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DWTS Season 12 Cast Rumors – Time To Address The Brett Favre DWTS Rumors (Daughter Tweets "No")
At the beginning of this week, we were hit with an article from Popeater with Kurt Warner's desire for Brett Favre to dance on Dancing With The Stars. Since that time, other news sources have picked it up and the rumors have grown like a wildfire. Will Brett Favre dance on the show or not remains to be seen. But, the quote below (in bold text) from Popeater had me thinking this is not going to happen from the beginning of the week onward and why I dismissed even reporting it.
Kurt has made his thoughts on Brett known before, and recently told The New York Times that although he's a "surefire Hall of Famer" and one of the game's greatest, "I do think some of the things that happened off the field has to hurt his legacy to some degree. I do think people look at him differently now — at least in the short term — than they did five years ago."
Maybe Brett should follow Kurt's advice and dance those cell phone images right out of our minds. That's if ABC would ever invite him, a prospect that my source says is unlikely.
"No way would 'Dancing' want any part of Brett," a show insider tells me. "They love having colorful people in the cast but you have to remember this is a family show and not the right fit for someone who has been accused of e-mailing private photos of himself to young ladies."
Not only that, USA Today is reporting that he won't be dancing on the show. His daughter just posted this tweet this morning.
Brittany Favre, the daughter of longtime NFL QB Brett Favre, moved to stop speculation that he father might be joining the cast of Dancing with the Stars on Friday.
"No to DWTS rumors," Brittany Favre said on Twitter a day after speculation ran wild that the 41-year-old QB might be the next NFL player to join the show.
I would say this is a "NO" go? Keep in mind though that an ABC news affiliate has reported Favre is on a "DWTS Shortlist".
Heidi's Comment: I think this entire thing comes from the mouth of Kurt Warner. And ABC is regurgitating crap they heard, which is regurgitated crap they heard, which is regurgitated crap they heard and so on. See it every day on twitter – the wishful thinking of one person turns into fact by the great game of "telephone". I could be wrong. 🙂

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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
I don't know if anyone else does this. But when a huge tour is announced, like the one Kenny Chesney announced Thursday (Nov. 8), I scour the dates to find the one that is soonest and closest. So in this case, it is Milwaukee on May 18. That's only 90 miles and 191 days away. That's a road trip I would gladly take for Chesney, Eric Church, Eli Young Band and Kacey Musgraves. But it looks like Chesney is making that trip even easier. Because in his VIP packages — the ones that get you things like tickets to stand in his sandbar, preshow tailgate parties, parking passes, hoodies and more — there is one called the Live a Little Travel Package. So you get good seats, one night in a hotel and a ride from the hotel to the venue and back. That is a no-brainer. There are no prices listed yet, because I guess it depends on where you live and which show you choose. But even without looking at a price tag, I'm in. See you in Milwaukee.


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Riesling Report: Domäne Wachau Terrassen Smaragd 2009
We're celebrating the Summer of Riesling by trying a different bottle every weekday. Got a favorite riesling? Recommend it in the comments!
This muscular dry Austrian riesling has an intense, tangy acidity: almost-aggressive lime and puckeringly tart plum flavors ride on the sweeping alcohol (at 13%, this wine isn't joking around, and there's a white-pepper heat here that may feel a bit overwhelming to some.)
But what's noteworthy is a charming floral quality; we were reminded of St-Germain elderflower liqueur shaken in a cocktail with lime and honey, fizzed up with Fever Tree tonic. The perfumey chamomile notes in the core of this wine keep it from austerity.
Think of herbs when choose food to go with it: horiatiki with cucumbers, oregano, and feta, grilled chicken rubbed with mint and more oregano, or whole fish stuffed with lemons and sprigs of whatever herbs you're growing.
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A double-barrel of good news on the Machete Kills front, as the Robert Rodriguez-directed and Danny Trejo-starring sequel has been picked up for North American distribution in 2013 by Open Road Films and has released its first official image! The second installment in a planned trilogy features Trejo as the former Mexican federale out to stop a madman and a billionaire arms dealer from unleashing war across the globe.
The crazy cast which crowds Trejo out of his screen time features Michelle Rodriguez, Sofia Vergara, Amber Heard, Charlie Sheen, Lady Gaga, Antonio Banderas, Jessica Alba, Demian Bichir, Alexa Vega, Vanessa Hudgens, Cuba Gooding, Jr., William Sadler, Marko Zaror and Mel Gibson. Hit the jump to check out the first image of Machete Kills. Mr. Machete, what are you doing to Miss San Antonio?
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Danny Trejo returns as ex-Federale agent MACHETE, who is recruited by the President of the United States for a mission which would be impossible for any mortal man – he must take down a madman revolutionary and an eccentric billionaire arms dealer who has hatched a plan to spread war and anarchy across the planet.


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The worst part of making so many note cards, like I do, is having to score and fold them all one at a time with a triangle and bone folder on my knees on the living room floor. Yes, the floor, because I there's no where else, and the kitchen table is where the sewing machine lives so-
No more! I've found this handy little number among the heaps of junk in the Meers collection.
How cool!!!! An antique scoring machine. I love it already. It will score at least two sheets of card stock at once, nice and smooth. Its lever action would make short work of maybe four or more sheets. I'll have to try it today.
When I pulled it out, it was covered in rust and really dirty. I wiped it down and took some 200 grit sand paper to it. It was tedious, because of all the ins and out and little grooves to sand out. Then, I wiped the whole thing down with a thin coat of machine oil, and oiled all the joints. I wish I had a "before" picture, but I was too excited to bother with pictures at the time.
The back of it has a lovely little paper guide that I thought was frozen one with rust but a little sanding and oil and it slides nice and smooth now. I don't know why its green. I don't think it was painted, I have a feeling someone used it as an ink mixing surface. :/ Hacks.
Its just so simple and beautiful and practical! It makes me actually WANT to score hundreds of note cards and envelopes! yay!


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Gap Years as Important as University Degrees
More than half of managers across the country believe that gap years are just as important or more important as a university degree when selecting candidates for an interview.
A recent survey conducted by Projects Abroad showed that out of 253 managers in several industry sectors across the UK, only 44 percent believed that a traditional university degree is more important than gap year travel. Out of the other 56 percent, 7 percent say that a gap year is more vital when seeking potential job applicants.
These results come after the rise in university tuition fees and the prediction of a decline in students taking gap years. Managers in the HR, travel and transport and healthcare sectors are more likely to credit gap years as comparable to a degree.
Dr Peter Slowe, founder and director of Projects Abroad says: "These findings serve as a real wake-up call to anyone who ever doubted the value of overseas gap year travel. Gap years can offer great life experiences and can be hugely rewarding and I hope that this research gives some comfort to those currently contemplating the prospect."


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Ezra's got a nicely measured take on Romney's going away gaffe.
The last time Romney's comments to his donors leaked, he was telling them about the 47 percent of Americans who don't pay taxes, refuse to take responsibility for their lives, and will support Obama come hell or high water. These new comments are continuous with those: Romney really does appear to believe that there's a significant portion of the electorate that's basically comprised of moochers.
That's Romney's political cosmology: The Democrats bribe the moochers with health care and green cards. The Republicans try to free the makers through tax cuts and deregulation. Politics isn't a conflict between two reasonable perspectives on how to best encourage growth and high-living standards. It's a kind of reverse-Marxist clash between those who produce and those who take, and the easiest way to tell one from the other is to see who they vote for.
The release of the 47% comments was the defining moment of this election and remains a central fissure in the future of the Grand Old Party. I hope more Republicans join Bobby Jindal in rejecting this divise picture of the electorate in favor of a conservatism for all Americans.


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WASHINGTON - The U.S. began the war in Afghanistan with a "frighteningly simplistic" view of the country, and even 10 years later lacks knowledge that could help bring the conflict to a successful end, a former top commander said Thursday.
Retired Army Gen. Stanley McChrystal said in remarks at the Council on Foreign Relations that the U.S. and its NATO allies are only "a little better than" 50 percent of the way to reaching their war goals.
Of the remaining tasks to be accomplished, he said the most difficult may be creating a legitimate government that ordinary Afghans can believe in and that can serve as a counterweight to the Taliban.
McChrystal, who commanded coalition forces in 2009-10 and was forced to resign in a flap over a magazine article, said the U.S. entered Afghanistan in October 2001 with too little knowledge of Afghan culture.
"We didn't know enough and we still don't know enough," he said. "Most of us - me included - had a very superficial understanding of the situation and history, and we had a frighteningly simplistic view of recent history, the last 50 years."
U.S. forces did not know the country's languages and did not make "an effective effort" to learn them, he said.
McChrystal also said that the Bush administration's decision to invade Iraq less than two years after entering Afghanistan made the Afghan effort more difficult.
"I think they were made more difficult, clearly," he said because the Iraq invasion "changed the Muslim world's view of America's effort. When we went after the Taliban in Afghanistan in 2001, there was a certain understanding that we had the ability and the right to defend ourselves and the fact that al-Qaida had been harbored by the Taliban was legitimate. I think when we made the decision to go into Iraq that was less legitimate" in the eyes of much of the Muslim world.
Iraq also diverted some military resources that could have been put to good use in Afghanistan, he said.


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The Last Place in America That's Not Politically Polarized: Wikipedia
Though in the lead-up to today's election news organizations somehow kept unearthing supposedly undecided voters to interview, today's American political discussion is in fact ridiculously polarized and unfriendly — on TV, on blogs, on Twitter, on Facebook and IRL. But Wikipedia editors, it turns out, can get past their differences and have reasonable discussions across party lines about controversial political topics. That is, according to a study by researchers from USC and the Barcelona Media Foundation, found via the Wikimedia blog.


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Unknown: Schoenewald takes on Rooker
Christian Schoenewald has no name recognition. But although he's lived here only two years and almost no one knows who he is, he's challenging Dennis Rooker, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, for the Jack Jouett seat.
"I'm a newcomer," concedes Schoenewald. "There are college students who've been here longer than I have."
But obviously he doesn't consider his newcomer's status as necessarily a bad thing. "Time in a place is not the best measure of someone's effectiveness in a place," says the communications consultant who won the Republican nomination in June.
After seven years in the Washington area, "I've seen explosive growth rates," he explains. "I've seen governments make mistakes. With an outsider, you get an outsider's perspective." And Schoenewald thinks he's the man to say, "Stop, you don't want to go down this road."
He and his wife lived on Pantops mountain for a year. "It was strange," he says. "It was like moving from Northern Virginia– to Northern Virginia."
Now they live in an older subdivision off Barracks Road, and he likes the pedestrian friendly cul de sacs and having a little space between neighbors– despite the steady drone of traffic on Barracks Road and the fact these older neighborhoods are often blamed for sprawl.
"I believe in 'a' neighborhood model, not 'the' neighborhood model," he says. "The county makes it very difficult to develop in the designated growth area. The neighborhood model is making it easier to build in rural areas we want to preserve."
Schoenewald shares the plight of the middle class in Albemarle County: he can't afford to buy the colonial he lives in, and he can't find a job that uses his American University degree and the experience gleaned from his job at the White House Office of Management and Budget. "There's a severe underemployment situation, even with 3.5 percent unemployment," says Schoenewald, who commiserates with other trailing spouses.
Besides being the unknown underdog in the supervisor's race, Schoenewald has another problem– he's legally blind, and that makes campaigning door to door problematic.
He describes the condition as like looking through the wrong end of binoculars. "I have a hard time making eye contact," he says. And his campaign wonders whether the problem will put some people off.
So for now he's telephoning constituents in the Jouett district, and he finds that more efficient.
When he was growing up, Schoenewald spent time in Reston, Roanoke, Minnesota and South Dakota. "The place that had the most impact on me was Virginia," he says. "When I think of a place that's home, I think of the Blue Ridge Mountains."
But it was progressive Minnesota and the help the state tried to give him with his disability that sparked his distrust of government and set him on the path of conservatism.
"It gave me the mindset that a lot of people in government are well intentioned– but out of touch," he says. "I have been disserved by well-intentioned liberals because they think government can do things better than the private sector."
Age: 32
Why here? My wife and I decided after visiting the area that we wanted to live here.
What's worst about living here? The lack of jobs that pay well, and the rapidly rising cost of real estate.
Favorite hangout? Anywhere with lots of trees and mountains
Most overrated virtue? Living by my ideals; it can lead to an uncomfortable life.
People would be surprised to know: That I'm a conservative even though I graduated from American University.
What would you change about yourself? I'd fix my eyesight.
Proudest accomplishment? Working for the White House Office of Management and Budget
People find most annoying about you: I say what I mean.
Whom do you admire? R. E. Lee– he lived by and accepted the consequences of his beliefs and obligations.
Favorite book? The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Subject that causes you to rant? The government treating us like an endless supply of money
Biggest 21st-century thrill? The real possibility of a cure for the problem with my eyes
Biggest 21st-century creep out? The push to have cameras everywhere in public spaces
What do you drive? That would be illegal: For some reason, blind people are not allowed to drive.
In your car CD player right now: Home CD player: Tales from Topographic Oceans
Next journey? The Blue Ridge Parkway to Mill Mountain Zoo to see the red pandas
Most trouble you've ever gotten in? I had a party when I was in high school when my mother was in Chicago for the weekend, and it was so worth it.
Regret: I did not learn to like roller coasters until I was in my late twenties.
Favorite comfort food: BBQ. Slow-cooked meat always makes things right.
Always in your refrigerator: Real butter
Must-see TV: The new Battlestar Galactica
Favorite cartoon: The Simpsons
Describe a perfect day. Early- to mid-November drive on the Blue Ridge Parkway with my wife, with many stops along the way to listen to the silence
Walter Mitty fantasy: I play keyboard on tour with the band Yes.
Who'd play you in the movie? Someone who'd make me look good
Most embarrassing moment? Every time someone reaches out to shake my hand and I don't see it
Best advice you ever got? My father told me, "Never take no for an answer."
Favorite bumper sticker? Don't Loudoun Albemarle County
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (June 21, 2009) – The lights may have gone out at the PalaCatania in Catania, Italy on Sunday, but there was no power outage when it came to the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team, which defeated Italy 3-1 (25-19, 18-25, 25-22, 25-20) in an FIVB World League match.
The U.S. Men will return to the United States with a 3-1 record and will get ready to face China on June 26-27 in San Jose, Calif. (Buy Tickets) Italy falls to 1-3 and will travel to Netherlands next weekend.
Evan Patak (Pleasanton, Calif.) led all scorers with 21 points on 18 kills, one block and a match-high three aces. Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) added 20 points on 17 kills and three blocks. Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.) scored 12 points on 11 kills and one ace.
Andrew Hein (Carol Stream, Ill.) scored nine points on seven kills, one block and one ace. David Lee (Alpine, Calif.) scored seven points on three kills, two blocks and one ace. Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania) scored two points on two kills.
Mauro Gavotto led Italy with 16 points on 15 kills and one block. Cristian Savani added 15 points on 14 kills and one block.
Italy out-blocked the United States 16-6. But the U.S. Men led in aces, 6-1 and kills, 59-51.
"I am happy for the match our young players played," U.S. Head Coach Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.) said in an FIVB press release. "What good receiving and great distribution; I think we won there."
The U.S. Men were credited with 46 receptions and 24 "excellent" receptions on 72 attempts. Libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.) was credited with 16 receptions and eight "excellent" on 24 attempts. Lambourne also had 18 digs and two faults in 20 attempts.
Suxho was credited with 17 running sets (assists) and one fault in 83 attempts.
Knipe started Anderson and Rooney at outside hitter, Lee and Hein at middle blocker, Patak at opposite, Suxho at setter and Lambourne at libero. David Smith (Saugus, Calif.), Brook Billings (Santa Barbara, Calif.), Kevin Hansen (Newport Beach, Calif.), Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.) and Scott Touzinsky (St. Louis, Mo.) all saw playing time as substitutes.
With the U.S. Men leading 6-4 in the first set, the lights went out at the PalaCatania and the match was delayed for about 20 minutes. The U.S. Men did not let it kill the momentum as they led 6-4 at the first technical timeout (TTO) and 16-13 at the second. With Team USA leading 20-14, Italy made a 3-0 run, but a Hein kill brought it to an end and the United States went on to scored the next three points to make the score 23-17. Italy picked up a couple more points on U.S. errors, but Team USA took the set victory.
Italy's defense improved in the second set as its blockers targeted the U.S. hitters and Matej Cernic's receiving improved. Italy took the set 25-18.
The U.S. Men led 16-14 at the second TTO of the third set and stretched the lead to 22-18. Italy used a 4-1 run to pull to within one point at 23-22, but a Rooney kill gave the United States set point and the U.S. Men pulled out the victory.
Team USA led 8-7 at the first TTO of the fourth set and expanded the lead to 10-7 before Italy began its comeback and tied the score at 10-10. The U.S. Men responded with a 4-0 run to lead 14-10. Although Italy scored the next three points, it never gained the lead and the U.S. Men took the match victory.
Read team leader Rob Browning's blog at http://usavolleyball.org/blog/blog/125.
View Rob Browning's videos from Italy on YouTube.
Read assistant coach John Hawks' blog at http://usavolleyball.org/blog/blog/388.
World League Tickets: Tickets for the World League matches in San Jose, Calif., (June 26-27 against China), Hoffman Estates, Ill., (July 10-11 against Italy) and Wichita, Kan., (July 17-18 against Netherlands) are on sale.
For San Jose tickets, click here.
For Hoffman Estates tickets, click here.
For Wichita tickets, click here.
For more information on World League, please visit USA Volleyball's World League web site at http://usavolleyball.org/event/event/573.
To visit the FIVB World League web site, click here.
2009 U.S. World League Roster for June 13-14
1 Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2 Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
3 Evan Patak (Opp, 6-8, Pleasanton, Calif., UC Santa Barbara)
4 David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5 Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
7 Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC)
8 Andrew Hein (MB, 6-11, Carol Stream, Ill., Pepperdine)
10 David Smith (MB, 6-7, Saugus, Calif., UC Irvine)
11 Brook Billings (Opp, 6-5, Santa Barbara, Calif., USC)
14 Kevin Hansen (S, 6-5, Newport Beach, Calif., Stanford)
15 Russell Holmes (MB, 6-8, Fountain Valley, Calif., BYU)
16 Jayson Jablonsky (OH, 6-5, Yorba Linda, Calif., UC Irvine)
18 Scott Touzinsky (OH, 6-6, St. Louis, Mo., Long Beach State)
19 Alfee Reft (L, 5-10, Oxnard, Calif., Hawai'i)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe
Assistant Coach: Gary Sato
Assistant Coach: John Hawks
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson
Team Doctor: Michael Terry
Medical Support: Aaron Brock
2009 FIVB World League Schedule and Results
Date: June 13-14
Opponent: Netherlands
Location: Rotterdam
June 13: Netherlands def. USA, 3-0 (25-22, 25-19, 26-24)
June 14: USA def. Netherlands, 3-2 (25-16, 30-32, 25-17, 20-25, 15-6)
Date: June 19 and 21
Opponent: Italy
Location: Florence and Catania
June 19: USA def. Italy, 3-1 (25-21, 30-28, 21-25, 25-21)
June 20: USA def. Italy, 3-1 (25-19, 18-25, 25-22, 25-20)
Date: June 26-27 (7 p.m. both days)
Opponent: China
Location: San Jose State University Event Center Arena in San Jose, Calif.
Date: July 4-5
Opponent: China
Location: Nanjing
Date: July 10-11 (7 p.m. both days)
Opponent: Italy
Location: Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill.
Date: July 17-18 (7 p.m. both days)
Opponent: Netherlands
Location: Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kan.
Date: July 22-26
Event: Final Round (teams must qualify)
Opponents: TBD
Location: Belgrade, Serbia


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Elzbieta Plackowska in a booking photo provided by the DuPage County Sheriff's Department in Wheaton, Ill.
A Naperville, Ill., woman who allegedly stabbed her son 100 times and a girl 50 times told police there were "devils" inside the children that she needed to kill, according to a prosecutor.
At 40-year-old Elzbieta Plackowska's bond hearing Thursday morning, DuPage County State Attorney Robert Berlin explained Plackowska's alleged comments. "She stated the children had evil inside of them and she was trying to drive the devil out of them," Berlin said, according to NBCChicago.com.
Police say that on Tuesday Plackowska fatally stabbed her 7-year-old son Justin 100 times and 5-year-old Olivia Dworakowski 50 times, according to the Chicago Tribune. At the time, Plackowska was babysitting her son and the girl at Olivia's home in Naperville, about 30 miles west of Chicago, the newspaper reported. She allegedly told the kids to kneel and pray before stabbing them, NBCChicago.com reported, and also told her son that he was going to heaven.
Prosecutors say both the kids' throats were slashed, the Tribune reported.
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After the murders, Plackowska tried to go to a Naperville church but found it closed, so she left a message on its answering machine saying she had done something bad and needed assistance, Berlin said, according to The Associated Press. Covered in blood and with scratches on her hands, she went to a friend's home where her other, adult son was staying and told them that she had been robbed, Berlin said.
Prosecutors say Plackowska initially told police a stalker broke into the townhouse and committed the crimes, the Tribune reported.
Plackowska later told police that she stabbed her son to death to hurt her husband who "didn't appreciate her," according to NBCChicago.com. She said she killed the girl and two dogs because they witnessed the crime, NBCChicago.com reported.
Berlin said investigators found two blood-stained knives; one in the kitchen sink at the townhome and another in Plackowska's car, according to the AP.
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"In all my years in law enforcement, this is the most gruesome and horrific crime scene that I have seen," Naperville police Chief Bob Marshall said at the news conference, according to the AP.
Plackowska is being held without bond on two counts of first degree murder, NBCChicago.com reported. Berlin said Plackowska has no prior history of violence, the AP reported.
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- Former Penn State president faces charges linked to Sandusky sex case
- NBC/WSJ/Marist polls: Obama leads in Iowa, running neck and neck in NH, Wis.
- 'Pure mayhem' as New York City tires to get back to work
- Campaign ad spending closes in on $1 billion
- Cops: At least 3 shot during Hollywood Halloween celebrations
- Diesel spill pollutes waters between Staten Island, NJ
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State Sen. Phil Berger wants the General Assembly to examine the state�s response to the dumping of sewage into the Haw River and coal ash waste into the Dan River. Berger, who represents the Dan River�s backyard, received strong support from Sen. Rick Gunn, who represents Burlington where 3.5 million gallons of untreated sewage recently flowed downstream through the Haw River.
The senators want to know who is responsible for the state�s potentially illegal role in the two spills. They should look in the mirror. Berger, Gunn and their fellow Alamance Republican representatives Steve Ross and Dennis Riddell have all voted to weaken, delay or repeal the rules that protect water quality across North Carolina.
As expected by many, those politicians who hate government and distrust science are inept at governing. Regulators in the past viewed North Carolina�s citizens and the environment as their customers. In the Orwellian gilded age that Art Pope�s money created in Raleigh, polluters like Duke Energy are now treated as �customers� and regulations are burdensome barriers that should be repealed as soon as possible.
Burlington�s sewage spill headed downstream toward Jordan Lake where Gunn�s SolarBee pollution blenders will now have more work to do. For its part Duke promises to clean up their ash basins �in a way that is both environmentally appropriate and fair to our customers�. Duke�s customers are anybody who pays a Duke Energy bill. The spill and the ash dumps that threaten North Carolina�s rivers must be cleaned up, but fairness says let Duke�s management and shareholders (like Gov. Pat McCrory) pick up the tab. Duke�s ratepayers did not cause this problem or delay the remedies; Duke Energy did.
If Sens. Berger and Gunn are serious about safeguarding North Carolina�s environment, they will reverse the course set by Pope, hold polluters accountable and enforce environmental protections. If they don�t North Carolina will deserve its newfound national reputation as a state where pollution pays and polluters profit.


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Covering Dixie Like Mildew - The SEC. You got a problem with that?
This is how Alabama's world ends.
Team Speed Kills looks at the downfalls of head football coaches such as USC's Pete Carroll and Urban Meyer at Florida to see how Nick Saban's Alabama dynasty of success and domination might come to its eventual end.
I'll Stick Around.
Georgia starting quarterback Aaron Murray discusses why he chose to stay in Athens for his senior season. The real reason though is that he's only be about a third-rounder in the 2013 NFL Draft. Hios odds of going higher are better in 2014. (The Athens Banner-Herald)
Nation of Domination.
The SEC once again dominated bowl season in 2012-2013 with a 6-3. This despite Floirda's Sugar Bowl debacle and LSU's loss in the Chick-fil-A Bowl. (ESPN)
Gimmie Some Money.
Texas A&M HC Kevin Sumlin, tied with Ole Miss' Hugh Freeze for the distinction of being the lowest paid coach in the SEC, needs a pay raise. Because David Harris said so. (The Bryan- College Station Eagle)
So Long and Thanks for All the Fish.
Texas A&M junior left tackle Luck Joeckel announces decision to enter the 2013 NFL Draft. (The Bryan-College Station Eagle)
Least. Shocking. News. Ever. Of the week.
Texas A&M starting QB Johnny Manziel is the favorite to repeat as the 2013 Heisman Trophy winner. (SB*Nation)
Not so fast, midget!
Alabama QB A.J. McCarron is Manziel's biggest threat to winning his second Heisman in 2013. (The Los Angeles Times/Bleacher Report)
Gratuitous Katherine Webb item of the day.
Dave Kindred gives his two cents on the Katherine Webb-Brent Musburger mess. (Sports on Earth)


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This past weekend I had a cake tasting for an upcoming wedding and one of the requested flavors was German Chocolate Cake. Well, I've never made a German Chocolate Cake, but I'm always up for a new chocolate recipe, so I went for it.
Since most of the cakes I do start with a cake mix, that's where I started for this cake too. I read through a recipe in the Cake Mix Doctor book and adapted it to my liking!
It turned out soooo yummy! I'm huge chocolate fan so in my opinion, you can't really go wrong with any chocolate cake, but this cake was just scrumptious!!
For the frosting, I made my usual chocolate buttercream recipe (cut in half) with a few modifications and the addition of cream cheese, of course! The addition of cream cheese might have made this my new favorite frosting… it was just SO creamy and perfect and wonderful!
I might have eaten a few spoonfuls straight out of the bowl.
I could have eaten it straight of the bowl with a spoon, but I didn't 😉 ! Next time, I might even try it with a little more cream cheese to see what happens… it was fantastic!
Now, before you yell at me, I didn't do the typical German Chocolate Cake frosting – where there is coconut and pecans actually mixed into the frosting, but that's just a technicality, right?
There are pecans. There is coconut. There is chocolate. All is good. However, if you don't like the coconut and/or pecans, you could easily omit them from this cake and it would still be delectable!!
This post is linked up at Cast Party Wednesday, Sweet Tooth Friday, Foodie Friday, I'm Lovin' It, Fusion Friday, Flour Me With Love, and Works for Me Wednesday!
Any questions or comments about this recipe? Please leave me a comment!
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German Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Cream Cheese Buttercream Frosting {Recipe}
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 28-32
- Total Time: 7 minute
This beautifully layered german chocolate cake with buttercream frosting is sweet and moist.
- 1 box (18.75 ounces) German Chocolate cake mix (I used Betty Crocker)
- 4 ounces of milk chocolate (chips or bar)
- 1 box (3.4 ounces) instant vanilla pudding mix
- 1/2 cup water
- 4 ounces sour cream
- 1/4 cup vegetable oil
- 3 large eggs
- 1/2 cup solid vegetable shortening*
- 1/2 cup salted butter, at room temperature (1 stick)
- 4 ounces cream cheese, at room temperature
- 1 tablespoons vanilla extract
- 3/4 cups cocoa powder
- 1 – 1.5 pounds confectioners' sugar
- 1/2 cup of flaked coconut (optional)
- 3/4 cup chopped pecans (optional)
- 3–4 tablespoons warm water (or milk, but water allows the chocolate flavor to be stronger)
- *You can omit the shortening and double the butter to 1 cup if you prefer. The frosting will be softer, but still perfectly delicious!
- Preheat the oven to 325°. Lightly spray (2) 8″ pans with Baker's Joy (or spray with non-stick spray then dust them with cocoa powder).
- Chop the chocolate (if necessary), then place into a microwave safe bowl. Microwave on high power for 60-90 seconds, stirring with a fork every 30 seconds until completely melted.
- In a large mixing bowl, combine the melted chocolate, cake mix, pudding mix, water, sour cream, oil and eggs. Mix for 2-3 minutes until completely smooth (the batter will be thick). Scrape down the bowl periodically as needed.
- Bake for 28-32 minutes or until the top springs back when lightly pressed with your finger.
- While the cake is baking, we'll make the frosting. In a mixing bowl, add the butter, shortening, cream cheese and vanilla. Cream until smooth, but do not over-beat. Add in the cocoa powder and 1 pound of the confectioner's sugar. Then add in 1-2 tablespoons of milk until the frosting easily mixes.
- Now this next step is not going to be terribly specific. Continue adding confectioner's sugar and/or milk until the desired consistency is desired. If you like a softer frosting, you may want to add more milk and less powdered sugar. If you want a stiffer frosting for piping or decorating, you may need more powdered sugar and less milk. You'll have to play with it until you get the desired texture.
- When you're done, stick the frosting in the refrigerator to chill.
- After the cakes are done, take them out of the oven and allow them to cool for 10 minutes in the pan. Then flip them out onto cooling racks and allow them to completely cool – at least 30 minutes.
- When cooled, place one layer on a cake plate with the bottom side up. Frost with a generous layer of frosting, and if you're going all out, then sprinkle the coconut over the frosting and gently press it into the frosting with your hand. Then sprinkle about 1/4 cup of the chopped nuts over the coconut.
- Stack the second layer of cake on top of that and then frost the entire out side of the cake. Sprinkle the remaining pecans over the top of the cake. You can pipe a border if you like or leave it as is.
- Enjoy!
- Category: desserts
Keywords: german chocolate, buttercream, filling, swirl, icing recipe, frosting, cream cheese


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UPDATE: A sidebar on David Cox's approach to his first game as a skipper: Cox maintains calm during chaotic week
In their first game without suspended head coach Mike Rice, Rutgers responded with an offensive explosion to down UAB 88-79 and improve to 7-2. Myles Mack scored 23 points and Eli Carter netted 20 as the Scarlet Knights shot 60 percent from the field. Read the newspaper game story here. Our thoughts and quotes:
To borrow Mike Rice's favorite saying, "You can't control what happens to you, you can control how you respond." Rutgers responded to a difficult three days with a strong performance. The players were motivated and focused, hitting 15 of their first 16 shots—and almost entirely good looks. Can't remember a Rutgers team going on that kind of hot streak. They also assisted on 18 of 27 buckets, a hallmark of teamwork. UAB is no pushover, so this was a quality win all the way around.
David Cox, take a bow. In his first game as the head man on any level, Cox pushed all the right buttons—from donning a full RU uniform during his pre-game speech to his thoughtful postgame press conference. He blocked out the distractions, which is easier said than done. You never want to read too deeply into one game—remember, Fred Hill led Rutgers to a rout of Marquette during Gary Waters snow-gate—but Cox handled a delicate situation perfectly and certainly looks like he's comfortable in command.
Myles Mack is playing at All-Big East level. Check out this line: 23 points on 6-of-9 shooting, 5 assists, 5 steals, 4 rebounds and 2 turnovers in 33 minutes. He made all seven free throws and has missed just one foul shot all season. That came in the opener. He's drained 25 straight since. These kind of numbers are becoming routine for the sophomore guard, who is doing it all in the flow of the action.
Only one negative today: Turnovers. 22 of them. That's four games this season with 18-plus giveaways. It's important that Jerome Seagears, who is probably the best pure ball-handler on the team, plays well enough to stay on the floor. This was his best game so far: 8 points, 2 assists, 0 turnovers in 24 minutes.
This was the last big hurdle on the non-conference slate for RU. At 7-2, the Scarlet Knights should get by Howard and Rider and head into Big East play at 9-2. That's where everyone expected them to be when the schedule came out.
On Cox's pre-game speech: "He actually put on a uniform to make some type of statement, that he wanted to be out there with us. He put the whole thing on, all the way down to the socks. He said, 'I'm ready to be out there with you. Let me show you how ready I am," junior forward Wally Judge said. "He took (the sweats) off and everybody busted out laughing. It eased the tension in the room."
"Coach Cox did a great job of attacking the mental aspect, not letting our mentality run amok and have us wondering what's going to happen in the future. He kept us keyed in on the next game and focused on playing UAB . . . It was a relaxed atmosphere all the way around. Outside of basketball, we have a great relationship with Coach Cox. He's been around Rice so much, we didn't lose a step. They're pretty much mirror images of each other."
On seeing the yellow rope, which is normally in the film room, draped across the seats on RU's bench (it signifies "holding the rope" for your teammates): "I didn't know it was going to be there until I sat down on it. It was interesting to see the rope there. It was a great, great concept. It definitely reiterated that we need to stay together and play for one another, and we did that."
Excerpts from David Cox's press conference:
Opening Statement: "First of all, it's been a very tough week and the support that we have received from the athletic department and the entire scarlet nation has been phenomenal. With that being said, I would be remiss to not take a moment to say that yes, we had a game today, but there was a tragedy – to say the least – in Newtown, Conn. All of our prayers are with the families of those who are dealing with this currently."
On making 15 of their first 1 shots: "I would probably call that divine intervention, because I certainly didn't teach them to shoot that well in the last two days. Again, I think guys came in jacked. They were ready to play and they were ready to prove that as a team and as a unit that we were going to stick together and going to weather this storm."
On playing for Mike Rice: "Absolutely. Absolutely. They played for Coach Rice. They played for themselves and they played for this University, as they always do. Make no bones about it, some of the criticism that this team has received for what's perceived was attitudes and or chemistry issues, they hear and they wanted to make sure they displayed a united front today."
On his approach: I'm a different person (than Rice). I have a different sideline coaching demeanor. But the same formula was intact.
The yellow rope on the bench: "That represents us, that represents the team. In a time like this, so much adversity, a time many of our young men have not been through before, it's important for us as a team to have a visual reminder. That wasn't there for anybody else. That was there to remind us to stick together."
On his day: "I didn't get much sleep last night. We went through our normal routine. We had breakfast as a team. That it was a noon game and I didn't have to wait all day, I think it helped. The first group of people I saw outside my family this morning was the team. We broke bread together, we laughed and joked. That settled me."
Preparing the past few days: "Nothing outside of what Mike normally teaches, handkling adversity, dealing with chaos, how you respond to things. Those are Mike's mantras, that rope is Mike Rice's—he brought that in. Mike wanted our players and coaches and managers hold on to that rope. Today we wanted to hold onto that rope for Mike Rice and this program."


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Ted Nugent is almost out of the woods.
Days after the federal government let him off the hook for violent comments he made about the president, the rocker turned gun champion is making peace with the feds by pleading guilty to the illegal shooting of a bear.
On Tuesday, a federal judge signed off on the plea deal Nugent inked earlier this month with federal prosecutors over his shooting a black bear in Alaska for his television show "Spirit of the Wild" — allegedly in violation of federal law, according to Today.
According to the plea deal, in a May 2009 hunting trip to Alaska's Sukkwan Island, Nugent shot two bears, wounding one and killing the other, although Alaska only lets hunters shoot one bear per year. Both scenes made it onto "Spirit of the Wild."
With his plea, Nugent agreed to two years of probation, a $10,000 fine and a public service announcement to be broadcast every other week on his TV show for a year.
Two years ago, Nugent lost his deer hunting license in California after pleading no contest to a hunting violation there, according to The Hollywood Reporter.


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The idea of going to Syria right now might be a little crazy knowing for a fact that the Civil War has been going on there since 2011. Thousands of people have already died and a huge portion of the country now having been destroyed. However, if you are still interested, you can check out some ancient civilization ruins including the Palmyra and Salamieh. Again, there are strong travel advisories to Syria. Yet, if you think it is worth the risk, you can book a flight with Skiddoo now.


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Witcher's presentation, "High Touch and High Tech: Being a Successful 21st Century Genealogical Society" sparked a fire storm of blog posts, comments, and tweets. See what I'm talking about at GeneaMusings and Luxegen. (Note that some of the comments and tweets referred to Witcher's related keynote speech "The Changing Face of Genealogy." Now for the most part I agree with what I've seen in terms of summaries and comments:
- Societies do need to embrace technology to remain viable.
- Societies do need to reach out to a younger generation.
- Websites, e-publications, webinars, and surname databases are all great ways to both embrace technology and reach a younger generation.
We're beginning to run our societies like businesses. We're using words like ROI, profit margin, and customer. There is some value in that. There is value in ensuring we are offering sufficient member benefits. There is value in ensuring our societies don't go bankrupt. There is, however, very little value in constructing a barrier between society boards and society members by classifying members as customers.
Societies don't have customers—they are built on a member model. They were created by people who came together with a common goal expressed by their mission statement. Let's look at the state mission statements of a few prominent societies:
National Genealogical Society (NGS)
"To serve and grow the genealogical community by providing education and training, fostering increased quality and standards, and promoting access to and preservation of genealogical records."Ohio Genealogical Society (OGS)
"OGS is a non-profit organization, incorporated under Internal Revenue Code 501©(3) whose purposes are:Utah Genealogical Association (UGA)
- Fostering an interest in all of the peoples who contributed in any way to the establishment and perpetuation of the state of Ohio;
- Searching for the reasons and forces behind the migration of early settlers into this state;
- Preserving and safeguarding manuscripts, books, and memorabilia relating to the early settlers of Ohio;
- Securing and holding copyrights, master copies and plates of books, periodicals, tracts, and pamphlets of genealogical and historical interest to the people of Ohio;
- Publishing, printing, buying, selling, and circulating literature regarding the purposes, records, acquisitions, and discoveries of the Society.
- Aiding others in the publication and dissemination of materials pertaining to Ohio, including biography and family and local history;
- Receiving and holding gifts and bequests from any source for the benefit of the Society, disposing of such gifts and bequests not needed and using funds derived therefrom solely for the purposes of the Society;
- Doing all things incidental to the perpetuation of the purposes of the Society, and exercising the powers legally and properly requisite thereto.
"UGA provides genealogical information, sources, and education through personal instruction and published media on state, national, and international family history topics, while promoting high standards and ethical practices."What do these and many other genealogical society mission statements have in common? They all use words like promote, educate, preserve, and foster. These societies were built as service organizations. Do we still think of them that way? Are genealogy societies still a place where we come together to give back to our community? Or are we spending too much of our time complaining about what societies aren't doing; about what they aren't providing for us as consumers? I respectfully submit that it's not a society's job to meet our needs as consumers. It is their job to meet their mission statement—and in the process to provide a place for us to give back to the community in a meaningful way.
Disclosure: I serve on the board of the Utah Genealogical Association as an unpaid director. I also serve as the unpaid director of the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy. These opinions are my own and don't reflect the board as a whole. In fact I'm not even sure the majority of UGA directors and members would agree with me!


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It's been another week of organising and sorting through my crafty bits and pieces, labouring under the illusion that if there's some kind of system I must still be in control. (There isn't. I'm not.) Still, I should count myself lucky that I've managed to accumulate some fantastic resources, along with a very supportive husband who trusts me to make something from all this stuff! He really does deserve a medal of some sort. Yesterday he drove me an hour up the coast to go beach combing for driftwood. We stamped around for an hour getting our faces sandblasted in gale force winds, and he helped me carry loads of it back to his nice clean car! It's all drying out by the radiators, so I'll post pics when it's not so sad and soggy!
With Easter and another craft fair coming up, I've started making crochet eggs. Trawling round town, trying to get polystyrene eggs for a decent price is a story too boring to tell. Short version: Hobbycraft overcharges by A LOT! (and yet I still bought some there -WHY?) I did start out with a pattern from an old issue of Simply Crochet but my eggs were too big, so I very quickly went off in my own direction, which was a lot more fun!
I found the little purple bucket in that picture for 85p in a charity shop, and I hooked up its little jumper last night. I absolutely love it, but it will go on the stall so I only get to keep it if it doesn't sell. 😦
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about starting to spring clean and reorganise my stash of craft supplies. My bed is now floating comfortably atop the mountain of yarn I managed to stuff into zip up laundry bags, and my wardrobe is full to about waist deep with fabric of various kinds. There was more than a little swearing and brute force involved in getting it there. In comparison dealing with my collection of fat quarters was practically a spiritual experience as I ironed and folded away each precious scrap with Zen-like calm and… okay, I confess that's a bit of an exaggeration. I hate ironing, but I did at least from this:
with minimal damage to me, the iron, the ironing board, and most importantly, the fabric.
I bought most of my fat quarters when I got into doing patchwork last summer. At some point I should do a post about my patchwork cushions, although they often put in a sneaky appearance in the background of my photos anyway! Anything smaller than a fat quarter tends to end up in my rag bag, which is a bit of a crochet monster!
I pretty much save every bit of fabric larger than a postage stamp, and all those scraps came in handy when I got my Clover Kanzashi Flower Maker last week. At first I was horrified at first at the idea of paying a fiver for a gadget that is essentially just a bit of plastic that folds in half, especially when you can make the flowers without one. One of my crafty friends makes beautiful little blossoms without a gadget, and a part of me felt that using one would somehow be cheating. But then I remembered the pompom maker. Yes, you can make pompoms without a pompom maker but it's boring and takes ages. On the other hand, with one you can make LOADS AND LOADS AND LOADS AND IT'S AWESOME!
So I bought the flower maker.
My first attempt was a bit of a Frankenflower, and I almost lost faith in my over-priced piece of plastic, but with a bit of practice (and re-reading the instructions) something just clicked!
and over a couple of days this happened!
I still think using the gadget is cheating really, but that didn't stop me buying the larger version too! I have so many things I want to decorate with them! Traditionally this style of fabric flower was used to make decorations to be worn in ladies' hair, but as my friend Emma already has that covered with her handmade flowers, I think I'll go in another direction with mine. Watch this space.
I'd have to make an awful lot of fabric flowers to make a serious dent on my stash of fabric, especially when I keep adding to it. There was, however, a fantastic find in my local Salvation Army shop that was just too good to ignore.
That, my friends, is a pile of fabric consisting of: four pillow cases priced at 50p each, and three matching double sheets priced at £3 each, and the colours are still beautifully bright! This haul only cost me £11! There are so many things I want to make with this fabric, and there's so much of it that I'll be able to make them all!
No picture of my stripey blanket this week, so you will just have to be twice as impressed next time! And just to confuse things, I've started a Granny Stripe Blanket inspired by Attic24's beautiful (and now iconic!) one. That brings the number of blankets I'm working on at the moment to a total of four. I really should finish one or two before I start any more…
I have at least finished my second pair of socks this year! They don't look like much sat on my sofa.
But with my feet in them and some moody lighting…
…they don't look too shabby!
I've got the hang of the heel now so I think it could be time too take a deep breath and break out the 4ply. Wish me luck!
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The rumors can finally be laid to rest: Arsenio Hall is officially returning to TV.
And to a late-night talk show, no less. The news comes almost 20 years after "The Arsenio Hall Show" aired its final evening broadcast in 1994.
News of Hall's return came Monday from CBS Television Distribution, which is partnering with Tribune Co. in a deal that will see the new chat-fest broadcast at 11 p.m. on Tribune's 17 TV stations.
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"We're excited to welcome Arsenio back to the family," said CBSTD president John Nogawski in a statement. "The Arsenio Hall Show" originally ran on CBS and its affiliates from 1989 to 1994.
"Arsenio had a substantial following with his previous late-night show, and that same 18-34 audience is now right in the middle of the late-night core audience of 35-54," added Nogawski. "Years ago, he transcended time periods and attracted a crossover audience while bringing a fresh perspective to late-night. That same need in the market exists today as when we originally launched."
Following Hall's defeat of Clay Aiken on the most recent season of NBC's "The Celebrity Apprentice," the 56-year-old comedian has been vocal about his desire to return to television talk.
"In the end I'm a comic, and nothing fits the talk-show mode like a stand-up comic," Hall told the Los Angeles Times on Monday.
"The Arsenio Hall Show" made history in 1992 when then presidential candidate Bill Clinton appeared as a guest and performed "Heartbreak Hotel" on his saxophone.
The as yet untitled new show will run Monday through Friday and begin airing September, 2013.


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U.S. consumers peering over the "fiscal cliff" don't like what they see.
The Associated Press reported that fears of sharp tax increases and government spending cuts set to take effect next week sent consumer confidence tumbling in December to its lowest level since August.
The Conference Board said Thursday (Dec. 27) that its consumer confidence index fell for the second straight month in December to 65.1, down from 71.5 in November.
The survey showed consumers' outlook for the next six months deteriorated to its lowest level since 2011 — a signal to Lynn Franco, the board's director of economic indicators, that consumers are worried about the tax hikes and spending cuts that take effect Jan. 1 if the White House and Congress can't reach a budget deal.
Earlier this week a report showed consumers held back shopping this holiday season, another indication of their concerns about possible tax increases.
The December drop in confidence "is obvious confirmation that a sudden and serious deterioration in hopes for the future took place in December — presumably reflecting concern about imminent 'fiscal cliff' tax increases," said Pierre Ellis, an economist with Decision Economics.
The decline in confidence comes at a critical time when the economy is showing signs of improvement elsewhere.
- A recovery in the housing market is looking more sustainable. On Thursday, the government said new-home sales increased in November at the fastest seasonally adjusted annual pace in 2 1/2 years.
- And the job market has made slow but steady gains in recent months. The average number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits over the past month fell to the lowest level since March 2008.
But the political wrangling in Washington threatens the economy's slow, steady progress.
President Barack Obama and House members returned to Washington Thursday to resume talks with just days to go before the deadline.
But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid warned that the government appears to be headed over the "fiscal cliff" because talks had gone nowhere. The Nevada Democrat made the comments minutes after the consumer confidence report was released.
The combination of weaker consumer confidence and dimming hopes of a deal on the "fiscal cliff" hit financial markets hard Thursday.
A short fall over the cliff won't push the economy into recession. But most economists expect some tax increases to take effect next year. That could slow economic growth.
While consumers are more worried about where the economy is headed, they were upbeat about present conditions, according to the latest survey. Their assessment of current economic conditions rose this month to the highest level since August 2008.
A key reason for that is gas prices hit a 2012 low of $3.21 per gallon last week. Normally, that would prompt consumers to spend more on holiday shopping.
But the opposite has happened. A report from MasterCard Advisors Spending pulse indicated sales grew in the two months before Christmas at the weakest rate since 2008, when the country was in a deep recession.
There were other distractions this holiday season. In late October, Superstorm Sandy battered the Northeast and mid-Atlantic states, which account for 24 percent of U.S. retail sales. That, coupled with the presidential election, hurt sales during the first half of November.
Shopping picked up in the second half of November. But "fiscal cliff" worries dampened sales in December.


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Although I was born in Pasadena, California, I grew up in Westerville, Ohio near Columbus. I attended Miami University, in Oxford, Ohio and earned a double major in both Zoology and Chemistry. I attended medical school in Dayton, Ohio at Wright State University, where I graduated with honors (Alpha Omega Alpha). I then went on to the University of Pennsylvania, where I completed a surgical internship, and followed that with my residency in Dermatology at Wilford Hall Medical Center in San Antonio, Texas. While at Wilford Hall, I got to serve as an exchange resident at the world's oldest hospital dedicated to dermatology, Hospital Saint-Louis in Paris, France.
I spent nine spectacular years in the Air Force, where I served in California, Texas and finally the panhandle of Florida. I was lucky enough to have traveled all the way around the world, go to all of the continents of the world except Antarctica, serve as Bob Hope's personal physician for one of his USO tours, and get selected as one of the top flight surgeons in the Air Force.
I landed here in Melbourne in 1995, and each year has gotten better and better. The people of Melbourne are in a class by themselves. This has proven to be the perfect place to raise a family and live and work. I consider myself lucky to be here and work with and care for such high quality people.
My areas of special interest are cosmetic and surgical dermatology, including Mohs Micrographic Surgery, and non-surgical rejuvenation of the face.
In my spare time, I like to run, bicycle, fish, and travel. I also enjoy water sports, including wakeboarding and kite boarding, and plan to learn to surf in the near future.


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The 2019 Toyota CH-R is powered by a lively 2.0-liter four-cylinder dynamic force engine with Valvematic technology. This engine is designed to deliver the best of both handling performance and fuel economy. Paired with the CVTi-S transmission gives you the ability to manual control gear shifts or keep it locked in "D" for smooth and efficient automatic driving. Tack on a sport-tuned suspension and three selectable driving modes and you are ready for some thrills. Choose between normal, eco, and sport modes to unleash the best of lively acceleration or boosted fuel economy for a ride that fits your drive.
Safety Features of the 2019 Toyota C-HR
The CH-R is built with high-tensile steel that is strategically placed throughout the body to increase rigidity. Advanced active safety technologies make their way into the vehicle in the form of the Star Safety System, designed to increase traction, improve braking, and much more. Add 10 standard air bags, Toyota Safety Sense P standard, and available blind spot monitoring and rear cross-traffic alert and your CH-R becomes an advanced safety machine.
Technology and Convenience Features in the 2019 Toyota CH-R
In the cabin you will find yourself in control of all your connectivity from the seven-inch touch-screen display in the middle of the dash. With iPod connectivity and Bluetooth wireless technology, you can seamlessly connect your mobile devices without ever taking your hands off the wheel. Look to your instrument cluster and you will find a 4.2-inch TFT multi-information display that is designed to deliver important information to you at a glance. Technology continues to make your life easier with brake hold, this system when activated engages when you come to a full stop, you can remove your foot from the brake pedal and your vehicle will stay stopped until you hit the accelerator.
The CH-R is truly a unique vehicle in the Toyota lineup and is a great mix of functionality and capability for Phoenix drivers. To learn more about the new CH-R come by our dealership in Avondale for a test drive.


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Retired auto worker and Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski resents the changes happening in the world around him. His neighbors have either moved away or died, replaced by Hmong immigrants he despises.
When a gang forces his shy teenaged neighbor, Thao, to try to steal his car, Walt gets involved, earning the admiration of his neighbors and the enmity of the gang.
Through Thao and his family's unrelenting kindness, Walt eventually comes to understand certain truths about the people next door. And about himself. These people--provincial refugees from a cruel past--have more in common with Walt than he has with his own family, and reveal to him parts of his soul that have been walled off since the war...like the Gran Torino preserved in the shadows of his garage.
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Adapted from the "Swelling Clays Map Of The Conterminous United States" by W.W. Olive, A.F. Chleborad, C.W. Frahme, Julius Schlocker, R.R. Schneider, and R.L Shuster; 1989
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grails create-app esb
I know it seems like a strange app to create with grails, especially when there a several other capable opensource ESBs available (mule, servicemix, openesb), but instead of asking yourself why, ask yourself why not. While it may not offer all the same features (BPEL) it's certainly a possibility for certain circumstances. This possibility was spawned together with co-worker Kit Plummer when discussing different options for an upcoming story that required email integration. At first it seemed kind of ridiculous, especially since we were already using openesb in jboss, but it started to make some sense the more we thought about it.
So how could a MVC web framework possibly replace a feature complete ESB? Well, first let me explain my background. I don't consider myself an ESB expert, but I do have some experience with ServiceMix and OpenESB (see openesb topics). In fact, my former company, let our team develop and open source 4 JBI Binding Components for RSS, SIP, UDDI, and XMPP.
Here was a short list of complaints I had with running OpenESB v2 in jboss:
- At first it was pretty simple to setup, install, and run for a single developer, but trying to duplicate that across a large distributed team and things get more complicated. This included the difficulty of setting it up in all of our CI and beta environments. It's not as easy as just running Glassfish which includes OpenESB.
- OpenESB v2 basically required Netbeans, which again isn't too hard for one developer. But asking your team to run a second unfamiliar IDE is no easy task. The OSGi based OpenESB v3 does not require Netbeans, but it does make it easier.
- Composite Applications are less than easy to create, test, maintain, version, deploy in CI, etc. At least not compared to a Grails WAR anyways. Being able to consistently do those 5 things over 12-24 months is really bigger than you think.
- Security. It's more difficult to lock it down compared to a WAR running in jboss fronted by apache.
- Easy. Simple. Trivial for everything including: developing, maintaining, testing, deploying, versioning, securing, and installing.
- Grails is plugin based and has a growing number of good plugins. One of the main benefits of an ESB is leveraging all the other work so you don't have to write anything. Things like HTTP, JMS, SMTP, JDBC, RSS, XMPP, FTP, BPEL, XSLT, and FILE just to name a few. Granted many Grails plugins are web focused, but there are several similar capabilities such as HTTP, JMS, JDBC, SMTP, RSS, and Workflow. Beyond that writing your own Grails plugin is easy compared to writing your own ESB component. See the Mail plugin as an example of how easy it is to send an email in Grails.
- Doesn't require Netbeans. Developers can continue using their favorite IDE.
There is one big disadvantage to using Grails like an ESB: fewer incoming protocols. I could be wrong on this one but with grails your probably limited HTTP and maybe JMS (outside of setting up quartz jobs and polling). But with an ESB its really unlimited (HTTP, JMS, JDBC, SMTP, SIP, XMPP).
I am sure I am missing several other key pieces, so interested in hearing from others. The nice thing is our implementation is hidden behind a REST API that could easily be supported by a bloated ESB.


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Patrick Dempsey's Mom Dies After Long Battle With Ovarian Cancer
Patrick Dempsey's mother has passed away at the age of 79. She died on Monday, March 24, after a long battle with ovarian cancer.
Amanda Dempsey, the actor's mother, was the inspiration behind the Patrick Dempsey Center for Cancer Hope & Healing, a cancer support organization that the 'Grey's Anatomy' star and his sisters founded in 2008. The center is located at the Central Maine Medical Center in Lewiston, Maine, where his mother had long been treated.
Peter Chalke, the president and CEO of Central Maine Healthcare, honored Amanda in a statement released yesterday, March 25.
"The entire Central Maine Medical family mourns the passing of Amanda Dempsey. [She] was both a great lady and a determined fighter who displayed tremendous courage, class and grace during her long battle with cancer," Chalke stated. "We will miss Amanda deeply, but we were all blessed by knowing her and being inspired by her life story."
For the past five years, Amanda -- along with her son, daughters and three grandchildren -- led a cancer survivor walk called the Dempsey Challenge. The Dempsey Challenge has helped raise over $5 million to support the Dempsey Center for Hope & Healing.
"It was not uncommon for Amanda to be behind the scenes volunteering at the Center, sewing handmade comfort items to be given to cancer patients, keeping an eye on the quality control of the items or tidying up the storage closet," reads a press release about Amanda on the Dempsey Center's website. "She often brought in apples she picked from her own apple trees, or homemade jam, and even sewed individualized door hangings for staff members' offices when the Center moved to its new location in 2012. In a way, Amanda was like a mother to all who walked through the doors of the Dempsey Center, whether they even knew it or not."
Our thoughts are with Patrick Dempsey and his family during this difficult time.


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Some of Nature May Nest but Signs of Movement Remain to be Explored
During the cold months of winter, many of the creatures often seen during the rest of the year have migrated south, are tucked away in burrows for most of the winter, or have become even better at hiding so as not to be easily spotted against the snow. But their signs are still there and a lot of fun searching for! Looking for signs like tracks, scat, dens, and nests is a fun and educational way to learn about the habits of wildlife living near you. Read the rest of this entry »


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Laura and my birthdays were both in the last month, so we decided to jointly celebrate by going to dinner at Sprig & Vine, a vegan restaurant in New Hope, PA. The chef/owner used to work at the now closed Horizons in Philly. The atmosphere was nice – quiet and relaxed even though the food is fancy.
They have a lunch, dinner, and brunch menu. As tempting as brunch was, we decided to go for dinner. I ordered the blackened tofu, and it was really yummy. It came with sweet potatoes mashed with coconut (milk, I think). It's not a combo I would have thought of, but the flavors really work well together.
Laura got the Parsnip and White Sweet Potato Ravioli. As good as my tofu was, I think the ravioli dish was the star of the show! The ravioli filling has a lot of fennel in it giving the ravioli a slight taste of licorice, which we both really liked. The cashew cream sauce was really good as well.
Try as we might, we couldn't leave without dessert! We don't eat out at restaurants much any more, so we decided to treat ourselves. Laura got vegan tiramisu, which was really good! I love tiramisu and haven't tried making a vegan version yet.
I ordered the Chocolate Mousse Pie with a black cocoa crust which turned out to be my favorite. It came with a little scoop of sesame tahini ice cream and was drizzled with salted caramel. The mousse was smooth and creamy and not overly sweet. The salted caramel added a little extra sweetness and saltiness. And the caramel with the sesame ice cream was a really amazing combo. Sesame is one of my favorite flavors, and I don't know why I never thought of making sesame ice cream before! I will definitely have to make this at home.
It was a great way to celebrate our birthdays! We'd been wanting to go for a while, and it was really worth the wait. If you find yourself in New Hope, you should definitely give it a try!


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MKG volunteers are staffing a table on Thursday, November 7th from 5pm to 9pm at the Textile Center fund raiser,"Do and Dye" (see below). Our activity for Do & Dye will be to create a piece of mini-knitting, complete with mini-needles, that will be will turned into a pin or ornament. To volunteer or for questions, please contact Karen Lehman.
A Make-and-Take Fundraiser for Textile Center
Thursday, November 7, 5 – 9 pm
$50 per person
Join us for an evening of DIY revelry! Dig into a vast array of art making activities in many media, from glass and hand-made paper to felting, fiber and much more. Explore new skills, get creative, and peek behind the artistic scene with demos by prominent local artists. Go from project to project, and use your make-and-takes for holiday gifts. With libations, raffles, photobooth, food, and fun!
Proceeds benefit Textile Center, a nonprofit center for fiber art.


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Pic 2: It snowed here again so the boys spent all day outside building a sledding run and an igloo.
(See Doug's blog!)
Pic 3: My monthly belly shot wasn't supposed to include my face. I am 7 months along now. (And obviously thrilled with myself.)
You look sooooo Cute!!!! & I love the green milk!
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sadly i was not there :(
she is very cute though!
congrats on your perfectly-shaped pregnant belly. you look great!
You DO look so cute! I swear I was way bigger than you at 7 months! Anyway, way to rock the pregnancy look. =)
You truly are a show off! I never looked that small even at 3 months.
Hi there! Just wanted to let you know that I think you are adorable at SEVEN months! Hope the next few fly by and baby gets here safe and sound!


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Hi Sasha, I'm in a tricky situation. My friend is a great girl, pretty, funny, VERY bright. We're finishing university this year and I was lucky enough to get my dream graduate job at the first place I applied and interviewed for. This all happened about three months ago. My friend, however, is yet to get a graduate position, despite having applied to over 20 places. Ever since I told her about my new job, she's turned everything into a competition. And I mean everything. Grades in particular, but she's even started making snippy comments about my eating habits. She has, consistently, throughout high school and uni been "the smart one" and I think she's really disappointed that she hasn't gotten a job yet. BUT she's making me feel really bad about getting one! I really don't know how to handle this, because on one hand I'm pissed at my friend who just can't be happy for me, and on the other I feel really bad that something I've done has made her so upset. What should I do?! D
I've been thinking a lot about envy lately and admittedly when I was younger I definitely had pangs of it, but as I've gotten older, I've come to realize how cool it is to really root for your friends and genuinely feel happy for their accomplishments.
However, that state of mind comes with maturity and I think when you're coming out of the gates of adolescence, and trying to figure out who and what you are, you can't help but look at your peers a little competitively. That's all totally normal and healthy, but sadly your friend has taken it a step too far. Instead of concentrating on her own personal growth she's been sidetracked by her own personal lack.
That's a slippery slope, so before it gets ugly I'd call her on her negative behavior. And just be straight up; let her know how disappointed you are by her reaction. It's not like you need a f-cking parade, but a little cheer from her corner would be nice. If she is as good a friend as you say, then this should be a wake-up call for her to check herself. I have a feeling it will.
Thanks for writing in and keep your LIFE + STYLE questions coming at me here.


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