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Avoid eating out by having a plan Sep 4, 2013 9:54 AM
Having a weekly meal plan helps busy families avoid eating out.
Frugal living: Tips for washing fruit and vegetables Aug 28, 2013 10:34 AM
Sara Noel shares tips for frugal living. Today she shares ways to use household ingredients to create your own, low-cost fruit and vegetable wash.
Frugal living: Stocking up on vegan ingredients Aug 23, 2013 6:00 AM
Sara Noel shares advice and tips for frugal lving. She has some tips for a reader who asks about what's best to stock up on for easy vegan cooking. She suggests freezing fresh fruits, vegetables and whole meals.
Frugal living: Homemade tater tots for kids and adults Aug 12, 2013 2:25 PM
Theres something youthful about tater tots. Theyre typically purchased frozen, then cooked and served with burgers, hot dogs or sloppy joes. Some families enjoy tater tot casserole, too Tater tots probably dont make the cut as a go-to potato side dish in your meal rotation. But what if you made them yourself? Sure, it takes a bit of work, but its cheaper than frozen, and it might even become a delicious new option your entire family can enjoy.
Frugal living: Use up those leftover hotdogs Aug 8, 2013 2:23 PM
Hot dogs are versatile leftovers. They're easily frozen and reheated later. Cut some in half, roll them in crescent dough and add some cheese for pigs in a blanket. They can be added to macaroni and cheese or chili, too.
Frugal living: Tips for cleaning grease and wax Jul 24, 2013 6:00 AM
Frugal Living's Sara Noel has tips for making chocolate-covered toffee and cleaning that gunky grease off your stove, hood and under cabinets.
Frugal living: Freezing fruits and using up pasta Jul 10, 2013 6:00 AM
Frugal Living columnist Sara Noel answers readers questions about freezing citrus zest, using up cooked pasta and opening sealed envelopes.
Frugal living: cleaning cabinets and making bread Jun 5, 2013 6:31 AM
Frugal Village founder Sara Noel shares tips for cleaning gunky buildup on kitchen cabinets.
Frugal living: Meatless meals and more veggies at dinner May 29, 2013 6:00 AM
Frugal Living columnist Sara Noel shares ideas for making meatless meals and adding more raw vegetables to your family's diet.
Frugal living: Ideas for using up chili sauce and candied fruit May 22, 2013 6:00 AM
Have extra chili sauce on hand? Sarah Noel says try it in spaghetti sauce, chili, sloppy joes, for shrimp cocktail sauce, on top of meatloaf, as a meat marinade, or in homemade salad dressing.
Frugal living: Tips for freezing yeast, juice and rice Apr 24, 2013 6:11 AM
Sara Noel answers readers questions about freezing yeast, juice and rice. Also offers ideas for using hot chocolate mix.
Frugal living: On-the-go snacks Apr 10, 2013 2:58 PM
Sara Noel answers readers questions about under-cooked turkey, those glaze packets that come with ham and on-the-go-snacking.
Frugal living: Food baskets a practical gift for any occasion Apr 3, 2013 11:09 AM
Recipe gifts are wonderful because all the ingredients are included. While many recipe gifts are for baked goods, you can make a gift basket that includes ingredients for almost anything. Make a food basket with snack items or ingredients for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Don't wait for a special occasion; surprise a busy friend or family member anytime.
Frugal living: Tips for freezing turkey, cereal Mar 13, 2013 8:43 AM
Can you freeze cereal? Sara Noel answers that and other reader questions in her Frugal Living column.
Frugal living: Get the most juice from your citrus fruits Feb 20, 2013 11:58 AM
Sarah Noel shares readers' ideas on juicing citrus, cleaning pots and pans and getting stains out of clothes and upholstery. One reader says she uses a garlic press to squeeze sections of Key limes. This method yields much more juice than juicing by hand.
Frugal living: Leftover ideas galore Feb 6, 2013 10:07 AM
Sara Noel answers readers questions about using up frozen bananas, freezing pizza dough and what to do with under-cooked turkey.
Frugal living: Save money with a toaster oven Jan 16, 2013 6:00 AM
Toaster ovens are a great alternative to regular ovens. They cost less to operate and won't heat up your kitchen as much. Using a toaster is still your cheapest option for toast and bagels, but you can bake, broil, roast or reheat foods such as sandwiches, appetizers, mini pizzas, fish, beef, poultry, desserts, etc., in a toaster oven, too.
Frugal living: Using leftover whipped cream and coffee grounds Jan 9, 2013 6:32 AM
Don't want to waste the heavy cream you bought too much of, or the coffee grounds from your morning wake-up pot? Sara Noel shares ideas for these two common ingredients and tells readers how to eat guavas.
Frugal living: Fruit, veggie purees make meals healthier Jan 2, 2013 1:00 AM
To make your meals healthier, puree fruits and vegetables and incorporate them into your recipes. Some common ways to do this are adding pureed vegetables or fruits into baked goods, such as brownies or muffins (replacing oil with applesauce) or in ground beef dishes, spaghetti sauce, chili or soups.
Pick up items on holiday clearance Dec 27, 2012 12:05 PM
Holiday clearance sales are a great way to buy gift items or add to your home inventory. Many of the items in these sales are not in traditional holiday colors, and clearance products cover much more than just candy and decorations now, too. Shop for kitchen tools, paper goods, home scents, health and beauty items, clothing and accessories, dishes and cookware, craft supplies and appliances.
- Arlington Heights mom dies saving boy in Wisconsin lake
- I-90 reopens after truck fire
- Brooks fans snap up tickets to 10 Rosemont shows
- Memorial service set for mom who saved boy
- Suspected meth lab closes Randall Road in Sleepy Hollow
- How to help Bensenville family who lost son to fire
- 4-year-old boy dies in Bensenville house fire
- Elgin man faces felony drug charges
- Fremd graduate killed in California motorcycle crash
- Amazon falls as loss widens, ceo alarms investors with spending
- Arlington Hts. mom dies saving boy in Wisconsin lake
- Suspected meth lab closes Randall Road in Sleepy Hollow
- I-90 reopens after truck fire
- Fremd graduate killed in California motorcycle crash
- How to help Bensenville family who lost son to fire
- Dawn Patrol: Mom dies saving boy; Traffic problems on eastbound I-90
- Brooks fans snap up tickets to 10 Rosemont shows
- 4-year-old boy dies in Bensenville house fire
- Teen gets second chance at play after brain tumor surgery
- Popular craft beer bar coming to Rolling Meadows
- Semi driver in I-55 crash faked logs, authorities say
- Arlington Heights mom dies saving boy in Wisconsin lake
- Authorities: Driver in quarry deaths admits smoking pot
- Menards gets final approval in Vernon Hills
- How to help Bensenville family who lost son to fire
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Soo Intermediate Travel to Lacrosse Provincials
The Soo Spartan Intermediate Lacrosse Team competed this past week in Whitby, Ontario in the Ontario Lacrosse Association Provincial Championships. The Spartans were entered in "C" Division play downs.
The Soo team was placed in a pool with Nepean, Uxbridge and Fort Erie.
Their first game saw the Nepean Knights as the competition. The end of the first period saw the Spartans in front by a score of 3-2 on goals by Kevin and Cam Thomas, as well as Dawson Gambles. Assists went to Kevin Thomas (2) and Cam Thomas. After that it was all Nepean as the Knights scored 31 seconds into the second period to tie the game up .
The Spartans from that point on were unable to score on the Knights goalie, while penalties found the Spartans short for most of the third. Nepean rolled on to a 9-3 victory.
Next up was the Uxbridge Enforcers in a game that went right down to the wire. The teams were tied at the end of both the first and second periods by scores of 2-2 and 4-4. Unfortunately, the Spartans were unable to hold on in the third and fell to the Enforcers by a score of 8-6. Conner Sonke made a number of key saves in net for the Spartans throughout the game to keep it close.
Goal scorers were Nick Hrynuik with 3 and singles by Kieran Goudreau, Cam Thomas and Kevin Thomas. Liam Brechin and Nic Klein picked up assists.
The final game of the tournament for the Spartans was a match between two 0-2 teams, both already eliminated from play-off contention. The Fort Erie Hawks were the opposition and it was clear right from the start that this was going to be a rough affair.
By the time the games was called early in the third period, a total of 135 minutes in penalties had been handed out to the two teams. The Soo Spartans held a 5-1 lead on a pair of goals each for Nick Hrynuik and Kieran Goudreau, as well as one for Kevin Thomas, and the Spartans held on for a 5-3 win.
Despite not making the play-off round, the coaching staff was pleased with the effort the team made throughout the tournament. With a few more bodies on the team, the Spartan coaching staff feels that they could have won one of their two losses and made the next round. In the game against Uxbridge, the Spartans had 11 runners going against the 19 runners fielded by the Enforcers.
The staff would like to thank all the players for their effort and they look forward to the next season, as only one player graduates from the program.
The team would like to take this opportunity to thank their sponsors Century 21 Choice Realty, Maitland Ford/Young Drivers and Nav Canada who have helped to make this season possible.


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The Child Neurology Foundation announces the award of a research grant in the field of child neurology to be made at the annual Child Neurology Society meeting in the fall. The selected investigator will receive a two-year grant of $50,000 per-year.
Applicant must be a junior faculty member who has developed clinical research skills, and has a plan for further development of that research or has basic science research skills related to child neurology, and who has a plan to translate the new knowledge into clinical care for children with neurologic diseases would be eligible for this award. Unlike the Scientific Award, the candidate is NOT disqualified if they have received an NIH award.
Letters must be received in the CNF office no later than April 18, 2014. No exceptions will be made. Fax or email applications will not be accepted.
Prepare a succinct, one-page letter of intent for this two-year award. Include: (1) the hypothesis to be tested, (2) a brief description of the experimental approach, (3) the relevance to furthering the field of child neurology, and (4) a cover letter that includes complete contact information (email, phone, address).
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Applicants will be notified by April of this year, on the decision of the CNF Scientific Committee to invite them to complete the full application form which will be due by June of this year. The award recipient will be notified by July. Funding will begin in January of the following year.


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GOP opens new front in War on Consumer Demand.
The latest Republican plan to reconcile the budget and preserve defense spending extracts even deeper cuts from programs to help the poor and Americans still reeling from the recession.
Although spending levels for the budget were set in the Budget Control Act passed last summer in the deal to raise the nation's debt limit, Republicans are pushing ahead with another plan that cuts more while trying to prevent the beginning of $600 billion in cuts over 10 years to the growth of the defense budget.
They are doing so because the Super Committee, which was supposed to find $1.2 trillion in cuts on which everyone could agree, failed, leaving the slashing up to a pre-agreed sequestration plan that extracts half the savings from the military.
Food stamps, like unemployment benefits, are one of the best stimulus measures out there. The program is reactive, meaning it kicks in automatically, without the need for congress to get its act together. When the economy is bad or in recovery, the number of food stamp recipients goes up. When the economy is good, the number of recipients falls — automatically. It's like an economic pressure valve.
Military spending on the other hand isn't reactive. The spending increases or decreases depending on the whims of congress. It's not extremely stimulative, because most of the money winds up at the top of the economic ladder, whereas food stamps benefit everyone on every rung of that ladder.
Besides, our military is bloated to the point of absurdity as it is. What Republicans propose is corporate welfare, nothing more. And they're willing to literally take food out of the mouths of families to do it.
Conservatives like to compare liberals to fascists and nothing points out how ludicrous that comparison is better than issues like this. After all, who is it promoting the "guns not butter" policies again?
But the worst of it is that this will blow a hole in consumer demand. Fewer people spending money will weaken the economy — since the economy is just people spending money. It's a win-win for the GOP: they get to keep handing out taxpayer money to fabulously wealthy donors and sabotage the economy at the same time.


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Mithril Capital leads $19 mln Series D funding round in DoubleDutch
Mithril Capital Management has led a $19 million Series D funding round in DoubleDutch, a mobile app event company. Existing investors Bessemer Venture Partners, Index Ventures and Bullpen Capital also participated in the round, along with Singapore-based Enspire Capital. Ajay Royan, co-founder and managing general partner of Mithril, is joining the DoubleDutch board.


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Toddlers get much bad press, with talk of tantrums, whining and the terrible twos. The truth is, most of the time they're terrific and kind. Here's how to cope with the bad times and make the most of the good.
Life with toddlers is full of love, laughter and wonderful times, as well as more difficult moments such as the tantrums in the supermarket. If you can try to understand what makes your toddler tick - wanting to be independent and grown up one minute, but your baby the next - you're more likely to get the most out of this phase in your child's life.
Keeping a positive attitude and concentrating on the fun side of your toddler's life can lift your spirits, even when you're feeling down. Make an effort to join in her play and find time to laugh together. Enjoy activities with her whenever possible - at the playground, in your garden or just at home in front of the TV.
These years are over all too quickly
Vow to enjoy your toddler - these years are over all too quickly and many parents feel real regret when school days begin.
To help you get through the more difficult times, and to put things in perspective, think about all the wonderful aspects of toddlerdom. You could even write a list to refer to when tantrums and tears get you down.
You might include some of the following:
Disclaimer: The BBC Parenting site is provided for your general information only. The information contained on this site should not be treated as a substitute for medical, legal or other professional advice. The BBC is not responsible or liable for the contents of any websites of third parties which are listed on this site.


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Save A Life, Learn CPR
Sudden Cardiac Arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. It's what almost claimed the life of KDKA-TV News Anchor Susan Koeppen. But, she is alive in part to the quick action of some passers-by who performed CPR.
Police: Texting While Walking A Safety Concern
Reports of a ban on texting and walking in a town in New Jersey turned out not to be true, but it's clearly a hot button issue.
2 Shot At Mellon Park In Shadyside
Two people were shot Sunday night in the city's Shadyside neighborhood. Pittsburgh police say the victims were wounded in the gunfire at Mellon Park.
Shoppers Tour Whole Foods In Wexford
One of the things that make it different from the Shadyside-East Liberty store is it will have a pub with coffee, beer, wine and hard cider.
DA On Western Psych Gunman: Warning Signs Missed
Investigators detailed a series of warning signs that Western Psych gunman John Shick had grown dangerous which they say were ignored.
New iPad Creating Buzz At Apple Store In Shadyside
It's the day many have been waiting for, and some even spent all night in line waiting for it. The new Apple iPad 3 went on sale this morning at 8 a.m. and customers were waiting with baited breath, or perhaps, nimble fingers.
Susan's Story: CPR Training Can Save Lives
Sudden cardiac arrest is one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
Residents On Edge After String Of Shadyside Robberies
Six street robberies in Shadyside over the last couple of weeks have residents and business owners on edge.
Police Investigate 2 Robberies In Shadyside
Pittsburgh police are searching for suspects following a pair of street robberies in Shadyside. According to police, both happened between 11:15 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Thursday.
Sticker Shock: City Residents Receive Property Reassessments
Residents in the City of Pittsburgh and in Mount Oliver received their updated reassessments first. Values have skyrocketed and many people are experiencing sticker shock.
Crews Repair Shadyside Water Main Break
Crews from the Pittsburgh Water and Sewer Authority have restored water service to people in Shadyside and Oakland after a water main break.
Local Shops Optimistic For Small Business Saturday
between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, have you heard of Small Business Saturday? Although tougher than ever to compete with big chain stores, America's 28 million small businesses want a piece of the Christmas holiday action.
3rd Grader Allegedly Bullied By Classmates Speaks Out
A couple says their daughter has been beaten up several times at Liberty Elementary School in Shadyside.
1 Injured In Shadyside Hit-And-Run Accident
One person was injured after being hit by a car in Shadyside early Saturday morning.
Dining Fine on a Dime: La Casa
Nestled next to the adorable boutique shops on Ellsworth Avenue, La Casa wine and tapas bar in Shadyside doesn't rely on a flashy exterior to attract diners. Apparently word of mouth (and Just Pay Half deals) does a fine job.


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As the reaction to the death of al Shabab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane has shown, open condemnation of targeted killings as violations of international law has slowly given way to silence. Here's why.
Air strikes in Iraq might be necessary for the narrow purposes stipulated by Obama. But they will have a wide range of unintended consequences -- some relatively manageable, others less so.
Political scientists have long argued that professional militaries provide the strongest bulwark against political upheavals and violent power struggles. But a closer look at the historical record leads to a different conclusion: stability is a product not of military virtues but the rule of law.
Ongoing international disputes over territory in the South China Sea have led many to invoke an old adage: "When the facts are on your side, pound the facts. When the law is on your side, pound the law. When neither is on your side, pound the table." Beijing is using all these approaches simultaneously, but with an ambitious twist -- as it tells other claimants to pound sand, China is pouring it -- literally expanding the territory under its control.
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The ubiquity of human rights rhetoric in American political life today obscures the relatively recent origins of the U.S. human rights movement. It wasn't until the late 1960s and the 1970s that grassroots organizers, lobbyists, and members of Congress embraced human rights in reaction to the excesses of America's Cold War policies.
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American artist Bill FitzGibbons used thousands of LEDs to transform a dark and dreary underpass located in downtown Birmingham, Alabama into the awesomely bright and colourful space you see here.
The cheerful installation was funded by the Greater Birmingham's Community Catalyst Fund and the REV Birmingham organization.
Visit Bill FitzGibbons' website to check out more of his wonderful works of public art.
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We've already firmly established that animals wearing clothing can be pretty freaking awesome, but what about little lambs wearing woolly jumpers?
Lambs + Wool Sweaters = Awesome cuteness
Dan James photographed these adorable newborn lambs (with equally adorable names such as Flake, Frosty, and Snowy) at Becketts Farm, in Birmingham, England. The farmers dressed their brand new baby sheep in cozy sweaters to protect them from the chill of a cold front passing over Britain.
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Davyd Samuels and Adrian Taylor photographed this whimsical piece of street art, of cable television satellite dishes cleverly turned into telescopes, on the brick wall of a building in Digbeth, Birmingham, UK.
Unfortunately we don't know the name of the artist responsible for the piece. If you do, please let us know.
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Columbia, Md. • The 19-year-old Maryland mall gunman was a skateboarding enthusiast who took a taxi to the mall, carrying a 12-gauge shotgun he'd purchased legally a month earlier, plenty of ammunition and some crude homemade explosives inside a backpack, authorities said.
Darion Marcus Aguliar entered the Mall in Columbia around 10:15 a.m. Saturday near Zumiez, a shop that sells skateboarding gear, and went downstairs to a food court directly below. Less than an hour later, he returned to the store, dumped the backpack in a dressing room and then started shooting, police said.
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Shoppers fled in a panic or barricaded themselves behind closed doors and police arrived within 2 minutes of the first 911 call. They found three people dead, including Aguilar, who killed himself, police said.
The shooting has baffled law enforcement and acquaintances of Aguilar, a quiet, skinny teenager who graduated from high school less than a year ago and had no criminal record. Police spent Sunday trying to piece together his motive, but by late afternoon, it remained elusive.
After Aguilar had fired between six and nine shots, two Zumiez employees were dead, police said. One victim, Brianna Benlolo, a 21-year-old single mother, lived half a mile away from Aguilar in the same College Park neighborhood, but police said they were still trying to determine what, if any, relationship they had. Although they lived close to Maryland's largest university, neither was a student there.
The other employee, Tyler Johnson, didn't know Aguilar and did not socialize with Benlolo outside of work, a relative said.
Tydryn Scott, 19, said she was Aguilar's lab partner in science class at James Hubert Black High School and said he hung out with other skaters. She said she was stung by the news.
"It was really hurtful, like, wow — someone that I know, someone that I've been in the presence of more than short amounts of time. I've seen this guy in action before. Never upset, never sad, just quiet, just chill," Scott told The Associated Press. "If any other emotion, he was happy, laughing."
Aguilar graduated in 2013, school officials confirmed.
"There are a lot of unanswered questions," Howard County Police Chief William McMahon said at a news conference. Aguilar purchased the shotgun legally last month at a store in neighboring Montgomery County.
It took hours to identify the gunman since he was carrying ammunition and a backpack containing homemade explosives, McMahon said. Officers searched Aguilar's home Saturday night, recovering more ammunition, computers and documents, police said.
The home is a two-story wood-frame house in a middle-income neighborhood called Hollywood, near the Capital Beltway. No one answered the door Sunday morning. There was a Christmas wreath on the front door and signs that read "Beware of Dog."
Aguilar and his mother rented the home. Sirkka Singleton, who owns the property with her husband and lives a block away, said they use a property manager to find tenants and have never met the Aguilars. She declined to say who the property manager was.
A roommate who answered the door at Benlolo's home confirmed that she lived there but declined to comment further. Two police officers went into the home after he spoke briefly to a couple of reporters.
Residents described the neighborhood as a mix of owners and renters, including some University of Maryland students. But university spokeswoman Katie Lawson said neither the victims nor the gunman attended the school.
A man who answered the phone at Johnson's residence in Mount Airy, northwest of Baltimore, said the family had no comment. The victim's aunt told a local television station that she did not believe her nephew knew Aguilar.
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Death penalty
• To immediately impose a moratorium on executions, with a view to complete abolition of the death penalty;
• To make public information about past executions and death sentences handed down by the courts;
• To review the Penal Code and the Misuse of Drugs Act, with a view to repealing all provisions on mandatory death sentencing and removing all presumption of guilt clauses.
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• To abolish the criminal defamation law;
• To ensure the protection and promotion of the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association through legislative reform and policy changes;
• To ensure, through legislative and other measures, protection of the right to freedom of expression to both citizens and non-citizens in Singapore;
• To reform the Sedition Act, the Undesirable Publications Act, the Newspaper and Printing Presses Act, the Public Entertainment and Meetings Act, the Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act, the Films Act, the Public Order Act, the Maintenance of Religious Harmony Act, the Trade Unions Act and the Societies Act to ensure that the rights to freedom of expression, peaceful assembly and association are respected and protected in accordance with international law and standards.
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Migrant Worker rights
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Categories > Celebrities > Fall Out Boy > Clandestine Industries Presents: disasteRomance
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awkward symbols of affection.
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they make me smile. a lot.
17: g i f t h o r s e
Soap's POV
Sitting on my bunk, I glanced up from the neatly wrapped box in front of me, and looked at my watch.
It had been exactly one week since Andy and I had our falling out, and we still hadn't said a word to each other.
"Why are you up so late?" Vicky asked, taking a seat next to me.
"Can't sleep," I simply replied.
"Does it have to do something with that?" she asked, pointing to the box.
"Yeah..." I picked it up and set it on my lap.
"Mind if I ask what it is?"
"A birthday present..." I trailed off. "...For Andy."
She looked at me questioningly, but remained silent.
"I bought it a few weeks ago, before-- before everything happened." I said, absentmindedly tracing over creases in the gift wrap. "Tomorrow's his birthday and after everything that went down, I still can't find the heart to throw it out." I looked up at her and sighed. "What do you think I should do?"
"It's not really my place to say, but I think you should give it to him."
Sighing once again, I looked down at the object.
"I don't think I'm ready to talk to him yet," I quietly said. "And I doubt that I'll be welcome to the party..."
Andy's POV
"What's the big whoop?" I asked as Brendon led Pete, Dirty and I down the hallway.
"Yeah, we were in the middle of a ping pong tournament!" Pete exclaimed.
"This better be damn good..."
"Trust me, you guys need to see this," he said, stopping in front of his hotel room.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!" everyone shouted as we walked in.
Mylar balloons covered the ceiling and streamers covered the walls.
While Patrick and Joe held a giant cake in front of us, the rest of Panic, and most of Cobra Starship started singing in the background.
For they are jolly good fellows
For they are jolly good fellows
For they are jolly good fellows that nobody can deny.
"Since your birthdays are all clustered together, we thought it would make more sense to collaborate."
For a few seconds we stood there in shock, just watching the 80 or so candles as they burned.
"Well, what are you waiting for?" Spencer said. "Make your wishes."
Closing my eyes, I pretended to make a wish-- if what I truly wanted became a reality, Cobra Starship would need a new lead singer.
The three of us leaned over the edible fire hazard and blew out the candles.
Applause followed as Joe and Patrick set the cake down. Ryan and Jon picked stumps of wax out of the frosting, then Nate cut it into slices.
Dirty's POV
"Where are you off to?" Ryland asked as I attempted to leave the party unnoticed.
So much for being stealth...
"Um..." Think, Dirty, Think. "Dylan left me a voicemail and I can't hear it over the music."
He nodded and I continued out the door. Thankful for my ability to think on my feet, I made my way to the hotel elevators. Pressing the number 5, I hummed along to the lite jazz playing in the background.
Out of the corner of my eye, I noticed an elderly woman staring at me. Every time I'd look in her direction she'd turn away and pretend to read the elevator capacity sign. Really weird.
With a ding! the steel doors swung open and I gladly stepped out.
Now where's 502?
After wandering around in the hallway for a few minutes, I managed to find the room. Realizing that I didn't have a keycard, I knocked.
The door opened, and I was engulfed in a hug. "DIRTY!"
"What are you doing here?" Soap asked, pulling away. "Aren't you supposed to be at the party?"
I walked past her and took a seat on the couch.
"I felt like stopping by for a visit." She took a seat next to me and smiled. "It's not much of a party without you, anyways."
"Psh, I'm sure it was kick ass," she said, taking a seat next to me.
"Well there was a huge flaming cake." She laughed.
"I almost forgot!" Soap said. I could practically see a light bulb go off above her head. "Wait here."
She hopped over the back of the couch and started digging through a pile of stuff in the corner of the room. After grabbing three neatly wrapped boxes, she made her way back to the couch and handed one of them to me.
"What's this?" I asked, raising an eyebrow.
"Your birthday present, duh."
"Soap, you didn't have to get me anything."
"But I did. So hurry up and open it," she said, pushing it towards me.
I set the box down on my lap and tore through the shiny gift wrap.
It was a brand new Simpsons chess set. Speechless, I opened the box and examined the pieces.
"I know how amazing you are at chess, and I saw you eyeing it when we went to Gamer's Paradise..." she trailed off. "I hope you like it."
"Like it?! Of course I like it! THANKS SOPHIE!" I said, wrapping her into a hug.
"No problem."
"Haha, this is so cool." Little known fact: I, Dirty, am a chess nerd.
"…Would you mind doing me a favor?" Sophie asked as I put the pieces back into the box.
"What is it?"
"Could you give the other two boxes to Andy and Pete? I mean, I know it'll be kind of awkward, but I bought them a few weeks ago and it would be a waste if I just threw them out..."
"No problem, Delivery Boy Dirty is at your service."
All of a sudden, the Mexican hat dance started playing. Sophie laughed while I grabbed my cell phone from my pocket.
"Dirty, where are you?" Patrick asked.
"I'm out. Hunting. Rabid squirrels?" I said, sounding more like a question than a statement.
Sophie rolled her eyes at my shitty alibi.
"Okayyy, well get your ass back here. They're gonna open presents soon and Pete's already trying to switch tags."
"Haha, I'm on my way."
"Rabid squirrels? That's the best you could think of?" She chuckled.
"Shut up," I said, putting my cell back into my pocket.
I picked up my chess set and Sophie handed the other boxes to me.
"I feel like a shithead for leaving you here alone."
"Don't worry about it. Gabe will be back in a few. He just went out to get us some ice cream."
"Dirty, are you going soft?" she asked, poking me.
"No," I said defensively. "I just miss having your sarcastic ass around." She chuckled.
"You may be a fuckface, but you really do deserve a happy birthday."
I gave her a half hug then made my way out the door.
"See you around, Soap."
"Bye, Dirty."
"Look who's back from squirrel hunting!" Alex said as I walked though the door.
"Huh? Oh yeah. Squirrel hunting ." Wow, that excuse really was lame.
"Ooh! More presents!" Pete said, rushing to my side. "Who are they from?"
"Sophie," I responded as he examined them.
"Oh, okay," he said. "Which one's mine?"
"Here." I handed him the big rectangular one. Like a five-year old, he ripped off the paper covering. His eyes went wide as he realized what it was.
Andy's POV
"Andy, this one's for you," Dirty said, handing me the other box.
"Is there another Andy in here? Of course it's for you."
I cautiously took the small rectangular box. Sophie was the master of pranks, and with how we left things, I wouldn't be surprised if she rigged it with a stink bomb... or a real bomb.
After getting past the gift wrap, I didn't know what to say.
Pinky and the Brain: Vol 1-3
"What are you watching?" I asked Sophie as she sat curled up on the couch.
"Pinky and the Brain."
"You've never watched Pinky and the Brain?"
"Nope." She turned to me with a shocked expression.
"You need to watch this."
I took a seat next to her and she passed the bowl of popcorn to me.
"So what's it about?"
"Well the main characters are both lab mice. The short one with a big head is Brain. He's an evil mastermind who's trying to take over the world. The tall, skinny one is Pinky. He's Brain's goofy but lovable sidekick."
/"Haha, sounds like us-- you're the short, evil mastermind--"
"And you're the skinny, lovable sidekick."
Are Andy and Soap really over?
Is Gabe hoping to be more than friends?
Will there be any more Hello Kitty toast?
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Numerically Accelerated Importance Sampling for Nonlinear Non-Gaussian State Space Models
AbstractWe introduce a new efficient importance sampler for nonlinear non-Gaussian state space models. We propose a general and efficient likelihood evaluation method for this class of models via the combination of numerical and Monte Carlo integration methods. Our methodology explores the idea that only a small part of the likelihood evaluation problem requires simulation. We refer to our new method as numerically accelerated importance sampling. The method is computationally and numerically efficient, facilitates parameter estimation for models with high-dimensional state vectors, and overcomes a bias-variance trade-off encountered by other sampling methods. An elaborate simulation study and an empirical application for U.S. stock returns reveal large efficiency gains for a range of models used in financial econometrics.
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"The Analysis of Stochastic Volatility in the Presence of Daily Realised Measures,"
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Nonparametric adaptive estimation of linear functionals for low frequency observed Lévy processes
AbstractFor a Lévy process X having finite variation on compact sets and finite first moments, µ( dx) = xv( dx) is a finite signed measure which completely describes the jump dynamics. We construct kernel estimators for linear functionals of µ and provide rates of convergence under regularity assumptions. Moreover, we consider adaptive estimation via model selection and propose a new strategy for the data driven choice of the smoothing parameter.
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text: Sona Nair is a film actress working mainly in Malayalam movies. She is also known for her roles in TV serials. Thooval Kottaram was her first movie in Malayalam. In this movie, she played a character named Hema. After this, she appeared in films such as Kadhanayakan, Veendum Chila Veettukaryangal, Arayannangalude Veedu, Manassinakkare, Naran, Passenger and more. Sona also acted in Priyadarshan's Bollywood comedy film Malamaal Weekly in 2006. She also acted in two Malayalam portmanteau films, Naalu Pennungal and Kerala Cafe (in the segment "Makal"). In 2004, Sona has received the Best Actress Award in the "Kaveri Film Critics Television Awards" for her role in a telefilm Rachiyamma, telecasted on Doordarshan.She has been chosen as the Best Female Actor in television category of Sathyan Memorial Awards, 2008. In 2006, she won the Best Supporting Actress award in both Kerala State TV Awards and telefilms category of Sathyan Memorial Awards, for her role in Amrita TV's Samasya. Sona was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress in 57th Filmfare Awards (South) for her role in the Malayalam movie Passenger.


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States that drink the most beer
St. Patrick's Day is right around the corner, and that means lots of brew will be downed in honor of the snake-chasing saint. Here's a look at the top 5 states that consume the most beer.
Total consumption of beer in the U.S. fell for the third straight year, according to a report published late last year by the Beer Institute, a beer lobbying group. Since 2008, total beer consumption has fallen by as much as 11% in some states. Americans still, however, consume a massive amount of the foamy beverage -- an estimated 6.3 billion gallons in 2011. Nationwide, 28.3 gallons of beer a year were consumed for every American of legal age.
Some states consume far less than others. In Connecticut, only 21.8 gallons were purchased per resident in 2011. In Utah, it was just 19.2 gallons. In three states, however, the Beer Institute estimates that more than 40 gallons of beer were consumed per person. Based on Beer Institute's report, 24/7 Wall St. identified the five states that drink the most beer.
In an interview with Beer Institute Chief Economist Lester Jones, he discussed the factors that cause beer consumption per capita to be higher in some states. Jones pointed out that the numbers can be misleading. The report measures the total amount of beer sold in the state. It does not, however, indicate how much is actually consumed by residents of that state.
So-called "blue laws," are state laws that prohibit the sale of liquor on Sundays. Other state regulation does not allow beer sale gas stations, convenience stores or grocery stores. These laws likely encourage thirsty residents to drive across state lines to purchase beer.
In fact, many of the states on 24/7 Wall St.'s list have few of those restrictive laws. In eight of the top 10 states, beer is legally sold at gas stations and convenience stores. The sale of beer on Sundays is also legal in the five top states.
According to Jones, there is an even more important reason for residents to seek out some states to purchase beer: taxes. New Hampshire has the highest per capita alcohol consumption because "anyone who is driving through or lives on the border of New Hampshire will probably opt for the 5% or 6% savings, and just go into the state to buy their alcohol there," he said. As a result, it is common for New Hampshire liquor stores to be visited by residents of Massachusetts, Vermont and Maine.
Despite the other factors that can influence consumption, there appears to be a strong relationship between the amount of beer purchased in a state and the prevalence of drinking -- both casual and heavy -- within the state. Based on a Centers for Disease Control survey for 2011, all five states had a larger-than-average proportion of residents who reported binge drinking. Even in states like New Hampshire, where outside purchasers account for a portion of total beer sales, 65.8% of those surveyed reported having at least one alcoholic beverage in the past 30 days, the second-highest percentage in the country.
- See the full report at 24/7 Wall St.
In North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana, high consumption appears to be driven by the type of jobs in the state. Relative to the rest of the country, these states have booming energy, farming and construction industries. According to Jones, these jobs are traditionally filled by men aged 25 to 54, which is the core beer-drinking demographics.
The Beer Institute calculated the total amount of beer sold in the state each year, and, dividing it by the total population over the age of 21, estimated the average consumption per person. 24/7 Wall St. reviewed the five states with the highest consumption in gallons per capita in 2011. In addition, the Beer Institute provided data on alcohol taxes, rules and regulations related to the consumption of beer and liquor, and changes in consumption dating back to 2003. 24/7 Wall St. also reviewed heavy-drinking and binge-drinking data provided for 2011 by the CDC.
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The binge drinking stat is a joke. 5 beers for a man, 4 beers for a woman in one sitting. If you have an afternoon of cards, or watching sports, or working with your buddies outside, or any activity over a couple hours, 5 beers is nothing. You can drink 5 beers in 5 hours and be legally sober! But by definition, you are a binge drinker and have a problem. Bull pucky on these arbitrary definitions. I say a binge drinker is one who drinks 5 beers in an hour......just sayin
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By Mandy McGee
I have finally caught up with Vicki of Museum of Robots in between conventions to chat. Museum of Robots designs and manufactures retro-futuristic housewares, home and personal accessories. The center of their design philosophy is that they are fans first: they go to sci-fi conventions and fine art museums, vintage car shows and sci-fi movies, science exhibits and toy shows.
(Richard and Vicki; photo by Frank Pryor Photography)
Mandy: Who are the humans behind Museum of Robots?
Museum of Robots: We're Vicki Küng and Richard Küng. Richard has been collecting robots for 25 years; Vicki is a lifelong science fiction fan who got her first robot at age 6. We are designers by training and profession, and the line is what happened when we decided to create things we'd like in our own home.
Mandy: Why did you start the site?
Museum of Robots: We started the company 5 years ago. We're both designers and we wanted to move from design consulting to developing our own line of products. We began selling at large wholesale shows, and immediately had a great response from museum and design stores, so that really inspired us to keep going. We found that it was important to get the products in front of the actual consumer, so we started selling at conventions. It was exactly the right move.
And to clarify - there is not a real Museum of Robots. Someday, we hope. We've started with the gift store and we'll bootstrap a museum you can visit from there.
Mandy: Do you design the items in your store or do you out source?
Museum of Robots: Our work is original design, and we work with manufacturers to produce the products. We use a range of manufacturing methods, from traditional to digital, from sand-cast to 3D printing. When possible, we manufacture in the USA; when we utilize foreign manufacturing, it is with producers of high-quality goods who understand our creative and company vision, working responsibly with materials and processes. We also license art from artists we like, and use that on some of the products we make.
Mandy: Why did you choose the style of steampunk/vintage?
Museum of Robots: We don't really think of the line as steampunk, or even vintage. Retro-future seems to sum it up better - it gives us a range of design influences to work with, although we do sort of fall into a something-punk arena: atom punk, steampunk, diesel punk, cyber-punk. But our influences come from everywhere. We love toy robots and mid-century modern chairs, and urban vinyl, and Italian design. Add a love of technology, sci-fi books and movies, vintage cars, modern design, Googie architecture and Disneyland, and the resulting mash up is Museum of Robots.
Mandy: What is your most popular item?
Museum of Robots: The Rocket Salt & Pepper continues to be our strongest seller, although the rocket and raygun jewelry are catching up. We find the most popular items are rockets, rayguns, and robots. We're apparently good at things that start with R.
Mandy: How well do you do selling at conventions vs the web site?
Museum of Robots: Conventions and the web site are two different selling venues, although some customers do both. At the conventions, it gives us a chance to see how people respond to the products, and our designs and products are constantly improved by what we hear from people. Not everything goes online - there are new products and limited production items that are show-only. Online is more of the core line, and we are so fortunate in our customers - they are from across the US, and work at some of the most amazing and innovative technology and science companies.
Mandy: Do you enjoy conventions?
Museum of Robots: Love, love love conventions. We started out on the fan side of the aisle, and I truly can't think of anything more fun than days spent at a con, marinating in convention culture. As exhibitors, we think it's our job to be a part of convention fun, so we really focus on having a nice booth and product offering. It is hard to miss a good panel, and we are generally too tired to take in much of the evening activities, but these are small things compared to how much fun the conventions are.
Mandy: What is your favourite convention?
Museum of Robots: That's like trying to pick a favorite robot! Our favorite shows are the ones with a good vibe - happy attendees, nice people, and management that understands why we are there. Not every convention gets it. The ones that do are the happiest places on earth.
(Me and Vicki at Emerald City Comic Con last March)
Mandy: Do you have any plans to expand the site to a physical store?
Museum of Robots: We'd love to experiment with a pop-up or two as way to dip our toe into a retail presence. No immediate plans for a physical store, but yes, we'd love to have one when the time is right.
Mandy: Are you going to get more merch on the site this year?
Museum of Robots: We've got new items that we introduced at San Diego Comic-Con this year, and we are busy getting those on the site. We really listen to comments from people at the cons we attend and use that information to tweak and improve the entire product line. The result is what goes on the web site.
Mandy: Do you take commissions?
Museum of Robots: We've done a number of custom projects and are always interested in collaborations. We created a special exhibit t-shirt for the Shelburne Museum's Steampunk show last year, and a custom product for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
Mandy: If you had a superpower what would it be?
Museum of Robots: There is a rumor that my superpower is weaponized sarcasm, but I think something involving flying would be more useful. Although with all the lifting and toting of things we do going to conventions, I think that the ability to pack up all our stuff and smallerize it so that it fits in a pocket would be the holy grail of superpowers for the convention circuit. I always wish we could just pop things back into a virtual inventory like we used to do when Museum of Robots was in Second Life. Then fly home without a plane.
Mandy: Do you have any hidden talents?
Museum of Robots: I make great orange marmalade, and it won a blue ribbon at the county fair one year. I think it was the single malt scotch in the mix that tipped the balance in my favor.
Mandy: Do you have any plans to do anything else creative besides museum of robots like a different kind of design or a different creative area all together?
Museum of Robots: We are both designers by training, so we use those skills - graphics, 3D, exhibit design, fashion design, digital design - on all aspects of Museum of Robots. We have individual projects and clients in addition to Museum of Robots, so we keep our skills and design brains current.
Interviewed and Written by Morgue Anne
Delightfully Deviant is the loving clothing creation of a Seattle-area couple. I had the opportunity to meet Pandora and do a fashion shoot with her, and was blown away by the quality of her work as well as the impeccable Victorian-Gothic style.
Morgue Anne for Extollere. How did you get into clothing design?
Delightfully Deviant: High School. I used to put Jolly Rancher suckers into my hair and made dollars into hair fans and drilled holes in quarters and hung them in my hair. I liked things that were odd and slightly off. Things that would make people stop and say, "What is that person doing". I made a whole outfit out of safety pins once in 11th grade and was sent home. I would cut intricate designs into my shirts and skirts. I couldn't be too creative because I was kinda closeted (christian) as a child.
MA: What did you want to be when you were younger?
DD:I wanted to be a botanist because I like plants. I don't like dirt. It has poop and worms in it and I hate worms…but mostly the poop. I wanted to be a teacher, but hated kids. My first major was English. I graduated high school as highest in English but couldn't pass English in college. So I moved on. Then I went for mortician because I meet a guy in the OC Goth meetup. He was a Mormon and Goth. He had a hearse and I loved it. I kinda fell in love with hearse before I "became" Goth.
MA: How do you feel being a Military wife has impacted your seamstress career? DD: Being a military wife has enabled me to work at home without having to get a nine to five. I was able to also network with other wives to get photography, accounting and other things. Out here on the navy base island we all stand together to get things done.
MA: What project are you most proud of?
DD: I am most proud of an outfit ordered for new years by North County Portraits. They were doing a photo shoot in a dungeon. I stressed and stayed away for three days in a row and mailed it out overnight. It made it on time and its now my profile photo. I loved his work, the model and tell everyone about him.
Photo by North Country Portraits
MA: Tell me a little about your goals. Why did you set 200 in first year, etc?
DD: In 2008 I bought my website, actually my husband Ricky bought it for me. I came home crying after getting kicked out of a bellydance troupe because the person who ran it said I wasn't dedicated enough. The main lady had taught me how to make dread falls so when I came home crying my husband said why don't I just make my own company. Ricky came up with the name of the company and its history from there. I started making clothing for friends and random Goths in San Diego in 2008 but it really got kicked off here in Oak Harbor when I worked at the casino. When I left the casino I didn't want to go job-hunting anymore so I started my esty site. My first sale was on March 5, 2011. After looking at how many sales everyone else had made I figured with a no name or a un-known name on the market I figured 200 was a reachable goal, in some degree.
MA: Is this your full time job? Are you able to support yourself with Delightfully Deviant yet?
DD: I tried to get a second job in the beginning because we went from being "Dinks" (Double Income No Kids) to one income to support us both. My husband told me not to. He wanted me to sit down and sew and get the website and business off the ground so he could get out of the navy. Without the support of my husband I would have been unable to get this done.
MA: What style do you identify the most with? Goth, punk, cyberpunk, steampunk, etc. DD: Personally I wear Neo Victorian Goth but the styles that I work with and the styles that my creations touch is Victorian, Goth, rockabilly, steam punk, pretty much every alternative life form.
Photo by James Waechter
MA: Where do you draw your inspiration for new clothes from?
DD: Mostly my designs just "come to me". I am most influenced by the work of Laura Jones at Retroscope fashions and have in the past year become a HUGE fan of her work. I was in Seattle and I had heard about this shop on Queen Ann. I picked up a book I had heard about and started reading it. It was full of patterns and ideas from the 1800 and that's what started me in the direction of historical reproductions but I am still a long way from being able to reproduce one exactly. Most of the time when I want to make something I draw a picture of what I want and my husband makes it come alive on paper. I give him the inches and sizing and he makes the pattern.
MA: What is your "Signature Item"? What sells the most?
DD: Cyber Goth headbands and mask are my signature item. I have the best price and quality and I have become the go to person for this, especially in Italy. 75% of my cybermasks and headbands have gone to Italy.
Photo by Marie Winton
You can find Delightfully Deviant's work at http://www.etsy.com/shop/delightfullydeviant.


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Vermicomposting, worm bin, composting with worms community and forums
We have had great success with shipping and packaging our worms. This year we have shipped out more than a thousand pounds of worms with only a couple of packages having problems. We did have an issue with worms trying to crawl out of the seams of the bags but we have solved that with new types of bags.
We harvest our worms ahead of time so that they have time to cool before shipping. After the worms have spent some time in air-conditioning and have cooled off we remove all material or substrate from the worms and try and get them "Clean as spaghetti" (Thanks for that saying go to Mr. Jack Brantley) before weighing them. This ensures that our customer is getting a solid pound of worms shipped to them.
The worms can not survive for long though without being in a substrate, aka bedding, so after weighing them we immediately add either peat moss or coconut coir to them and mix them up with it. Mixing them ensures that they are no clumps of worms that would soon run out of oxygen and die. The substrate is a little dryer than the worms would normally prefer, but this has no long term effect upon the worms and helps keep them alive in shipping. If we were to add them back to the bedding or to really wet substrate they would likely perish during shipping. If a worm farmer claims to add his worms back to the original bedding before shipping, be careful as they cannot take heat very well in such a situation.
The weighed out worms and substrate now go into a breathable fabric bag which is heat sealed so that no worms can escape. Boxes are ready and the bottom of the box is filled with a compostable and insulating packing fill. We use a special fiber made from recycled cardboard boxes that we make here on site at Worms Etc. This material has really helped us in preventing the loss of worms during shipping. It keeps the worms cooler during the summer and warmer during the winter. Also it helps retain moisture preventing the worms from drying out and also keeps the shipping box sturdy during transit. This along with the heat sealed bags now makes our shipping very safe for the worms.
Included in the box of worms is an instructional sheet that will help you get started composting. An invoice and our business card also hitch a ride in the box.
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excellent info
I hope all will read and try this if they are selling worms. Nothing worse than recieving a big box of dead worms.
Thank you, yes a box of dead worms is a big problem. That is why I go through a lot of trouble to prevent it. Its more than just having to reship the worms, but you also have to look at the real possibility of the post office saying that they no longer want to ship them if it happened often. Since the smell is so bad.
If you are shipping worms and have more than 1% giving you troubles, even in the summer, you need to change something.
Just curious but with fedex how would it work if your customer wants it held or sent to the po box?
I'm actually suprised that they haven't done away with Saturday delivery with the money they're losing. After I typed this I checked to see if any were closing in my area, there were none but I did notice that they're considering a five day week.
Probably not but I don't doubt anything here lately with the economy. A business that has been here for 47 years announced they are closing down, the next day another business announces they are closing down.
From what I have read that they are under review and the ones that are chosen to close will be shutdown in 4 to 6 months. There are 6 up for review in Atlanta alone.
One thing about the post office is they will tell you things to raise postage.For example if fuel goes to $5,they say they need to raise postage.If it goes to $3 they need to raise postage.If you investigate the first hundred years of postage fees,then check the last 25,you will see it does not add up.Even with the extra precautions due to 911.Everybody looks along the lines of it is only raised a penny here and there.But you don't get a raise to combat inflation.But they do?I've asked for a raise for inflation all my working career! Never had someone agree we needed it!
The problem is you are paying for their loss of income from junk mail from people opting out! Why do we need to foot the bill because we got tired of junk mail?We were tired of it for years!
Not only from loss from junk mail, the internet has cost them alot. You can most of the bills online for free. I mail in a year what I used to mail in a month.
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MUSAYYIB, IRAQ -- Flames flickered from a metal trash can as a U.S. soldier shoved maps and other papers into the fire. A front loader carried an outhouse down a dirt lane marked N. Hellcat Road.
It was handoff day at Iskan, a U.S. military base on the grounds of Iraq's largest power plant. Its troubled past, imperfect present and foggy future mirror the country as a whole as U.S. forces pull out of bases and turn them over to the Iraqis, even as recent suicide bombings have renewed fears of instability.
Inside a control room, the original equipment with its buttons, levers and blinking lights looks like an artifact from the set of "Star Trek"; new equipment is coming, but it takes time. In the lobby, a cobweb-cloaked model of the plant as it looked after the 1991 bombing serves as a reminder of the attack, as if that were necessary -- employees bring it up in every conversation with a foreign visitor.
But when Iraqis here, and in the rest of the country, speak of the superpower that both pummeled and protected them, they sound like college graduates glad to be free of classrooms but anxious about what lies ahead. Most are happy to see the occupation's end in sight, even as they acknowledge that the situation is far from fixed and might never be as good as they hoped.
The plant, for example, produces about 600 megawatts -- enough to power about 150,000 homes in this area of lush fields, sandy plains and market towns bearing the scars of battles past.
That's good enough for now because "the weather is nice," the plant manager, Abbas Ubad, said as the sun sparkled off the Euphrates River out his office window. "No one is using their heaters or air conditioners."
Ubad's unspoken warning: Come May, when temperatures begin their annual climb into triple digits, demand will soar and so will public dissatisfaction with services, government and life since the current conflict began.
If anything has angered Iraqis more than the insecurity that followed the U.S.-led invasion, it is the shortage of electricity. Both have vastly improved. Even so, 258 Iraqis, including 211 civilians, died in war-related violence last month.
The country produces about 6,000 megawatts of power, compared with 4,100 five years ago, but 6,000 was the goal set for June 2004 by then-U.S. viceroy L. Paul Bremer III. Now, the country needs twice that, Ubad said.
That, he concedes, is not possible until new power plants are built and behemoths such as this one, built in 1985 and held together with components from South Korea, Russia and Germany, are back to full speed. As he spoke, smoke puffed from three of the plant's four giant chimneys. The fourth was idle, its associated unit down for maintenance.
Even if the unit comes back online as planned within a couple of months, the plant still won't produce to capacity because of old parts that present maintenance difficulties, the plant's planning manager, Mohammed Ali, said as he walked through a hangar-like room where pigeons perched on the sills of broken windows and signs warned that objects could fall from above.
Nevertheless, the ceremony in a courtyard outside was seen as a huge step forward. A vase of flowers sat on the small table where a U.S. official and a representative of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki conducted the official transfer of responsibility Feb. 22.
One of the Iraqi security officers attending the ceremony was Capt. Qassim Hussein Anad of the 150-member Ministry of Energy security force, which officially took over plant protection. He speaks of Iraqi forces' eagerness to take charge but warns that nothing is certain in a region once so violent that it was dubbed "the triangle of death."
Asked what concerned him most, Anad nodded to the north, toward a region known as the lakes area. "It's an open area," he said, describing it as 60% secured.
Army Lt. Col. Steven Miska, commander of the battalion in charge of the area, acknowledged that the lakes region has remnants of the Al Qaeda in Iraq militant group and that other insurgent activity occurs there. He said that if there were an attack, Iraq's army, police and the ministry security forces would be on the front line. There is a small U.S. outpost across the river; the closest U.S. brigade is about 20 miles away.
A few days earlier, Miska said, Iraqi security forces had demonstrated their readiness by responding rapidly to a nearby suicide bombing that killed 35 people.
"Politically, it's a move in the right direction," Miska said of handing over authority. "It demonstrates their sovereignty if they are in control of security, of power, in their region."
Sovereignty or not, bombings such as the one a week earlier worry many Iraqis, who wonder about the reliability of their security forces even as they long for an end to the foreign occupation with its checkpoints, incessant frisks, searches of handbags and briefcases, and slow-moving military convoys whose gunners point menacingly at close-following cars.


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Profits are up at News Corp.
That's what really matters, Rupert Murdoch basically told fundraisers last week, even as a 12th person was arrested in the phone hacking and bribery scandal that has engulfed his sprawling media empire — which includes Fox News and Atlanta-based WAGA-TV.
Murdoch also said, "There can be no doubt about our commitment to ethics and integrity."
And that's completely true. There can be no doubt at all:
In addition to concentrating on the healthy bottom line, Murdoch's strategy for clinging to power involves shoving his son James (apparently the most honest and decent member of his family and company) under a bus to clear the way for a different heir apparent at News Corp., CEO Chase Carey.
Jackpot! -
The good news is you won $2,000,000 at the Texaco in Murrayville, Georgia. (That's pronounced "Mur-ville" by the way. The "ray" part is silent.)
The bad news is you have to pay a whole shitload of taxes now… and you have a husband, seven children and 17 great grandchildren… oh, and the newspaper wants to take your picture with a big check.
The kid on the right isn't even related. She just decided to see if she could slip in and be mistaken for one of the 17 great grandchildren long enough to get a new iPad.
Sure, he has sex with child-like dolls under a bridge... -
…but is he a good music teacher?
CDC says vampire bat kills teenager. True or false? -
The Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta say a migrant worker has become the first person in the U.S. to die after bitten by a vampire bat.
The case "highlights the growing importance of bats in public health," added the CDC, urging the public to avoid contact with vampire bats and get vaccinated if possible.
Of course, this is the same CDC with a web page devoted to precautions for a zombie attack.
St. Elmo's Fired -
Simone Moore ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate, he's a schoolteacher, and, until last Sunday, he was minister of music at the New Welcome Baptist Church in St. Elmo, Alabama.
But when the pastor, Daryl Riley, told Moore his services were no longer needed, he did what almost any of us would do.
He came to church with a taser.
BEST MOMENT (RUNNER UP): While the minister was being tazed, a deacon began stabbing the assailant's mother in the arm with a pocket knife.
BEST MOMENT (WINNER): A witness said, "That was shocking to me to see."
Bad taste... -
This observation, from Kimberley Kennedy:
Saw the most unfortunate juxtaposition of commercials while watching Lifetime.
The first was an ad for "Soul Surfer" on DVD.
("A champion surfer loses her left arm in a terrifying shark attack, but summons the determination to make an incredible comeback in this inspirational sports drama based on an incredible true story.")
That was followed immediately by a spot for Snickers in which sharks are discussing which person tasted best based on which candy bar they ate.
WHAT THIS IS: P.E.T.A. demonstrators illustrating the huge amount of water used by the meat industry.
WHAT THE REST OF US SEE: Hot, naked chicks soaping themselves up.
How many of you guys would kill a cow with a hammer to get a closer look?
(Source: mnneditors)
Speaking of robbery... -
Dear Rite Aid,
We saw the sign in your widow about turning in people who rob your store, and we have a question:
What's with that teeny, weeny little "UP TO" before "$2500"…?
Do you really think that tricking your customers into thinking a reward is larger than it is will help your P.R. in the long run?
The greatest idea for a character since Wesley Crusher! -
Miles Morales is a half-black, half-Hispanic teenager who may be gay.
Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Still, killing off Peter Parker and making Morales the new Spider-Man doesn't strike us as the most brilliant idea ever to come out of Marvel Comics.
Just sayin'.
"Glazed, please..." -
A cashier has been busted for selling another product with a hole:
This is the first report of good service at Dunkin Donuts we've ever heard.
And, we suspect, the only reason the place was busted is because the prostitution business was keeping the girl too busy. You know what happens when cops don't get donuts fast enough!
We do have questions:
Picture of the week.
Love or fear? Mom is taking the photo… and driving.
Captain America slept for 70 years.
He's, like, 90…
…and a virgin.