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David Kelly's home office in Briargate is a typical middle-aged guy's hideout. It has a computer, two desks, books stacked floor to ceiling and maps on the walls. But at the foot of one desk sit a couple boxes filled with buttons and bumper stickers promoting Sarah Palin as a 2012 presidential candidate.
The full-time library district worker spends up to 20 hours a week collecting money and mailing political paraphernalia as part of his federal political action committee's effort to persuade Palin to run.
The 2012 Draft Sarah Committee is the only one of its kind registered with the Federal Election Commission, but it actually represents the second effort by locals to elevate the former Alaska governor's political profile. Adam Brickley, a former Peyton resident and political science graduate of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, set up a blog in early 2007 to push Palin for vice president, and made the talk-show circuit after her selection in August 2008.
Now, Kelly, 50, a Republican Party regular who's voted in every election since he was 18, is at the fore. He's undeterred that Palin's folksy lingo, wardrobe expenditures and perky winks make comedy writers rejoice.
"She's not part of the Beltway," Kelly explains. "She's a mother who got angry one day and decided, 'I'm going to do something.' She's real. She truly is telling us from her heart what she wants to do, rather than what party officials are dictating to her."
Randy Highsmith, the committee's chairman, saw a story on the Web about the committee and volunteered to organize from Florida. He raves about Palin in an e-mail: "Palin excited me and many other conservatives due to her proven and consistent conservative stances." He notes she's pro-life, pro-business and favors oil drilling in Alaska wilderness.
Even as some moderate-courting Republicans denounce Palin for espousing extreme conservative views, Highsmith says the committee has hundreds of volunteers and thousands of newsletter subscribers. And Kelly says her down-home style and values appeal to Everyman and Everywoman.
Kelly formally announced the PAC in January and was soon interviewed by Washington, D.C., political columnists. His Web site, 2012draftsarahcommittee.com, rocked with 10,000 hits a day. Now, it has slowed to about 200 to 1,000 hits daily.
And he admits the PAC has been fodder for joke-writers.
"We made Comedy Central, maybe not in a pleasant way," he says. "Jon Stewart reamed us. I got a lot of hate e-mails — people saying, 'You're an idiot. You're drinking the Kool-Aid.'"
Nevertheless, Kelly and other organizers are honest-to-god serious about trying to persuade Palin.
"Be sure to add YOUR NAME to this petition urging Governor Palin to run," the Web site says. "This is just one way we intend to show Governor Palin she has a large base of support."
The PAC's contributions are small potatoes: about $8,500 in donations ranging from $5 to $355, including a $2,100 loan from Kelly, who notes that none of the committee's members draws a paycheck. Support comes from Hawaii to New York, including from Linda Mims, a lifelong South Carolina resident who recalls learning about the PAC from a Christian group's e-mail.
"Sarah Palin is an outstanding leader," Mims says in a phone interview. "She has the values and morals to lead our country in a positive direction."
Kelly says Palin is "careful" not to communicate with his PAC, although the group's New York-based spokeswoman has met her. He adds that he's not doing this to build his own political career; in fact, Kelly has other interests, such as learning how to play bagpipes, and looks forward to cleaning up his home office and declaring "mission accomplished."
"The day she announces," he says, "our job is done."

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Stop Charming the Snake
Did you know it is wise to think like the devil? While we all would prefer to be innocent and not have a clue how bad people think, Jesus said,
Behold, I send you out as sheep among wolves.
Therefore be wise as serpents and harmless as doves.
(Luke 10:16, NKJ)
So, what does it mean to be wise as a serpent and as harmless as a dove?
Lost innocence means serpent wisdom
When we speak of innocence, we usually mean ignorance. Children are fortunate if they can grow up ignorant of this sinful world. Parents have the opportunity to keep them safe and shielded from sin for as long as possible. Since society works hard to expose them younger and younger, though, keeping them ignorant of the devil's ways will only work so long. Eventually, they will have a knowledge of good and evil.
I remember my daughter losing her innocence about human cruelty when she first heard the story of the Nebuchadnezzar throwing the three Hebrew children into the fiery furnace. She cried and said, "I can't believe anyone would be so mean!" My heart sunk. I thought of all the stuff she did not know yet in this wicked world. I wished she would never have to find out.
However, you cannot charm the snake. Our government has filled jails and prisons while trying to take the serpent. Charming the snake will not work. We have to adopt a whole new nature. Satan is the uncharming serpent of Scripture. The dove is the Spirit of God who dwells in His people.
What it means to be wise as a serpent
The Lord tells us to be aware of the ways of the snake. In the Garden of Eden, Eve and Adam followed the influence of the serpent and desired to be worldly wise. Now, we have no choice but to know the way of the serpent. Jesus told us to be "wise as serpents." We should not seek out knowledge of sin, but He does want us aware of the enemy's ways. In other words, you do not have to be a criminal to be a police officer, but it helps to understand the criminal mind.
In the same breath, the Lord commands us to be "harmless as doves." Too many people get this backwards. They are as dumb as doves and as harmful as snakes! They bite and inject venom on everyone with their crude jokes, profanity, and godless philosophy.
We need to be aware of the dangers of evil. Yet at the same time, we cannot adopt the slither and sting of the evil one. For a child, this means adjusting to the fact that some people are out to kill you or kidnap you. This should not distort how you view life. Smile and be polite to people you do not know, but refuse to get in the car with a stranger. For adults, this means love your neighbor, but build a fence anyway.
What it means to be harmless as a dove
The lost innocence of sexual sins damage a person the worst. One exposure to pornography can permanently twist a young man's mind about who he is and what women are. Adultery, homosexuality, free sex, and other moral poisons will ruin a person if he or she leaves the venom in.
Murder and war also destroy a person's morale and morals. Many Vietnam vets still see life through the lens of the brutality they witnessed. Only God can heal these hurts so one does not live in the sting of shame or recoil to bite others in self-defense.
As a parent, one of the most important things to do is help your children deal quickly and harmlessly with "snake-bite" moments in life. The first time they hear someone cuss or talk crudely about sex, parents should steer them to a right perspective with "dove" love. Better yet, make sure they are not around these kinds of situations at all (homeschool provides such a buffer zone). Do not leave them vulnerable to the serpent without showing them the safety of the dove. Teach them to fly away from the hazards of sin.
The movies and music of the serpent intentionally destroy our morals. We should not listen to or watch violence and pornography (Isaiah 33:15). We should be like babies about getting angry—get over it quickly and not hurt anyone (I Corinthians 14:20). Doves raise doves. Snakes raise snakes. What you are as a parent will appear in your children.
Dirty Bible stories
You cannot teach the whole Word of God to your kids without them being exposed to the ways of the snake. You will read about rape, murder, incest, torture, adultery, deceit, and much more. Many times I want to go into denial that such dirty Bible stories exist. At times, I have even skipped them when reading the Word with my children—especially the young ones. Fortunately, the Scriptures show us the consequences of sin and we need to emphasize these things.
The life of Christ and many other godly men and women in Scripture illustrate how to live harmless as a dove. If being innocent means not knowing about evil, then Jesus was not innocent. However, He is the Righteous Innocent who overcame the horrors of sin. The prophet Daniel maintained his innocence (Daniel 6:22). Great men and women of God saw all kinds of evil yet still lived to make the world more dove-like.
Innocence is not the ignorance of sin, but the untainted joy of not being guilty of it. You already know more than you want to, but you can live pure and free in Christ by walking in the Spirit.
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[…] will not keep them from seeing or hearing about wickedness forever. Between the cradle and college, they will find out. Are you preparing them for the day they discover the sins available to them? I mean more than just […]
You have given me new food for thought. I've always hated how people give Satan too much credit or power in their lives. I have just emphatically promoted the concept that if or when I submit my life, my day, my plans to the Lord, the enemy has to flee. He has no power over me.
Perhaps asking for insight, wisdom and strategy will now have another dimension in order to successfully thwart the enemy's tactics.
Dealing with snake-bite moments every day is crucial to maintaining innocence as well as shalom.
May we be wise, yet innocent. Amen!


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Courtesy of Tori Spelling
Tori Spelling and Dean McDermott have some great news: They're expecting their fourth child!
"Dean, Liam, Stella, Hattie and I are beyond thrilled to announce that another little McDermott is on the way!" Tori posted on her website Friday. "We feel truly blessed that another angel has found us."
Spelling, 38, gave birth to daughter Hattie last October. She and McDermott, her hubby since 2006, are also the proud parents of Liam, 5, and Stella, 3.
So how does the actress turned reality star juggle work with raising three (soon-to-be four!) kids?
It's not always easy!
"There are days when I struggle with wanting to be a full-time, stay-at-home mom, and feeling guilty about that because I work," she told Parenting magazine. "[One mom at school recently said,] 'Oh, you never go to anything.' That hit me really hard."
"I'm scared of screwing up my kids. I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze," she said. "You just feel at every turn like, whoa, am I making the right decisions, setting the right boundaries?"
Somehow we think Tori and Dean's brood will turn out just fine.
—Reporting by Marcus Mulick and Claudia Cagan
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Born out of VBlank Entertainment founder Brian Provinciano's urge to craft an 8-bit demake of Grand Theft Auto 3, Retro City Rampage was originally known as "Grand Theftendo." The ambitious project eventually took on a life of its own, evolving into a full-blown WiiWare title, and finally blooming to XBLA.
As huge fans of 8-bit games and, uh, games in general, RCR hits all the right notes with us. The concept is essentially an elaborate homage to the history of video gaming, mixing all of the game mechanics that come along with that -- a pastiche of gaming history's tropes, memorable moments, and go-to themes, if you will (peep our reference-filled preview for a taste).
We'll have the game (and its developer!) on-hand at next Friday's E3 reader meetup for you to check out, but in the meantime VBlank's sent over some new screens of RCR's Chinatown area, as well as revealing a new character: "The Great Gamedini." Mr. Gamedini is described as a magician whose wish will be your command ... should you be able to find the right codes. As VBlank tells it, "his dog ate his codebook." Blasted dogs! Take a peek at both the new area and new character in our exclusive gallery below.


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J.Crew launched its Fall 2012 campaign, but don't expect to see household names on the model lineup for the photoshoot. No actors, no supermodels. No Kardashians, Mad Men or Middleton. Refreshingly, the classic label has opted to recruit various fashion-loving fresh faces to highlight their polished, always preppy look. Real people sporting real style. The ads are minimalistic yet have a fine-tuned attention to quirky detail in every shot and conclude with the tagline: "We know you're out there."
So who are these new models in J. Crew's Fall Fashion lineup? Female faces include: Alice Lane, makeup artist, and Angela Goding, assistant director of Museum Development, Caroline Issa, fashion director atTank Magazine,Linda Rodin, creator, RODIN olio lusso; Virginie Mouzat, deputy editor, Le Figaro; and Julia Sarr-Jamois, fashion editor, Wonderland Magazine.
On the masculine modeling side J. Crew snagged: Carlos Huber, architect and creator of Arquiste perfumes, Davidd Karp, Founder and CEO, Tumblr.com, Matthew Moneypenny, president and CEO, Trunk Archive; Joe Carlucci, contemporary art business director; and Spencer Lyons, field advocacy director American Cancer Society.
The real people have diverse backgrounds but are united in their love for fashion and those statement blazers. Be looking for the J. Crew campaign in glossies this month.


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150 apply for six Liebherr places
ONLY one in every 25 applicants looking for apprenticeships at the Killarney Crane Factory of Messrs Liebherr (Ireland) Ltd, will be lucky enough to gain a place this year. And for the first time, apprentices who are coming out of their time in October will not be retained by Liebherr because of a slack trade position.
This was the gloomy news facing school leavers this week when 150 of them turned up at Liebherr's Factory in Killarney for a total of six places in the factory's apprenticeship scheme.
Mr Josef Burke, Training Manager of the Factory said they will this year be taking on two apprentices for electrician training and four for fitter training. He said that only once in the long period that the Killarney firm has been running their apprenticeship schemes have they ever failed to take on apprentices and that was in 1972/73 during a recession.
The present recession is causing the firm to take on the smallest number of apprentices ever. He said that with the general trade recession that is hitting all firms in the country, they are also finding that more and more young people are coming on stream for jobs and job training.
"We have had applicants turning up here for those six advertised places from as far away as Mallow, Dingle, Cahersiveen, Kenmare, Boherbue, Listowel, Ballyheigue and Ballylongford," he explained.
Liebherrs are the only firm in Kerry offering apprenticeships on a regular annual basis, and at present have forty apprentices in various stages of training.
Aptitude tests set up by the Dept. of Labour were offered to the 150 would be hopefuls this week under the supervision of Mr Des O'Halloran, Placement Officer of the National Manpower Service. He said that the successful six will go to AnCo on October 6 for one year training and will then return to the factory for the remaining three years of their apprenticeship.


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Through Jan. 13. The year is winding down, and so are two of the fall's best exhibits. On Jan 6, the Denver Art Museum brings a close to "El Anatsui," featuring 61 works from the one of the hottest artists working in Africa today. El Anatsui combines found objects, like beer bottle caps, into shimmering, large-scale curtains and other objects, which are both remarkable and artful. The same adjectives apply to the artifacts in "A Day in Pompeii," which wraps a four-month run at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science on Jan. 13. The exhibit is part science and part culture, and that makes it good for kids and adults.
DMNS, at 2001 Colorado Blvd., is charging $17-$26. 303-370-6000 or dmns.org.
DAM, at 14th Avenue and Bannock Street, charges $10 for adults. 720-913-0130 or denverartmuseum.org.
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@wkempf: Indeed. Once you add a third party device, the amount of effort people are willing to go to diminishes drastically. Right out of the gate, you'd need to provide phone apps for as many platforms as possible or at least WP, iOS, and Android. Then there's the problem of making sure that a malicious app on the device couldn't compromise the authentication app in some way.


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I'm glad Richard found connection to Vincent – Irons
HOLLYWOOD star Jeremy Irons regrets that Dublin TD Richard Boyd Barrett didn't get to spend longer with his biological father, Irish theatre director Vincent Dowling.
Irons, whose wife Sinead Cusack is Mr Boyd Barrett's biological mother, said he was glad that the TD finally had found "a connection" to his natural father.
Mr Dowling (84) was the former artistic director of the Abbey Theatre and died in the US last week.
"Yes, I think it was good for Richard that there was a connection," Irons (64) told the Irish Independent.
"I think maybe he would have liked to have spent a bit more time on it but with Vincent living in America that just wasn't possible."
It emerged in 2007 that Sinead Cusack was Mr Boyd Barrett's biological mother.
The revelation came after the Irish actress, who married Irons in 1978, canvassed for her son in the 2007 General Election.
However, it only emerged two weeks ago, following the death of Mr Dowling, that he was Mr Boyd Barrett's biological father. The Dun Laoghaire-based politician said he had discovered his biological father's identity shortly after that of Ms Cusack and was "very saddened" by Mr Dowling's death.
Mr Dowling, following the publicity surrounding the fact Ms Cusack was the politician's mother, had "figured it out" and personally contacted the Independent TD.
Meanwhile, Irons said he "would love" to shoot a film in Ireland but hasn't found the right project. "Not at the moment . . . but I am always hoping. It would be really nice to work at home," the west Cork-based star said.
"I seem to work all over the place . . . Portugal, Hungary, America. It would be wonderful to be back here. I don't think I have ever made a film here," he said.
The actor has starred in some of the most critically acclaimed films of the past 30 years, including 'Reversal of Fortune', 'The Mission' and 'Lolita', as well as blockbusters including 'Die Hard With A Vengeance' and 'Kingdom of Heaven'.
"I've been asked about a few (Irish) projects but they weren't to my tastes. I have just finished working with Neil Jordan ('The Borgias') so that is the nearest I have got to it."
The English actor was speaking as he launched the Sli Eile farm project in Churchtown, Co Cork.
The farm aims to help reintegrate people with mental health problems back into wider society.
Five people are currently tenants at the 50-acre farm, managing livestock including cattle, pigs and poultry.
"We do seem to be overly reliant on drugs in terms of treating people with mental health issues. What is so wonderful about here (Sli Eile) is that it is effectively a drug-free way of helping people," Irons said.
"This is a marvellous environment in which they can help themselves and reintegrate themselves in society.
"I think it is a wonderfully humane way of helping people," he added.
Sli Eile founder Joan Hamilton said there are plans to locate both a commercial market garden and a bakery at the complex, which has been leased for six years.
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Officially opening on June 7, 1990, Universal Studios Florida became the third major theme park chain (after Walt Disney World and SeaWorld Orlando) to make its presence in Orlando, Florida.
Like the Disney-MGM Studios, Universal Studios Florida had its share of criticism once it opened. Many of Universal's signature "E-Ticket" rides suffered from frequent technical problems, causing long delays and lots of frustration. The Jaws ride had to be completely re-built from scratch and wouldn't open again for a few years later.
Universal Studios Florida quickly grew in popularity once things were running smoothly. Its collection of high-quality rides and shows were exactly what the Florida theme park guests desired. From riding an aerial tram past the clutches of King Kong in Kongfrontation, to surviving a California earthquake in Earthquake - The Big One to chasing Biff Tannen's stolen time-traveling DeLorean in Back to the Future - The Ride, to helping E.T. return home in E.T. Adventure, Universal Studios Florida had plenty of fun and thrills for everyone.
Throughout the years Universal Studios Florida has seen its share of changes. Kongfrontation was removed and changed to Revenge of the Mummy. Back to the Future - The Ride was changed to The Simpsons Ride, and that eventually brought the town of Springfield to the park as well. Jaws was also removed, and that entire area was converted to The Wizarding World of Harry Potter - Diagon Alley and Harry Potter and the Escape from Gringotts.
Today, Universal Studios Florida continues to live up to its original slogan --- "Ride the Movies."
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Self-Publishing Review: What is jexbo and why did you start it? Are you an author yourself?
Jill Exler: Formed in 2007, jexbo™ is a website at www.jexbo.com that gives self-published authors the ability to reach new customers online for less than $1.00 per month and sell their books (jexbo receives 5% of whatever the author sells).
Readers can buy books and find unique, self-published works in various categories. And self-published authors have the ability to control the sales process, communicate directly with customers and customize a Web page for marketing purposes at no additional cost.
I started jexbo because I wrote a children's book and planned to self-publish it. But then, out of the blue, my husband was transferred to Europe.
There are a number of things a self-published author can do to promote their book themselves when they're living in their target market. They can contact the local paper and possibly have an article about their book included in a news story or review. Or authors can talk to local bookstore owners about having a book-signing event or selling copies of their book on a regular basis.
Unfortunately, it was impossible for me to do these activities from Germany so I had to explore online options. And none of the sites I found was a good fit.
Either they were too expensive, took what I considered a high percentage of the profit, or they didn't focus on selling books, and I worried it would be too hard for readers to find me.
SPR: How did you get a site like this up and running. Do you have investors behind the site and a team of designers? Curious about what kind of undertaking it is to run a site like this.
JE: I found a website I admired where people could buy and sell things themselves. Then, I got in touch with the Web developers who created it, and they pointed me to a company that initially helped set up jexbo. Now, I use a German developer because we're in the same time zone, and I am able to contact them during my normal work hours.
That was just part of setting up the company. I also had to register articles of incorporation, file for a certificate of an assumed name, get a legal operating agreement, open a merchant bank account to be able to accept credit cards, meet with lawyers to draw up the necessary legal documents, and find a publicist to help spread the word about jexbo.
I was fortunate to be able to start jexbo with savings so I don't have any investors. And I hired a company to design a logo for jexbo. Then, from several options they created, I chose the logo you now see on the site. The current homepage is from a concept my Web developer and I designed working together.
SPR: How does the site work: do you fulfill orders, or do authors send out a book once a purchase has been made?
JE: Once someone purchases a copy of a book, the author gets an email from jexbo with the buyer's name, e-mail and mailing address. Then the author can send the book to the buyer directly.
SPR: How many authors currently use the site?
JE: Right now, about 65 authors have books listed on jexbo. They have the option of having their listing active or inactive, so not all of the books are available all the time.
Inactive books are not charged the 99¢ per month listing fee, which makes it convenient for the authors if they will not be able to ship their books to buyers for a certain time.
For instance, if an author goes on vacation, they don't have to delete their book and re-list it when they get back.
SPR: The site says that authors can "talk directly to customers." What does this mean?
JE: Once a buyer has purchased a copy of a book, the author gets an e-mail from jexbo with the buyer's contact information. The author can then directly contact the buyer about the purchase.
For example, if the buyer would like an autographed copy of the book, or maybe the seller only ships books twice a month, they will be able to let each other know.
This process also gives authors the opportunity to ask for feedback about their books and start a dialogue with the readers. If you're purchasing books through a middle source, these options are not available.
SPR: What makes jexbo different from other listing services online, like AuthorsBookshop and Smashwords?
JE: Both AuthorsBookshop and Smashwords are new ways to sell books online, but they differ from jexbo in several ways. AuthorsBookshop lists the book for the author for a $20 start-up fee, and then it ships the books to the buyers with a $4 per book charge.
On jexbo, the author lists the book himself or herself for just 99¢ per month. That's almost a $20 savings and equal to more than 20 months to list the book on jexbo! Also, the author ships the book directly to the buyer and jexbo only receives 5% of each book sold.
Smashwords is a site for e-books only, whereas jexbo helps authors sell e-books and standard, printed copies, both hard- and soft-bound. It's free to list an e-book on Smashwords, but they take 15% of the sales price.
SPR: What's your biggest sale on jexbo, and why do you think that titles been most effective? Is jexbo mainly an effective sales engine for non-fiction, fiction or both?
JE: Many of the books on jexbo sell at about the same rate, and I'm still waiting for a book listed on jexbo to become a big, best-seller. There isn't one particular category that sells more than another category.
SPR: What do you recommend to authors to help sell more of their work on the jexbo site? How are you promoting the site itself?
JE: I recommend authors print out the free bookmarks available once they list a book on jexbo. They can pass these out or post them to promote that they have a book, and where it can be purchased. This helps the author, and it helps direct readers to the site where they can find other books by other self-published authors.
Currently, I have a publicist promoting jexbo on a daily basis. Plus, I talk about books on Twitter and Facebook, and I have a Google Adwords campaign running.
Often, I do newspaper and radio interviews and I send out monthly press releases. Also, I provide valuable information on self-publishing via my free newsletter at www.jexbo.com and my blogs at www.jexbo.blogspot.com and Pink Magazine.
Plus, I use affiliates to bring traffic to the site, and I actively search for possible readers looking for unique books.
SPR: What's your feeling about self-publishing in general? Your site definitely fills a niche and self-publishing seems to be growing and gaining respect. What do you see as self-publishing's future and how will jexbo be a part of that?
JE: Self-publishing is a great way for authors to get their books published, and I am passionate about helping them reach as many readers as possible. I see self-publishing booming for many reasons. First, the books produced are becoming more polished as many self-publishers include some editorial services. Plus, self-published authors have more control over the book selling and marketing process.
Second, people who have spent years saying they have a book inside them now have a number of options to get it published. And third, in this economy with people losing jobs, they suddenly have the time to write.
SPR: The service is currently in beta. What features do you see being added to the site in the coming months/years?
JE: Right now, there are some cosmetic features being tested, but upcoming features include podcasts, videos and online forums so writers can communicate with each other and share portions of their books for reviews and comments.
Also, I received an e-mail from an author who suggested editable features for the free bookmarks so the authors can add their own blurbs. I thought this was a great idea, and we're going to put that onto the list of upcoming features.
Over time, we want to make jexbo the site for self-published authors to find all the information they need to successfully market and sell their books online.
SPR: Finally, what's the origin of the name?
JE: jexbo is a mix of my name, Jill Exler, and books: JillEXlerBOoks.
SPR: Thanks, Jill. Good luck with the site.


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Army troops on the ground need a new scout helicopter in the skies above to protect them and officials of EADS North America say they just happen to have one that comes with a modest price tag.
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Now they must convince the Army — and Congress — to come up with the money.
Recently completed testing of the EADS aircraft, a militarized version of the UH-72 Lakota utility helicopter built by Grand Prairie-based American Eurocopter, showed that it could outperform the Army's existing Bell Helicopter-built OH-58D models, said David Haines, vice president of Rotorcraft Programs for EADS North America.
Just as importantly, the new war birds could be bought and operated for the same cost or less as upgrading the OH-58 fleet, which dates to the 1970s.
"I can meet their (Army) affordability requirements and I can bring more (capability) to the fight," Haines said.
Haines said that EADS recently took its prototype helicopter to the Army's high altitude training and testing range in Alamosa, Colo., where it performed well in the thin mountain air that is not conducive to helicopters.
"This aircraft thrives in that environment," Haines said, saying it could hover at 14,000 feet, climb and maneuver at 14,000 feet when operating nearly fully loaded and demonstrated single-engine (one engine inoperative) capabilities at 9,000 feet.
The Army isn't actually shopping for a new helicopter. But it has spent considerable effort in recent months researching alternatives.
It would take Congressional action and a major budget commitment to buy a new aircraft, whereas even major upgrades can be funded through ongoing budgets.
Last May, Army Major Gen. Tom Crosby told an industry group in Fort Worth he wasn't optimistic the service can buy a new helicopter. "As much as I want and need a new armed scout, it's unaffordable," he said.
Both Bell and Fort Worth startup AVX Aircraft Co. are counting on that being the case. "We are confident that it is more cost-effective to upgrade an existing platform than to develop a new platform," said Greg Hubbard, a spokesman for Bell.
AVX has proposed a much more aggressive OH-58D upgrade that the company says can be done for as little as $2 million an aircraft because it uses the existing engines.
"As we've said many times, we can upgrade the OH-58 to give it the desired capability at the lowest possible cost," said AVX spokesman Mike Cox. "No one else can touch us."
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fxCalendar - FREE
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Package name: com.yproky.fxCalendar , Last Update: 2012-10-19 15:22:46
64 ratings (3.266 average)
10,000-50,000 downloads
What's new in this version (2.3):
adding timezone management
better sorting of events
New in this version : timezone management !
The fxCalendar app allows you to stay informed about important financial and economic events and make better trading decisions.
This app comes with a widget that displays the next 4 economic events on your home screen!
The datas are from forexfactory.com
keywords : finance, economic news, trading, forex factory
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zistor (*)
Absence of timezone settings make this calendar useless.
Wan (***)
I'll give a 5 if the timezone setting is implemented
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Neat app. Could do with full data on each event in the style of forexfactory.
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Nice one, would be nice to have different size Widgets and also to be able to set the refresh time.
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Nice app but it needs time zones. Please


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Finally! An Easy Way To Learn Spanish
Would you like to speak Spanish that could impress a native speaker? Want the words to freely flow from your tongue instead of sounding like a slowed down, broken record because you're constantly grasping for the correct grammar in your head? Enough! The "traditional" way of teaching Spanish doesn't work for most people – especially…Read More


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Wow, that is rough. I took a quick look through their terms and conditions and you may very well be screwed. First thing that caught my eye:
"When You activate your Straight Talk service, you will be provided with a telephone number or you may, in some circumstances, port-in a number from another carrier. Please note that You have no ownership rights to any telephone number, IP address or any other identifier associated with your wireless service and You acknowledge and agree that we may change any such number, IP address or other identifier associated with your Straight Talk service at any time without prior notice to You."
So they own your number now.
Refilling Your Account after Service End Date: If you do not buy and add Services prior to the Service End Date, your Straight Talk Service will be deactivated on the Service End Date, you will lose all unused Services (including minutes, text, Mobile Web Access and Service days) and you may lose your telephone number.
It sounds like even if you had waited 1 day after service end you ran the chance of losing your number.
When selling mobile phones about 7 years ago, we were always advised to tell business customers to stay away from prepaid plans for exactly this reason. There is a lot less protection for the customer when you are not on a contract, and the way prepaid companies are set up enables them to run free on a lot of these issues.
I'd recommend you keep calling until you get to their highest level of support (I think I heard they have a Miami office) and start threatening to file reports with the proper agencies. Unfortunately I read somewhere else that Straight Talk/TracPhone/Net10 already have a huge backlog of unresolved complaints, so it may not get you anywhere either, especially as the terms and conditions do spell out what their rights are.
Good luck. If you get your number back you may want to think about porting it to Google Voice immediately.


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Family Partners seeks volunteers
Family Partners of Morris and Sussex Counties, a Family Support Organization is seeking volunteer youth leaders and members to become a part of its Youth Partnership. Youth Partnership is a group for youth ages 13-21 with emotional and/or behavioral challenges.
The group's mission is to fight the stigma against mental illness while providing an opportunity for youth to come together to get peer support, participate in social activities, volunteer in the community, learn leadership skills, and have fun. Family Partners is looking to expand this group, encouraging youth to get involved and become a part of our team as a member or leader.
Youth leaders will have the opportunity to take part in the N.J. Family and Youth Leadership Academy, where they will have the chance to make positive changes in their own lives or the lives of others.
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Lawsuit spurs county to make elections changes
Maricopa County elections officials will have to make a few technical changes before the Nov. 2 general election after a judge determined that poll workers have been failing to follow proper vote-counting procedures.


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Traveling Luck for Skogstad, Oppland, Norway
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The timezone in Skogstad is Europe/Oslo
Sunrise at 07:55 and Sunset at 17:20. It's Dark
Latitude. 61.1167°, Longitude. 9.1167°
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- farm;
- a tract of land with associated buildings devoted to agriculture.
- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- lake;
- a large inland body of standing water.
- Volbufjorden (2.2km)
- Øyangen (3.8km)
- Heggefjorden (4.9km)
- Røyri (6km)
- Vindevatnet (8.4km)
- Vangssjøen (8.6km)
- Slidrefjord (9.4km)
- Yddin (9.7km)
- Mellsenn (10.3km)
- church;
- a building for public Christian worship.
- Volbu (3.5km)
- Vestre Slidre (8.6km)
- Røn (8.7km)
- Gamal Kyrkje (10.7km)
- Skrautvål (11.4km)
Accommodation around Skogstad
- ridge(s);
- a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.
- Slidreåsen (6.2km)
- administrative division;
- an administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level.
- Øystre Slidre Herad (6.6km)
- stream;
- a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
- Mosåni (8.9km)
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- Vavatn lake
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- Gol (Norwegen) city city l
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- Eldrevatnet lake
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- Torpo city city o
- Forset city city o
- Tingvollfjorden, Buskerud lake
- Nautgardstind mountain mountain k
- Øljusjøen lake
Airports close to Skogstad
Fagernes leirin(VDB), Fagernes, Norway (16km)
Sogndal haukasen(SOG), Sogndal, Norway (113.2km)
Stafsberg(HMR), Hamar, Norway (117.5km)
Oslo gardermoen(OSL), Oslo, Norway (158.7km)
Oslo fornebu(FBU), Oslo, Norway (169.1km)
Airfields or small airports close to Skogstad
Dagali, Dagli, Norway (89.8km)
Boemoen, Bomoen, Norway (160.9km)
Kjeller, Kjeller, Norway (176km)
Notodden, Notodden, Norway (183.9km)
Bringeland, Forde, Norway (193.3km)
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The festival consensus
By TOBY LICHTIG
Having greatly enjoyed last weekend's Latitude Festival – as described in my previous post – I do have one small whinge.
On the final evening, there was a debate about the future of the arts in Britain. Producers and critics lined up to argue for increased government arts funding and less emphasis on measuring "value". Michael Gove and his legacy came in for a general pasting and a pleasant glow of mutual righteousness hung about the Literary Arena. Everyone was in agreement. Or almost everyone.
Despite my own instinctive support for state arts subsidies, I found myself relieved to hear a dissenter in the crowd make the case for self-funding. Good art, she argued, needs to pay for itself; hand-outs can lead to complacency, a sense of entitlement. Not a popular view, but a different one, and a reminder that a good panel consists of competing voices. There was a murmur of disgruntlement among the audience before the event was sadly called to a close, punch-up averted.
This brief episode seemed to expose a fault with the Latitude programme – and the programming of so many similar festivals I've attended over the years. Crowds at such events tend to be overwhelmingly middle-class (weekend tickets cost well into three figures) and liberal in sensibility (the carnivalesque atmosphere doesn't exactly lend itself to conservatism – at least not social conservatism). And the programming, rather than challenge the consensus or provide fodder for a decent debate, tends to reflect this. I'd have liked to see a rebel voice or two on that panel; a case for the right – if only to bolster my own generally leftist sympathies.
It's worth noting that even Hay, despite being sponsored by the decidedly un-left-wing Daily Telegraph, isn't immune to cries of leftist elitism, as evidenced by last year's row over the "exclusion" of Margaret Thatcher's biographer Charles Moore, along with David Goodhart of Demos, whose book on immigration, The British Dream, led the festival's director Peter Florence to complain about "Tory posh boys". (Moore did appear at this year's event.)
If festivals such as Latitude really want to rock the boat, then I'd argue for some representation from the right. Preaching to the converted may leave everyone feeling warm and fuzzy but what, ultimately, does it achieve? This thought had also struck me on the previous day when I'd found myself walking briskly past the tent in which Vivienne Westwood appeared to be agitating for the takedown of the global capitalist order. People sat nodding in agreement – before toddling off to buy their £5 smoothies.
To be fair to the panel on Sunday night, they did engage with the dissenting voice before the event ended. Alistair Spalding, the artistic director of Sadler's Wells, argued that it is above all necessary to convince the public that the arts matter, rather than just demand money from the government and expect it; and Lyn Gardner of the Guardian reminded us that those who spend the most on the National Lottery (in the northeast of England, for example) also tend to get the least return in terms of arts investment.
Gardner also made the point that festivals such as Latitude encourage experimentalism in art because productions are devised "on the hop", audiences are free to come and go as they please, risks can be taken and polish jettisoned in favour of innovation. "It stops prissiness", she said – a supposition borne out by much of what I saw last weekend. If some of this radicalism and diversity could be injected into Latitude's political programming, too, then it really could be, as I'd previously suggested, a Total Festival.


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Britons are obsessed with social networking, with one in six webpages visited in the UK being a Facebook page, according to research published today by Hitwise.
The research group found that Facebook is the second most visited website in the UK, taking 7.14 percent of all UK website visits. Google beat it to first place with 9.59 percent of web visits, but Facebook still managed to get the highest number of page views over any other website, at 16.73 percent, with Google trailing at less than half those.
Hitwise also discovered that Facebook accounted for 54.48 percent of social networking site visits, clearly suggesting that it is still firmly in the lead, despite substantial growth for other websites like Twitter. In July it reached the milestone of half a billion registered users, including 26 million in the UK, revealing that it is still on the rise despite monumental privacy concerns.
Clearly the importance of social networking in people's lives accounts for the substantial adoption in the UK. 26 million people in a 62 million region is an extremely high number, particularly considering not all people will have access to a computer or the internet and may not be computer literate.
The ability to network with people, to catch up with old pals, to share what's going on, and to keep up to family, friends, and colleagues makes social networking a vital aspect of modern society. We won't be surprised if a recruitment agency sends out yet another release about the UK losing out on dosh because workers are obsessed – missing the point of networking in the business space, again.
However, Hitwise warned that Facebook may have reached its saturation point in the UK and this high level of growth may slow down significantly.
Facebook's UK page view market share trebled over the last five years, but that growth has slowed down over the last six months. In fact, in July there was a small decline in market share, but Hitwise believes this may be due to the Summer holiday period rather than a problem with Facebook adoption itself.
The report also discovered a slowdown in the rate of average time spent on Facebook. Over the last two years the average time went rapidly from under 20 minutes to 30 minutes, which is a significant period of time for social networking. This year, however, that figure has dropped to just over 27 minutes and appears to be continuing to fall. Hitwise still sees the number as high, but it is apparent that Facebook may be near to reaching its peak in the UK.
"Cleary Facebook is not losing traffic in the UK, but do these stats point to a stabilisation?" asks Robin Goad, Research Director at Hitwise UK. "The rapid period of the site's growth is now probably over in the UK, but does that mean Facebook has reached saturation point?"


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West Bromwich Albion No2 Kevin Keen has blasted the compensation laws for youth transfers in England.
Keen fears Chelsea will eventually pay just "back-pocket change" for former Baggies youngster Isaiah Brown and insisted the rules of the new Elite Player Performance Plan are unfair on clubs outside the top echelons.
"Seeing him leave the club was a massive disappointment to everyone," said Keen, who is one of head coach Steve Clarke's two assistants.
"The way the EPPP is structured in terms of how much money West Brom will get for him is disgusting.
"The amount of time and work that people have put into Izzy to get him through to play in our first team is big. I'm not sure how much the fee will be, but to Chelsea it's back-pocket change. It's totally wrong."


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(Chicago) – If U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) emerges as the 2016 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Illinois, incumbent Republican Mark Kirk faces an enormous challenge holding onto his seat, a new poll suggests.
A June 23 survey of 598 likely 2016 Illinois voters commissioned by The Illinois Observer's e-newsletter, The Insider, which our subscribers received on Tuesday, June 26, (subscribe here) found that Duckworth leads Kirk 43.8-27.3% or 16.5 points.
The poll, conducted by Chicago-based Ogden & Fry, had a significant 28.9% of voters undecided.
The survey had a margin of error of +/- 4.09%.
Kirk's weakness vis-à-vis Duckworth seems to be explained by a dismal job approval rating.
The poll found that just 16.9% of likely voters approved of Kirk's handling of his job and 31.1% disapproved, but a whopping 52% were undecided about his job performance.
Ogden & Fry was the only firm to predict Governor Bruce Rauner's 5-point victory over Governor Pat Quinn in 2014 and the firm accurately predicted the results the 2015 Chicago mayor's race. In it's last weekly survey on April 3 of that contest, Ogden & Fry estimated that Rahm Emanuel would grab 56.6% and Jesus "Chuy" Garcia 43.4%. The actual results saw Emanuel win 332,171 votes or 56.23% and Garcia, 258,562, or 43.77%.
The survey comes on the heels of Kirk's embarrassing gaffe on June 11 in which he referred to fellow Republican Senator and presidential candidate Lindsey Graham of South Carolina as the "bro with no ho." Graham is unmarried.
A predictable media firestorm ignited and Kirk was forced to apologize for the private remarks that were caught on a live microphone, but not before Duckworth and her Democratic allies pounced and attacked the first-term senator for his comments.
The new poll stands in contrast to a December 18, 2014 We Ask America survey of 1,003 voters commissioned by The Insider in which it showed Duckworth with a miniscule ½ point lead over Kirk, 45.59-45.02% and 9.39% undecided. That poll had a +/- 3.09% margin of error.
Since December, Kirk's support has shifted to the "undecided" column.
Kirk and the Illinois Republican Party view Duckworth, a second-term congresswoman from Hoffman Estates, and an Iraq war hero, as their toughest general election opponent. The Illinois GOP regularly pummels Duckworth in a flood of press statements.
Before Duckworth can focus on Kirk, she faces a primary challenge next March from Chicago Urban League president Andrea Zopp, who was recruited by ex-White House Chief of Staff Bill Daley, but a May 16 poll of 1,051 Democratic primary voters commissioned by The Insider found that Duckworth lead Daley's candidate by 45 points, 50.1-.05%. Still, this week Zopp's campaign leaked that it had already raised $665,000, a formidable sum.
Meanwhile, in the current survey, Kirk can take solace in the fact that Duckworth has failed to add to her support since December and has, crucially, not crossed the 50% mark – so far.
Additionally, Kirk holds a substantial cash advantage over Duckworth at the moment. In the first quarter of 2015, Kirk raised $1,000,000; spent $210,100; and ended with $2,833,151 in the bank. Duckworth raised $155,443 for her new senate campaign account; she transferred $1,047,134 from her House campaign fund; spent a negligible $4,183; and had $1,198,000 in the bank at the end of March.
Still, in March, Washington D.C.'s insider publication, The Hill, ranked Kirk, who is firmly backed by Governor Bruce Rauner, as the most vulnerable senator in the 2016 cycle.
Nothing in our new poll challenges that ranking.
Stay tuned.
(*Note to Political Insiders: The Illinois Observer also offers our exclusive, subscriber-only e-newsletter – The Insider – to, well, Illinois political insiders. Each Tuesday and Friday at 6:00 a.m. The Insider arrives in e-mail boxes with the choicest Illinois, Cook County, and Chicago political gossip, insider information, and news tips. For more information and a free, 4-week trial subscription to The Insider, please go here).


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Medical Roboticist: High-Demand Degree
RP-VITA was designed to help doctors provide better patient care under increased demand for their time and attention. Getting the right specialist to see the patient in a very short amount of time can make the difference between life and death.
RP-VITA stands for "Remote Presence Virtual + Independent Telemedicine Assistant. IRobot teamed up with InTouch Health to develop the robot that can autonomously travel around a hospital and allow a physician to administer care as if he or she is in the room with a patient.
The robot can be paired with other medical devices, like an ultrasound or stethoscope. RP-VITA can travel on wheels at a maximum forward speed of 3.36 mph, rolling through corridors and into patient rooms.
The robot stands five feet four inches in height, has a battery life of about four to five hours, and allows a doctor to communicate with patients through a video screen at the top of the robot.
Through its WiFi support, the robot also can access live patient data from electronic medical records.
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MacNN (Sep 27, 2000)
Following the genre, The Sims lacks a defined ending, as well as any specific goals. And that's the beauty of the game; short-term and long-term goals are set by the player, or none are set at all. You can create the family that you've always dreamed of having, or play out new love-triangles using the characters from your favorite sitcom or soap opera. The game's lack of goal structure may seem like a flaw to some, but we find it a stroke of pure game design genius that allows for infinite replayability and endless fun. The Sims is a fabulous virtual doll house of a game that will entertain Mac users of all ages.
macHOME (2000)
Later that afternoon, I contemplated the mindboggling brilliance of The Sims, and felt a pang of sorrow that I'd destroyed Frances and Frederick. It was then that my pre-meditated mode of protection surfaced: They were only Figments, they were only Figments ...
All Game Guide (2000)
The Sims, an extremely enjoyable and engaging game, weaves together the chance to direct the simulated life of a person under your total command, the fun of decorating a house the way you desire and the complexity of a simulated soap opera complete with fights, love, husband and wife stealing and children. Each part of the game adds to the whole to make a game you'll have a hard time ripping yourself away from. There is always more to do, more to see or a better, more expensive house to move into or build. Not only does the game hold your attention but you can play forever without your interest lagging. The Sims is one game you will definitely not want to miss.
Electric Playground (Sep 18, 2000)
It's here! It's here! After waiting for what feel like millennia, Mac users can finally lose sleep, friends and sanity with the rest of the world!
Macworld (2000)
The Sims is one of the most compelling games to hit the Mac in years. The next time someone tells you to get a life, get The Sims instead.
Mac Ledge (Aug 18, 2000)
While not as explosive as a first-person shooter, The Sims has caused quite a hubbub in gaming circles. It captures the essence of a mundane subject, "domestic living", and turns it into an enjoyable domestic adventure. It thoroughly captured my attention and is known to be addictive. The flexible character creator and architectural tool extend the game's long-term playability. But for long-term enjoyment, The Sims will have to grow with us. For as we become familiar and comfortable with The Sims' world, we will definitely want more: more realistic courting, more depth and realism in relationships, more ability to get the Sims out of their houses, and more ability to interact with their world.
JeuxMac.com (Oct, 2002)
Au global, Le successeur de Simcity apparaît comme une véritable réussite. The Sims créent un nouveau genre... On aime ou on aime pas, mais il se révèle attachant, intuitif, amusant, et passionnant. The Sims est un jeu comme on n'en a jamais fait. longue vie aux Sims !
AppleLinks.Com (Aug 30, 2000)
Close the voting booths and break out the champagne, because it's here. The single scariest game of the year has hit the shelves, and it doesn't have "blood," "dark" or "tournament" in the title. It's The Sims. What makes this game so frightening? There are no guns or weapons in it. No bio-zombies or deathtraps. Flood and fires are accidental, and death, while possible, is uncommon. No, The Sims--just released for the Mac by Aspyr--will shake you to your very soul because you will have the power to become Aaron Spelling.
Inside Mac Games (IMG) (Oct 02, 2000)
The Sims is an amazing title, but it is also an acquired taste. If your idea of good gaming fun is a quick deathmatch or an all-out armor assault in some RTS, then this game is unlikely to thrill you. But if you are the kind of person who made your own dollhouse out of shoeboxes or had one of those hamster cages with the tubes the little critters can run through, this may indeed be the best game you've ever played.


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It was Mimi's 1st birthday today, and like any good father, I dragged myself out of bed at the crack of dawn to prepare for the party. I'm not as committed as Paul who owns his own bouncy castle but I do my best. The wife and I were having a few friends with their little ones over, and as usual it was a mad rush in order to get everything ready. In the midst of feeding the kids, and hanging the decorations, and being careful not to get the two reversed, I made my coffee. Almost too late, I realized we were almost out of beans. Pressed for time, I asked the missus if I should run out to get some more–she rolled her eyes and insisted.
I had been boring friends and family to tears about the grinder, and it was a good opportunity to show them what I had been obsessing over. I threw Child #1 into the car, and sped over to Silver Lake to pick up a bag of Black Cat at Intelligentsia. Rushing home, I heated up my Cremina, put some meatballs and mini quiches into the oven, and waited for the guests to arrive.
Without fail, coffee was requested and in the ensuing 35 minutes, I ground and pulled 11 shots making everyone who asked, either a latte or espresso. Now here's the interesting news.
I found it easy. When I relayed this news to Paul, he coincidentally, had been finding it easier to grind as well. In addition, he was finding it was taking less revolutions on the flywheel to boot! Were we somehow magically transforming from our drab daddy selves, into chiseled clothing challenged Abercrombie and Fitch models? Sadly for our wives, the answer was no.
What we do think is our burrs have reached a point where they are broken in. In the course of our testing, Paul and I have been swapping parts from one machine to the next which of course included burr sets. Around four weeks ago, Paul and I hit a point where everything we had been testing was resolved and we locked our configurations. On average we were grinding a couple of pounds a week in our testing, which should give you a rough idea of how much coffee it might take before you notice a difference.
We believe there is truth to the widespread axiom, even with pre-seasoning, conical burrs need a breaking in period. We haven't noticed a change in quality, but we have noticed it's easier to grind.
Point number two. It wasn't an issue grinding that much coffee for our guests. It took around 30 seconds per shot to grind, and my friends kept me company while ogling the grinder. Was I tired, did my arms ache, did I need to wipe the sweat from my brow in a dainty fashion with a linen kerchief?
This is a subjective experience, and I'm sure someone else's experience will be different from mine. Was it something I thought worth sharing?


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IV seals deal with French company to guarantee largest satellite order of the decade 24 Jun 10
A joint press release issued by Intellectual Ventures and French company Thales Alenia Space announces that the former has sold the latter: "A significant patent portfolio describing hundreds of inventions related to satellites communication systems, as well as additional patent rights." This will allow Thales to get "access to the intellectual property rights required to build the Iridium NEXT constellation of satellites, under contract recently awarded by Iridium Communications Inc. Iridum is also receiving a license to the inventions required for the other parts of the Iridium NEXT communication system". The patents were filed by and awarded to Motorola and underpinned R&D the company was doing on the original design of the Iridium satellite constellation
The deal was put together by Vincent Pluvinage, General Manager for Strategic Acquisitions and Private Equity at Intellectual Ventures, along with his colleague Carlo Segantini. Both were at the recently concluded IP Business Congress (more about that on this blog over the coming days). I had a chance to grab a quick word with the two of them to learn more about te transaction.
Pluvinage told m that he had been tracking developments in satellite technology over a number of years, keeping an eye on who was doing what and how their projects were faring. He became aware that while the work Motorola was doing was of very high quality, the business the company hoped to build around it was not faring so well. In the end it went bankrupt and closed down - so Pluvinage bought the patents on behalf of IV to add to its existing satellitle portfolio.
It was then a matter of keeping a further eye on the developing satellites market to find a company that would need the patents. That turned out to be Thales Alenia Space. Earlier this month, Iridium announced that it had given the French company the contract to design and construct 81 satellites for the Iridium NEXT constellation in a deal worth over $2 billion. This after Coface, the French export credit agency, had agreed to issue, for the account of the French state, "a "Promise of Guarantee" which commits to cover 95% of the $1.8 billion credit facility for the project". What Thales Alenia Space did not have, however, was the IP it needed to operate freely in the US - Pluvinage and IV owned that. So Pluvinage, who is well connected in France, got in touch with the necessary players and the deal was done.
Basically this is a classic piece of aggregation which leaves everyone concerned happy. IV took the risk in investing in the portfolio in the first place and then on maintaining it. As a result, it makes money (though Pluvinage would not tell me how much). Thales Alenia Space, meanwhile, gets the freedom of action it needs in the US to fulfil the terms of the contract it signed; and Iridium gets its satellites. For its part, the French government facilitates a French company seal the biggest satellite deal of the decade and one that will keep jobs and engineering expertise in France. Three cheers for IV anyone!?!
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An Albany woman and a Rensselaer man were both drunk when they crashed their cars into one another on city street, police said.
The accident occurred at 3:34 a.m. Sunday at the corner of Third Street and John Street, police said, where Jaide Rios and James Macarelli slammed into one another as they came to the intersection in opposite directions.
Rios, 21, of Myrtle Ave., had a blood-alcohol content of .20 percent, police said, more than twice the .08 legal limit. She was not injured in the crash and was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated.
Macarelli, 43, who was treated for minor injuries at St. Peter's Hospital, was charged with driving while intoxicated, though his blood-alcohol content was not immediately available.


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Action sports star Travis Pastrana finally is scheduled to make his debut in NASCAR's second-tier Nationwide Series on Friday night at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.
Pastrana, 28, originally planned to drive his first Nationwide race last July near Indianapolis. But three days before that race, he broke his right foot and ankle in a motorcycle crash at the X Games in Los Angeles.
"It's definitely been a really long time coming.... I'm really pumped," Pastrana told reporters in Richmond. Pastrana also is driving in NASCAR's lower-level K&N Pro Series East division to gain experience.
Denny Hamlin, a driver in NASCAR's elite Sprint Cup Series, said Pastrana was "a breath-of-fresh-air type of guy" for stock car racing. "He's outgoing. He's obviously not afraid to take chances."


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It's often said that it's mind over matter.
This goes for dieting.
If you can believe in yourself, believe that you really can lose weight, and apply yourself to it, then you will.
Think positive about the whole thing. Don't be defeatist. Don't tell yourself that you're an overweight slob that's never going to lose weight. Instead look in the mirror, and tell yourself how much better you will look (to yourself and others) when you do shed those pounds. Tell yourself how much better you will feel.
You don't have to eat everything on your plate. If you find yourself wasting food, and can't afford it, or feel guilty about such a practice, then order smaller portions when you eat out, and cook less at home, or split portions in two where practical for another meal another day, and freeze it.
You don't have to eat every time you do anything. It's perfectly fine to go to a movie without a 32 ounce soda, and a large popcorn. If you've eaten before you went into the theatre, and you're going to eat again when you leave or get home, you'll survive quite well without those extra calories! Also think how much money you save each time you don't eat stuff that you really don't need. You'll find after a while, you break the habit of heading for the concession stand in any case.


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Here's Laquita's Friday Girl from our Friday clay play day. She had to scan her, I think she's fabulous and am glad to be able to show you Laquita's pin.
It really is fun to get together with other clayers and be able to create and share. I don't have many people here that even know what polymer clay is let alone actually work with it. So it was nice to have Laquita make the long trip to spend the day.
Today was full of yard work and swimming in the lake. Our dog loves to fetch in the lake. Wears us all out but good fun. So, sun and work and some hamburger on the grill, that was today.
Tomorrow is a special day!


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A man in his late 60s was taken to hospital last night after his car hit a lamppost in Radlett.
The accident happened just after 6pm on the corner of Goodyers Avenue, just off Watling Street.
Firefighters from Garston and Borehamwood were called after reports the male was trapped in his Nissan Almera.
Police and an ambulance also attended, and the elderly male was taken to Barnet hospital for further assessment.
The ambulance service said he was not believed to be seriously injured.


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As we celebrate Black History Month and the invaluable contributions of African-Americans in areas of technology, entertainment, science, mathematics and the arts, we are reminded of their traditional roots in African textiles as well. From their textured bogolani (mudcloth), colorful kente and richly colored indigo fabrics, to their Nigerian Lace, East African Kitenge and Egyptian cotton, African fabrics were hand-woven, painted, and dyed in tradition and meaning that sustains itself today. As well, we celebrate the symbolic Adinkra symbols of West Africa, storytelling wovens of Ghana, and abstract geometric shapes of the continent itself that can be found on printed cottons in many of our fabric stores and infused into the latest fashions.
Celebrating Black History Month Through African Fabric
J&O Top 20 MLB Cotton Craft Ideas
One thing we've learned through our over 50 years in the fabric business is that all the textile goods that come through our doors, are looking to be made into something special. From silky satins aspiring to be prom dresses and clear vinyl yearning to protect beautiful mahogany table tops, to polyester fleece desiring to warm an old mans' cold night or novelty cottons hoping to quell a child going through chemo with themed images from their favorite movie…like Elmo maybe. MLB cotton is no different. With so many baseball fans eager to show their FANatic love through some crafty means, our new major league baseball cottons arrive with just one goal in mind…to create that wonderful opportunity!
The Wait Is Over! MLB Cotton Fabric Is Finally BACK!
You asked. We listened. The long awaited MLB cotton fabrics are finally back in print and come May 2015, over twenty-five of the Major League Baseball teams will be available for purchase. Hip Hip Hooray!
No more searching for hours on Google or digging for hidden treasures on Ebay. No more avoiding demands from clients or adding on to wish lists from family and friends. From the Yankee's, Tigers, Giants and Rockies, to the Dodgers, Royals, Cardinals, and Mariners… East Coast New Yorker or West Coast Californian, your favorite teams are ready and waiting, and we are more than willing to start rolling out the yardage as you are to purchase.
Sugar and Spice and Everything Nice
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What are little girls made of? Sugar and spice and everything nice. That's what little girls are made of! Ask any mother of a little girl and she will agree with this poem whole heartily! There is just something fun about sewing for girls. All the lace and sparkles, netting and organza still makes me get excited. I suppose I've never outgrown dressing in pink and enjoying girl-y prints. Thankfully J&O has just the selection of fabric I need to fulfill all little girl's fairytale fantasies.
J&O Crafty Customer: Jenny's Angels
As our Facebook Fan page continues to grow, more and more of our crafty customers are showing off their cool creations for our J&O family and community to view, share and comment on. One such fan is Karen Jordan of Jenny's Angels, a line of custom made aprons and christening outfits designed in honor of Karen's best friend Jenny who passed awaiting a kidney transplant. For Karen, all babies are angels, and since her line is named for Jen, a portion of every design sold is donated to the American Diabetes Foundation in her name . Jenny also loved butterflies, so on all of Karen's custom christening gown designs there is a butterfly somewhere. Since Karen is a religious follower of our J&O Fabrics acebook page, she is constantly replenishing her fabric stock with cool prints from our store and has this to say about our fabulous collection of Michael Miller prints and more…
DIY Iron Caddy Saves Clothes and Money Too!
Being a mobile retailer, I am often traveling to and fro with my freshly created and pressed garments in tow to do a fashion show or event hours away. And while many times my destination will have an iron provided for needed touch ups, certainly that has not always been the case (especially w/provision of one that suits my taste). It is as a result of these past experiences that the decision to tote my own trusty iron along was finally made. Enter the DIY iron caddy.
J&O's 10 Top Most Popular NFL Fabrics!
With an exciting 2014 NFL football season already well underway (Go Eagles!!) quilters, crafters and die hard fans are buying up NFL fabric stock to make everything from quick-n-easy no-sew-fleece-throws to customized gifts rep'n the teams they (and others) love with visions of Superbowl 2015 wins dancing in their heads or if nothing less, some great games and stories along the way.
So what does all this mean for manufacturers and distributors like J&O Fabrics alike?
Demand! Demand! Demand! :O
J&O Celebrates National Keep Kids Creative Week 2014
Celebrated the last week of September, National Keep Kids Creative Week was started in the fall of 2003 by illustrator and author Bruce Van Patter. Bruce created National Keep Kids Creative Week to encourage kids to use their ideas and imaginings instead of relying on video games and television to do it for them. Once word got around, teachers began to celebrate it in their classrooms and since 2006, KKCW (Keep Kids Creative Week) has been listed in Chase's Calendar of Events, a high-profile, national directory of holidays and celebrations.
Colorful Classroom Crate Seat Tutorial
As the summer season comes to an end and teachers around the country convene on closed up classrooms looking to revive them on shoestring budgets in preparation for the influx of new students about to descend upon its furnishings in the weeks to come, DIY crate seats built for comfort and storage rate high on the time sensitive to-do-lists. But have no fear, J&O Fabrics has just the right selection of child-friendly fabrics at the click of a button to help our wonderful educators inspire impressionable minds while educating at the same time. From alphabet and addition themed prints to colorful character filled material and funky geometric designs, our assortment is as endless and our shoppers' creative minds. With the right fabric and just a few steps, your classroom can go from outdated to updated before the first class bell rings.


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Imagine if women were born with heeled feet. The hassle of going out and buying shoes would never occur, and we would probably save bagfuls of money.
Julie Rrap has replaced the natural environment with design in this picture of high heels. This is her most well known piece of work, as has won the Hermannâ's Art Award.
Check out other pieces of work by Julie Rrap in the gallery above.
Implications - Body distortion art is attractive to consumers because the imagery artists of this genre present are generally shocking and usual, yet incorporate familiar objects and concepts. The element of shock is extremely powerful with regard to consumerism, especially in a blogging and Internet world where shock drives sharing levels.
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Is the baby who has wings an angel or a monster? That is the question raised by François Ozon in
his mysterious film "Ricky". The film blends together a touching and miraculous fairy-tale and a harsh
reality of the ordinary French woman who's an unwed mother.
The action starts rather abruptly. A woman in her thirties, desperate and exhausted, seems to be at
her wit's end: she's all alone, two children for her to take care of. And here comes the decision to send
the little baby to an asylum for some period of time. Who knows, that might be just a cry of despair…
The outcome remains a mystery as the action moves back in time. It becomes possible to get acquainted with all the details of the story presented. The plot develops without any time shifts then. The woman, Katie by name, lives with her little daughter Lisa; and their life is quite insipid. The girl is wise beyond her years, shrewd and smart − these features of hers let her be a help for Katie.
Katie is a worker at some chemical factory and that is where she meets a Spanish man, Paco. Two lonely souls, two lonely hearts… Are they trying to satisfy the craving for caress and tenderness? It's hard to say so, as the couple has sex in the public toilet of the factory they work at. Though not shown directly, some affection appears between them.
Here Katie and Paco begin to live together and here their baby is born. The baby seems to be quite an ordinary one, but some strange non-vanishing premonition lingers during the whole film. The tension of the situation is underlined with the help of the colours used − the scenery is grey and dull. The background music is troubling, as though aimed to tickle our nerves. All these factors make us think that something should happen soon.
Still, life goes on and it turns to be not as marvellous as it should have been. It's hard for everybody to look after the baby, little Ricky. His parents begin to quarrel; it's quite obvious that they both are tired.
Once it's Paco's turn to take care of Ricky. The man seems to be really puzzled, but he succeeds and performs his duties well. That is why Paco feels very disappointed and offended when Katie, having seen some strange bruises on Ricky's back, accuses him of beating the baby. It's a shock for Paco and he leaves Katie. We don't see any tears of hers, but somehow we feel her pain. She shows an attitude of quiet resignation to her fate. She just continues to live.
One day when Katie returns home from work, she sees that Ricky's cot is empty. The baby is … at the wardrobe! It's a shock, it seems to be strange and impossible. But the truth is that Ricky has two little wings, like the birds do! Hard to imagine, but it is so. Is this a miracle or a burden? Katie still raises superior to circumstances, her decision is to be a loving mother for her baby, no matter winged or not.
The wings grow fast and Ricky doesn't cease to make attempts to fly. His mother and sister help him in these endeavours. And the father doesn't forget about Katie and children, he exchanges a few words with Lisa after her studies at school. He is not a callous monster who's scared of hardship, but a loving father, who does care for Katie and their son. It's his first step to return back.
One day Katie, Lisa and Ricky go to a mall to buy a present for Lisa and there a trouble happens… Ricky, having been left alone for some minutes, begins to fly over the lines of stands in the mall. As a result, he is being watched by the crowd of people, and everybody's trying to shoot a video of him using their cell phones. That's how Ricky becomes a miraculous celebrity. He's a live toy for the people, a sensation for the press and the object of scientific research for the doctors. And he is just a son for Katie.
After this incident Paco finally returns back. But are they happy now? No, they're not, because they are hunted by the journalists day and night. Paco sees the way out in demonstrating Ricky's flying to the press, as it's also a good method to get some money for Ricky's proper support. So, Ricky, being tied to a rope held by his mother, flies in front of the journalists… Katie, overwhelmed with feelings, lets go of the rope… Ricky flies away and disappears high over the lake… Is he gone for good? Is there a danger for him not to survive? These are the questions that rise in Katie's, Paco's and Lisa's heads. Katie suffers enormously, she often comes to the lake, looks up at the sky, hoping to see her son there.
One day she comes to the lake again. The poor woman is inconsolable… Her despair incites her to try to commit suicide. And here Ricky appears. He saves his mother's life not only in a literal way, but also in a figurative one. But there's still no place for him in the society… He flies away again.
Katie returns to her family and she feels real love for them. Soon after that she's pregnant again. And now her life is full of hope.
So, was Ricky a winged miracle? You can judge it yourself…
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POTTSTOWN PA – Attorney Andrew Monastra would like nothing better than to live where he works.
Monastra, a Pottstown lawyer who specializes in matters dealing with residential and commercial real estate, and who also serves as underwriting counsel to credit unions, has asked Borough Council if he can convert the third floor of the office building his firm occupies at 740 E. High St. into a residence for himself.
An advertisement published Monday (March 17, 2014) indicates the property, owned by Grand Review Holdings LLC, has two other tenants with which Monastra also is affiliated, Heartland Abstract and Venture Settlement. It is located in a Traditional Town Neighborhood Zoning District, and a residence there could be allowed as a conditional use if approved by the council.
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Do You Know What Cellulite Is… Really?
Despite the fact that around ninety percent of women have a dimpled cottage cheese like appearance, known as cellulite, on areas such as hips, thighs and buttocks… most women don't really know what cellulite is.
If you were to pose the question "What is cellulite?" to some of your women friends, you would most likely get an odd array of confused answers. Common replies to this question are usually things like toxic fat pockets, out of control fat cells or fat pushing through holes in your connective tissue. It seems that most people have heard all sorts of strange things about what cellulite is.
In order to get rid of cellulite once and for all… you need to get to the bottom of two questions, what is cellulite and what causes it. Then you will be better equipped about how to really get rid of it.
First of all, let's discuss what cellulite is not. It's not some weird type of toxic body fat, or out of control pockets of fat cells pushing through your connective tissue. It isn't caused by having a few glasses of wine or cups of coffee… and it's not a genetic curse passed down from your grandmother.
Cellulite is not a thing… it's actually just a word made up in a European beauty spa a few decades ago to give a name to the bumpy, dimpled, cottage cheese like appearance of the skin seen on the lower female body trouble spots (legs, hips, thighs and buttocks)
It's not a fat problem, that's why even thin women can have cellulite and it's not a skin problem either, that's why the cellulite creams and home remedies don't have a long term
lasting effect. The only thing they do is temporarily tighten the skin making it look smoother.
They don't actually get rid of the cellulite.
So What Is Cellulite Exactly?
It's an underlying structural problem caused by mushy, soft, out of shape muscles. When the muscles are weak and untoned, they can't support the skin layers above… so the skin buckles and dents and that is what causes the dimply, pitted, cottage cheese like appearance.
Therefore, as it is a muscle issue, the only real way to get rid of cellulite long term is with the right type of exercise to firm and tone the muscles so they can better support the layers above. That is how you get rid of the visible appearance of "cellulite".
Now that you know a bit more about what cellulite is, here's a video that will give you more information about the best exercises to get rid of cellulite.
There's also a great article here, written by an expert in women's body enhancement and
fitness that you may find interesting. This article goes further into answering the questions what is cellulite, what causes it and how do you get rid of it. It is a great read and has already been shared over 21,000 times on Facebook :
What Is Cellulite And The 5 Keys To Getting Rid Of It
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The recordings and mix of 'Never Cry Wolf' , the new album of Dutch heavy metal group LORD VOLTURE, have been completed. The album will contain 11 tracks covering over 67 minutes of pure delicacy for the steel-hearted. Its production was entrusted to Yuma van Eekelen (Pestilence) and Bart Hennephof (Textures) from Final Focus Studio. Among the tracks is a guest performance by vocalist Sean Peck from US power metal crusaders CAGE. The cover artwork was performed by artist Bas Wijers who also did the band's previous album 'Beast Of Thunder'.
The release is scheduled for 11 November 2011 through LORD VOLTURE's own distribution network. The preorder will open shortly. For now, the band made available one of their new songs already through their homepage.


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The name Westville was chosen because the community was west of the Albion Mines. The first settlers actually refered to the area as the Acadia Village until a public meeting was held in 1868 and the area was renamed Westville. Incorporated in 1894, Westville has a long history of coal mining dating back to 1864 when coal was first discovered. Then in 1866 the Acadia Mine opened. Westville, became home to a thriving coal mining industry. At its peak, during WWI, Westville boasted three underground workings; the Black Diamond, the Acadia and the Drummond. However, the last underground mine, the Drummond pit, closed in the 1970s. Extensive open-pit mining on the Drummond and Acadia sites was carried out throughout the 1980s and 1990s, by Pioneer Coal Limited. Today one of the Town's many recreational facilities sits on this land, donated to the Town by Pioneer Coal. While the mines have now closed the miner's monument at Acadia Park still stands as a tribute honoring those touched by the town's mining disasters.
Like many coal towns Westville was a hotbed of sports. Baseball was very popular among the miners. One of the Westville baseball teams was crowned Maritime champion in 1927 and the legendary Babe Ruth visited the town in 1936 hitting a ball over the centre field fence. Some of the Town's sporting trophys from this era are currently on display at the Town's Civic Building.
Today, Westville and the surrounding area make up the third largest population centre in Nova Scotia. Westville's Main Street features banks, shops, restaurants and a recently renovated and renamed Foodland supermarket, as well as the newly built Lawtons, which is attached to the local doctor's office in the community. A Nova Scotia highway rest stop was opened at the end of Cowan Street off Exit 21 of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Where the Acadia mine once stood today stands Acadia Park. The land has been reclaimed and returned to its former state featuring walking trails, bridges, green spaces, and a childrens play area. This is just one of the many examples where the former mining Town pays hommage to its mining history.
Over the years, Westville has seen its share of mining successes and disasters. The monument in the Acadia Park dedicated to past miners of the Town, provides a peaceful spot to stop and reflect on those fearless forefathers of the town who dug "black diamonds from the ground". The monument is the oldest and tallest outside a cemetery in Nova Scotia.


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Man Shot in Dutchtown in Broad Daylight
Sarah Fenske
May 27, 2011 at 9:14 AM
The 4100 block of Nebraska -- the site of yet another shooting in Dutchtown.
Two men were shot yesterday in separate incidents in St. Louis -- but both are expected to survive the attacks.
In the first instance, a man in the 4100 block of Nebraska Avenue, at the intersection of Meramec, was shot in broad daylight while walking through an alley. According to the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department, the victim, a 21-year-old black male, was shot by another black male believed to be in his early 20s. The suspect was described as approximately 5'7", with a thin build, dark complexion and low-cut hair. He was wearing all black clothing.
That shooting happened around 12:30 p.m.; the victim was taken to the hospital and is in stable condition.
What makes yesterday's shooting particularly troubling, however, is that it happened in Dutchtown, the site of a series of recent shootings -- two men have been shot in the neighborhood in the last two weeks while interrupting burglaries. (One man, St. Louis American circulation manager Paul Reiter, was killed; the other, who has not been named,
is in serious condition
.) That neighborhood was also the site of the high-profile killing of Hoang Nguyen, an elderly Vietnamese immigrant who was beaten to death while walking to the grocery store.
Police have launched the
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initiative to curb violence, but if yesterday's shooting is any indication, they have a tough challenge ahead.
Last night, another man was shot in near O'Fallon Park, in north St. Louis, according to the police department. Around 12:20 a.m., a 39-year-old black male was walking in alley near 4400 Bircher when a younger black male brandished a gun and demanded his wallet.
"The victim attempted to disarm the suspect and the suspect's gun discharged, striking the victim in the leg," according to the police department's official summary. "The suspects then fled east on Bircher. The victim was taken to an area hospital where doctors indicated he was stable and had a non-life threatening injury." Police say the victim recognized his assailant, so this one might get solved pretty quickly.
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Sammies Farm to Fork at The Station is your choice in Roseville, CA for Fresh, Healthy, Organic food collected from the local farms, conforming to what we always strive to deliver - Local Food from Local Farms.
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