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Okay, apologies up front for being such a coding novice. I am transferring a web site (not a blog) from a CMS called Populate over to WordPress, from one hosting to a different hosting. I don't have access to the source files on the current host. (Long story short, I'm not a code/site thief: the owner of the site business and its domain is locked out by her former admin. She asked me to help her transfer her site.) So... I'm looking at a lot of copying and pasting -- field by field! -- of the content from Populate over to WordPress. QUESTION: Is there a more efficient way to do this? I can grab source code from View Source, of course, but what good is that for plugging wholesale into Word Press? And I don't write PHP (shame on me, eh?) Or is there a way to do that? (Fingers crossed!) Thanks a ton! C
I would suggest looking at the WordPress Import HTML plugin. You can read more about it on the authors blog.
You would have to visit each page in your browser and do a save as html then upload all files according to the plugin instructions to your new server before you run the import.
I attended a presentation of the plugin the author gave at a WordCamp and it works great.
WordPress exports and imports its own posts through WordPress eXtended RSS (WXR). If you have access to an RSS feed of you content that's a good start. If you have access to templates powering your site then look at extending basic RSS with WXR fields.


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This apartment is currently off the market. Go to the building page to see availabilities.
Home › The Crossroads › 4A
The Crossroads › 4A
$2,450Studio, 1 Bath
Available immediately
One Year, Rent Stabilized Lease
10 Rutgers Street
New York, NY 10002
Cross streets:
East Broadway, Henry Street
Lower East Side
New York, NY 10002
Cross streets:
East Broadway, Henry Street
Lower East Side
Apartment Features
- Heating/Cooling Wall Unit
- Dishwasher
Building Features & Amenities
- Elevator
- Part-time Doorman
- Attended Lobby
- Live-in Super
- Laundry in Building
- Fitness Center
- Residents Garden
- Laundry in Basement
- Bicycle Storage
- Package Receiving
- Courtyard/Plaza
- Video Intercom
- Super on-call
- Units: 83
- Mid-rise (7-25 Floors)
- Post-war Apartment Building
- Student-friendly Housing
- Senior-friendly Housing
- Built 2001
- Rental Property
Pet policy: Pets OK, Dogs OK , Dogs up to 25 lbs.
The Crossroads is a 83-unit rental apartment building located at the crossroads of the Lower East Side and Chinatown. Providing the luxury of a doorman, the convenience of the F-train right at your door, and the charm of local landmark eateries and hip boutiques, the Crossroads is the best offering in the neighborhood.
Neighborhood / Parking / Transportation
- Commuter Bus Nearby
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- Highway Nearby
Walking Distance to:
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- Convenience Store/Bodega
- Pharmacy
- Park
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- School
- Restaurants
- Subway
- Bus
Application and Move-in Information
Income Requirements (Tenants): Income of 40x Monthly Rent
- Shares Accepted
- Shares May Qualify Jointly
- Shares Must Qualify Individually
- Completed Application
- Credit Check
- Background Check
- Housing Court Check
- Letter of Employment
- Pay Stubs
- Bank Statements
- Tax Statements
- Other Proof of Income/Finances
- No Board Approval Required
Fees: Credit check fee of $75.00 per applicant payable to Rutgers East Broadway Associates LLC.
Income Requirements (Guarantors/Cosigners): Income of 80x Monthly Rent
- Guarantor/Cosigner Accepted
- Multiple Guarantors Allowed
- Guarantors Accepted from Most States
Security Deposit and Lease Signing Information
- Security is One Months Rent
Move-in Details
- Move-ins Weekdays Only
- Elevator Must be Reserved
Owner / Manager / Leasing Information for The Crossroads › 4A
For more information on this listing, contact:
Property Management:
Lisa Management, Inc.
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Check Out the Full Field Guide to Dim Sum in the Lucky Peach Chinatown Issue
Understand the difference between your zing gau and your siu mai.
Understand the difference between your zing gau and your siu mai.
Everything you'd need to get by, and get dinner, in 2013.
Using loopholes and clever dodging, the forbidden delicacy is still to be found in the Southland.
Live music, food, an drink deals abound at our French-aligned restaurant and bars this weekend.
Fried chicken now can be had in both regular and Korean varieties just steps from Dolores Park.
Because doing stuff yourself is hard.
Our annual guide to where to eat actually decent food in the Castro and Civic Center.
See a BBQ map of Sonoma.
There are also several opportunities to show off hats!
Don't stay in. Go out and stand your ground.
Pink Taco will debut its new Sunset location, while Border Grill presents a cochinita pibil with ghost peppers.
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The 'Chronicle' tells you how.
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Where to go and what to do on the last night of 2011.
Our chief restaurant critic re-ranks New York's best restaurants — finding a food landscape vastly different from the last time he attempted this exercise.
There's more than just Chinese available.
Grab your own and hit one of these upcoming parties.
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I practice sparring in Muay Thai and occasionally I get a strong punch to the nose. It has never bled but for some reason it hurts for days. I am worried about an even stronger punch breaking my nose. Is this likely to occur with strong aggressive opponents in sparring? How much impact is required to incur damage to the nose? Is this something that should worry me?
Yes, you have a high risk of getting your nose broken at some stage if you continue with Muay Thai. It isn't Tiddly Winks* - you will eventually get an injury, not just from landed punches but also from kicks.
If you are at all attached to your nose (pun intended) the reconsider Muay Thai. Personally I've had my nose broken half a dozen times or more - the last time it took me several days to straighten it.
I would say no, you should be concerned. Will it hurt at the time? Yes, sure it will. It will also help teach you what not to do, and help break down any mental barriers you have about getting hurt.
Yes it can be lasting, but that depends on how hard you get hit and what your medical resources are. If your nose gets repeatedly pummeled or hit badly then you could end up with - to keep it simple - crooked airways which will interfere with regular nasal breathing (i.e. could cause you to snuffle or snore). These injuries are usually fairly easy to fix with surgery, but then that may also curtail your Muay Thai practice if you don't want to repeat the problem.
So, should you be concerned for your nose? No you shouldn't. Instead you should be concerned for more serious injuries such as concussion and various knee/leg ailments.
I should also take the time to debunk the myth about driving the nose cartilage into the brain - it's a fabrication of Hollywood.
*Note that Tom Brady is not the sports person who coined this phrase...
depends on how hard you spar and how well you protect your dome. You shouldn't get a broken nose in sparring unless you're not wearing headgear and/or getting ready for a fight. Otherwise you should have headgear on and not going full force anyway. But different gyms, different flavors.
If you want to prevent a nose injury use headgear that protects your face . Here is an example http://store.titleboxing.com/facprottrain.html
Otherwise, broken noses are common injuries to unprotected faces. Broken noses can affect your quality of life by affecting your appearance and breathing.
5 years of sparring / competitions, I would say that the likely hood of getting an injured nose is low, but it is still there.
Most injuries i suffered on the head are basically on the jaw and side of the heads. *Ouch.
The main thing to remember if you get injured in your nose is that if it bleeds for more than a day, please get an Xray as it might be broken.
I've suffered nose bleed in the past, which mostly comes from jabs to the face. There were no serious injuries however.


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I am using PTGUI for stitching. That should hopefully be no problem with these two lenses, right?
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HOUSTON -- Dow Chemical said Thursday that it will build a
world-scale ethylene plant at its chemical hub in
Freeport, Texas, as part of a plan to further connect US
operations with cost-advantaged feedstocks available from increasing
US shale gas supplies.
Ethylene production
is projected to start up in 2017, the company said, noting
that feedstock supply arrangements are in
the works.
For the first time in over a decade, US natural gas
prices are affordable and relatively stable, attracting new
industry investments and growth and putting us on the threshold
of an American manufacturing resurgence, said Andrew N.
Liveris, Dow CEO.
The new cracker in Freeport, located about 45
miles southeast of Houston on the Gulf of Mexico coast,
will have a capacity of 1.5 million tpy and be able to use both
ethane and propane as feedstock.
"Dows announcement is further evidence that the chemistry
industry is a growth engine helping to revitalize
Americas manufacturing sector, said Cal Dooley, CEO
of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) trade group.
Thanks to abundant, affordable natural gas, the
nations chemical companies have entered an era of renewed
global competitiveness which can help generate new domestic
investment, jobs and manufacturing exports," Dooley
"Its great news for the many industries that rely on
chemistry and plastics, including auto manufacturing, construction, agriculture, health
care, and technology.
Construction details
The new ethylene facility at Dow Texas Operations will
employ up to 2,000 workers at its construction peak, the company
Over the next five to seven years, Dow estimates that the project, together with all other
planned projects in its US investment plan, will employ up to
4,800 workers during peak construction and support over 35,000
jobs in the broader US economy.
The primary competition to
host the Dow cracker came from Louisiana, according to Texas
Governor Rick Perry, who spoke at a Thursday ceremony in
"Louisiana is always going to be a competitor when it comes to
the petrochemical industry," said Perry,
who added that the project would cost $1.7
For selecting Texas as the site, Dow will receive $1
million through the Texas Enterprise Fund, he said.
"This is the type of environment that [companies] want to
be associated with," said Perry. "This is where they want
to do business."
Ultimately, Dow's current base in Freeport
also seemed to play a role in the decision.
Dow Texas Operations in Freeport is Dows largest
integrated manufacturing site worldwide and the largest
single-company chemical complex in North America, the company
With 4,200 employees and 3,000 contractors on site daily,
Dow Texas Operations currently manufactures 44 percent of Dow
products sold in the US and more than 20 percent of Dow
products sold globally.
Dow cites favorable US market dynamics
Dow is proud to have been among the first manufacturing
companies to declare a comprehensive plan to take advantage of
these favorable market dynamics, further enhancing our
footprint in the Americas and the profitability of our global
businesses while supporting economic revitalization in the
communities in which we operate, said Liveris.
Constructing this new ethylene cracker at Dow Texas
Operations will create a long-term advantage for our downstream
businesses and for our company as a whole, and the benefits
will accrue not only to Dow but to the state and national
Dow said the decision to build an ethylene plant in Freeport
marks a significant milestone in its strategy to further
develop the competitive advantage for its performance plastics,
performance materials and advanced materials businesses by
expanding access to low-cost natural gas-based feedstocks.
Later this year, Dow is expected to announce details
of new ethylene derivative units to be built alongside the
cracker. At least one will produce polyethylene (PE).
The outlook for advantaged US natural gas was a
significant factor in Dows decision to invest $4 billion
to grow our overall ethylene and propylene production
capabilities in the US Gulf Coast region, said Jim
Fitterling, Dow executive vice president and president of feedstocks and energy and corporate
Today, 70 percent of the companys global
ethylene assets are in regions with cost advantaged feedstocks - and weve seen the
benefits this advantage provides given oil-based naphtha margin
pressure in Europe and Asia, Fitterling
This plan represents a game-changing move to
strengthen the competitiveness of our high-margin, high-growth
derivatives businesses as we continue to capture growth in the
Other Dow US petrochemical projects
As part of that strategy, Dow is restarting a cracker near
Hahnville, Louisiana. Dow said Thursday that process is
progressing as planned, and the unit should be on stream at the
end of this year.
Earlier this year, Dow said its board of directors had
authorized capital to finalize detailed engineering and
purchase long lead-time equipment for a world-scale propylene
facility, also to be constructed in Freeport.
Basic engineering work for the new on-purpose propylene
facility has commenced, and the project is on track to start up
production in 2015.
Last December, Dow and Honeywells UOP signed a technology licensing agreement,
enabling on-purpose propylene production.
Under the terms of that deal, Dow will license UOP's
proprietary UOP C3 Oleflex process technology for manufacturing
on-purpose propylene from propane, a process known as propane
dehydrogenation (PDH).
Dow also signed catalyst supply and performance guarantee
agreements with UOP.
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Richard Perry
The new cracker in Freeport, if located about 45 miles southeast of Houston would be IN the Gulf of Mexico coast. Freeport is essentially due south.
Clara Gómez
I would like to know about which software solutions use Dow to building the new plant and incorporate the information´s management during all cycle life.
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Kingfisher Country Park
Project Kingfisher was formally declared Kingfisher Country Park in July, 2004.
It is associated with an 11km stretch of the River Cole running from the Coventry Road (A45) at Small Heath as far as the M6 at Chelmsley Wood.
Inaugurated in 1985, it is a joint project sponsored by both Birmingham City Council and Solihull MBC together with English Nature, The Environment Agency, Warwickshire Wildlife Trust and the Wildlife Trust for Birmingham and the Black Country.
Its overall aim is to care for the valley of the River Cole, improving it both for people and wildlife. Kingfisher Country Park has been designated under the 'Man and the Biosphere' programme.
The valley contains many different types of landscape and wildlife habitats. Alongside the river there are areas of formal public open space, tall herbs and scrub, coarse grassland, wetland with several small ponds and ancient woodland. There are also a number of man-made lakes. The lake at Shard End has been created in the remains of an old gravel quarry, whilst Babbs Mill Lake in Kingshurst was formed as a balancing feature in times of flood.
Along the river, kingfishers and herons are a common sight, feeding on fish in the river. Water voles and mink are both associated with the river and, more recently, otters have been recorded at the lower reaches of the Cole.
Over the years several ponds have been dug at Shard End to make the most of the natural wetland within the valley. These have now developed to become wonderful havens for pond invertebrates and amphibians. Common toads, frogs and smooth newts are to be found alongside dragonflies and damselflies, beetles, water boatmen and water scorpions, all of which live in and around the ponds. In winter, teals have become regular visitors to the ponds, and widgeons have also been recorded.
Next to the pond is an area of coarse grassland where skylarks have bred successfully for a number of years.
Yorks Wood at Kingshurst is an eleven-hectare ancient woodland. Predominantly oak, there are records of a woodland on this site that go back over hundreds of years. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council purchased the wood from the scout movement in the 1980s and approximately ten years later it was declared a Local Nature Reserve. The wood is home to a wide variety of birds, with sparrow hawks and greater spotted woodpeckers breeding every year. In spring the woodland floor is a carpet of bluebells. Wood anemone and celandine are also to be found in other areas of the wood throughout spring. Towards the end of the year many species of fungi can be found, which helps to make the wood an all year round attraction.
All along the river there is access for the keen walker or cyclist. By following the river upstream you can reach the Ackers, and further on to the Shire Country Park, formerly known as Millstream, alternatively you can join up with the Grand Union Canal. At the lower end of the river in Chelmsley Wood you can continue into Coleshill and beyond. You can also join Kingshurst Brook in Chelmsley Wood, which takes you through Meriden Park and on into Sheldon Country Park.
There are a number of smaller circular walks within the valley and these are contained in a booklet, which is available from the Rangers.


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Am I losing my mind or did the pages on deals.woot get longer?
I'm not the most observant, but this just jumped out at me. All of a sudden, there are about 2x as many deals listed per page. Is this new? Am I starting to lose what little mind I have left?
Oh, and have a good weekend.
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I was scrolling down earlier and was thinking that the pages sure seemed longer. Did it start today?
Seems longer to me as well. You are not crazy!
Unless both of us are :)
@jsimsace: Seems to have started sometime today; I don't remember seeing it this morning.
@hackman2007: Unfortunately, with the amount of time both of us spend here, mutual craziness can not be ruled out.
It seems they are longer, there are only 5910 pages now.
Most definitely longer. I notice length.
@gmwhit: snickers
'bout time!
Fabulous! This means I can sort through the scores of cruddy non-deals posted by some of the sellers to find the real deals posted by the rest of you guys a whole lot faster. Thank you, Woot Staff! I heartily approve of this change!
@gmwhit: Does that mean deals.woot bought some of that stuff advertised on the web?
@mtm2: I have no idea what you're talking about. ::blink, blink:: Though...I will say that the longer length of the deals pages does invoke stamina in some. It aids in giving additional patience. You may even last longer when sorting through the deals. Alas, 4 hours is still too much. Really. O.o
Insane. Clearly insane.
Unfortunately, I have obviously gone insane as well. It sure looks longer.... NO! It's just a DELUSION!
@gmwhit: It's nice to know that's an option, but I only got a quarter of the way down the page before I felt an uncontrollable urge to click.
@rprebel: Oh....so very sorry. Premature pagination seems to be your problem. Might I suggest thinking of baseball stats? Perhaps, imaging other less exciting pages. Check out K-Mart's web site. Better yet - The People of Walmart. That one should fix any excitement.
Pages used to be 15 deals in length; at the moment, they're 30 deals long.
Now if we can just get a "jump to __" button, so we don't have to scrollscrollscroll to get back to last Monday's page. (Having to scroll only half as much doesn't really solve that particular problem.)
@gmwhit: Went to People of WalMart. Now I don't want to click anything.
@magic cave: In lieu of a ''Jump to' to button, you could try inserting the page number you want to see in the url.
http://deals.woot.com/deals/fresh/ mostrecent?page=2
Place a 3 or 6 or whatever where the 2 is shown above. Note: This example is the Fresh tab. It should work on all the tabs. I think you have to be on page 2 to do that.
@rprebel: I understand. It is a very bad side effect. Sobering, too. And scary. And a lot of other adjectives.
@gmwhit: And I keep expecting to see myself there!
@belyndag: Riiiiiight ....Someone who's been mistaken for Princess Di? Nope. Unless the photo was for that reason. Please do me a favor, though....if you sink to the really awful, disgusting Walmart people photos...Can I have your Mark Harmon husband? ;-)
@gmwhit: You notice page length? I thought width was the new length....hence all of the widescreen stuff.
@gmwhit: LOL! I said that was a loooooooong time ago! Di passed away before she could get old and fat (as if she ever would!).
As far as DH, there are days that I would cheerfully box him up and send him off as part of a BOC! I would regret it eventually, but still.......
Note: He's reading this over my shoulder.
@jsimsace: Ahhhhhh. Width is good, too. Though, the deals pages haven't changed in that particular area. They're more than adequate for me. True. Trust me.
Note: The Widescreen phenomena might just be to accommodate those people on Walmart. :-\
An aside: Loved Redd Foxx - saw him in person in Las Vegas. Funny, funny man. While he was doing his dialogue, he was drinking what looked like a bourbon/rocks. Finished the drink. Held the glass w/ice by his crotch, tipped it down and said, "Eskimo taking a leak." (I know, I know, it's sounds very tame. Hysterical at the time. Maybe I'm easily amused?)
@belyndag: Makes mental note to request a BOC from belyndag when offered. :-D
I'm going to assume it's because most people just look at the first page then go somewhere else.
So...this discussion on the new enhanced length of deals pages reminds me of a Mick Jagger song. Not sure why. Couldn't be the lyrics. Maybe I like him? ;-)
Apologies to @oakham. I seem to have gone somewhere OT. And, at great lengths.
@iggz: I do believe you're right! Short attention span. Impatience, whatever. And now, maybe we should just consider it a longer than usual one page stand.
100% moar deals
Those two things are not mutually exclusive.
@gmwhit: never apologize for that. I love a wandering, off-topic discussion. :)
Agreed. Definitely longer.
@jsimsace: Ohay, that link only having monaural sound confused me sooo much.
"Am I losing my mind or did the pages on deals.woot get longer?"
Which one of those questions do you want me to answer? ;-P
Looks like somebody fat-fingered the page-length code.
(I just noticed this)
I like it, I like it, yes, sir!
I thought girth was more important.


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With hot, humid July weather this week and Independence Day weekend just around the corner, beach season is in full swing. The SouthCoast is blessed with abundant coastline — both along the ocean and the bays. But Swansea's Town Beach, which for years was a prime draw for both residents and visitors, has seen better days. Next month, the public is expected to get its first glimpse of plans to make this diamond in the rough shine again.
The Waterfront Revitalization Committee will be unveiling designs by Stephen Kelleher Architects to construct a pavilion, concessions, boardwalk, fishing pier, playground and new traffic layout at the underused beach. The architect, hired with a $100,000 allocation approved by Town Meeting voters in 2012, is known locally for its design of the impressive pavilion at Horseneck State Beach in Westport.
The old Bluffs building there housed the town's senior/community center before that was moved in 2009 to a new location. Electrical, plumbing and structural problems took their toll on the old building that housed so many fond memories. Since then, the Bluffs building has been boarded up and decaying. That has made it a target for vandals, which has made the beach area less inviting.
The Bluffs was once a hub of activity for Swanseans of all ages, with roller skating, ballroom dancing, bowling and community events. In fact, summers in Ocean Grove were once a big draw for people looking to escape the heat from the inland cities of Massachusetts and Rhode Island.
But, alas, times have changed and people these days tend to get in the car and drive to larger ocean beaches instead of enjoying the swimming spots we have nearby. It is up to the town to decide whether the waterfront redesign is a worthy public investment.
Plans to revamp the beach and the Bluffs have been a vision for the town since at least 2000, but a town financial crisis sunk those plans. Now, with the town in much better fiscal condition and the new architectural plans drawn up, the committee is seeking public input to perfect the plans this year. Voters will have the final say on what becomes of their beach and the Bluffs later this year or in the spring of 2015.
Living in an area with such natural beauty, sometimes it's easy to forget about the great assets we have here in our own backyard. Folks often complain that there aren't enough inexpensive activities for kids and families in the area, but we do have resources like the Swansea Town Beach that are not being utilized nearly as much as they could be and should be. Let's hope Swansea takes advantage of this opportunity to enhance this great community resource.
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Why don't ext2/3/4 need to be defragmented? Is there no fragmentation at all?
Modern filesystems, particularly those designed to be efficient in multi-user and/or multi-tasking use cases, do a good fairly job of not fragmenting data until filesystems become near to full (there is no exact figure for where the "near to full" mark is as it depends on how large the filesystem is, the distribution of file sizes and what your access patterns are - figures between 85% and 95% are commonly quoted) or the pattern of file creations and writes is unusual or the filesystem is very old so has seen a lot of "action". This includes ext2/3/4, reiser, btrfs, NTFS, ZFS, and others.
There is currently no kernel-/filesystem- level way to defragment ext3 or 4 at the moment (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3#Defragmentation for a little more info) though ext4 is planned to soon gain online defragmentation.
There are user-land tools (such as http://vleu.net/shake/ and others listed in that wikipedia article) that try defragment individual files or sets of files by copying/rewriting them - if there is a large enough block of free space this generally results in the file being given a contiguous block. This in no way guarantees files are near each other though so if you run shake over a pair of large files you migth find is results in the two files being defragmented themselves but not anywhere near each other on the disk. In a multi-user filesystem the locality of files to each other isn't often important (it is certainly less important then fragmentation of the files themselves) as the drive heads are flipping all over the place to serve different user's needs anyway and this drowns out the latency bonus that locality of reference between otherwise unfragmented files would give but on a mostly single user system it can give measurable benefits.
If you have a filesystem that has become badly fragmented over time and currently has a fair amount of free space then running something like
For small amounts of fragmentation, just don't worry about it. I know people who spend more time sat watching defragmentation progress bars than they'll ever save (due to more efficient disk access) in several lifetimes of normal operation!
There is not much fragmentation as long as the disk isn't filled too much (so don't fill a disk up too much if you can avoid it).


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Our largest rag doll pattern, Annie's Winter Fun features a 22" rag doll who is dressed for a day of sledding & holding a cute muslin snowman. Featuring lots of buttons, a painted face & popcorn yarn hair, here's a rag doll that will chase away the winter blues. Annie's ready for all sorts of winter fun & makes a very special collectible. Pattern includes easy-to-follow directions. Designed by Mary Kerr
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Shake Shack Will Open in Las Vegas
It won't be long now before Danny Meyer's place takes on In-N-Out on its home turf.
It won't be long now before Danny Meyer's place takes on In-N-Out on its home turf.
The company must need a place to squeeze dollars out of the rejects at Hyde.
Don't be surprised if he never returns to L.A.
The Hollywood haunt for lovers of big breakfasts will surely ensnare Sin City's hungover legions.
Of course, in a slice of typical Vegas excess, the property already has a Puck-branded pizzeria.
The newly single stars may have been celebrating Critic's Choice awards or getting cozy.
The restaurant comes from owners of Ginseng and Kimchi on the Vegas Strip.
$99 will include a meal and the first of many drinks.
The classiest rotten-caviar dinner money can buy.
The location veers away from the city's tourist epicenter, but should appeal to L.A.'s more label-conscious elite.
Call us nuts, but we actually wanted to visit.
The Asian-influenced burger joint comes from a former Roy's chef and has been repeatedly praised by Vegas critics.
Then head up to your hotel room for a Grand Slam.
Our mortal minds can hardly comprehend this $17 million, 25,000-square-foot dining option.
The iconic Southern California chain will also open in Dubai and Las Vegas this year to counter stagnant growth.
Gordon Ramsay Pub & Grill will replace Bradley Ogden at Caesar's Palace.
Get a load of what Jordan Kahn and David Myers are cooking at this Asian street food-inspired festival.
If we'd lived in In-N-Out's shadow for 60 years, we'd take to drinking too.
Somehow the communal drink was not as popular as the chef's croquetas served in a running shoe.
The 327-seat restaurant is coming to the chef's Las Vegas hotel project, with Nobu breakfast menus for room service.


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Microplane Grate-N-Shake for $1.98
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Nice deal, regularly $9.98.
it's like a PedEgg for your food!
cool little item though. i wonder if my local store has the same price..
@smtatertot13: I just got a really bad taste in my mouth after thinking about using the PedEgg naturally and sprinkling that on food. Inception?
$4 for shipping to jersey plus tax :(


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The Washington Nationals Dream Foundation partnered with Anacostia Riverkeeper and Rebuilding Together DC for the fourth annual Green Up Day on Friday, August 17. The groups solicited 95 volunteers from local businesses, the military and community groups in the Nationals Park neighborhood and beyond. The mission: to rebuild natural barriers around lily ponds at Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens, remove invasive plant species and prepare the area for new plantings that will prevent future erosion.
The Gardens are an important part of DC's ecosystem. Part of the only remaining tidal marsh in Washington, D.C., the Kenilworth Aquatic Gardens serve as the flood plain for the area and its ponds preserve rare water lilies and lotuses and provide crucial habitat for plants, fish, birds mammals and reptiles.
Volunteers designated as members of "log crews" donned hip waders to install twenty 10' X 16" diameter coconut fiber Coir erosion control logs in two ponds, and pounded in 120 oak stakes to secure a total of 200 linear feet of logs. Other volunteers shoveled soil into wheelbarrows and transported it along the edges of the ponds where it backfilled the gap between the logs and existing shoreline, and was then tamped into place. A total of 51 cubic yards of soil was installed and compacted over an expanse of 145 linear feet correcting the erosion and extending the banks of the ponds 2 to 4 feet – a massive achievement. Another group of volunteers removed 15.5 cubic yards of Purple Loosestrife, an invasive plant species, from the work area.
Presenting sponsor Waste Management handled the pick-up and disposal of all debris using their Bagster® collection bags, and provided Green Up Day t-shirts for all volunteers. Hard Times Cafe generously donated lunch to all volunteers at Nationals Park immediately following the completion of the work.
The largest volunteer groups were: Alion Science and Technology; U.S. Coast Guard; U.S. Air Force; and Washington Nationals front office staff. Additionally, many individuals volunteered in response to Facebook and Twitter outreach by Anacostia Riverkeeper, Rebuilding Together DC and the Dream Foundation.
Congratulations to all for a memorable and effective Green Up Day 2012!
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Who can purchase wholesale?Only qualified retail operations may request a wholesale account. This may be either a 'brick & mortar' store, an internet based store or both; but the wholesale account must be purchasing the products with the intent to re-sell in a market place.
What proof do you require that I'm a store?We reserve the right, before your first order is filled, to request qualifying credentials. This is to insure that only true retail shops are purchasing these products at wholesale prices and that terms should be extended on future orders. These credentials may include one or more of the following: Copy of letterhead, newsletter or brochure from your shop; a copy of an invoice from another supplier, list of credit or bank references; personal phone call.