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Place 2 cups long-grain rice in a bowl or pan. Run cool water over the rice, sifting it with your fingers to check for small stones. Rinse until the water is nearly clear. This removes much of the starch from the grains, so the rice will be fluffy, not sticky. In a large skillet, bring 3 cups of water and rice to a boil. Add about 1 teaspoon salt and about a tablespoon canola oil. Lower heat to simmer and stir occasionally until water is absorbed, at least a half-hour. (Do not cover.) To create the toasty golden bits Dominicans call "concon," allow the rice to cook, without stirring, at least 10 minutes.
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Inter's Bergamo taboo continues, as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Atalanta when German Denis replied to Ricky Alvarez.
The Lombardy Derby has become even more fiery in recent years, as Atalanta beat their rivals twice last season – including a stunning 4-3 victory at San Siro – while Inter's last win in Bergamo was in April 2008.
The hosts were without Giacomo Bonaventura, Stefano Lucchini, Gianpaolo Bellini, Franco Brienza and the suspended Constantin Nica, so switched to a 3-5-2 system with Marko Livaja, co-owned by Inter. Walter Samuel made his first appearance of the campaign, though Hugo Campagnaro, Javier Zanetti, Diego Milito, Cristian Chivu and the banned Ishak Belfodil were unavailable. Mateo Kovacic moved to a role behind Rodrigo Palacio, moving Ricky Alvarez to midfield.
Atalanta thought they had taken the lead after nine minutes when Michele Canini got his head to a Luca Cigarini free kick, but Fredy Guarin performed a decisive goalline clearance.
The Orobici had dominated the early stages, but went behind when Ricky Alvarez gathered from Rodrigo Palacio's knockdown and spun to fire in at the near post from six yards.
Atalanta got back to pushing and Mario Yepes turned a diving header wide from a corner, then the ex-Milan defender's effort was tipped out from under the bar by Handanovic.
The pressure finally paid off with a German Denis header looping into the far top corner from a Maxi Moralez cross. It was El Tanque's seventh career goal against Inter and he got the better of fellow Argentine Samuel in the air.
More bad news for Inter, as Handanovic was grimacing and clutching his right hip for most of the first half. He still managed to get down in order to smother a deflected Carlos Carmona shot. Yuto Nagatomo hit the upright with a header, but the cross had already gone out of play.
As expected, Handanovic did not come out for the second half, making way for Juan Pablo Carrizo. Esteban Cambiasso and Livaja both tested the goalkeepers with long-range snapshots, while Inter had a goal ruled offside for Palacio's position when setting up Alvarez.
Alvarez nearly scored his second of the game, forcing Andrea Consigli to parry with his legs at the near post. At the other end, a crucial Cambiasso clearance stopped Denis nodding in a corner.
Mauro Icardi came off the bench and almost restored Inter's lead on 72 minutes, as he cut back past Yepes and smacked his shot against the base of the upright.
The other subsitute, Guido Marilungo, also had a chance but only prodded it meekly into Carrizo's arms. Yepes went much closer, as a corner fell to him from six yards, but Carrizo performed a decisive reaction save.
Icardi had penalty appeals for a tussle with Guglielmo Stendardo, but seemed to lose his balance when trying to turn. In stoppages Alvarez attempted a screamer from distance that flashed inches past the far top corner with Consigli beaten.
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Groupon, Inc. (GRPN) said Thursday that it has completed the acquisition of Korean ecommerce company Ticket Monster for $260 million in cash and stock.
The Ticket Monster brand and leadership team will remain in place and continue to be led by Daniel Shin, CEO of Ticket Monster. The company will maintain its headquarters in Seoul, where it employs about 1,000 employees.
As announced on November 7, Groupon has acquired LivingSocial Korea, Inc., the holding company that owns Ticket Monster. LivingSocial Korea's Malaysian subsidiary was divested prior to close and is not part of this deal.
As per the terms of the agreement, the final allocation paid to LivingSocial, Inc. was $100 million in cash and $160 million in Groupon Class A common stock, subject to registration rights.
For the nine months ended September 30, 2013, LivingSocial Korea, Inc., excluding its Malaysian subsidiary, had gross billings of $572.7 million, revenue of $78.5 million and an operating loss of $38.7 million.
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|November 12, 2009
|Mary Beth Barber
The California Arts Council will meet on Thursday, November 19, and Friday, November 20, 2009, at the Sheraton Delfina, 530 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at approximately 5:00 p.m. on November 19, and begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at 5:00 p.m. on November 20, 2009. The two-day meeting includes a strategic planning session on both days. The public is invited to attend and address the Council during the public comment period at approximately 4:30 p.m. on November 19 and 4:30 p.m. on November 20. Public testimony will be time-limited.
For more information about the meeting, contact the California Arts Council's communication director Mary Beth Barber at (916) 322-6588, (916) 835-5580 (cell) or email@example.com. Location information may be found at www.sheratonsantamonica.com.
The mission of the California Arts Council, a state agency, is to advance California through the Arts and Creativity. Members of the California Arts Council include: Chair Malissa Feruzzi Shriver, Vice Chair Eunice David, Michael Alexander, Adam Hubbard, Charmaine Jefferson, Chong-Moon Lee, Fred Sands, Karen Skelton, Susan Steinhauser and William Turner.


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When developing a good video system into an RV additional good care must be taken. There are many concerns you need to think about before you decide what kind of product is right for you and your family. With today's produces offering 12-volt standard and underwater quality techniques, including indoor/outdoor audio was never easier. Since most RV's and campsites have a 110 volt supply, this gives you the capability to incorporate house AV devices with your 12 volt techniques.We should first discuss the choices and what you may want your body to do. Film is one of the primary elements of an excellent RV system, considering the length of your energy and effort is invested inside your RV (bad weather, planning meals, interesting the kids and for motor homes when you're driving). Website resource video and audio alerts you can have one central media player device and display it's material in several areas. In other words, you can view a film on all TV's or watch different reveals on each TV individually. Therefore, the children can engage in games or view their reveals in their space and you can pay attention to music or watch a film in the living space area and even complete it in your room. With the release of underwater quality LCD TV's, it's even possible to have video outside under your canopy. There are many choices for your video resource; most movie trailer provides wire TV. Satellite television TV is another wise decision and can be set up on location, or a mobile plate system can be used on the top of your RV, this is your best option for engine trainers where your travelers be capable of look at TV as you drive. You may also use a digital aerial to receive free transmitting where available. Now that we have protected network transmitting, let us discuss media players. An average resource would be a DVD/CD or Blu-ray player, keep in mind when making your choice that you can engage in all types of video and audio on a Blu-ray but cannot play Blu-ray on a DVD/CD player. A home multimedia is a small hard drive unit that allows you to store films, collections, images, etc., these are your best option if you already have your entire media share on your desktop computer, just publish to the server and take it with you. The routing of the media server is similar to an iPod screen and is shown on the television.
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My Brother's Keeper Has A Catchy Safe Auto Jingle; 2nd In Contest
By Katlyn Reece
(St. Leon, Ind.) – A local band is close to winning the Safe Auto "Do the Jingle" Contest.
My Brother's Keeper is a bluegrass and folk band from Saint Leon. Titus Luckhaupt plays the mandolin. Benjamin Luckhaupt plays the guitar, penny whistle, and ukulele. Joshua Luckhaupt plays the fiddle, banjo, piano, accordion, harmonica, and cello. Wyatt Murray plays the upright bass. All of the band member sing with Titus on lead.
The group teamed up with independent artist Brittany Gillstrap for the Safe Auto jingle competition. The group's submission is listed as Brittany and the Brothers.
There have been more than 140 entries in Safe Auto's contest. As of Thursday, Brittany and the Brothers have more than 280,000 votes and are second in the standings.
"We never expected this kind of a response," said Benjamin Luckhaupt. "It's really awesome."
The wining act will receive $5,000 and a chance to appear in a future advertising campaign. Online voting ends Friday, February 28. To vote for Brittany and the Brothers' submission, go to http://dothejingle.safeauto.com/Video/Brittany_and_The_Brothers.
My Brother's Keeper will perform live at Bright Christian Church on Sunday, March 2.


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Healthy Families Make Healthy Communities
Learn how hunting and food gathering is a spiritual experience that allows Native peoples to honor the land and the sustenance it provides. This deer-dressing demonstration, put on by Northwest Indian College during its 2012 Our Food is Our Medicine conference, hoped to motivate others to embrace traditional food gathering ways. The demonstration coincided with other native foods being cooked by traditional methods, including clams, salmon and vegetables.
Healthy living means taking care of the mind, body and spirit. Many indigenous communities are working to incorporate healthier foods into their families' diets by reconnecting to traditional vegetables, fruits, plants, animals and grains that have sustained Native communities since the beginning of time. There are also national efforts to help get people in Indian Country moving again – walking and exercising for better health.
"We're hoping kids today will be the generation to grow up healthy and won't have to suffer through some of the diseases that their parents are experiencing, the high levels of diabetes and heart disease," says Diane Wilson, who runs youth farming and nutrition programs at The Dream of Wild Health in Minnesota. "We feel if we can teach the kids early about heart disease about living healthy, about traditional foods, then maybe they'll be the ones who won't have to suffer the way their parents and grandparents have."
Within families, parents and elders can set examples for living healthy lives. When they share knowledge with children – through stories about traditional ways or by teaching them to garden or cook – they are helping to build a strong, healthy community.


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It started with a famous puppet creature.
And was inspired by some green tea powder.
And when the two merged…
I found myself facing the cutest Kermit inspired birthday cake!
Edged with buttery chocolate shortbread, enriched with the subtle aroma of green tea, this cheesecake is smooth, light and well, green. Much like a green tea latte.
I am not, by any means, a green tea drinker, but this cheesecake has sold me. The smell of matcha just brings me back to that first bite. I guess I could claim myself a green tea lover.
Well, as long as it is hidden amongst cream cheese and sugar and baked into something wonderful.
C'mon… you know how hard it is to take well lit photos at parties!
{Kermit the Frog} Matcha Cheesecake
Recipe adapted from Smitten Kitchen and Pig Pig's Corner
I doubled the recipe below for the shortcrust base as I find cheesecakes are that much better when the crust comes right up the sides. I suggest you do too – it better balances out the cookie to cream ratio I say! I kept a close eye on the cheesecake for the first 12 minutes and had to cover with foil, and add another 5 minutes to get the supposed 'puff'. Mine was perfectly cooked (jiggly just in the centre) after 50 minutes, maintaining exact temperature as written here (thanks to my oven thermometer, which I tell you, tells me my oven is consistently, without-fail, 30˚ lower than the dial says… Heed my advice – get an oven thermometer!).
For chocolate shortcrust base:
85g unsalted butter – cubed, cold
2 tbs caster sugar
100g flour
1 1/2 tbs cocoa powder
1/4 cup almonds
For cheesecake batter:
500g Philadelphia cream cheese – softened
100g sour cream
1 can (405g) sweetened condensed milk
3 large eggs
2 tbs matcha powder
For chocolate shortcrust base:
Preheat oven to 350˚F (180°C – apologies for the original misconversion!). Place all ingredients for the crust in a food processor, process until you get a sandy mixture with chunks of almonds. Press into the bottom and up the sides (stopping half an inch from the top) of a lightly greased 9-inch springform pan. Bake for about 25 minutes. Leave to cool.
For cheesecake:
Increase oven temperature to 550˚F (Watch for Teflon's temperature limits!). Beat together cream cheese, sour cream and condensed milk with an electric mixer until smooth. Add eggs, one at a time, beating on low speed until each ingredient is incorporated. Dissolve matcha powder in a tablespoon of hot water before adding to cream cheese mix. Beat well, scraping the bowl down regularly.
Put springform pan with crust on a baking tray or shallow baking pan (to catch drips). Pour filling into crust (don't worry if it overfills the crust a little) and bake in the middle of the oven for 12 minutes or until puffed. Watch your cake because some ovens will brown the top very quickly and if yours does too fast, turn the oven down as soon as you catch it or cover loosely with foil. Reduce the temperature to 200˚F and continue baking until cake is mostly firm (center will still be slightly wobbly when pan is gently shaken), about one hour more.
Run a knife around the top edge of the cake to loosen it and cool the cake completely in springform on a rack, then chill it, loosely covered, at least 6 hours.
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ALBUQUERQUE (KRQE) – It eclipses both the construction and manufacturing industries in New Mexico as far as revenue. A new report shows New Mexico's art and culture communities contribute more than a billion dollar to the state's economy annually. The state Cultural Affairs Department commissioned the UNM study. Now the state, the city of Albuquerque and growth stimulators plan to collaborate better on how to better capitalize on New Mexico's many assets to improve our economy and employment.
The most popular story on our website is still about the so called grim reaper at the old cemetery near Gibson and I-25. The church pastor in charge of it says he's stumped and has no clue who or what it is and isn't jumping to conclusions.
Two lobo football players who were suspended from the team after being charged with raping another student are now officially in the clear. The district attorney says there's not enough evidence to press charges against lobo players SaQwan Edwards and Crusoe Gongbay. Ryan Ruff has also been exonerated. Now Gongbay and Edwards have to earn their starting spots back.
Take a look at this, amazing video of two Albuquerque Police officers and a firefighter rescuing a 16-year-old girl after she fell into an arroyo full of rushing water near Winrock Mall. She was just one of a couple people who had to be rescued.


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WASHINGTON (JTA) — A bipartisan delegation of U.S. Congress members said Palestinian Authority strides in transparent government and security created the basis for immediate peacemaking.
"I was really incredibly impressed with the progress when we went to Ramallah that has occurred within the Palestinian Authority," said U.S. Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), a deputy whip, in a conference call Jan. 7 toward the end of the group's Middle East tour. "The economic and security progress that has gone on there has made it a lot more likely and puts the Palestinian Authority in a position where they are a more prepared negotiating partner."
The trip took place on the eve of a visit to the region by George Mitchell, President Obama's top Middle East negotiator, aimed at accelerating talks. And in Washington, during meetings with the Egyptian and Jordanian foreign ministers last Friday, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called for an immediate resumption of talks.
Wasserman Schultz said hesitating on talks played into the hands of Hamas, the terrorist group ruling the Gaza Strip.
"The more time that goes on without those negotiations and without progress taking place, the more Hamas is strengthened," she said.
Other members of the group, which included Reps. Robert Aderholt (R-Ala.), Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.), Jim Matheson (D-Utah), Adrian Smith (R-Neb.), Christopher Murphy (D-Conn.), Gerry Connolly (D-Va.) and Rep. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), backed Wasserman Schultz's assessment.
PA Prime Minister Salam Fayyad "really has made consistent and clear strides cleaning up the government and introducing infrastructure that will help the West Bank be a successful state," Lummis said.
The sole note of dissent came from Weiner, who in a separate call with reporters immediately after the group's call ended agreed that Fayyad had done much to end corruption, but suggested that appropriators should still threaten to withhold aid to the Palestinian Authority if it did not agree to enter talks on terms set by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
"There's no doubt that under Fayyad there's less corruption," Weiner said, "but if the Netanyahu administration says it wants to have talks our position as an ally of Israel should be not to provide" the Palestinian Authority with funds.
Wasserman Schultz said her impression was that the Palestinians were ready to resume talks without preconditions, as long as it was done quietly.
"The conversations we had on both sides left me with the impression that there are ways to begin negotiations and to prepare for more significant negotiations without those lines in the sand," she said.
Wasserman Schultz also said that her Palestinian interlocutors discounted the prospect of a unity government with Hamas.


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Faith No More's Mike Patton Exposes Himself During Australian Concert
The stories about Faith No More frontman Mike Patton's onstage and offstage antics are the thing of legend. Of course, there was the L7 tampon incident, the urine he drank from a woman's pump and those tales of feces-covered paper towels being stuffed into hotel blow dryers. Last year, when the reunited Faith No More played a festival in Hungary, Patton swallowed a two-foot shoelace from a shoe tossed on stage and tried to sing with half the shoelace down his throat.
But last weekend, when Faith No More brought their reunion run to Brisbane, Australia as part of the Soundwave Festival, things got very personal between Patton and the audience on hand for the festival's headliners.
Basically, Patton pulled out his Mr. Bungle during Faith No More's performance of 'Just a Man.' Yes … Patton intentionally exposed himself to the crowd, and there is video of the whole debacle.
According to the video and photographs, Patton, halfway through the tune, muttered into the microphone, "Man was born to love." He made his way towards an onstage cameraman and commandeered his equipment, using it to tape the audience as they cheered adoringly for him. This continued for about two minutes before Patton, with the mic in his mouth and somehow still singing the lyrics, angled the camera down towards his lap. He frantically pulled out his manhood, and showed it to the camera — and hence, the audience — before the song's close.
No one seemed to take offense to Patton's privates, and there's been no word yet on whether the singer will be held accountable for his decidedly rock 'n' roll actions. In Australia, indecent exposure is punishable by six months to two years in jail. Faith No More's reunion tour continues in the U.S. this spring with several West Coast gigs already selling out. Rumors of a full North American tour continue to fester, but the band has not confirmed such plans.


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UK in dissenting role on North Sea agreements
The fall-out from the Brent Spar affair has left the UK with some nasty technical and political problems after North Sea countries agreed at a meeting on 28-29 June to impose a moratorium on the sea disposal of offshore installations. The UK also found itself at odds with its partners in the Oslo and Paris (OSPAR) Commissions over new rules to ban short-chained chlorinated parrafins, and the signs are that it may do so again later this year over restrictions on other hazardous substances.
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Jobs cut, spending up in Albany's budget
School plan makes some shifts in class sizes, educational programs
Published 9:51 pm, Tuesday, April 23, 2013
The Albany school district's proposed budget raises taxes by 2.95 percent and cuts 60 positions.
The $213 million spending plan is a $5.3 million, or 2.5 percent, increase from last year. The district will receive $71.19 million in state operating aid for the 2013-14 school year — a 5.2 percent increase from 2012-13 — but the proposed budget also draws nearly $7.5 million from the district's reserves to balance the books.
Forty-two of the positions being cut are substitutes, which can be eliminated by improving teacher attendance and scheduling professional development outside of regular school hours.
Board of Education President Alexandra Streznewski said the district is hurt by state aid levels lower than they were in 2008 and by the 57 percent of city property that is tax exempt.
"We've made prudent cuts while preserving programs," she said. "It's still a lousy budget but it's the best we can do. Nobody wants do a budget where you're cutting positions for some of the neediest students in the Capital Region."
The district has cut 300 positions in the last five years in an effort to balance its budgets. Other positions being trimmed include a GED teacher, a foreign language teacher in middle school, a data entry clerk, two security supervisors and two maintenance jobs. Superintendent Marguerite Vanden Wyngaard proposed an increase in some class sizes and reductions in those that are underenrolled, including some music, arts and health courses.
The spending plan adds three new high school teachers who will work with freshmen, including one who will work with students who speak English as a second language. Most students who drop out of the school leave during freshman or sophomore year, and about half of Albany High School's students do not graduate in four years.
The budget adds five days of professional development for teachers and updates the district's technology by replacing 200 computers and adding wireless Internet connections in all buildings. District officials also backed off a plan to cut Chinese classes from the high school.
The district will send just under $35 million to the nine charter schools expected to operate in the city next year.
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Two seek library seat
In conjunction with the May 21 Albany school district budget vote, the Albany Public Library will have a contest for a board of trustee seat.
John D. Davis, of Ten Eyck Avenue and Jose M. Lopez of View Avenue are running for the seat of Mimi Mounteer, who died in January. A candidates' forum starts at 6 p.m. May 15.
The 2014 library budget, which carries no tax levy increase, will be presented as well.
The 2.95 percent tax levy increase is below the 3.36 percent allowed under the state's property tax law.
The state's so-called 2 percent tax cap does not actually limit district tax levies to that amount but is one part of a complicated eight-step formula that limits school district spending, though the actual allowable growth rates varies widely among districts.
The school budget vote is May 21.


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Marlborough – Margarita L. "Rita" Mitchell died Saturday, June 21, 2014 after a long period of failing health.? She was the wife of the late Kenneth Mitchell who died in 2000.? They were married for 58 years.
She was born in Marlborough, the daughter of the late Dominico and Elizabetta (Fallovolita) Lepore, and lived there all of her life.
Mrs. Mitchell worked in the print and production room for the Raytheon Corp. in Marlborough for many years. She also worked part time as a waitress at different restaurants in the area, and because of her love of baking did all the baking for the former Keepers II restaurant in Marlborough.
Mrs. Mitchell, along with her husband, loved Halloween and had the busiest house in the neighborhood in most years. She enjoyed Bingo, going to the dog track and other forms of gambling, and spent many hours tending to the flowers in her garden.
She is survived by one daughter, Jayne Stokes and her husband Ron of Marlborough; two grandsons, Troy Gipps and his wife Monique and Stephen Gipps; two great-grandsons, Silas and Hollis Gipps; and one sister, Alice Kavanaugh of Southborough. She was predeceased by seven brothers, John, Paul, Michael, Fred, William, Henry and Bob, and two sisters, Mary Burdick and Deena Bourgeois.
Her funeral will be held Saturday, June 28, at 11 a.m., in the William R. Short and Son Funeral Home, 95 West Main St., Marlborough. Burial will be at a later date. An hour of visitation will be held Saturday morning, from 10-11 a.m., prior to the service.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Rita's memory to St. Bernadette's Church, 266 Main St., Northborough, MA 01532
The family would like to thank the Marlborough Hills staff for their kindness and compassion during Rita's three-year stay.


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The Chronicle's Courtenay Peddle, who likes the food at El Taco Zamorano in East Oakland, cites its somewhat pugnacious sign: "We reserve the right to refuse service to anyone: No matter who you are or who you think you are, no matter who your daddy is and no matter how much money you have."
Yes, it's possible for friction to arise between a restaurant owner and his customers. Eddie Sweileh, owner for 16 years of Freddie's Sandwiches on Francisco and Stockton, has posted in his window a Yelp.com entry that suggests a lurid act, then challenges him to "Print this out and put it in the window with your other reviews, please."
The writer identifies herself as a neighbor and customer for more than three years. "You still don't recognize me. You still treat me like tourist trash. You still serve people that arrive 10 minutes after me first. ... Your sandwiches are good, but they aren't good enough for you to treat people the way you have treated me. ... I don't want your dutch crunch any more, pal. I can get my salami elsewhere."
Sweileh couldn't resist responding to her dare. "I do not feel bad, it doesn't bother me. She was challenging me, if I want to post it. Sure I will. I have 50 reviews, 49 of them are good, only one bad. I think that's OK."
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The crockpot is my friend. (Note: It failed me a week ago when I tried to make pulled pork for a group of guests, but we've since reconciled. And in other news, thank you to whomever created the $5 pizza.)
Today I bring you a recipe that served my family well for supper last night. Variations of this recipe have traveled the interwebs, but my recipe most closely resembles one from Jimmy Dean.
2 lbs. frozen, shredded hash browns
1 pkg. Jimmy Dean® Hearty Original Sausage Crumbles
2 cups (8 ounces) shredded mozzarella cheese
1/2 cup (2 ounces) shredded Parmesan cheese
6 green onions, sliced
12 eggs
1/2 cup milk
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
I did not use any of the following:
(optional: 1/2 cup julienne cut sun dried tomatoes packed in oil, drained)
(optional: 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard)
(optional: 1/4 teaspoon garlic powder)
1. Spray a 6 quart crockpot with cooking spray. Layer 1/2 of the hashbrowns on the bottom of crockpot.
2. Top with half of the sausage, mozzarella, Parmesan cheese, and green onion. Repeat layering.
3. Beat eggs, milk, salt, and pepper in large bowl with a wire whisk until well blended.
4. Pour evenly over hashbrown-sausage mixture.
5. Cook on low setting for 8 hours or on high setting for 4 hours or until eggs are set
Serving with toast and jam makes for an exceptionally happy family.


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Tufts Medical Center announces new cancer treatment institute
(Jeremy C. Fox for Boston.com)
Tufts Medical Center announced this week that its Floating Hospital for Children will establish a new cancer treatment institute to develop individualized treatments for children whose cancers do not respond to traditional treatments.
The Newman-Lakka Institute for Personalized Cancer Care will also be the first to build a centralized database to track treatment outcomes in these cases, allowing doctors to share information and offer treatment to thousands more children with rare and recurring tumors.
Dr. Giannoula Lakka Klement, scientific director of the new institute and pediatric hematologist/oncologist at the Floating Hospital, said this database would make it possible to trace how patients responded to specific treatments.
The statement said the institute will build on progress researchers have made over the past decade in identifying molecular pathways unique to cancerous growth and the new drugs developed to target those pathways.
By combining treatments in a manner similar to the "drug cocktail" that has successfully treated HIV in many patients, doctors can inhibit multiple cancer pathways, forcing tumors into dormancy that previously would have been untreatable. As with the HIV treatment, this can turn the cancers into a chronic but manageable condition while sparing healthy cells and causing far fewer side effects than other cancer treatments.
By studying these treatments and identifying the ways to make them most effective, the institute may be able to provide evidence of their effectiveness that will encourage insurance companies to cover these expensive treatments for children, something many insurers are currently reluctant to do.
Oncologists at major cancer centers around the country will participate in collecting, sharing, and analyzing data with the institute. Participating medical centers include MD Anderson Cancer Center, New York University Langone Medical Center, University of Texas, Miami Children's Hospital, Children's National Medical Center, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, University of Minnesota Medical Center and University of Heidelberg, Germany.
The institute is made possible by a $2.5 million pledge from the Newman-Lakka Cancer Foundation founded by C.J. Newman, himself a survivor of renal cell cancer. The experience inspired Newman, an Arizona investment banker, to focus his philanthropy on personalized cancer treatment research.
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There is a shortfall between the pledges that the nearly 200 countries independently, and internationally as a whole, have made at the COP 21 in Paris last November, compared to the reality of what the planet has in its future. There is also a genuine effort to limit global temperature rise to 2 degree celsius average global temperature increase above the normal numbers (using historical numbers as a baseline for comparison) by the end of this century – the number that represents saving the planet from the worst effects of climate change.
In order to prevent the most damaging effects of climate change, the international community has pledged, in Paris, to increase the use of such sustainability technologies as renewable energy and energy efficiency measures, while decreasing fossil fuel use, in order to mitigate GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions…emissions which lead to global temperature rise. The idea is to keep global temperature rise to under 2 degrees celsius above normal (compared to historical values) by the end of this century.
The reality is that the average global temperature rise will be significantly greater than what was promised at Paris. A 5-8+ degrees fahrenheit rise in average temperature would result if the world simply maintains the status quo. The pledges in Paris, as well as actions by nations and private investors before and after COP21, demonstrate a genuine global effort in the research, development and effective use of sustainable technologies and measures. Of course, this is great, but global temperature rise still will be over the global temperature goals committed to in Paris.
In other words, at least 2+ degrees celsius change over the acceptable 2 degrees limit by the end of this century will result, even if all pledges by all countries are actually met. Even in this positive scenario (and the best-case scenario discribed below), as of now, there is still a shortfall – this NYTimes infographic clearly illustrates this problem — http://tinyurl.com/gct333
If all nearly 200 nations keep all of their promises from COP21, temperature rise will be limited to just 0.035°C (0.063°F) annually (best case). Even if every government on the planet that participated not only keeps every Paris promise, reduces all emissions as promised by 2030 (2030 was the year of note discussed in Paris), and shifts no emissions to other countries, but also keeps these emission reductions going throughout the rest of the century, temperature rise will be kept to just 3°C (5.4°F) by the year 2100.
Obama's Clean Power Plan, his moratorium on drilling for oil in the Atlantic, the U.S.'s 3 year moratorium on building coal mines on federal land, China's 3 year ban on building new coal mines, and their shutting down of thousands of older coal power plants are all very positive signs. Other promising signs include the U.S.'s increased development and use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies (as well as in China, India and much of the developing world). Europe has been leading the way for many years, in many respects, in terms of sustainability technologies. However, optimism, in the face of the undeniable math of climate change which clearly tells us more needs to be done, should be weighed carefully against climate change realities.
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Victoria reverend talks about missions to Honduras
July 19, 2013 at 2:19 a.m.
The Rev. Mike Hurt gently raised his body from a rickety cot and wiped the sleep from his eyes.
He gazed into the early morning light, noticing the sun's glisten upon the dirt road village and piecemealed tin rooftops in Yamaranguila - a village at the foothills of Honduras' Opalaca Mountains.
He breathed in the dewy, crisp air and pulled back his covers.
He was ready for the day to begin with his wife, three children and mission team members.
He was apt to launch a three-weeklong stay in the evangelically vacant mountainside, where he desired to share the gospel of Jesus with dozens of Spanish-speaking Central Americans.
"The people have little, but they welcome much. It's really kind of strange how hospitable they are," Hurt said, remembering the smiling, generous faces he encountered.
It was Hurt's third journey to Honduras, though his church, Parkway, has long supported the efforts of in-country ministry work and its partnering ministry organization, Mercy International.
In years past, Parkway congregants have built homes and churches and performed medical and dental services for thousands of Hondurans.
But this trip was inclusive of another area of focus. The efforts were aimed this time at supporting Mercy International launch a coffee farming business benefiting the residents of the Opalaca Highlands.
"The coffee is amazing, and I'm not a coffee drinker," Hurt said. "The idea is to help farmers plant coffee instead of corn, so they can sell the coffee and buy the corn."
Honduran coffee has seen a rise in popularity in recent years, even surpassing Guatemala's top spot in 2011. There are 110,000 coffee producers in Honduras, and during the harvesting season, coffee picking generates more than 1 million jobs between November and March.
Today, Honduras is the leading Central American coffee harvester for washed arabica beans, yet many international companies may exploit Honduran coffee farmers by purchasing the beans below market value.
This unethical business trade leaves the Honduran farmers in continuous economic distress and substandard living conditions.
"It varies from region to region, but most of the people we were serving were hand-to-mouth with no promise of food from today until tomorrow," Hurt said. "Their living conditions were below any standard of living we would relate to."
Enter Mercy International and missionaries from partner churches like Victoria's Parkway Baptist. These partnerships allow Mercy International to assist Honduran coffee farmers by helping them set up a production business that guarantees a buyer then purchases the premium beans at fair market value. After the beans are sorted and roasted, it is sold internationally as Opalaca Gold coffee on the Mercy International's website.
Hurt said he was able to buy large quantity bags of Central America's best coffee for about $15-$20.
Raimo Jones, a Parkway Church member and distribution manager at Ineos, also made the July trip to Honduras.
Since joining the church in 1999, he said he felt God leading him to lead mission teams abroad.
"He was calling me to lead teams because I wasn't afraid to travel," Jones said.
During his most recent trip with Hurt and about 10 members of Parkway, Jones worked in the village of Agua Caliente to assist with the building of a Honduran-run coffee co-op.
"A lot of the people farm coffee beans already, so Mercy International uses a business model that helps them with a product they already use," Jones said. "This coffee co-op helps these farmers get market value for the beans and that helps them. It gives them a way to provide for their families."
Hurt and Jones both acknowledge their trips to Honduras are benefiting local communities. They also both share the idea that when you serve others, you serve God and forever change your understanding of American wealth and materialism.
"It helps me to really put in perspective that Americans are the top 1 percent, one of richest nations in the world, and these trips help you understand what you really need in your life and what you don't," Jones said. "Their concern is 'What am I going to eat for dinner?' It helps put in perspective what my goals are and what I should be trying to do."
Hurt also said that his third trip to Honduras allowed him the opportunity to carry out the ultimate goal of any Christian mission trip - sharing the gospel in both word and deed.
"We start first by serving them," Hurt said. "You have to earn your right to share Jesus with them."


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HOUSTON – Two students were killed and three people were injured when a Houston Independent School District bus flew off the 610 South Loop on Tuesday morning.
HISD said the bus was on the way to Furr High School when it crashed.
The victim who died at the scene was 17-year-old Mariya Johnson, a student at REACH Charter High School, a dropout recovery school on Furr's campus.
"She was a mama's baby and a daddy's girl," said Melody Johnson, Mariya's mother.
The second victim, who died at Memorial Hermann Hospital, was 14-year-old Janecia Chatman, a student at Furr.
"She was very funny. Like, she was fun to hang around. She was my best friend," said her 11-year-old sister Shanetria. "I love her and I will never forget her."
"Janecia was the apple of her parents' eye," said Meche Steele, the girls' aunt. "She was a very good student and wanted to make her parents proud of her."
The two injured students and the bus driver were taken to area hospitals. Those students, twins Brandon and Lakeshia Williams, who both attend REACH, are being treated for "non-life threatening injuries," according to the Houston Police Department. They were Chatman's cousins, according to Chatman's family.
The bus driver, Louisa Pacheco, was reported in stable condition and has been released from the hospital.
The crash happened at Telephone Road around 7 a.m.
"It was very surreal. It was almost like watching an action movie. I was trying to wrap my head around it being real. Oh my God, I'm really seeing this," said Ineasha Romero, a witness.
HPD investigators said a car being driven by an HISD teacher swerved toward the bus because she thought another car was going to drift into her lane.
"Apparently there was a late model Buick Le Sabre.....she jerked the wheel to the right," HPD spokesman Victor Senties said. "She, in turn, ends up striking the left driver's side of the school bus."
The school bus driver tried to avoid the Buick, over-corrected and went off the overpass and onto the frontage road below.
Witnesses tell KHOU 11 News the bus nose-dived and flipped before landing on its side along the freeway embankment.
"I wanted to faint," said Melvin Stovall, a witness. "It took all the breath out of me. That's sad, that's real sad."
People came from all over the neighborhood, many of them heard the impact from blocks away.
"It was just siren after siren after siren and I live next to the freeway so I'm used to hearing sirens but this was different," Nina Aguilar, a witness, said.
"It's very hard because I have children of my own and what if my children were on that bus?" Romero said. "It's horrible."
MORE: Family, friends mourn 2 students killed in bus crash
Two of the three victims were taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Medical Center. KHOU 11 News spoke to two young men who say they each lost a family member in the crash. One said his cousin was the victim killed at the scene.
A second says his sister was killed. He said he should have been on the bus with her but he had to be in court this morning.
PHOTOS: HISD school bus falls from South Loop
The accident is under investigation by the Houston Police Department, HISD police and the National Transportation Safety Board.
HPD said there are no charges at this time.
The bus driver has been with HISD for about three years and has a clean driving record. Records show that the bus last underwent a maintenance inspection in June.
The bus was purchased new in 2008 and was equipped with lap belts for students. The bus was also equipped with seven security cameras. Footage from those cameras is being reviewed as part of the ongoing investigation.
HISD has about 950 buses on the road each day, transporting 34,000 students.
Furr High School Principal Bertie Simmons said that grief counselors are available at the school to help students and staff with Tuesday morning's tragedy.
"We are deeply saddened by this tragedy and the loss of one of our students," said HISD Superintendent Terry Grier. "I ask all of the HISD community to join me in praying for all of those involved."
Janecia Chatman's family has set up a GoFundMe account to help with funeral expenses.
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This should put aggressive SUV drivers in their place!
Saw this Kettenkrad on The Kneeslider and we reckon it's just the thing for mowing down all those unruly SUVs, buses, trucks and taxicabs. Built by NSU during the World War II, the Kettenkrad is powered by a 1.5-litre, four-cylinder, 36bhp petrol engine, which was sourced from Opel. Top speed, apparently, is a scarcely believeable 70km/h!
Imagine rolling up to the local pub in this. Perfect!
According to various sources on the Internet, a total of about 8,900 units of the Kettenkrad were produced. Today, some live on in various museums, while a few are in the hands of war memorabilia collectors, who keep these whacky machines running to this day! If you've got US$50,000 to spend on a slice of military motorcycle history, get bidding on ebay here.Other off-beat bikes:
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I... assume you meant AGREE, not disagree in that last part?
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ammo for 9mm
got a S&W 9mm for home protection. whats the best ammo to use for protection and then also for target practice or is there 1 good for both. thanks.
for targets buy full metal jacket type.walmart is cheap for this.for protection,i prefer hollow points.
would the full metal jacket work just as good for protection if it came dwon to it.
yeah walmart has 100 pack winchester ball ammo for 19 and change. there is some home defense ammo out there that is fragmented but it's like 17 dollars for a 6 pack when hollow points work just as well.
Confucious say: Go to bed itchy asshole, wake up stinky pinky
ball ammo will work if you hit your target enough times in vital areas but this is why the ammo manufacturers sell hollow points and other types of ammo.full metal jacket ammo works fine for target practice but should not be used for protection ammo!
Greasy is right
Stay away from FMJ ammo for defense, aspecially in 9mm. Even if you hit a bad guy, you can pretty much guarantee the 9mm round will punch all the way through him/her. There are two aspects to the so called "stopping power". Energy transfer and tissue damage. Energy transfer refers to the amount of kinetic energy released into the target by the round. The combination of bullet weight and velocity will determine the amount of energy released. When the weights are the same, the velocity makes the difference and the same goes for if the velocities are the same. Ideally, the round will stay inside the body, expending all of its kinetic energy into the target. As far as handguns go, the energy aspect is pretty minor. you aren't going to get a shockwave in the body big enough to rupture surrounding organs as reliably with a pistol as you would with a high-power rifle. The other aspect is tissue damage. Simply put, the larger the bullet, the more tissue it will damage. A fmj expands very little if at all, so the 35/100 of an inch diameter of your bullet is going to destroy tissue in that area, secondary missiles aside. A hollowpoint or frangible round expands or breaks up, thus causing permanent damage to more tissue and allowing a better chance to damage vital organs. When you are shooting someone, reliably stopping them from continuing to be a threat is achieved in one of two ways; central nervous shut down (i.e. taking out the brain or spinal cord), and hypovolemic shock. This is caused by loss of bloodpressure sufficient to shut down the body's ability to function. think of it like loss of oil pressure in your car. The more and bigger holes you make, the quicker hypovolemic shock is achieved. I've gone over my allotted book length response, so hopefully I've helped a little and not hurt your eyes too much.
"I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. The calling of arms, I have followed from boyhood. I have never sought another." From The Virtues of War, by Steven Pressfield.
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Agree with Greasypaws
Also I have purchased Ammo from Cheaper then dirt, if you order enough to justify the shipping and are fortunate enough to live in a state that allows shipping of ammo to you.
Some families have long histories of tending to the tree of liberty, others have a long history of living in its shade.
Read some of the info in the forums re: Home defense. Never use FMJ for home defense. 1) It can go thru things, ie: body, wall, house etc. You are responsible for anything that that bullet hits.
Never understood this
2) Courts frown on FMJ as self defense ammo.
I know that's true, but I've never understood that. Hollow points are designed to cause severe damage in a human. Since the courts will often go out of their way to blame the victim/homeowner for bagging a bad guy, I would have thought they would frown on the more damaging ammo. You know: Cruel and unusual punishment. the bad guy was only trying to steal your stuff, rape your daughter, and kill you. Give him a break!
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
get a jacketed hollow point, kinda like em powrball ammo.
I'm just another damn yankee with a loaded gun looking for some fun!
I've never heard of that
The only reason I can imagine that the courts would prefer you use HP rounds is because that's what the police use and the city's lawyers have already blessed off on the dept's choice. if it's good for police, it's good for you. As long as you use factory loaded ammo and not handloads, you should be alright.
"I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. The calling of arms, I have followed from boyhood. I have never sought another." From The Virtues of War, by Steven Pressfield.
check out any of corbon's lines. get +P. you will be good
"Proelium Comminus Auctoritate" "Sometimes the light at the end of the tunnel is a muzzle flash."
Good 9m ammo for street or home defense 1. Hydra-shok 2.Golden saber's 3. Hornady XTP/TAP, all good stuff, 124gr for standard weight and if you like heavy, use the 147gr. in the hornady and the hydra-shok listed at 1000FPS. The Golden saber 124gr. comes in standard or +P version. I personally have used and shot them all and also tested them in drywall mud with various objects in front of them and measured the depth's of penetration and upset of each bullet. winchester 147gr is good also good expansion.
i swear by hornaday 147 JHP but . . . .and this is important in my opinion. . . i do not practice or teach others to practice with a FMJ if using JHP for home defense. it may be a minute amount but i am a firm believer that there is a flight path difference between the two and would not "practice" with something i am not going to use in a real situation. Luckly i found Blazer brass 147 grain JHP (one case) and i practice with it in my home defense S&W 9mm. a little bit of price savings (i fire 2 clips a month through it)
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Consumer prices seem to be holding steady in Israel.
The cost-of-living index rose by 1.3 percent in November, the same increase as in November 1989 and less than the 1.6 percent rise generally expected for the month, according to figures released by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
The annual inflation rate now stands at 18.4 percent.
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Hyundai has released a new presentation video for the 2013 Equus, ahead of its public debut scheduled for the 2013 New York Auto Show, on the 26th of March.
After showing us the updated 2014 Hyundai Equus / Centennial just a few days before writing this article, the model is being placed into the spotlights once again, this time with the South Korean based automaker releasing a new presentation video with the model. The footage posted below is highlighting the design of the facelifted Equus / Centennial and its putting a big accent on its new technologies and on the comfort.
The 2014 Hyundai Equus / Centennial is supposed to come as a choice to the "classic" German cars and the "new" model is actually a mild facelift, which is getting a new front grille, added technology, a few tweaks to the ride and handling and some other goodies found including the haptic steering wheel switch, the blind spot detection, head-up display, smart cruise control, all-around view monitoring and several driving modes. Power to the new Hyundai Equus will be provided by a 3.8L V6 GDi, with 334 HP (246 kW) or by a 5.0L V8 with 423 HP (311 kW).


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After the intitial fears that Adebayor could be out for a while, Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger thought it possible that Emannuel Adebayor could be fit to face CSKA Moscow tomorrow night.....well he was wrong.
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Good post and some extremely good links that definately need a read.
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Thank you for including a post of mine here, Tay. Much appreciated.
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Atlus announces Persona 4 Golden for PS Vita
ATLUS, a brand of Index Digital Media, Inc., today revealed plans to publish Persona®4 Golden™, a remastered version of the award-winning RPG Shin Megami Tensei®: Persona®4, in North America this fall exclusively for PlayStation®Vita (PS Vita) handheld entertainment system.
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The Anti-Defamation League called on Detroit leaders to condemn Farrakhan's remarks.
DETROIT -- The leading Jewish civil rights group in the U.S. slammed anti-Semitic comments made in a Detroit church by Minister Louis Farrakhan, the head of the Nation of Islam.
The Anti-Defamation League is also calling upon Detroit leaders who invited Farrakhan and hosted his talks last week to condemn his remarks.
At Fellowship Chapel in Detroit, Farrakhan railed Friday night against what he called "Satanic Jews" and the "Synagogue of Satan," which he said controlled major institutions in the United States. He also alleged that President Barack Obama "surrounded himself with Satan ... members of the Jewish community."
STORY: Farrakhan on Kwame Kilpatrick
Attending Farrakhan's speech were the pastor of the church, the Rev. Wendell Anthony, who heads the Detroit branch of the NAACP; U.S. Rep. John Conyers, a Democrat from Detroit; Detroit City Councilwoman JoAnn Watson; and other religious and political leaders. During his trip to Detroit, Farrakhan also spoke before the City Council and at New Destiny Christian Fellowship Church.
"It is deeply disappointing that so many Detroit leaders are apparently so willing to turn a blind eye to Farrakhan's anti-Semitism," said Heidi Budaj, regional director of the Michigan branch of the Anti-Defamation League. "Where are the voices in our community who are willing to stand up and say 'no' to racism and anti-Semitism?"
Started in Detroit in the 1930s, the Nation of Islam is now based in Chicago, but its message of black nationalism is still popular in Detroit, where 83% of the population is African American. During Farrakhan's last visit to Detroit, in 2007, he drew about 50,000 people to Ford Field for a speech.
The Anti-Defamation League's statement this week was based on a Detroit Free Press report on Farrakhan's talk Friday night.
Budaj said that although "we acknowledge the significant challenges that Detroit faces, providing a platform to an individual with a long history of promoting anti-Semitism and racism is not the solution."
Anthony, Watson, Conyers and Farrakhan's office did not return calls Wednesday seeking comment.


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Nothing like Mother Nature to remind you of how insignificant our lives are in the grand scheme of things. 😀
An update on what I've learned so far –
A woman who lives at the number that was left in the post called me back. She said that Cathy used to live with her, but that she hasn't heard anything about her for 12 years. She said the last she heard, Cathy had moved to Seattle, WA. Also, she said that she is/was a drug and alcohol therapist. The woman said that she met Joshua once when he was like 15 or 16 and that Cathy had mentioned me once, but that the woman didn't really know why I wasn't with her anymore. I explained it was a complicated story, but appreciated that she had called me back. It's nice that people do that.
So, it seems that Cathy and James (the father) divorced long ago – was it because of me?
I searched again, seems that Cathy gets around…last said address is somewhere in CA in 2010…. Thus, I thought my next step might be to contact James. Maybe he can shed some light, but perhaps he'd be more reticent to delve back into the past. We shall see.
Interesting how things are moving, but I suppose it could be worse. 😀
It's been almost six months since I wrote the first post about my adoption journey. The idea back then was that I would write more regularly about my experience as I try to make time to write my dream novel. Maybe one of these days I'll find enough discipline and motivation to actually do that. For now, I guess it's enough that I have spatterings of posts related to the topic.
Anyway, I digress. It's probably prudent that I explain my previous post and perhaps someone doing a search for Tara Alisha Kolthoff will find this post.
Despite the very different birthdate of the posting (July 27, 1975 has never been my birthday as far as my paperwork goes), the rest of the details of the search for Tara Alisha Kolthoff is me. How did I find it, you might asking yourself?
Well, I was at work, bored. Something from a previous conversation got me thinking about finding my birthmother who is somewhere in the great old US of A. So, I began doing a search for immigration and naturalization records. Nothing was coming up, so I thought I would do a random search for myself since I know all of my details. I didn't find anything, but this random posting from my second adoptive mother.
I was blown away.
So, of course, when I briefly opened my eyes this morning after four hours of sleep, my mind went into hyperdrive and was a lost cause after I tried to return to sleep for two hours to no avail. Thus, I gave in and did some investigating….
From a little bit of investigation, it seems that the posting was perhaps made back in 1999, which is rather interesting. The phone number she left doesn't seem to be hers anymore since I put it into the whitepages/people search and it comes up as someone else's number. I did call it, though and got sent to voicemail. I left a message and so, I guess we shall see what comes of that.
Anyway, the 'stalker' in me, then did a search for Joshua Kolthoff. I remember him quite fondly, though he was just about one or two years old when I last saw him…. I found someone on Facebook who could be him, but am not sure. Sent him a message too. From my searching, it seems that the history of that family is complicated, but hard to know for sure just from random and spotty information on the Internet. 🙂
The biggest complication about all of this are my feelings about the whole thing.
Adoptive mother #2 = Mother from hell, Psycho Bitch Lady or The Monster of my nightmares.
Of all the people from my past and all the bad that happened to me, she was the worst. Of all the horrible memories that I have, my time with this family was the most traumatic and damaging to my psyche. I cannot write all the awful, malicious and spiteful things that were done to me here (that's what the novel is for!). So, although I've generally gotten past the hurt and much of the trauma, I am still quite angry deep inside. I hold a lot of bitterness towards this woman. Thus, I wonder why she would try to find me. Is she wanting to apologize for the shit she put me through? If so, why should I give her the satisfaction of soothing her conscience? Or is she really just wondering what happened to me without knowing the effect she's had on me?
While I am, obviously, willing to listen to her. To talk to her. To let her know about my life. This is also a mysterious period of my life that could be made clearer through a conversation. I could find out more about why I was moved from my first family; how I came to her family; what she was told to make her believe that I was the devil's spawn; and whatever else she can tell me. Therefore, I guess contact can be beneficial to each of us for our own reasons….
So…I guess I'm on this path to find out more of my past…. What's also interesting is that I wrote bits of my novel about this sort of thing happening….
Next steps…? This weekend I will write another email to the Social Welfare Society in Korea to get an update about finding my birthmother and then perhaps make plans for a visit to Korea in the summer…
I'm bored with almost everything.
*My job is a good one and yet bores me to tears. The thought of doing this job for even another three years is quite depressing. I cannot imagine what people were/are thinking who have stayed for so long…. If I am still doing this job after my three-year contract is finished, KILL ME!
*The weather here is lame right now. I can't complain since I live in a pretty good climate. However, it's been sandstorming for nearly a week and I'm pretty much over it…besides my balcony garden is suffering!
*I need to exercise and lose some weight, but I have no motivation because I'm exhausted by the time I get home and just want to have a wee drink and dinner, then vegetate on the couch until I pass out at 8pm…yes, that's the saddest part of my life right now!
*I want to just have a PhD and not have to do all the work involved in obtaining the degree. I've become my students – don't want/need to study, just give me the grades – I deserve it, right? 😛
So, the solution to all my really rather pathetically superficial woes is to find myself a sugar daddy. I just need a multi-millionaire man who wants to make my life super easy by paying all my debts, letting me travel at will and providing me with all of life's luxuries, which include daily spa treatments. Am I really asking too much?
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Back in my early days in Japan, my BFF and I dubbed the very disgusting looking jelly food item "Whale Ass". I'm not exactly sure where it came from, but after that 'konnyaku' was fondly referred to as 'Whale Ass'.
Over the years, I think she came to be able to eat it. I never could since I pretty much hate anything that is in jelly form. It's not a natural substance, I tell you! 🙂 It does come in noodle form, which I have eaten, but like this… not ever likely!
Of course, it is natural and it is quite healthy. It's similar to the Hawaiian poi, which I also find quite disgusting.
Anyway, leave it to the Japanese to find an interesting way to use Whale Ass for beauty purposes. Now, you can give yourself a facial cleanse using their 'Konnyaku Facial Sponge'.
Ah hahahahahahha. All I can think of is that you're gonna wipe your face with Whale Ass!
Yesterday I thought I was going to die and really just wanted someone to put me out of my misery.
I awoke with a visit to the bathroom that would scare anyone, but thought it was a one-time deal for the day. Upon arriving at work, I proceeded to visit the bathroom numerous times with each visit being more disturbing and difficult than the previous one. Since I carpool to work, I had to wait until my carpooler finished his class; thus I spent much of the day on the cold (though carpeted) floor under my desk at work. I couldn't even go to class because I was afraid I would have to run out of the room every few minutes and that would not be fun….
By the time I got home, I was no longer vomiting up yellow liquid. I had decided that despite all the advice to keep drinking fluids, I wasn't going to consume anything more until I at least got home to the nearness of my own toilet bowl. Apple juice proved to be much better than water and I am happy to say that I haven't vomited since.
R was a good nurse and boiled up some potatoes for me saying it was the best medicine for the liquid coming out of the other end of my body. Though I couldn't eat much, it did prove to help some. Most of the afternoon/night was spent trying not to move too much as my body was also filled with aching. Some ibuprofen and lots of sleep helped.
This morning I got up at normal time thinking I might make an effort to go to work, but after a morning toilet visit and an upset stomach, I decided not to chance another day of misery at the office.
Thankfully, I seem to be on the mend. I have had miso soup, ramen noodles, cheese and a small bowl of stew and mashed potatoes with apple juice and water today. I'm hoping that it will all be normal and with another good night's rest, I should be right as rain tomorrow.
The only good thing that comes out of being sick is that I really appreciate being healthy afterwards!
This morning on the way to work I suddenly felt a bit panicky for no real reason. Of course, anyone driving on the roads in the morning might feel tense or a bit anxious, but this was remnant of my panic attacks from before.
Tonight, as I have been trying to write a short blurb for a new writing site I joined, I had a hard time concentrating. After I finished, I decided to try to work on the presentation that I have a month to prepare and my heart beat started to increase to the point that I can feel the pounding in my chest like my heart is going to explode.
Honestly, there's no reason for any of my sudden increase in these physical responses, but I will be keeping an eye out to make sure I don't fall back into a similar/old situation….


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This is a Freeshwater Only Dry Stored 205 Sport with only 79 hours on a Mercruiser 5.0l MPI Alpha. It is equipped with Bimini Top; cockpit & Bow Covers; Depth Finder; Snap In Carpet and Sport Graphics. NO TRAILER!!
Our 205 Sport is the best-selling sterndrive bowrider over 20 feet in America* for good reason: It's one of the finest running 21-footers ever built, with impressive top speed. New interior and exterior color packages and a new black watersports tower only add to the appeal.
Key Features:
Not all accessories shown or described herein are standard equipment or even available as options. Some features and options may not be available when a boat is built for outside North America and/or has CE Certification. Options and features are subject to change without notice. Not all model-year boats may contain all the features or meet the specifications described herein. Confirm availability of all accessories and equipment with an authorized Sea Ray dealer prior to purchase.
Erwin Marine Sales of Huntsville
28601 US Highway 431
Grant, AL 35747
United States


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