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Erica Enders-Stevens (shown in near lane at Gainesville) didn't blow it in the Vegas winds
Girl power reigned supreme as Alexis DeJoria (Funny Car) and Erica Enders-Stevens (Pro Stock) raced to victories Sunday at the SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Tony Schumacher (Top Fuel) also was a winner at the fourth event on the 2014 Mello Yello Drag Racing Series schedule. It was the second time that two female drivers have earned victories at the same NHRA event. In 2012, Courtney Force and Enders-Stevens made history as the first pair of females to win the same race at Pacific Raceways near Seattle.
Coming into her third full-time season in Funny Car, DeJoria had only appeared in one career final. The 2014 season has changed the fortunes for her Patron XO Cafe Toyota Camry team as she outpaced Robert Hight with a 4.026-second pass at 309.98 mph. It's the second win of her career following her breakthrough victory in Phoenix earlier this season, coincidentally also over Hight. "This was definitely a grudge match [with Hight] coming off our win in Phoenix," DeJoria said. "I was just in shock when we won there. It was gratifying and intense. Today my team gave me a good car and got me down the track first. I really appreciate them so much and all they give up to help this team go racing."
DeJoria defeated Matt Hagan, Tony Pedregon and Cruz Pedregon to reach her first final in Las Vegas, the home headquarters of her primary sponsor. "It was a good day at the office, especially with the Patron Spirits company located right here in Las Vegas," DeJoria said.
Hight, appearing in his third final to start the season, piloted his Auto Club ford Mustang to the final with victories over Jeff Arend, Paul Lee and Ron Capps. Hight's second round win over Lee was especially surprising. Many had expected Hight and 16-time Funny Car world champ John Force to face off but Force was ousted by Lee.
DeJoria departs Las Vegas third in points and holds the most wins so far during the season. Despite losing in the final, Hight takes over the points lead.
Enders-Stevens had a successful weekend in Las Vegas, sweeping the K&N Horsepower Challenge and taking today's Pro Stock title. After defeating Dave Connolly to win $50,000 on Saturday, Enders-Stevens took out Larry Morgan, Steve Kent, Chris McGaha and Jason Line to secure her seventh career victory at the controls of her Elite Motorsports Chevy Camaro.
After struggling to find sponsorship and only being able to race a partial schedule last season, Enders-Stevens is thankful for the opportunity that team owner Richard Freeman presented her for 2014. "I have a different mindset," Enders-Stevens of her new attitude this year. "It goes back to the people [I'm around] – for the first time since I raced with my family as a kid, and then in the sportsman ranks, I'm having fun again. As a driver, it adds a lot of pressure when you have the fastest car, but I like that."
With that win, she became the third winningest female driver in a pro class behind only Angelle Sampey and Shirley Muldowney. She leaves Las Vegas as the Pro Stock points leader, becoming the first female in history to lead the point standings in the factory hot rod category. "It certainly is very important to us, it keeps us going on this 24-race schedule," said Enders-Stevens, who earned $100,000 during the weekend which also includes a $25,000 Sweep Bonus from NHRA. "This is storybook. We've gone a few years without sponsorship; there were definitely more lows than highs. It would have been easy to quit. This is definitely a highlight. Next to winning a championship, this is probably the coolest thing in the world."
Line was going for his second victory of the 2014 season and second at Las Vegas. The driver of the Summit Racing Equipment Chevy Camaro defeated Deric Kramer, Dave Connolly and teammate Jimmy Alund en route to the final.
In Top Fuel, Schumacher snapped a 15-race winless drought by beating points leader Doug Kalitta with a performance of 3.797 at 326.16 in his U.S. Army dragster. It was Schumacher's 73rd career victory and his eighth at Las Vegas. "The final round was fantastic, I could hear him the whole way," said Schumacher, who was racing in his 126th career Top Fuel final. "It was important for us to get this win. There's a lot of pressure early in the season to get a win and get into the Shootout for a chance to race for $100,000. I love the pressure. We're a high-pressure, adversity kind of team."
Schumacher advanced to the final with early round wins over Troy Buff, Spencer Massey and Antron Brown. "I'm not angry that we hadn't won in a long time," Schumacher said. "I was disappointed, but I understand that you have to make leaps and bounds. Kalitta is running great, Antron (Brown) is running good, the Alan Johnson [Al-Anabi] cars are going to be bad to the bone pretty soon. We have to keep forcing the issue."
Kalitta has had the best start to the season in Top Fuel and continued that by reaching his third final of the year. With the win in Gainesville and the two runner-up finishes at Pomona and Las Vegas, Kalitta increased his points lead over Brown to 73 points.
Final finish order (1-16) at the 15th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The race is the fourth of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series.
1. Tony Schumacher; 2. Doug Kalitta; 3. Antron Brown; 4. Steve Torrence; 5. J.R. Todd; 6. Bob Vandergriff; 7. Shawn Langdon; 8. Spencer Massey; 9. Khalid alBalooshi; 10. Terry McMillen; 11. Richie Crampton; 12. Troy Buff; 13. Mike Strasburg; 14. Steve Faria; 15. Clay Millican; 16. Brittany Force.
1. Alexis DeJoria; 2. Robert Hight; 3. Ron Capps; 4. Cruz Pedregon; 5. Jack Beckman; 6. Courtney Force; 7. Paul Lee; 8. Tony Pedregon; 9. Tim Wilkerson; 10. John Force; 11. Del Worsham; 12. Jeff Arend; 13. Matt Hagan; 14. Chad Head; 15. Jon Capps; 16. Tommy Johnson Jr..
1. Erica Enders-Stevens; 2. Jason Line; 3. Chris McGaha; 4. Jimmy Alund; 5. Shane Gray; 6. Jeg Coughlin; 7. Dave Connolly; 8. Steve Kent; 9. Larry Morgan; 10. Rodger Brogdon; 11. Deric Kramer; 12. Allen Johnson; 13. V. Gaines; 14. Vincent Nobile; 15. Mark Wolfe; 16. Matt Hartford.
Sunday's final results from the 15th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The race is the fourth of 24 in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series:
Top Fuel — Tony Schumacher, 3.797 seconds, 326.16 mph def. Doug Kalitta, 3.814 seconds, 321.12 mph.
Funny Car — Alexis DeJoria, Toyota Camry, 4.026, 309.98 def. Robert Hight, Ford Mustang, 4.083, 315.42.
Pro Stock — Erica Enders-Stevens, Chevy Camaro, 6.612, 208.78 def. Jason Line, Camaro, 6.633, 208.23.
Top Alcohol Dragster — Joey Severance, 5.269, 269.78 def. Johnny Ahten, 5.588, 259.91.
Top Alcohol Funny Car — Nick Januik, Chevy Monte Carlo, 5.631, 256.65 def. Jay Payne, Ford Mustang, DQ.
Competition Eliminator — Lou Ficco Jr., Pontiac GXP, 7.008, 195.17 def. Clint Sallee, Dragster, 6.780, 199.79.
Super Stock — Peter Biondo, Pontiac Firebird, 9.862, 133.96 def. Andrew Durham, Dodge Challenger, 9.638, 135.82.
Stock Eliminator — Peter Biondo, Chevy Camaro, 10.672, 115.74 def. Ryan Mangus, Camaro, 11.562, 101.97.
Super Comp — Steve Williams, Dragster, 9.049, 171.14 def. Sheldon Gecker, Dragster, 9.036, 168.83.
Super Gas — Trevor Larson, Chevy Corvette, 10.296, 143.00 def. Steve Parsons, Corvette, 10.044, 170.11.
Final round-by-round results from the 15th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the fourth of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series:
ROUND ONE — J.R. Todd, 3.822, 323.74 def. Richie Crampton, 3.837, 312.57; Tony Schumacher, 3.808, 320.13 def. Troy Buff, 3.857, 310.27; Doug Kalitta, 3.844, 320.58 def. Steve Faria, 4.070, 249.26; Antron Brown, 3.758, 322.19 def. Mike Strasburg, 3.996, 305.01; Steve Torrence, 3.785, 326.63 def. Terry McMillen, 3.826, 301.33; Spencer Massey, 3.805, 320.43 def. Clay Millican, 4.212, 207.91; Bob Vandergriff, 3.824, 313.00 def. Brittany Force, 7.525, 68.56; Shawn Langdon, 3.796, 321.88 def. Khalid alBalooshi, 3.810, 319.45;
QUARTERFINALS — Kalitta, 3.837, 322.42 def. Vandergriff, 3.842, 316.97; Schumacher, 4.869, 220.69 def. Massey, 12.908, 68.25; Brown, 3.774, 326.48 def. Langdon, 3.873, 300.80; Torrence, 3.804, 324.83 def. Todd, 3.800, 321.96;
SEMIFINALS — Kalitta, 3.785, 325.37 def. Torrence, 4.941, 178.66; Schumacher, 3.812, 327.43 def. Brown, 3.875, 300.46;
FINAL — Schumacher, 3.797, 326.16 def. Kalitta, 3.814, 321.12.
ROUND ONE — Robert Hight, Ford Mustang, 4.082, 314.02 def. Jeff Arend, Dodge Charger, 4.768, 170.97; Ron Capps, Charger, 7.856, 82.57 def. Tim Wilkerson, Mustang, foul; Jack Beckman, Charger, 4.125, 308.78 def. Tommy Johnson Jr., Charger, 8.354, 80.00; Courtney Force, Mustang, 4.106, 310.05 def. Jon Capps, Chevy Impala, foul; Paul Lee, Charger, 4.132, 300.60 def. John Force, Mustang, 4.137, 302.96; Tony Pedregon, Toyota Camry, 4.171, 291.32 def. Del Worsham, Camry, 4.545, 211.39; Alexis DeJoria, Camry, 4.071, 305.08 def. Matt Hagan, Charger, 4.998, 185.36; Cruz Pedregon, Camry, 4.757, 207.91 def. Chad Head, Camry, 5.050, 232.79;
QUARTERFINALS — R. Capps, 4.133, 311.63 def. Beckman, 4.135, 311.27; C. Pedregon, 4.104, 297.94 def. C. Force, 4.144, 308.43; Hight, 4.086, 316.82 def. Lee, 4.312, 269.40; DeJoria, 4.125, 307.37 def. T. Pedregon, 4.604, 190.59;
SEMIFINALS — DeJoria, 4.090, 309.34 def. C. Pedregon, 9.007, 82.23; Hight, 4.073, 315.86 def. R. Capps, 4.133, 310.84;
FINAL — DeJoria, 4.026, 309.98 def. Hight, 4.083, 315.42.
ROUND ONE — Jimmy Alund, Chevy Camaro, 7.821, 194.18 def. Vincent Nobile, Camaro, 8.110, 178.10; Shane Gray, Camaro, 6.647, 207.91 def. V. Gaines, Dodge Avenger, 7.498, 148.59; Steve Kent, Camaro, 6.673, 206.54 def. Allen Johnson, Dodge Dart, 6.782, 207.43; Jason Line, Camaro, 6.645, 207.37 def. Deric Kramer, Avenger, 6.705, 206.29; Dave Connolly, Camaro, 6.657, 207.59 def. Matt Hartford, Avenger, 22.863, 24.93; Chris McGaha, Camaro, 6.621, 207.69 def. Rodger Brogdon, Camaro, 6.702, 206.67; Jeg Coughlin, Dart, 6.697, 207.88 def. Mark Wolfe, Ford Mustang, 12.622, 68.35; Erica Enders-Stevens, Camaro, 6.645, 207.66 def. Larry Morgan, Mustang, 6.693, 206.80;
QUARTERFINALS — Alund, 6.689, 206.92 def. Coughlin, 6.653, 207.82; Line, 6.652, 207.72 def. Connolly, 6.654, 207.91; Enders-Stevens, 6.626, 208.39 def. Kent, 6.674, 206.86; McGaha, 6.644, 207.69 def. Gray, 6.649, 208.46;
SEMIFINALS — Line, 6.645, 207.98 def. Alund, 6.647, 208.10; Enders-Stevens, 6.618, 208.65 def. McGaha, foul;
FINAL — Enders-Stevens, 6.612, 208.78 def. Line, 6.633, 208.23.
Point standings (top 10) following the 15th annual SummitRacing.com NHRA Nationals at The Strip at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, the fourth of 24 events in the NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series –
Top Fuel
1. Doug Kalitta, 412; 2. Antron Brown, 339; 3. Steve Torrence, 314; 4. Tony Schumacher, 262; 5. Spencer Massey, 236; 6. Khalid alBalooshi, 229; 7. Shawn Langdon, 223; 8. Brittany Force, 191; 9. Richie Crampton, 157; 10. Bob Vandergriff, 150.
Funny Car
1. Robert Hight, 367; 2. John Force, 358; 3. Alexis DeJoria, 299; 4. Ron Capps, 241; 5. Del Worsham, 224; 6. Courtney Force, 207; 7. Tommy Johnson Jr., 205; 8. Matt Hagan, 204; 9. Jack Beckman, 202; 10. Bob Tasca III, 194.
Pro Stock
1. Erica Enders-Stevens, 344; 2. Jason Line, 329; 3. Allen Johnson, 317; 4. V. Gaines, 276; 5. (tie) Dave Connolly, 267; Vincent Nobile, 267; 7. Shane Gray, 237; 8. Jeg Coughlin, 214; 9. Chris McGaha, 191; 10. Jimmy Alund, 169.
The NHRA Mello Yello Drag Racing Series continues April 11-13 with the NHRA Four-Wide Nationals at zMAX Dragway near Charlotte, N.C.


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PISA 2009 Results: Overcoming Social Background
Equity in Learning Opportunities and Outcomes (Volume II)
Volume II of PISA's 2009 results looks at how successful education systems moderate the impact of social background and immigrant status on student and school performance. The volume opens with an introduction to PISA and a Reader's Guide providing information that will help readers understand the data. Chapter 1 focuses on the magnitude of differences in student performance across countries and the extent to which these differences relate to socio-economic background. Chapter 2 examines the extent to which students and schools with different socio-economic backgrounds have access to similar educational resources, and the impact of background and school on learning outcomes. Chapter 3 examines the relationship between student performance and different aspects of socio-economic background. Chapter 4 compares the performance of students with an immigrant background with the performance of other students. Chapter 5 analyses the impact of socio-economic background of schools on reading performance. The final chapter examines policy implications of the findings. Annexes provide detailed statistical data and technical information.
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What to know about the online gaming industry to worth Rs 29000 Crores by 2025?
In FY21, Rs 13 600 crores were estimated. Of the overall sizes, casual online gaming is the largest and represents 44 percent of the total online games revenue at Rs 6,000 crore.
As regards users, 97% of total players in last year were in the casual gaming online sub-section of 42 crore gamers, and FY25 is projected to keep this share going, the study said.
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Microsoft readying multiple Windows Blue servers and a Blue Windows RT build
It shouldn't be too much of a surprise to anyone who has been following the Windows Blue rumors and news, but there's now more confirmation about Microsoft's plans to release both a Windows RT version and multiple server versions of Windows Blue.
On March 24, what appeared to be a build of Windows Blue leaked to the Web. Some called this build a "partner" build of Windows Blue. One of my trusted sources has told me that the leaked build, number 9364, is real and is a direct internal engineering build, current as of the past week or so.
Stephen Chapman of MSFTKitchen did a teardown of the leaked bits. He discovered mentions of the following Windows Blue SKUs that are apparently in the works:
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- Windows Blue Enterprise Server
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Update: As Most Valuable Professional Aidan Finn (@joe_elway) reminded me, as of Windows Server 2012, Microsoft dropped Web Server and Enterprise Server from its Windows Server line-up. So there may be shadows of the past reflected in this in-development list. The current Win Server 2012 versions include Standard, Essentials, Datacenter and Foundation. The only thing that seems for sure is there will be multiple Win Server Blue editions, which is, again, what one would expect.
Chapman's discovery means we now have further confirmation that Microsoft will be almost certainly making a Blue version of Windows RT available, alongside two new Windows client builds (Personal and Professional), plus multiple server SKUs.
Windows Blue client and server builds are expected to be released to manufacturing in late summer this year. There will also be a Windows Phone Blue product coming some time after that, sources have said. Microsoft officials are continuing to decline to say anything about any of the Blue releases.
While talking Blue, I want to point out a couple of observations from around the Web about the leaked build. As many sites have previously reported, Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is built into Blue. Neowin noted this past weekend that IE11 may include tab-syncing functionality, which could potentially allow users to sync tabs across Windows Phone and Windows, going forward.
And as my Windows Weekly cohost Paul Thurrott (whose image of the leaked Blue build I've embedded in this post) noted, more and more of the settings that are currently built into the Windows 8 Control Panel (in the Desktop) are going Metro. Though Microsoft definitely isn't phasing out the Desktop with Blue, it's slowly chipping away at making the Desktop less necessary for its own software and services.
It will be interesting to see when there are enough Metro-style apps to embolden the company enough to totally remove the Desktop, which allows Win32 programs to run on Windows 8. I'd bet that won't be any time soon.


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A Chinese Champion of Peace and Freedom
January 2010
On Christmas Day last year, one of China's best-known human rights activists, the writer and university professor Liu Xiaobo, was condemned to 11 years in prison. Liu is one of the main drafters of Charter 08, a petition inspired by Czechoslovakia's Charter 77, calling on the Chinese government to adhere to its own laws and constitution, and demanding the open election of public officials, freedom of religion and expression, and the abolition of "subversion" laws.
For his bravery and clarity of thought about China's future,Liu deserves the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. There are two reasons why we believe that Liu would be a worthy recipient of that prestigious award.
First and foremost, he stands in the tradition of Nobel Peace Prize laureates who have been recognized for their contribution to the struggle for human rights. Nobel laureates such as Martin Luther King, Lech Walesa, and Aung San Suu Kyi are but a few of the many examples that the Nobel Committee has recognized in previous years.
We are convinced that the concepts that Liu and his colleagues put down on paper in December 2008 are both universal and timeless. These ideals – respect for human rights and human dignity, and the responsibility of citizens to ensure that their governments respect those rights – represent humanity's highest aspirations.
Should the Nobel Committee choose to recognize Liu´s courage and sacrifice in articulating these ideals, it would not only draw global attention to the injustice of Liu's 11-year sentence. It would also help to amplify within China the universal and humanistic values for which Liu has spent so much of his life fighting.
The second reason why Liu deserves the Nobel Peace Prize resonates with Alfred Nobel's original intent for the award. In working to promote human rights, political reform, and democratization in China, Liu has made a significant contribution to the values of peace and fraternity among nations that Nobel had in mind when he created the award more than a century ago.
Of course, democratization does not automatically guarantee better behavior on the world stage. But it does facilitate a full and rigorous public debate over key questions of a state´s foreign and domestic policies. This active and searching conversation, the hallmark of a democratic polity, is the best hope for better decisions by governments, both at home and abroad.
Liu's committed advocacy on behalf of democracy in China is, above all, intended for the benefit of the Chinese people. But his courage and example may help to accelerate the dawn of the day when China's participation in international affairs is aided by the expertise and oversight of civil-society groups, an independent media, and an engaged citizenry able to express its views through the ballot box.
It is primarily for these two reasons that we believe that Liu would be a worthy recipient of the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize. In conferring on Liu one of the world's highest honors, the Committee would be signaling once again the importance of human rights and democracy on the one hand, and world peace and international solidarity on the other.
Liu's harsh prison sentence was meant as an exemplary measure, a stern warning to all other Chinese who might want to follow his path. We are convinced that there are moments when exemplary civic engagement, such as Liu's, requires an exemplary response. Awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize is precisely the response that his courage deserves.
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print $node_det->field_strapline['und'][0]['value'];?>Designing for play and playful experiences has been a central theme at Mobile Life since its start, and is integrated in several of the projects in the centre. This project serves to further integrate the research in the centre around a shared discourse on playful experiences. The result is a book named Plei-Plei presented together with a rich on-line material in the website: www.playfulness.info As playfulness was a central theme not only for the researchers in the Mobile Life centre, but a key ingredient in some of the work at Nokia, Ericsson and Microsoft, it became urgent to gather a lot of the research performed in this area. The book brings out a diverse set of ideas, methods, tools and ways of seeing playfulness.
Studies of playful practices - In the section that introduces studies of playfulness as it occurs in practices in the world, we present a whole range of playful activities, ranging from carefully crafted and well-organised practices to the propensity to have fun with whatever is offered – the mere play. Organised practices for pleasure may include hunting, going to a sports bar, or taking a horseback-riding lesson. 'Mere play' was found in e.g. studies of users who got a mobile for the first time.
We launched the book and website during summer 2012. Our hope is that designers will carry it in their handbags, scribbling in it when inspired, and that the book will encourage the interdisciplinary field of interaction design will articulate and engage with playfulness in all the different ways outlines in the book.
More information and a sneek peek can be found at plei-plei.info
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So let's talk about the weave. My weave was beautiful, but I decided to leave some of my real hair out to make it look more natural. I have never done this before. I usually get full weaves, not exposing any of my natural hair. Here is a close up (you know I can't resist showing off my handsome fiancé). This was a hasty decision because I didn't think about the maintenance for keeping my hair straight, especially since I have a trainer 3 times a week. When my hair was freshly straightened, it blended very well with the weave (this time I used wavy Indian Remy human hair). But as the days went on it was harder and harder to blend. I ended up putting heat on my hair 3 times a week and using that much heat on my hair concerned me. Since I rarely straighten my hair, I didn't want the heat to alter my curl pattern for that one section that I left out. I was very good about using heat protecting products before any heat touched my hair, but that still didn't make me feel comfortable.
Another issue I had to deal with was due to my hair thinning due to Alopecia. Making sure my scalp wasn't exposed was difficult and really left me feeling insecure. I did discover "hair shadow" which is basically eyeshadow for your scalp. The stuff is great. I was able to put this on my scalp to give the appearance of hair; this stuff was a lifesaver.
Well I managed to leave my weave in only for one month. I'm going to Brazil (yay) for 10 days and the thought of having to deal with the heat, humidity and my hair, was too much to think about. I have noticed that my curls are more relaxed in that one spot that I was flat ironing on a regular basis.
I'm glad to have my natural hair back. I'm still following my same wash, condition, and styling routine, but I am finding that I experiment with how I wear my twist outs a lot more. Here are some pics of my latest 'do. Also, I put a clear rinse in my hair a few months ago. I'm sure it has rinsed by now, but I'm loving my hair color (most of the henna has grown out).


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Traditional Christmas Sugar Cookies
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1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 3/4 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar (plus sugar to sprinkle prior to baking)
1/2 cup shortening
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
green and red decorative sugars & various other decorations
When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Sift salt and baking powder together with flour.
Mix in shortening and sugar with the flour mixture.
Beat in egg, making sure it is fully mixed; add the vanilla and stir well.
Roll mixture into a log, wrap in wax paper and refrigerate for a few hours.
When ready to use, remove the dough from the refrigerator and roll out on a flat working surface.
Allow children to cut dough using Christmas cookie cutters.
Place on ungreased cookie sheet and decorate cookies with decorative sugars.
Sprinkle a little sugar on each cookie prior to baking.
Bake for 7-10 minutes.
Cool before removing from cooking sheet.
Store in air tight container.
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I must have done something wrong... it has the consistency of bread crumbs. I can't roll it. Going to see if I can save it
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awesome my grandaughter and i make these every christmas and they are the first to disapear yummy-my grandaughter says the key ingredient is love


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A late afternoon photo, front yard.
A sunny photo, back yard.
Thank the Lord we never lost power with two different sets of freezing rain and ice with 4-6 inches of snow in between. Other states have had it worse, I feel for them.
I got lots done even with a husband home from work. I finished that pesky "possible" commission proposal yesterday….yea!!! This past weekend while I was out of town at another quilt retreat, I felt a nudge inside to….go for it!! Make the effort and do it.
We spent three days at Rosemary's quilt shop in Highland, IL. When the phone rang and someone asked, what are you doing, the classic answer was, sewing! I spent Thursday afternoon/evening finishing up entries for the Renewed, Repurposed, Reborn exhibit at Rend Lake, then Friday was spent making bag samples for my booth for shows (that was work). Saturday morning as I sat there quilting (doing something exciting for a change) on my stack and slash crazy quilt (pieced in 1999), with a cup of coffee and quilting friends, I decided that this, indeed, was the perfect morning.


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From NAPLES # N-008 Sorrento and Pompeii
- Продолжительность: 8 час. (прибл.)
- Код предложения: PWTDX0
For your convenience, meet your guide at 7.15 AM who will be waiting for you with the sign 'CBM Tours'.
Ride in comfort in a modern air-conditioned bus with both driver and an excellent English-speaking tour guide that will guide you throughout the day.
We will leave the port of Naples or Salerno and proceed to Sorrento, for a good two-hour visit. During your free time, be sure to try some limoncello and admire the ingenious local woodwork, and have a light lunch
Then we visit the Pompeii ruins, the highlight for many of our guests, where you'll get to explore an entire Roman city preserved by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. During your two-hour guided tour of the ruins, you'll walk the same streets that were walked two thousand years ago, and you'll see the elegant remains of villas, baths, temples, and even an ancient fast-food restaurant! It's truly one of the most remarkable sights in the world!
Enjoy a relaxing drive back to the port of Naples, and as always, we'll make sure you get back to your ship on time!
POMPEII TICKETS: 17 euro per adult, children up to 17 yrs. are free with ID, payment due in cash on the day of the tour. Price includes walking tour with guide, headsets included when needed.
* There may be slight modifications to the itinerary depending on local circumstances.
- Good walking shoes
- Bottle of water
- Camera
- Photo ID if student or child
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- IMHO, there should be a history of the rationale for each decision (pros and cons). This would avoid many repetitive discussions.
- As wiki syntax is going to be for the technically inclinded in the long run (with WYSIWYG editors becoming more popular for wikis all the time), I wonder why linebreaks are now the default, as opposed to explicit line breaks like in HTML and LaTeX. For my next wiki, I want to mix LaTeX and Creole so (in my case) this convention is quite unfortunate.
- One thing that I think transcends taste (like, admittedly, in the last item) is "" for italics. Why make parsing even more complicated and have italics clash with URIs? Why not use double tilde " ~~ " (squiggly lines are used for marking up italics in handwriting)? What about https: and mailto: URIs? At the very least, ":" should be exempt from being interpreted as italics (and not just "http://" and "ftp://".
- Could you further explain what the place holder {[x]} is about?
Thanks for the good work, it is really good to have a standard such as Creole.
-- AxelRauschmayer, 2006-10-21
What about the alt text for images?
-- RadomirDopieralski, 2006-10-04
I'm not sure I understand what CREOLE 0.2 is good for. Why are we changing standards again? Do we discuss each item again? What are the goals for CREOLE 1.0? Do you try to create a feature complete syntax from what was intended as a basic common denominator set?
-- Andreas Gohr, 2006-10-05
Creole 0.2 violates Goals#
In particular:
- Using {{..}} for pre is not collision free - {{..}} is used by MediaWiki for templates. This is a huge collision - it would prevent Creole co-existing with MediaWiki, probably the most popular wiki of them all. (Being collsion free is the number one goal.)
- Using <<..>> for images. This violates goal 4, Not New. According to wikimatrix no wiki uses <<..>> for images.
- Using <<..>> for images is not collision free - it collides with TiddlyWiki's use of <<..>> for macros.
-- MartinBudden, 2006-10-08
I see that some changes have been reverted, and so the previous comments should be considered resolved. But I've noticed that the syntax for placeholders is still different form previous version:
Is it intended, or simply forgotten?
Apart from this, I would like to see quotations and simple tables included into Creole 0.2. From my point of view, they would make Creole much more useful. I see there's some discussion about tables, but nothing about quotations... This is quite surprising!
I think the chosen goals are reasonable and important, and the proposed syntax is quite good for satisfying them. But probably now having some use cases would help a lot.
Changing the placeholder syntax back to Creole 0.1 was just forgotten. Sorry about that.
I read: "Any markup within a link will not be parsed".
Is it necessary to specify this? I would say this is in contrast with the ExtensibleByOmission goal. Moreover in Images there are examples of images inside links, which is a special case of markup inside links. Thanks.
-- 2006-11-06, MicheleTomaiuolo
Please give a bit more notice before declaring something final. On Nov 9 you stated that Creole 0.2 would be declared final on Nov 11. Two day's notice is hardly enough: it's only sufficient for people who read the site every day, and even for them it assumes they have time to comment on any given day.
-- MartinBudden, 2006-11-13
Well, it was just a minor change, but you are right. We should agree on a ReleasePolicy, but right now i don't have a clue how it could look like. Maybe you could post links to other release policies so that we could learn from them.
-- ChristophSauer, 2006-11-14
Martin, when would you suggest be the final date before declaring Creole 0.2 final? It really is only a very minor change and has been on the site for a month now for comment.
--ChuckSmith, 2006-11-14
I'm not asking for you to not declare Creole 0.2 final (after all, you are still accepting comments on 0.3), merely that in future you give more notice. I suggest 2 week's notice for a 0.x release and (at least) a month's notice before you declare Creole 1.0 final.
-- MartinBudden, 2006-11-16
I found an error in the section "Bold, Italics, Links, Pre in Lists". The last list item in the Creole example contains preformatted markup which should render to <tt> in the recommended XHTML output but does not.
-- OliverHorn, 2006-11-23
Thanks! I just corrected it.
-- ChuckSmith, 2006-11-23
I was wondering if there could be wiki creole syntax for underlining and striking text ? These can be very convenient to emphasize something in a text. I often see stroke text as a way to express some sort of "slip of the tongue". So, here is my suggestion, which feels quite straightforward to me, at least :
- underscore as __my underscore text__
- strike as --my stroke text--
If there is a discussion somewhere on this website about "why creole shouldn't have strike and underscore", sorry for the disturbance for I didn't find it.
-- ThomasGirod, 2006-11-28
Thanks for your suggestion. We are in the process of gathering information and forming kind of GoodPractices for creating a wiki markup -- please add anything you find useful to this link language.
I'm not sure about everyday usefulness of a "subscript" markup, outside some very specific areas of science, which beg for their own markup extensions anyways.
As for strikeout markup, I'm of two minds. On the one hand, I often use those "^H" myself, as a kind of rhetoric figure or pun (by the way, why not use it as the markup? ;) ), on the other hand, it's really very rare -- remember that every feature added to WikiCreole makes it a little harder both to implement and inculcate for wiki developers and admins, and to learn for wiki users. Does it really give you such a great boos in expressiveness to justify that?
A separate issue is the choice of markup -- especially the possible conflicts with dashes and/or signature marks. But that's a minor problem, if we decide to include the "deleted" text, we can surely come up with markup for it.
The main question is: "Do we need it?" -- RadomirDopieralski, 2006-12-11


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The Massage Belt helps support your lower back or abs by taking pressure off the muscles that help you stand straight. You can also wear it as a back support while you are working or lifting heavyweight to protect your lower back.
Size of Belt:
35"L x 5" W + extension Velcro 10" Long = 45" Long (total )
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A recent global survey reported that 95% of us have experienced pain at some time.
With that pain there can be a noticeable drop in your joy or diminishes.
Daily life is dulled, and it is harder to do even simple things. Relationships suffer, and almost 50% of people said that pain made them feel older and less attractive. The traditional approach to health care was to prescribe medications (drugs) of various kinds; however, these bring their own complications. What if you had a way to ease chronic aches and pains without side effects often caused by taking medications? What if there was something that could give relief after just a few treatments? With HealthmateForever, you have an alternative to drugs.
- Clinically-proven pain relief;
- Easy to use, apply the pads;
- Pain relief for most health conditions.
- It is called TENS ( Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation)
-It's a simple process. Using special electrodes, It sends small electrical pulses through the skin ("Transcutaneous") of the targeted areas. This prevents or reduces any nerve-related pain signals being sent to the brain. But it also provides a second benefit. It also stimulates the body to produce natural (vs opioid-based) pain relievers called endorphins, providing drug-free pain relievers.
Yes. Many clinical trials and real-life situations have proven this. It's suitable for people of all ages, and is simple to use. You can start feeling the difference in minutes.
Yes, it's time to make life easier.
You may be familiar already about how chronic pain affects people. While the physical symptoms, whether heavy, throbbing aches or burning sensations, are bad enough, the emotional toll is just as bad. Long-term pain can dramatically impact your quality of life, leaving you depressed, anxious, angry, tired etc. and most importantly, feeling like you're unable to take part in your own life.
Medication, with frequent side effects may be popular to deal with chronic pain, but it's not the only way. Technology helps us apply ancient techniques to help deal with pain, with TENS and EMS being two of these. TENS (Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) sends small electrical pulses through your skin that target the nerves, blocking pain signals from getting to your brain. In effect, the TENS technology in HealthmateForever is a drug-free solution to pain relief. As an added benefit, it also encourages your body to produce hormones called "endorphins" that act as natural pain relievers.
It allows you to ease chronic pain plaguing your body. Studies have shown TENS to be effective for different types of pain, from the neck to the lower back, pelvis and other parts of the body. It's also been proven to help with mood and activity, simply as a result of freeing your body from debilitating pain. But most importantly, it lets you get on with life.
You do not have to put up with aches and pains any longer.
Here is your approach to aches and pains:
Most of us likd buying an over-the-counter pain relief drug when aches flare up will solve the problem. But more people are using an old drug-free technique called TENS (or Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation) to ease those aches and pains.
HealthmateForever is the drug-free solution to deal aches and pains.
HealthmateForever serves millions of people who used or are using or will used for pain management such as chronic pain, acute pain due, accident injury, post-surgery and wellness.
In today's world, we're more conscious of how much pain can affect our health and quality of life. Now we have the innovative technologies to deal with pain-related issues. HealthmateForever can soothe often aches and pains that make life uncomfortable for many.
Many women experience discomfort at the time of their periods. Research says 90% of girls and young women suffered from period pain, with 20-25% reporting that drug-based painkillers were no help.
Thankfully, there are other options you can use to ease period pain and live a little more freely during these difficult times. TENS is ideal for the treatment of painful menstruation. It is non-invasive and drug-free. Pads are placed on the back or at the abs, near the area of pain. TENS uses soothing pulses that are sent via the pads through the skin and along the nerve fibers.
HealthmateForever TENS, or Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation, is a technique that's been clinically proven to ease pain. Research has also shown that repeated use of TENS can dramatically reduce the pain during a week before your period. We suggest you do not use during period for safety purpose.
It is an undeniable fact that musculoskeletal (muscle and joint) pain steals years of life quality from tens of millions of people around the world. As many as 97% in many countries suffer from this kind of pain at some time, with more than 60% struggling on a weekly basis (or worse). People with pain in muscles and/or joints battle their bodies daily.
This kind of pain can make trying to live a "normal" life almost impossible. And while you can make lifestyle changes, like managing weight and moving about more, it might not be enough to get on top of musculoskeletal pain.
Fortunately, technology has developed to give sufferers an alternative, easy way to calm their pain. TENS - Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation - has been shown in numerous lab and field studies to relieve pain resulting from a range of muscle and joint conditions. In fact, since the 1980s TENS has been one of the most frequently used pain relieving "modalities" for Physical Therapists and is supported by a number of patient/physician interest groups including the Mayo clinic, Web MD, and the Cleveland Clinic.
while TENS has been used as a pain reliever for decades, modern technology has allowed thousands to bring it into their homes, or wherever they go. The HealthmateForever is a light-weight, easy to use device that gives people battling musculoskeletal pain time-tested relief. It is drug-free, you can use it as often as you need.
-Drug-free pain relief from your sciatic nerve pain
-Light-weight and portable so you can take it with you
-Use HealthmateForever as much as necessary
Yes, if you have ever faced a long recovery, whether from post-surgery, accident or injury, you know it can be challenging and frustrating, especially as you get older. It also needs a lot of hard work to build the body back to its normal, healthy condition. One way you can improve the recovery is with HealthmateForever. Used regularly around the affected areas of your body, it can recondition your muscles and improve blood circulation, as well as help restore flexibility and joint range of motion, giving your rehabilitation with use of our physical medical device.
While it provides one of the best drug-free ways, you can reduce pain. it isn't purely for pain relief. It can also deliver EMS, or Electrical Muscle Stimulation. Both use electrical pulses, but whereas TENS targets the nerves that block pain signals to the brain, the pulses from EMS target the muscle directly, causing it to contract, and enabling it to strengthen and grow. EMS also increases blood flow, providing a faster path for getting more restorative nutrients to affected areas, which can also speed your recovery from injury or surgery.
As the research shows, our bodies really do respond to EMS pulses that it delivers. Studies have reported that this mode of electro-stimulation can have a major impact on the musculoskeletal system, including arresting muscle weakness, reducing muscle atrophy, improving strength and increasing muscle endurance.
Workout, rest and recovery is better with help from HealthmateForever. You have to try to believe it.
Fitness is defined as "the ability to carry out daily tasks with vigor and alertness, without undue fatigue, and with ample energy to enjoy leisure-time pursuits and respond to emergencies."
Whether your "daily tasks" involve trying to regain physical function, getting through rehabilitation, doing chores, working out, or even sports competition – maintaining or increasing your strength is essential!
-Bedridden individuals improve physical function, and increase, maintain or slow the loss of muscle mass (atrophy)
-Rehab tasks and muscle reeducation programs are more easily and successfully managed
-"Regular" people get through their daily chores and activities with more energy
-Athletes and fitness enthusiasts are better prepared for their upcoming event or next training session
HealthmateForever provides a way to help them do.
Research has shown that EMS technology –it is an effective way to increase strength, whether used on its own or in combination with more traditional strengthening methods.
EMS (or Electrical Muscle Stimulation) works by sending small, painless electrical pulses through the skin directly into your muscles, making them contract. It is effective whether used on its own or in conjunction with traditional strengthening protocols.
EMS used on its own can increase the strength of healthy non-athletic adults and improve physical function in the elderly. It also works with elite athletes, improving maximal strength, speed, power, jumping and sprinting ability. EMS is used extensively in rehabilitation settings for "Muscle Re-education". This is a technique designed to retrain muscles and joints that are having trouble contracting and moving after a surgical procedure and/or post-surgery immobilization. EMS can make weak muscles stronger and slow the rate of muscle atrophy often seen in these situations. In addition, actively trying to contract the muscle during EMS can sometimes get the brain to re-learn how to contract the muscle on its own. EMS also increases blood flow to the muscles, potentially speeding up the healing process by increasing the delivery of oxygen and nutrients.
EMS superimposed on muscle during conventional training produces even greater benefits. It has been shown to increase strength and athletic performance more than voluntary contractions alone, increase the strength of muscle contractions and accelerates recovery from strength loss and muscle atrophy during rehabilitation.
It is fast becoming the choice for those who want to recover from exercise or workouts and get even stronger. In fact, a recent survey shows that not only buyers use it specifically for sports, and love to use it to speed up their recovery.
Getting over surgery or injury doesn't have to be a long painful way.
They don't ever have to struggle with recovering after surgery, injury or other major trauma. But for the rest of us, we're going to be staring at a lengthy, and often uncomfortable recovery period at some point in our lives… and maybe even several points.
One of the hardest parts of recovery is getting your body back to its former shape so you can live normally again. The discomfort - or even pain - that often follows surgery is a major obstacle on the road to recovery.
That's where HealthmateForever comes in.
The TENS and EMS technology embedded in all HealthmateForever devices can make a big difference in relief and recovery from post-surgery pain.
TENS or Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation is a very effective analgesic (pain reliever). It works by sending gentle electrical pulses through the affected body area, blocking the pain signals that would otherwise be sent to the brain. While particular opioid-like drugs are often used for pain relief, they are often accompanied by side effects. The TENS technology embedded in HealthmateForever is a drug-free method of relieving pain. As an added benefit, it also encourages your body to produce endorphins, hormones that work to relieve pain naturally.
What's more, it's proven to work. One study showed TENS reduced post-surgery pain in 94% of the people involved.
TENS has been used for pain relief in a wide variety of surgical procedures, including knee and shoulder, thoracic, gynecological and dental procedures. In some cases, has been reported to speed up the recovery process.
As well as pain, recovery from surgery often involves extensive rehabilitation. HealthmateForever is in your corner for this also!
EMS, or Electrical Muscle Stimulation, is often used (sometimes in partnership with TENS) to augment the post-surgery rehabilitation process. In contrast to TENS which stimulates the nerves, EMS directly stimulates the muscle, causing it to contract. It is primarily used for "Muscle Education", a technique to retrain muscles and joints that are having trouble contracting and moving after a surgical procedure and/or post-surgery immobilization. Actively trying to contract the muscle or move the joint during EMS can sometimes get the brain to re-learn how to do this itself. Finally, EMS is also effective in reducing muscle cramps and spasms as well as muscle atrophy, factors that often occur post-surgery and can slow the rehabilitation process.
In United States,Canada, Australia and other countries, thousands use these TENS and EMS techniques to ease post-surgery pain and enhance the speed and effectiveness of their recovery. With the HealthmateForever, they've got a device that's light-weight, easy to use and ready to help them get stronger, faster.
Yes, it can treat the affected area, promote blood circulation, reduce swelling, give drug free pain relief: Elbow pain that doesn't go away with rest and ice, or pain that doesn't go away even when you're not using your arm.
Elbow pain is often caused by overuse. Elbow pain can have causes that aren't due to underlying disease. For example, many sports such as tennis, local trauma, desk work, sprains, or strains, hobbies and jobs require repetitive hand, wrist or arm movements. Elbow pain may occasionally be due to arthritis.
Sports massage, which combines more gentle Chinese techniques with deep-tissue work, can also be effective for tendonitis inflammation and pain. The technique enhances circulation and uses friction to break up scar tissue, which can also reduce swelling. ... Your body has to heal from the massage as well as the injury. But it may take 4-6 weeks therapy. You also have to schedule time to go to massage therapist and may copay $35-$45 each session, but if you massage the swelling or painful tendon with HealthmateForever (preprogramed Chinese massage techniques such as Guasha or cupping or non-invasive needleless acupuncture ) to reduce swelling and fast pain relief just for a couple of days of self treatment at home or in the office or during travel. With HealthmateForever, just a frication of cost, you can enjoy unlimited soothing massage anywhere anytime.
For placement of pads, you may refer to the Most Normal Acupuncture Points Chart. If you do not have a hard copy, you can email us for a digital copy free at email@example.com.
Yes, it does.
Unfortunately, hamstring strains are both common and painful. They strike athletes of all sorts -- including runners, skaters, and football, soccer, and basketball players.
But what is a hamstring? It isn't actually a single ''string.'' It's a group of three muscles that run along the back of your thigh. They allow you to bend your leg at the knee.
During a hamstring strain, one or more of these muscles gets overloaded. The muscles might even start to tear. You're likely to get a hamstring strain during activities that involve a lot of running and jumping or sudden stopping and starting.
Some people use an elastic bandage around the leg to keep down swelling. Elevate your leg on a pillow when you're sitting or lying down. Take anti-inflammatory painkillers. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs will help with pain and swelling, but may result in drug side effects. As a matter of fact, when you try to use a bandage to keep down swelling, it could result in poor circulation of blood, still painful, but hundreds of testimonials prove that HealthmateForever is an alternative way to heal fast in a natural way without drug side effects, normally treat the affected area for a couple of days, it can dramatically reduce swelling and relieve pain.


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So I have now been on anti-depressants and anti-anxiety medication for over two years. My current cocktail (zoloft/sertraline, welbutrin, and clonazapam) has been fairly steady for over a year. Things are going well for the most part, so I am starting to wean myself off of the medications.
The concept is both exciting and terrifying.
When I started taking all of this stuff, I was in a very desperate position. There were few options. It was medication or check myself into a hospital. I'm glad that I made the decision to go on this medication, as it has allowed me to live and regain some semblance of normalcy.
Having said that, there is no doubt that you also lose something by taking anti-depressants and anxiety medication. The lows aren't nearly as low, but the highs aren't as high, either. The anxiety medication makes it so that I don't feel claustrophobic, but it also just makes you a little dulled to the world around you. I feel like I have been tired for two years, and that I don't even remember what it is like to be fully awake.
I am excited to start the process of going off of them, but I'm also scared. They have served as a safety net for a long time. They are one of the earthly causes to my ongoing healing. I don't want to go off of them, because I don't want to go back to where I was. But I don't want to stay where I am, either.
So there is the dilemma. I can't stay where I am, but I can't go forward either.
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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 73:26


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