents. The Identify Theft Resource Center reported that hacking represented over 30% of the data breaches recorded during the first six months of 2012, on pace for a record year.
The second problem is that the damages from a data breach can be breathtakingly large. Even if a business merely suspects a security breach, the costs begin to pile up. First, the task of discovering the nature of the breach and the extent of the damage will require technical and legal experts and their associated fees. If the investigation requires critical servers to be taken offline, then any lost revenues will add to the total.
Further legal assistance will be required to evaluate the potential liability (especially if any sort of financial or healthcare data is involved), analyse mitigation strategies and navigate the patchwork of federal and state laws related to data privacy and security. Notification of customers and associated remedial measures, including arranging for data theft insurance for affected individuals, will also not come cheap.
Finally, there is the unquantifiable reputational damage from the publicity surrounding such an event - the affected business may need to undertake broad marketing campaigns to overcome the negative impressions and win back customers.
Faced with these two problems, lawyers asked to advise on a cloud-computing plan might be inclined to just say no rather than compromise their ability to get a good night's sleep. But balanced against these very real drawbacks are benefits that are just as real: the ease of use and lower cost afforded by cloud-based storage. Denied the option of saying no, the lawyers turn their attention to the cloud-computing contract and use it to assign responsibility and liability between the parties. In legal jargon, this task is known as "risk allocation."
Naturally, data security liability is often the subject of aggressive negotiations, especially in an environment where the background threat level is much higher than in the past. For obvious reasons, customers desire the best security possible for their data. Providers, for their part, will assume responsibility for their own failures but are keenly aware that hackers may penetrate even the best-defended system.
The argument about risk allocation tends to become an even louder argument about the provider "insuring" its customers against the risk of a data breach. After the shouting dies down, the parties are generally able to reach agreement after evaluating the types of data involved and the security measures to be used. One security measure, encryption, seems to be more effective at pacifying the parties than any other.
From a business perspective, encryption theoretically reduces the value to third parties of any data compromised in a breach, thereby mitigating the associated cleanup costs. From a legal perspective, this reduced value lowers the risk to be allocated and shifts the focus to the encryption techniques to be used.
As a bonus, encryption may provide data owners with a degree of control over the data that they otherwise would not have in cloud-computing environments. For example, document retention policies may be made more "cloud-compatible" with a combination of encrypted data and time-sensitive keys.
Of course, all technologies involve trade-offs. Encryption requires higher processor overhead at one or more levels of the storage chain (although Moore's Law should help with this). Customer-level encryption offers more control over the encryption techniques and key-handling procedures, but it may increase storage consumption requirements due to abandoned-data issues.
I will leave it to the experts to sort out the technical details regarding best practices, but my sense is that the standardisation of cloud-based encryption will help resolve a number of operational and legal challenges facing providers and customers (subject to the lawyers identifying new issues created by its implementation).
It may even leave more lawyers with a full head of hair.


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I'm officially doing my first haul video. I recently got an order from Simon Says Stamp and I wanted to share my new stamps and inks.
I wanted to send out a THANK YOU to the wonderful Laurel. When I was deciding on my new inks, she really helped me out. Thank you my friend, you rock! She's a seriously talented lady so I recommend checking out her blog and YouTube channel for lots of inspiration.
On with the video
I got several inks and wanted to include an up-close view of all of them:
HA = Hero Arts | JB = Jenni Bowlin
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text: July Pork Exports Trend Lower; Beef Exports Largest of 2012 September 12, 2012 11:24 PM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Drovers Guest Editor Source: U.S. Meat Export Federation U.S. pork exports in July were slightly lower than a year ago while beef exports dipped moderately in volume, achieving their largest monthly total of 2012 while holding steady in value. These results are based on statistics released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation (USMEF). "With higher operating costs, both the pork and beef sectors are facing serious economic challenges," said USMEF President and CEO Philip Seng. "Tight beef supplies have pushed prices higher and strong demand from our international customers is helping support higher beef cutout values. On the pork side, an increase in U.S. production has been offset by larger exports, helping drive the pork cutout to its peak in late June. With these factors in mind, it is absolutely critical that we remain aggressive with our international promotions and continue to capture the highest return possible on the products we export. Our pork and beef export value totals continue to outpace last year's records, which is certainly a positive sign." July pork exports totaled 164,720 metric tons (mt), down nearly 3 percent from a year ago and the smallest volume since October 2010. Pork export value was also down less than 3 percent to $467.4 million. Despite these lower results, year-to-date exports through July remained very strong – 4 percent above last year's record pace in volume (1.3 million mt) and 11 percent higher in value ($3.63 billion). Pork export value per head slaughtered in July was $56.04, down from $58.84 a year ago. But for January through July, export value per head was about 8 percent higher than last year at $57.56. Exports equated to 23 percent of July production for muscle cuts and 26.5 percent when including variety meat. For January through July, these ratios were 24 percent and 27.5 percent, respectively. While July beef export volume (108,971 mt) was 9.5 percent lower than a year ago, it was the largest monthly volume of 2012 and up 16 percent from June. Export value in July ($513.5 million) was slightly higher than a year ago and up 11 percent from June. Year-to-date exports through July remained 11 percent below the record pace of 2011 in volume (659,433 mt) but increased 4 percent in value to $3.17 billion. July beef exports equated to 11 percent of production for muscle cuts and 14.3 percent when including variety meat. The respective ratios for January through July were 9.8 percent and 12.8 percent. Beef export value per head of fed slaughter totaled $235.18 in July – down less than 1 percent from the record set in July 2011. For January through July, per-head export value averaged $212.73 – topping last year's pace by 7 percent. Pork export market highlights Mexico (340,091 mt, +13 percent), China/Hong (252,187 mt, +20 percent), Canada (129,730 mt, +14 percent) and Russia (58,572 mt, +43 percent) continued to drive pork export volume through the first seven months of 2012. Among these key markets, only China/Hong Kong recorded a lower year-over-year volume in July. January-July export value was also substantially higher in each of these markets: Mexico ($625.7 million, +12 percent), China/Hong ($508.9 million, +55 percent), Canada ($473.5 million, +19 percent) and Russia ($168.4 million, +38 percent). Export volume for Japan was 6 percent lower in July and down 7 percent for the year, but Japan is still 6 percent ahead of last year's record value pace ($1.17 billion). After slipping in June, export value to Japan rebounded to $157.2 million in July – roughly equal to a year ago. Year-over year exports to South Korea continued to be down about one-third in volume through July (91,640 mt) and about one-fourth lower in value ($261.6 million). However, this is due to the surge in exports in 2011 resulting from a major shortage of domestic pork. This year's exports to Korea were still up 64 percent in volume and 120 percent in value when compared to January-July 2010. Beef export market highlights Several key beef exports markets posted increases in value for January through July despite lower volumes, including: Canada (-12 in volume to 97,326 mt, +7 percent in value to $639.3 million), the Middle East (-5 percent to 91,348 mt, +8 percent to $201.5 million), Japan (-3 percent to 91,132 mt, +19 percent to $600.2 million) and the ASEAN region (-6 percent to 38,502 mt, +14 percent to $160 million). Markets posting increases in both volume and value included Russia (+7 percent to 44,461 mt and +38 percent to $184.7 million) and Central and South America (+35 percent to 20,458 mt and +79 percent to $76.1 million). Exports to Hong Kong were steady in volume at 29,776 mt and up 22 percent in value at $161.7 million. A weak peso continued to create a tough business climate for U.S. beef in Mexico, which remained the largest volume destination (122,056 mt) but slipped to third in value (behind Canada and Japan) at $518.3 million. A weak economy and large domestic supplies hurt exports to Korea, which were 22 percent lower in volume (76,559 mt) through July and down 18 percent in value ($353.6 million). Exports to Taiwan have been hit hard by regulatory restrictions – down 65 percent in volume (6,755 mt) and 58 percent in value ($43.4 million). However, Taiwan's recent establishment of a maximum residue level for ractopamine is expected to create a more favorable business climate for the remainder of this year. Lamb exports continue to struggle U.S. lamb exports continued to battle a tough economic environment through July, with year-over-year exports falling by 36 percent in volume (7,299 metric tons) and 21 percent in value ($14.7 million). Export volume was down across the globe, though increases in value were achieved in Canada ($2.5 million, +24 percent) and Panama ($128,000, +103 percent). USMEF continues to work with U.S. trade officials on regaining access for U.S. lamb in critical destinations such as Japan, Russia, Taiwan, Korea and the European Union. Complete export results for pork, beef and lamb are available online. Back to news


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What you're about to read is how it all ended. The denouement. It is a story of remarkable drama, bravery, and terror, and it is based on interviews with Watertown police and fire officials, State Police and Boston police, including Dan Linskey, the superintendent in chief of the Boston Police Department.
Joe Reynolds is a young cop in Watertown, and last Friday he was driving, alone in his cruiser, when he saw them.
The bombing suspects.
Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his brother Dzhokhar were in two cars, following each other closely.
Reynolds called it in.
Do not engage, the dispatcher told him. Not on your own.
The brothers pulled over. So did Reynolds. He didn't know it, but he was about to interrupt the two as they tried, police believe, to transfer their crude, homemade explosives from one vehicle to another.
As Reynolds waited for backup, it felt like hours, but it was only minutes and that backup, in the form of Sergeant John MacLellan, was speeding up the street just as the Tsarnaevs turned and at least one of them opened up on Joe Reynolds. Reynolds threw his cruiser into reverse and sped backwards. He and MacLellan got out and began returning fire.
The suspects had to know they had only one chance if they were going to make their way to New York, perhaps to kill again. They had to shoot their way out. But the cavalry was on the way to ensure that would not happen. A bevy of Watertown, Boston, Transit, and State Police were rushing to help.
Tim Menton, a Watertown patrolman, was on his way home after a detail when he heard the call for backup. He sped toward the intersection of Laurel and Dexter in his personal vehicle, but once he turned onto Dexter Avenue, he was greeted with a burst of gunfire. A bullet pierced his windshield.
Watertown police Sergeant Jeff Pugliese was on his way home after his shift ended, but he heard the frantic calls for backup and sped toward the scene.
MacLellan then ingeniously let his car roll, unoccupied, toward the two men. It drew fire, and every bullet fired into the car was one less bullet that could be used on a cop.
Explosions boomed, and the street lit up with sparks.
"They're throwing explosives!" a state cop yelled into a radio.
Thinking fast and with sure tactical instincts, Pugliese drove not into the firefight, but down one of the side streets he knows like the back of his hand. He ran through yards in the dark and outflanked the bombers. Pugliese began firing from the side, and police believe that he hit 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, bringing him down.
Pugliese and a Boston police officer converged on the wounded man and subdued him. They didn't know where the younger brother, Dzhokhar, had disappeared to until they heard the gunning of an engine. Dzhokhar aimed the stolen Mercedes-Benz SUV at the cops who, in a scene that would not be out of place in a Hollywood film, dove to safety. Tamerlan Tsarnaev wasn't as lucky. His body was dragged by the car for a short distance before his little brother drove off.
A suspect was down, but so was an officer. An MBTA cop named Dick Donohue lay on the street, his femoral artery ripped apart by a bullet. A Boston cop named Ricky Moriarty was soon at his side and began doing chest compressions. A pair of Harvard University officers, Ryan Stanton and Michael Rea, applied tourniquets to stop the blood gushing from Donohue's upper thigh. Others joined in.
A pair of Watertown firefighters, Pat Menton and Jimmy Caruso, were in a fire rescue truck when they got a call for an officer down. Pat Menton froze momentarily: Timmy, he thought, don't let it be Timmy.
His brother Tim, the off-
duty cop who drove from his detail into the middle of a firefight, was not the officer down, but one of the officers working on the officer who was down.
As Pat Menton and Jimmy Caruso raced to the scene, Dan Linskey, the Boston police chief, was standing on a corner in Watertown with a state cop named Chris Dumont when he heard the plaintive cries over his radio.
Officer down! Officer hit! We need an ambulance!
Linskey knew that voice. It was one of his officers, Ricky Moriarty. Both Linskey and Moriarty are former Marines, if there is such a thing. Linskey started running with Dumont beside him.
"Ricky, where are you?"
"Ricky! Please, please, let me know where you are."
Moriarty had strained a ligament in his hand while doing CPR and pulled off in pain. Another Boston cop, Walter Suprey, jumped in seamlessly. Moriarty gathered his breath.
"144 Dexter!" Moriarty yelled into his shoulder mike, to his chief. "144 Dexter!"
Linskey and Dumont were there in seconds. Linskey saw that Donohue was surrounded by other officers so he ran straight toward the severely wounded Tamerlan Tsarnaev. He saw that one of his cops, Jared Gero, was holding the suspect, who was handcuffed.
"Be careful, Jared!" Linskey remembers yelling. "He might be loaded!"
Linskey and Gero ripped Tsarnaev's clothes from his body, frisking him for an explosive device. They found none.
At that moment, the two firefighter paramedics, Pat Menton and Jimmy Caruso, arrived at Donohue's side and took over. It didn't look good. Donohue had gone into cardiac arrest. He had no pulse. So much blood had drained from his body. He had the pallor of a dead man, but Menton and Caruso were damned if they were going to let a cop die on their watch.
The police officers carried their comrade to the back of the fire rescue truck and put him down. Menton and Caruso leaped in and continued to work on him. The state cop, Dumont, jumped in with them.
Pat Menton cleared his airway. Dumont began CPR. Caruso used all his strength to clamp the pulsing femoral artery, from which Donohue's life was ebbing away.
"We need a driver!" Pat Menton yelled. "We need a driver!"
Menton didn't see it, but his brother Tim, the cop, jumped in the driver's seat. He had never sat in the fire truck and didn't have the first clue how to operate it. But he got it going.
Protocol called for them to go to the trauma unit at Beth Israel, at least 5 miles away.
"We'll never make it," Pat Menton said.
"We'll never make it," Jimmy Caruso agreed.
Go to Mount Auburn, they yelled to the driver, who had been joined up front by Donohue's partner. That hospital was less than 2 miles away.
They screeched to a halt at the hospital, and Pat Menton and Jimmy Caruso went right into the ER with him.
Having just saved a police officer's life, Pat Menton and Jimmy Caruso walked out of the hospital and right into Tim Menton.
"What are you doing here?" they asked.
"I drove the rig," Tim Menton replied.
Then they smelled it, an awful, metallic smell. Tim Menton the cop didn't know how to get the emergency brake off a fire truck, so they had driven with it on for 2 miles.
Back on Laurel Street, they were trying to save Tamerlan Tsarnaev, too. "Because that's what we do," Linskey said. "We're better than them, and we gave him medical care even though he killed women and children in our city. Even though he tried to kill us."
Linksey had been working 40 hours when Boston Police Commissioner Ed Davis walked over and put a hand on his shoulder. Linskey didn't want to go, but he could barely stand, and orders are orders.
"You're not driving your car, are you?" asked his pal, Eddie Kelly, the Boston firefighter from Ladder Tower 17.
"No," Linksey replied, tossing him the keys, "you are."
Kelly drove him home and Linskey's wife led him to the couch. Linskey opened a beer and was wondering what they would have to do to catch the other one when he got a call: they had cornered Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a boat parked in a backyard in Watertown.
There, the chaos and drama continued. It's unclear who opened fire and why, but the cops let a fusillade go at the boat. Billy Evans, a Boston superintendent and the most senior officer on the scene, started screaming, "Hold your fire! Hold your fire!"
When they finally pulled the bloody, exhausted kid from the boat, Billy Evans turned to a pair of cops from the MBTA Police SWAT Team. "He hurt your guy," Billy Evans said. "Cuff him."
Kenny Tran and Jeff Campbell stepped forward, and they put the cuffs on, for their buddy Dick Donohue and for all of us.Kevin Cullen is a Globe columnist. He can be reached at email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @GlobeCullen.


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A federal court's ruling on same-sex marriage brought by the ACLU on behalf of 21 gay and lesbian couples in Pennsylvania is expected to be handed down today. Philadelphia ABC affiliate WHTM reports.
According to the ACLU of Pennsylvania, Lawyers challenging Pennsylvania's ban on marriage for same-sex couples filed a motion in April asking a federal judge to decide the case on the briefs alone rather than waiting for a previously scheduled June trial.
The lawsuit claims that Pennsylvania's Defense of Marriage Act and refusal to marry gay and lesbian couples or recognize their out of state marriages is a violation of their right to marry and Fourteenth Amendment, which guarantees equal protection.
The ACLU further reports that a trial became unnecessary after the commonwealth stated that it will not call any experts to counter the plaintiffs' argument that there is no rational reason why lesbian and gay couples are excluded from marriage, nor does it plan to dispute the specific harms caused to the plaintiffs by the marriage ban. All legal papers in the case were filed by May 12, a ruling is expected today.
After the court's ruling, the ACLU will be hosting "Decision Day" rallies across the state.
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Lars Ulrich Explains Diversity of Metallica's Orion Music + More Festival
Many Metallica fans were left asking questions after the announcement of the incredibly diverse lineup for the 'Orion Music + More' festival in Atlantic City, N.J. Ever ready to be spokesman for the band, drummer Lars Ulrich steps up to explain some of those decisions.
Metallica surprised fans by announcing their very own 'Orion Music + More' festival, which will take place in Atlantic City, N.J. on June 23 – 24. The introduction of the Metallica-led music festival wasn't as surprising as some of the bands that are set to perform.
Many die-hards were left scratching their heads over the inclusion of alt-rock bands like Modest Mouse and Gaslight Anthem. As drummer Lars Ulrich tells the Atlantic City Weekly, the band wanted to offer more than "Metallica with nine hardcore Norwegian metal bands, which may be cool in a different scenario, but this type of thing we wanted to do was more about variety and giving people a sense of discovery — where people might walk away and think something's really cool."
Though the details are still scarce, the festival also boasts a "lifestyle element" in addition to the music. "You can go in and kind of experience other stuff and we're still trying to figure all of that out because we [have] a very vivid imagination, but we also want to make sure it's not too over the top. You know like 'Go and surf with Kirk after Rob Trujillo in a giant wave pool!'" jokes Ulrich. "People who know us know it's going to be fun and cool and unique and kind of out there and so it should be really fun."
Metallica will headline both nights of the 'Orion Music + More' festival and plan to perform 'Ride the Lightning' and the Black Album in their entirety. Other bands set to perform at the festival include Avenged Sevenfold, The Sword, Arctic Monkeys, Cage the Elephant and more.


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We all love parties, whether it be a fancy wedding party or some casual get-together in Gugulethu . If you are throwing a party in a restaurant, then you need not worry about the catering. However, if you plan to arrange a party at your house, you can well imagine how difficult it could be to cook food for 20 to 30 guests. In such a case, it is advisable that one hire a good catering service to do the job.
There are a number of events and celebrations that require the help of a caterer. They include weddings, victory parties, birthday parties, campaign fundraisers, corporate events and other get-togethers. Each occasion or event requires different preparations, different types of food and different types of decorations. A good caterer can help you with all the preparation, plus guarantee you a delicious menu that your guests will not soon forget.
Planning and hosting any major event is not a simple task because there are number of things that need to be considered to make the event run smoothly. One of the first things to consider is the type of food service that will be provided. For example, do you want a sit down meal or is a buffet more appropriate. If you opt for a sit down meal, there are appetizers, salads, entrées, and desserts to think about. A buffet can offer a variety of choices arranged on long tables, or you can choose to go with stations where some of the food is prepared as a guest waits (spaghetti dishes are a good example). Each has its advantages and disadvantages and the host should be able to determine which one is the most appropriate to use.
Any caterer that you hire will need a lot of space to work in, so make sure that the food preparation area is large enough to accommodate the caterer and the staff. Also, make sure that the banquet area is large enough to accommodate the number of guests who will be attending the event. There is nothing worse than a crowded room, with tables that are too close and too many guests at each table.
Always sample a caterer's menu and make sure that you get quotes based on the number of people who are attending your event. This should include items like alcohol. Determine ahead of time if the bar will be "open" (free drinks) and whether or not there will be wine bottles on each table. Keeping all these details straight with the caterer will afford him or her the opportunity to realize your expectations, as well as prevent any conflicts in the final bill.


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Donald Wollheim
Donald Wollheim was a fanzine publisher, science fiction editor, writer and fan from New York, U.S.A..
He began publishing zines with The Phantagraph, released in the 1930s. The Phantagraph was the retitled continuation of Wilson Shepherd's club magazine, The International Science Fiction Guild's Bulletin, a 4 page hektographed publication which first appeared in May of 1934. In July-August 1935 the first issue edited by Wollheim appeared. He would soon be publishing the best writers of the day in its pages, such as August Derleth, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert Lowndes, A. Merritt, Frederic Pohl and Clark Ashton Smith.
Wollheim contributed to many fanzines, as well as writing many letters. He organized the first Science Fiction convention in Philadelphia on October 22, 1936 where plans were formed for other meetings around the country including the first Worldcon.
Wollheim may be best known for founding the FAPA in 1937, which has enabled hundreds of science fiction fans to publish zines.
In 1938 he founded The Futurians, a science fiction club that had a decided impact on SF fandom. At the inception their purpose was to combine SF with a political direction, notably left wing. Later on the focus on politics faded, and interest was concentrated on SF.
Wollheim published many articles in the pulp magazines of the day, as well as a number of novels. He was also editor of several anthologies, and worked for different publishing houses releasing paperback editions of important authors such as A. Merritt and H.P. Lovecraft for Avon, and Philip K. Dick, Samuel Delany, Ursula Le Guin and many others for Ace, and Kenneth Bulmer, John Brunner, Andre Norton and A. E. von Vogt for DAW, his own publishing house.
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New Hospital on Wheels (May, 1938)
In 1938 New York had roughly seven million people and the FDNY had ONE ambulance. Wow.
New Hospital on Wheels
By John E. Lodge
BRINGS FIRST AID TO MEN WHO FIGHT NEW YORK'S FIRES FIVE-ALARM FIRE! Thirty-five engines and trucks racing through the streets before dawn. Three hundred crack smoke eaters battling a block-square conflagration. That was the scene, a few weeks ago, when 3,000,000 feet of lumber in a big Brooklyn, N.Y., yard turned into billowing clouds of smoke and darting streamers of flame.
For hours, the firemen fought to keep the blaze from spreading. One man was carried out with a broken leg. Another was hurried from the scene with blood streaming from a gashed hand. Still others staggered about with eyes so inflamed they could hardly see. By the time the blaze was under control, twenty-one firemen were on the injured list. In aiding them, New York City's new $10,000 fire ambulance—an amazingly complete, ninety-mile-an-hour hospital on wheels—played an important part. The big fire was its spectacular initiation into service.
With funds raised last year by a pageant and show at Madison Square Garden, the new machine has been equipped with virtually every aid for saving lives and treating injuries sustained by firemen. Stationed near Borough Hall, in Brooklyn, it has a roving assignment, responding to every serious fire within an area of nearly 200 square miles.
Under the red, rakish hood of the 7,260-pound machine, a twelve-cylinder engine develops 110 horsepower. In emergencies, it will carry the ambulance at speeds up to a mile and a half a minute. Above the driver's compartment, a red searchlight swings from side to side automatically while the machine is in motion, providing a warning signal that can be seen for long distances. In addition to the regular headlights, special fog lights are carried to pierce mist and rain.
If you slip into the seat behind the wheel of the new machine, you notice that everything is designed so one man can operate the siren, the bell, and the radio, as well as run the ambulance. Your knee presses against a plunger on the dashboard. This enables you to keep the siren going while you operate the throttle with your foot. Near-by is a second plunger. A jerk on this sets the heavy bell at the nose of the car clanging. Radio orders are picked up through earphones worn by the driver, and a two-way system, similar to that used on airliners, permits a running fire of orders and reports between the mobile hospital and the department's communications center located in Central Park, where it will be safe in the event of a city-wide conflagration.
It is the interior of the ambulance, however, that presents the greatest variety of novelties and makes it unlike any other machine of its kind. The rear door closes against a rubber cushion which seals the interior and permits air-conditioning. Two vents, one for cold and the other for warm air, enable the surgeon inside to regulate the temperature to suit the needs of his patient. The warm air comes from a chamber heated by water from the engine. Venetian blinds keep out the glare of the sun in the daytime, while ten 21-candle-power lamps— four on each side and two in front—provide indirect illumination for the interior after dark.
Behind the driver's compartment is a stainless-metal sink with hot and cold running water. Below, enameled drawers are packed with surgical instruments and medical supplies. There are clippers and shears, tweezers and forceps, magnifying spectacles for examining eyes, and tourniquets of a dozen varieties. Ranged along the table beside the sink are a row of clips, each holding a bottle of ointment or oil for use in treating burns. They can be snatched from the clips in an instant when an emergency arises.
Virtually everything the new ambulance contains has been specially designed to conserve space. Blood-pressure gauges and other aids for the surgeon have been made in the most compact possible form. Midget sterilizers can be plugged into a wall socket above the sink to provide boiling water. When the fire surgeon leaps into the new ambulance at the beginning of a run, he has to be prepared for anything. He never knows what emergencies lie ahead.
A FEW weeks ago, a large rubber-storage plant burned on the outskirts of Brooklyn. Explosion after explosion showered the apparatus and the men with burning rubber. Then, in the midst of treating burns, the surgeon found far more serious cases on his hands. One of the great hoses got out of control. These mighty tubes sometimes pour a ton or more of water a minute from the nozzle. The kick of the high-pressure stream shoves the nozzle to the rear. To keep it in place, the firemen have to tug forward with all their might. In this instance, the hose had broken from their grasp and was causing a lot of trouble.
Writhing like a giant snake, it lashed the heavy metal nozzle back and forth. Four firemen were bowled over like tenpins. One had his skull fractured. Another was struck in the stomach and sent to the hospital for two months. When the new rolling hospital was de- signed, experts thought ahead and equipped it to meet any emergency which might arise.
An instance of the care with which the interior was planned is the small electric fan that keeps the air circulating within the ambulance. The blades of the fan are made of rubber. Thus, if a lurch or a sudden stop throws the surgeon into its blades, they bend back and do not injure him as they would if they were made of metal.
BY LIFTING tubular frames into place, the interior of the ambulance can be turned into a miniature ward with two comfortable cots for seriously injured men. During a run, if the doctor needs help, as in the case of a bad hemorrhage or of a patient going violently insane, he can signal the driver by pressing a buzzer button. At such a signal, the car would immediately be brought to a stop and the driver would dash to the back of the ambulance to give needed assistance to the physician.
Under the cots are stored the extra tanks of oxygen for the resuscitating apparatus. Firemen who are overcome by smoke often have their jaws clenched so that special mechanisms are needed to open them and insert the oxygen tube. In the old days, in such an emergency the injured man had a tooth knocked out with a hammer and chisel to provide space for inserting the tube. Now, a simple screw device pries the clenched teeth apart. The small end is pushed between the teeth and the device is then turned in the manner of a corkscrew to force it inward and open the clenched jaws. In the hands of a skilled surgeon the operation takes but a few minutes.
ANOTHER recent innovation is the use of metal-tube splints for broken arms and legs. Several are carried in the blanket compartment which is reached through a door on the side of the ambulance. But the most important recent advance is a rigid stretcher. It has folding arms at the back which lock in place, holding it firm, and a trio of wide straps which buckle over the patient and prevent him from rolling off even when the stretcher is tilted sidewise or upside down. On such a litter, injured persons can be brought out of burning buildings through narrow openings and can be lowered vertically to the ground from upper stories. It was developed by Capt. Joseph F. Dunleavy, the man in charge of the new ambulance, under the direction of Commissioner John J. McElligott.
More than 1,000 times a year, the new streamline, roving hospital will carry aid to the firemen of America's biggest city. Compact and complete, its equipment will be instrumental in saving the lives of men whose business it is to save the lives of others.


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text: Bloomberg is reporting that Petards, a U.K.-based IP video firm, is considering a sale or major refinancing. Negotiations also include the possible sale of some units, Sunbury, England-based Petards said today in a statement distributed by the Regulatory News Service. "Discussions are at various stages of advancement and there can be no certainty that any of the approaches will lead to an offer being made,'' Petards said in the statement. The surveillance systems maker, which has posted losses for eight straight years, sold its U.K. software business to BAE Systems Plc in January. The company said it would use the 2.5 million pounds from the sale to pay down debt. Petards's 6.8 million pounds of current liabilities at the end of June exceeded its current assets of 6.3 million pounds, leaving Petards with no working capital, which companies use to maintain operations. Who'd be interested in Petards? Well, any of the major brands who might be a little late to the IP ballgame, I guess, but most of those have already caught up. This is one company that might just be left on the vine to wither. Wednesday morning, additional information: This morning I received the statement from the Petards board: The Board of Petards announces that it is in discussions with a number of parties concerning the potential sale of the Company and/or one of its divisions or, alternatively, a refinancing of the business by a third party. Such discussions may or may not lead to an offer being made for the Company or the acquisition of a division of the Company or a refinancing of the business. The Board of Petards, which is being advised by Collins Stewart Europe Limited, wishes to stress that the approaches and the resulting discussions are at varying stages of advancement and there can be no certainty that any of the approaches will lead to an offer being made for the Company or the acquisition of any of its divisions or a refinancing of the business. A further announcement will be made as and when appropriate. That's pretty classic. So, to summarize, Petards is in discussions with a number of parties about either selling the company, selling a part of the company, or not selling the company and refinancing the company with a third party. However, there's no certainty any of those things will happen. No wonder the stock went up!


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Quick! Want to spend Christmas pissed off at your significant other and hating yourself for it? Agree to a no-present Christmas, and you'll be right on track!
Never heard of such a thing? Count yourself lucky. It's a trend I'm noticing a lot more this year -- maybe because of the recession, maybe because I'm just paying more attention. Couples talk out the holidays and decide that they are going to buy bupkis for one another. Not a stocking stuffer. Not a trinket. NOTHING.
If you are one of those couples, can I offer a word or two? Abort mission! Abort, I say!
Ladies and germs, I have been there. It sounds like a nice, simple way to head off the headache that is trying to find the perfect gift for someone you love. And don't even get me started on the money savings. I'm one of those women who prefers the term frugal over tight-fisted ... for a reason.
But there is nothing more depressing than waking up on Christmas morning, wandering out to the Christmas tree, and not finding a single thing with your name on it.
Some will call the sentiment you feel materialism. I'll dig deeper. Because, let's be honest. Gifts under the tree don't have to cost money, at least not much. Your favorite candy bar is not going to break the bank, but it is going to put one heck of a smile on your face, right? Or maybe a handwritten letter, reminding you that you are truly love and valued?
Even if you agreed to no presents, it's still hard facing the result when someone actually goes through with it!
The weight that settles in your stomach when you wake up to a no-present Christmas is a feeling that no one could be bothered to take a few moments and do something nice for you, that the people you love most were unwilling to give even a little of their time to brighten your holiday.
It may save you money. But it also hurts. And more often than not, it ends up breeding resentment, along with some self-loathing because, hey, you agreed to it, didn't you?
So please, we've got a week left. Do something, anything, to stop this!
If the holidays are really supposed to be about being with the ones we love, why are we willing to forgo showing the people we love just how much?
Do SOMETHING for one another. Write a letter. Set a $10 spending limit. Something!
Would you be able to skip buying Christmas gifts for your significant other? How would you feel if you didn't get something under the tree?
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Zayn Malik Gets Leg Tattoo [Pics]
No shocker here. Zayn Malik of One Direction has inked up… again! The boy bander, who collects tattoos with similar frequency to his bandmate Harry Styles and Justin Bieber, has added to his skin art array with a leg tattoo. So, what is it?
Malik got a wolf etched onto the front of his lower leg. He had to get his leg shaved in order to properly and safely inject the ink.
He shared images on his Instagram account, of both the process, as he was seated in the chair receiving the new etching, as well as of the finished product.
Malik is clearly a serious tattoo collector, continuing to ink his body and share the photos with the world and Directioners.
This black and gray piece looks detailed and intricate. We're left to speculate about the significance and wonder if (and when) Zayn and Harry will put the brakes on the tattoo collecting. They are both becoming covered, as is The Biebs. It certainly ups their bad boy ante.
Directioners and PopCrushers, we have to pose this question to you. Are you feeling Zayn's latest tattoo? Or is enough enough at this point? Vote in the poll below.


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We are have both been in the classroom teaching for three wonderful years! I, Shanda, have taught first grade for those three years, and my sister, Bridget, has taught, K, 1, 2 and 3. Yes, she is a busy girl!
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1 Welcoming committee and registration.
2 Meeting old friends again.
3 View on Philly from "The Big Hill"
4 Jesse, me and Marcia.
5 Friday block party: Linda and Lucia.
6 Delia and Lucia
7 Roadskater.net Blake and Daniel.
8 Everybody is having a good time. Hi Brian.
9 The NYC-group: Barry, Josh, Darcia and Lucia.
10 Beverly and friends.
11 Blake entertaining the crowd in the lobby.
12 Saturday morning.
13 Getting ready for the Mural Skate.
14 Philly, hot and sunny again.
15 Blockers meeting.
16 Getting directions about the Mural Skate.
17 Hi Emily from WAR.
18 The water truck stayed close to the group.
19 Bones, who I met in Holland at Euroroll 2001
20 Heading off to the murals.
21 Occasional stops.
22 To have a look at the murals.
23 Impressive work of art.
24 Water, water...
25 This is a very big one!
26 Gale and Blake.
27 Delia fighting bubbles :-)
28 The water pistol crew.
29 Relaxing in the shade.
30 And more water needed.
31 The Dallas group. Duane, Tiffany and Dave.
32 Skating back to the hotel.
33 Rodney: "Time for a dive man"
34 Pool party at the hotel.
35 Going to the Septa train.
36 "Hand luggage"
37 Final destination.
38 Skates on...
39 Group pictures before we start skating.
40 Again relaxing in the shade..
41 at an intermediate railway station.
42 Artic Wolf always at our service!
43 Hi Lucia.:-)
44 Beverly and Donna.
45 Pitsburg with the Freedom Bell.
46 New York WNS-staf. Andrew, me, Josh and Steve.
47 Back in Philadelphia.
48 Beverly getting the group together for a photo shoot.
49 The old trolley downtown to....
50 Katmandu for the dinner and the party.
51 difficult to recognize people without helmets :-)
52 Beverly and me.
53 Sunday morning breakfast.
54 Some still have the energy to do some stairs.
55 Hi Carol!
56 Most are taking it easy ...
57 after a long night of partying.
58 Beth and Carol.
59 Heading to the fountains.
60 Everyone eager to get in at this hot day.
61 "Help", almost drowing.
62 Andrea fighting the turtle. :-)
63 A perfect cooling down...
64 ..on a perfect day.
65 The museum with the stairs in the background.
66 Hi Magdalena.:-)
67 Jack and Page drying up in th sun.
69 Pegasus Flyers, Dallas Texas.
70 Great-Eskate-Sobe Andrea and me.
71 All American skates.
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SYCAMORE – The Kaneland wrestling team is built for tournaments.
With holes at several weight classes, the Knights don't match up well in dual meets. But with several elite wrestlers, Kaneland thrives in meets such as Saturday's Northern Illinois Big 12 championship.
After winning just two conference dual meets this season, the Knights tied for fourth with DeKalb on Saturday behind Dan Goress' 145-pound title and second-place finishes from Connor Williams (120) Esai Ponce (132) and Zach Theis (285).
"We have so many good, talented individuals that we come together in tournaments, we do well," Goress said. "The atmosphere in the room the last couple of weeks has been really good because of the tournaments. This is the time to meet [individual goals] with regional, sectional, state coming around. Everyone is working really hard. It's a positive attitude out there. Everyone's on a roll."
In some ways, having a small team of elite wrestlers isn't a bad thing, because the top Knights are motivated by wrestling alongside each other every day.
"The leaders in the room, the senior leaders that we've got, we feed off of each other," Goress said. "You work harder to motivate them. We don't talk, we just work."
Goress beat Sycamore's Dylan Foster in the final by major decision to notch Kaneland's only individual championship of the day.
St. Charles North 77, Larkin 36: At Elgin, North (6-15, 3-6 UEC River) rolled on the road to snap a three-game skid. Alex Silverman (16 points) paced the North Stars, who led, 48-12, at halftime. Morgan Rosencrants (14), Sam Novak (11) and Nicole Davidson (10) also finished in double figures.
LaSalle-Peru 49, Kaneland 47: At Maple Park, Ashley Prost scored 19 points and Allyson O'Herron had 12 but the Knights (12-9) dropped the Northern Illinois Big 12 crossover after being outscored, 19-14, in the final quarter. Emma Bradford added nine points, six rebounds and five steals for Kaneland.
Kaneland 34, LaSalle-Peru 32: At LaSalle, Matt Limbrunner scored 14 points and John Pruett added 12 as Kaneland (10-6) prevailed in the low-scoring NI Big 12 crossover.
Wheaton Academy 82, Aurora Christian 59: At West Chicago, Wheaton Academy drained 16 3-pointers, four each from Collin Roy and Gordon Behr, to bury Aurora Christian. The Warriors (13-5, 5-1 Suburban Christian Conference Blue) were led by Roy's 22 points. Aurora Christian (9-9, 0-6) was led by Zach Singer (14 points) and Ryan Suttle (13).
East's Garza advances to state meet: At Habetler Bowl in Chicago, St. Charles East senior Alex Garza registered a 1,120 total pinfall over six games, finishing fourth in the St. Patrick Sectional to advance to next weekend's state meet at downstate St. Clair Bowl as an individual.
East narrowly missed a team berth to state, as its third-place pinfall of 5,299 was five pins shy of second-place St. Patrick. The Saints led through the first four games before sectional champ Lake Park took a 40-pin advantage entering the final game. East still had a 10-pin cushion on the host Shamrocks at that point, but fell short down the stretch.
"We had a really great year. I feel for those other four seniors we had on the team that their bowling season is now done," Saints coach Steve Dessauer said. "But we're all there to root on Alex, so hopefully we can have the individual state champion. That's what we're looking at now."
Garza is the first Saint to advance to state since CJ Logue in 2010.
Geneva (fifth, 4,996) and St. Charles North (sixth, 4,954) also competed at Saturday's 15-team tournament.
Geneva's Kyle Kallhauge and North's Isaac Marshall both rolled 1,067 series to merit consideration as possible at-large berths, a field that will be determined after all sectional scores statewide are analyzed.
North second at own invite: At St. Charles, runner-up North (206 points) challenged Barrington (252) for the overall title in the eight-team event. The North Stars' highlights included David Chokran's title in the 100-yard breaststroke and a second-place effort from the 400 freestyle relay of Nick Kowaleski, Kevin Leavy, Spencer Gray and Kyle Gannon.
• Anthony Zilis contributed to this report.
Saturday's Prep Roundup: Kaneland's Goress wins wrestling conference title
SYCAMORE – The Kaneland wrestling team is built for tournaments.


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Electronic mail message from Redginald Heth to Edna Boardman, Minot, North Dakota: [Edna Boardman is author of the book, All Things Decent and in Order published in 1997.]
I raised the issue of "concrete" on the ger-res listserve several weeks ago after having received from NARA the homestead records of my great-grandfather Martin Heth (Hedt) who came to Parkston, SD from Bessarabia in July, 1880. I will quote from his testimony in the records.
"A concrete house 18x56 in size, shingle roof, four doors, five windows, pine floor, two rooms and a kitchen, worth $600.00. One concrete stable 16x20, board and sod roof; value $75; one frame stable 16x32, pole and straw roof, worth $75; 1 frame granary 12x16, shingle roof, worth $75; and one sod stable 18x50, board and sod and pole and hay roof, worth $75; a well 24 feet deep curbed with boards worth $48; a cattle corral, 100x150 feet, worth $25; 25 acres broke worth $87.50. Total improvements $1060.50."
I was curious about the word "concrete" and wondered if it might be rammed earth. I subsequently found in Richard Sallet's book, "Russian-German Settlements in the United States", pages 190 to 195 a wonderful description of our ancestors buildings, but no reference to concrete. Sallett refers to "puddled clay" and "stone-clay" buildings. I thoroughly enjoyed your book, All Things Decent and in Order.
Electronic mail message from Steve C. Martens, Associtate Professor of Architecture, North Dakota State University, Fargo
Regarding Reg Heth e-mail to Edna Boardman, I agree with the conclusions he drew from Sallet book; a CONCRETE house would be highly unusual construction type for Germans from Russia in South Dakota. You might also direct Mr. Heth to Koop's study on German-Russian Folk housing in South Dakota the videotape available from the Germans from Russia Heritage Collection, NDSU Libraries, for more detail on construction technologies.
Lay people often use the words "cement" and "concrete" interchangeably, although technically this is not accurate. Typically one might expect a South Dakota house to be of one of the seven common types of puddled clay, rammed earth, or even stone occasionally COATED ON THE OUTSIDE with a cementitious coating such as stucco or Portland cement. In fact, this was done on a portion of the Hutmacher House in Dunn County, ND.
Given the expense and general lack of availability of cementitious materials in South Dakota, it strikes me as unlikely that the house he described would be monolithic concrete; a coating seems more probable. Hope this may shed some light. Perhaps I'll hear back if further information is desired.


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mnp13 wrote:No where at all have I said that socialization is a bad thing.
No, you have not said "socialization is a bad thing." You have made comments such as: a "good dog" doesn't need anything past the absolute basic stuff. That a lot of socialization is ok for other dogs, but not necessary for "working dogs" with better genetics. Direct quotes? No. But that's the general jist and I'm not the only one seeing that.
And there was the implication that *rescue* puppies might need this sort of heavy socialization, but not a pup/litter from WORKING lines.


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text: Inspect These Combine Components Before Harvest 2013 July 15, 2013 12:00 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Nate Birt Top Producer Managing Editor Email Taking time to keep tabs on combines before and after harvest this year will minimize grain loss and prepare farmers for the future. "Certain things that I'm always particular about are anything related to drivetrains, so you want to make sure that you're inspecting belts and chains," says Jeff Gray, product coordinator, Claas of America. "Of course, anything that has to do with the residue management system because the residue management of the current harvest is what preps the next year's cropping season." (Related: Claas Offers Top Combine Success Tips) Other important steps can include attending customer clinics with dealers to learn more about combines and headers, replacing worn knife blades and adjusting deck plates for corn heads. Watch the video below for more pre-harvest tips as well as advice for machine storage from Gray: Back to news


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Listen to a Demi Lovato + Taylor Swift Mashup
Demi Lovato and Taylor Swift may not be BFFs like T. Swizzle and Selena Gomez, but perhaps Lovato can gain membership into the Lonely Girls Club gatherings thanks to this mashup! It strings Lovato's latest electro smash 'Heart Attack' with Swift's 'I Knew You Were Trouble.'
It's not as seamless as other mashups, but the songs come together and conjoin quite nicely. Both tracks are about boys and how they can mess everything up.
Both Lovato and Swift dated Joe Jonas, so the ladies are linked somewhat.
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This aerial 360 degree view of Silverton and Watloo was the first ever aerial 360 degree photo make in South Africa, and was created on 18 December 2009 by John Gore, of 360 South Africa.
A Robertson 44 helicopter was used for the shoot. And the 360 degree photo was created by stitching together 27 photos, shot on a SLR camera with wide angle lens.
We now offer a much more advanced system, using a remote controlled multirotor aircraft, equiped with an SLR camera and wide angle lens to create aerial 360 panoramas.
The city of Pretoria is the administrative capital of South Africa, and home to many historical buildings.