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|Convertible Trimmer Attachment
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Gas Hedge Trimmer Attachment Articulates for Serious Sculpting
Bring a beautiful aesthetic to your yard every time you work on it, with the Craftsman hedge trimmer attachment. Trimming the bushes is no longer a burdensome task that doesn't offer a reward because now you get to make your yard the talk of the neighborhood. When you use an attachment that doesn't have excess bulk, you get the privilege of working with a tool that is a joy to use. The attachment offers an ideal combination of maneuverability and cutting power.
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- Dimensions 38.47 x 3.98 x 3.42 inches
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Holiday Dinners: What's Traditional for Your Family?
After the fanfare and drama of Thanksgiving dinner, we feel like Christmas and Hanukkah meals with the family can be slightly more relaxed affairs. At least in terms of the food! There are traditional dishes, to be sure, but we find there's also a lot more room to play around. What will be on your holiday table this year?
My family takes a very non-traditional approach to Christmas. For one thing, we celebrate on Christmas Eve starting with a big family dinner and ending with The Opening of the Presents. (Stockings get saved for Christmas morning!) The dinner itself, while it might not look very traditional to most people, follows a very set routine in our family.
My dad wakes up before anyone else on Christmas Eve, takes out our biggest pot, and starts working on a batch of chili. Some years, he does regular chile con carne, other years he does a chile verde. One very memorable Christmas, he made a venison chili that so gamy that none of us could finish a bowl. But for always and ever, I will associate chili with Christmas.
When the rest of us get up, preparations for dinner rolls, macaroni and cheese, and salads get underway. And cookies. Always several kinds of cookies. Cookie preparations have actually been going on for several days at this point, and Christmas Eve is for finishing touches.
By the time we sit down to eat, we've all been working in the kitchen together for several hours. We're hungry and happy and ready to dig in.
How does your family celebrate the holiday?
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We have ham, with all the side dishes from Thanksgiving.
I'd like to try goose one year. Anyone have goose for Xmas?
We don't really celebrate Christmas per se, but we do have tacos every year on Christmas Day :)
Christmas Eve growing up was always dinner at my grandmother's or aunt's house. We'd order a few sheet pizzas from the local place (one with pepperoni, which came out crispy and spicy and awesome, and one white pizza with extra garlic and onions) and someone would make a huge Greek salad with lots of feta and olives and onions. Lots of cookies for dessert, and then lots of presents from the extended family. Best culinary memory I have :)
We always have chili verde for Christmas Eve for a very relaxed meal around the television, watching a Christmas movie.
Our Christmas Day dinner varies -some years we have ham, some roast. This year my dad is making an old fashioned English Christmas dinner complete with a pudding that he started a month ago!
Our holiday dinner is always on Christmas Eve. Traditional dishes include beef tenderloin and scalloped oysters. My sister always makes dozens upon dozens of cookies and other treats for the family and to share with friends.
queen of the fall-I'm planning on making goose this year! Can't wait.
Ever since we've started having less extended family over on Christmas Day and focusing more on our little unit, my mom has been getting so creative! Last year it was chestnut and fig stuffed cornish hens with lots of sides and at least one pie. The cookies, though, oh the cookies... It's always been a near month long affair making standard gingerbread and sugar cookies then spicing it up with whatever new recipe catches our eye!
I LOVE it!!
On Christmas Eve (our big meal), we are having a rack of pork, pepin potatoes, and I haven't decided what else yet. Christmas day is usually some sort of chili or stew--haven't decided that yet either. We've hosting our second party this Sunday--after that I will finish up the Christmas food plans.
Prime rib, yorkshire pudding and apple pie are Christmas Day standards. The side dishes vary. For Christmas Eve this year, I am going to make Ina Garten's Italian Wedding soup, warm baguettes, and something chocolate to finish. Spoon cookies, chocolate almond toffee, cut-out cookies, and a new cookie I haven't decided on yet...
We usually do something very simple on Christmas Eve, then go all out Christmas Day. Dinner is almost always a huge beef tenderloin cooked on our Webber grille. Delicious. I always look the most forward to Easter, though: Webbered leg of lamb studded with garlic.
Christmas Eve, we head over to my aunt's and have a traditional Slovakian dinner. It's probably a little more Polish than Slovakian but delicious nonetheless! Three kinds of perogies (everyone but my aunt skips over the ones filled with prunes), babulki (sp?), kolbasa, mushroom soup, and lots of sauerkraut! We eat while the aunts and uncles tell the same stories about going to Catholic school as kids together and having their wrists slapped by nuns and then we all open gifts! My favorite night of the year!
We usually re-do Thanksgiving food on Christmas, because it gives us a good excuse to eat all that yummy food more than once a year.
That's funny, my family does the reverse--our big celebration is on Christmas Eve, but we do stockings at night and presents in the morning. My mom claims that doing stockings helped take the edge off of our excitement as kids so we'd sleep.
We usually have something unusual on Christmas Eve--the last few years it's been Cream of Crab soup. Then we go to my in-laws' on Christmas day and they make meatballs over noodles and sauerkraut. Last year, my husband's grandfather said it "isn't Christmas without sauerkraut." If you say so!
My family does bagels for breakfast, then packs sandwiches for an all-day movie fest in the theater where we consume heroic amounts of popcorn and diet coke. It's naughty, but it's christmas to me. great post!
When I was a kid, the big extended family she-bang was on Xmas Eve, and featured lots of seafood (oysters and shrimp always). Now that we do our own little Xmas, the new tradition that is evolving involves spaghetti! With tomato sauce, a green salad, Parker House rolls, and cookies. The Parker House rolls mean it's Xmas to me. This year I'm taking the little one to a matinee, and it's the kind of meal my husband can throw together while we're out, and it's red and green to boot.
After the presents and lounging in our pajamas for most of the day, we have made a tradition of going to see a movie and then bringing home Chinese take out on Christmas. My kids say it's their favorite tradition of the year!
are you kidding me? more relaxed affairs? i'm polish - christmas eve supper is THE traditional meal of the year - 12 spectacular courses of vegetarian (it's the catholic fasting thing) goodness. after which, back when we used to do presents, we'd open those up by the twinkling lights of the tree, then several glasses of wine and several tonnes of cookies. it's fun and warm and lovely, but relaxed? i think not. if you ordered pizza for christmas eve supper, the polish government would officially excommunicate you...or at least they should.
Christmas Eve is our traditional meal. The plate is full of TAN colored food - pork, sauerkraut, garlic beans, baked potatoes, dinner roll. We will add some color with cranberries! Of course we have lots of cookies for dessert. Christmas morning, we will take a break for cookies or breakfast pasties. My husband and I head back to our home and have people over for appetizers/snacks and drinks at night.
It depends on which side of the family we are spending it with but growing up, we've always had Italian sausage and coldcuts (prosciutto, pancetta, etc.) on Christmas Eve. Luckily,this year we'll be at my mom's house so we'll be eating that. If we are at my in-laws, it is fondue on Christmas Eve and sauerbraten on Christmas Day.
My husband and I are just now starting to establish our own traditions so Christmas morning will be creme brulee french toast made with pannetone and dinner will be lamb chops with whatever sides look good at the farmer's market.
It's traditional in my family to have oyster stew on christmas eve (no idea where that traditon comes from but it's been that way forever), and then turkey (sometimes ham) for a big Christmas day dinner. But Christmas morning is really where it's at - my mom always makes the best maple walnut sticky rolls, mmm....
Christmas Eve = Chinese Take Out! A nice tradition we started years and years ago (20+), we eat and play board games and put the last minute ornaments on the tree. Leftovers are good to snack on while wrapping presents late night!
Christmas morning is yummy french toast, pork sausage and veggie sausage, hot and fresh cranberry/apple/pear chutney followed by stockings and presents!
@angeladudek - We have prime rib and yorkshire pudding for xmas too! Instead of apple pie, we have plum pudding. It's definitely my favorite meal of the year.
Growing up, and continuing the tradition, we always have chili on Christmas Eve and for Christmas day we keep it beyond simple by picking up caught-that-morning Dungeness crab... we just make a delicious salad (mom got the recipe from Seattle's Canlis restaurant at least 20 years ago) and dessert! (For New Years Eve we always do fondue =)
My husband and I started a new Christmas tradition in our home. He's a long-time vegetarian, so the roasted-bird dinner just didn't cut it.
For our first Christmas together, I made a pot of cheese fondue and served it with lots of delicious things to dip: homebaked bread; cubes of roasted potatoes, sweet potatoes, and roasted squash; blanched broccoli and green beans; halved cherry tomatoes; apple chunks and grapes. We loved it so much that it became our traditional Christmas dinner.
So every Christmas, after we return from the bustle of our big families, the two of us dim the lights, light the fondue, and sit close together on cushions on the floor around our coffee table, dipping into the fondue and drinking beer or wine, sharing smooches between bites of fondue. It's our own tradition, and it's even more special because we built it ourselves.
Wow such awesome traditions!
My In-laws passed on their tradition of a traditional scandinavian smorgie on christmas eve. We do that with swedish meatballs, kropkakkors, cheeses and breads, mac n cheese, etc.
Christmas dinner is usually prime rib with yorkies, but this year we are mixing it up and having ham with popovers instead... sometimes you have to have a little change!
We always do a traditional breakfast brunch with the grandparents at their house...
any other smorgie lovers out there?
My family always had a big dinner on Christmas eve, always totally different each year but often involving a ham or lamb and lots of cookies. Christmas morning is all about leftover cookies and pannetone. For lunch on any day after a fancy dinner, though, I like to make scrambled eggs with flat champagne beat into them. Set aside a glass of champagne the night before and it makes the greatest scrambled eggs ever.
Sidenote, I'm really loving reading about how others have melded together holidays with their partner's families. My boyfriend and I have been trying to come up with a solution for a couple years now and so far we've had no luck convincing either of our families to change the tradition.
When I was a kid, we used to throw huge Christmas eve parties with a bunch of hors d'oeuvres type stuff and big vats of lentil and potato leek soups. Now that my parents have split and it's just me, my mom, and my sister on Christmas eve, we still do hors d'oeuvres for dinner- usually shrimp cocktail, pigs in blankets, bruchetta, and some cheeseboards/charcuterie. This year my mom wants to add fondue, which I am all for!
Christmas day we always have Pilsbury Grands cinnamon buns for brunch, and then usually something like filet mignon or steaky in the evening. However this year my sister and I both missed Thanksgiving so we are having Thanksgiving on Christmas!
My family has always done a Thanksgiving-type spread on Xmas (though I do remember a ham one year). This year, well, things have been very difficult for us (heart surgery for my mother, father now in a nursing home, lots of health problems and job problems for my sister and me) and nobody really wants to do the traditional thing. I'm going to host it at my house for the first time and I'm planning on making beef wellington, garlic mashed potatoes, and some other sides. Dessert will be the sticky toffee pudding I made last year to good reviews.
My family (and that of the SO) do the traditional turkey and all the fixings type dinners. The only differences are: sea-foam salad with mine, turnip casserole with his. Red wine vinagrette dressing with his, catolina and other bottled dressings with mine. Deserts vary from year to year.
This year it's just me and the SO on the 25th, so I'm going to try a raspberry hosin pork loin with home fries and Cesar salad. Dessert will be fresh baked cookies!
We have red and green dinner (generally pasta with marinara and pesto sauces) on Christmas Eve. On Christmas day, we host the local extended family for dinner and my mom makes spinach crepes as the main dish, with mashed potatoes, green beans, and other standard "big dinner" stuff. We also have a family friend who makes croissants from scratch... she is now invited to all holidays. :)
Being English, Christmas day is turkey time with my family. We do sprouts, roast potatoes and parsnips, stuffing, carrots - the classics. Then out comes the Christmas pud, someone goes foraging in the garden to find some holly to put on top, we douse with brandy and set it alight. Serve with custard.
I'm jonesing to host so I can switch it up and give goose a try, since my husband and I now celebrate Thanksgiving and get the turkey fix in early.
I've had a nice Christmas with an ex in the PNW which involved a glorious cheese fondue and my first beautiful experience of layered dip. I did feel lost without the ritual of a bird and lots of sides, though.
Chirstmas means PASTA for my family. With my Grandma's sauce that cooks for 8 eight hours with Italian sausage and meatballs. Yum! And there is some anipasto of course. We usually eat in Christmas Eve, and Christmas day is left overs (always better the day after!).
I was like 13 before I realized people mostly ate Thanksgiving-type food at Christmas.
Our family tradition started back when I was about 16. There is 10 years between me and my youngest sister. We asked our parents if on Christmas eve, we could open sister presents, then do parent and Santa presents in the morning. It quickly became a tradition. Now that we are all adults, one of my sister's is married to a pastor. We drive down to his church and eat pizza in between the children and 11 PM service and open presents in the santuary under the tree.
Christmas day is usually for extended family and the meal will vary from year to year.
I quite like the idea of roasting a goose this year.
We had a routine of doing my father's family's Christmas on Christmas Eve and my mother's on Christmas day.
However, now that I live with my boyfriend and moved 200 miles away and my parents aren't together any longer, Christmas has become absolutely nuts. Now my time is split between my parents and his family and friends and cousins. Ugh.
I am an only child and growing up we didn't really live near family, so Christmas was generally just my parents and me. I am not sure when we started this tradition, but every year on Christmas Eve, we do a butter and oil fondue with beef tenderloin, shrimp and mushrooms.
It doesn't take much prep work--just chopping the beef and mushrooms and peeling the shrimp, plus melting the butter--and since everything is cooked bite by bite at the table it's a great way to have a nice long meal where you don't feel uncomfortably full at the end.
I am bringing my boyfriend to Christmas dinner for the first time this year and I am really looking forward to sharing this tradition with him. I'm only a LITTLE sad that my mom recently swapped her 1970s avocado green fondue pot for a modern electric model.
Not many antipodeans here? Christmas eve my dad always gets a head start on the ham, and everyone else tends to have something like toast (with ham!) or salad.
Christmas breakfast is ham on toast (dad), and the girls of the family have a huge mango and a plate of cherries apiece, and then as many apricots, peaches, nectarines, plums and grapes as we think we can hold. Then open presents and whatever for an hour or two, until we can go for a swim, then a BBQ and salad lunch. Then another swim.
We used to go for the "traditional" cooked lunch, but when it's the middle of summer it's the last thing you want. On the other hand, after the desserts and nuts and liqueurs finish coming out after lunch, it's almost time for dinner and we haven't left the table - we just clear off one end to play a marathon evening of cards. (or we go for another swim as it cools down) One of these years I'll have to try a traditional white christmas, but until then it's salads and BBQs!


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Photographer's Note
Playing Darts
Just going away from this Open Air Museum I saw this man that kindly offered me to try my luck at darts
Too bad, I could n do for lack of time, because I'm very good at it and for sure I would have won a souvenir of Siberia
Some other time, may be
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marina7 (8051) 2013-07-26 13:13
Hi Maria,
playing darts in Siberia? Not many people here can boast of coming that far:)) Neither can I, though I guess it's much closer to me than to you. Nice humorous capture. I like the man's face expression and his wide gesture. The guy looks sort of Lukashenko to me especially with that old tin mug, lol.
Have a great weekend!
pajaran (49053) 2013-07-26 13:37
Dobar dan.
Lep pogled na streljanu i gospodina ...
Dobar trenutak snimka, kontrast, lepe boje.
Treba okusati srecu.
Imajte lep dan, sve najbolje za vikend.
Good afternoon.
Nice view of the shooting and Mr. ...
A good time recording, contrast, beautiful colors.
Should take a chance.
Have a great day, all the best for the weekend.
Good luck.
daddo (22978) 2013-07-27 3:51
Hi Maria. Friendly looking chap with the inviting gesture. Nice play of light and shadow behind him while his face although partially shaded is clearly visible.I wonder how much money he makes at the end of the day. Regards. Klaudio.
Silvio1953 (117063) 2013-07-27 6:28
Ciao Maria, lovely composition with nice scene, excellent clarity, splendid light and wonderful colors, very well done, my friend, have a good week end, ciao Silvio
Noel_Byrne (21568) 2013-07-27 7:37
Hi Maria,
You took this at a perfect moment, he looks like he is gesturing for us to step inside the photo and try our luck! Given the chance, I probably would :) Excellent scene of daily life and taken at a perfect moment!
All the best
eldancer1 (25690) 2013-07-27 7:54
Humans are very creative in pleasure or trying to make a living, some ideas are practical and worthwhile while others are not. Nice capture of this entrepreneur with good lighting and nice details. Well done, tfs.
lousat (72937) 2013-07-27 8:45
Hi Maria,really nice this man whit the the very old cup of coffee on his hands,i don't know if you play whit the darts but this were a great opportunty to take this original person,i like the very bright quality of details and colors too! Have a nice evening and thanks,Luciano
ourania (27344) 2013-07-27 9:29
Hola Maria,
the naturalness and vividness of this simple daily scene are striking. Your capture is so direct that you put the viewer in your place while being invited by the gentleman to play. The interaction between the model featured in the picture and the viewer is great. Everything looks so well defined and natural. The depth, the light management and the clarity even in the shady background are exceptional. Congratulations and thank you!
All the best, have a lovely weekend,
adramad (35711) 2013-07-27 10:50
Hola Maria.
Una buena composicion muy interesante de este otro personaje de Siberia, bien captado el momento en que te esta ofreciendo que pruebes a lanzar los dardos.
Supongo que esto seria parte de alguna atraccion festiva.
Precioso colorido muy natural.
Buenos niveles tanto de la luminosidad, como de una optima nitidez.
Disfruta el fin de semana.
Saludos muy cordiales.
P/D. Por supuesto que todos estos lugares estan en España, afortunadamente tenemos un gran patrimonio monumenta, aunque solo lo mas destacado es conocido fuera.
abmdsudi (40332) 2013-07-27 14:01
Hi Maria
Very intriguing visual representation, it is not overly busy with good overall effect with effective background. The bright rather serious looking dart man is the main focal and the high contrast drawing attention in. A good straight on shot where bright colors within the environment play great part in influencing viewers eye and there is loads of interest around him includes the eye-catching home made dart boards. He gives animation to the picture, a good full of joy image documenting the occasion and he has brought the moment to life, Well done.
Kind regards
thebest (4272) 2013-07-27 20:22
Hi Maria,
These are such fun shots not something we get to see everyday - what a pity you missed out on a little souvenir - I am sure you would have hit the bulls eye...lol!!!
Time is normally the factor when one is on the road travelling '' hard work at times ''
Siberia would a fascinating place to visit - in summer of course -
Hope you are enjoying the weekend?
Kindest regards,
mirosu (12684) 2013-07-29 2:23
Hi Maria,
I enjoy your photos from Siberia. This is a part of word (additionally also to your country) where I've never been and would like to go.
Excellent snapshot. I like the pose of the man inviting you to enter his shooting stand. Well seen and captured. Greetings, Miro
mkamionka (29479) 2013-07-29 8:25
Hola Maria,
I see now you are becoming more and more funny in your notes. I am sure you would have won the prize. I am anyway surprised how many photos you have captured taking into account the lack of time.
Great reportage,
fabbs99 (16129) 2013-07-30 11:36
Hello Maria,
That is a fantastic photograph with the man calling you for playing darts.Great clarity and lights in the shot.Magnificent vivid colors,contrast and superb overall quality of the image.Keep it going dear.
Cricri (101941) 2013-08-03 10:45
Hola Maria
J'aime l'accueil du monsieur avec sa vielle tasse de café, sa casquette, et son stand tout simple, mais sympathique, moi je suis nul dans ce jeu, il faut mieux ne pas rester de près :-), bonne lumière et plein de détails
Belle soirée
Miguel82 (21048) 2013-09-10 1:37
Holà Maria, this is a nice view of an attraction game
The character is well positioned and looks friendly, it's a pity you didn't have time to play
Thanks, all the best
Photo Information
- Copyright: Maria Ocampos (nikkitta) (13556)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2011-06-23
- Categories: Daily Life
- Camera: Nikon Coolpix P7000
- Exposure: f/5.0
- More Photo Info: view
- Photo Version: Original Version
- Date Submitted: 2013-07-26 12:34
- To mkamionka: All photos from Siberia (1)
by nikkitta, last updated 2013-07-30 02:39


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i just really want there to be a popular and grammatically correct post on tumblr
I think the majority of Tumblr's dialect (is there a word for a written dialect? Hardly anyone speaks Tumblr.) comes from influence within the tag system.
My theory is that the lack of capitalization is stylized, ironic laziness (same reason as the increasingly popular use of abbreviations such as idek and ikr, and particles like desu), whereas the punctuation stems from the tag system, where commas split up tags. So, "this is like, so totally cool" would be tagged "this is like" "so totally cool."
With commas struck from the tumblr blogger's arsenal, they rely on run-on sentences and other means to show emphasis. One such means, spacing, is another quirk influenced by the tags. If you repeat a tag, it will only show once, which is why you get "really r e a l l y weird things like this."
Also common on Tumblr are people who show their enthusiasm through their text by pretending their haNDS ARE FRKEAKIGN OUT AN D THEY CANT TPYE OMFGGGG. This adaptation is actually pretty cool, I think, as it serves to communicate tone across a very toneless medium.
Did you hear that noise? That was the sound of my desk breaking. My linguistics boner just snapped it in half.
The person uses incorrect grammar and punctuation to make his or her point about Tumblr's dialect, though! And of course dialects can be written! (They should've known that!)
And tumblr doesn't have its own dialect, I'd argue; it has its own register. Dialects are dependent on geographical location. Registers are changes in language based on the time, place, and circumstance in which it is used. For example, the register of language used during an interview is much more formal and polite than the register used when speaking casually about "hot dudes" with friends.


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ORLANDO (CNN) — Hillary Clinton backed efforts to alter Obamacare on Wednesday, but also used her remarks to a health care group in Florida to offer a full defense of the sweeping and controversial law.
"I think we are on the right track in many respects but I would be the first to say if things aren't working then we need people of good faith to come together and make evidence-based changes," the former secretary of state and possible 2016 presidential candidate said.
In particular, Clinton pointed to issues with "small business of 50 or more" providing coverage to their employees, and businesses "moving people from full-time work to part-time work to try to avoid contributing to their health care" as issues that should be addressed.
Clinton also singled out certain provisions of the health care law as successful. The former first lady said she supported children under 26 being able to remain on their parents' health plans and that Obamacare allows more people access to preventive care.
"Part of the challenge is to clear away all the smoke and try to figure out what is working and what isn't," Clinton said. "What do we need to do to try to fix this? Because it would be a great tragedy, in my opinion, to take away what has now been provided."
"This is going to be challenging and I don't think we should throw the baby out with the bath," Clinton said of reforms.
The former first lady added it has been hard to have a conversation in Washington about health care because of all the "misinformation." She added that despite the vitriol on the Affordable Care Act, the law "doesn't yet affect the vast majority of Americans."
President Barack Obama's signature domestic achievement, approved in 2010 without Republican support, has been a flashpoint in Washington, and is a centerpiece of Republican campaigns ahead of November midterms.
The program that aims to provide health insurance for millions without it has recovered from the flawed rollout of the program's main website, HealthCare.gov, although enrollment figures -- now at 4 million -- lag behind its initial estimates.
Clinton delivered the keynote address at the 2014 meeting of the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society.
The not-for-profit organization says it works to improve health care through information technology. A total of 6,000 people we on hand to see Clinton speak, according to event organizers.
Between her remarks and a question-and-answer session with the group's board chairman, Scott MacLean, Clinton did not offer specifics on how she would change Obamacare.
Instead, she asked the audience of medical professionals and information technology specialists to play a role in the reforms.
Clinton synthesized her views on Obamacare near the end her answer for MacLean, stating that those in power needed to "be smart about the reforms and changes that have to occur."
"So sitting here today, I think that the glass is slight more than half full in terms of the positive reality," Clinton concluded. "If there are things that are going to undermine quality, increase cost, than we have to know about them."
Clinton's history with healthcare reform dates back to the 1980s, when her husband Bill Clinton was governor of Arkansas.
When Mrs. Clinton was first lady from 1993 to 2001, she spearheaded the Clinton White House's unsuccessful effort to overhaul the health care system.


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Applications should give high priority to user data and should not modify, delete or broadcast it. OEMs should also release the device with preloaded antivirus software.
A checklist for user data security
- Users data like images, videos, messages, contacts should not be altered without their permission.
- Access point information should not be modified without informing user.
- For using GPRS, user confirmation should be taken.
- Sending background SMS should be discouraged.
- Secure information like Password should be encrypted.
- Users should be given permission to delete their private data.
- Users should be encouraged to take backup of their private data.
- Application's sensitive data should be created in the private folder of the application, so that it is not accessible to other applications.
- While sending data to the web, it would be pertinent to notify the user of the vulnerability of the data in case there exists one.
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Since the Spanish-American War in 1898, Filipinos have been a part of Florida's diverse history. Today, it is estimated that more than 5,000 Filipinos and part-Filipinos live in Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, and Okeechobee counties.
They are doctors, nurses, business owners, government employees, agricultural workers and students. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, the Treasure Coast area is expected to see a steady growth in the Filipino population. Many Filipino professionals are moving into the area and starting small businesses.
The Philippine-American Association of the Treasure Coast was created in 1985 by a small group of Filipinos led by physician Trinidad Garcia. It was felt there was a need to bring together Filipinos who lived in the quad-county area to celebrate the traditions and share the cultural heritage within the community.
More than 20 years later, the Phil-Am-TC has served as a "home away from home" for thousands of Filipinos and their families.
The bayanihan spirit is one of respect, community spirit, education, responsibility, kindness, honesty and fun, the core of this organization. With this in mind, the PhilAm-TC is having its annual ballroom gala.
This event is open to everyone in the community, Filipino and non-Filipino. It will be an evening of elegance, fine dining and ballroom dancing at the Port St. Lucie Civic Center. Proceeds received go to the organization's college scholarship fund, neighborhood causes and other exciting cultural activities held throughout the year.
The Phil-Am-TC beauty pageant and ball will be held Oct. 13, from 5-10 p.m. Judges will be Port St. Lucie Mayor Joann Faiella, Fort Pierce Mayor Bob Benton, business owners Michelle Miller and Larry Lee Jr. and a representative from the St. Lucie County Fire Department.
The beauty contestants can vie for Little Miss Phil-Am; Ms. Phil-Am and Mrs. Phil-Am.
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Meza Dental Care, the leading Implant and Cosmetic Dentistry Center in Costa Rica, specializes in providing first-class dental treatment to North Americans. Ninety-five percent of our clients travel to Costa Rica from the United States and Canada to receive full mouth restorations, or to receive extremely-high quality dental work at very affordable prices. A typical Meza client is one who wants the BEST smile possible, and one who wants the peace of mind that they will receive the highest quality care and a long lasting dental restoration.
Both Dr. Meza and Dr. Marin received their post-graduate cosmetic dental training at UCLA, and follow all American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry (AACD) protocols. What this means is you will be treated by some of the best trained dentists in the world. It also means you can visit one of the most beautiful countries in the world and return home with your dream smile, but will pay much less than if you had visited a local dentist.
Meza Dental Care has provided outstanding dental care for more than fifteen years, and our Doctors believe everyone deserves a great smile. Statistics show that a beautiful, healthy smile gives people a confidence that leads to personal and professional success and greatly improves one's quality of life.
Our Doctors use the most advanced techniques to place Dental Implants, Porcelain Veneers, Porcelain Crowns and Bridges, Composite Fillings, Tooth Bonding, Dental Whitening, Smile Design and Full Mouth Restoration using UCLA and the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry standards. We also handle all general dentistry including, Composite Fillings, Tooth Bonding, and Dental Whitening.
The main focus at our clinic is to provide outstanding results through personal attention and in consideration of your particular dental needs. Our Dentists will take the time necessary to carefully consider your desires and dental objectives, be they function, comfort, enhanced aesthetics or a combination of these factors. Then they will develop a treatment plan that meets or exceeds your goals and helps you stay within your budget.
Your satisfaction is our first priority. It is our mission to ensure that you receive excellent attention and the highest quality dental care and treatment possible. And we are confident you will feel very comfortable in our state-of-the-art facility with our English speaking staff. We strongly believe that your dental visit should be something you look forward to, not something you fear or dread. We strive for a gentle, pain-free and positive experience for all our patients. And our staff is dedicated to your satisfaction and remains at your disposal before, during and after your visit to our clinic.
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NativeVision is a youth development initiative for reservation-based American Indian adolescents from across the country. Its aim is to help American Indian youth enjoy a healthy future by providing:
NativeVision is a partnership operated by Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health and the National Football League Players Association that mobilizes NFL players and other professional athletes as mentors for Native youth. American Indian adolescents are the most needy and disenfranchised youth group in the US. The NativeVision initiative serves them through programs that build upon the strengths of Native youth as individuals, members of large family networks, and citizens within proud, unique Indian communities.
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The Graduate Research Consultant (GRC) Program was developed to increase research opportunities for undergraduates in courses. The GRC encourages and supports instructors who want to transform course projects or assignments into research projects. By research projects, we mean opportunities in which students use the methods of the discipline to pose questions, apply those methods in investigation, and communicate formally their findings to others. Since an important aspect of performing authentic research is disseminating the results, we ask that your course includes a mechanism for students to communicate their findings publicly; for example, via a class presentation, a poster session, a website, etc. So that faculty can develop, guide, and evaluate the research component, we compensate advanced graduate students (Graduate Research Consultants) to work with the instructor and the students during the concentrated period of the course when the students are planning, carrying out and communicating their research.
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2 stocks for capital gains hunters
Here are a couple of companies with the potential for outstanding total returns.
By Marc Courtenay
I'm not just referring to gold or silver mining companies when I say I'm "prospecting" for overlooked gems in today's stock markets.
All that glitters isn't gold, and here are a couple of companies with the prospect for exceptional total returns.
On a recent fishing expedition through the oceans of investment opportunities I came across two companies I'd forgotten. One of them I'd owned in the past. Because I waited until the price of the stock came down to my buy-limit price, I experienced an excellent total return outcome.
For those who don't know what a "total return outcome" is, allow me to explain. If I can find a publicly traded company that is profitable and gushes geysers of cash profits, I begin there. If that company also happens to pay a generous dividend to shareholders I get even more interested.
If I purchase the shares at a reasonable price and I'm able to hold the stock for 12 months or longer, I'm going to anticipate that when I sell that stock for a capital gain I will also have collected most of the annual dividends. The amount of those dividends, plus the amount of the capital gains, are my "total return outcome."
One way I accomplish this is by utilizing two important disciplines: position sizing and a carefully chosen trailing stop alert system that lets me know (via an email or text message alert) when the stock I own has moved a given percentage below or above the price for which I purchased it.
It's called a "trailing stop" because it follows the movement of the stock price and alerts me when that price has moved a predetermined percentage below my entry price or the highest price that the stock has climbed since buying it. (For more details on trailing stop alerts, see my story on SeekingAlpha.)
Here is an example of a stock that a total-return investment prospector like me would be attracted to.
Prospect Capital (PSEC) is a business development company. It is a private equity firm specializing in late-venture, middle-market, mature, mezzanine finance, buyouts, recapitalizations, growth capital, development, cash flow term loans, and bridge transactions.
PSEC makes secured loans, creating senior debt, first-lien and second lien loans, mezzanine debt and equity investments in private and microcap public businesses. One of its most attractive qualities from an investors' perspective is that it typically invests across all industry sectors, with a particular expertise in the energy and industrial sectors.
More specifically, PSEC invests in oil and gas production, coal production, materials, industrials, consumer discretionary, information technology, utilities, pipeline, storage, power generation and distribution, renewable and clean energy, oilfield services, health care, food and beverage, education, business services and other select sectors. It spreads the risk to a plethora of valuable sectors.
It prefers to invest in the United States and Canada, thus reducing geopolitical risk. PSEC seeks to invest between $10 million to $250 million in companies with EBITDA between $5 million and $150 million, sales value up to $500 million and enterprise value of up to $250 million. The company places itself as lien-holders or as senior lenders. This way, if the borrower defaults it may take control of the company.
PSEC finds investing partners to co-invest on larger deals. The firm seeks control acquisitions by providing multiple levels of the capital structure. PSEC was founded in 1988 and is based in New York City.
The current dividend yield based on a share price of $10.48 is a remarkable 11.64%. It can afford to be so generous because its investment objective is to generate both current income and long-term capital appreciation through debt and equity investments.
The firm seeks to maximize returns and protect risk for its investors by applying rigorous credit analysis to make and monitor investments. PSEC is a yield-oriented investor and has paid a continuous, regular dividend to its investors since inception.
PSEC is managed by Prospect Capital Management LLC. PCM has been registered as an investment adviser with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission since 2004. PCM, its predecessors and affiliates have a 24-year history of investing in companies and managing high-yielding debt and equity investments, using both private partnership and publicly traded closed-end structures.
Selling at a little over 8 times forward (one-year) earnings, PSEC had stellar results in the quarter ending Sept. 30. Revenue growth (year-over-year) was an amazing 123%, and the quarterly earnings growth increased by 18.4%. The following five-year chart gives a colorful look at price history and revenue results.
When you look at the trailing-12-months revenue-per-share trajectory you'd have a better feel for why CEO John Barry owns close to 2.7 million shares and why Vanguard Group owns 4.2% of the outstanding shares of PSEC (as of Sept. 29). I'd like to buy shares on a pullback to $10.16 or lower.
The second total-return, capital-gains generator I'm interested in buying is Armour Residential REIT (ARR), which invests in hybrid adjustable rate, adjustable rate and fixed rate residential mortgage-backed securities issued by or guaranteed by U.S. government agencies or U.S. government-sponsored entities.
These included MBS owned by Fannie Mae (Federal National Mortgage Association), Freddie Mac (Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation) and the Ginnie Mae (Government National Mortgage Administration). Thus it's really a mortgage real estate investment trust (REIT) with a $2.1 billion market cap and a dividend yield of more than 14% per year.
On Nov. 1 the firm reported third-quarter earnings results that included a 17.9% annualized return on equity from taxable REIT income, according to the company.
The one-year chart below speaks volume about why I want to own shares of ARR at $6.50 a share or lower.
With its greatly improved operating earnings yield, it's no wonder shares of ARR leaped almost 23% from its Nov. 15 intraday low of $5.70 to the recent price of $7.00 a share.
Buy these kinds of companies during a stock market correction and you may harvest total annual returns of 20% or more.
At the time of publication the author had no position in any of the stocks mentioned.
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revolutionary women - a book of stencils. author queen of the neighborhood.
about the book: its "a radical feminist history and a street art resource, this handbook combines short biographies with striking and usable stencil images of 30 female activists, anarchists, feminists, freedom fighters, and visionaries. From Harriet Tubman, Emma Goldman, and Angela Davis to Vandana Shiva, Sylvia Rivera, and Lucy Parsons, this collection offers a subversive portrait celebrating the military prowess and revolutionary drive of these women whose violent resolve often shatters the archetype of woman as nurturer. A sampling of quotes from key writings and speeches gives voice to each woman's ideologies, philosophies, struggles, and quiet humanity while the stencils offer further opportunities to commemorate these women and their actions through the reproduction of their likenesses." its on amazon. via garconniere:blackgirlphresh:nenasoulfly


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Operetta in three acts by Franz Lehár
As life's final curtain fell for such noted composers as Franz von Suppé and Johann Strauß at the end of the 19th century, it appeared the lights were also dimming on the age of the operetta. But in 1905, Franz Lehár's impressive entry into the world of operettas, »The Merry Window«, unexpectedly gave rise to a second resurgence of the genre.
The reception given »The Merry Window«, in which a country's very existence is threatened, is almost symbolic when considered against this background. Finality seems heralded by impending bankruptcy, but there has to be a way to avert ruin! Ultimately it comes down to the state of Pontevedro, whose pleasure-seeking envoys in Paris, with grand ingenuity and waltzes running through their veins, deeming it a mission to bolster the national coffers. What does one do when the water is up to one's neck? The Pontevedrian ambassador Baron Zeta in Paris does what he does best: he hosts a reception. Both champagne and a crafty solution to the problem flows freely at the party. The lifeline for country and fatherland is within reach in the person of Hanna Glawari, a Pontevedrian widow and multi-millionaire. Zeta's plan is to marry the young widow to his compatriot and Embassy Secretary Count Danilo, which would keep her millions in the country. But this plan is thwarted at almost every turn: is Glawari intending to marry a Parisian? The fortune would be lost forever. There does seem to be a frightening number of French dowry hunters clamouring for her attention. Never mind that the chosen bridegroom Danilo, who favours libations over work, is dead set against the plan. Strangely enough, there's a palpable combativeness between the two. It's a tricky situation, chicanery interspersed with deliberate confusion, and even further parties as festive as they may be won't occasion any happy end. Is the small operetta nation now left to ruin? Have its citizens only surreptitiously dreamed about that which in reality has already been lost?
Perhaps the Pontevedrians should be more self-confident of their ability and ingenuity, put more trust in their own sense of humour and instincts, similar to their creators, the librettists Victor Léon and Leo Stein and their composer Franz Lehár. For how else could »The Merry Widow« have become such a world-renowned and celebrated success?
With his inexhaustibly lyrical ideas and the captivating orchestral hues, which change in ambience depending upon act, Lehár hit upon the sound and the pulse of his generation. The first act evinces the elegant sounds of Paris of the day with grand waltzes, the second act is filled with folklore in all its resplendent colours, and the third act wafts before us like musical fragrance underscoring the frivolously erotic atmosphere of Parisian night-spots. Even today, the freshness, joie de vivre and eroticism of the work still captivates, just as it prompted Felix Salten to express but a year after its premiere: «Lehár's music burns with open, fiery sensuousness; it's filled with sexual sensuality.» If this is what it's like to face ruin, than Pontevedro need not worry ...


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UNDATED (WHTC) - It will be a busy meeting Monday along the Lakeshore, beginning with the 4:30 PM Holland BPW Board session that includes reimbursing the city around 162 thousand dollars for the water and sewer work that is ongoing along Washington Avenue from 32nd Street to Matt Urban Drive. This evening, no action is slated, but Zeeland City Council members will have hydrologist Steve Elliott on hand during a work-study session prior to the bi-weekly business meeting. He will go over issues involving last year's reconstruction of Division Street between Main Avenue and Rich Street. About two dozen residents claim that the work raised the water table in the area, which led to massive basement flooding during last month's storms.
It's the third Monday evening of the month, which means that it's school board meeting time across the Lakeshore. For the panels in Saugatuck and Zeeland, they will be hearing from pleased superintendents Rolfe Timmerman and Cal DeKuiper, respectively, about successful millage votes two weeks ago. In Saugatuck, plans are being made to upgrade facilities and classroom technology, along with building up the sinking fund. Board members in those two districts, along with Holland, West Ottawa and Hamilton, will also all be apprised of ongoing state budget talks involving educational funding during tonight's meetings.


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12 U.S. Code § 1701z–4 - Abandoned properties demonstration project
(a) Grants for arrest of incipient abandonment and revitalization of blighted areas
In carrying out activities under section 1701z–1 of this title, the Secretary may undertake programs to demonstrate the most feasible means of providing assistance to localities in which a substantial number of structures are abandoned or are threatened with abandonment for the purpose of arresting the process of housing abandonment in its incipiency or in restoring viability to blighted areas in which abandonment is pervasive. For this purpose, the Secretary is authorized to make grants, subject to the limitations of this section, to assist local public bodies in planning and implementing demonstration projects for prompt and effective action in alleviating and preventing such abandonment in designated demonstration areas.
(b) Preferred projects; scope of projects
In administering this section, the Secretary shall give preference to those demonstration projects which in his judgment can reasonably be expected to arrest the process of abandonment in the demonstration area within a period of two years and which provide for innovative approaches to combating the problem of housing abandonment. Such projects may include, but shall not be limited to
(1) acquisition by negotiated purchase, lease, receivership, tax lien proceedings, or other means authorized by law and satisfactory to the Secretary, of real property within the demonstration area or areas which is abandoned, deteriorated, or in violation of applicable code standards;
(2) the repair of streets, sidewalks, parks, playgrounds, publicly owned utilities, public buildings to meet needs consistent with the revitalization and continued use of the area;
(3) the demolition of structures determined to be structurally unsound or unfit for human habitation or which contribute adversely to the physical or social environment of the locality involved;
(5) the improvement of garbage and trash collection, street cleaning and other essential services necessary to the revitalization and maintenance of the area;
(7) the establishment and operation of locally controlled, nonprofit housing management corporations and municipal repair programs.
(c) Purchase or lease of project real estate at fair market value for new or rehabilitated housing use; conditions
Subject to such conditions as the Secretary may prescribe, real property held as part of a project assisted under this section may be made available to
(1) a limited dividend corporation, nonprofit corporation, or association, cooperative or public body or agency, or other approved purchaser or lessee, or
(2) a purchaser who would be eligible for a mortgage insured under section 1715l (d)(3) or (d)(4), section 1715l(h)(1), section 1715z (i) or (j)(1), orsection 1715z–1 of this title, for purchase or lease at fair market value for use by such purchaser or lessee, as, or in the provision of, new or rehabilitated housing for occupancy by families or individuals of low or moderate income.
(d) Amount of grants; authorization of appropriations; continuing availability of funds; locality limitation
Grants under this section shall be in amounts which do not exceed 90 per centum of the net project cost as determined by the Secretary. There are authorized to be appropriated for demonstration grants under this section not to exceed $20,000,000 for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1971. Any amounts appropriated shall remain available until expended and any amount authorized but not appropriated may be appropriated for any succeeding fiscal year commencing prior to July 1, 1972. Not more than one-third of the aggregate amount of grants made in any fiscal year under this section shall be made with respect to projects undertaken by one locality.
(e) Projects as part of urban renewal projects for purpose of application of urban renewal provisions
[1] See References in Text note below.
Source(Pub. L. 91–609, title V, § 505,Dec. 31, 1970, 84 Stat. 1787; Pub. L. 99–386, title I, § 105(a),Aug. 22, 1986, 100 Stat. 822.)
References in Text
Sections 1456, 1460, and 1466 of title 42, referred to in subsec. (e), were omitted from the Code pursuant to section 5316 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, which terminated authority to make grants or loans under those sections after Jan. 1, 1975.
Section 1465 of title 42, referred to in subsec. (e), was repealed by Pub. L. 91–646, title II, § 220(a)(5),Jan. 2, 1971, 84 Stat. 1903. See section 4601 et seq. of Title 42.
Section 1452b of title 42, referred to in subsec. (e), was repealed by Pub. L. 101–625, title II, § 289(b)(1),Nov. 28, 1990, 104 Stat. 4128.
Section was enacted as part of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1970, and not as part of the National Housing Act which comprises this chapter.
1986—Subsec. (f). Pub. L. 99–386struck out subsec. (f) which related to annual reports to Congress by Secretary with respect to status of demonstration projects.
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Finding Maxima and Minima using Derivatives
Where will a function reach a high or low point? Calculus can help!
In a smoothly changing function a low point (a minimum) or high point (a maximum) occurs where the graph of the function flattens out:
(Not all flat points are maxima or minima, we could also have a saddle point)
It flattens out where the slope is zero.
So ... how do we find the slope? Using Derivatives! (Read that now if you don't already know.)
Example: A ball is thrown in the air. Its height at any time t is given by:
h = 3 + 14t − 5t2
What is its maximum height?
Using derivatives we can find the slope of that function:
h = 0 + 14 − 5(2t)
= 14 − 10t
(See below this example for how we found that derivative.)
Now find when the slope is zero:
The slope will be zero at t = 1.4 seconds
And the height at that time will be
And so:
The maximum height is 12.8 m (at t = 1.4 s)
A Quick Refresher on Derivatives
A derivative basically finds the slope of a function.
In the previous example we took this:
h = 3 + 14t − 5t2
and came up with this derivative:
h = 0 + 14 − 5(2t)
= 14 − 10t
Which tells us the slope of the function at any time t
There are rules you can follow to find derivatives, and we used these rules:
- The slope of a constant value (like 3) is 0
- The slope of the line 14t is 14
- A square function like t2 has a slope of 2t, so 5t2 has a slope of 5(2t) = 10t
- And then we added them up
Learn more at Derivative Rules
How Do We Know it is a Maximum (or Minimum)?
We saw it on the graph! But otherwise ... derivatives come to the rescue again.
Take the derivative of the slope (the second derivative of the original function):
The Derivative of 14 − 10t is −10
This means the slope is continually getting smaller (−10): travelling from left to right the slope starts out positive (the function rises), goes through zero (the flat point), and then the slope becomes negative (the function falls):
A slope that gets smaller (and goes though 0) means a maximum.
This is called the Second Derivative Test
On the graph above I showed the slope before and after, but in practice we do the test at the point where the slope is zero:
Second Derivative Test
When a function's slope is zero at x, and the second derivative at x is:
- less than 0, it is a local maximum
- greater than 0, it is a local minimum
- equal to 0, then the test fails (there may be other ways of finding out though)
"Second Derivative: less than 0 is a maximum, greater than 0 is a minimum"
Example: Find the maxima and minima for:
y = 5x3 + 2x2 − 3x
The derivative (slope) is:
y = 15x2 + 4x − 3
Which is quadratic with zeros at:
- x = −3/5
- x = +1/3
Could they be maxima or minima? (Don't look at the graph yet!)
The second derivative is y'' = 30x + 4
At x = −3/5:
At x = +1/3:
(Now you can look at the graph.)
A high point is called a maximum (plural maxima).
A low point is called a minimum (plural minima).
The general word for maximum or minimum is extremum (plural extrema).
We say local maximum (or minimum) when there may be higher (or lower) points elsewhere but not nearby.
One More Example
Example: Find the maxima and minima for:
y = x3 − 6x2 + 12x − 5
The derivative (slope) is:
y = 3x2 − 12x + 12
Which is quadratic with only one zero at x = 2
Is it a maximum or minimum?
The second derivative is y'' = 6x − 12
At x = 2:
And here is why:
It is a saddle point ... the slope does become zero, but it is neither a maximum or minimum.
Must Be Differentiable.
And there is an important technical point:
The function must be differentiable (the derivative must exist at each point in its domain).
Example: How about the function f(x) = |x| (absolute value) ?
||x| looks like this:
At x=0 it has a very pointy change!
In fact it is not differentiable there (as shown on the differentiable page).
So we can't use this method for the absolute value function.
(The function must also be continuous, but any function that is differentiable is also continuous.)


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Enjoy this example of having fun roasting your enemy… And yes the gun is named after the president, not a suggestion of anything else. C'mon people.
Via Ares Armour
Commemorative 'Yes We Can' Build a Firearm Product
We would like to thank President Barrack Obama for being the distinguished firearms industry spokesman and salesmen of all time. We are now producing what we believe he would really want in an "Blaster."
Much like Marvin, Barry is believed to be an alien and also was in possession of an illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator. Unfortunately for us, Barry believes that the United States is not only blocking his view of Venus, but is also blocking his social and political views with our pesky Constitution. Luckily, after 2,000 years of research and when he was finally ready to use the Illudium Q-36 explosive space modulator to destroy the Constitution and the United States, Bugs Bunny saved the day and destroyed this device!
If good ol' Barry had been in possession of a "blaster" such as this, maybe things would have been different for Bugsy. It might have actually been Rabbit season.
In either case we proudly introduce "Obama's Blaster."
(We do not think Barrack Obama actually endorses this product and the entire write up is a very clear case of Parody for the purpose of symbolic speech).
You gotta love that!!!


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We are proud to call the village of Arcanum, OH our home. Arcanum is where our headquarters & All American Showroom is located.
It is also where we began in 2002 after Lawson Nickol decided to resign as sales manager for a previous USA made blue jeans manufacturer when it`s production was outsourced to Mexico. Here, along with his son BJ & family - a USA made jean manufacturer & clothing retailer of their own began - the All American Clothing Co.
Note: If you`d like to visit at a different time, please give us a call at 888.937.8009 to schedule a date with us. We are always open to support American workers!
All American Showroom Address:
1 Pop Rite Rd. Arcanum, OH 45304.
Springtime is approaching. Get ready with our selection of USA made shorts, jeans, tees, & more! Sales found on our website will match up accordingly with sales in the showroom.
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NEW! Summer Showroom Hours.
Mondays: 12 noon - 2:00 PM Est.
Wednesdays: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Est.
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First Day Project
July 19, 2013
The annual effort to make sure children have school supplies when they return to classes, begins this weekend. Postal carriers will pick up donations Saturday from residents of the Illinois Quad Cities for the First Day Project. The collection in the Iowa Quad Cities will be held on August 3rd.
Virginia Jarrett, from the Rock Island School District, says donations are sorted by volunteers and then distributed to the participating schools, based on the number of children who receive free or reduced price lunches. She thinks it's important for kids to have pens, pencils, paper, and other supplies on the first day of school - it helps them feel like they belong and are equal to the other students.
Monetary donations are also welcome.
Each year, the First Day Project helps thousands of children get ready to return to school.


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Every journey, the wise ones say, begins with a single step.The journey from Dublin to Northern Ireland also began on a bookshelf.
The slim book had an attractive title: Sacred Living. The subtitle beckoned me on: "Practical inspirations from Celtic spirituality for the contemporary spiritual journey."
Opening it, my eye fell on page 47: "In setting out on pilgrimage today, we may not face the same physical hazards as the Celtic Christians in ancient times, yet there is still the opportunity for a spiritual journey offered by the 'shift of perspective' which pilgrimage brings. By having the courage to leave the familiar surroundings, people and routines, we provide opportunity for encountering new understandings, experiences, and insights."
What encouraging words! I had come to Ireland with pilgrim intent, finding there conditions I could not have anticipated that made pilgrimage difficult. The churches I served in Dublin offered joy, encouragement and hope, yet a serious asthma attack and subsequent bacterial infection left me feeling weak, weary, and woebegone, just barely able to carry out my liturgical and pastoral tasks. Pilgrimage seemed out of the question, even though our time in Ireland certainly offered a "shift in perspective" from life as a priest in a small town in West Virginia. Yet something about the words by the Rev. Grace Clunie in Sacred Living gave me great hope, as well as a sense of kinship with pilgrims of ancient times, who traveled to their encounters with the Divine, often in circumstances of hardship.
I wrote to her to arrange a meeting at the Centre for Celtic Spirituality in Armagh. Clunie, a priest in the Church of Ireland, the director of the Centre, as well as a Hospice chaplain, seemed to be a kindred spirit.
In the week before our last Sunday in Ireland, my husband Bob and I traveled north to the town of Kesh in County Fermanagh, just over the border into Northern Ireland. We traveled on roads with the lovely, clear and cold glacial lakes of the region on either side, a visual and spiritual change from the urban intensity and vitality of Dublin. Despite the visible serenity and beauty, this landscape proved to be intense in a different way.
At the church at St. Mary's, Ardess we found the mass graves of a famine pit, in use from 1840 through 1845, that held the remains of people who died during the potato famine that gripped most of the island during those years. An overwhelming sense of sorrow hung around the sunken trough where more than 200 bodies had been interred, each brought to the place on a sheet slung between two branches, from which they were slid into the pit and covered with lime and a thin layer of soil. As I prayed for the souls that had died so painfully, I looked at the memorial to them. For many years, the famine pits had been considered a kind of scandal. Now, most of them have stone memorials, and some form of bench with landscaping that allows people to stop and pray. It is a powerful, yet peaceful, way to reflect on mortality.
Grace Clunie agreed to meet us at the Navan fort, a Celtic site just outside of Armagh, mentioned in Sacred Living as part of her inspiration to deepen her knowledge and understanding of the Celtic history of her native land, and to learn more how its unique flavor had influenced the development of Christianity there. At the time she and a group of friends went there on New Year's Eve 1988, there was still intense conflict in her beloved homeland between Catholics and Protestants.
Bob and I came to Navan in the wake of Queen Elizabeth's very recent visit to Enniskillen, where she shook hands with former revolutionary Martin McGinnis at St. Macartain's Cathedral.
Northern Ireland remains under English rule; Enniskillen is where the Irish Republican Army exploded a bomb on Nov. 8, 1987 that killed 11 people and injured 63, including a man who lay in a coma for 15 years before dying. The Enniskillen bombing was a turning point in the hostilities that Grace Clunie and her friends were so deeply concerned about in 1988. Violence gradually diminished until, in 2012 the Queen of England, who had lost her beloved cousin Lord Louis Mountbatten to an IRA bomb planted on his boat 60 miles from Enniskillen, shook hands with a man reputed to have planned much of the violence known as "The Troubles," when the IRA sought to eject the British from Northern Ireland.
This history, along with the famine of the previous gives one a sense of the contrast between the serene beauty of Northern Ireland and the violence, sorrow and death the region has endured. Now we were about to meet a modern-day Irish woman who spends her life sharing Celtic spirituality and leading others on pilgrimages to experience it — at a place thought to be a site of ancient life and ritual— and seeking to bring reconciliation between people of differing traditions, beliefs and backgrounds.
– The Rev. Georgia Dubose is the priest of St. John's Episcopal Church in Harpers Ferry.


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Hartnell Planetarium's Friday Kids Show for April is "Larry Cat in Space" Follow this frisky feline as he follows his owner . . . all the way to the moon! A tour of the current night sky is also included. Friday Kids Shows are geared for families with children up to 3rd grade. Doors open at 5:15 for the 5:30 showing. Cost is $5 per person with children 3 and under admitted free. The program plays on April 4, 11, and 25 only. No program on 4/18 due to Spring Break. More information...
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