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Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg is taking fire from the left in his quest to reform the country's immigration system.
Progressives and environmental activists are fuming over recent television ads from the subsidiaries of Zuckerberg's FWD.us umbrella group that tout lawmakers' pro-Keystone XL pipeline and oil drilling positions.
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"It's great that Mark Zuckerberg is promoting immigration reform. Too bad he has to do so by echoing big oil's agenda," Daniel Weiss, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, told POLITICO.
( PHOTOS: Mark Zuckerberg with pols)
CREDO Action, the activist arm of cell phone company CREDO Mobile, is hoping to hit Zuckerberg where it hurts — on Facebook. The group is planning a Facebook advertising campaign that takes aim at the FWD.us ads.
"We want to start using Facebook as a way to make the connection about how political Mark Zuckerberg has become," CREDO's political director Becky Bond said, noting that the group protested outside Zuckerberg's California home in February when he hosted a fundraiser for New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
A CREDO Action member has also launched a petition calling on Zuckerberg to end the ads.
"While your support and advocacy for comprehensive immigration reform is laudable, it should not come at the expense of the planet, especially when all of FWD.us's key leaders claim to support renewable energy and efforts to combat climate change," said the petition, which had more than 17,000 signatures as of Monday afternoon. Bond said they plan to deliver the petitions to Facebook headquarters during a protest Wednesday with activists from 350.org.
( Also on POLITICO: Silicon Valley learning the D.C. art of secret money)
The Sierra Club is taking a similar approach. The environmental group encouraged its members Monday to share a note that says, "Zuckerberg promoting dirty fuels? DISLIKE."
The critics say they are infuriated that a group backed by Zuckerberg and green-minded venture capitalists like John Doerr could be supporting ads that tout oil drilling.
"It seems surpassingly strange that our highest tech gurus would be enamored of our oldest, dirtiest, crudest energy sources. Time to defriend tar sands," Bill McKibben, 350.org founder, said in an email.
The ads are part of a push by FWD.us and its subsidiaries to build support for immigration reform by supporting lawmakers who are involved in contentious talks on the issue, and making political space for vulnerable lawmakers to throw their support behind the efforts.


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Estate Yard Rake
- Lawns, sport fields, beaches, golf courses
- Rakes, de-thatches, windrows
- Weight boxes for raking dead grass
- Tens of thousands already in use
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48 inches / 1.22 Meters
(6) All-Bearing Construction Wheels [can be replaced individually]
8hp - 16hp
¾ - 4 acres / ½ - 1 ½ hectares
Hitch folds for convenient storage / Arms lift for transport
Ships via in (2) boxes - approx. 82 lbs / 40 kg total
(6) All-Bearing Construction Wheels [can be replaced individually]
8hp - 16hp
¾ - 4 acres / ½ - 1 ½ hectares
Hitch folds for convenient storage / Arms lift for transport
Ships via in (2) boxes - approx. 82 lbs / 40 kg total
Further Information
- Uniquely designed for flexibility on uneven ground and areas too large to do by hand
- Pneumatic Tires are standard equipped, providing greater stability while raking
- Estate Rake™ windrows and rakes lightly without damaging growing grasses
- Add weight to the weight boxes for de-thatching and more aggressive raking
- In most conditions, several windrows can be rolled together to save pickup time
- Available in (2) different colors: red or green
- All rakes come with a parts/operator's manual.
Shipping Detail
- Spee-Dee Delivery or UPS
- Your Estate Rake™ arrives at your address in two packages: one containing the rake frame, the other containing the raking wheels.
- Assembly requires about one hour of your time using basic tools and following the directions provided in the owner's manual.
- Ready to buy? Edney Distributing is the supplier for the Upper Midwest and we can direct you to an Estate Rake retailer in your area. Call (888-443-3639) or E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com . We look forward to hearing from you.
- Q: Does this thing really work, or is it a model?
- A: Yes, it is an ideal tool for dethatching, and also works very well for raking in many different applications. It greatly reduces the amount of time you will spend cleaning up your yard-- especially on areas formerly too large to do by hand.
- Q: Alright, you've made your sales pitch. Now, tell me, does it really work?
- A: We've been getting this question for more than 15 years: from the first rake sold to the tens of thousands sold since that initial unit. The feedback we have gotten talking to people at shows, state fairs, and from the dealers we work with is that this unit excels at dethatching (industry term for 'pulling up dead grass') and works as a very effective raking tool for grass, as well as many kinds of debris. Thousands of units ship out our doors just before springtime, as the Estate Rake™ is an invaluable time-saving tool for spring cleaning of your yard.
- Q: How does it work?
- A: First, adjust the angle adjustment bar on the hitch: put it in the front-most hole for raking dead grass, the rear-most hole for raking at the widest working width (mostly used for dense leaves). Next, squeeze the handle on the height adjustment lever in front to loosen up the cable, and then lower the rake wheel arms down until the rake wheels touch the ground. Add weight if you need it, and you're off. The Estate Rake™ rakes up debris, pushing it inward into piled-up rows.
- Q: What powers the rake wheels?
- A: The rake is 'ground-driven.' As you pull it, the forward motion rotates the wheels. When you stop, so does the rake.
- Q: Will it pull up dead grass?
- A: Yes. Very effectively.
- Q: It pulls up dead grass, but what happens to the healthy grass? Is it damaged?
- A: Very good question. The rake and the raking wheels are specially designed to pull up dead grass while leaving healthy, greening grass conditioned and unharmed. Raking angle and tine spacing are very important for this to work the way it does. See next question for instructions on how to dethatch.
- Q: So what is the best way to dethatch?
- A: Put 3-4 bricks in each weight box (or approximately 15lbs. of weight) and rake at the most aggressive angle... that is, put the angle adjustment bar in the hole closest to the front of the rake. This angle helps the wheels grab the dead grass and push it quickly into rows. We have used one at our office many times and it works well on a consistent basis.
- Q: How effectively does it rake leaves?
- A: The more leaves you have to rake, the quicker the rake capacity can be reached. Leaves and other yard debris will be raked most effectively along with grass clippings. The rake's effectiveness depends on the size of the debris and conditions of the yard.
- Q: Specifically, will it rake twigs and sticks?
- A: It will miss some of them, but the more grass there is, the better the rake will pick up twigs and sticks.
- Q: What are the silver boxes on top of the frame?
- A: These are the weight boxes, sized to hold bricks, weights, antifreeze containers, etc. For dethatching your yard you will want to put weight on each side.
- Q: Will it rake pine straw?
- A: Yes.
- Q: Will it rake acorns?
- A: Yes and no. If there is a large quantity of grass being raked up at the same time, then yes. Otherwise the tines are not spaced closely enough to rake acorns by themselves. If the tines were spaced closer together, the rake would be far less effective while raking and dethatching grass, which is the purpose of the Estate Rake™.
- Q: Will it rake pine needles?
- A: Yes, the rake does very well with longer needles (3'' and up), but short needles are difficult if you are not raking them with a lot of grass. Raking grass along with debris always gives the best results because the debris will ''stick'' in the grass. Down in Georgia they use the rake for raking long pine needles, then they bale them up and mulch them into garden beds.
- Q: Will it rake hay?
- A: No. It will not rake hay. The rake is not large enough. We distribute a larger 8' rake that runs on hydraulics for raking hay behind a small tractor. It is in our products catalog: Estate Rake ER-62.
- Q: What if I break a rake tooth or rake wheel?
- A: Purchase a bundle of individual replacement teeth, or buy a complete rake wheel as a replacement. Refer to the parts breakdown in your manual for part numbers.
- Q: Does it come in different colors and sizes?
- A: The Estate Rake is available in two colors: red or green. It is only available in one size. See specs for further information.
- Q: Is it difficult to assemble?
- A: With the instructions handy and a few simple tools, the rake should take roughly 45 to 60 minutes to put together.
- Q: I want to store it in my shed, does it disassemble for easy storage?
- A: Yes, in just a couple of minutes. Slacken the cable all the way and then unhook the cable loops from each arm. Pull out the pin that holds each arm on the frame, and you can lift the arms right off. Collapse the frame angle all the way and tuck all three pieces away in the corner.
- Q: Can I pull it behind my riding lawn mower and rake as I cut?
- A: Now you've got it. Pull it behind a riding lawn mower and you rake as you mulch. It works best in short, freshly cut grass.
- Q: How do I pick up the piled-up rows that it makes?
- A: Our salesman recommends raking in a gradual circular pattern instead of back-and-forth rows. You will end up with one row in the center of your yard instead of several long rows to pick up. If there's a lot of debris, you will have to pick up the pile when the debris gets too high/thick to rake. Alternately, a lawn vacuum works well.
- Q: Can I rake my beachfront to catch seaweed, sticks, driftwood, trash, etc.?
- A: While mainly targeted at raking yard debris, we have been told by customers that they have used the rake on beaches, and that they were very satisfied with its performance. You will have to adjust the raking angle to your liking and experiment with weight in the weight boxes, but it definitely reduces time spent raking by hand.

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Okay then, since my fridge is full of oranges, so here's the Orange Chiffon Cake that she can really enjoy!...:)
I used the exact recipe from the Coffee Chiffon Cake but changed the milk and coffee into fresh orange juice and 1 tbsp of "sunquick" (orange concentrate).
The texture was so soft and tasted so good, the cake was all gone right after I cut! It was suppose to be our breakfast this morning, but....hmm..;p
And so I've made another chiffon again this morning for her...Blueberry this time..heehee..;)
Recipe adapted from Blessed Homemaker's Strawberry Chiffon Cake but I did some changes here for my own preference.
It's not as blue / purple as I thought but it taste as good as the rest..:) Soft and fluffy..oh I just love it!


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I haven't pinpointed any potential triggers yet, but sometimes when I come out of sleep or from having a locked screen, after typing my password in and re-entering the OS, about 20 or 30 seconds later, the screen just shuts off and goes to sleep.
I almost always use an external monitor, but can't remember if this ever happens w/out it connected.
One thing that does happen every time is that the password box is missing its blue highlight. My keyboard focus is still inside of it though. When I see this, 100% of the time, this re-lock/sleep happens.
I'm running 10.8.2 mountain lion.
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7th Annual Clean Water Captains' workshop, evening of Friday, September 22nd and all day Saturday, September 23rd, 2017 at the Brock Environmental Center in Virginia Beach
The Clean Water Captains program seeks to create a network of ambassadors for clean water in every Virginia locality. This annual training provides Captains and prospective Captains the most up-to-date, actionable science and policy information available. The training also provides opportunities for networking, paddling on Crab Creek, and bird watching at the Brock Environmental Center. Optional housing has been reserved at First Landing State Park for Friday, September 22nd and Saturday, September 23rd.
The 7th Annual training will focus on:
If you're interested in becoming a Captain or already are a Captain, please register early as seats are limited!
To learn more about the Captains prior to the training, or if you cannot attend the training, please join us for our monthly Captains' conference call, where we review the month's action items and debrief current Captains' projects. Captains' calls are on the first Wednesday of the month from 12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. and again from 6:30 p.m.-7:30 p.m. (two time options; only dial-in to one call). To get the dial-in number, please email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Actor Cory Monteith died from a lethal cocktail of heroin and alcohol.
The Glee star was found dead in a Vancouver, Canada hotel room on Saturday.
Autopsy results were released on Tuesday.
The 31 year old had been battling substance abuse issues for years and checked into rehab earlier this year.


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- Byron chicken allergy death family 'may sue burger chain'
- South Wales Metro: Lack of toilets tram-trains 'dehumanising'
- Farne Islands seal pup saved by tourist boat skippers
- John Humphrys: 'Forensic' and 'grouchy' host 'will be much missed'
- PC Andrew Harper death: Three teens in court accused of murder
- Jason Lawrance appeals against vasectomy lie rape convictions
- Where not to live if you want a good care home
- Babergh District Council's name change plan as 'no-one can say it'
- John Humphrys: What's it like to face the BBC's Today presenter?
- Black Midi: 'We'd rather be terrible than middle-of-the-road'
- Homophobic hate crime: Beaten-up for being gay
- Bournemouth mum takes up boxing to improve mental health
- Sir Jim Ratcliffe: The man behind the new 4x4 factory in Bridgend
- Gareth Thomas: Are celebrity private lives no longer fair game?
- John Humphrys' final Today programme sign off
- Boris Johnson confronted on east London hospital visit
- Luxembourg PM on news conference: 'I did not want to humiliate' Johnson
- Supreme Court: What happened with Brexit on Wednesday?
- Gareth Thomas: 'Tabloids took my right to discuss HIV with my parents'
- The debate over facial recognition technology
- Mavis Eccleston: 'Mercy killing' trial 'in public interest'
- Scottish government scraps named person scheme
- Sex work law change 'caused spike in demand'
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- 81% of consumers favour using a company which takes on apprentices.
- The National Minimum Wage for apprentices is £2.60 per hour. Many employers prefer to pay more however, and research shows that the average salary is approx £170 per week.
- 92% of employers who employ apprentices believe that Apprenticeships lead to a more motivated and satisfied workforce.
- 83% of employers who employ apprentices rely on their Apprenticeships programme to provide the skilled workers that they need for the future.
- One in five employers are hiring more apprentices to help them through the tough economic climate.
An Apprenticeship is divided into five key components; a QCF NVQ which evidences competency of the employee in the job role, a technical certificate that provides the theoretical knowledge that underpins the QCF NVQ, Key /Functional Skills that address literacy, numeracy & IT, Employment Rights & Responsibilities and the new module on Personal Learning and Thinking skills..
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Luxury Car Maker Mercedes-Benz Had A Good Month In Europe (Yes, Europe)
Daimler AG (FRA:DAI) said Monday sales of its Mercedes-Benz luxury brand broke an all-time record in April with an 11.7 percent increase in sales compared to the same month last year thanks to double-digit gains in Asia and Europe.
Yes, that's right: Europe's luxury auto consumers are helping Mercedes break a sales record this year while the plebeians have reeled back so far on auto purchases that plants are being closed.
Just look at the unit sales figures for April released by the Stuttgart, Germany-based automaker: U.K., up 14.5 percent; France, up 19.8 percent; Belgium, up 11.1 percent; and Germany, up 6.3 percent.
For Western Europe as a whole, Mercedes-Benz sales broke an all-time record of 11.8 percent to 56,988 units. The company broke a global sales record for March the previous month, with Europe gaining 2.5 percent. February sales slumped, but the company performed better than most. In January, the company saw sales in Western Europe rise 2.5 percent.
For the first quarter of the year, sales of Benzes rocketed 25.1 percent in Belgium and 13.3 percent in Great Britain.
The two other leading luxury automakers also reported decent growth in Western Europe.
Audi AG (FRA:NSU), based in Ingolstadt, Germany, said last week it recorded growth in the European market in the first quarter, with a strong 9.7 percent increase in the U.K. compared to last year and even a slight uptick in Spain despite declines in demand from other countries most affected by the sovereign debt crises.
European sales volume for Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (FRA:BMW) also increased in the first quarter 3.1 percent to 207,243 units.
"The automobile industry is developing into a two-class society," Peter Fuss, an auto-industry focused partner at GSA Ernst & Young, told the Wall Street Journal in April. "While some companies are achieving record earnings, others are lurching along on flat tires."
"The contrast between the luxury end and the mass-market part of the European car business is striking," reported The Economist. "BMW has recently been making operating profits of about €4,000 ($5,200) on each car it sells whereas Opel-Vauxhall, the European arm of GM, has been losing about €1,500 per car."
Super luxury models are seeing two-digit growth in Europe, too. Bentley sales are up 60 percent in the U.K. this year, according to The Guardian, even as overall economic growth is expected to be flat, pushing down the total auto sector as a whole. (Deliveries of the super luxury sedan is are up 26 percent worldwide.)
Of course, an auto industry isn't built on the sales to the sliver of consumers that have enough income to be buying six-figures sedans in a flailing economy. What the sales figures do suggest is that while most European consumers have been hit hard by the sovereign debt crisis, the region's top income earners are still heading to showrooms and kicking tires on the world's priciest wheels.


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Cleveland Browns coach Rob Chudzinski is planning to bring a few familiar faces with him to his new job.
The Plain Dealer first reported that the Browns have settled on Norv Turner as offensive coordinator. The team will announce the move once Turner returns from vacation. ESPN's Chris Mortensen later confirmed that Turner will be hired, via sources.
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Turner and "Chud" coached together in San Diego, along with John Pagano. The brother of Chuck Pagano was a linebackers coach-turned-defensive coordinator under Turner in 2012. Multiple reports suggest Chudzinski is targeting Pagano as his defensive coordinator.
Pagano's hire might not be as big a slam dunk as Turner. ESPN reported that the Chargers did not give permission to new Kansas City coach Andy Reid to interview Pagano for the Chiefs' defensive coordinator job. Pagano remains under contract with San Diego, but that figures to change when the Chargers bring in a new coach. Perhaps they will try to sell the new coach and Pagano on maintaining defensive continuity.
In Turner, Chudzinski would add an experienced former head coach who just so happens to be one of the NFL's better play-callers and quarterback tutors. It's a great fit for a first-time head coach like Chudzinski.
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A new analysis of devices and equipment commonly found in U.S. homes and businesses concludes that these products, with more than 2 billion in use, consume more energy each year than many large countries use to power their entire economies.
Household devices (such as TVs, computers and ceiling fans) and commercial equipment (such as elevators, icemakers and MRI machines) use 7.8 quadrillion Btus each year—more than the primary energy use of Mexico, Australia, New Zealand, and 200 other countries. It is more than the amount of oil that the United States imports from the Persian Gulf and Venezuela each year.
All together, these devices are referred to as miscellaneous energy loads (MELs) because they do not fit into traditional energy-use categories, such as refrigeration, heating, ventilating, air conditioning or lighting. This diversity has also meant that attempts to increase the energy efficiency of MELs have varied, with some products having very little or any efficiency measures in place.
The findings come from a recent report, "Miscellaneous Energy Loads in Buildings," by the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), a nonprofit organization acting to advance energy-efficiency policies, programs, technologies, investments and behaviors.
The good news is that these devices could be made to use 40 to 50 percent less energy with existing technology, according to the report lead author Sameer Kwatra.
"If consumers upgraded to the most efficient products on the market today, we could save as much energy as Argentina uses in an entire year," he said.
While some devices (such as ceiling fans) are covered by federal energy-efficiency standards and others (such as computer monitors) are covered under such voluntary efficiency specifications as Energy Star, many products in the MEL category continue to waste energy.
However, interest in improving standards is high. In President Obama's Climate Action Plan, he identified establishing new goals for energy-efficiency standards as a top priority. Equipment like elevators and escalators and medical devices like MRIs and CT scanners present huge energy-savings opportunities.
"It's time to consider ways to make every power-hungry device less wasteful," said Steven Nadel, ACEEE's executive director.
Besides establishing standards, the report recommends approaches such as encouraging manufacturers to upgrade their products so that the best-performing ones on the market become common. Utilities and other program administrators can also include MELs in their energy efficiency portfolios and behavioral initiatives can be developed to raise awareness and modify consumption habits.


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Despite repeated climbdowns by the Pakistan government to appease extremists over the blasphemy laws, the minorities minister's assassination proves there is no room for compromise. It is time for Pakistan authorities to bring perpetrators of violence to justice.
The federal government was quick to respond to the murder of Shahbaz Bhatti with much stronger criticism of extremism than that which followed Salmaan Taseer's murder on January 4. President Asif Zardari condemned the "heinous act" and vowed that the government would continue to "stand firm" against extremists. But the Pakistan government has been on the back foot for the past few months: it has largely retreated from any talk of addressing the widely recognised problems with the blasphemy laws; it has failed to "stand firm" against violence from radical groups, and it has, by and large, failed to protect and promote the rule of law.
Sadly, Pakistan's most powerful institution, the army, remains silent on this issue as it did following Taseer's assassination, even though it has issued statements on other matters of national interest in the past. The country's largest opposition political party, the Pakistan Muslim League, has also stayed quiet.
A Pakistan Taliban spokesperson who later claimed responsibility for the murder was not so shy, nor was a note apparently left by the killers alongside Bhatti's body. Both stated that he was being killed for criticising Pakistan's blasphemy laws.
The most ominous aspect of the Bhatti murder is that he himself was so clearly aware of the risks, but still did not receive sufficient protection. Bhatti, the Catholic son of a former army soldier and schoolteacher, had continued to receive death threats this year. According to one report a month ago, Bhatti's security detail was far smaller than that accorded to other federal cabinet ministers despite the threats that arguably made him the most targeted government politician after the president and prime minister.
"I met him only last week and he was terrified for his safety," says Asma Jahangir, former chair of the independent Human Rights Commission of Pakistan and currently president of the Pakistan Supreme Court Bar Association. "In fact, he told me to be more careful and not to travel without security."
The media's coverage of the murder has been relatively subdued. One channel with links to radical religious groups claimed Bhatti's murder was an inside job aimed at deflecting attention away from the trial of American intelligence contractor Raymond Davis . Others have ignored the note left by Bhatti's killers claiming to be acting for Al al-Qaeida in the Punjab and Fidayeen-e-Muhammad, a militant group linked to the Pakistan Taliban. Most of the coverage has focused on Bhatti's minimal security.
The solution to this malaise is not greater security, although it is vital that people against whom violence is threatened are provided with adequate protection. Neither is burying our collective heads in the toxic sands of conspiracy. At its heart the Bhatti murder, like that of Taseer, is about the abdication of government responsibility in the face of mob and political violence crudely justified as defence of Islam.
Amnesty International has called on the Pakistan government to bring Bhatti's killers to justice. Such crimes, and a flood of incitements to violence against those calling for honest reform of Pakistan's blasphemy laws, thrive in the atmosphere of impunity and irresponsibility fostered by the government's failure to uphold its human rights obligations.
It is a sentiment shared across Pakistan's civil society.
"The government must take up this task wholeheartedly," Jahanghir adds, "but I fear it hasn't got the strength to do that."
That may be so, but despite the sobering situation there have been signals of an emerging realisation that perpetrators of violence must be held accountable. A group of parliamentarians has issued a resolution condemning the murder of Taseer and promoting the principles of equality, tolerance, pluralism and democracy in Pakistan. Although it did not expressly criticise the blasphemy laws, the resolution mentioned the vital point that authorities must put a stop to the violence justified in the name of religion, which erodes the rule of law and sets the stage for further abuses.
Based on the immediate reaction of Pakistan's media, particularly its highly influential private television stations, Bhatti's assassination did not make a major impression on the Pakistani public. That may change in the next few days. But for the Pakistan government, it sure must set off tremendous alarm bells. Now is the time for the government, with the public backing of the army, to take bold steps to defend human rights and the rule of law.


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Open to me the gates of righteousness; I will enter into them, I will give thanks unto HaShem.
This is the gate of HaShem; the righteous shall enter into it.
I will give thanks unto Thee, for Thou hast answered me, and art become my salvation.
The stone which the builders rejected is become the chief corner-stone.
This is HaShem'S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.
This is the day which HaShem hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it.
We beseech Thee, O HaShem, save now! We beseech Thee, O HaShem, make us now to prosper!
Blessed be he that cometh in the name of HaShem; we bless you out of the house of HaShem.
HaShem is God, and hath given us light; order the festival procession with boughs, even unto the horns of the altar.
Thou art my God, and I will give thanks unto Thee; Thou art my God, I will exalt Thee.
O give thanks unto HaShem, for He is good, for His mercy endureth for ever.


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You just never know who you are going to see when you're not expecting to see anyone you know.
I decided to forgo all the excitement swirling around South Walton last weekend with the wine fest and MountainFilm and head east.
Years had passed since I last visited Apalachicola and the Florida Seafood Fest. The event has grown! There was so much to do and see that I had trouble fitting it all in, but I gave it my best shot.
The celebration began with a stop at Toucan's in Mexico Beach on the way in for an appetizer of raw oysters on the half shell. Great way to kick off the weekend.
The Blessing of the Fleet was Friday evening with only a handful of boats sailing up to be blessed. But since it was small, we were able to see and hear the blessing from our spot on the dock. Nice; especially the procession of clergy.
After enjoying the reception at our bed and breakfast, it was on to my favorite eatery: Boss Oyster. Oh, my. I scarfed down a dozen, baked and loaded up four different ways. I do love me some oysters.
The Festival's official parade started up the next morning at 10 a.m. It has tripled in size since my last visit. Bands, dancers, cars, beauty queens, and horses, with a healthy dash of folks running for office thrown in. As long as they put chocolate in my hands, I was happy to shake theirs and wish them well.
After the parade, we took the short walk downtown and perused some shops. One had a shelf lined with alligator heads that were for sale. One gator even came with a photo taken prior to his untimely demise.
Then, on to the seafood fest. The bounty of all kinds of seafood offered to those hungry, or not, was overwhelming. The choice was tough, but I went with the fried gator tail dipped in mustard. Good.
We finished up the gator just in time to watch two heats of folks claiming to be the fastest and best oyster shuckers around show us how it's done. Winning the second heat and coming in third overall was Grayton Beach's own Brandon Patrick of Hurricane Oyster Bar.
Following the shucking was the oyster eating contest. Now, it got interesting. These folks had to attempt to eat the most oysters in a 15-minute time frame and keep them down. Amazingly, we watched the winning female slowly and methodically plod through 12.5 dozen oysters, putting hot sauce on every one. Her male counterpart kept down 14 dozen. I do love me some oysters, but I think five or six dozen in 15 minutes might be my limit.
On my second trip to Boss Oyster, who should I encounter but Balder Saunders?
During the adventure, side trips were taken to St. George Island (which has grown), Cape San Blas, Indian Pass, Port St. Joe, and Crooked Island, of which Balder sings. While there, I saw two bald eagles � one male and one female � who entertained us with an air show. Possibly a nest nearby. That was an exciting sighting.
The weekend was a fun-filled off-the-beaten-path adventure I think I want to do again. And it was for others as well.
Karen Brommer, Gee Gee Chandler, Jackie Lynch, and Marlyn Deames are back from Ocean Springs, Miss., where they shopped at the Peter Anderson Festival of more than 350 venders and several local artists such as Beeb Benson and Mary Kay Samouce.
Paul and Bett Appel are back after spending the summer at their cottage in Lake Tomahawk, Wisc.
Sharon Thompson has returned from a business trip to Washington, D.C.
Jeff Ellis completed and finished his sixth full 140.6 Ironman last weekend at Florida Ironman 2012 in Panama City Beach.
Congratulations to Alexa Guarachi, daughter of Fernando Guarachi, director of tennis at Destin Tennis Club at Seascape in Miramar Beach. Alexa won a 14-team ITA Southern Regional Championship in both singles and doubles, qualifying her for both singles and doubles at the Indoor Intercollegiate Tennis Championships. The championships begin today at the USTA National Tennis Center in Flushing Meadows, N.Y., and is one of the most prestigious events in the nation for college, where only winners of singles and doubles of each of the 12 regions will play. There are only 32 players in singles and 16 teams in doubles. This is Alexa�s senior year at the University of Alabama.
Kudos to Lynn Nesmith and Jean Allsop for their 14-page spread of Sherry and Lyle Sandquist's home in the fall/winter issue of Cottage Style Magazine.
Sorry to lose Carol Lench as she moves to The Villages. Best wishes, Carol.
Get well wishes go out to Jim Radtke, Nancy Veldman, and Diane Parsonette.
Carol Rankin celebrated her birthday Oct. 29 with South of the Border appetizers hot flower soup and cumin crusted shrimp salad by cooking class guru Vicki McCain.
Wish a happy birthday today to Bill Forsythe, and Seaside founder Robert Davis.
Tomorrow to Mary Lou Springstead, and artist Cara Roy.
Monday to bird lady Pauline Sutcliffe.
Tuesday to Wendy Mignot, Frith O�Brien, and Kyle Ogle.
Wednesday to artist Beeb Benson.
Thursday to Lynn Abbit, and Will Barber.
And Friday to artist Susan Alfieri, Susan Lovelace, and Carol Gagliardi.
Deborah Wheeler is the arts and entertainment reporter for The Walton Sun. She may be reached at 654-8443, 687-1239, or email email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @WaltonSunDeb. Party Line appears weekly in The Sun.


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Home now eating delicious sweets from friends and enjoying an early night. I am so grateful for everyone who voted for us and kept us on the show. Yesterday was a really rough day. I wasn't sure what to feel or think. I want to stay in the game so badly, so much that I can barely think straight. I know I can dance. I feel it in my bones. I want to do this for myself, the little girl in me who wants to be a beautiful princess – who wants to be seen and heard and loved and praised. I want to do this for all the girls who have been told they are not perfect – who have been told they are ugly and fat – who know deep inside that they are not those things… it's so hard to face your own insecurity and doubts and fears. I really feel like I am doing that.
My body feels sore but also strong and capable. I am doing spins that weren't possible two days ago. I can feel the floor through my bruised and calloused feet and my body is starting to understand what to do – where to step, where to stop, where to be physically silent, where to be loud. Louis is pushing me further and further – I am crying now all the time, not because I am sad, but because I feel like I am really in my body. I didn't realize how much I have been avoiding being here – how little time I have spent in my skin – for my entire life. It's the same with my house. I never really unpack. I never really am home. it is the same with my physical being. I have been told so many times that my body was not right – for this reason or that. I have abandoned myself so much that now it feels strange to stay here. To be here. One thing is certain – I am here now. I am doing this. It doesn't exactly feel good, but it feels right.


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MedStar Health plans to build a $30 million medical plaza in Bel Air as it tries to capitalize on the area's growing population, company officials said Monday.
The hospital operator also said it plans to expand the neonatal intensive care unit at its Franklin Square Hospital Center in eastern Baltimore County.
The addition of the 100,000-square-foot medical plaza at Plum Tree Road and Route 924 in a growing commercial area of Bel Air in Harford County would offer patients a variety of medical services in one venue.
MedStar has 40 doctors in the county, but they operate from many different locations. The new facility, slated to open in 2014, would make room for 20 new physicians.
"We have a number of different locations and medical offices, but we decided that everybody should be under one roof so there is a single patient experience," said Jean Hitchcock, MedStar vice president of public affairs and marketing.
The planned medical facility is part of a growing trend by hospitals to operate satellite campuses as the way health care is delivered continues to change. More patients are visiting walk-in urgent care centers for treatment, and surgeries that once required overnight stays are being performed as outpatient procedures.
"Health care is moving out of the hospital," Hitchcock said. "Everything that you and I know that was done in a hospital when we were young has pretty much gone outpatient."
One analyst said hospitals are also looking for ways to diversify their business because of the uncertainty about what role hospitals will play under federal health care reform, which will be implemented fully in 2014.
"You're going to see hospitals do a number of things to continue to better adapt to the community in order to maintain their financial footing," said Thomas A. Carroll, managing director at Stifel Nicolaus.
MedStar's planned Harford County campus would offer services that include outpatient surgery, orthopedics, cardiology, sports medicine, weight-loss surgery, cancer care and rehabilitation. Hitchcock said patients would no longer have to drive to its Baltimore for certain procedures.
MedStar doctors treated 3,300 Harford County residents last year.
The medical company also said Monday it is launching a $4 million capital campaign to raise money to modernize its neonatal intensive care unit at Franklin Square. The campaign called "tiny feet. tiny hands. BIG HEARTS" already has raised nearly $1.7 million.
The NICU would be expanded from 1,850 square feet to 7,985 square feet and feature 22 private rooms. The rooms would provide natural light to help with babies' sensory development and better air handling capabilities. The upgrades also would improve infection control, MedStar said.
Nearly 2,600 babies are born at Franklin Square each year and more than 300 are admitted to the NICU. The current unit was built in 1989 and has an open-area style with no walls or dividers between patient areas.


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I mentioned this NZ company, located in London, a few weeks ago in relation to the Anne Frank app and had the fortune to meet co-founder Jen Porter while she was in Auckland for some summer weather.
Jen started off developing for the music industry in Wellington, building systems that delivered content including music as TradeMobile back in in 2005, and this morphed into publishing as they embraced digital methods of delivering, and consuming, all types of content.
Jen started going to Britain in 2007 as it was clear it was still the hub of the worldwide English-speaking publishing industry. "It was pure economy of scale, no other reason." She proved this by showing me a picture of her little London back garden, deep in snow, from just two weeks before.
After basing herself there, TradeMobile became Beyond The Story in late 2012.
The Anne Frank Diary app was built with incredible attention to detail and rewards a careful read, either in its own right to place it into a historical (and artistically rewarding) context, or as a serious research tool ideal for students willing to delve into something rewardingly layered.
Beyond the Story's business model is to work in partnership with publishers as a revenue share: they supply the content, BYS creates the app. In the future, licensing the platform to empower publishers to develop their own apps is on the cards. A lot of the cleverness the little company embodies, according to Jen, is due to Chief Technology Officer Kirk Bowe, who came to them from Universal. Kirk had long held a dream of delivering rich content that improves the reading experience while improving learning.
First efforts were companion apps to books by authors including Mark Billingham and Iain M Banks. They understood and embraced the concept. You'd read a page in the real book, and the app for that page added extra information from the reams of research they'd done to make their fiction plausible.
The next step was an all-in-one entity, and this led to the Kings and Queens app, launched last year, featuring UK historian David Starkey essentially delivering a lecture on his book. This was created in partnership with Sky Television and publishers HarperCollins.
Improvements and rewrites of this model led to the Diary of Anne Frank app (BTS's eighth app), which in turn is a platform ready for new ventures. "What we have now is so much more intuitive ... it sounds pretty simply but took a lot of money and a lot of time to develop to this extent."
As long-term readers of this Mac Planet blog may recall (this being my 390th) I am fascinated with the publishing space and how it's evolving. I worked in the old-fashioned print industry before spending many years in the digital publishing world launched by the so-called 'desktop publishing' that Apple and Adobe were so heavily involved with back in the early 1990s.
And look at the readership of this blog: every week it's equal to the readership of one bi-monthly issue of the now defunct MacGuide (which I edited 2002-2007), and about 50% of this online readership is outside of New Zealand, another advantage of digital publishing: it respects few international boundaries with none of that expensive print-edition subscribing business, as anyone who used to rely on airmailed editions of magazines and journals will appreciate. Plus delivery is instant.
I know and understand that a lot of people like and appreciate actual print: books, magazines and newspapers. And I do too. It's just such a rare indulgence these days. Jen agrees: "It's all about convenience. I sit on the Tube and the buses in London and everyone's reading their smartphones and tablets. People don't have time any more, so they're using transport as their time-out to consume information." This market can only grow. "As I always say to publishers, 'you're not publishing books, you're publishing authors, so get with the program and publish in the formats people are consuming'."
The Anne Frank museum in Amsterdam is a cramped and sobering space. I find it interesting how a digital program on an iPad can expand this claustrophobic world by so much - I'm sure Anne would have approved. Anne Frank, as most people seem to know these days (which is a good thing), was a young Jewish woman hidden with her family in Nazi-occupied Holland. The family was eventually betrayed and most, including Anne, died in concentration camps, but her father survived and was later handed the diary by a woman who found and sequestered the diary for posterity. It was subsequently published, in abridged form, to become a worldwide sensation. Later the unabridged version was published - the app includes the full text of Anne Frank's famous diary, while adding documentary video clips, audio interviews and readings (by actor Helena Bonham Carter, no less) plus notes, and scans of related documents and maps. There are facsimile pages from the original diary, and (importantly for scholars and geeks like me) historical timelines of Anne's life in relation to the wartime events that defined it.
It's a delicate situation, as The Guardian points out, since many might argue the diary doesn't need multimedia and interactive extras to convey its emotional punch. True, but conversely the latest tablet technology can "bring Anne's 1940s diary to teenagers who might not otherwise have read it".
The app is not compatible with iPad 1, but it is with the 2 and later. It's NZ$13.99 in the iTunes App Store, and there's a Nook version.
Shortly, BTS is starting the output of a classic series of out-of-copyright classic books including Treasure Island, Huckleberry Fin and many more. BTS will also working with some New Zealand firms in future.
Then, to my frustration, Jen made me shut off the recorder and showed me some forthcoming projects engaging with some of the world's biggest and most impressive media publishing ventures.
All I can say is 'wow' - actually, that should be 'WOW!' Watch what this company directed by four New Zealand women comes up with next.
I'll leave the last word to Jen. "I could hire 40 people tomorrow."


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Liverpool v Manchester United: Match Preview
Liverpool v Manchester United
FA Cup fourth round
Saturday; January 27th: 12:45
Team News
Liverpool are hopeful of recalling Jay Spearing to their match-day squad after his two-week absence through injury.
United are without long term absentees Ashley Young, Tom Cleverley, Nemanja Vidic and Darren Fletcher.
Phil Jones and Nani's respective injuries at Arsenal last weekend could force them out, while Rio Ferdinand, who missed the win at The Emirates Stadium, is a major doubt.
Dalglish and Ferguson request calm
Kenny Dalglish and Sir Alex Ferguson have urged both sets of players to behave appropriately ahead of Manchester United's trip to Liverpool in the FA Cup fourth round.
The clash is the first since Luis Suarez was handed an eight-match FA ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra during October's meeting between the pair.
While Suarez is still ineligible for the tie, Evra is likely to feature, and the stand-in United skipper is expected to be met by a chorus of boos at Anfield.
"We want to concentrate on going out and playing football and any other sideshow is purely that, it is just a sideshow," Dalglish said.
"Everyone has a responsibility to uphold the names of their respective club and anyone who reports or comments on the game also has the responsibility to make sure they are not trying to incite trouble.
"But it is not only the fans who have to behave themselves; we have a responsibility to behave - but that is the case every time.
"I am sure everyone will be determined to make sure what's done has been done and whatever your grievance is keep it to yourself and let's get on with the game."
Ferguson meanwhile has put the onus on both sets of players to set the tone for a low key afternoon, which saw the points shared earlier in the season.
"It's a massive game for both clubs," Ferguson said. "There's a tremendous profile on it. There will be interest throughout the country.
"Both sets of fans have got to make sure we are talking about the game and nothing else. It can be that way because there are a lot of good players on the pitch.
"It is a big game and at the end of the day we want to talk about a game of football.
"You just have to concentrate on the game. We have to try and play our game – that helps. Both sets of players have to be aware of that. I'm confident there won't be problems."
Saturday's meeting will be the 13th meeting between the two sides in the history of the FA Cup, and the second in as many seasons, following last term's third round clash at Old Trafford.
The 11-time FA Cup winners face a challenge to reach the fifth round for the ninth time in ten seasons, as they're without a win at Liverpool since 2007.
United have won nine of the 12 previous clashes between the two in the world's oldest cup competition, including in the finals in 1977 and 1996, while Liverpool confirmed they'll be making at least one trip to Wembley this season, after overcoming Manchester City in the Carling Cup semi-final in midweek.
Dalglish's side are unbeaten at Anfield this season, having won five and drawn eight, however, their victory over Oldham Athletic in the previous round is their only win on their own patch in 2012.News Now - Sport News


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Triple planetary conjunctions are relatively rare in the night sky, but astronomers are about to be in for a real treat.
The three brightest planets in our solar system as seen from Earth -- Jupiter, Mercury, and Venus -- will be coming together in the sky, "dancing" around each other over the course of several nights, starting Friday, May 24.
If we're lucky, we see a triple conjunction once every two years or so. The most recent was in May 2011; the next won't be until October 2015.
Because the planets in this conjunction are so bright, the dance will be visible to the naked eye, even in densely populated areas. But if you have access to a telescope or binoculars, so much the better.
The planets will be at their closest, with Jupiter and Venus just 1 degree apart, on May 28 and 29. All three planets will form a straight line on May 31 as they gradually move apart from each other.
For U.S. observers, the best time to look is toward the western sky at twilight, with the three planets appearing close to the horizon. Starting Thursday, May 23, the three planets will be close enough together to be viewed through a pair of binoculars, forming a triangle on May 24 before drawing close and orbiting apart.
And, if we're really lucky, someone will take the opportunity to end the reign of the evil vulture-like monsters that have gripped us in an iron fist.
(Source: Crave Australia)


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While a well-balanced at-home dental hygiene routine is vital to maintaining oral health, it's also necessary to undergo routine professional teeth cleanings to eliminate plaque and bacteria from the mouth. Find out why scheduling regular teeth cleanings with our dentist at Arkadelphia Dental Care in Arkadelphia, Arkansas, are so important, below.Read more about Gentle Professional Cleaning
IV Sedation
Many put off visiting the dentist due to apprehension and fear, neglecting important dental work in the process. With intravenous (IV) sedation dentistry, you can remain comfortable and relaxed during your dental procedure.Read more about IV Sedation
Nitrous Oxide
Nitrous oxide is a safe and effective sedative agent that is mixed with oxygen and inhaled through a small mask that fits over your nose. This helps you relax during your treatment.
Nitrous oxide, sometimes called "laughing gas," is one option your dentist may offer to help make you more comfortable during certain procedures. It is not intended to put you to sleep. You will be able to hear and respond to any requests or directions the dentist may have. Your dentist will ask you to breathe normally through your nose, and within a few short minutes, you should start to feel the effects of the nitrous oxide. Ultimately, you should feel calm and comfortable. The effects of nitrous oxide wear off soon after the mask is removed.
Indications for Nitrous Oxide
- Mildly apprehensive patient
- A frightened child
- To reduce awareness of time and fatigue
- To reduce dental stress
- To control gagging
- When requested by the patient
Talk to your dentist at Arkadelphia Dental Care about whether nitrous oxide might be a good option for you. Call us at 870-246-2242.
Oral Sedation
Oral sedation dentistry is a medical procedure involving the administration of oral sedative drugs, generally to facilitate a dental procedure and reduce patients' fear and anxiety.
Depending on the total dose given, oral sedation can range from minimal to moderate. For minimal sedation, you take a pill, typically Halcion, which is a member of the same drug family as Valium. It's usually taken about an hour before the procedure. The pill will make you drowsy, although you'll still be awake. A larger dose may be given to produce moderate sedation. This is the type of anesthesia most commonly associated with sedation dentistry. Some people become groggy enough from moderate oral sedation to actually fall asleep during the procedure. They usually can be awakened with a gentle shake.
Conscious sedation can help ease your mind and get rid of anxiety so you can focus on your dental health, not the discomfort associated with it. If you're afraid, anxious, or apprehensive, let your dentist at Arkadelphia Dental Care know; he or she will choose the right form of dental sedation for you. Call us at 870-246-2242 for an appointment.
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You're not alone. In fact, approximately 40 million Americans avoid the dentist because of fear and anxiety, according to the Academy of General Dentistry. Our team at Arkadelphia Dental Care is here to help you overcome your dental anxiety and regain your confidence about visiting the dentist. In our personalized approach, we offer several ways to assist you in receiving treatment while remaining relaxed.Read more about Sedation Dentistry


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So it's Thanksgiving Day, and if you are a football fanatic lucky enough to have a ticket to the Ravens game tonight, as well as a pass from Grandma, you may well be having your Thanksgiving feast in the parking lot at M&T Bank Stadium . Undoubtedly, there will be tailgaters out there cooking up traditional Thanksgiving fare like whole turkeys and ham, firing up their grills and deep fryers outside of the stadium.
If, however, deep-frying or grilling a whole bird in the parking lot feels bit daunting, why not consider making a big pot of turkey chili or something as simple as turkey burger sliders? No matter what is on your tailgating menu, you know it just won't feel like Thanksgiving if it doesn't include turkey in some form or another. So in honor of those pilgrims, along with your standard game-day food, throw in some grilled corn, cranberry relish maybe even a sweet potato or apple pie, and be thankful that this year at least you are spared all those dirty dishes and dealing with relatives.
Turkey burger sliders
Makes: 10 miniburgers
For burgers:
1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
1/4 cup plain bread crumbs
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1 1/2 teaspoons dried herbs de Provence
2 tablespoon mayonnaise
1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
For assembly:
10 hamburger minibuns
5 slices American (or other) cheese
1/4 cup whole cranberry sauce
Lettuce and tomato (optional)
Mix all the burger ingredients well and form into 2-ounce balls. Flatten into patties 2.5 to 3 inches in diameter.
Grill turkey burgers over medium — indirect heat 4 to 5 inches from the heat source to an internal temperature of 165 degrees F.
To assemble, place burgers on rolls. Cover with cheese slices. Top each with 1 teaspoon cranberry sauce.
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Configure MIME types
cPanel shared hosting accounts offer a built-in MIME type tool.
- Log in to your GoDaddy account.
- Click Web Hosting.
- Next to the cPanel account you want to use, click Manage.
- Click cPanel Admin.
- In the Advanced section, click MIME Types.
- Enter the MIME Type and Extension you want to use, and then click Add.
For example, CGI is configured like this:
- MIME Type — application/cgi
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How to Apply
NSF thrives where science, opportunity and personal growth intersect. Apply now, and take the first step towards making an impact on the world around you.
The process below will guide you through everything from creating an account with USAJOBS to tracking your application and monitoring its status. This guide is intended for use with NSF's eRecruit application system; that is, those vacancy announcements with an 'apply online' option. It is not applicable to Executive Level recruitments at this time.
You can also reference the Overview of the eRecruit Application Process and eRecruit FAQs for more information.


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Easy Herbs to Grow at Home
Sprigs of flavor
Thyme, oregano, basil, sage, rosemary and mint are Mediterranean herbs that grow in full sun and well-drained soil. "Basil and mint like a little more moisture, but soggy roots will kill every one of these," says Debra Knapke, central Ohio gardener and newly appointed honorary president of the American Herb Society. "If you have too little or too much drainage, add 2–4 inches of compost." Click ahead for additional tips.
Pungent, sweeter English or narrow-leaf French varieties are flavorful all-around choices. Lemon and caraway thymes are also popular. Harvest the whole plant to 2 inches midseason to encourage new growth.
Turkish and Greek varieties are most often used in cooking. Get two harvests by shearing back just before flowering and again in late summer.
"'Genovese' is my favorite," says central Ohio gardener Debra. "I could just roll in it." She also snips peppery 'Spicy Globe' into salads, adds lemony 'Mrs. Burns' to veggies and uses cinnamon basil in baked breads.
This tender perennial likes it hot and dry, with gravel mulch at its feet. 'Madeline Hill' and 'Arp' can survive to zero degrees. 'Tuscan Blue' has beautiful blue flowers. Sturdy 'Barbecue' stems work as skewers for flavor-infused shish kabobs.
Corral vigorous-growing mint in pots or in bottomless containers sunk into soil with a few inches above ground. "'Kentucky Colonel' is a good all-around spearmint if you can only have one mint," Debra says. But why limit yourself when there is pineapple mint, chocolate mint—even mojito mint?
Herb vinegar
Bring 2 cups white wine vinegar to boil. Place thyme or rosemary sprigs in a sterilized glass bottle. Funnel hot vinegar into the bottle. Cover tightly with a nonmetallic lid. Use in dressings and marinades.
Flavored salt
Place 3 cups loosely packed basil, 1⁄2 cup kosher salt and 3–4 garlic cloves in a food processor. Pulse to grind. Spread on a baking sheet; leave at room temp for 3–5 days. When fully dry, process again to form a powder. Yields 1 to 1 1⁄4 cups. Sprinkle on chicken, veggies or eggs.
Simple syrup
Bring 1⁄2 cup water to boil. Remove from heat. Add 1 cup sugar. Stir until sugar dissolves. Add 1 tablespoon snipped mint. Cool to room temperature, then refrigerate for 2 hours. Strain into a clean glass jar. Cover and chill for up to one week. Drizzle over fruit or use in cocktails.
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Cake Wrecks: The People's Court Edition
Guys, I get a lot of wreck reactions via e-mail. I've seen multi-page rants IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS from bridezillas, blistering sarcasm from disappointed parents, and more "LOL"s than I can count. I've even known one or two brides who had to take their bakers to court to get a refund.
I've never - ever - seen someone sue a baker for over $4,300 over a misspelled name on a $55 cake.
If you can't see the video because you're at work, count yourself lucky. Frankly, I was ready to bash my own head in after the first three minutes. That lady gives crazy a bad name.
Oh, and here's the wreck in question - or at least part of it:
The judge reads the baker the riot act over the cracks in the icing, but also points out to the mom that if you saddle your child with a ridiculously spelled name (it's pronounced "Kiesha" but spelled "Keshia") then you pretty much have to expect people to screw it up for her entire lifetime. And so stop sweating the small stuff already.
Good advice all 'round, wouldn't you say?
Oh, and if *I* were that baker, I think I'd have replaced the cake with something a little more appropriate:


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Dear Diary,
The new guy, Sarles, started this week. Can he make a difference? The hopes of hundreds of thousands of us ride with him.
As a scene-setter, I thought I'd keep track of my Metrorail experiences for last week, rather than just focus on a single incident. Unfortunately – but these days, not unexpectedly – it wasn't a great week.
The good:
- Train operator pronounced "Judiciary Square" correctly. Regular Red Line riders know how unusual this is.
- Train operator had somewhat helpful announcements during a dead train incident (see below). Told us the cause of the problem (albeit repeatedly, with no updates), and (after long delay) that we'd be single tracking.
- Someone actually thinking proactively at WMATA: Signs posted at, and leading away from, Vienna/Fairfax station directing people how to get to nearby Oakton High School, where WMATA budget hearing being held.
- 12-minute interval (12!) between Shady Grove-bound Red Line trains at Metro Center during morning rush. For shame! Someone should be shot. And for this, they're thinking about a peak-of-the-peak surcharge?
- Dead train at West Falls Church for the ride home. Big delays, rippling all the way downtown. When we finally get to WFC, they try to move the dead train, and it dies again, only this time blocking the way ahead. Like bad constipation, entire Orange Line is plugged up. In all, trip home nearly doubles.
- Irony: Orange Line woes delay anyone trying to take Metro to the WMATA budget hearing (where they could rail about poor service).
Very high suckTuesday:
The good:
Unremarkable, one way or the other.The bad:
- 12-minute interval in the morning again! Come on, people, if only for pride's sake!
- Another meltdown on the way home. Dead train, or something – no one ever said – at Foggy Bottom. (You get the feeling that if bin Laden blew up downtown, the Metro announcements would probably say stations were closed due to a police action.) Delays not as bad as Monday, but it's only Tuesday, and patience is exhausted. After nearly 12 years on Metro, could I actually be considering driving into the city?
High suck
The good:
Very pleasant train operator. Not robotic, angry, mumbling, scolding, bored, copping attitude, uncommunicative, pasting up newspapers to hide self in cab, or otherwise dysfunctional at all. Actually sounded happy to be on the job and interested in riders. (Must not have been union member long.)The bad:
- Progress, at least by Metro standards – morning interval on the Red Line at Metro Center down to only 10 minutes.
- Going home, Orange Line platform at Metro Center jammed, which immediately put suck sensors on high alert. But pleasant surprise – train was crowded, but not unpleasantly so, and things moved OK. Almost like the old days.
Mostly unsuckedThursday:
The good:
No problems. Could get used to this. Noticed, though, that both Orange and Red lines had what appeared to be old series cars in the end position. Same thing happened last week. Not a big deal to me, but thought they weren't doing that anymore? What's up? (I'll say this: if not having to "belly" the old cars in the middle of trains means more reliable, less nauseating service, I'll take that any day.)The bad:
No problems for me, but the Ms. had 12- and 8-minute, peak-hour waits for Red and Orange lines on the way home. See previous – inexcusable! Twenty minutes of platform time during rush hour?! Worse than bush league.Overall suckage:
Unsucked (for me, at least, but dinner was late, due to the Ms.'s delays.)Friday:
The good:
- With usual lighter-than-normal Friday ridership, no problems.
- Funny: It was raining during the morning commute. At Judiciary Square (as previously noted here in the blog), the escalators have taken to groaning like elephant seals during mating season. The rain, though, evidently temporarily lubed something, for we rose to street level in wet silence.
No problems.Overall suckage:
UnsuckedOh, dear Diary, how I long for the old days. Sometimes, they seem tauntingly close. But most times, you just kinda shrug and remember how much of a good thing we once had.
On Tuesday, I might have suggested just blowing the whole thing up. By Friday, those feelings had receded to just the ordinary level of Metro despair. Last week, Metro cost me a couple of extra hours of my life that I'll never get back. But neither did it ruin it. In all, a mixed week, but with a pronounced lean toward suckdom.
Will Mr. Sarles get it? Can he get it without needing a team of consultants to restate the obvious? Dear Diary, I hope so. They say it will take years for Metro to climb out of its hole. The time to start is now.
Also by CS:
- Blue-to-Orange switcheroo
- Metro hosts blogger round table
- Catoe: Show us you get it
- Rules don't apply
- Vienna's creepy tower
- Doors Closing
- Moving ... Backwards
Other items:
- Gotta love the Post's reporting in the rapes story. Besides, we already knew Metro wasn't forthcoming with their crime stats, and they apparently did not have "an intent to communicate" about them for a couple months.
- Maryland pulling back on Metro share (Examiner)


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No TSF tourney journey would be complete without a peek at what our favorite Brazilian duo — Marcelo Melo and Andre Sa — is up to. At the first Saturday of the BNP Paribas Open at Indian Wells, Calif., we spotted them in the middle of a scrimmage match against Bob and Mike Bryan. Both Marcelo and Andre were wearing their Centauro red.
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