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Page of Maitland, and Muswellbrook NSW, Australia
William Page Married Eliza Morrow in 1849 at Church of England Bungonia Goulburn, ST Saviours (County Argyle) Goulburns Plains Lake Bathurst Marulan.
Robert, b1849
Mary b1851
William Joseph, b12/11/1854
John W.V, b1856 Maitland
Benjamin, b1959 Maitland
Jane E, b1860 Maitland
Sarah, b1862, d1862 Maitland
Racheal, b1864, Maitland
Sarah, b1865 Maitland
Thomas, b1868 d 1870 Muswellbrook
Hezetraih (Hezekiel), b1870 d1870 Muswellbrook
Mary, b1872 Muswellbrook
Thomas, b1874 d1874 Muswellbrook
Benjamin Page married Annie Thornton 1885 at Muswellbrook
Ada Jane, b15/4/1887 Quirrindi
Unnamed, b1889 Quirrindi
Sydney, d1890 Muswellbrook
Ethal M, 1891 Muswellbrook
Stephen, b1893 Muswellbrook
Eliza A.L, b1894 Muswellbrook
Cecil, b1898 Muswellbrook
Earnest, b1900 Muswellbrook
Lockwoods of Maitland, NSW, Australia
Researching this families
1) Albert E Lockwood who married Ada J Page in 1908, NSW, Australia.
2) Robert William Lockwood who married Ann Cole Buxton in 1875, NSW Australia.
3) William Lockwood who married Frances Hewitt in 1838, NSW, Australia.
4) Benjamin Page married Annie Thornton 1885 at Muswellbrook, NSW, Australia
Phipps and Johson of Orange, NSW, Australia
Descendants of George Phipps
Generation No. 1
Child of GEORGE PHIPPS is:
2. i. CATHERINE2 PHIPPS, d. February 4, 1959, Orange, New South Wales.
Generation No. 2
2. CATHERINE2 PHIPPS (GEORGE1)1 died February 4, 1959 in Orange, New South Wales.1 She met GEORGE JOHNSTONE.
Notes for CATHERINE PHIPPS:
Central Western Daily newspaper, 1959
Mrs C. Johnson
A well known resident of 250 Byng Street, Orange. Mrs. Catherine Johnson died at the Orange Base Hospital on February 4, at the age of 80 years. Mrs Johnson was a native of Young district and had lived at Orange for the last 18 years. Her husband predeceased her by 47 years. She leaves one son Richard (Dick). She also leaves two grandchildren, Pamela and Raymond.
Her funeral left A. Mc Graths' funeral parlours on February 6 for the Church of England portion of the Orange Cemetery. Rev A. F. Dryden officiated at the gravesite.
Central Western Daily newspaper, 1959
The relatives and friends of the late Mrs. Catherine Johnson, of 250 Byng Street, Orange, are kindly invited to attended her funeral to leave our funeral polours, 103 Anson Street, Orange, at 11 a.m today (Friday), for the Church of England portion of the Orange Cemetery. A. McGrath & Sons, Funeral Directors, Orange and Molong.
Central Western Daily newspaper, 1959
The relatives of the late Mrs. Catherine Johnson, 250 Byng Street, would like to thank all kind friends and neighbours for their expressions of sympathy and floral tributes during their recent sad bereavement. Please accept this as our personal thanks.
More About CATHERINE PHIPPS:
Fact 1: January 6, 1959, Buried in the Church of England, Orange Cemetery1
Cause of Death: Senility
Medical Information: Senility 2 years
More About GEORGE JOHNSTONE:
Fact 1: Believe to be a Sailor2
Child of CATHERINE PHIPPS and GEORGE JOHNSTONE is:
3. i. RICHARD3 JOHNSON, b. August 19, 1911, Granville, New South Wales Australia; d. February 2, 1995, Ballina, New South Wales, Australia.
Generation No. 3
3. RICHARD3 JOHNSON (CATHERINE2 PHIPPS, GEORGE1) was born August 19, 1911 in Granville, New South Wales Australia, and died February 2, 1995 in Ballina, New South Wales, Australia. He married EVA JANE SHORTER August 22, 1941 in Orange, New South Wales3.
Children of RICHARD JOHNSON and EVA SHORTER are:
Smiths in Kent England
Descendants of JOHN SMITH
Generation No. 1
1. JOHN1 SMITH1 was born 1772, and died April 9, 1817 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England, United Kingdom1. He married AMY GODSEFF1 February 12, 1791 in Westwell Kent, England, United Kingdom1.
Children of JOHN SMITH and AMY GODSEFF are:
2. i. WILLIAM2 SMITH, b. 1791, England; d. 1873, England.
ii. JOB SMITH2, b. 1793, England2; d. 1871, England2.
iii. LUCY SMITH3, b. 1797, Charing, Kent, England,United Kingdom3; d. October 13, 1839, Hollingbourne, Kent, England, United Kingdom3; m. JOHN BOLTON3, October 21, 1816, Boughton Halherbe, Kent, England, United Kingdon3.
More About LUCY SMITH:
Fact 1: February 26, 1797, Baptised3
Fact 2: October 22, 1839, Buried3
Cause of Death: Ulceration of the Bowels3
iv. JAMES SMITH3, b. December 1799, Charing, Kent, England, United Kingdom3.
More About JAMES SMITH:
Fact 1: January 12, 1800, Baptised3
v. SARAH SMITH3, b. February 21, 1802, Charing, Kent, England, United Kingdom3; m. BOORMAN3.
More About SARAH SMITH:
Fact 1: April 18, 1802, Baptised3
Fact 2: 1881, Lives in Ashford3
vi. CHARLOTTE SMITH3, b. May 30, 1806, Charing, Kent, England, United Kingdom4; m. WILLIAM WOOD5, November 9, 1822, Charing, Kent, England, United Kingdom5.
More About CHARLOTTE SMITH:
Fact 1: June 23, 1806, Baptised6
Fact 2: 1881, Was in Chatham with Ann Bolton7
Fact 3: November 9, 1822, Marriage witnesses were William and Amy Seaton7
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM2 SMITH (JOHN1)8 was born 1791 in England8, and died 1873 in England8. He married CHARLOTTE WALKER8 1813 in England8.
Children of WILLIAM SMITH and CHARLOTTE WALKER are:
i. SARAH3 SMITH8, b. 18168.
ii. AMY SMITH8, b. 18198.
iii. CHARLOTTE SMITH8, b. 18228.
iv. JOHN SMITH8, b. 1836; d. 19148.
3. v. WILLIAM SMITH, b. 1828; d. 1875.
vi. GEORGE SMITH8, b. 1832; d. 1918.
vii. RICHARD SMITH8, b. 1835; d. 1857.
Generation No. 3
3. WILLIAM3 SMITH (WILLIAM2, JOHN1)8 was born 1828, and died 1875. He married ANN MILLER8 1860.
Children of WILLIAM SMITH and ANN MILLER are:
i. GEORGE4 SMITH8, b. 1860.
ii. ALBERT EDWARD SMITH8, b. 18638.
4. iii. THOMAS SMITH, b. 1864; d. 1936.
iv. ROBERT JAMES SMITH8, b. 1866; d. 19218.
v. CHARLSE SMITH8, b. 1868.
Generation No. 4
4. THOMAS4 SMITH (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)8 was born 1864, and died 1936. He married ELIZA SHARPE8 1890.
Child of THOMAS SMITH and ELIZA SHARPE is:
5. i. THOMAS5 SMITH, b. 1891; d. 1946.
Generation No. 5
5. THOMAS5 SMITH (THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)8 was born 1891, and died 1946. He married FLORENCE KATE HOLLOWELL8 1913.
Children of THOMAS SMITH and FLORENCE HOLLOWELL are:
i. DOROTHY FLORENCE6 SMITH8, b. 19158; d. 1996.
6. ii. THOMAS CHARLSE SMITH, b. 1915; d. 1974.
iii. REGINALD WILLIAM SMITH8, b. 1920; d. 1996.
iv. GEORGE HENRY SMITH8, b. 1922; d. 1980.
v. ALBERT VICTOR SMITH8, b. 1925; d. 1925.
vi. ROBERT VICTOR SMITH8, b. 1926; d. 1985.
Generation No. 6
6. THOMAS CHARLSE6 SMITH (THOMAS5, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)8 was born 1915, and died 1974. He married WY ELLEN WAREHEM8 1949.
Child of THOMAS SMITH and WY WAREHEM is:
7. i. COLIN7 SMITH, b. 1957.
Generation No. 7
7. COLIN7 SMITH (THOMAS CHARLSE6, THOMAS5, THOMAS4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, JOHN1)8 was born 1957. He married KAREN LESLEY8 1989.
Children of COLIN SMITH and KAREN LESLEY are:
i. ALICE IVY8 SMITH8, b. 1992
ii. THOMAS GEORGE SMITH8, b. 1994.
Descendants of WILLIAM GOODHEW
Generation No. 1
1. WILLIAM1 GOODHEW1 died Bef. April 16, 1731 in Stockbury, Kent, England, UK1. He married CHRISTIAN1.
Child of WILLIAM GOODHEW and CHRISTIAN is:
2. i. WILLIAM2 GOODHEW, b. Bef. March 28, 1708, Stockbury, Kent, England, UK.
Generation No. 2
2. WILLIAM2 GOODHEW (WILLIAM1)1 was born Bef. March 28, 1708 in Stockbury, Kent, England, UK1. He married MARTHA COLEMAN1 October 16, 1728 in Stockbury, Kent, England, UK1.
Child of WILLIAM GOODHEW and MARTHA COLEMAN is:
3. i. WILLIAM3 GOODHEW, b. Bef. October 11, 1730, Stockbury, Kent, England, UK.
Generation No. 3
3. WILLIAM3 GOODHEW (WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)1 was born Bef. October 11, 1730 in Stockbury, Kent, England, UK1. He married MARY HARDEN1 April 3, 1755 in Bredgar,Kent, England, Uk1, daughter of WILLIAM HARDEN and SARAH HINDS.
Child of WILLIAM GOODHEW and MARY HARDEN is:
4. i. JACOB4 GOODHEW, b. Bef. May 25, 1766, Bredgar,Kent, England, Uk.
Generation No. 4
4. JACOB4 GOODHEW (WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)1 was born Bef. May 25, 1766 in Bredgar,Kent, England, Uk1. He married HANNAH SMITH1 December 8, 1794 in Bredgar,Kent, England, Uk1, daughter of THOMAS SMITH and HANNAH JUDGES.
Child of JACOB GOODHEW and HANNAH SMITH is:
5. i. MATILDA5 GOODHEW, b. Bef. April 28, 1811, Bredgar, Kent, England, UK.
Generation No. 5
5. MATILDA5 GOODHEW (JACOB4, WILLIAM3, WILLIAM2, WILLIAM1)1 was born Bef. April 28, 1811 in Bredgar, Kent, England, UK1. She married WILLAM ALEXANDER1 October 22, 1828 in Hollingbourne, Kent, England, United Kingdom, son of JOSEPH ALEXANDER and ANNE.
Children of MATILDA GOODHEW and WILLAM ALEXANDER are:
i. MATILDA6 ALEXANDER1, b. April 3, 1831, Bickor, Kent, England, United Kingdom1; m. JOHN SAMUEL FULLER1, June 1854, Bickor, Kent, England, United Kingdom1.
More About MATILDA ALEXANDER:
Fact 1: April 3, 1831, Christened in Bicknor, Kent, England, United Kingdom1
ii. WILLIAM ALEXANDER, b. 1833.
iii. JOSEPH ALEXANDER, b. 1836.
iv. SAMUEL ALEXANDER, b. 1840.
v. HANNAH ALEXANDER, b. 1843.
vi. ELIZABETH ALEXANDER, b. 1845.
vii. SUSANNA ALEXANDER, b. 1847.
viii. ELIZA ALEXANDER, b. 1849.
ix. THOMAS ALEXANDER, b. 1851.
Shorters of Trundle/Orange NSW, Australia and Kent England
Resreaching the Shorter family of Trundle/Orange who came from Kent England to Australia in 1910
Stephen family of Orange, NSW, Australia
Researching the Karl Allfred Gustav Stephen family from Orange, NSW, Australia. My Stephen surname came from Germany in 1880, to Australia and married in the Hunter family of Girilambone NSW and Castlemaine, Vic
Kempf from Denmark who went to Australia
Researching this family. The kempf family came from Denmark and the Hunter from Ireland. Have more info on both famlies
Laura Henriette Kempf, Olivia Wilhelmine Kempf , Johannes Carl Kempf left Frederiksberg for Queensland on the 3.6.1872 arriving at Keppel Bay 29.9.1872.
Olivia Rickia Wilhelmina Kempf b24.9.1850 d18.6.1909, married George Henry Hunter on the 1.1.1875 Tinderra near Codar, NSW.
Hughes from Kent, England
I am researching Hughes family who married into the Shorter family about 1900. They lived in Maidstone, Kent, England area.
Hunters from Nth Ireland and Australia
looking for info on Samaul Hunter m Jane Baird 4 May 1846,
Ballymoney Parish, Antrim, Ireland.
Are these their Childern, George, Annie, Francs, Jackson, John, Racheal, Robert.
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Griffin Silk
0 (.30mm) Thinnest Griffin Silk Bead Cord
Griffin Silk Bead Cord
Sale Price: $1.20
Traditional bead stringing is done with 100% silk. Griffin silk, an industry favorite, is fantastic for a lot of reasons. Each card has 2 meters of silk spun with a beading needle attached at one end. The wonderful thing about the spun needle is that it ends up allowing for thinner stringing needs. Since you don't have to thread the silk through a needle, you end up with half the diameter, which sure helps when you're using beads with small holes. A few things to remember when you're using silk cord:
Griffin Silk will stretch - you may want to weight your silk and hang it to remove as much stretch as possible.
Griffin Silk will fray - since silk is a natural product and is unwaxed, it will eventually fray and you will need to re-string in approximately 3-5 years (depending on use).
Griffin Silk is beautiful - silk is made to be exposed. It is the number one choice for stringing pearls since it is soft and unobtrusive to the delicate pearls, and the exposed knots are appealing in their own right.

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The folks at The Lost Squadron Museum in Middlesboro, Ky., are stepping up their annual raffle by offering three prizes this year.
The museum is home to "Glacier Girl," one of the last airworthy P-38s. Located at Middlesboro-Bell County Airport (1A6), the museum is raising money to build a new facility.
This year the winner of the main raffle can choose either a 2005 Mazda Speed MX-5 Miata or a 2003 Harley Heritage Softail Springer. Tickets are $100 each. The raffle will be held when all 500 tickets are sold.
The museum is simultaneously running a second raffle where the prize is a special edition Lost Squadron Winchester 94. The rifle, one of only 151 produced, features intricate engraving. The rifles are individually numbered to correspond with the tail numbers of each of the P-38s' downed fliers. Tickets are $25 each. That drawing also will take place when all tickets are sold.


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The mother of a Ridgefield boy who died after being left in a hot car has started a blog to raise awareness of heatstroke in children and help others avoid the tragedy she suffered.
Lindsay Rogers-Seitz told the Associated Press that she forgives her husband for leaving 15-month-old Benjamin in the car while he went to work at Owl Technologies on July 7, resulting in the child's death.
The boy's father, Kyle Seitz, was supposed to bring Ben to daycare before going to work, but that didn't happen. According to Lindsay, at the end of the day, Kyle went to the daycare to pick up Ben, but when he learned Ben wasn't there, he asked the staff at the daycare if his wife had picked him up earlier in the day. He was told she had not, and so he went back to his car, found Ben and then rushed him to the hospital, Rogers-Seitz said.
"The profound grief and trauma that we were going through was something we could never verbalize," Rogers-Seitz explained. "How do I live the rest of my life? Do I just break down right now in hysterics, and just not live?"
She decided to channel her grief into activism, and now the couple is spreading the word about hyperthermia in children.
"One night we were sitting together and [Kyle Seitz] said, 'You know, Lindsay, I just can't let another family feel this pain,'" Rogers-Seitz recalled.
Rogers-Seitz sprang into action, creating a Web site, titled "The Gift of Ben," to share her son's story and help educate other parents.
"A week after the tragic death of my 15-month-old son on July 7, 2014, I began researching – everything and anything – and thinking," Rogers- Seitz writes.
It was a timely decision – today is National Heatstroke Prevention Day.
"The Gift of Ben" presents facts and figures from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, including frightening statistics about the prevalence of heat stroke in children.
According to the NHTSA, hyperthermia is the leading cause of non-crash-related death in children under the age of 15. Rogers-Seitz says 111 children have died in hot cars over the past three years.
"This isn't an anomaly," Rogers-Seitz said. "It's something that has been happening."
She proposed roundtable talks to generate conversation and explore "ideas of how we can potentially move forward and work together and find solutions," including conversations with car seat companies, child safety advocates, academics, health and medical professionals and other families who have been affected.
Rogers-Seitz said one of the biggest mistakes parents can make is to believe it will never happen to them. She admitted she doesn't know yet how to find a solution, but the first step is to talk about it.
"I challenge manufacturers, agencies and politicians to get together with other interested parties, including victims and psychologists, and let's figure this out," she wrote.
In the meantime, she said, make a habit of double checking your car before you walk away, and place valuable items in the back seat with your child. Teach kids that cars are not for playing and store keys out of their reach. Ask your child's school or daycare to call right away if he or she doesn't show up on time.
Rogers-Seitz also launched a blog Wednesday – a more delicate and personal forum.
"Lying in bed last night, I began realizing what an integral role the press has in deciding what 'the story' will be. The truth is that there is a bigger picture out there – an ongoing political and intellectual debate about the history of these effort to elicit change and how to go about it in the future," she wrote in her first post.
"I ask that we move beyond the sensationalization of the events of July 7th to deal with the real issues at hand – that will continue to affect hundreds of more children in the future if nothing is done," she added.
Rogers-Seitz is standing by her husband of 12 years and said the two are taking comfort in each other's support.
"We can deal with it together, and we're finding peace in that," Rogers-Seitz said.


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South Africa hold off England fightback
South Africa 36 England 27:England slipped to a series defeat in South Africa despite a stirring second-half fightback in the second Test in Johannesburg.
Ben Youngs crossed twice as England put themselves in sight of an unlikely victory after trailing 28-10 to the dominant Springboks, but JP Pietersen ended the comeback at Ellis Park.
England ultimately paid the price for a poor start as Willem Alberts, Bismarck du Plessis and Francois Hougaard claimed early tries for the physically imposing hosts.
The tourists' other points came from Toby Flood, who impressed on his recall with a first-half try and five successful goal kicks.
The defeat was England's ninth in succession to South Africa and even though there was an element of controversy over both of South Africa's first two tries in the opening eight minutes, England's start was still a dismal and ultimately costly one.
They saw little of the ball in the opening three minutes while South Africa looked incisive, constantly crossing the gainline.
Alberts made one good break before Bryan Habana found space on the left. Ben Morgan thwarted the winger but England made a costly error at the resulting scrum as the ball was allowed to run clean through the channel.
Alberts saw the loose ball roll out and even though there was debate over whether he could pick it up, the flanker gleefully gathered and darted over.
England's problems increased just moments later as South Africa powered forward again and hooker Du Plessis barged his way through to spin and touch down.
It was a close call as to whether he planted the ball over the line but a try was awarded after video adjudication and converted by Morne Steyn.
England finally registered with a Flood penalty but it came from a rare foray into the Springbok half and the hosts replied in kind.
Morne Steyn added a penalty before Hougaard broke the line with some neat footwork to score a third. Steyn pushed the score out to 22-3.
England made the most of another rare opening to claim their first try midway through the first half.
Youngs took a quick tap penalty and released Chris Ashton, who sent Flood clear.
Flood converted his own try but it did not look like the start of a comeback as the Springboks again pushed them back and Morne Steyn added a long-range drop goal.
It could have got even worse for England as Pietersen failed to take a pass from Jean de Villiers with the try line at his mercy.
Frans Steyn was allowed the chance to line up a penalty from inside his own half in the final minute of the half but his effort slipped narrowly wide.
South Africa looked to apply more pressure as they declined a kickable penalty early in the second half and looked for touch.
Powerful charges from Alberts and Eben Etzebeth looked certain to yield another try but England somehow held out.
They did not escape without damage as captain Chris Robshaw was penalised and Morne Steyn added another three points but England refused to lie down.
They not only earned some respite but benefited from a huge slice of luck in the 52nd minute as an overthrown Springbok lineout found its way into Youngs's hands.
The scrumhalf broke for the line and, despite being caught high by an Alberts tackle, managed to get the ball down for a try awarded after lengthy deliberation.
Flood's conversion brought the score to a more respectable 28-17 but Morne Steyn then helped himself to another penalty goal.
England then, almost inconceivably, suddenly got themselves back within a converted try just after the hour.
The hosts switched off at the breakdown after a drive by substitute Alex Corbisiero and Youngs pinched the ball to dive through a gap for his second try.
Flood added the extras and chipped further away at the lead with another penalty from just inside the Springboks' half.
England started to look like they believed they could win but South Africa found another gear when they needed it.
After a useful spell of possession, they neatly worked the ball along the line and Pietersen flamboyantly dived over for the decisive try seven minutes from time.


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Badger cull protesters to march in Taunton today
SOUTH West protesters opposing the badger cull will take march in Taunton today,
led by the Somerset Wildlife Trust.
The Trust, which manages 1,700 hectares of Somerset's countryside and works closely with the farming community, will be leading the march from Vivary Park at 1 pm.
Simon Nash, the Trust's Chief Executive, said: "Somerset Wildlife Trust is firmly opposed to the badger cull and no Wildlife Trust will allow culling on its land. As West Somerset approaches a third year of culling and the Government considers extending this unnecessary programme to other areas, the need for the voices of our members to be heard has never been stronger."
During the past two years trial badger culls have been taking place across Somerset and Gloucestershire in a bid to prevent the spread of Bovine TB, an infectious disease of cattle. In 2013 more than 26,000 cattle were killed in England because of the disease.
But the Somerset Wildlife Trust is encouraging its 18,000 members and staff and volunteers to join in with the protest this Saturday. The charity manages 72 nature reserves and has been protecting vulnerable wildlife and preserving wild places for over 50 years.
Nash added: "We are very conscious of the hardship that bTB causes and the need to find an effective, long-term, sustainable solution, but culling badgers is not the answer.
"Research shows that culling doesn't significantly reduce outbreaks of the disease in cattle and can even make the situation worse, due to the perturbation effect where the disease is spread by badgers moving between setts post-cull.
"Cattle-to-cattle transmission represents the most important route of disease spread, so the Government's strategy to eradicate bTB should be focused on a vaccination programme – for cattle and badgers – and biosecurity measures. We are proud to stand up and be counted as part of a broad coalition of organisations and individuals opposing the cull through peaceful protest."
Read more: http://www.westerngazette.co.uk/Badger-cull-protesters-march-Taunton-today/story-27601194-detail/story.html#ixzz3iv0Izgyj
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Morro Bay Hotel Accommodations
Enjoy the comfort of our spacious and newly renovated rooms many of which overlook the Embarcadero and the Pacific ocean. Get a great nights rest in one of our pillow top beds and wake up to our Hot breakfast in our open atrium. Our hotel offers 32 well-appointed guest rooms with modern conveniences such as wireless internet, 40 inch flat screen TV, microwave & refrigerator.
Morro Bay Dining
Morro Bay offers an symphony of dining choices. From the truly elegant, to grill-pubs, fish shacks, and fast food. Visitors are sure to find just the meal the may be craving to fill and empty stomach. Morro Bay is known for the fresh seafood so inquire for dinner recommendations.
Morro Bay as a Starting Point
Morro Bay is also a wonderful starting point for visiting the rest of San Luis Obispo County. Montaña de Oro (Mountain of Gold) State Park is just southwest of Morro Bay. World famous Hearst Castle is just a short drive north of Morro Bay, past the charming villages of Harmony and Cambria. To the east, you will find local wineries offering tastings of the famous Central Coast varietals. Calpoly University is a short drive south to San Luis Obispo.


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The actress/rapper/singer/Cover Girl makeup impresario is the latest celebrity to speak out against bullying; she thinks parents need to work it out. More from The Queen below.
"I think a lot of times kids who are bullies get away with it because no one confronts their parents. Parents have to step to other parents and say, 'Listen, your son or daughter is texting my son or daughter, or emailing, or tweeting, or Facebook-ing or talking about my child or pressuring them in some sort of way.
They've gotta step in for these kids... We've gotta fight for our kids. It's a shame... No child should have to lose their life through a senseless killing and that's really just the saddest thing of all. No parent should have to be on TV explaining that."


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Books - Kids & Dogs
Pawsitive Pet Behavior, llc strives to assist pet owners in developing and maintaining good behavior in their companion animals. We provide high quality behavioral solutions for cats and dogs and are nationally certified by The Certification Council of Professional Dog Trainers. Maintaining credentials requires rigorous continuing education and re-certification every three years. This continuing education ensures that we are knowledgeable about the most current thinking, research, and techniques in the field. We will help you learn how your dog thinks, learns and communicates. We are experienced in training pets, their people and other animal care professionals. We have extensive experience with shelters and rescues as well as experience with many purebred dogs from Chihuahuas to Great Danes and everything in between. Our methods are based on the current science of how animals learn, interpreting the animal's body language and clear communication between pets and their owners. We teach you to read your pet's visual signals so that you are better able to understand and relate to your pet and help you understand what motivates your pet and why and ultimately how to use those motivations to teach your pet the things you need him or her to know. We currently serve Greene, Montgomery and Warren Counties of Ohio. We also are now servicing Vandalia, Tipp City and Troy. Other areas are considered on a case by case basis.


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Kids (and not-so-young ones) enjoying a mild winter afternoon at Plaza Mayor in Madrid. The huge bubbles made by a street performer were really amazing, and were a lot of fun for bubble chasers.
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Kashi Adds Golden Goodness to Its Line Up of Cereals
Kashi Co., a La Jolla, Calif.-based unit of Kellogg Co., adds Kashi Golden Goodness cereal to its growing family of all-natural foods. Golden Goodness is a combination of flakes and clusters sweetened with a touch of honey and molasses. It features Kashi's unique Seven Whole Grain blend and sweet corn baked into light, toasty flakes paired with crispy, clusters.
With no artificial sweeteners, flavors, colors or preservatives, Golden Goodness has flakes that are less processed than traditional flakes. Each serving has plenty of whole grains and is high in fiber (5g), offering positive nutrition while satisfying taste buds. It can also provide a deliciously sweet crunch to yogurt or pancake batter for added whole grains.
"In addition to providing great flavors and a light, crispy texture, our new Kashi Golden Goodness cereal has 43g of whole grains per serving, which is almost the recommended daily amount of 48g recommended by the Whole Grain Council," says Keegan Sheridan, natural food and lifestyle expert at Kashi. "At Kashi, we're constantly looking for new ways to help people and their families achieve optimal health and wellness through our foods. With families of our own, we also strive to make these foods taste great so that both adults and kids can enjoy them."
Kashi also introduces Kashi Berry Blossoms, a cereal composed of tasty graham cereal squares with a cornucopia of real fruits (strawberries, blackberries and blueberries), for a natural, tangy sweet taste. It has 18g of whole grains, 5g of fiber and no artificial sweeteners, flavors, colors or preservatives.
Suggested retail price is $3.99 for Golden Goodness and $3.59 for Berry Blossoms.


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Cybersecurity still in slow lane
Nearly a year after President Barack Obama issued an executive order to improve the cybersecurity of the nation's vital assets, the administration doesn't have much to show: The government is about to produce only some basic standards, with little incentive for the private sector to participate.
The program's early weaknesses are a sign that — even as high-profile breaches at Target and other retailers compromise the data of millions of consumers — the White House and Congress have made minimal progress on the potentially more serious issue of protecting power plants, oil pipelines and major banks from a crippling cyberattack.
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The administration's blueprint for such "critical infrastructure," due this month, is shaping up to be a simple checklist, mirroring well-established industry norms. The standards are entirely voluntary and, so far at least, the White House and Congress haven't come up with much-needed perks — like tax breaks or federal contracting advantages — that could spur companies to take part.
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Top White House officials are already hitting the road to pitch the plan to the country's business leaders — but in Washington, there's broad agreement that much more work needs to be done.
"Either Congress will have to really put some muscle behind it, or the regulators … will have to pick up the baton," said Michael Chertoff, former Homeland Security secretary under President George W. Bush and now a cybersecurity consultant with The Chertoff Group. "I wouldn't say we're at the end of the journey."
Obama issued his executive order last year after two failed efforts by Congress to boost cybersecurity of key assets like electrical grids and chemical factories. Officials fear such systems — the majority of which are owned or operated by the private sector — are increasingly vulnerable to hackers who could cause large-scale disruptions or economic losses.
Without legislation, though, the president could only create a program for voluntary industry standards, and Obama directed his administration to develop them and find ways to encourage their adoption.
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The National Institute of Standards and Technology — part of the Commerce Department — has been working on the "framework," and it's due to release a final version in the coming weeks. Early drafts, however, consist mainly of widely accepted practices, such as patching computers against viruses and creating secure logins for employees. Practically all of the principles ring familiar to the country's biggest businesses.
Still, as the first-year anniversary of Obama's executive order approaches, administration officials are turning up at conferences, holding workshops and meeting with corporate leaders, hoping to sell companies large and small on the need to invest in their cyber defenses.
"The administration gets cybersecurity," said Phyllis Schneck, a top official at the Department of Homeland Security, during a speech at a recent government-backed conference in Baltimore. "All we want is to roll out a plan that helps our country … get more secure."
For now, a senior administration official told POLITICO it's too early to judge its cybersecurity standards, saying it's only just getting to "Version 1.0."
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"We're trying to do something that's not a normal government program," the official said, adding that the goal is for the program to develop naturally "in whatever direction government and industry need it to grow."
And there's certainly plenty of room for growth.
For one thing, the administration hasn't provided much detail on a key component of the program — incentives for companies to adopt new cybersecurity standards. Officials for months have been exploring different kinds of carrots, from tax breaks to priority technical assistance, but the White House has yet to announce any.


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Slovenian skiier Tina Maze isn't just the proud new owner of an Olympic gold medal. She's also the voice behind a chart-topping song — in Eastern Europe.
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Unless you've been living on Mars (or Venus, depending on your persuasion), you've undoubtedly come across a few of the myriad news stories about the invasion of the so-called "Robo-advisors," and the "doom" it spells for old-school financial advisors.
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– Related ThinkAdvisor story: Robo-Advisors Gobbling Billions in Assets


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Tuesday, August 21, 2007
The One Thing I Might Go To Indiana For
Indianapolis Journal
Yes, Deep-Fried Oreos, but Not in Trans Fats
By MONICA DAVEY
INDIANAPOLIS, Aug. 17 — The deep-fried Combo Plate may be a little more healthful this year at the Great Indiana State Fair. So say the fair's leaders, who, taking a step rarely seen in the realm of corn dogs and fried pickles, have banned oils with trans fats from all the fryers that line the grounds here.
I love the irony of someone being worried about the transfats in a deep-fried oreo. I completely understand those people cited in the article saying:
Along the steamy thoroughfare here, where only sensitive palates can distinguish among the various cuts of potato (curly fries, ribbon fries and the old standby, French), fairgoers seemed pleased with the switch. The food tasted the same, they said happily. And if this meant they could indulge without guilt or have one more helping, so much the better.
Which is why I'll be having an Atkins shake for breakfast.
13 comments:
- BillT said...
Tell SB to quit playing with the bathtub toys and get his laptop in gear...
- 21 August, 2007 12:07
- BostonMaggie said...
SB is in the field wearing 30 lbs of body armor training his sailors for their upcoming deployment....he has no time for my nonsense.
- 21 August, 2007 13:01
- BillT said...
So, he's just wearing the kevlar -- no ballistic inserts and no battle-rattle?
Oh. "Training sailors."
Silly me...
- 21 August, 2007 13:49
- Barb said...
First - Congrats on hitting 30K, Maggie! (I was visitor #30,008, by the way)
I love this post ... because I have to admit to knowing what a deep-fried twinkie tastes like! Too dang funny that they make such a hullaballoo about the lack of trans-fats ... how loopy!
- 21 August, 2007 14:20
You just had to post this. Kinda makes me proud to be from Indiana :)
Congrats on the 30K!!
- 21 August, 2007 17:31
- BostonMaggie said...
Darling Chief - Don't be jealous. Not everyone can be a fabulous SWO! I still love you.
Barb - Another bad thing I have to try some day!
SK - There you go, a claim to fame. You are a proud daughter of Indiana....home of the deep-fried battered Oreo!
- 21 August, 2007 18:31
- AFSister said...
Deep-fried Twinkies are FABULOUS! Batter-dipped, on a stick, deep-fried, sprinkled with powdered sugar and drizzled with raspberry sauce... ohhhhhYUMMMMMMM
I've only had them once- it was all my arteries could take, but it was *SO* worth the risk!
I spend a lot of time in Indiana these days, and heard the funniest commercial last week. It was for an optometrist. The name of his practice?.... "Hoosier Eye Doctor".
Say it out loud, and giggle.
- 22 August, 2007 06:04
In Indiana, there is nothing that cannot be fried! lol
- 22 August, 2007 11:09
- BillT said...
I got fried in Chicago back in '86. That was probably as close as I'd like to get to Indiana until you folks give up on frying pickles.
And I *did* get pickled in Akron, once. Does that count?
- 22 August, 2007 13:19
Hmmmm Reading BillT's comment carefully, we may visit similar establishments:)
- 22 August, 2007 16:42
- BillT said...
Reading BillT's comment carefully, we may visit similar establishments:)
I pride myself on my ability to inspire others to action.
And sometimes I even get a little of it.
eah. As if...
- 23 August, 2007 15:29
- BostonMaggie said...
You are flying antique helicopters in the 15th century and toying with the affections of Princess Crabby.............that doesn't count as getting any action?
- 23 August, 2007 15:36
- billt said...
It might, if I had a life.
- 24 August, 2007 13:14


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Immigration progress 'too slow'
Backlogs are still being reduced too slowly more than a year after Home Secretary Theresa May moved to deal with a string of fiascos by bringing immigration back under ministerial control and boosting resources, a public spending watchdog warned.
The National Audit Office found the service continued to be plagued by poor IT, weak workforce planning and low morale despite the decision to abolish the much-criticised UK Border Agency in favour of direct Home Office control in March last year.
While the switch had resulted in some improvements, it found, in some key areas it had "not progressed as far as we would have expected".
The chairwoman of the Commons public accounts committee Margaret Hodge expressed frustration at the slow pace of change, especially the failure to improve data after a £347 million IT system failed to bring all the benefits it was supposed to.
The Labour MP said it was "simply not good enough" that the Home Office was not able to say where it had shaved almost £6 million from its budget, leading the NAO to warn services could be at risk from future spending cuts.
After a raft of damning reports, Ms May abolished the UKBA and replaced it with UK Visas and Immigration and an Immigration Enforcement command, which were brought under the control of ministers.
The NAO said that while all "straightforward" cases had been cleared, there were still 301,000 open cases - including more than 25,000 live asylum claims and 175,000-plus where officials did not know whether illegal immigrants were still in the UK.
Efforts by staff to catch up were hampered by having to use "multiple and complicated legacy systems" - including some on paper - after the Immigration Case Work (ICW) programme was closed in August last year having "achieved much less than planned".
A new £209 million IT system "still has far to go to have a significant impact", it added.
The move back into the Home Office had only resulted in one in five workers feeling more positive by December, it found, pointing to "weak workforce planning" as one of the factors in the failure to improve results.
A decision to change the mix of grades of civil servants dealing with asylum at one point resulted in 120 leaving before sufficient replacements were found, "hindering the ... ability to keep on top of cases", the report said.
The lack of a clear plan for efficiencies meant the service faced a "tough challenge" to improve in the face of more cuts.
"The directorates have made good progress in some areas, such as communications and oversight, but they have made slow progress in improving process efficiency, staff capability, and the quality of data and systems," the NAO concluded.
"In some areas, such as specific backlogs, workforce planning and the IT landscape, problems identified back in 2012 have not progressed as far as we would have expected by now.
"Overall it is also too early to identify any impact from organisational improvement on customers and stakeholders and the department has not yet set longer-term time horizons in which it expects to make improvements across the border and immigration system.
"To achieve value for money in its immigration work, the department must progress faster with its changes and address the challenges it has struggled to tackle. It must sustain performance under the pressure of reducing budgets."
Mrs Hodge said: " The department has still not solved some of the big problems of the former UK Border Agency.
"It's unacceptable that over 25,000 asylum claims are still waiting to be dealt with and the department does not know if over 175,000 people who have no right to be in the UK have left or not.
"How the department expects to recover its position and deliver a proper service without good management information is beyond me.
"The fact its data is still inconsistent and of poor quality is frustrating, with the department failing to record the minimum amount of information required to make a decision for a third of asylum claims.
"The department is not helping itself, as it has failed to solve its IT problems - despite spending £347 million on a new system, it has not delivered what was expected. Given its poor track record, I have little confidence that the further £209 million it is spending on another IT system will be money well spent.
"It is simply not good enough that the department has not tracked its progress in reducing costs by £594 million.
"The department knows it has remained within budget, but it simply does not know where it has made these savings or whether they are sustainable. The department, therefore, cannot give Parliament assurance that these cuts will not negatively impact on its future performance."


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The Peacock vs. The Apple: NBC Drops Out of iTunes
NBC hit Apple with another big content setback on Thursday, by failing to renew contract with iTunes. NBC Universal, the store's largest provider of paid digital video--making up around 40-percent of downloads--couldn't reach a pricing agreement with the Cupertino company, who has traditionally priced TV episodes at $1.99 a pop. NBC confirmed the move, but both companies refused to issue comments to reporters.
The decision, which also reflected NBC's call for stronger anti-piracy controls, will affect the iTunes store, beginning in December, when the companies' two-year deal lapses. At that point, the nearly 1,500 hours of programming, including popular series such as The Office and Heroes, will be pulled from the store, if a new agreement isn't stuck.
The move--or lack thereof--follows Universal Music's refusal to renew their contract last month. Analysts are predicting that the moves may embolden fellow media companies like CBS and the Discovery Channel to sweeten their deals with Apple.


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Last Saturday, with amazing help of Roberts Lab undergrads Jessica Blanchette and Katie Jackson as well as Anne Baxter from NOAA's NWFSC, I led a workshop called 'Flex Your Mussels' for Seattle's Expanding Your Horizons (SEYH) conference at Seattle University.Read more


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1. Turnaround. The Boilermakers reached the 20-win mark for the first time since the 2000 season. Their 11-game turnaround from last season's nine-win campaign is one of the five best in the nation. Furthermore, their RPI at the end of last season was 175; this year it's 47. (For a point of comparison, Michigan is 53 and Iowa is 85.) Purdue scored key wins over Virginia, Illinois, Michigan State and Indiana, but had bad losses to Indiana State and Minnesota. Purdue's 16 home wins is the most ever for a Purdue basketball team, yet they only won two games on the road; they also won two on neutral courts. Carl Landry was the first Purdue player ever to be Big Ten player of the week three consecutive weeks, and Chris Kramer set a Purdue record this year for steals by a freshman. It will continue; second-year coach Matt Painter is set to welcome the best recruiting class in the history of Purdue basketball. In fact, Painter will land four top-50 players in one class. Many seasons, longtime Coach Keady (famous for the combover) didn't have a single one. (In fact, the most noteworthy Keady class got an assistant coach "re-assigned" and put Purdue into NCAA probation.)
2. Who To Know. David Teague's shooter's eye clearly got better as the season progressed, to where he's now averaging 14.4 points and shooting 43 percent from 3-point range as the second option behind senior Carl Landry. Chris Lutz became a better defender each game as well, and made better offensive decisions that really helped Purdue as a team. Expectation here is that Teague and Landry will carry them through one round but in the second they'll lose by 10-15 to a team with legit big men.
3. Purdue's Recent Tourney History Is Checkered At Best. Purdue hasn't been in the Tourney since 2003, when they sneaked in as an 18-10 9-seed and then demolished LSU by 24 in the first round before succumbing to Texas in the round of 32. In 2000, the Boilers got Gene Keady as close to a Final Four as he ever got, needing only to beat a mediocre Wisconsin team in the Elite Eight (in their fourth meeting of the season). Naturally, they fell short. In 1996, Purdue won their third consecutive outright Big Ten regular season title, becoming just the second team to ever accomplish such a feat. They followed that up by coming the closest any No. 1 seed has ever come to losing to a No. 16 as Western Carolina's shot at the buzzer rattled out and the Boilers exhaled with a 73-71 clunker (and went on to lose in the second round). In 1994, Glenn Robinson led the Boilers to the Elite Eight, again bringing Keady one win from a Final Four only to be upended by Duke. We could go on forever reliving these good old times ... but Purdue's last Final Four was 1980. Enough said. — Boiled Sports


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The holidays are coming to an end. A new year beckons. Resolutions will be made and broken. What does the new year hold for you? What does it hold for your family?
If you're a retiree or someone planning on retirement, the questions and concerns that you have about this upcoming year will be many. Most will focus on issues of finances, healthcare and health. For the family members of those retirees or soon to be retirees, their concerns will more than likely become your concerns as well.
Those in the sandwich generation are not only dealing with their own needs and the needs of their children, but the needs of their parents as well. Questions and concerns about end of life care, social security, medical decisions, wills, trusts, and estate planning are hitting many adult children sooner than they planned because they have to play a role with their own parents to address these questions.
If you're in this situation, it's important to begin "the talk" about these matters with your retired or retiring parents as part of your plans for this new year.
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Although the foundation of this talk will be around the financial matters, it should not be limited to these points only. In future articles we'll discuss how and what to discuss around all aspects of the talk — financial, health, mental attitude and involvement.
A necessary beginning step of the talk is to work with your parents to gather all current financial information and identify all of the points of contact for their accounts such as any names of advisors, accountants, etc. Any work already done regarding estate planning considerations such as trusts, wills, etc. should also be included.
In order to ensure that you get off on the right foot with these discussions, here are some of the questions that you should be asking of your parents at this early stage of the talk:
1) Do you have a will? If so, when was it last updated?
2) Have you established a trust or done other more extensive financial planning?
3) Do you have a current list of assets, passwords, and important documents and where they are held?
4) Do you have a thorough financial plan in place outlining your financial needs, goals, and strategies throughout retirement? And, most importantly, when was the last time that your reviewed it?
6) When is the last time you updated the beneficiaries on your retirement accounts, annuities, life insurance, etc?
If your parents have a trusted advisor that they work with, you may want to involve them in these discussions as well. They can often be a vital intermediatory during these discussions or they can be a valuable resource after you've gone through this information with your parents.
I often advise advisors to ask the following question of their retiring or retired clients who they sense have not had the necessary intergenerational talk:
"Have you discussed your wishes with the executor of your estate?"
The answer to this can either lead to a joint discussion involving that executor and their parents or it can lead to the necessary discussion that needs to take place with that executor.
Either way, it's a question that can lead to having "the talk" and if you're an advisor, I recommend asking it of your clients who are retired or retiring.
If you're a retiree or soon to be retiree, ask yourself that question and get the ball rolling on initiating the talk. It's not important who begins it, just that it happens.
If you're an adult child of a retiring or retired parent, I hope that you'll put the talk on your list of New Year's resolution.
Better yet, just do it and get the ball rolling now. It's not just for your benefit but for those you love as well.


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So. I'm in Minehead, I've got a VIP pass. It's access all areas and I've already chalked up a coffee, croissant and quick interview with Ned Boulting. I'd spotted him a week before, grabbing a cuppa in Honiton during the South West Tour Ride, so we're practically family. Nice bloke. Then it all goes horribly wrong.
I ask a podium lady which rider she would prefer to see on the podium, seeing as she'd have to kiss him. She could have given a merry laugh before tossing back her lovely blonde hair and saying that they were all gorgeous, even Dan Martin. But no, she looks at me as if I've asked to borrow her knickers and says that actually, her boyfriend is one of the riders, she doesn't have a favourite and unless the disgusting little reptile in front of her has some less pervy questions she'd quite like him to crawl back into his grubby little hole. Well, that's what her face says. I scuttle off to look at bicycles. It seems safer.
Meanwhile, riders are milling around the Depart area, signing in, being interviewed by a talkative Timmy Mallet lookalike and not ogling podium girls. No, no, not at all. Except for Team Sky who hide in their big black bus, which glides in like a space-cruiser and instantly attracts a huge throng of fans. I half expect it to split down the middle with Wiggy, Geraint and co emerging in a cloud of dry ice to Ride of the Valkyries. I never found out if they actually did because Pete the driver is beckoning me to join him in the Press car that would be my home for the duration of the race. Me, a hack from the local rag and a Proper Cycling Journo who spends the journey swearing at the lack of wireless internet access in North Devon and working on his laptop. An interview with Nicolas Roche, although I'm too polite to try reading it.
Now, being in a Press car, rolling with the race convoy is, of course, unspeakably cool. What is slightly less cool is not seeing much of the race. Instead race radio (when it works) crackles with commentary, split times and ride numbers. "Colnago for rider 72 please", "moto, please leave a gap, you're too close", "Garmin, forward for drinks service please". Police riders zip past in relays, every schoolkid in Somerset and Devon is lining the route, convoy vehicles get cheered and waved at and everyone is having a bloody good time. I'd bet that plenty of them don't know there's a bike race on, they just know that Something Important is passing through town and they're damn well going to cheer it. Grey skies and drizzle? Pah, I shall fend them off by waving my Tour flag at the grinning berk in Press Car 2!
Proper Journo is listening intently. He's writing a rolling online commentary (when the North Devon hills let him) so he needs names, times, splits. I get the fever too and start writing down everything. It takes me the whole race to realise that there's no point but it makes me feel like a pro. Simple things…
We're stuck behind the chase group and the break (Dan Martin, who gets the Combativity Prize for the day, plus Matthew Hayman and Jonny Hoogerland) but Proper CJ wants to get closer. Driver Pete responds and beeps his way past the chase group. I'm crawling all over the other hack in the back, trying to lean out of the window for pictures. I'm rewarded with Richie Porte weeing on a house, Geraint Thomas' nose and half of HTC doing what they always do, leading the chase. I'm well pleased and settle back to prepare myself for what lies ahead.
Sidmouth is heaving. Pete threads his way through narrow streets that are bulging with people. It looks like scene from Zombie Flag Wavers 2, except that they're smiling and not trying to eat our brains. The zombies continue unabated up the improbably steep slopes of Peak Hill. Happy zombies in lycra and waterproofs, because they know that this is the best place to see the suffering up close and personal. 25% gradient? Check. Two loons in mankinis (accessorised by saggy flesh coloured pants)? Check. Cowbells? Check. :Leaping Devil? Check. It's like Alpe D'Huez with clotted cream. The noise is deafening, the atmosphere incredible. If anyone doubts the appetite for good quality stage races then Peak Hill should convince them. It's completely brilliant and I enjoy every second.
This stage was billed as the hardest of the Tour and having ridden it, I wouldn't argue. It's brutal. Two big climbs followed by endless short, sharp vertical stabs. There's no respite, no chance to get into a rhythm and just roll. And it's raining. No wonder two thirds of the field is grunting along almost half an hour behind the lead group. Race radio crackles again. "DS's, the riders at the back will have to ride if they don't want to be eliminated. Please pass this on to any teams who are out of radio range. They must ride". Poor buggers.
Drama! Matt Hayman, Sky's man in the break, has a puncture! Swift wheel change from neutral service, then they pace him for a yard or twenty as he blasts his way back to Dan Martin's wheel. Then the race commissaire pulls alongside us. "That was assisting a rider to maintain position!" he bellows from his perch on the back of a motorbike. Pete, our driver, pulls a noncommittal face and feigns incomprehension. We're not sure if we are getting a bollocking for something we haven't done or being asked to confirm what the commissaire thinks he has just seem. Either way, we don't want to say anything in case we get a nasty case of being-thrown-off-the-raceitis. It seems a petty thing to get red-faced and shouty about and one of our number mutters something to the effect that maybe the commissaire hasn't had his wheelnuts loosened in a while and should perhaps take advantage of one of the sheep that dot the stage to relieve his tension. Happily the moment passes and we speed on.
We overtake the break and are ordered to proceed to the finish. By now I'm feeling the strain of being sat in a cramped car for over four hours. We roll into Teignmouth just ahead of the race. Jump out, stretch legs and head for the crowds around the finish line. Just one problem, I'm bursting. Outside there is a huge roar of excitement as Wout Poels unleashes his winning sprint. Inside a posh portaloo, no-one hears my sigh of relief as I unleash a huge wee.
It's been a fantastic day. Humiliated by a podium lady. Flash bikes to perve over. Actual racers, up close and personal. Borats. More cheering kiddies than you can shake a flag at. Huge, huge crowds. All that and a VIP seat in the convoy. All I need to do for next year is blag another seat and learn how to wee out of a moving car.
Thanks to Katie Robbins at The Prostate Cancer Charity for sorting us out with a seat and Driver Pete for getting us to the action.


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Saints Row 2: Ultor Exposed
In Ultor Exposed, the first downloadable content for Saints Row 2, gamers return to Stilwater to expose the Ultor Corporation's latest plans while trying to bring down the evil company once and for all. Players can battle through three all new co-op enabled missions starring adult film star Tera Patrick, while commandeering new air and ground vehicles such as an attack aircraft and a luxury sports car. Ultor Exposed offers all new customization options, including new hairstyles, clothing and costumes, along with new multiplayer maps for the Strong Arm and Gangsta Brawl multiplayer modes.
Release Date: April 23, 2009


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OECD and Pisa studies
The final results will be published on Dec 4th 2007 but here's what to expect:
The PISA survey is the most comprehensive and rigorous international yardstick of secondary-school students' attainments. PISA 2006 was held in 57 countries that together account for nearly 90% of world GDP. It tested students on how much they knew about science and their ability to use scientific knowledge and understanding to identify and address questions and resolve problems in daily life. It also examined student performance in reading and mathematics, and collected data on the student, family and institutional factors that can help explain differences in performance.
In short - we have the worlds smartest teenagers!


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Office 2011 for Mac: Using the Ribbon to Correct Pictures
So you've added pictures to your Office 2011 for Mac document, workbook, or presentation — but the pictures need correcting. No worries; Office 2011 for Mac offers easy-to-use correction options on its Ribbon.
When you click a picture, Office for Mac lets you know your picture is selected by putting light blue resize handles around the edges, and the green rotate handle appears at the top. At the same time, the Ribbon spawns a Format Picture tab. Remember that you must click the purple Format Picture tab to display the entire set of formatting controls on the Ribbon. The Corrections button displays a preview of your picture within a gallery of adjustment increments. Hover the mouse cursor over a preview to see how much adjustment you would get if you chose it.
Choose Picture Correction Options at the bottom of the gallery to display the Adjust Picture tab of the Format Picture dialog. Using sliders and spinner controls, you can fine-tune adjustments for the following:
Transparency: Change how much you can see through the picture.
Corrections: Adjust brightness, contrast, and sharpness.
Brightness: The amount of light in the picture.
Contrast: How much difference there is between light and dark areas of the picture.
Sharpness: How fuzzy or "in focus" the picture looks.
Color: Change green leaves to blue or whatever color you want.
Recolor: Choose grayscale, black and white, sepia, gray, and color tones from this pop-up menu.
Saturation: Adjusts how rich the colors will be.
Temperature: Color temperature is pretty complicated to explain here. But you can still play around with this tool and experiment to see whether you can attain a visual effect you like.


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I read someplace that someone has named them earworms, those songs that get caught in your
head. So-
What song or songs are stuck in your head or have been stuck recently?
Any songs that get stuck there whenever you hear them?
How do you get rid of your earworms?
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What song or songs are stuck in your head or have been stuck recently?
-Last weekend i watched "Mean Girls" dvd again. So i've had Lindsay Lohan & the Plastics singing "Jingle Bell Rock" stuck in my head all week. Just briefly, that song was outsted by a Hall & Oates song "Had I known You Better Then". But in the battle of the earworms, Lindsay Lohan and her jingle bells won.
The week before last it was the song "Get Happy" from some flick called "Little Voice". Maybe i should stop watching movies.
Any songs that get stuck there whenever you hear them?
- "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves" by Cher. Always. It's a curse i tell ya! That song is more than just an earworm, it's an ear-piranha. It's a lobotomy song! Ack!
How do you get rid of your earworms?
- Replace it with another earworm. Though it takes much much time gettin rid of "Gypsies, Tramps & Thieves" *shudders*.
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See, I have an affliction called "Jukebox ADD". Which means that in my head, is pretty much every song ever known. A song comes on, I sing a couple lines a few times, just long enough for other people to get it stuck in their head, and then "jukebox ADD" kicks in and I switch to another song.
It's damn fun, hearing people yell "Damnit, now that song is stuck in my head!" I laugh and switch to another song just to spite them.
Although here are some favorites that the jukebox ADD cycle usually starts out with:
"Strangers in the Night" by ol' Blue Eyes
"Crimson and Clover" by the Shondells
"My Girlfriend's Dead" by the Vandals
But like I said, the "JukeBox ADD" sort of keeps the earworms away and helps me inflict other people with them. Heh.
I <3 4 foot 11, blonde, operatic wonders from Oklahoma.
There is no charge for awesomeness or attractiveness
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Build Me Up Buttercup - The Goops
Delilah - Tom Jones
Is it cause i`m kewl? - Mousse T (this 1 really p*sses me off cause I sooo hate it)
These 3 never go away...constant regurge...ovah & ovah & ovah...
Oh god...
`Why? Why? Why? Delilah`....
Damn it !!!!!
Filthy..Gorgeous..Dirty..Nasty !!
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Thanks to a local commercial, lately it's been "It's a Hard Knock Life' from the musical Annie.
Also, there are some Donna Summer songs that are earworms. "toot toot, heyyyy, beep beep..."
Oh great. I just did it to myself.
(Sara, Jukebox ADD...*love* it! )
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*enters this thread with fingers in ears and without reading any of your posts--LA LA LA LA LA LA LALALALA*
nope. not me. i saw the title of this thread and realized this is just some evil on xc's part to get insiduous songs stuck in my head. nuh uh...not gonna do it.
are you sitting on the soap?
sometimes, you just have to say 'what the f...'
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By all means lila, feel free to use the term as needed.
And zoom? The stars at night...are big and bright...
I <3 4 foot 11, blonde, operatic wonders from Oklahoma.
There is no charge for awesomeness or attractiveness
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Hey, I love "Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves".
Ummm....almost any song they play at my work and everywhere I go to shop is an earworm. Crap like stupid boy band mushy crap...I forget the names of those songs. "Hole In The World" by The Eagles. I love The Eagles! How can they go from awesome kickass hits like "Hotel California" to that commercialized garbage is beyond me. It's depressing when such great and talented musicians reduce themselves like that.
Your Hidden Talent
You have the natural talent of rocking the boat, thwarting the system.
And while this may not seem big, it can be.
It's people like you who serve as the catalysts to major cultural changes.
You're just a bit behind the scenes, so no one really notices.
What's Your Hidden Talent?
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I've decided that my new method to get a song out of my head is to scream silently (or out loud if needed) "Earworms be gone!"
Think I'll get any strange looks in public?
I now have "Killing me Softly" in my head. It appears to be the Fugees version.
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Ack, "Jingle Bell Rock" still holds the no. 1 earworm spot in my head. Wish i could have an that jukebox affliction Sara has.
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heh heh
for zoomie's ears only-
a golden oldie!
"Why not day-o, day-ay-ay-o?
Why not daylight come & me wanna go home?
Why not scroll all day on a drink a'rum
Why not daylight come & me wanna have fun?
Why not come Ms Scrolly Mod posta me a thread?
Why not daylight come & me face it need fed?
Why not six posts! seven posts! eighteen posts a-day?
Why not comp's turned on & me wanna post all day?
Why not why not-o, why-iii-iii-not-o?
Why not me postin's dumb & me wish me had a brain"
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*singing*Day-Oh....Dayyayayayay Ohhhh...xc's goofy, he's a real goofball.
Yeah, mon...anything by Annie Lennox tends to be an earworm in this tiki's ears. Sheesh.
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Dexy's Midnight Runners "C'mon Eileen" was stuck in my head today. Or is it "Come on Eileen"? I know it shouldn't matter, but at this moment it means everything.
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How about 'I can't get you outta my head' by kylie minogue?
This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends.
Some ppl started singing it not knowing what it was.
And they'll continue singing it forever just because
This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends.
Some ppl started singing it not knowing what it was.
And they'll continue singing it forever just because
This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends.
Some ppl started singing it not knowing what it was.
And they'll continue singing it forever just because
This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends.
Some ppl started singing it not knowing what it was.
And they'll continue singing it forever just because
This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends.
Some ppl started singing it not knowing what it was.
And they'll continue singing it forever just because
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Today was "When You're Good to Mama" from Chicago.
Let's all stroke together
Like the Princeton crew
When you're strokin' Mama
Mama's strokin' you
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EEEEE! I HAAAATE that, like farkin Grace Slick singing that bloody "Nothin's gonna stop us now" with that damn starship thing...IIIICK, that was stuck in my head off and on for years...and I was singin the lyrics too and studying how she sang them...hmmm grace what is it about those lyrics that you have to sound so soulful in them...sheesh i guess your voice is so great it sounds soulful in everything...but girlfriend...
"Baby we can make it if it's heart to heart...."
Umm, did you want to vomit as much as I did, Grace my love? Why did i sense a pissed off edge when you sang them lyrics?
any cell phone jingles...sometimes they can be in my head for hours...this one that went off today...it's some damn classical piece and I dun remember what, i think it's Mozart but erg, it's ANNOYING!
Classical pieces...bleeh opera pieces, I can have them in my head forever...like Mozart's Alleluia..
"Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia...bla bla bla...real complex lyrics, but that tune...over and over again innn my head. NOOOO!
"Even when you're down and blue, just remember that someone out there loves you, even if you don't know it and even if you haven't yet met them. There's someone out there waiting for you, remember that and keep faith. You'll get there."
~~Johnny Depp.
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Mines not really a song as much as it is a commercial.
Put the lime in the coke you nut and drink it all up
If I ever find the person that came up with that idea I will kill them. I've had that in my head the past two weeks. Arg!
My Space
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Two songs stuck in my head these last couple weeks. The first one was A Wind and A Smile from the movie "Sleepless In Seattle". Why this song been on my mind, i have no idea, and it ain't welcome in my otherwise empty mind, so get outta my head!
The next song is welcome. Though i don't watch much tv, i've come across some commercial (car commercial?) that has this dude and his hot chick friend dancin n boppin up n down to Molly's Chamber by the Kings of Leon. Great song, you is welcome!
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Don't tell me heart, my achy breaky heart, I just don't think it'll understand - cuz if you tell my heart, my achy breaky hear - it might blow up and kill this man - OooooooooooooOOee!
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You have my deepest sympathy from the bottom of my ear, Shawn. i keep barbed wire on my eardrums to make doubley sure that song don't enter my head!
Jetta commercial featuring Mollys Chambers by the Kings of Leon. It's the one entitled "Independence Day"
i am so hooked on this ad & that song again!
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I watch the Kristen Dunst flick, "Dick", on dvd recently and now Carly Simon's "You're So Vain" has been stuck in the noggin for several days. If i have to think about clouds in my coffee one more time, i'm gonna screeeeeeeeeeeeam!
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Ive been watchin 'globetrekker' on PBS lately & it has a catchy tune to it which has infested my ears.
My preferred method of removing earworms is
small mini-dynamite sticks that I insert in my ears light & then I run like hell.
After a few daze in the hospital Im as good a new.
I said Duh!
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I watched 'EuroTrip' last night and have had 'Scotty Doesn't Know' in my head ever since
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lol! that happened to me too when i watched it
that song rocks!
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Still... "Molly's Chamber" is stuck in my head. i don't get why it won't leave. Several weeks back at a grocery store, McCartney's "Uncle Admiral Admiral Halsey" was playing over the store's radio system. i had that song worming it's way in my head til Molly and her Chambers whooshed it out. Now i'm tempted to watch the Jetta ad on that link a few posts up. What curse has them Kings of Leon tossed upon me???
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Activities planned for National Trails Day include dedication of trailhead and station
Mayor Don Wesely and members of the Great Plains Trails Network (GPTN) announced today that the group has met the fund-raising goal of $230,000 for the Husker Link Trail project. The Husker Link will complete the MoPac Trail going west from 30th and "X" streets to about 18th Street, and it will eventually connect with the new Antelope Valley trail system.
"Trails are a vital part of our transportation system and have contributed to Lincoln being recognized as one of the most healthy and physically fit communities in the nation," said Mayor Wesely. "In 2000, Shape magazine ranked Lincoln 4th in its 'Fittest Cities in the U.S.' survey, citing our excellent trail system.
"The Great Plains Trails Network has helped raise funds for previous trails projects, and I congratulate its members again for their hard work and commitment to our outstanding trails system," said Mayor Wesely. "About 35 percent of the private funds raised are grants from corporate and community foundation donors, which shows the major interest in this project. We appreciate all donors, big and small, who have invested in our trails, which contribute so much to our quality of life in Lincoln."
The total cost for the first phase of the project is about $745,000. This includes $250,000 for previous land acquisition and $495,000 for trail development, including additional easements. About $125,000 of GPTN's contribution went for acquisition, and the other $105,000 will be used for development. The city's share was $125,000 for acquisition and $90,000 for development. The remaining $300,000 will come from federal enhancement funds. Phase two includes a bridge over 27th Street, but funding has not yet identified.
"An early and generous contribution by Union Bank was very significant in helping us reach our goal," said Nancy Loftis, GPTN President. "Union Bank's commitment of $10,000 a year for three years demonstrated the strength of this project and helped build our donations." Other major donors include GPTN, Alltel, Cornhusker Bank, the Lincoln Community Foundation, the Dillon Foundation, the Seacrest Foundation, the Rogers Foundation and John and Catherine Angle.
The Husker Link and five other trail projects are scheduled to be initiated or completed over the next 18 months:
To kick off the observance of National Trail Day Saturday, June 1, the city will dedicate the Novartis Trailhead and the MoPac Station at 5 p.m. Friday, May 31st. The dedication will take place at the trailhead on the east side of 84th Street, three blocks south of "O" Street. The trailhead and the station, which includes restroom and concession facilities, were built with contributions from Novartis Consumer Health and Smith Barney.
Other events planned for National Trails Day include the annual Hyland Hundred Ride, Stride and Roll featuring a Celebrity Link Ride beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday at Peter Pan Park, 33rd and "X" streets. Local celebrities will bike the MoPac trail in relay style to the Lied Platte River Trail Bridge near South Bend. The bridge will eventually link the Lincoln and Omaha trail systems. At 1 p.m., Mayor Wesely and Omaha Mayor Mike Fahey will join links on the bridge to symbolize the commitment of both cities to the trail system.
Lincoln now has 80 miles of trails, and a recent survey indicated 66 percent of the respondents use Lincoln's trails for biking, walking or running. Recent improvements and additions to the trail system include:
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Please note: This website is live and updates frequently, there is a chance that by the time you arrive at our location the animal you have an interest in might have been adopted by another party. We unfortunately can not put animals on hold over the phone.


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Belief is a Sledgehammer No. 20
Belief is a Sledgehammer | Thoughts, Musings & Essays.
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Get your copy today and read it on the toilet because that's where you're supposed to read it.
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Firmly in the "what was he thinking?'' column is the recent boneheaded action by a candidate for Republican National Committee chairman. Chip Saltsman of Tennessee is rightly under fire in cyberspace and on talk shows for mailing fellow party members a CD for Christmas with a song titled, "Barack the Magic Negro.''
Set to the tune of "Puff the Magic Dragon,'' the song questions President-elect Obama's "authenticity'' as an African-American in an exaggerated black accent. Written by conservative satirist Paul Shanklin, the song is part of a 40-track, liberal-needling CD called "We Hate the USA,'' and includes the titles "John Edwards Poverty Tour" and "The Star-Spanglish Banner.''
The "magic negro'' song was first played publicly in 2007 on Rush Limbaugh's radio show. Its title was taken from a Los Angeles Times column that argued whites could support Obama to assuage guilt for the historical mistreatment of blacks. At that time, the song generated a minor stir.
This time it got much more attention because of the way it was used. A former Tennessee GOP chairman and manager of former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee's presidential campaign, Saltsman is running to head the national RNC. He sent the CD to more than 160 committee members who will elect a new chair in January.
Fortunately, the current RNC chairman Robert (Mike) Duncan distanced himself and his party from the incident. "The 2008 election was a wake-up call for Republicans to reach out and bring more people into our party,'' he said. "I am shocked and appalled that anyone would think this is appropriate." Many other Republicans, including Newt Gingrich, admonished Saltsman for sending the CD.
Yet instead of apologizing, Saltsman stood by his action. He said the tunes should be easily recognized as political satire, and called the "negro'' song a light-hearted jibe directed at the Los Angeles Times.
As a free speech advocate, I defend the rights of Saltsman, Shanklin, Limbaugh and anyone else to express themselves through jokes, language or concepts with which I don't agree. From magazines to cable TV to comedy clubs there is no shortage of crude, tasteless, racially insensitive, poorly done humor in this country.
But context matters. What can be done in one venue (even if offensive) can be unacceptable in another. This episode of pitiful parody deserves denouncing because it was sent to party leaders as a gift — and as part of a bid to lead one of America's major political parties.
Still, maybe Saltsman did his fellow RNC members a favor. Now they know for sure whom not to vote for.
Denise Johnson is a Star Tribune editorial writer.