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Co-owners James Scott and Melissa Pacheco at the Sweet Spot Candy Shoppe in Nyack. The store sells bulk candy, vintage wrapped chocolates, and novelty gifts. / Joe Larese/The Journal News
In Nyack, the Sweet Spot Candy Shoppe has old-fashioned jars throughout the store hold all the classics: wax bottles, dot candy, licorice ropes, sours, gummies, jawbreakers, and rock candy sticks, just to name a few. The shop is like a Dylan's Candy Bar for the suburbs. / Joe Larese/The Journal News
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The Sweet Spot Candy Shoppe, 11 S, Broadway, Nyack. 845-535-3550. http://thesweetspotnyack. com.
When visions of sugarplums dance in Melissa Pachecos head, it doesnt necessarily mean shes sleeping. I was up at 3 a.m. last night you know how sometimes your brain just keeps churning? Pacheco says as she puts the last touches on a beautiful candy-filled gift basket for a local charity auction.
Shes certainly got plenty to think about. She and her partner, James Scott, recently opened The Sweet Spot Candy Shoppe, a delicious addition to the Nyack shopping scene. Despite all the hard work, its abundantly clear that Pacheco and Scott are having a blast with both the shop and each other. The Sweet Spot is a true labor of love.
The shops vibrant décor and varied selection reminded me instantly of Dylans Candy Bar in Manhattan. Customizable candy options include a Pucker Powder flavor bar, gravity feeds of Jelly Belly gourmet jelly beans and single-color M&Ms, taffy in almost any flavor you can imagine and chocolate-covered everything: nuts, gummy bears, espresso beans, and more. Old-fashioned jars throughout the store hold all the classics: wax bottles, dot candy, licorice ropes, sours, gummies, jawbreakers, and rock candy sticks, just to name a few.
For the super-sized sweet tooth, The Sweet Spot carries a one-pound Sugar Daddy and a five-pound Hershey bar, as well as giant Pixy Stix, yard sticks full of gumballs, and mega gummy bears. More delicate goods such as truffles, candy-covered chocolate pretzels, turtles, and fudge all from the same supplier as Dylans beckon from a glass case near the register. There is also an assortment of sugar-free and allergen-free candies. The candy is accessorized by a well-chosen selection of novelty toys (rubber chickens, finger puppets, pencil toppers) as well as novelty mints and candies (bacon-flavored lollipops, pickle-flavored gum).
Pacheco describes the look theyre going for in the shop as a candy garden, bigger than life a cross between falling down the rabbit hole and Willy Wonka! The space is full of color. Large candies (paper lanterns ingeniously wrapped in cellophane) float in an arched nook behind the counter, while nearby piñatas dangle enticingly. Colorful works from local artists complement the vibrant scene and underscore the element of community thats been so important to Pacheco and Scott. Were definitely looking to give an experience, to make this a destination, says Scott. There is a space in the back for childrens parties, and they plan to hold regular pajama party events where kids can watch movies in their PJs while their parents dine in Nyack for a few hours. (The shop has a pull-down movie screen.)
Other businesses they plan to pursue include candy buffets for events and care packages for college students and campers. When youve got two entrepreneurial spirits, theres no holding back, says Scott. Were mated very well; our personalities definitely complement each other.
Their shared love of Nyack was a great starting point. When Scott saw the space on South Broadway the opportunity felt perfect. Nyack is one of the last charming, quaint little places in Rockland its true Americana, says Scott. A candy shop in Nyack was a perfect fit. Theres been so much support from the community, adds Pacheco. Weve met such nice people being here, and the same people come back every day.
People are not coming in here to be in a bad mood, theyre coming in here to be happy; you cant help but smile when youre in a colorful place like this, says Scott. And the more fun whimsical things that we will layer this place with, the more smiles I bet were going to get!


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Community Service Associates Project Family Soup Kitchen: Breakfast and dinner Tuesday-Friday 115 Sharpe Blvd. S., Mount Vernon. 914-668-1428. www.csasoupkitchen.cfsites.org
First Reformed Church Food Pantry/Kitchen: Open Mondays for food donations. Soup kitchen dinner 5-7 p.m. Mondays. Food pantry fourth Wednesday of each month. 135 S. Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon. 914-664-3846.
Food Bank for Westchester: Drop off food to warehouse (200 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford) 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday; after 10 a.m. is best. 200 Clearbrook Road, Elmsford. 914-923-1100. www.foodbankforwestchester.org
Food Pantry at Church of St. Peter: Open 10-11 a.m. Tuesday and Friday for registered patrons. 91 Ludlow St., Yonkers. 914-963-0822.
Food Pantry at Community Opportunity Center of the Tarrytowns: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. weekdays to the public. For emergencies, it will remain open until 4 p.m. 105 Wildey St., Tarrytown. 914-631-7340.
Food Pantry at Family Resource Center of Peekskill: Hours: 3-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Also available is a nonprofit emergency pantry program called Harvest Time, which offers over 135 bags of food to needy families. This occurs on a weekly basis and is given out on a first-come, first-serve basis. 1000 Orchard St., Peekskill. 914-739-0411.
Food Pantry at First Arabic Baptist Church: 2-4 p.m. every Thursday. 98 Waverly St., Yonkers. 914-661-3633.
Food Pantry at Mount Lebanon Baptist Church: 10 a.m.-noon every Friday. 648 Harrison Ave., Peekskill. 914-737-6354.
Food Pantry at Mount Olive Church: 10 a.m.-1 p.m. second Wednesday of the month. 60-62 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. East, Mount Vernon. 914-699-2703.
Food Pantry at Our Lady of the Rosary Church: 9-10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and from 8:30 to 10 a.m. on Saturdays. 22 Don Bosco Place, Port Chester. 914-939-0547.
Food Pantry at the Eastchester Community Action Program: Emergency food pantry 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays. 142-144 Main St., Tuckahoe. 914-337-7768. www.westcop.org
Food Pantry at White Plains Community Action Program: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday for emergencies only. Must have referral. 70 Ferris Ave., White Plains. 914-428-7030. www.westcop.org
Food Pantry of Concerned Sisters of Masjid Yusuf: Serves every third or fourth Saturday of the month; 2-5 p.m. 128 S. Fourth Ave., Mount Vernon. 914-576-7545.
Food Pantry of Ossining at Trinity Episcopal Church: The Ossining Food Pantry is open to residents of the greater Ossining community. Food distributed Thursdays, 6:30-8 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m.-noon. For those who are physically unable to come to the pantry, there is a home delivery program. 7 S. Highland Ave., Ossining. 914-762-5510. www.ossiningfoodpantry.org
Food Pantry/Kitchen at Allen A.M.E. Church: For emergency only. 65 Fisher Ave., White Plains. 914-761-4397.
Food Panty at Bethel Baptist Church: Hours: 4-6:30 p.m. every other Friday. 106 Maple Ave., Mount Kisco. 914-241-7151.
Grace Baptist Church Food Pantry: Third Wednesday of each month at 1 p.m. 52 S. Sixth Ave., Mount Vernon. 914-664-2676.
Greenburgh/Elmsford Community Action Program: Food pantry hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. Theodore D. Young Community Center, 32 Manhattan Ave., 2nd Floor, White Plains. 914-761-6605. www.westcop. org/WP/greenburgh-c-a-p/
Heavenly Start/Our Daily Bread: Breakfast is served Tuesday-Friday 7 a.m.-7:30 p.m. daily. A brown bag lunch is distributed with each breakfast. 115 Sharpe Blvd. S., Mount Vernon. 914-668-1428. www.csasoupkitchen.cfsites.org
Hope Community Services: Food Pantry: Every other Wednesday 9 a.m.- noon. Must have a pantry card to receive food. Can come to HOPE between 2 to 4 p.m. Tuesdays and must be a resident of New Rochelle to receive card. Soup kitchen: dinner every Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday. 50 Washington Ave., New Rochelle. 914-636-4010.
Larchmont-Mamaroneck Hunger Task Force: 7-8:30 p.m. second and fourth Tuesdays (usually) and the following Wednesday morning, 9 to 10:30 a.m. 134 Center Ave., Mamaroneck. 914-698-3558.
Mary J. Blige Center for Women: Beginning of each month fresh fruits and vegetables are given out first to clients of the center's programs. Leftovers are given out to the community by word of mouth. Food pantry packages are also given out on emergency basis through references. 489 S. Broadway, Yonkers. 914-965-9140. www.wjcs.com
Mount Kisco Interfaith Food Pantry at United Methodist Church: Open throughout the year 5:30-7 p.m. Tuesdays, 9:30-11 a.m. Wednesdays. Closed when the Bedford School District schools are closed. For more information email firstname.lastname@example.com. Corner of Main St. and Smith Ave., Mount Kisco. 914-610-5187.
Ossining Community Action Program Food Pantry: Availability: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 81 Croton Ave., Ossining. 914-923-6380. www.westcop.org
Peekskill Community Action Program Food Pantry: Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Distribution of bulk food items to low-income individuals and families to supplement food allowance. 709 Main St., Kiley Youth Center, Peekskill. 914-739-1451.
Pressley Memorial Church Food Pantry & Soup Kitchen: Noon to 3 p.m., second and fourth Saturday of each month. The second Saturday is just the soup kitchen the fourth Saturday is a soup kitchen and food pantry. 38 Warburton Ave., Yonkers. 917-279-9021.
Sacred Heart Soup Kitchen: Breakfast 7-7:30 a.m. Tuesdays-Fridays. Brown bag lunch is given out at breakfast. Dinner 5-5:45 p.m. Tuesdays-Fridays. 115 Sharpe Ave., Mount Vernon. 914-668-1428.
Sharing Community Soup Kitchen: Noon to 2 p.m. daily. 1 Hudson St., Yonkers. 914-963-2626, Ext. 222.
Shepherd's Flock/Calvary Center Church: Food and clothing is distributed on Saturdays starting at 11 a.m. while supplies last. During the week, food is provided for the men participating in the transitional housing/drug program. 57 Locust Hill Ave., Yonkers. 914-689-1381.
Soup Kitchen at Calvary Baptist Church: A hot meal is served on the first Saturday 4-5 p.m. and on the fifth Saturday except during July and August. 188 Orawaupum St., White Plains. 914-948-2875.
Soup Kitchen at Community Memorial Baptist Church: Noon-3 p.m. third Saturday every month. 132 Waverly St., Yonkers. 914-476-3247.
The Lord's Pantry: Daily delivery of meals and bags of food from St. Bernard's Church, 348 S. Lexington Ave., White Plains, to people who are HIV positive or have AIDS, and their caretakers and children under 18. Delivery Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday. 177 Davis Ave., White Plains. 914-682-4306. www.thelordspantry.com
The Salvation Army Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry: Food pantry: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday. Soup kitchen: 3-4 p.m. every Sunday. Breakfast is served from 9-11 a.m. Tuesday and Thursday. 22 Church St., New Rochelle. 914-632-5255.
Yorktown Community Help Food Pantry: 5:30-7 p.m. third Wednesday of each month. 1974 Commerce St., Yorktown. 914-962-1144.
Food Pantry at First Presbyterian Church of Philipstown: Joint project of all the churches in Philipstown. Hours: 9-10 a.m. Saturdays or by appointment. Nonperishable foods and monetary donations welcome. 10 Academy St., Cold Spring. 845-265-3220. www.presbychurchcoldspring.org
Food Pantry at Gilead Presbyterian Church: Gilead maintains a food pantry for those in the community who are in need. Referrals accepted from the departments of Social Services, Community Action Program, other churches and social service agencies, as well as walk-ins. Hours: 10 a.m-noon on Friday, 9 Church St., Carmel. 845-225-4586. www.gileadchurch.org/FoodPantry.html
Food Pantry at Hope in Life Church of Mahopac: Food distributed by appointment. Hours: 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday. Nonperishable foods and monetary donations welcome. 575 Drewville Road, Mahopac. 845-279-6200. www.hopeinlife.com
Food Pantry at New Life Christian Church: Hours: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Tuesdays. Non-perishable and monetary donations welcome. 29 Marshall Court, Patterson. 845-278-9407. www.newlife-ny.com
Food Pantry at Putnam Community Action Program: Food distribution: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Monday and Friday; 8:30 a.m.-6:30 p.m. on Friday. Donations: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday; 8:30-6:30 p.m. Wednesday. 121 Main St., Brewster. 845-278-8021. www.putnamcap.org
Food Pantry at Red Mills Baptist Church: 12:15-1 p.m. Tuesdays by appointment. 531 Route 6N, Mahopac Falls. 845-628-4230. www.redmillsbaptist.org
Food Pantry at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church-Brewster Community: The food pantry is open on Tuesdays from 10 a.m.-noon and Thursdays from 1-3 p.m. in the St. Andrew's Great Hall. The pantry distributes groceries to individuals and families in need. Referral not required. 26 Prospect St., Brewster. 845-279-4325. www.standrewsbrewster.org
Food Pantry at the Church of St. John the Evangelist: Hours: 10 a.m.-noon Fridays. Nonperishable foods and monetary donations welcome. 225 E. Lake Blvd., Mahopac. 845-628-2006, Ext. 141.


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Coushatta's John Perkins (left) and Josh Williams caught this 12-foot-8, 574-pound alligator on a slough on family land in Red River Parish, using chicken for bait.
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HOLLAND TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WZZM) -- An Ottawa County deputy is recovering after fighting with a suspect over a gun hidden in the man's waistband.
It happened around 2 a.m. Thursday in Holland Township. Deputies were acting on a report of three men who had taken a large amount of alcohol from the Meijer store on Westshore Drive.
Deputies spotted the suspects' vehicle on Riley Street near 120th Avenue and pulled it over. After asking the men to get out of the car, one officer spotted a handgun in a suspect's pants waistband.
Deputies tried to detain the man and secure the weapon, but the man fought back. One officer was injured in the struggle. He was treated at the scene and released. Other investigators were able to subdue the suspect and secure his Magnum revolver.
The other suspects surrendered to police without incident.
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Obama's re-election guarantees the continuation of high unemployment, a depressed housing market and high gasoline prices in Nevada.
You have extended a $620 million tax hike into 2012, and word is you and your political ally, State Sen. Michael Roberson, will extend it into next year, along with arm-twisting Amazon into imposing sales taxes on their Nevada customers.
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FRANKFORT, KY (7/29/13) – The following is your weekly update of incident statistics on Kentucky roadways over the past week, courtesy of the Kentucky State Police.
Preliminary statistics indicate that 11 people died in 11 separate crashes on Kentucky's roadways from Monday, July 22 through Sunday, July 28, 2013.
One single-fatality, motor vehicle crash occurred in each of the following counties: Hart, Letcher, Perry, Taylor, Warren and Wolfe. The victims in Hart, Letcher, Perry, Warren and Wolfe counties were not wearing seat belts. The crashes in Hart and Wolfe counties involved the suspected use of alcohol.
One single-fatality, motorcycle crash occurred in each of the following counties: Edmonson, Marshall and Warren. The victims in Edmonson and Marshall counties were not wearing helmets.
One single-fatality, ATV crash occurred in Rowan County. The victim was not wearing a helmet and the crash involved the suspected use of alcohol.
One pedestrian was killed in Harrison County. The crash involved the suspected use of alcohol.
Through July 28, preliminary statistics indicate that 359 people have lost their lives on Kentucky roadways during 2013. This is 76 less than reported for this time period in 2012. Of the 279 motor vehicle fatalities, 141 victims were not wearing seat belts. Thirty-five of the 48 motorcycle fatalities were not wearing helmets. The five ATV fatalities were not wearing helmets. One bicycle rider has been killed. Twenty-five pedestrians have been killed. One fatality involving an animal drawn vehicle has been reported. A total of 75 fatalities have resulted from crashes involving the suspected use of alcohol. As of July 28, Kentucky has had 47 days with zero highway fatalities reported during 2013.
Citizens can contribute to highway safety by reporting erratic drivers to the Kentucky State Police toll-free at 1-800-222-5555. Callers will remain anonymous and should give a description of the vehicle, location, direction of travel and license number if possible.
These statistics are still preliminary as KSP waits for all local law enforcement agencies throughout the state to report any crashes and fatalities that may have occurred in their areas.
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Co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood were joined by Willie Robertson; his wife, Korie; and other members of the 'Duck Dynasty' clan for a parody of 'Blurred Lines' during the 47th annual CMA Awards. / Wade Payne/Invision/AP
Co-hosts Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood did a KILLER parody of Robin Thickes Blurred Lines at Wednesday nights Country Music Association Awards!
The pair traded quips -- and sang them pretty well, too. Ill tell you what rhymes with truck ... Hee-AAAA-eeeey ... Duck!
And if their comedy skit wasnt funny ENOUGH, guess who joined them on stage for their Duck Blinds performance: Willie and Jase Robertson and their wives Missy and Korie from the A&E hit show Duck Dynasty! Theres even some attempts at twerking. Watch!
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US Army Chief Gen. Ray Odierno is expected to announce a plan this afternoon to cut at least 10 brigade combat teams (BCT) from the active force. (File)
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WASHINGTON — US Army Chief Gen. Ray Odierno is expected to announce a plan this afternoon to cut at least 10 brigade combat teams (BCT) from the active force, a move that would have a significant impact on several domestic Army installations.
Previous publicly stated plans had revolved around reducing the Armys 47 BCTs by about eight with two of those coming from already identified heavy brigades stationed in Europe as the Army winnows its force structure down from 562,000 to 490,000 troops by 2017.
But the harsh reality of the mandatory $487 billion in spending reductions required by the 2011 Budget Control Act has been weighing heavily on Army personnel accounts, which have skyrocketed since 2001.
Since 2000, Army spending on manpower has shot up 54 percent while the number of active duty soldiers has grown by only about 4 percent, officials have said, while in the 2013 budget request, personnel costs consumed 42 percent of the Armys bottom line.
At an Army conference this past February in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., Maj. Gen. Thomas Spoehr, director of the services program analysis and evaluation shop, said this is why itd be very difficult to return to a similar-sized Army with the amount of money we had in 2000.
Army officials declined to comment before the chief makes his remarks at 2 p.m. Tuesday.
No matter how many BCTs are eliminated, the service plans to maintain as much combat power as possible by adding a third maneuver battalion to each BCT, thereby retaining its punching power.
By doing so, however, troop strength at some domestic installations would likely fall, while other installations would see an influx of troops and equipment as their BCTs grow.
The Army has been laying the groundwork for such changes for some time. In January, it released a Programmatic Environmental Assessment that took a hard look at the environmental and socioeconomic impacts associated with reductions in force size across the services 21 domestic installations.
The report assessed the installations that would be in danger of losing 1,000 or more military employees or gaining 1,000 or more soldiers due to restructuring.
It would be unlikely that any one installation would be selected to sustain a force reduction of more than 8,000 military employees, the assessment states.
For example, installations with multiple BCTs were assumed to lose one BCT, 30 percent of their non-BCT soldiers and 15 percent of their civilian workforce.
The sites considered in the assessment include Fort Benning and Fort Stewart, Ga.; Fort Bliss and Fort Hood, Texas; Fort Bragg, N.C.; Fort Campbell, Ky.; Fort Carson, Colo.; Fort Drum, N.Y.; Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash.; Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; and Fort Sill, Okla.
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ACOG practice bulletin. Perinatal viral and parasitic infections. Number 20, September 2000. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2002 Jan;76(1):95-107.
Parasites—toxoplasmosis (toxoplasma infection). Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov/parasites/toxoplasmosis. Updated January 10, 2013. Accessed November 3, 2014.
Toxoplasmosis. Nemours KidsHealth.org website. Available at: http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/parasitic/toxoplasmosis.html. Updated September 2011. Accessed November 3, 2014.
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Lamar Dawson on Michigan State: "It's a huge stadium. I liked it. ... It's the biggest BCS school I've been to." (Photo courtesy of Chicago St. Rita)
The same physical, aggressive style that allowed Johnny Adams and Darqueze Dennard to become All-Big Ten performers and NFL prospects is the same style that Chicago St. Rita junior cornerback Lamar Dawson used to grab eight interceptions last season. At 6-foot and 190 pounds, he fits the Spartan mold and thus, it was no surprise when he received a scholarship offer last Friday on a visit to East Lansing.
"He had transferred in the summer," Mustangs head coach Todd Kuska said, "so he was just getting to know both the players, coaches, and the school itself. He really progressed very well throughout the season. You can tell, as he got more comfortable in his surroundings, he played at a higher level. He was playing as well as any defensive back I've seen in my years here toward end of the season."
The numbers back that up, as six of Dawson's eight interceptions came in the last four games of the season.
"He's a very athletic kid," Kuska said. "He has great ball skills where he can go up and get the ball. He has excellent skills with the ball in his hands. A lot of people are toying between safety and corner. It's hard to judge the talent of a cornerback in today's high school game in some spots. You never know the talent they're up against. Do they have the cover skills? I believe he does."
Central Michigan and Northern Illinois are Dawson's other offers, but Big Ten programs Minnesota, Purdue and others are expected to stop in during the spring evaluation period. After getting to see Michigan State last week, he found himself impressed, particularly with the facilities.
"It's a huge stadium," Dawson explained. "I liked it. It's a different experience. It's the biggest BCS school I've been to. The others haven't been quite as big and the way Coach Dantonio coaches is pretty neat."
Dawson says he would like to decide his college destination before the start of his senior season. Will it be Michigan State? That remains to be seen, but if it is, the Spartans would be getting a great fit, not just in his style of play, but in the way he prepares, as well.
"He's not a follower, he's a leader," Kuska says. "When he goes to work, he goes to work. He has the drive inside of him to be the best player he can be."
Cass Tech visitors
Michigan State hosted Detroit Cass Tech sophomores Jayru Campbell, Mike Weber and Joshua Alabi for practice Thursday. Campbell, a 6-3, 180-pound quarterback, Weber, a 5-9, 190-pound running back, and Alabi, a 6-5, 255-pound defensive end, all have offers from the Spartans already.
The Green and White have had success at the school the last two years, signing offensive tackle Dennis Finley in the 2013 class and securing a commitment from linebacker Deon Drake in the 2015 class.
Top targets at spring game
There will be a number of recruits in East Lansing on Saturday for the annual spring game, a few of which will come in with offers. Detroit Loyola defensive lineman Malik McDowell, one of the top prospects in the state, says he will likely attend. The 6-6, 290-pound junior landed offers from Alabama and LSU this week.
Galion (Ohio) High wide receiver Dareian Watkins has Michigan State in his final group and this will be one of his final visits before he makes a decision.
Hinsdale Central (Ill.) center Brian Allen, younger brother of current Spartan Jack Allen, will be on hand, and some have speculated that he may make a commitment soon with MSU in strong position.
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Malik McDowell profile: http://bit.ly/17th8yX
Brian Allen profile: http://bit.ly/13rOaCU
Allen Trieu began covering the state of Michigan for Scout.com in 2005 and began managing the entire Midwest in 2009. He has been featured on the Big Ten Network on its annual Signing Day Show. His Michigan State recruiting column appears every Friday at detroitnews.com. For more on MSU recruiting, visit michiganstate.scout.com.


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UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans Services has ousted its chief executive officer following the companys rocky transition in assuming management of the Tricare West Region contract two months ago.
UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans CEO Lori McDougal has been transferred to another United HealthCare subsidiary while Tina Jonas, who served as the Defense Departments chief financial officer from 2004 to 2008, was named to a new position of president, according to company spokesman Bruce Jasurda.
Jonas had been working as president of Logistics Health, another United HealthCare subsidiary.
The leadership changes follow a transition period marked by delays in customer care, problems with referrals and issues with payments to providers in the 21-state Tricare West region.
The concerns were so pervasive that the Pentagon on May 2 took the unprecedented step of waiving referral authorization requirements for Tricare Prime beneficiaries in the West region.
Jasurda did not link the personnel moves specifically to the problems with the Tricare contract. Rather, he said the changes were part of an ongoing commitment to best serve military families, retirees and their families.
We made a commitment to the Defense Department that we are going to continue to examine our structure and make sure we have people with the expertise and experience to properly service the beneficiaries of the West Region, Jasurda said June 12.
Also new to the UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans payroll is retired Vice Adm. John Mateczun, who completed his military career last year as commander of the Joint Task Force National Capital Region, overseeing the consolidation of the National Naval Medical Center and Walter Reed Army Medical Center.
Mateczun, a former Army explosive ordnance disposal staff sergeant, Navy psychiatrist and administrator who also served as Tricares first chief medical officer during his 41 years on active duty, will serve as UnitedHealthcare Military & Veterans chief medical officer.
Jasurda said the company continues to work to improve customer relations and has resolved its issues with referrals and customer care as well as meeting Tricare standards for paying claims.
The referral waiver remains in place through June 18; the Pentagon is weighing whether it needs to extend the waiver period, but a Tricare spokesman said the referrals backlog has been cleared.
Beneficiary complaints regarding service have dwindled, said Tricare spokesman Austin Camacho.
Tricare officials declined to comment on UnitedHealthcares leadership changes, saying they are concerned only with performance, not any individual involved.
UnitedHealthcare is the first new company to take over a Tricare contract since the military health programs regions were consolidated in 2004.
It was awarded the Tricare West region contract, worth up to $21 billion over the next five years, in July 2012 after a prolonged contract award and protest process that began in 2009.
That year, the company was given the contract to manage the Tricare South region but the decision later was overturned, opening up a chance for UnitedHealthcare to bid for the West region contract against TriWest Healthcare Alliance.
It won the decision and TriWest officially passed the baton on April 1.■
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That's the oyster "look" Chincoteague Shellfish Farms tries to achieve every day, says Tony D'Eustachio, general manager of the seafood company.
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Why not talk about simple pleasures? Like how to make really tasty gluten-free bread crumbs. Golden. Toasty. Slightly crunchy. When I first went gluten-free I missed the crunchy goodness that a buttered bread crumb topping adds to a home cooked recipe- especially comfort food. In fact, one of my favorite simple comfort recipes when I'm dragging my butt and too tired to cook is spaghetti tossed in extra virgin olive oil, minced garlic, red pepper flakes and pan toasted bread crumbs.
So, after I found a decent (even wonderful) gluten-free pasta (Tinkyada Pasta) I tried making herbed crumbs for several of my favorite comfort foods, including my go-to Italian spaghetti with garlic and crumbs recipe.
In the green and groovy spirit of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, I first tried using failed gluten-free breads (you know, those sawdust textured doorstops that plunk out of the brand new replacement bread pan and land on the counter with a distinct gluten-free thud). The crumbs were either too gritty or too gummy- just like the bread. They had absolutely no character.
Then I tried a ridiculously expensive bag of store-bought rice based crumbs, but the texture was sandy beachy; and to this gluten-free goddess at large, the crumbs practically screamed "I am gluten-free".
Ah, but then one fortuitous day I felt a little nutty and inspired.
I reached into the freezer for some frozen gluten-free waffles, and thought, Hello! I toasted the icy suckers to a crispy golden brown, zapped them into crumbs in the Cuisinart, added dried Italian style herbs, sea salt and a drizzle of fruity olive oil and- yes!
Fabulous gluten-free bread crumbs.
The crumbs pictured above are actually gluten-free waffle crumbs, and they are our favorite gluten-free crumb topping. And no, the crumbs are not sweet (as a Dear Reader asked). But they are perfectly toasty golden and crunchy. Trust me.
How to Make Toasty Crunchy Gluten-Free Breadcrumbs
These easy to make gluten-free crumbs are a delicious topping for baked casseroles, simple pastas, and tender crisp vegetables tossed in olive oil and garlic.
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I toast 2 or 3 gluten-free plain waffles (this is my recipe for Savory Gluten-Free Waffles)
and break them apart; then I process them in my Cuisinart food processor, pulsing on and off until they resemble classic breadcrumbs (not too fine).
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I drizzle in some high quality extra virgin olive oil as I pulse - just until they are moist and begin to stick together a bit.
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This printable Father's Day banner takes Dad's celebration from ordinary to extraordinary! Just print, cut and hang with string to make Dad feel extra special!
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Every year around the start of spring, there comes a day when I look into the mirror and am startled by the vampire-like creature staring back at me. Granted, I'm never exactly tanned (I can thank my Irish heritage for that), but after a long winter devoid of sunlight, my skin begs for some color.
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Ann Arbor -- It was late last Sunday night, and John Beilein, Michigan's basketball coach, was speaking into a megaphone, which, by itself, is kind of a funny scene.
But there was Beilein and his bullhorn, surrounded by his players and hundreds of students gathered outside Crisler Center. The Wolverines had just arrived home from Dallas, where they'd clinched the school's first Final Four berth in two decades, and Beilein wanted to thank the fans for their support, for waiting in the cold, for acknowledging again that Michigan wasn't just a football school.
He also wanted to acknowledge the team, though, rattling off the players' names, class by class. And when he got to his fabulous freshmen, he started with the one name he knew would get the biggest cheer.
"How about this?" Beilein yelled, as his face broke into a big grin. "The most eligible bachelor on campus right now: Spike Albrecht!"
And with that, the crowd erupted, as did Albrecht's teammates, hoisting him up on their shoulders as if he was Ollie from the movie "Hoosiers," which is sort of how he has been viewed by most folks, until recently.
Heady stuff for a 5-foot-11, 170-pound point guard from Crown Point, Ind., who barely a year ago had one scholarship offer — from Appalachian State — before Michigan came calling at his Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.) prep school, and only then because it appeared Trey Burke might be heading to the NBA.
Now, suddenly, he's Big Man On Campus, at least according to his roommate, freshman guard Nik Stauskas, one of the Wolverines starters. And Albrecht even has a straight-laced 60-year-old acting as his wing man.
"Yeah, kind of," Stauskas laughed. "Coach B was helpin' him out."
'Living the dream'
So how did this happen?
"It all happened really fast," Albrecht said Tuesday after practice, rewinding his story to the day everything changed. "My prep school coach (John Carroll) came and got me and said, 'Hey, I got an interesting phone call today. Michigan called about you.'"
Albrecht's reaction was as you'd expect: "No way!" he replied. "Are you serious?!?!"
He'd gotten recruiting calls, but only from small Division I schools and a few mid-majors, "and those weren't even offers. I was just getting calls."
Albrecht helped lead his team to a New England prep school title last March, beating future classmate Mitch McGary's team in the process. Michigan assistant Jeff Meyer, who has been a huge part of Beilein's recruiting success in Indiana, was there to watch. Soon, Beilein visited, too.
After that, the phone finally started ringing with more schools calling, Albrecht said, "But by that time I was like, 'Nope, Michigan already called. I don't want to start hearing from all you guys now.'"
A week later, Albrecht was on campus in Ann Arbor for an official visit, where he committed "right on the spot."
"I was like, 'Hey, Coach, I don't want to be super eager here, but this is where I want to go, no doubt,'" Albrecht said.
Zack Novak, the team captain at the time and a player Albrecht had grown to admire, gave him a hug and said, "Congrats, buddy. You're living the dream."
"That kind of hit home a little bit, right there," said Albrecht, 20, whose given name is Michael but who earned his nickname as a child when he insisted on wearing his baseball spikes everywhere. "I was like, 'Wow, this is gonna be special.' But I had no idea. Now here we are, the first year, and I'm in the Final Four as a freshman."
And contributing, too. Albrecht, a steady, pass-first point guard, averaged 7.3 minutes during the regular season, mostly giving Burke a chance to catch his breath on the bench. But he's averaged twice that much playing time the last three games in the NCAA Tournament, and he's making the most of his opportunity.
Albrecht has hit all three of his 3-point attempts — one in each game — while also providing some highlight-reel moments. Among them: A ridiculous, left-handed 30-foot bounce pass to Glenn Robinson for a fast break against Virginia Commonwealth in the third round, and a steal and a double-clutch layup off an inbounds pass against Florida that surprised everyone in the Midwest Regional final.
Going bonkers
Albrecht shrugged off that steal — one of three he had in the game — saying, "You just play with your instincts."
But ask his teammates, and they'll tell you he's quietly reveling in his role — overlooked and underappreciated.
"I mean, he's a really good player," junior Jordan Morgan said. "But he's had to deal with that perception all his life."
Which is perfect, Stauskas says, "because when he goes out there, I think teams kind of look at him as the weak link and they try to attack him. And it never really works. He uses it to his advantage."
Now then, will he use it to his advantage off the court? At that, Albrecht just laughs.
"I would say the Michigan basketball buzz is at an all-time high," Albrecht deadpanned. "But for me, personally, I can walk around and no one knows who I am. I look like the average Joe."
When pressed, though, he admits that's starting to change "a little bit." Albrecht's phone blew up with about 60 text messages after the Florida game, and says his family — they'll all be in Atlanta, including his two older brothers — is going bonkers.
Still, he insists, "mostly I hear it through other friends. Every time we talk they're like, 'Man, I would kill to be in your position.' ... I'm just so thankful to Coach Beilein for giving me this opportunity. I owe him a lot."
He lets him know it, too.
"I tell him all the time," Albrecht laughed.
Beilein's response usually is to remind him what he jokingly tells others about recruiting the little guard nobody but Appalachian State wanted: "You're either gonna make me look like a genius, or get me fired."
"And I'm like, 'Well, I don't want to get you fired, Coach,'" Albrecht says. "'So I'll work my tail off.'"
So far, so good.
"I mean, we're in the Final Four, right?" Albrecht said.
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Season ... G/GS ... Min. ... FG ... 3FG ... FT ... Reb. ... Ast. ... TO ... Stls. ... Avg.
2012-13 ... 37/0 ... 7.7 ... 41.7 ... 46.2 ... 100.0 ... 0.8 ... 0.8 ... 0.3 ... 0.3 ... 1.6


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In a recent column, the left-leaning Slate pointed out the hypocrisy of liberal attacks against Tea Party favorite Marco Rubio for his assertion in a magazine interview that he really wasn't sure how old the planet was.
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By now you've heard the outrageous quote from Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., on his doubts about the origins of planet Earth. When asked to give its age, he replied: "I'm not a scientist, man. … Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries."
He's not a scientist—no, indeed—and his comments have brought on a slew of finger wags and face-palms from the godless left. The answer was "so confused and error-riddled," wrote Phil Plait in Slate, "it's difficult to know where to start." We all should understand the age of Earth is not a matter of opinion, but a scientific fact: Our planet formed 4.54 billion years ago. If Rubio suggested otherwise, it's because he's uninformed or stupid.
But unlike many of Rubio's other attackers from the left, the author of the article, Slate's Daniel Engber, points out another scientifically and religiously willfully ignorant commenter on the subject of Earth's origins.
Here's how President Barack Obama answered a question about whether he believed God created the world in six days at a 2008 speaking engagement:
I believe that God created the universe and that the six days in the Bible may not be six days as we understand it … it may not be 24-hour days, and that's what I believe. I know there's always a debate between those who read the Bible literally and those who don't, and I think it's a legitimate debate within the Christian community of which I'm a part. My belief is that the story that the Bible tells about God creating this magnificent Earth on which we live—that is essentially true, that is fundamentally true. Now, whether it happened exactly as we might understand it reading the text of the Bible: That, I don't presume to know.
And here's Rubio's answer from the December 2012 edition of GQ regarding how old he believes the Earth to be:
I'm not a scientist, man. I can tell you what recorded history says, I can tell you what the Bible says, but I think that's a dispute amongst theologians and I think it has nothing to do with the gross domestic product or economic growth of the United States. I think the age of the universe has zero to do with how our economy is going to grow. I'm not a scientist. I don't think I'm qualified to answer a question like that. At the end of the day, I think there are multiple theories out there on how the universe was created and I think this is a country where people should have the opportunity to teach them all. I think parents should be able to teach their kids what their faith says, what science says. Whether the Earth was created in 7 days, or 7 actual eras, I'm not sure we'll ever be able to answer that. It's one of the great mysteries.
With looming financial calamity, global war only a button away at any given time and a near constant assault by the Federal government against American civil liberties, should the populace really care at all about how either of these guys believe we got here in the first place?
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Ohio's new high-tech facial recognition program might be a good crime-fighting tool.
However, there's so much wrong with the way it was launched that it should be suspended until the program is fully disclosed, analyzed and debated.
The program uses cutting-edge facial recognition technology to match driver's license photos and mug shots with other photos to identify crime suspects. It holds the promise of advancing law enforcement. But at what price to privacy? That question never really was debated before the program was launched in June.
Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine has appointed a task force to review the program and recommend safeguards. This is the type of review that should have been done months ago - before the program was launched. Nearly 2,700 searches already have been conducted in Ohio using the technology.
Until a thorough review is conducted - and not just by DeWine's handpicked committee - the program should be suspended.
There are serious problems with the way this program was handled:
? Most importantly, it was not fully disclosed to the public before being used.
? Rules for securing the system from abuse were not reviewed before it was launched.
? Far too many people have access to the system. All of Ohio's law enforcement and even civilian employees of police departments - thousands of people - have access to the system, exponentially increasing the chances for abuse.
? DeWine, Ohio's top law enforcement officer, didn't know the system was live until two weeks after the fact.
? The program appeared to be driven by a back-office IT group in the Bureau of Criminal Investigation, not by the attorney general or the Legislature.
Facial recognition is a rapidly developing technology with the potential to open new avenues for law enforcement and also for commercial applications. But it's already developing faster than are the legal safeguards to protect individuals from its abuse. DeWine should go the extra mile to make sure privacy concerns are answered, especially in the light of the recent revelations about the federal government's vast capabilities to conduct surveillance of citizens.
Before this program was launched, government employees needed a name to plumb their database of photos and other personal information. Now all they need is a face, which is much easier to obtain from the omnipresent security cameras and smartphones around us.
Personal freedom is our most precious right. It's fundamental that we are free from being secretly tracked and profiled. We have the right to control our identities and to remain anonymous if we so choose. This type of technology makes it possible for government employees to find the names and private information of strangers on the street. Government needs to be accountable for its use.
Once technology like this gets into use, it tends to spread and the possibility of misuse becomes greater. At the least, Ohioans should have been informed of the plan and a full debate should have been conducted about how and when it would be used and what protections would be put in place.
Gov. John Kasich is right to say the program needs to be slowed down and given a public debate.
This is a program that was let out of the box before it was ready. But it's not too late to give it the full airing that the public deserves. Let's table it until the public has the benefit of documented rules on how it will be used and adequate protections from its abuse.


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Here is what the $5 million will get the Pirates. First of all, it brings them a starting pitcher that can win games. The downside to that is his endurance is down, so he may only get 5-6 innings per start. However, the Pirates bullpen is strong enough to carry the load for an extra inning or two. The bullpen will also be able to come into the game with a more managable situation. Another thing the $5 million buys is added experience. Pedro has been in the playoffs, he has won a World Series with the Red Sox, he has been on center stage for a team, he has been in a fierce rivalry with the Yankees, he has been on a Mets team that collapsed twice, and he has also been on losing teams. He will be able to mentor the young pitching staff of the Pirates with game, seasonal, and career experiences. Pedro is also a guy that likes to have fun. He will be able to make it fun for the other pitchers even during the losing times.
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Ubuntu Intrepid - Webmin - Configuring Webmin for MySQL
If you followed the Ubuntu Intrepid - Webmin 1.470 article this should be one of the next logical steps in getting a fully webmin manageable LAMP stack. In this article we are going to install the MySQL server and all necessary components to manage it through webmin.
Installing the Service
Once you have webmin installed and can log into the control panel, you are half way through the install already. What you need to do at this point is install the MySQL server by clicking on Un-used Modules and then Selecting MySQL Server from the drop down menu. It will open up a screen that will prompt you to click here to install the module and server.
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What, What?? Yes, the install is now complete, and if you click on the mysql tab on the left, it is setup and ready for you to start plugging away.
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Awesome Feather began her career in the Stanley Gold barn racing in the colors of her breeder Jacks or Better Farm, Inc. They unveiled their star on May 1, 2010, Kentucky Derby Day, with a 5 ¾-length victory in a 4 ½ furlong Maiden Special Weight at Calder. From there Awesome Feather rolled through an unbeaten juvenile season with a victory in the J J'sdream Stakes followed by a sweep of the three-race Florida Stallion Series for two-year-old fillies. Her 8 ¼-length triumph in the final leg, the $365,000 My Dear Girl Stakes, made her the public's choice in the $2,000,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1). She rewarded her supporters with a handy 2 ¼ length victory to secure the Eclipse Award for Champion Two-Year-Old Filly of 2010.
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If not for the passage of the 17th Amendment in 1913, Obamacare would probably never have passed. That's because the Senate would have been more attuned to the will of the public that disapproved of Obamacare by a large margin.
As Article 1, Section 3 of the Constitution of the United States says: The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two Senators from each state, chosen by the Legislature thereof for six Years; and each Senator shall have one vote.
During the Constitutional ratifying convention, John Jay, co-author of The Federalist Papers, said "The Senate is to be composed of men appointed by the state legislatures… I presume they will also instruct them, that there will be a constant correspondence between the senators and the state executives."
As historian and author Thomas J. DiLorenzo writes in The Lunatic Left is Getting Desperate on Lewrockwell.com: "The legislative appointment of U.S. senators was responsible for the most famous declarations of the states' rights philosophy of the founders, the nullification philosophy as expressed in the Virginia and Kentucky Resolves of 1798 (authored by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison respectively).
"John Quincy Adams resigned from the Senate in 1809 because he disagreed with the Massachusetts state legislature's instructions to him to oppose President James Madison's trade embargo. Senator David Stone of North Carolina resigned in 1814 after his state legislature disapproved of his collaboration with the New England Federalists on several legislative issues. Senator Peleg Sprague of Maine resigned in 1835 after opposing his state legislatures' instructions to oppose the re-chartering of the Second Bank of the United States. When the U.S. Senate censured President Andrew Jackson for having vetoed the re-chartering of the Bank, seven U.S. Senators resigned rather than carry out their state legislatures' instructions to vote to have Jackson's censure expunged. One of them was Senator John Tyler of Virginia, who would become President of the United States in 1841.
"In other words, the original system of state legislative appointment of U.S. Senators did exactly what it was designed to do: limit the tyrannical proclivities of the central government. As Professor Todd Zywicki of George Mason University Law School has written, 'the Senate played an active role in preserving the sovereignty and independent sphere of action of state governments' in the pre-17th Amendment era prior to 1913. 'Rather than delegating lawmaking authority to Washington, state legislators insisted on keeping authority close to home…. As a result, the long-term size of the federal government remained fairly stable and relatively small during the pre-Seventeenth-Amendment era' (emphasis added)."
When the 17th Amendment was ratified it changed the way senators were selected from appointment to popular election. Therefore senators are now more influenced by lobbyists and payoffs than they are by the constituents they are supposed to serve. Hence, the passage of Obamacare and other noxious bills.
It's clear once again that the Founding Fathers knew what they were doing. Yet the group of socialists, and central bankers controlling government in 1913 saw a way to further strip the Constitution of its safeguards and an unwitting public went along.
It's time to repeal the 17th Amendment. It's not going to be easy—those senators are now entrenched and will not be amenable to relinquishing their power. But if we're to take our country back it's got to happen.
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He just doesn't have the Halloween spirit.
Happy Halloween, urvrahbody!
Happy Halloween be good be very good....bad
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Happy Halloween!! Just got finished making coffin cakes. I'll post pics later
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Wow its been a while since i'v been on! But HAPPY HALLOWEEN EVERYONE!
Vampy and I just finished decorating (damn hurricanes!), and she's working on the music mix. I even changed my Build-A-Bear monkey into his Dracula outfit. Betcha never saw a vampire with a tail, did ya?
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Coffin cakes?
I must see them NOW!!!
Coffin cakes?. Dont tell me u made them cause u offed my pal Gingerbread Man.
I want them.... NAO!
Sorry.... Never had Halloween ;(
Happy Halloween gang. Best day of the year, so let's enjoy it while we can!
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Have a safe and Happy Halloween you freaks!
I've had many cute munchkins come to the house. They're so cute. I want a munchkin of my own!
I bought a mixed bag of Cadbury's fun-sized bars and put them in a bowl by the front door but we had not a single trick or treater tonight Azzy. It's ten past one now so I'm afraid Halloween was a total washout this year in Manchester.
My little one year old niece dressed up as a flower today, she was adorable.
My three-year-old niece dressed up as Sponge Bob. Which may have been cute if I didn't hate Sponge Bob Square Pants with ever fiber of my being and ever astral atom of my soul.
^ I used to love Spongebob Squarepants as a kid Lon! How dare you insult him, and that amazing show.
(Okay, it was pretty bad but I can understand why kids like it. Is it still running new eps' to this day?)
^^I still love Spongebob haha!
I wish Halloween was as big here as it is in Yankland, I have family in Florida and my eight year old niece was a bumblebee today (she's going through some weird bumblebee phase haha) and my 6 year old nephew was a dog with floppy ears (he isn't going through a dog phase!).
In England Halloween is basically just an excuse for 15 year old groups of lads to go around smashing windows and vandalising shit. I know - I used to be one of those 15 year old hooligans. Here it's just a preamble to bonfire night where teenagers set off fireworks and scrap with other teenage gangs on November the 5th to celebrate a paddy who attempted to blow up our Parliament. We're sick like that, us lot!!!
In England Halloween is basically just an excuse for 15 year old groups of lads to go around smashing windows and vandalising shit.
And sex, don't forget sex.
(in Ireland anyway)
... with ever fiber of my being and ever astral atom of my soul.
This is new. You have atoms? I always thought you were just this lump of quark blobishness.
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Fulcento wrote:In England Halloween is basically just an excuse for 15 year old groups of lads to go around smashing windows and vandalising shit.And sex, don't forget sex.(in Ireland anyway)
Heheh, yeah, that goes with the territory!!! Whoever smashes the most windows and cracks the most bottles over coppers heads gets the fanny!!!
Here are some pics of the house from tonight.
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I was amazed today. I was driving home from town with my mom and niece, and we passed a house I pass everytime I go into town and noticed the house's Halloween decorations. I've always noticed the old man dummy in the front yard with the rotted baby, the skeletons, the pumpkins etc. But what I never noticed, until today, was what was on the guy's porch:
JasonMichael MyersFreddy Kruegerand standing in one of his windows, Leatherface
All life-size, all fucking AWESOME. I cannot believe I didn't notice them since the people living there first put the decorations up about a month ago, and probably wouldn't have noticed them if my mom hadn't pointed them out. So I got home, looked up the address in the phone book, got the name of the homeowners and called them up, applauding them on their outstanding Halloween decorations. Turns out the guy living there is a massive horror fan as well and we rapped about horror flicks on the phone for about an hour.
Wish I had a working camera, I'd have taken some pics. The life-size dummies really are spectacular.


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MOSCOW — Russians appeared shocked and bewildered by the revelation that the Boston bombing suspects have ties to the region.
"(Dzhokhar Tsarnaev) was just a boy, I felt sorry for him, and I don't believe that he came up with all this on his own," said Tatyana Ivanova, a Moscow entrepreneur in her 30s. "When I found out about it, my first thought was that it was a provocation, or that these two guys became really confused, or simply went insane."
The two suspects in last week's Boston Marathon bombing were identified as Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, and his brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, 19, ethnic Chechens who had lived in the United States for the last decade. Before immigrating, they had lived in the former Soviet republic of Kyrgyzstan and had also traveled to Russia's restive North Caucasus region.
A Russian law enforcement official, speaking with the state-owned RIA Novosti news agency, denied a direct link between the Tsarnaev brothers and Chechen extremist groups, such as the Caucasus Emirates, headed by a Chechen Islamist Doku Umarov.
The official, who didn't want to be named because he was not authorized to speak publicly on the matter, said the suspects' names did not appear in a law enforcement database tied to Umarov's group.
U.S. investigators were looking into a potential connection to North Caucasus extremist groups, such as the Caucasus Emirate, after discovering the contents of slain suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev's YouTube account, Fox News reported.
Earlier it emerged that a foreign government had given the FBI information about Tamerlan Tsarnaev being a follower of radical Islam, according to an FBI news release. According to two law enforcement officials cited by the Associated Press, the information came from Russia's security service, the FSB.
"I don't think it's realistic for Doku Umarov to consider attacking America, he is relatively weak right now," said Oleg Orlov, chairman of the Memorial Human Rights Society, who has worked extensively in Chechnya. "But on the other hand, they position themselves as part of a fundamentalist Islamic movement. Ideologically, there could be some sense of unity" with the Tsarnaev brothers.
After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia staged two wars to rein in the predominantly Muslim, separatist province of Chechnya, located in the mountainous region of the North Caucasus. But if the first conflict in the 1990s was staged primarily against nationalist separatists, the second military operation in 1999-2000 and the insurgency that followed largely fought against militant Islamist cells that included various nationalities in the region, such as the Dagestani and the Ingush, experts say.
"It's not really appropriate here to draw on the Chechen ethnic identity. What's important is not that they are Chechens, but that they are (radical) Muslims," Orlov said. "This jihadist movement doesn't really differentiate between (North Caucasus nationalities). This is the difference between the former Chechen separatism movement."
Extremist groups denied responsibility and condemned the attacks.
"The command of the Dagestan Vilayat states that Caucasian mujahedeen do not engage in military action with the United States of America," said a statement from the extremist Dagestan Viyalat group, which was reportedly linked in Tsarnaev's YouYube account.
The statement was posted on the Kavkaz Center website. "We fight with Russia, which is responsible not only for the occupation of the Caucasus, but for heinous crimes against Muslims. Even in regards to the enemy state of Russia, with which the Imarat Kavkaz (Caucasus Emirate) does battle, there is an order in effect from the Amir of the (Imarat Kavkaz) Doku Umarov, which forbids attacks on civilian targets."
However, Umarov, a warlord who has earned the nickname of Russia's Osama bin Laden, has in the past taken responsibility for a number of terrorist attacks on Russian soil, most notably the January 2011 bombing at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport, and the subway bombings in Moscow in March 2010, which claimed the lives of 40 people.
"For me, there's no clear link between (the Tsarnaevs) and the terrorist underground," military expert Vladislav Shurygin told Russkaya Sluzhba Novostei (Russian Radio Service), a radio station in Moscow.
"But it's clear that the terror attack was connected to them wanting to play. The Internet (is) responsible. They just started browsing the Internet, found some sites connected to extremist activity, and decided to show off."
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The Pentagon is pushing a quality-control proposal that would shut out of the military tuition assistance program any colleges and universities that are ineligible for civilian federal financial aid.
Most traditional public and private nonprofit schools would not be affected, but such a change would rock some distance, technical and for-profit institutions that dont take part in civilian federal aid programs commonly called Title IV, including Pell Grants and subsidized federal loans.
The proposal is garnering mixed reviews.
A coalition of 11 veterans and military advocacy groups including Student Veterans of America, Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America and the Association of the U.S. Navy not only praised the idea but said it should also apply to the MyCAA education program for military spouses.
But the Distance Education and Training Council, which oversees many nontraditional schools, said the change would make 88 of the 102 distance education schools that it accredits ineligible for TA.
Restricting eligibility for the TA program to only students who enroll in Title IV participating institutions would unfairly restrict the options service members have to enroll in quality distance education programs, the groups executive director, Leah Matthews, wrote in public comments on the proposal.
The restriction was included in expansive rules proposed by the Defense Department in the third incarnation of its memorandum of understanding, or MOU, for schools participating in TA. The rules were put out for public comment, and a final version is expected to be released in the spring, DoD spokeswoman Joy Crabaugh said.
When that happens, schools will have to sign on in order to remain eligible for TA.
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Crabaugh said the federal financial aid restriction was included for quality assurance and because a White House executive order indicated schools must offer the aid and make sure students know about its availability. Schools will have 18 months from the MOUs final release to complete the application and approval process for Title IV, she added.
Quality assurance includes not only the delivery of quality programs by institutions of higher learning, but also the meeting of minimum requirements in the areas of financial/fiscal responsibility and administrative capability that demonstrate program integrity and the continued support for quality, Crabaugh said in a written statement.
DoD released its first MOU nearly three years ago, in the midst of a long-running debate over the proliferation and quality of for-profit schools in the military education arena. That initially would have required schools in order to remain eligible for TA to sign on to rules established by the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges group related to transferring credits from other schools, accepting academic credit for military training and other issues.
The backlash came not so much from for-profits as from some traditional four-year schools that said the rules would threaten their academic independence and integrity, forcing them to pull out of TA.
In response, DoD released a second MOU that merely required schools to disclose what their standards were with regard to the policies in the first MOU.
Schools had the option to sign either the first or second versions in order to maintain eligibility for TA. Representatives of some institutions that signed the first were critical of DoDs about-face, saying the revised MOU lacked teeth.
The third MOU is to be based on the principles of excellence for military education, outlined in an April 2012 executive order from the White House. The proposal includes requirements for schools, military branches and DoD itself.
It requires that schools not use unfair, deceptive and abusive recruiting practices, provide academic and student support to troops and their families, and give meaningful information to students about the financial cost.
Meanwhile, DoD and the military would have to:
■ Undergo an annual review process, and provide notification, prior to changing TA cost and credit-hour limits.
■ Put a complaint system in place for troops to report problems with institutions.
■ Add restrictions to what school representatives and information would be allowed on bases.
■ Provide joint services transcripts to service members.
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James Cronin, vice president for military partnerships at University of Maryland University College, the second-most-popular TA school across the military in fiscal 2012, said there were aspects of the MOU that he thought needed to be described in greater detail, and he sent questions to DoD. But he voiced no strong objections to the proposal.
I didnt think anything in there was a show stopper, he said in a telephone interview.
Like UMUC, American Military University, the nations top TA school, is eligible for Title IV civilian financial aid and would not be affected by that part of the MOU.
In fact, in an environment where schools are competing for a limited number of students, rules that effectively thin out the field of eligible institutions work to AMUs advantage, Jim Sweizer, the schools vice president for military programs, told Military Times.
But Sweizer said he is still against the restriction. Weve always been an advocate and a proponent of opportunity for service members, he said. If the school is nationally or regionally accredited ... it shouldnt matter whether they participate in the Title IV program.
'Bureaucratic idiocy'
A school must adhere to a host of regulations, as well as report detailed information about its operations to the Education Department, to become Title IV eligible.
Martinsburg College, a for-profit distance learning school in West Virginia, which specializes in technical certificate and certification programs, is one example of a non-Title IV school that would have to either become eligible for the civilian aid or lose TA eligibility.
Paul Viboch, the schools president, said attaching such a requirement to TA is bureaucratic idiocy.
The relatively low cost and short completion time of his schools programs make such aid unnecessary, he said. And many of the rules associated with Title IV are already in place or proposed elsewhere in the new MOU.
This has nothing to do with the quality of education, Viboch told Military Times. Its the literal paperwork, forms and things you have to keep and comply to in order to be a participating institution that are very, very significant.
Judith Eaton, president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, wrote in a public comment on the proposal that it would offer no additional protection for students and could harm them by restricting the availability of low-cost education programs.
The Commercial Vehicle Training Association went further, asking DoD to let schools that have no accreditation participate in TA.
Meanwhile, one anonymous public comment on the proposal landed at the opposite end of the spectrum, reading simply: Do not allow for-profit universities on military installations.
More regulation or less?
In their joint public comment, the 11 veteran and military groups said they applaud the Title IV limitation, adding that TA and MyCAA dollars should not go to programs that the Education Department refuses to recognize.
The groups also praised the proposal for seeking to establish a complaint system, but they called for stricter limits on marketing and recruiting.
Deceptive marketing continues today in call centers and on websites and printed materials by some predatory schools, they said.
But for-profit schools, including AMU, and that industrys trade group, the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, said the proposed rules go too far.
Their public comments argued that restrictions on marketing would prevent troops from getting important information on degree plans, base access limitations could keep employees from improving a schools educational offerings and the complaint system could be unfair to schools.
Institutions should have, and the MOU should outline, the due process available to institutions in the complaint process to protect them from unfounded allegations, wrote Steve Gunderson, the trade groups president.
The American Council on Education, one of the countrys largest higher education groups, suggested several changes to the MOU in its public comments, including altering a proposal that would allow TA to cover school tuition but not fees. What are classified as fees at one institution are included in tuition costs at another. This could result in radically different out-of-pocket costs for troops.
A service member should not decide which institution to attend or courses to take based on how an institution chooses to categorize costs, the group said.
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