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"Colorful penne pasta and shrimp tossed with grape tomatoes and basil make a quick and tasty salad."
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1 (12 ounce) box
Barilla® Tri-Color Penne
5 tablespoons
extra virgin olive oil, divided
1 pound
shrimp, peeled and deveined
5 tablespoons
lemon juice
2 pints
grape tomatoes, halved
salt to taste
black pepper to taste
4 tablespoons
coarse bread crumbs
1/2 clove
6 leaves
basil, thinly sliced
It was good, but I had to improvise on several things. The recipe directions are not very clear. I used 5 cloves of garlic because we love garlic, I sauted a tbsp of garlic with the shrimp and added a few sprinkles of cayenne pepper to spice it up, I also had to add another tbsp of olive oil to the shrimp so it would not dry out. Option 2- Reduce to half?
What temperature should we place the oven at and how long to cook option 4 for people that are not very good cooks- I did 5 minutes at 400 for the bread crumbs. I tossed everything in one big bowl. Turned out really good, the basil makes this recipe.
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* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
Tri-Color Penne with Shrimp, Grape Tomatoes and Basil Bread Crumbs Pasta Salad
Serving Size: 1/4 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 4
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 639
Calories from Fat: 191
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The dunce cap results from a triangle with edge word $aaa^{-1}$. At the edge, a small neighborhood is homeomorphic to three half-disks glued together along their diameters. How do you prove this is not homeomorphic to a single disk?
If you have two homotopic maps $f,g: S^1 \to X$, then $X \cup_f D^2$ is homotopy equivalent to $X \cup_g D^2$.
You can use this to show that the dunce cap is homotopy equivalent to $D^2$, and thus contractible. Since no closed surface is contractible (using classification of surfaces), the dunce cap is not a surface.
$D^2$ is the closed unit disk. By $X \cup_f D^2$, I mean gluing $D^2$ via the map $f: S^1 = \partial D^2 \to X$. This is the quotient space of $X \sqcup D^2$ identifying each point of $\partial D^2$ with its image under $f$ in $X$. So in our specific case, $D^2$ is homeomorphic to $S^1$ glued to $D^2$ under the identity map $S^1 \to S^1$. On the other hand, we have that the dunce cap is constructed by gluing $D^2$ to $S^1$ under the map $g: S^1 \to S^1$ given by $$ g(e^{i\theta}) = \begin{cases} exp(4 i \theta) & 0 \leq \theta \leq \pi/2\\ exp(4 i (2 \theta - \pi)) & \pi/2 \leq \theta \leq 3\pi/2\\ exp(8 i(\pi - \theta)) & 3\pi/2 \leq \theta \leq 2\pi \end{cases}$$
It is not hard to show that $g$ is homotopic to to the identity map, and so (using the result I mentioned above), $D^2$ is homotopy equivalent to the dunce cap. So the dunce cap must be contractible.
Edit: I have now realized that the above answers the question in the title, which is not the question posed by the OP. To see that the dunce cap is not homeomorphic to $D^2$, you can simply note that the dunce cap is a disk glued along its boundary (albeit in a strange way), and thus has no 2-dimensional boundary, while $D^2$ does.
I think the dunce cap has a homology group of $\mathbb{Z}/\mathbb{3Z}$ in $H_{1}$ while $H_{1}D_{2}=0$. So the two surfaces cannot be homeomorphic. I am not sure how calculate this via tools like fundamental group, covering space, etc. Intuitively the fundamental group should be $\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}$.
The 1st chain group $(a,b,c)$ is the points, and the second chain group $(A,B,C)$ are the edges, with the third chain group $X$ being the surface itself. Then we have a map $0\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}\rightarrow \mathbb{Z}\rightarrow 0$ as the three edges and vertices are identified together. Now the top map from the surface to the edges is $A-B+C$, but $B=-A,C=A$ so the image is $3A$ instead. The boundary map from the edges to the vertices is $A\rightarrow a-b$, $B\rightarrow b-c$, $C\rightarrow c-a$, since $a=b=c$ this amounts to a zero map. So we have $H_{1}\mathbb{X}=\mathbb{Z}/3\mathbb{Z}$, $H_{2}\mathbb{X}=0$. But I have not done homology calculations for a while, so I am not totally confident the result is correct.

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It has been said before that nations do not have friends, they have interests. Yet, in the case of Israel and the United States, friendship certainly has played a companion role with mutual interests in the long association between our nations.
Gary Bauer, President of American Values, said this in a recent article: "America and Israel share a common bond, face the same Islamofascist enemy and must stand united."
According to a recent Gallup World Affairs survey, updated Feb. 1-3, 2010, 67% of Americans gave Israel a favorable rating when asked for their opinion on twenty (20) countries. Gallup indicates that the percentage has not changed much over the last several years.
Despite a 67% favorable rating of Israel by the American people, President Obama and his administration appear to remain in lock step to the cadence of "fundamentally transforming America" by now focusing the drum beat upon fundamentally transforming the long-standing relationship of Israel and the United States. As with health care, cap and trade, bailouts and government takeover of some private industry, it appears the Administration is again operating in opposition to the prevailing will of the American people.
In the now all-too-familiar tact of this administration, the end seems to justify the means — even at the expense of the will of the American people. For the President, and many of the Progressives who now serve in his administration, the ultimate goal — i.e., fundamentally transforming America – remains clear and, just as clearly, any opposition to that goal by We The People remains immaterial.
The administration's effort to loosen the cords which have bound Israel and America together will of necessity require the unraveling of the interwoven history of two people groups — a history that reaches back to the time of the Founding Fathers, and even times prior to that.
Our nation's Founders were men who looked to both Anglo-Saxon Common Law and the ancient Mosaic Law to write the the Constitution of the United States.
In the words of James Madison, 1778, to the General Assembly of the State of Virginia:
We have staked the whole future of American civilization, not upon the power of government, far from it. We've staked the future of all our political institutions upon our capacity…to sustain ourselves according to the Ten Commandments of God.
And according to the The 5000 Year Leap, written by W. Cleon Skousen and published by the National Center for Constitutional Studies, an even earlier connection to our nation's history can be traced to the Reverend Thomas Hooker. From The 5000 Year Leap:
In fact, the Reverend Thomas Hooker wrote the "Fundamental Orders of Connecticut" based on the principles recorded by Moses in the first chapter of Deuteronomy. These "Fundamental Orders" were adopted in 1639 and constituted the first written constitution in modern times.
The relationship of America with the Jewish people has been enhanced throughout the years as U.S. Presidents — both Democrat and Republican — have expanded the bridge and strengthened the cords which unite us.
From the Jewish Virtual Library:
John Adams
I will insist that the Hebrews have done more to civilize man than any other nation. (Letter from John Adams to Thomas Jefferson)
Farther I could find it in my heart to wish that you had been at the head of a hundred thousand Israelites . . . & marching with them into Judea & making a conquest of that country & restoring your nation to the dominion of it. For I really wish the Jews again in Judea an independent nation. (Letter to Mordecai Manuel Noah, 1819)
Abraham Lincoln
Not long after the Emancipation Proclamation, President Abraham Lincoln met a Canadian Christian Zionist, Henry Wentworth Monk, who expressed hope that Jews who were suffering oppression in Russia and Turkey be emancipated "by restoring them to their national home in Palestine." Lincoln said this was "a noble dream and one shared by many Americans."
Harry Truman
I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have faith in it now. (Granting de facto recognition to the new Jewish State—11 minutes after Israel's proclamation of independence)
Dwight D. Eisenhower with David Ben-Gurion
Our forces saved the remnant of the Jewish people of Europe for a new life and a new hope in the reborn land of Israel. Along with all men of good will, I salute the young state and wish it well.
Richard Nixon
Nixon asserted that the United States stands by its friends and that "Israel is one of its friends."
Americans admire a people who can scratch a desert and produce a garden. The Israelis have shown qualities that Americans identify with: guts, patriotism, idealism, a passion for freedom. I have seen it. I know. I believe that.
Gerald Ford
My dedication to Israel's future goes beyond its military needs to a far higher priority — the need for peace. My commitment to the security and future of Israel is based upon basic morality as well as enlightened self-interest. Our role in supporting Israel honors our own heritage.
John Kennedy
Israel was not created in order to disappear—Israel will endure and flourish. It is the child of hope and home of the brave. It can neither be broken by adversity nor demoralized by success. It carries the shield of democracy and it honors the sword of freedom.
George W. Bush
"The alliance between our governments is unbreakable, yet the source of our friendship runs deeper than any treaty. It is grounded in the shared spirit of our people, the bonds of the Book, the ties of the soul.
….My country's admiration for Israel does not end there. When Americans look at Israel, we see a pioneer spirit that worked an agricultural miracle and now leads a high-tech revolution. We see world-class universities and a global leader in business and innovation and the arts. We see a resource more valuable than oil or gold: the talent and determination of a free people who refuse to let any obstacle stand in the way of their destiny."
And, yes, President Barack Obama has also added his words in support of Israel:
Barack Obama
"The United States was the first country to recognize Israel in 1948, minutes after its declaration of independence, and the deep bonds of friendship between the U.S. and Israel remain as strong and unshakeable as ever."
However, words often come easy and what is most important is a corresponding action.
A recent action taken by President Obama in regard to Israel was noted in the article U.S. Joins The United Nations Alliance of Civilizations, Despite Concerns about anti-Israel Bias posted on May 15 by the Central Illinois 9-12 Project. From that post:
When the Alliance first formed in 2005, the United States shunned membership in the organization, citing concerns (corroborated by the Alliance's 2006 "Report of the High Level Group," which you can <<<READ HERE>>>) that the organization could become a forum mainly for criticizing Israel and the West.
For example, the report cites the 1948 establishment of Israel as being the starting point for major tensions between the West and Muslim societies:
"The partition of Palestine by the United Nations in 1947, envisaging the establishment of two states — Palestine and Israel — with a special status for Jerusalem, led to the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, beginning a chain of events that continues to be one of the most tortuous in relations between Western and Muslim societies. Israel's continuing occupation of Palestinian and other Arab territories and the unresolved status of Jerusalem — a holy city for Muslims and Christians as well as Jews – have persisted with the perceived acquiescence of Western governments and thus are primary causes of resentment and anger in the Muslim world toward Western nations."
History and Scripture indicate that the conflict — i.e., "causes of resentment and anger" — between Jews and Muslims started all the way back with Abraham and his two sons, Ishmael and Isaac. The Jewish people believe that God gave them land through His covenant first with Abraham and then Isaac. In 2002, David Gelernter wrote "A Nation Like Ours: Why Americans stand with Israel" and you can read the entire article here.
He writes:
Yet the Bible insists that Jews were not the aboriginal inhabitants of the land of Israel. (The Hebrew Bible, with its guileless, tactless, relentless honesty, is the same sort of PR disaster that modern Israel has become.) "God said to Abraham: Venture forth from your land, and from your birthplace, and from your father's house, to the land that I will show you" (Genesis 12:1).
And in regard to the settling of America and our ties with Israel he goes on to say:
New England settlers took this (same) commandment personally. Before the Puritans departed Southampton for America in 1630, the Reverend John Cotton preached them a sermon on II Samuel 7:10–"Moreover I will appoint a place for my people Israel, and I will plant them, that they may dwell in a place of their own and move no more."
According to Reuters, another recent action being pursued by the current President is to reach out to Hezbollah, a recognized terror organization. They report:
The Obama administration is looking for ways to build up "moderate elements" within the Lebanese Hezbollah guerrilla movement and to diminish the influence of hard-liners, a top White House official said on Tuesday.
From the same news story:
John Brennan, assistant to the president for homeland security and counterterrorism, met with Lebanese leaders during a recent visit. "Hezbollah is a very interesting organization," Brennan told a Washington conference, citing its evolution from "purely a terrorist organization" to a militia to an organization that now has members within the parliament and the cabinet.
Here is a video of John Brennan making these statements:
Fast forward to the recent development in the Middle East when Israel chose to stop six ships allegedly transporting aid to Gaza. Paul Rahe, Professor of History and Politics at Hillsdale College, writes in his article The Gathering Storm in the Middle East:
The Israeli soldiers who landed on the Mavi Marmara (in Turkish, the Blue Sea of Marmara) in preparation for conducting the ship to an Israeli port – from which the goods being carried could be sent on to Gaza – were, in fact, ambushed, as Allison Kaplan Sommer indicates in her lucid analysis of the evidence that has become available, and all of the usual suspects quickly lined up to condemn Israel for crimes she did not commit.
And what action did we take? Did we come to the defense of a friend of ours and support their right to protect themselves? Well, no, not quite. The Security Council of the United Nations quickly moved to condemn the attack and Israel. The United States, however, can and does wield undeniable influence over resolutions involving Israel. According to Elliott Abrams in his article Joining the Jackals in the Weekly Standard:
On the Gaza flotilla, the Obama administration waffled and straddled. It agreed to a statement in which the United Nations condemned the "acts" that led to loss of life but did not say "We condemn Israel."
The U.S. has the power to block all anti-Israel moves in the Security Council, not just some of them, and to do so without agreeing to unfair, damaging compromises. So why did we agree to the presidential statement? The White House did not wish to stand with Israel against this mob because it does not have a policy of solidarity with Israel. Rather, its policy is one of distancing and pressure. This was evident last week at the NPT conference as well, where a final statement that singled out Israel while ignoring Iran—precisely what the Bush administration blocked in 2005—was permitted by the United States.
So while the Obama Administration joins the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations (which arguably has anti-Israel bias), and while the Administration is working to build up the moderate elements of Hezbollah (which, by the way, is still listed as #16 on the U.S. State Department's List of Foreign Terrorist Organizations), and while President Obama makes public statements that Israel should sign the U.N. NPT Treaty despite Israel's legitimate concern over Iran's potential for attaining nuclear arms, and while the President allows – rather than stops – the United Nations from moving to single out Israel regarding the deadly Gaza incident, we are asked to trust President Obama when he says "the deep bonds of friendship between the U.S. and Israel remain as strong and unshakeable as ever."
Time will tell if the actions taken in regard to Israel by President Obama and his Administration will speak louder than their words.


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As the Denver Broncos battle the Seattle Seahawks February 2, a different competition is being staged by nonprofits in their home cities. The Denver Foundation and the Seattle Foundation are calling it the "First & Give Charitable Championship."
In Denver, the Denver Foundation is "united in orange to fight childhood hunger." Donations will go to the Food Bank of the Rockies.
Across the country, 15.9 million children under the age of 18 live in households where they are unable to consistently access enough nutritious food, according to the United States Department of Agriculture and the nonprofit Feeding America.
The Food Bank of the Rockies estimates that 160,000 children in Colorado struggle with hunger. Nearly half of the food it distributes goes to children.
In Seattle, donations go to Make-A-Wish Alaska and Washington, which grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions.
A few of these children will be at Super Bowl 48, courtesy of the Snoqualmie Indian Tribe, a suite owner. The tickets were donated before the Seahawks even made the Playoffs, a release by the Seattle Foundation said.
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She couldn't answer. All she could think was how beautiful it all is.
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Learning the comedy business is starting to get very expensive
June 19, 2009 by vongsundara · 4 Comments
I"m very fortunate to be living in Toronto right now. There are so many resources available here that were not available to me in either Calgary or Winnipeg. Because of this, I have concentrated on getting better at my craft rather than trying to propel my career forward before I am ready. The only trouble I"m running into right now are expenses.
There are many, many great classes and courses to take in Toronto, especially with Second City in town along with many great acting studios like Sears and Switzer. I definitely believe in taking classes, and I have gotten a lot out of each and every class I have taken, though I do have to watch out for how much money I have been spending lately. It"s definitely a difficult balance at times.
The Second City classes have definitely helped me improve my comedic range. Coming from a stand-up background, my character skills were definitely lacking. At least now I feel more comfortable going forward with different types online casinos of comedy outside of stand-up such as improv and sketch, making me much more well rounded and marketable.
My next seminar revolves around personal publicity. This is definitely the most important seminar for me in a while. If there"s one thing I need to learn before opening my one-man show early next year, it"s going to be how to promote the show and get people in the seats. Otherwise, I"ll just be performing in front of an empty audience.
I think I can manage my expenses for the time being, and hopefully the dollars coming in from performing will start to balance the expenses going out. Luckily for me, I"ve kept my day job, which is allowing me to overspend a little bit on the comedy side.
Second City's Level A improv class, week two, proves worth every penny
January 18, 2009 by vongsundara · 171 Comments
I'm only two weeks into my improv class at Second City, and already I've gotten my money's worth. Sunday night improv is starting to become a big highlight of my week.
This week, we focused on specific techniques to help flesh out an improv scene. The biggest challenge was about identifying the what, where and who of the scene. For instance, the first person up establishes what the activity is. The second person establishes where the scene takes place, and the third person establishes the relationship between the three people.
We were also given some great tips on what not to do in improv. One of the big no-no's is entering a scene with a question.
It was funny, though, that no matter how many times I was told, it was a habit I could not shake. Whenever I came into a scene, I'd ask the person who started the scene a question instead of making a statement. I suppose it's just human tendency.
I absolutely love how improv is pushing me in new directions creatively. It's given me lots of ideas for my stand-up, which is why I joined the class in the first place. Unexpectedly, though, it's also given me a love and appreciation of improv that kind of makes me want to push forward and learn more and more. I haven't felt this excited since I first discovered stand-up.
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I received $50 of Facebook advertising credits when I recently switched my web host to GoDaddy.com. I never really thought about advertising on Facebook before, but now I am totally hooked. In fact, I'm already starting to budget some money toward Facebook advertising each month after my free credits run out.
The great part about Facebook advertising is that I can target specifically the audience I want to reach. It's amazing how much detail people will give in their Facebook profiles. This information then helps advertisers like me target our audiences specifically. For instance, I can have my ads served only to people who have listed "Stand-Up Comedy" as one of their interests. This way, I know that I am not wasting my advertising dollars on people who aren't comedy fans.
To coincide with this new campaign, I have also started a Facebook page at the below URL. The Facebook page allows my fans to follow my career by clicking "Become a Fan." If you haven't done so, please visit my Facebook page and "Become a Fan." The more fans I have, the more chance that my page can spread virally throughout Facebook.
My first target is to reach 100 fans. After 100, I'll re-evaluate my goals and hope to move up in the listings. The great part about having fans is that I can send messages directly my those who sign up regarding upcoming performances and television appearances. This way, I know that the people who are supporting my career are going to be the first to know about important information regarding my career.


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Your kids believe in Santa, right? If not you're missing out on some big behavioral modification tools, my friends. After all, nothing stops a kid dead in her tracks like saying, "Santa is watching, and he doesn't reward baby brother ignorers." Even if you like being honest with your kids (something I'll never understand when it comes to the great Santa Claus deceit) maybe you want to keep the mystery surrounding the fat man in a red suit.
So the next time your little one gets that flash of doubt and looks up at you with wide eyes, asking, "Mama, is Santa Claus real?" here are 10 things you can tell him.
What do you tell your kids about Santa?
Honestly I told my 6 year old the truth when he asked. But he didn't really seem to believe me. That's fine, the only gifts he has ever been given by santa have been on Dec 5/6h from St Nikolaus.
I have 3 and 4 year old girls, and we talk about how St. Nick was a man that cared deeply for children, and that people like to follow his example on Christmas. We don't do the Santa lie.
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Would You Let Your Kindergartner Bike to School?
Kate Tuttle: Free-range kids, or safety first? That's the conflict being played out in one English family's legal dispute with their children's school. The couple, Oliver and Gillian Schonrock, are in favor of their two kids, an 8-year-old girl and 5-year-old boy, riding their bikes to school each day on their own. The trip, which the parents have mapped out on back roads, is around one mile each way; per English law, the children are allowed to ride on the sidewalks, not the road.
According to the U.K.'s Daily Mail, the kids' father says he "wanted to recreate the simple freedom" he enjoyed during his own childhood. "These days, children lead such regimented lives," he said. "They can do nothing unless it's planned. We are trying to let them enjoy their lives and teach them a little bit about the risks of life."
The children's school, a private institution in southeast London, disagrees. Its headmaster has threatened to report the family to social services if the parents persist in allowing the kids to bike to school.
Meanwhile, London's mayor, Boris Johnson, has come down squarely on the side of the Schonrocks, lambasting the "age of air-bagged, mollycoddled, infantilised over-regulation" that would object to parents' rights to make such choices for their own children. His column contains a lot that makes sense to me -- it lauds the parents, for instance, for having a "vision of urban life" that is "profoundly attractive" and cites the objective statistics about how safe London truly is. Johnson also argues that by getting their kids out into the streets, such families actually make the city a safer, healthier, more community-oriented space -- a position with which I completely agree. And he adds that biking (or walking) to school is clearly a great trend in an era when so many of our kids are sedentary and overweight.
That said, there are plenty of parents and others who think the Schonrocks are nuts, that their idealistic vision of a world in which kids can bike freely around the City is profoundly unrealistic -- and potentially dangerous. The nearly 1,000 comments that were received after the Daily Mail article was posted online show a split between those who worry about the kids and those who feel that the worriers are overreacting paranoid losers. Maybe it all just comes down to individual parenting styles. But when institutions get involved -- whether they be private schools or government entities -- it can be hard not to sympathize with parents whose intentions are clearly good.
When I was the age of the Schonrocks' younger child, I began walking to school -- nearly a mile away -- as part of a group of kids (no parents involved). The safety-in-numbers we felt was very real, and so was the exhilaration of being free of adult supervision for 20 minutes a day. At the same time, I have the typical mother's worry: What if the 5-year-old and the 8-year-old got separated?
I'm cautiously on the side of the parents here (who clearly know their children better than any stranger would). But I'm very curious to hear what momlogic readers think. Who's in the right here: the parents, or the school? What would you do?
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Carbon Forms Board of DirectorsApril 27th, 2012
Carbon has formed a board of directors. "We're excited to have the opportunity to tap more than a hundred years of combined experience in business, innovation, and design that our new board members bring," said Dan Blase, Carbon Design Group's president. "Their input will help guide Carbon's strategic growth in the coming years."
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Robert F. Trenner, co-founder of Cornerstone Advisors, brings 43 years of business experience to the board. Cornerstone manages more than two billion dollars for wealthy families, non-profit foundations, and trusts, and has been identified by Bloomberg as one of the fifty largest independent advisors in the United States. "With over 32 years in financial services, Bob knows what it takes to delight clients. We're lucky to have someone with Bob's experience in the service industry to help ensure we're doing all we can to deliver client delight," says Blase. "Creating great client experiences is a vital part of Carbon's DNA. Nurturing this element will be essential as the team continues to grow," said Trenner.
Carbon founder Willy Stiggelbout and Carbon president Dan Blase round out the board.
After the board meeting the new board members had a chance to meet the full Carbon team. It was a great opportunity for the team to get a to know the board members and to learn about how their insights and experience will benefit Carbon.
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Kim started her veterinary career in 1977, graduated in 1981 with an Associates Degree in Biology and is licensed as a Registered Veterinary Technician in Georgia. Kim started at VCA Carrollton Animal Hospital in October, 2010.
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Jennie graduated from Lithia Springs High School and is currently attending West Georgia Technical College in Carrollton Ga. She has been employed at VCA Carrollton since February 2013.
Jennie is a hunter's education instructor (wildlife conservation) and enjoys horseback riding. She loves outdoor activities like fishing, camping, volley ball and teaching hunting safety.
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Dr. Spin: A seminary class was debating whether the Garden of Eden story (Gen. 2-3) reinforces or resists the oppression of women when one student interjected: "It's all just spin anyway. You can spin the text any way you want." But Professor Jacqueline Lapsley, ruminating on the unlikely story about Balaam and his donkey (Num. 22-24), says two principles of biblical interpretation can guard against spin: our interpretation shouldn't reinforce our own self-interest, and it should serve the larger purposes of God, that is, God's love "for Israel, for the church and for the whole world" (Interpretation, January).
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After Justin Guarini said he thought the group singers were using pre-recorded backing tracks, "Idol" producers have grudgingly admitted that this is the case to the New York Times.
Manfred Westphal, a spokesman for FremantleMedia North America, which produces "American Idol" for Fox, at first denied the charge, saying on Tuesday: "The Idols don't lip-sync, period." But on Wednesday, in an e-mail message, Mr. Westphal said: "Due to extensive choreography and to balance their voices with open mikes against a screaming audience, the Idols do sing along to their own prerecorded vocal track during the group performances only."
Personally, I don't really care one way or another but it's another excuse to hate on the show.
The reporter also provided visual/audio proof of lip syncing:
The visual evidence in recent weeks has indicated that the group vocals are recorded. Two weeks ago, as the Top 13 contestants performed a medley of Jackson 5 hits, Jasmine Murray seemed to be at least a half-beat behind the music during the song "ABC." During last week's performance of "Trouble," Megan Joy held the microphone well away from her face as she appeared to struggle to remember the choreography. Several contestants dropped their microphones to their sides last week at the song's end, even as their final note continued to soar through the speakers
-Ratings, compared to the Tuesday top 10 episode a year ago, were actually up, only the second time this season that has happened. Early estimates are around 25.3 million viewers vs. 24 million a year ago. This is an unfair comparison in one sense since "Idol" had to move back a day after Obama's speech. This season, "Idol' ratings have tended to be better this year on Wednesdays than Tuesdays, when the competition has been tougher (e.g. "NCIS" and "Biggest Loser"). Thursday ratings tend to be less so far but at least tonight, the competition isn't quite a tough with no "Survivor." Then again, the NCAA might pull away some viewers anyway.
March 26th, 2009
2:37 pm
Can't wait until 8 p.m.!
March 26th, 2009
2:41 pm
Ratings up? So much for the early demise of Idol. Granted ratings have steadily been declining for several years, but it is nice to see a bounce here and there.
Group sing lip synching… yawn. I will still enjoy watching them.
March 26th, 2009
2:42 pm
So the group sings are like going to a Brittney Spears concert? LOL!
March 26th, 2009
2:53 pm
Only better because it doesn't involve Brittney Spears.
March 26th, 2009
2:58 pm
LOL! I hear ya JT.
March 26th, 2009
3:08 pm
Where is the All-Knowing, All-Seeing Neg? I'm worried.
Plus I miss reading his pithy comments.
Can't wait till Idol tonight. Also can't wait to hear from y'all about who gets voted off….long before the show airs out here.
And Nana, thanks for your back-up on "Ooh, Baby, Baby." Keep your elbows out.
March 26th, 2009
3:56 pm
I was thinking the other day (don't usually do that) about all the singers / groups I've seen in concert in my time and I thought it was impressive if I say so myself. Of course most of these (if not all) were FREE cause I was working security at the time. Here are the ones I can remember:
Allmond Bros
Simon and Garfunkel
Three Dog Night
White Witch
Sly and the Family Stone
Charlie Daniels Band
Hank, Jr.
Credence Clearwater Revival
Tina Turner
Elton John
Celiene Deon
Michael Bolton
The Commodores
Billy Joel
1/2 of the Righteous Bros.
And more as I think of em.
Anybody else got a list?
March 26th, 2009
4:25 pm
This is fun Woodpappy!!!
Here's my list:
The Commodores
Trisha Yearwood
Rascal Flatts
The Judds
Jason Aldean
Vince Gill
Patty Loveless
George Strait
Roger Daltry
The O'Kanes
Hall & Oates
T.G. Shepard
Earth, Wind and Fire
Steve Warner
Mother's Finest
Clay Aiken
Kelly Clarkson
March 26th, 2009
4:31 pm
Oh, I've got a list:
Beatles 1964 in Gator Bown, Jax, during Hurricane Dora
Beatles 1965 in Atlanta Stadium – first even held there
Beatles 1966 in Memphis Coliseum – afternoon show and evening show
Wings 1976 in Omni
Paul McCartney 1989 in NYC 2 shows at Mad Square
Paul McCartney 1990 in Atlanta 2 shows at Omni, Tampa stadium, Raleigh,
March 26th, 2009
4:32 pm
That's an impressive list as well ! I see Country is your cup of tea so to speak.
March 26th, 2009
4:35 pm
Hey CLwood, how could I have forgotten. Sorry Paul ! But I've seen Paul McCartney twice at the OMNI and have seen Neil Diamond several times there too. A friend I used to work with was the only one I've ever met that went to see the Beatles at Atlanta Fulton Co. Stadium in 64. What a great memory that must be.
March 26th, 2009
4:35 pm
Thanks! Yes, I LOVE country music!!!
March 26th, 2009
4:38 pm
& 4th of July in RFK Stadium in DC
1993 Ga Dome & Orlando Stadium
2002 (?) and 2005 in Phillips
Also, various Dick Clark Calvacade of Stars, ie Mary Wells, Crystals,as well as Spinners, Temps & Tops, Herman's Hermits, Animals (Burdon awesome!), Peter & Gordon, Neil Diamond, Elton several times, Kelly Clarkson, and waaaaaay back, Dion & Belmonts, Fabian, Johnny Tillotson, Bobby Vee, Bobby Rydell – too many (and too old) to9 remember!
March 26th, 2009
4:38 pm
One time my wife and I sat in the nosebleed seats behind the stage for a Garth Brooks concert too. He turned around and applauded us and asked if we were crazy for paying money to watch his backside all night long ! LOL It was worth it.
March 26th, 2009
4:45 pm
ow. well i'll try:
Jefferson Airplane, numerous times
Jefferson Starship
Hot Tuna ANY time i can
Shawn Phillips
Jethro Tull – 2 or 3 times
Stevie Ray Vaughn and George Thorogood & the Destroyers
Mountain with Leslie West (live and free in Piedmont Park)
Allman Brothers BEFORE Dwayne died
Allman Brother(s) afterwards
Chuck Leavell (Live in a small oyster bar in Athens)
Randall Bramlett (same, plus many other times)
The Other Ones (remnants of the Grateful Dead) and various combinations of Dead personnel over the years
Captain Beyond
Deep Purple
Beck, Bogart & Appice
**Missed the Rolling Stones – could have seen them in 1967 for $2.00 a person at Georgia Southern, but didn't have a ride**
unfortunately, Maroon 5 (Ga Theatre, they sucked imho)
same with John Mayer – totally blah show
Widespread Panic
B52s (or portions thereof)
REM (or portions thereof)
Leonard Cohen (AWESOME!)
Zac Brown
more i can't think of at the moment…
March 26th, 2009
4:50 pm
Fun! I will talk to y'all tonight. Time to wrap it up here.
March 26th, 2009
4:52 pm
CLWood — you sound like you're around my vintage!!!
Bobby Darin–ok so i was only 14 but… i met him, LOL
Oakridge Boys
Animals (YES! Burdon is great!)
Elton John in the early years
Oh yeah — the "Steve Martin Mull" show (Steve Martin and Martin Mull)
Ravi Shankar (awwwwesooome!)
Papa John Creach
other old blues guitarist/singers i can't remember which ones right now, but it'll come to me…
March 26th, 2009
5:02 pm
WP here's my list:
Elvis 8 times
The Judds
Hank Jr
Loretta Lynn
Conway Twitty
George Jones
Tammy Wynette
Barbara Mandrell
The Oakridge Boys
The Statlers
Cher 2 times
Wayne Newton
Alan Jackson 3 times
George Strait 4 times
Martina McBride
Vince Gill
Gene Watson
Mac Davis
Rolling Stones
Otis Redding
Marvin Gaye
Little Texas
Leonard Skinnard
There's more, but I will have to think of them.
March 26th, 2009
5:03 pm
My Darn list wont post and I am not doing it over!
March 26th, 2009
5:06 pm
I like your list Nana! You obviously like country music too!
March 26th, 2009
5:29 pm
I am a country music freak!!!!
Oh, here's more:
Willie Nelson
Waylon Jennings
Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
Jeannie Pruitt
Sarah Evans
I have seen others that aren't country, but country is my fave.
March 26th, 2009
5:32 pm
OMG, almost forgot, The Eagles. What a show they do. Absolutely love them.
March 26th, 2009
5:49 pm
what's so funny is there are a lot of people out there looking at our lists and going … ok, ok, ok…um, who's THAT, ok, who?, ok ok ok…
March 26th, 2009
5:51 pm
anyone else here remember the old Great Southeast Music Hall at Lindberg? In the corner…. where they didn't have seats, just cushions on the floor? gawd i saw some awesome awesome stuff there!!!
March 26th, 2009
6:06 pm
I know tomorrow is OSF but I just read that Dan Seals (England Dan) died of cancer. I wanted to post some of his lyrics.
England Dan & John Ford Coley
I'd Really Love To See You Tonight
Hello, yeah, it's been a while.
Not much, how about you?
I'm not sure why I called.
I guess I really just wanted to talk to you.
And I was thinking maybe later on.
We could get together for a while.
It's been such a long time.
And I really do miss your smile.
*I'm not talking about moving in.
And I don't want to change your life.
But there's a warm wind blowing the stars around.
And I'd really love to see you tonight.
We could go walking through a windy park.
Or take a drive along the beach.
Or stay at home and watch TV.
You see it really doesn't matter much to me.
I won't ask for promises.
So you don't have to lie.
We've both played that game before.
Say I love you and say goodbye.
March 26th, 2009
6:43 pm
Thanks for the memory Cadre. I always liked Dan Seals. I liked his duet with Marie Osborne "Meet me in Montana".
linny – You know you are right. I can just see a generation or two younger than me scratching their hands and saying, "They saw WHO?"
March 26th, 2009
7:02 pm
LOL Nana. One of these days you and Harriett and I need to get together with pictures from our old days in atlanta, because we probably crossed paths a few times!!!
anyway DEIRDRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i just finished watching Lost online….O. M. G. well…. imho, the one shot didn't die, someone finds him and heals him (Richard maybe?) but at any rate, it certainly puts a real twist in the timeline (um…. time spiral?)
see you guys later, if i can get the computer!


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And what if it doesn't and asses start being put in seats, what will your excuse be? "Well Punk was booked like shit anyway"?
If a new champion (and I mean properly new, not Cena or Rocky or whoever, someone untested) draws big numbers as champion, then yeah, Punk looks worse coming out of it. On the other hand, assuming it's not someone completely out of the blue, Punk's reign will just be seen as making the best of a transition period while other guys were
built up. Yes, he was booked ineptly - everything in WWE is. It's not a get-out-of-jail free card for pulling some of the numbers he's done, but then, I don't see that WWE had or have any better options available. I mean, ratings aside (and let's face facts, nobody full-time in WWE is really drawing flies to shit these days, so we really can put the numbers aside), I'd take a historic year-long Punk reign with awesome matches with Ziggler, Bryan, Jericho, et al, Heyman coming back, and some genuine new blood in the title scene (if not the main event scene, grumble grumble), over whatever Cena-centric hot potato shit they probably would have been doing otherwise.
But if a new champ draws good numbers in his segments, and there's still matches that haemhorrage a million viewers (or whatever ridiculous number Kofi/Del Rio dropped a while back) and the viewers are still mostly hovering around the 4 million mark, what's really been fixed in the long term? You'll probably still have a crowd that sits on their hands until Super Champ #47 walks out, and you'll still have a product that is, as I coined before, oddly unlikable.
But then, what if the next unproven champ fails too? And what if its a WWE pet project, not an "IWC wet dream" like Punk? Do we call them a failure too? What if a Cena reign doesn't do any better? Or, worse, a Henry reign? At what point do people (and more importantly, WWE themselves) start to accept that the problems we're all mumbling about aren't going to be solved by finding a hot ticket champion? And that, while talking ratings is fun (at times, I guess, sorta), we're probably putting undue focus on the guys who are generally doing good, entertaining, crowd-pleasing shit when given the opportunity, but just aren't being given many of those opportunities by Steph, Kapoor, and co?
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Europe regains Champion Chase crown
Sizing Europe rolled back the years as the veteran won the Boylesports.com Champion Chase for a second time at Punchestown.
Sizing Europe rolled back the years as the veteran won the Boylesports.com Champion Chase for a second time at Punchestown.
Sizing Europe is set to make his fifth successive appearance in the Boylesports.com Champion Chase at Punchestown on Tuesday.
Trainer Henry De Bromhead looks ahead to Day 3 and reflects on Sizing Europe
Robert Tyner is in cracking form at the moment and the Kinsale handler kept his great run going when Instant Impacked landed the feature race at Gowran Park.
Sizing Europe will attempt to notch a piece of history by reclaiming the BetVictor Queen Mother Champion Chase he last won in 2011.
Sizing Europe attempts to repeat last year's success in the Paddy Power Dial-A-Bet Chase at Leopardstown on Friday.
The JNwine.com Champion Chase is the highlight of the year at Down Royal and Sizing Europe has another crack at three miles in the Grade One showdown.
Sizing Europe won the PWC Champion Chase at Gowran Park for the third successive year.
Robbie Hennessy is looking forward to seeing stable star Rubi Light return to action for a likely clash with Sizing Europe in the PWC Champion Chase at Gowran Park on Saturday week.
Sizing Europe is on course to begin another campaign in the PWC Champion Chase at Gowran on Saturday week.
The opening days of the Punchestown have seen punters treated to fantastic matches in the feature races with Sir Des Champs v Long Run and Sizing Europe v Sprinter Sacre proving just as exciting on the track as they were predicted to be in the betting ring.
Sprinter Sacre extended his unbeaten record over fences to 10 as he landed the Boylesports.com Champion Chase at Punchestown.
Trainer Henry de Bromhead admits Sprinter Sacre's participation at the Punchestown Festival could have a bearing on which race Sizing Europe contests.
Henry de Bromhead is in no rush to decide which race at the Punchestown Festival Sizing Europe will contest following his fine effort in defeat at Cheltenham last week.
A decision on Sizing Europe's target at Cheltenham is set to be left until the last moment.
Henry de Bromhead said it was "50-50" which race Sizing Europe will run in at Cheltenham after he was officially scratched from the Betfred Gold Cup.
Sizing Europe repeated last year's success in the Boylesports.com Tied Cottage Chase with an emphatic display at Punchestown.
Sizing Europe faces just four rivals as he completes his racecourse prep for the Cheltenham Festival in the Boylesports.com Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown on Sunday.
Sizing Europe could face up to six rivals when he defends his crown in the Boylesports.com Tied Cottage Chase at Punchestown on Sunday.
Sizing Europe is set to take in either the Tied Cottage Chase or the Hennessy Gold Cup ahead of his fifth trip to the Cheltenham Festival in March.


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In the midst of his farewell tour, New York Yankees closer Mariano Rivera has been amassing quite the collection of gifts.
During every road trip where Rivera plays his final game in a city, the opposing team promptly sends Rivera off with a uniquely crafted present and the San Diego Padres are no different.
While Rivera has taken on the Padres before, it was his first (and final) trip to Petco Park where longtime Friars closer (and owner of the second most saves of all-time) Trevor Hoffman presented Mariano with a 'beach cruiser' bicycle so he could 'live the San Diego lifestyle' as he departs from the game he loves.
Certainly a cool moment, not only because of the gift, but neat to see Hoffman present Rivera the bike as it was Hoffman's record which The Panama Express broke in 2011.
It may not compete with the Minnesota Twins broken bat chair or a 737 airline complete with your own likeness/autograph/logo, but it's still pretty awesome.
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PayPro Europe Partners with DDoS Mitigation Provider Prolexic to Enhance Protection of its e-commerce Infrastructure
Prolexic helps PayPro Europe eliminate DDoS attacks
Toronto, Canada – January, 09 2013
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Summary: While vacationing at the Shadow Ranch in Phoenix, Arizona -- a ranch rumored to be cursed -- Nancy is haunted by a phantom horse and the ghost of a man who was killed at the ranch many years ago.
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Surprisingly I've seen little issue with my DK, both in tanking and DPSing. I don't know if I stumbled upon good speccing and glyphing by happenstance, at least for lvl80 content, or what exactly I may have lucked into, but I tank for DPS ranging anywhere from 5.6k-6.4k gearscore on my 5.9k gearscore DK, and I'm holding threat well, unless someone else pulls groups when both DnD and Blood Boil are on cd. Single target threat hasn't been an issue at all, even through a fight like Ymiron in UP with lock dots all over the place. Similarly, in my frost dps spec, I'm pulling at least as much as I used to, if not a little more. My DK is Pfinferno on Kel'thuzad.
Similar experiences here as well. My DPS in both Frost (2H AND DW) and Unholy remains more or less unchanged for me from Pre to Post patch. And after tanking a bit last night, I found no issue holding threat except for one pull when the mage unleashed hell before I got my blood boil off.
After a little work with a training dummy unbuffed, I feel fairly confident in saying that my frost DW dps has actually seen a significant increase. I'm pretty happy with this patch, at least for DKs, it just takes a little bit of work to be honest. I do have another DK tank friend who is having trouble, though he was a frost tank so he's adjusting to blood. I think in many cases its just a matter of determining the proper speccing and glyphing, though clearly some things either will require some attention from blizzard, or are simply balanced around 85 instead of 80.


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(Photograph by Kemal Aydoga)
Born Free's dolphin rescue and rehabilitation recently spotted two wild dolphins within close vicinity of Misha and Tom's rehabilitation sea pen.
At 7:40 on the morning of June 23, two wild dolphins visited the bay in Turkey where Misha and Tom are being rehabilitated for release back to the wild. Initially the wild dolphins came to the northern side of the sea pen and Tom and Misha proceeded to spy hop (poking their beaks out the water for a better look). Next, the wild dolphins went to southern side of the sea pen and Misha breached three times.
We cannot know what Misha and Tom are thinking or communicating underwater when wild dolphins approach the area, but they are no doubt interested. The presence of wild dolphins in the area is a very encouraging prospect for Misha and Tom's potential release later this year.
Read updates about our Hisaronu dolphin project.


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