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Ricky Wayne and Jennifer Kaitlin Cox of Pendleton announce the birth of their daughter, Alyssa Grace Cox.
She was born Sept. 9, 20101, at Baptist Hospital Northeast. She weighed 8 pounds 15 ounces and measured 21 inches.
Alyssa has two brothers, Jackson, 7, and Eric, 4.
Maternal grandparents are Cheryl Gaber of Crestwood and Bruce Monroe of Pendleton.
Russ and Amy Lucas of Lexington announce the birth of their daughter, Mara Bell Catherine Lucas.
She was born Sept. 17, 2010, at St. Joseph East Hospital in Lexington.
She weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces and measured 20 inches.
She has two siblings, Asher, 4 and Aliza, 2.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church will host potluck suppers and services during the Advent season at 6 p.m. Dec. 8 and 15.
Dinner begins at 6 p.m. and services begin at 7. The church will also host a gala service at 7 p.m. Dec. 24.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is located at 2416 S. Ky. 53, La Grange.
St. Francis in the Fields Episcopal Church recently announced upcoming events.
At 10:15 a.m. Sunday in Graves Hall, the church will host a presentation on preparing yourself and your family for Christmas.
The presentation will be offered by Katherine Doyle, seminarian intern. At 5 p.m. Sunday is "Evensong" in the sanctuary.
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But it's procrastination, delaying the inevitable, which is telling you all that I'm leaving this newspaper, just one week from today.
The Oldham Chamber & Economic Development office and the Prospect Chamber are partnering to host the 2011 Holiday Reception for Chamber members.
The event is designed to kickoff the holiday season and for participants to network with business leaders from across the
NOHS student named a semi-finalist in national scholarship program
Despite a court ruling declaring a proposed Crestwood subdivision void and illegal, construction continues.
Neighboring residents have filed another complaint alleging continuing activity on the roads designated for the subdivision and for the fifth time in about as many years, the development plan is headed back to planning and zoning.
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David Loses His Shit on Justice League: Cry For Justice #7
Posted by: David Uzumeri on March 3, 2010
Categories: Reviews
Tags: David, Gay For Justice
[This is a reconstructed post from Google Cache; originally posted by David!]
"Cry for Justice is a singular work," said James Robinson in the backup prose section of the sixth issue. I can only hope this will forever be the case.
This series has been getting negative reviews from the beginning, for a bunch of reasons – stiff art, stiff dialogue, a somewhat cliched premise – all of which made for a fairly silly comic that could be accurately titled Hal Jordan and Oliver Queen's Act Like Jack Bauer Day. Still, it was buoyed by Robinson's enthusiasm for its self-aware campiness, and while it wasn't anything I'd call high art it was at least entertaining.
And then, the conclusion came out this morning. SPOILERS behind the jump.
From a pure technical standpoint, there's a lot wrong with "Cry for Justice" #7. It's got three inconsistent artists – up and coming DC/Marvel artist Ibraim Roberson (who's got the Second Coming issues of "New Mutants" coming up), regular miniseries artist/painter Mauro Cascioli and the rather awful Scott Clark, who combines an incongruous chickenscratch style alongside a complete inability to write a comprehensible double-page spread (check out these pages from the preview to see an example). And on top of that, a character says "we're loosing" instead of "we're losing," once again demonstrating DC's mystifying inability to properly spell-, grammar- and logic-check a title's lettering. Or at least, if they do, I'd hate to see the first pass before their corrections.
The real problem here, though, is a story. This continues the Identity Crisis paradigm of cheerfully sacrificing civilians and supporting characters on the pyre of cheap, maudlin drama. For those of you who haven't read this comic, and I don't blame you: the villain Prometheus, from Grant Morrison's JLA run, has basically tricked Ira "I.Q." Quimby into building a machine that'll ostensibly transport the area around it (in Prometheus's design, a city) to an unknown location in spacetime. His big master plan is that he's going to send all the heroes' cities to these unknown locations, and therefore TORTURE THEIR SOULS by forcing them to forever comb space and time for their loved ones! MUA HA HA! This was revealed around issue #6, and while it's still throwing civilians onto the sacrificial pyre, it's at least comic book supervillain ridiculous rather than real world mass murderer ridiculous, and it leaves the option open for them to come back.
And then I read #7.
You see, the device malfunctions, and a few panels later we end up with people carrying Lian Harper – the, like, eight-year-old, adorable daughter of Red Arrow/Arsenal -'s bloody corpse out of the ruins of Ollie's house. We end up with tons of panels of people carrying bloody bodies out of wreckage, and once again a cityload of civilians are mercilessly slaughtered just to send two characters down the tired, boring, cliched THEY'RE TURNING INTO DARK KILLERS path.
Robinson then goes on to render the heroes in this story completely ineffectual, if not downright accomplices to Prometheus, by having them completely give in and let Prometheus go in exchange for not blowing up the similar devices he has in every other city. This allows Prometheus to… I don't know what, make a point that the Justice League won't sacrifice people over a grudge? They don't foil him, they aren't useful in any way, they're just a reason for Prometheus to commit an epic case of domestic terrorism.
In the end, the only person who does anything proactive is Green Arrow, who, in the last few pages, just straight-up murders Prometheus in his Phantom Zone crib. FOR JUSTICE. (Which he says, after shooting an arrow through his head.)
Now, I don't know whether to throw all the blame on James Robinson for this. It was long ago referenced that the book would have a shocking ending, one suggested by Dan DiDio and Eddie Berganza. But the fact remains that this comic destroyed a city, cynically slaughtered a young girl, maimed a hero and ruined the moral track record of another just to… I don't know, to turn Ollie back into the ruthless street vigilante of the Mike Grell run, maybe? To break up the "Arrow Family"? To… God, I don't know.
I guess all of this comes back to a question: why does THIS bother me? I didn't really have a problem with the mass murder in Siege, or in Civil War, or with Superboy-Prime ripping peoples' arms off, or the Sentry opening Ares up like a kid with no hand-eye coordination getting frustrated with a pinata. Those were casualties in stories that could only be told in a superhero universe; they were instigating elements, not finales, and the heroes had some sort of win at the end.
Cry for Justice, though? It's just a really shitty season of 24. Let me rephrase the entire series' plot this way:
Some terrorist makes a call to the President, saying he's going to blow up six different cities. One blows up in the first two-hour premiere episode, just to make his point that the bombs are real. The President calls on CTU to save America – but it turns out the terrorist has actually already infiltrated that organization! When he's finally found out, he says he'll give them the deactivation codes for the other bombs if they let him go, which they do. Then, in the last episode, Jack finds him at his house and shoots him in the head.
Does that sound like a superhero comic you want to read?
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By and large it hasn't deserved anywhere near the universal slagging it's got. I mean, "worse than Extreme Justice"? In a tramp's eye. Go actually read Extreme Justice sometime, assuming you don't cut your eyes on the jagged, tooth-baring NINETIES!!!! artwork.
That said, it is disappointing, especially for a James Robinson fan. The ingredients are there, but it definitely feels like it needed to go through a few more drafts. It's over-baked, and some of the dialogue is painful – Supergirl's speech in, what was it, #3? James Robinson, you know better than that. I keep myself sane by assuming that it's actually first-draft placeholder dialogue, there to be replaced with something a human being could actually bring themselves to say come the second draft.
And yet it beats the likes of "I'M BACK! I'M MAD! AND I'M COMING FOR…YOU!" in Extreme Justice, because it was clearly deliberate, and assumed to be cool.
Then again, some of it's great. I liked "good times, bad times, all the time". Cry For Justice has plenty of flaws, but getting the relationship between Ollie and Hal right isn't one of them.
Also, there's no team. Just Ollie and Hal and some tagalongs, plus Bill and Blue mostly in their own subplot. The structure, as has been pointed out, is all over the place.
But yeah, it's never really been historically bad. At worst it's a missed opportunity. And #7 is where the wheels have come right off.
Being British I haven't recieved #7 yet but I have read it and it's a mess. The plot falls apart spectacularly. I get the general idea of Prometheus essentially winning, with the League forced to let him go rather than risk losing the cities, but surely they could have managed that without the destruction of Star City, the mass carnage, the fucking killing-off of a blameless eight year old child? That tips the balance too far. If the city had vanished, and could be recovered, fine. Let him go, take the lose, the series is thematically intact, almost. But this?
Then there's the problem of having three artists, whose styles fail to mesh (perhaps surprisingly, considering Scott Clark's decent impression of Mauro Cascioli earlier on). There's no obvious througline to the narrative and seriously REFRIGERATING THE KID? What on earth were they thinking?
Spending seven issues making Prometheus a badass again, then killing him on the last page, gets points for audacity, but they'll regret that. For the five minutes it'll take them to resurrect him.
It's a real shame, because like I said, the ingredients are there, and James Robinson is a good enough writer to make it work…usually. But sadly the first six issues were flawed and the seventh is a disaster. Poor old James Robinson going the way of Jeph Loeb. Who even remembers Loeb's good work anymore?
Of course – and this probably won't be a widespread opinion, but it's true – Cry For Justice is nowhere near as bad as Ultimatum.
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GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Less than two years after opening The Local Epicurean in Eastown, the owners of the organic pasta company have moved into larger quarters in downtown's historic Harris Building.
"Pasta needs lots of room to dry and we wanted something long and narrow to showcase it," said co-owner Ryan Raredon, standing in the 4,000-square-foot storefront at 111 S. Division Ave.
While half of their new store is filled with pasta tables, drying racks and fans, the other half gives Raredon and co-owner Steve Boyer enough room to teach pasta making and stock their shelves with their 125 different varieties of pasta.
They also have enough coolers for their dozens of hand-churned butters, organic pasta sauces, Italian cheeses, homemade soups, finishing salts and "rare finds" such as Italian summer truffles and wild boar prosciutto.
The Local Epicurean also makes custom-order pastas, gluten-free pastas and "Critter Chips," pasta made for your pet.
Raredon said they have grown their pasta business by selling at farmers markets throughout the Lower Peninsula, at independent grocers, health food stores and recently, in a new Whole Foods store in Troy that is sampling Michigan products.
They also have an online store "just like Amazon," says Raredon. "In fact, you can find us on Amazon."
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Boyer said he's optimistic about their new location even though they're the only gourmet food shop on South Division Avenue.
"You have to keep in mind that much like our store on Wealthy Street, we're a destination store," Boyer said. "Our customers seek us out."
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AURORA, Co. (Indiana's NewsCenter) - James Holmes had his initial court hearing Monday morning, accused of killing 12 and injuring 58 others during a midnight showing of the new Batman movie The Dark Knight Rises in Aurora, Colorado.
Authorities have disclosed that he is refusing to cooperate and that it could take months to learn what prompted the mass shooting.
Aurora Police say Holmes, 24, entered a screening room at the Century 16 movie plex movie theater late Thursday night and set off a smoke bomb and opened fire on the crowd of moviegoers with several weapons.
Dozens of calls to 911 sent police rushing to the scene - a Century 16 movie plex - where police apprehended Holmes in the parking lot.
Police say Holmes acted alone, though earlier reports from movie goers reported that a second gunman was involved.
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Montreal Impact 3, Colorado Rapids 4
Tony Cascio scored in stoppage time and the Colorado Rapids rallied for a 4-3 victory over Montreal on Saturday night, handing the Impact their first home loss of the season.
Deshorn Brown had tied the score in the 77th minute, and Atiba Harris and Dillon Powers also scored for the Rapids (6-7-5). Colorado ended a three-game losing streak and had their its highest scoring output of the season.
Daniele Paponi had his first two MLS goals, and Hassoun Camara also scored for Estern Conference-leading Montreal (9-4-2), which dropped to 6-1-1 at home.
On the winning goal, the Rapids were on a counterattack when Cascio picked up a loose ball and saw his shot go off midfielder Patrice Bernier and past goalie Troy Perkins into the net.
The Impact showed some rust early on in their first action in 10 days, but the game picked up pace as they went on full attack in the final minutes.
The Rapids played defensively to start, slowing play whenever possible, and got the opening goal off a free kick in the 24th minute.
Harris stayed at the edge of the crowd in front of Perkins and headed Powers' kick inside the far post for his team-leading fifth goal of the season.
Camara tied it in the 38th minute while on his back, as Andrea Pisanu's corner kick ping-ponged inside the Colorado box and the Montreal fullback got a foot on it with a semi-bicycle kick and it went in.
Edson Buddle tipped a pass from Harris off the crossbar when Marco Di Vaio run up the middle on a counter-attack and fed Paponi at the edge of the penalty area. The Italian cut inside and bent a shot inside the post in the 42nd for his first MLS goal.
The Impact defense was caught standing around as Powers took a pass from Nathan Sturgis and slid it in along the ground in the 59th.
Davy Arnaud, returning from missing nine games with a concussion, hustled to keep Felipe Martins' pass from crossing the end line and chipped it in front for Paponi to push past Clint Irwin in the 73rd to give Montreal a 3-2 lead.
But Brown tied it four minutes later as ran straight up the middle to fire Sturgis' pass behind Perkins.
San Jose Earthquakes 3, LA Galaxy 2
Shea Salinas and Alan Gordon scored in second-half stoppage time to give the short-handed San Jose Earthquakes a 3-2 victory against the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday night.
Salinas knocked in a loose rebound in the 92nd minute and Gordon scored on a header a minute later to give San Jose (5-7-6) a second comeback victory in two seasons against the Galaxy at Stanford. The Earthquakes came from two goals down to beat LA 4-3 last June 30.
Marcelo Sarvas scored in the 20th minute and Hector Jimenez in the 65th for Los Angeles (7-7-3).
Gordon scored his first goal of the season in the 68th minute to pull San Jose to 2-1. The Earthquakes' chances looked dire after defender Victor Bernardez saw two yellow cards in the space of eight minutes and was sent off in the 77th minute, leaving San Jose down to 10 players.
On the tying goal, Salinas pounced on a free ball after Galaxy goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini was unable to corral a deflected flick header from San Jose rookie Adam Jahn.
Gordon got the game-winner moments later off a chipped cross from just inside Los Angeles' penalty area by San Jose midfielder Sam Cronin.
Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane assisted on both goals for the Galaxy, but L.A. was left to deal with failed opportunities after Bernardez's ejection, especially an 88th-minute save by Busch on Jimenez.
A prone Cudicini blocked a 50th-minute rebound shot from 8 yards by San Jose midfielder Marvin Chavez. The veteran keeper, who joined LA this year, was unable to come up with the critical saves in the dying minutes, however.
Sporting KC, 3 Columbus Crew 2
Kei Kamara scored two goals, including the game-winner in the 80th minute, to lead Sporting Kansas City to a 3-2 victory over the Columbus Crew on Saturday night.
Claudio Bieler also scored and had the assist on Kamara's second goal for Sporting (7-5-5), which snapped a four-match winless streak and moved into a second-place tie with Philadelphia in the Eastern Conference.
Jairo Arietta and Dominic Oduro scored for Columbus (5-7-5), which has lost three of its last four.
Sporting led 1-0 at the half on Kamara's 34th-minute goal, but a wild flurry in the first eight minutes of the second half saw Columbus tie the score at 2-all.
Arietta scored in the 40th minute to make it 1-1, Bieler put Sporting back up 2-1 in the 50th, and Oduro answered in the 53rd for the Crew after a bad back pass from Sporting defender Seth Sinovic.
Kamara's game-winning goal came after Kevin Ellis - who made his MLS debut for Sporting - sent a long ball into the penalty area. The ball deflected to Bieler, who headed it to Sapong for the close-range shot.
Philadelphia Union 2, FC Dallas 2
Blas Perez scored late in stoppage time to lift FC Dallas to a 2-2 draw against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.
Walker Zimmerman also scored as FC Dallas (8-3-6) picked up its second consecutive draw pulled into a first-place tie with Real Salt Lake and Portland atop the Western Conference.
Aaron Wheeler had put the Union ahead in the 87th minute. He was inserted as a substitute just 8 minutes earlier and got his first career goal. Amobi Okugo also scored for the Union (7-5-5) while Sheanon Williams added two assists.
The Union extended their unbeaten streak to 2-0-2, narrowly missing a chance to tie a franchise mark with a third consecutive victory.
FC Dallas went down a man in the 68th minute when Je-Vaughn Watson picked up his second yellow card and was ejected.
D.C. United 0, Vancouver Whitecaps 1
Camilo Sanvezzo scored his ninth goal of the season on a penalty kick in the second half, lifting the Vancouver Whitecaps to a 1-0 victory over D.C. United on Saturday night.
The Whitecaps' defense preserved just their second league shutout of the season in the victory, and their first since a 1-0 home victory against Toronto F.C. in the season opener on March 2.
Vancouver (7-5-4) has won three straight behind Sanvezzo, who has scored six goals in its last four league matches.
United (2-12-3) was shut out for the 10th time this season and resumed its losing form after snapping a club-record 13-match winless run with a 1-0 home win over San Jose last weekend.
Sanvezzo's goal came after Matt Watson got free on the left sideand drew the penalty after colliding with D.C. goalkeeper Bill Hamid, who was trying to poke the ball away with an outstretched arm.
Replays showed that Hamid did touch the ball, but that he also crashed into Watson's legs afterward.
Sanvezzo blasted the resulting penalty kick straight down the middle and past Hamid, who guessed to his left.
Hamid made a pair of saves in the 64th minute to prevent Vancouver from doubling its lead, denying efforts from near the edge of the penalty from Jordan Harvey and then Russell Tiebert.
Dwayne De Rosario nearly scored for D.C. in the second minute when he volleyed a corner kick just wide of the right post. United then had a pair of chances five minutes later, when Brad Knighton saved Kyle Porter's close-range shot from the left and his defense deflected De Rosario's rebound effort over for a corner.
Vancouver's best chance of the half came in the 12th minute, when Teibert's low, close-range strike from the left rattled the near post.
Chivas USA 1, NE Revolution 0
Chad Barrett scored in the 88th minute to lift the New England Revolution to a 1-1 draw with Chivas USA on Saturday night.
New England (5-5-6) pressured and got its equalizer just two minutes from the end as Barrett, who used to play his home games here with the Los Angeles Galaxy, was on the end of a cross from Diego Fagundez. The ball deflected off Barrett and defender Carlos Borja and crossed the goal line before it was cleared off as assistant referee Jeff Hosking signaled for a goal.
Laurent Courtois opened the scoring for Chivas (3-10-3) in the 18th minute. Tristan Bowen settled a ball just inside the penalty area and fed Courtois, who quickly fired a left-footed shot that appeared to deflect off Revolution defender Chris Tierney and over goalkeeper Bobby Shuttleworth.
Barrett's late goal extended Chivas' winless skid to 11 matches.


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An Oswego County man was injured in a deadly vintage snowmobile race Saturday at the Gouverneur-St. Lawrence County Fairgrounds, Gouverneur village police said.
John A. Altman III, 47, of Route 104, Scriba, was competing on a half-mile oval track next to the grandstand about 3:15 p.m. when he collided with another snowmobiler who had crashed, police said. Donald Theriault, 53, of Fraserville, Ontario, Canada, entered the inside curve of the track at a high rate of speed and struck a small bale of hay, according to a police report. Theriault was thrown from his machine into a larger bale of hay used as a barrier on the outside of the track, police reported. Altman, who was traveling behind Theriault, also was thrown from his sled, police said.
Theriault was pronounced dead at 4:17 p.m. Saturday at E.J. Noble Hospital.
Altman's parents, Dora and John Altman Jr., of Volney, said Altman suffered a hairline wrist fracture and bruises on his face. He was released from the hospital this evening, a hospital administrator said.
"He said he hurts all over," she said.
Altman, who began riding as child and racing the last several years, reassured his mother this would be his last race, Dora Altman said.
"He said he's going to take up ice fishing," she said. "I don't know if he meant it, but I hope he did."
News organizations covering the vintage snowmobile races Saturday reported this was the first time the high-speed snowmobile races had been held at the fairgrounds in Gouverneur.


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Judo program for all ages is from 6 to 8 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays. Taught by Harold Yamada. The cost is $30 per month. Call 232-4548 to register.
Late Night for grades six through 12 is from 7 to 11 p.m. every Saturday. Come by for basketball, movies, video games, music and pizza. The cost is $3.
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The following are programs run by the Parks & Recreation Department. For locations, go to www.miparks.net or call 236-3545.
League gymnastics is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Wednesdays, to Aug. 24, at the Mercer Island High School gymnastics room. Instructed by Cascade Elite Gymnastics. The cost is $375.
Weight Loss With Hypnosis is from 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, May 19 to June 2, at the Boys & Girls Club. The instructor is Robert Felix. The cost is $81.
Pilates Level 1 is from 9:45 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays, May 25 to June 22, at the Boys & Girls Club; Level 2 is from 10:45 to 11:30 a.m. The cost is $62.
All Island Garage Sale is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, May 21, at the North Mercer gym.
All support groups, with the exception of the stroke group, meet at the Mercer Island Library. For locations or more information, check www.miparks.net or call 236-3545.
Defensive Driving is from noon to 4 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at the north fire station.
Grief and Loss Support Group is from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12, at Mercer Island Library.
Free Health Screening for Seniors is from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14, at Mercer Island Senior Health Center, 7707 S.E. 27th St.
Eastside Stroke Group is from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Monday, May 16, at St. Andrews Lutheran Church, Bellevue.
Parkinson Support Group is from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 17, at Mercer Island Library.
Solemates will walk from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, May 18. The cost is $2. Meet at Luther Burbank Park main parking lot.
Crafts On Your Own for seniors is from 9:30 a.m. to noon, Tuesdays, at Covenant Shores lodge. Bring your favorite craft hobby and meet new friends. The cost is $3.50.
Unless noted, all events take place at the Stroum Jewish Community Center, 3801 E. Mercer Way. For more information, call 232-7115.
Can Eight-a-Day Keep Cancer Away? The latest science on water and health, is from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Thursday, May 12. Dr. Susan Kleiner will be the speaker. For more information and to R.S.V.P. call Karla Anderson at the JCC ext. 272 or e-mail firstname.lastname@example.com.
Photography Art Shows: ``Traveling Man'' photography art show by Leonard DeFranchesco runs through May 12. Contact Shlomit Weil-Piechenick, curator, at 425-417-7609 for more information.
Social Singles Dance 45+ is at 8 p.m. Saturday, May 14, in the JCC auditorium. The cost is $25 at the door. Dance under the mirror ball to the DJ music or Paul Thompson, ``Hits to Go'' from Big Band to music from the 50's, 60's and 70's. E-mail firstname.lastname@example.com to be placed on the mailing list. Send check payable to JCC to 3801 E. Mercer Way, Mercer Island, WA 98040. Attention: Spring Dance.
The Mercer Island Visual Art League's Spring Arts Show will be held through Monday, May 16, at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 8501 S.E. 40th St. There are 30 MIVAL artists in the show.
The Chamber Art Gallery's one-woman show with Genny Rees, ``Master of Flowers,'' will run through June. The gallery is at the Mercer Island Chamber of Commerce, 7612 S.E. 27th St. Call 232-3404 for information.
Mercer Island Presbyterian Church: Adult ministries classes continue: Monday Mornings Bible Study for Women is from 10 to 11:30 a.m. in the Fireside Room, studying the lectionary passage to be preached on the following Sunday. Vacation Bible School ``Shouting in the Hush Arbor'' is from 1 to 3:15 p.m., July 11 to July 15th. Young mothers are welcome to our Moms & Tots, from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Friday mornings. This is a program with fellowship, Bible study and education. Childcare is provided. The church is at 3605 84th Ave. S.E.
Congregational Church of Mercer Island: The Luncheon and Vintage Fashion Show is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14. The cost is $12 per person. Call the church at 232-7800 for tickets. Yard cleanup work party is from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 14. Men's breakfast is at 7:30 a.m. Saturday, May 14. Luncheon and fashion show sponsored by the Goodwill and Fellowship Committee is from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday, May 14. Senior brunch is Sunday, May 15, after worship. Weavers Women's Group meets from 9 to 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, in the sanctuary. Barbara Miller, singer, and Beth Kirchhoff, accompanist, will give a recital at 4 p.m. Sunday, May 15, in the church sanctuary. The church is at 4545 Island Crest Way.
Mercer Island Covenant Church: All are welcome at 5:30 p.m. each Wednesday for community dinner. The cost is $3 per person. Childcare is available. Vacation Bible Camp is from Monday, July 25, to Friday, July 29. The theme is ``Serengeti Trek.'' Registration begins Sunday, May 29. The camp is open to all children from kindergarten through sixth grades. The church is at 3200 78th Ave. S.E.
Emmanuel Episcopal Church: Sunday services are at 8 a.m. (Rite I) and 10 a.m. (Rite II.) Children's music program and adult education are at 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to join our ``Layweeders'' in the Emmanuel gardens from 10 a.m. to noon every Monday. Come prepared to weed, prune and chat! The old office building will be remodeled into the Phil Lorenzen Teen Center. Usable furniture and appliances are solicited. Call Patricia at the church office if you have a donation. For information on church programs call 232-1572 or e-mail the church at email@example.com. The church is at S.E. 44th Street and 86th Avenue S.E.
Herzl-Ner Tamid Conservative Congregation: ``Men cooking for Shabbat'' will be from 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesdays in the HNT kitchen. Materials fee is $65. For more information, contact Herzl-Ner Tamid at 232-8555. The synagogue is at 3700 East Mercer Way.
Christian Science Church: The Christian Science Reading Room is temporarily located at the Christian Science Church at Island Crest Way and S.E. 47th Street. The room is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Mondays, at 11 a.m. Sundays, and at 8 p.m. Wednesdays. Call 232-0175 for more information, or e-mail email@example.com.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church: Worship services are held Sunday at 8 a.m. in the chapel and at 10:15 a.m. in the sanctuary, with Holy Communion at both services. Wednesday night family night starts with dinner at 5:45 p.m., worship at 6:30 p.m. Childcare is provided. Senior Lunch Bunch meets at noon Thursday, May 18, with a program relating to identity theft. A confirmation retreat will be held for all sixth, seventh and eighth graders from 6 p.m. Friday, May 13, to 9 a.m. Saturday, May 14. Knitters/Crocheters meet at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 22, in the atrium. The church is at 8501 S.E. 40th St. It is open Monday through Friday until 5 p.m.
Mercer Island United Methodist Church: Men's fellowship and prayer meetings are at 9:30 a.m. and women's fellowship and prayers are at 10 a.m., both every Tuesday. The church is at 7070 S.E. 24th St. Call 232-3044 for more information.
Congregation Shevet Achim: For more information or for Shabbat dinner reservations, call 275-1539, or visit the Web site at www.shevetachim.com. Congregation Shevet Achim is at 5017 90th Ave. S.E. in Northwest Yeshiva High School.
St. Monica Catholic Church: Day of Reconciliation is from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at St. Monica's school library. Lunch will be provided. Call 232-9829. St. Monica Youth All Island Dance is from 7 to 10 p.m. Friday, May 20.
Redeemer Lutheran Church: The church is at 6001 Island Crest Way. For information call Pastor Bill at 232-1711 or go to www.RedeemerLutheranChurch.
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Brooke Museum to host Civil War exhibit
WELLSBURG – These days, Americans are divided on many issues, but the United States has never been as divided as it was during the Civil War, which saw states locked in combat with other states and the population of Virginia torn by its secession from the Union.
The formation of West Virginia from that conflict will be the focus of a traveling exhibit coming to the Brooke County Museum and Cultural Center at 704 Charles St.
Created by the West Virginia Humanities Council and entitled "Born of Rebellion: West Virginia Statehood", the exhibit will open Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Ruby Greathouse, museum board member and unofficial curator, said the museum will have special hours to allow many to view it. In addition to Sunday, it will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday during the next two weeks; from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 10; and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Nov. 11, the last day for the exhibit.
Created by graphic arts students at West Virginia University, it was funded by Columbia Gas Transmission, a NiSource Company; and the We the People program of the National Endowment for the Humanities, among many others.
Greathouse noted the exhibit covers four areas: Divergence, sectional differences between western and eastern Virginia; The Civil War and its part in the state's creation; the Birth of West Virginia, including the process of its becoming a state; and Statehood, when its final boundaries were decided by the U.S. Supreme Court and the question arose as to whether its formation was constitutional.
Greathouse said at the time there was much debate as to whether West Virginia should remain a state after the war ended. According to the U.S. Constitution, a region of a state may not become its own state without the original state's consent, and Virginia hadn't given its consent, she noted.
The issue has been the subject of a 2003 debate aired on C-Span and an article in the California Law Review.
Greathouse said visitors to the exhibit will have a chance to air their own opinion on the issue by casting votes in a mock election held during the exhibit.
Visitors to the museum who aren't interested in the politics that came into play with West Virginia's entry into statehood should appreciate the personal impact it had on people then, she said.
Greathouse said the museum has several Civil War-related items that will be displayed near the exhibit. They include photos of Isaac P. Duvall, a Union Army general, and his family, who lived in Wellsburg; glasses and other period items that belonged to his wife; a shadow box containing three types of bullets used during the war and half of a Confederate flag that belonged to Duvall.
Greathouse said it was customary for Confederate flags to be torn into pieces and distributed among Union officers following a victory over Confederate troops.
The items normally are displayed in the museum's war department – two rooms containing local items tied to conflicts dating from the American Revolution to the present.
Greathouse said visitors also will find a new acquisition: a .36-caliber Springfield rifle made in Wellsburg in 1858. She noted a brass plate on the weapon identifies its source as "Wellsburgh", the old spelling used in the city's early days, and its maker as John M. McCamant.
The museum has an advertisement from 1833 for McCamant, a local supplier of firearms and accessories who married Ruth Prather, a member of a prominent Wellsburg family.
Greathouse said the rifle was donated by John Mort, a resident of the midwest, who bought it through the estate sale of a friend. She said after finding "Wellsburgh" engraved on the plate, he sought out Brooke County officials who might be interested in it.
"He said he felt it was time for the gun to come home," Greathouse said.
She said Mort offered the rifle to the museum for $1,000, much less than its market value, and the museum board paid for it with funds it had set aside and public contributions.
Greathouse said former Brooke County Sheriff Richard Ferguson, also a history buff, arranged to have the rifle sent to his department at the county courthouse to ensure its safe arrival.
She said Mort did much to secure the 54-inch long firearm, packing it in a wooden box sealed with 36 screws on each side, before mailing it by Federal Express.
Though the package's return address made clear its contents, a security guard at the courthouse passed it through the building's metal detector for fun.
Greathouse said the rifle arrived in 2010 but hasn't been displayed until recently, when a security system was installed at the museum. It will join two other antique firearms in a glass case, with a mirror mounted behind so visitors can view them from both sides.
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Although fluctuating some, prices are settling around $3.71 a gallon for unleaded gasoline across the Grand Rapids, Muskegon and Holland region Monday morning, according to Dearborn-based auto club AAA of Michigan. That's a 9-cent increase compared to the previous week.
It could be worse, perhaps, with prices at $3.89 this time a year ago, but up a whopping 36 cents since the beginning of February.
Across Michigan, stations are selling gas at about $3.69 a gallon on average — a 10-cent rise from the week prior. AAA reports one would have to travel north to Marquette for the cheapest gas in the state at $3.62, but that's likely a stretch to save just a few cents.
GasBuddy.com Senior Petroleum Analyst Patrick DeHaan previously told MLive springtime typically brings about higher prices overall, and many stations are continuing this trend.
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Along the Lakeshore, stations are selling gas at $3.67 to $3.70 a gallon in Holland and $3.68 and $3.75 in Muskegon.
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John Adams, of Cleveland, writes about Mark Suben in the Readers' Page of today's Post-Standard. Here is his letter:
One has to read clear into the fourth column on the jump page to find out that Cortland County District Attorney Mark Suben is a Democrat. However, the party affiliation of a Republican caught in similar hypocrisy and dissimulation would get prominent placement.
Don't think your readers don't notice this stuff.
Here's what R.M. (Ron) Dennison, of Liverpool, had to say:
I noted the intense coverage of the story of the Cortland County district attorney's previous life as a porn actor and some thoughts crossed my mind.
First, after 40 years and a notable career as a lawyer and DA, who cares?
Secondly, could the fact that he is a Democrat have anything to do with the intense interest? Just wondering.
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Many who went through grad school are applying for low-paying or nonpaying internships to try to fill in gaps in their resumes since few employers have full-time entry-level jobs available.
An advanced degree can even turn off some employers who fear that hiring people who may be overqualified for entry-level jobs means they will quit as soon as something better comes along.
According to John Irons, policy director at the Economic Policy Institute, the dismal economy will force many graduates to settle. He added that people who start their careers in a bad economy tend to accept jobs at lower wages, and that leaves them at a disadvantage with their salary for about a decade.
Nevertheless, education -- at least a bachelor's degree -- is still a hedge against unemployment.
Although the unemployment rate among college graduates doubled in 2009, it is still less than half of the unemployment rate for those with only a high school diploma.


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ARLINGTON — While the 14th annual "Military Day" at the Stillaguamish Valley Pioneer Hall and Museum on Dec. 7 received relatively modest attendance numbers, event organizers were heartened to see local Boy Scouts such as 10-year-old Michael Vaughn in attendance, as they took the time to shake the hands of the veterans in attendance, and thank them for their service to their country.
Of Jack Hayes' 21 years in the Army, six were spent serving in Vietnam, where he was joined by not only two of his brothers, but also his brother-in-law. While he was reticent to share too many details of his time overseas, he appreciated the courtesy of Vaughn, who joined his fellow Boy Scouts in conducting a flag ceremony at the Pioneer Hall in honor of the occasion.
"We should be nicer to our veterans," Vaughn said. "Don't overlook what they have to teach you."
Both Vaughn and his fellow Boy Scout Jayden Winters took pride in the fact that their forebears — Vaughn's grandfather, as well as Winters' great-grandfather — had served in World War II.
"It's valuable whenever we can show our respect to those who fought for our country, and gave us the freedom to conduct events like this," said Greg Vaughn, Michael's father.
"Any time there's any kind of event like this, he's all over it," said Sherri Winters of her son Jayden. "He's all about service and experience."
Jared Dickson was one of the survivors of the sinking of the USS Curtiss at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7, 1941, and after offering his recollections at last year's "Military Day" at the Pioneer Hall, he returned this year to observe the ceremonies, and visit with fellow veterans and their families in the Pioneer Museum's aisles of local war memorabilia.
"The bombing of Pearl Harbor was a terrifying experience that I don't care to talk about," Dickson said. "I'm real proud of the fellows who fought for our country at the time, but we're all going to be a thing of the past very soon."
Willy Hughes, commander of Arlington Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1561, touted WWII veterans such as Dickson as examples that all Americans, military and civilian alike, should strive to emulate.
"We remain inspired by their resolve and their unrelenting dedication," Hughes said on Dec. 7, "and today, 72 years later, we are still inspired by their actions. So, let's leave here equally determined to serve our nation as selflessly as they did, and let's strive to make them proud."
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Author Missy Buchanan will discuss "Aging Faithfully — Finding Purpose in Later Life" when she presents at Covenant Village of the Great Lakes on Friday, Sept. 13, at 11 a.m. Covenant Village is located at 2510 Lake Michigan Dr., Grand Rapids.
Buchanan is the author of four books including "Don't Write My Obituary Just Yet: Inspiring Faith Stories for Older Adults," which won an Indie Excellence Book Award. Buchanan's humorous presentation on aging and faith will offer fresh ways to think about growing older and growing in faith.
In addition to her books, Buchanan writes the monthly column "Aging Well" for the United Methodist Reporter, www.UMportal.org. She has appeared on Good Morning America, is a regular contributor to www.MininistryMatters.org, and has written for many other publications including Mature Living, Mature Years and the Dallas Morning News.
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Preschool Christmas Activities
Hi everyone! I wanted to share my Preschool Christmas Activities for this year! We're officially on break for school now, but we're still having fun with preschool games, Christmas crafts (don't worry, I'll share!), holiday baking, Advent activities and Christmas Around the World! (I know, not really a break huh!)
So here's what we have going on for Preschool this month:
Click here to download the entire Christmas Preschool Activity Pack
(Download Help: If your browser is not opening the file, try to RIGHT click on the above download link, then select "SAVE LINK AS" and you will be prompted to save the file to your hard drive.)
Roll a Christmas Tree: The game is simple, cut out the pieces (they're on pg2 not shown here). Roll a die and place the piece of the puzzle indicated by the number rolled. Its a fun way to practice number recognition skills! I like these fun Giant Soft Dice
Candy Cane Counting: You can laminate these then write the number in the box, or if your child isn't quite ready for writing, they can use the little number tiles on the last page.
Large Floor Numbers: I made these large floor numbers so that we can play a hopscotch type game. I call out a number and she jumps to it! You could also have them put the cards in numerical order. Today, she put them in a row in random order then said the number as she hopped on each one. These go from 1-20 for my K4 kiddo!
Ornament Number Cards: I use these with either mini-clothes pins, colored paper clips, or put a hole in them and have her attach chain links to them. Whatever you use, just have them put on the correct amount for the number on the card. These are also good for putting in numerical order. We put the correct amount of dominoes on each card based on its number.
Christmas Pre-writing practice: I laminate this and use with Expo Dry Erase Markers for pre-writing practice skills.
Christmas Star Counting: Simply count the ornaments on each tree, then place the correct star on top!
Candy Cane Lacing Card: Laminate and cut out then hole punch every inch or so. Use yarn or shoe laces to practice lacing skills!
Scavenger Hunt: Fill your box with things that represent Christmas Time!
Christmas Magnet Page: I use this with a cookie sheet and these pom-pom magnets I made from pom-poms and self-sticky magnets from the craft isle in Wal-mart. I also use these magnets from Amazon: Power Magnets, 0.78 inch Diameter, Assorted Colors
Candy Cane Poem and coloring page: Read the cute poem about Jesus and color the candy cane!
Christmas Cutting Practice: Print on regular copy paper then practice cutting along the lines provided.
Christmas Color By Number: Using the color key, color in the tree!
Christmas Do-A-Dot Page: We use Do-a-Dot Art Markers with this!
Christmas Pattern Activity: Use the game pieces to complete the pattern activity.
Candy Cane Color puzzles: Cut out each candy cane, then cut them in half for a color matching puzzle. Make sure to discuss colors of each candy cane when done!
Candy Cane Size Sort: Cut out each piece then put in order, smallest to largest.
Christmas Puzzle: Laminate and cut along the lines for a fun preschool puzzle.
Click here to download the entire Christmas Preschool Activity Pack
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Hope you enjoy and have a wonderful Christmas Season!
That is some very cute stuff! Thanks for sharing, as always!
Thank you! I've fallen way behind in doing preschool, but I am going to try to do this with mine. 🙂 They'll enjoy the focus on Christmas.Blessings!
You're really a blessing from above 🙂 Thanks so much. Have a blessed Christmas with your hubby and little ones! From a thankful reader in Singapore.
These are SO great and perfect fun projects for the kids during the Christmas. You are so creative. Thank you for sharing.Also, love your holiday crafts too. Your website has been a blessing.Happy Holidays to you all!God Bless. Kim from Napa, CA
Thanks for these WONDERFUL Christmas activities! I am SURE they will be a hit at our house!Merry Christmas!Angie
Thanks! My daughter will love this!!
thank you for sharing.
Perfect, festive resources that will be much loved and appreciated in our house. Thank you so much for sharing these. Truly AMAZING.
So festive! Beautiful. Thank you!!!
Oh, thank you so much! I am going to start using these right away! Also, I will have to link you up on my blog once again! You are my favorite blogger, for sure!http://prettygirlinaplacelikethis.blogspot.com/Mandi
You are so incredibly generous! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks SO much for these fantastic printables! My preschool-age nephew is going on a LONG trip this holiday season >Iowa to Florida< and these activities will be perfect for keeping him occupied! Thanks again for your generosity and God bless!
I'm so glad I found your website. I have a preschooler and I always find activities for older kids so this is great. If you don't mind I'm going to publish a link to this activity page b/c I'm sure my readers will enjoy this also! Thanks again, Kristina
wow, thanks for sharing so many activities!
Just so you know, I also linked to your worksheets at my printables site, Preschool Printables!Here's the link: Multi-Skill Christmas Themed PrintablesMerry Christmas!
Wonderful! Have just shared this on my facebook page. Thank you for sharing x
How awesome. Thank you for sharing this. My daughter will love doing these activities. 🙂
Excellent blog and ideas! How do you find the time to design all this stuff…whew! I greatly appreciate your creativity 🙂
You are amazing 🙂
Perfect–thanks so much!!
I just found your site…you are such a great resource! Thank you for sharing!
Love it!!! I will printing off many of these! I also adore your blog! So many fun ideas!
Love your printables! Thank you so much!!
Wow, theseare so awesome. Thank you for sharing these excellent creations!
Love them! Would you be able to make some rhyming cards sometime for rhyming sorts? Pictures with words (Ex.ran, can, fan, man cat, hat, mat etc.)
Thanks for sharing! I love your ideas! 🙂
AMY: Thanks for the idea, I'll put it in my suggestion box and see what I can do :o)
Than you sooo much. My little girl has been bugginh me for art activities. I really can't afford to go and buy a bunch of stuff. This really is a blessing.
AMAZING. Thanks so much for sharing!
As always your printables are fabulous. I will be featuring them on http://www.freehomeschoolprintables.blogspot.com/ and thanks for linking up to the first week of Christmas Fun. 🙂
is anyone else having trouble downloading these?
Yes, I am also unable to download these. The error I get is that the files have been moved or are no longer available. Help. Thank you, Erica.
I too cannot download the files 🙁 I just keep getting a page that says connection was reset..problem loading page.
Thanks so much and Merry Christmas!!
TROUBLE DOWNLOADING: Hi everyone, I just checked the download and it is working for me. Make sure you aren't clicking on the individual pics, but where it says "Click here to download" here's the 4shared link: http://www.4shared.com/get/ixhWWAIL/ChristmasPack.html
thanks for these great printables! I will be using several of these this month!
Your printables are so cool!! what computer program do you use to create them?
ANONYMOUS: Here is my post on making your own printables :o)http://www.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/blog/2010/06/make-your-own-homeschool-printables.html
Wow! Thanks for sharing and Merry Christmas.
Hi, stumble upon your page and love this Christmas card idea. I link your blog to my post here: http://lifewithmadeline.blogspot.com. Hopefully you won't mind.Can't wait to print this for my tot!
Thanks for creating and sharing your wonderful activities pack! I've never seen a Christmas magnet page before – great idea! I just featured your page on the Living Montessori Now Facebook page at http://www.facebook.com/LivingMontessoriNow
I cant seem to get the link to download it to work….is there any other way I can get this? Thanks
MELISSA: I'd need to know what problem you are having to help you out. Can you email me at homeschoolerconfessions at gmail dot com please with specifics? Thanks!
Erica,Just wanted you to know that today, we are having three little homeschool friends over to our home for a playdate / homeschool date and that we are going to do a few of these pages and talk about the origin of the Christmas tree coming from Germany. Then, we are going to make and decorate some gingerbread lollipops. I am not adding new posts to my blog until this weekend, as I have a huge post up that talks about discounts, freebies, and giveaways (and I have mentioned your awesome blog and have several links to you throughout this massive post, BTW), but then, over the weekend, when I do new blog posts, I will add photos of us using a few of your sheets from this packet and making our lollipops and will link back to your post here. Thanks so much for your generosity! We just love your creations:)Have a happy day today,Colleen
Hey, I kind of have a weird request. I love this printable and desperately want it . . .but it's the 4Shared link that I don't understand. Here's why: I'm a military wife in Japan, and because my ip address is Japan the whole 4Shared website comes up in Japanese!!! So except for a few romanji (English) words I can't read a thing. I have NO idea what it is and NO idea what I'm downloading to my computer when I hit the download button and NO idea how to actually get your printable! This happens with random websites, no clue why because it doesn't happen with every one, just certain ones, and for some reason it's happening here. If you could just explain what this is–is it a software, do I need it to get the printable, is the printable free or am I agreeing to purchase it, etc–I would greatly appreciate it. Sorry for the weirdness.
NEVER MIND!! I figured it out. 😀 Thanks for doing this! Merry Christmas!
Thanks a lot. Happy Christmas. Blessings, Daisy xx
We have had so much fun with this today. And my DD asked if we could do some more tomorrow. Thanks for sharing.
I was wondering if you had any plans for a Thanksgiving pack. We're going to my family for Thanksgiving and although we're technically taking a school break, I thought it would be fun to take a pack of stuff with us to show my parents, etc. Obviously, any week would work, I just thought a Thanksgiving pack would be awesome 🙂
I was planning ahead and wanting to print some of these off but I can't get it to download correctly, could you please check the link? Thanks for all that you do!


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Going to a party, barbecue, or other type of shindig and bringing a plate to pass? Why not make it a plate of appetizers! We've gathered 15 fun appetizer recipes for you, and they can all be made in 15 minutes or less. Plus we've collected 7 additional easy appetizers that are perfect for parties, no matter what the occasion. So whether you're hosting your own bash or heading out to a friend's soiree, be sure to take a peek at the delicious appetizer recipes below to find something mouthwatering and tempting to serve or bring along.
15 Appetizer Recipes in 15 Minutes + 7 Bonus Party Dishes
Homemade Pizza Rolls — Delicious and easy
Appetizer Bites — Will be a hit
Stuffed Mushrooms — Definitely gets positive feedback
Meatball Mini Bites (shown above) — Easy to enjoy
Mini Frittatas (shown above) — Can't be beat
Avocado Shrimp Cup — Only 3 ingredients
Bobo's Banana Crackers — You'll love them
Cheese Appetizers — 3 easy steps
Deviled Eggs — They pack a punch
Italian Antipasto — Friends and family will love it
Cheesy Spinach Triangles — They go fast
Salmon Cakes — Very versatile
Nacho Cheese Bites (shown above) — Cheese-tastic!
Easy Bruschetta — A quick and easy classic
- Crab Cakes with Joe's Mustard Sauce — A Mr. Food favorite
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Bacon and Cheddar Puff Pastry Crisps (shown above) - One of the easiest party appetizer recipes you'll find. This dish features big-sized flavors including bacon, cheddar cheese and creamy ranch dressing, all packed into fun bite-sized pieces that are perfect for party passing and snacking.
Buffalo Style Potato Skins (shown above) - It wouldn't be a party without some tasty potato skins on the table. This classic comfort food is something everyone at the party will love, so why not make a whole bunch? You know they'll be gone long before the party's over... they're that good!
Ham and Cheese Pretzel Bites - It's hard to find appetizer recipes that are as deliciously addictive as these little snacks. The combination of meat and cheese in a flavor-packed bite is what makes this appetizer dish so dangerously good. Try and have just one!
No-Fuss Cabbage Fritters (shown above) - Cabbage is one of those ingredients that's great for parties because it's always affordable, plus it tastes delicious. This dish is great because the cabbage is fried into perfectly golden fritters that are easily dippable. The recipe includes instructions for how to make a spicy dipping sauce too.
Spinach Pie Bites - Slightly crispy phyllo pastry plus delicious fresh spinach makes for a perfect, bite-sized appetizer. This party-pleasing recipe is sure to satisfy any cravings your guests may have before dinner, but it won't bog them down. It's a light and delicious precursor to the main meal.
Shrimp Corn Dogs - Mini corn dogs are fun and festive, and when they're made with shrimp they're even better. Surprise your party guests with this zesty and tangy variation on a classic appetizer recipe. Food on a stick is perfect for parties where people are standing, so try out these seafood corn dogs at your next big bash!
- Pretty Party Pinwheels (shown above) - If you're looking for a party appetizer recipe that looks just as good as it tastes, try these fun sandwich rollups. With colorful ingredients like fresh spinach, Roma tomatoes and cream cheese packed inside flour tortillas, these pinwheel wraps are a sight to behold, plus they taste amazing. Serve these next time you're having friends over to your house and everyone is sure to be begging you for the recipe!
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BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Ronald Bennett was asleep at his home on Steiner Court Southwest when he got a wake-up call late Sunday night from Birmingham Fire & Rescue.
"They woke me up and told me my house was on fire," an excited Bennett, 42, said amid the commotion from firefighters and several emergency vehicles with flashing red lights in front of his home.
Birmingham firefighters responded to a report of smoke and flames that dispatchers received just after 11 p.m. in the Oakwood Place region near Pearson Avenue Southwest and 24th Street Southwest.
Birmingham crews along with emergency medical personnel responded to the area where numerous neighbors and onlookers had gathered in the streets around the neighborhood home.
"We had fire on the back deck and part of the bedroom," Birmingham Fire Capt. Eric Smith said at the scene. "We had a person inside but he came out on his own" with the help of a firefighter.
A firefighter with Birmingham fire unit Quint 20 reported the engine crew responded and barged open the home's door to get anyone inside to safety.
"He was OK," Smith said about the sole occupant inside the residence at the time. "He said he had been asleep."
Smith said dispatch received a 911 report about the house fire. "They stopped it pretty quick," he said about the 15 to 18 firefighters on scene.
The cause was not immediately determined. "It's under investigation," Smith said.
Bennett said he did not know how the fire started. Firefighters at the scene encouraged him to get a smoke detector for his home.


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By JOSEPH DALY
I recently drove my deceased mom's car from Florida to New York 1,300 miles before I hit my first traffic jam on — you guessed it — the Staten Island Expressway.
But nothing beats the other night's debacle! Driving east on the expressway on Thursday Aug. 19 about 11 p.m., everything was going smoothly and I knew I'd be home in about 10 minutes.
Not so fast! With NO advance warning, I not only find that the Clove Road exit ramp was closed due to planned construction, but that the highway was backed up to the Goethals Bridge.
A small sign on the right flashed "RAMP CLOSED-USE LOCAL ROADS."
Duh! There was a two-hour backup to exit at Lily Pond Avenue. Making things much worse was that the exit light at Lily Pond is a three-way light with almost NO traffic coming in the other directions at that hour.
Couldn't a police officer have been stationed there to push traffic through? Couldn't signs have been displayed as far back as the Goethals to let people know that the Clove Road exit was closed?
Nice way to treat the population, which is already fed up with bad roads and exorbitant tolls! Thanks a lot, Department of Highways!


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Session 43 - Source Surveys.
Display session, Wednesday, June 11
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The gamma-ray burst BATSE #5428 which occurred on 16 Apr. 1996 at 0409 UT was fortuitously observed in progress by two of the shadow cameras of the All-Sky Monitor (ASM) on the Rossi X-ray Timing Explorer (RXTE). In each camera, the burst was detected at \sim240 \pm 13 mCrab (2 - 12 keV) averaged over the 90-s exposure. The ASM data yield crossed lines of position with a preliminary joint position of 4h 15.4m\pm0.7m, +77\arcdeg 09.8\arcmin \pm 1.5\arcmin (J2000). Systematic errors are believed to be \lesssim 1.5\arcmin. This position is consistent with both the BATSE position and the Ulysses/BATSE IPN annulus. The BATSE, Ulysses, and ASM time-series data all show a double-peaked profile. No X-ray flux from this position was detected during subsequent 90-s exposures over the next 23 hours, to a 1-\sigma upper limit of \sim13 mCrab. The earliest of these exposures began 85 s after the initial BATSE burst trigger. The POSS E plate shows many stellar objects and a single galaxy at \lesssim 20 mag. within the preliminary ASM error region reported here.
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It's a good thing that Theresa Andersson is a woman used to juggling multiple instruments. These days, it's not just on stage where she has several balls in the air.
You can catch her at French Quarter Festival on Sunday (April 15), and then again on May 4 at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
For our five-part series on festival styles, we chatted with Andersson -- as well as Kristin Diable, Sasha Masakowski, Mia Borders and Kourtney Heart (coming Friday) -- about the art of dressing for the fest, particularly when you're the one on stage.
Below Andersson talks about her musical influences, how she dresses for performances and why big sleeves can be an on-stage hazard.
Your new album, "Street Parade," comes out April 24. Tell us about it:
"I had been on the road for a very long tour, and I returned home just in time for Mardi Gras. I found myself walking down the street right between two parades, and I thought to myself, 'This is my life right now,' so oddly festive yet quiet and unsettled all at the same time. Not knowing what comes next. I wanted to write like that. I sketched out harmonies with voices on my loop pedals and then I had to learn how to make them into horn parts. The record is full of trombones and clarinets and sousaphones and saxophones and drums and, well, very much like a marching band but different."
You play multiple instruments. How does that affect the way you dress for performances?
"Being comfortable is key. I like wearing dresses because I like feeling feminine. When choosing a dress I have to make sure I can dance around and bend down without revealing too much. Since I always wear a belt to hold my in-ear monitors, I choose dresses that are fitted in the waist. I also sling a guitar on my back and take it on and off, so no big sleeves that can get caught."You seem to be a big supporter of local clothing labels. Where do you shop?
"I wear lots of Trashy Diva dresses, which are perfect for the stage, and I love all the LiaMolly knits. I always have them with me. I've also had some cool dresses made by Ruthie Nicholas, who designed the costumes for my Muses (parade) marching band. Now that I have a baby, it's not as easy to spend a lot of time shopping, but I still check out the local shops on Magazine Street and Maple Street. UAL (United Apparel Liquidators) in the French Quarter also is fun to browse. I once found a pair of Michael Kors shoes there for $20."
Do you have one item that you love to wear on stage?
"I always wear a combination of Tina Stanley necklaces. She mostly makes silver links, combining them with different antique links and raw precious stones for an asymmetrical layered look. I never leave on tour without at least a few of her necklaces and earrings.


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As the afternoon shifted to evening on a recent rainy Sunday, 92 fourth-to-eighth-grade girls had already spent hours going over their cheerleading routine in the St. Clare's School gymnasium in Great Kills.
They showed no sings of letting up, even as they capped a week of more than 20 hours of practice --working some nights in the gym until 10 p.m. -- in preparation for Saturday's CYO Cheerleading Competition.
"Girls on the floor, you really explode. You have to THROW them," shouts coach Nicole DeBenedetto at the 32 seventh- and eighth-graders clustered in groups of five on the mat.
Some rub their ace-bandage wrapped legs and arms as they watch their 26-year-old coach go through the demonstration for the fifth time in a row, reminding them to thrust out their chests and make their voices boom from the gut.
"Do it like you mean it," she shouts. "One, Two, Three!"
Yet again, the five "flyers" rise up on their teammates' arms, holding still and straight as timber logs. They get tossed easily as high as a one-story building, twirling simultaneously in the air before each lands on eight outstretched palms.
Dressed in sweat-soaked gold shorts and blue T-shirts, the youngsters perform the routine all while cheering so loudly the gym walls seem to shake.
On Saturday, before a sold-out crowd of 5,000, teams from more than 20 Catholic Schools from across the borough will have three minutes to show off the routines they have lived, breathed and practiced for hundreds and hundreds of hours.
Beneath the grosgrain ribbons, the shiny smiles and the tiny, flounced skirts, this is serious sporting competition -- demanding athleticism, intense teamwork, grit, dedication and will.
The annual Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) Cheerleading Competition is a fiercely fought event, and the winner will go on to compete in state, where Staten Island is famous and feared as the longtime dominant force.
"It's a very, very positive thing for Staten Island, in the youth sports community," said Joe Panepinto, the director of Staten Island Catholic Charities, who for 30 years has overseen the cheerleading competition. "The level of intensity is almost too much to explain. It's not like other sports. You have one three minute cheer; that's your whole season."
Beyond the competition, he said, the youngsters also cheer school teams at sporting events and perform at senior centers. They learn about charity through fund-raising drives, and they bond with each other in a way that doesn't often happen in other sports.
It's that family ethic of the sport that inspires the 70-plus volunteers to plan and put on Saturday's event, and keeps the dozens of coaches -- all volunteers --working at a feverish pace, from choreographing the routines and selecting the teams early in the season to the grueling all-out effort leading up to the big CYO Competition.
"Even when we go home, or we are on the phone or around the kitchen table, we're always talking about cheerleading," said Allison DeBenedetto, 28, who coaches St. Clare's varsity team, alongside her sister, Nicole, both alumna of St. Clare's program, and their mother, Cheryl.
At Our Lady Star of the Sea, Huguenot, it's another sister-mother team coach team at the helm of the Debs -- the school's fourth, fifth and sixth grade team.
"This is a big deal for the kids; they work so, so hard leading up to the event Saturday," said Lynne DiStefano, a physical therapist by day, who puts the youngsters through intensive strength, balance and gymnastics training to get them ready to perform the routine.
"This is like an extended family," said Joanna Puccio, a tall brunette team captain at St. Clare's wearing her hair pulled back in a pigtail, while she and her teammates break for some Pixie Stix and juice. And that feeling extends to other teams, not just their own, said Krista Denaro, explaining the intense competition is bolstered by an equally fierce sense of common ground.
"We feel like we always have each other," said the eighth grader. "You watch other teams and you know they've been practicing like this too, so you support each other."
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Darlison watched as the other kids filled into the school and he looked at them oddly , he guessed he had to follow them in there? Was that how things worked. Darlison looked at his Mentor and his Mentor nodded for him to go on , Darlison looked at the school again and sighed. "Go on Darlison , make me proud." Darlion nodded and walked off to the school and found his locker easily.


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Music is being played, too loud. Weed and booze are everywhere. And the people you brought to the party are not necessarily the people you want to bring home — or even sneak off to the dunes with.
"It's like spring break for adults," one disgusted teen mutters, watching the grownups stagger from one summer bungalow to another.
It is — or, maybe, just a bad John Updike novel for people who never read John Updike. But the movie it's all in, "The Way, Way Back" is actually pretty smart, sensitive, and often very funny.
It's the story of Duncan, a 14-year-old who is being taken, against his will, on a summer vacation with his mother and his mother's new boyfriend. On the ride up to the beach house, said boyfriend demands Duncan rate himself as a person, on a scale of 1 to 10.
"A six?" the boy stammers.
The man will have none of it.
"You're a three," he says, witheringly.
So OK, here we are in "This Boy's Life" territory — a story about a teen who will finally become a man, in part by sticking up for his mother when she's badly used by a new lover. Which is a hugely powerful story, especially for anyone who's ever been a son.
Except "The Way, Way Back" also puts its own spin on it.
A lot of that comes from the casting. The boyfriend, for example — who is, indeed, a real jerk — is played by Steve Carell, whom we naturally want to like. The mother is played by Toni Collette, who gives her a neediness and weakness that can make us impatient. Already, we feel like we've been thrown a curve.
And then, once it's set up that dynamic, the movie introduces another genre: the trickster who shows up one summer and changes everything.
This can be a great story, too, as seen in pictures from "The Flamingo Kid" to "Adventureland." Usually, though, that unforgettable character also turns out to have flip-flopped feet of clay. Here, he really is a savior. And he's played by the beautifully unhinged Sam Rockwell.
Of course, Rockwell can do a lot more than just play manic, motor-mouthed eccentrics; in a 25-years-and-counting career you'd have to, and he's done his time on TV cop shows and terribly serious indies, superhero movies and sci-fi comedies.
But the mad, stream-of-consciousness clown has always been his particular specialty — "Box of Moon Light," "Confessions of a Dangerous Mind," "Seven Psychopaths." Bad ideas flicker behind his eyes like sparklers. Words bounce off each other like pinballs.
Of course, people like this may be less fun in real life — and "The Way, Way Back" captures the weariness of some of his coworkers at the water park where he supposedly works (particularly that of his long-suffering quasi-girlfriend, warmly played by Maya Rudolph).
Yet it also shows how important he is to Duncan, who — as the silently suffering Liam James shows — is barely hanging on in a beach community that's overrun with jaw-droppingly juvenile adults.
Filmmakers Nat Faxon and Jim Rash sometimes overdo those horrors. As the lecherous divorcee next door, Allison Janney enters screaming — and never quite tones down. And as a sexually predatory wife, Amanda Peet is all scary teeth and hair, like some cannibal Kennedy cousin.
The comedy dial does occasionally creep past 11. But the over-the-top Janney is still often hilarious, and Rockwell is a string of firecrackers. And the film gets the quieter moments right, too, like the awkward courtship rites of adolescents. Or the way a rainy-day boardgame can suddenly lay bare all the flaws and faultlines in a family.
Or the way that, during a summer when every responsible adult is acting like a child, sometimes the most supposedly irresponsible adult can be the only person a child can depend on.
Ratings note: The film contains strong language, sexual situations and drug and alcohol abuse.
'The Way, Way Back' (PG-13) Fox Searchlight (103 min.)
Directed by Nat Faxon, Jim Rash. With Liam James, Sam Rockwell, Toni Collette, Steve Carell. Now playing in New York.
★ ★ ★ ½
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Overlay district finally adopted
Port Orchard resident Kathy Michael made an 11th-hour attempt to sway the Port Orchard City Council from adopting an ordinance she fears will destroy the citys small-town character and damage the lifestyle of those living along Kitsap Street behind the downtown core at Monday evenings meeting.
Michael presented a survey to inform the Port Orchard City Council that your citizens want responsible revitalization.
Whatever form it takes, that revitalization will have to answer to the Downtown Overlay District, a document outlining regulations for a three-block area in Port Orchards historical commercial core.
The City Council debated the issue for more than a year, and on Monday evening it finally laid the the three-block Downtown Overlay District to rest, approving the document in a 5-2 vote.
That set the ordinance to go into effect once the City Council completes work on a design review board to oversee development. That step could be finalized in October, but still is in discussion.
Michaels survey asked if residents wanted to keep the small-town character of Port Orchard, and asked if residents wanted to limit buildings along the water to two stories, and buildings on the south side of Bay Street to three stories.
We have 611 signatures, 589 of them are telling you keep the small-town feel, Michael said. The response is an overwhelming rejection of 55-foot buildings.
The overlay district allows developers to build up to 39 feet, or 55 feet with a conditional-use permit, on the south side of Bay Street, and 27 feet, or 39 feet with a conditional-use permit, throughout the rest of the district.
Those wanting the extra height must provide special amenities worth 1 percent of the monetary value of the new building.
By early in Mondays meeting, the outcome of the vote seemed inevitable, allowing council members to explain their view of the regulations without rehashing the long-present arguments.
A clear division arose regarding building heights and the inclusion of the View Protection Ordinance a document restricting developments from blocking more than 30 percent of an individuals view.
After months of deliberations, five of the council members Rita DiIenno, Robert Putaansuu, John Clauson, Fred Chang and Carolyn Powers were ready to put the talk into action.
Powers said it was time to move on.
Its like raising kids, she said. You say, Eat your veggies. Try it, you might like it. If we try this downtown, we just might like it.
Citing struggling downtown businesses and stagnant development several buildings remain empty or condemned, and Armchair Books closed down earlier this year because of slow sales proponents of the document expressed understanding of individuals concerns, but held firm on the decision.
Our retail sales, I think, are struggling in the city of Port Orchard, Clauson said. And retail sales are very important for the financial health of the city, and this is something that is, I think, going to help the revitalization of retail sales for our downtown.
Its not the silver bullet, he said. Its not going to fix all problems, but I think its a major step in the right direction.
Councilman Rick Wyatt restated and clarified his opposition to aspects of the document.
I never said I was totally against this ordinance, he explained.
He opposes a few portions, including the exclusion of the View Protection Ordinance and sections requiring public amenities for added height, saying, If you have the money, you can go to 55 feet.
If (the View Protection Ordinance) is not incorporated, he said, its going to affect the folks south of Bay Street.
Because of these sections Wyatt called them grey areas he decided not to support the ordinance.
For at least one downtown business owner, however, the decision was the right one.
Rudy Swenson, owner of Rings and Things at 710 Bay St., changed his business sign to read Thank you city council, the best is yet to come.
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What Happens When A Peep Smokes And Drinks?
Modern scientific advances have led to a greater understanding of the entity we know as "the peep." Here we see some studies delving into the effects of cigarettes and alcohol on the beloved candy snack. Remember, peeps: just say no.
Note: In order to ensure accuracy, commentary has been taken directly from the scientific reports.
2. Peeps and alcohol.
The peep imbibed liberally. Note that this Peep is having trouble swimming upright. This same peep bumped into the sides of the experimental chamber several times over the duration of this study
The test subject did report a moderate headache and some nausea the day following this study. Otherwise, however, this Peep was not substantially or permanently impaired.
3. Peeps and cigarettes.
Our Peep subject was permitted to select the cigarette brand of its choice. Please remember that representatives of the tobacco industry insist that they have never marketed their products to young chicks.
The Peep showed no adverse signs to smoking this cigarette, although it expressed concern that it might someday be forced to huddle outside public buildings in the snow. Of course, it can quit anytime it wants to…
6. Peeps and cigarettes AND alcohol
Here, we bring together the elements from the first two parts of the study.
Unfortunately, the subject began to show some adverse signs to the combination of treatments. Note in particular the blackening along the lower extremities, the faint flame surrounding the subject, and the mild scent of caramelizing sugar.
…soon the flames became quite substantial, initiating a metamorphosis. The subject entered the stage which scientists call "ball of charred goo".
The synergistic effect of smoking and alcohol in Peeps produces a rapidly exothermic oxidation reaction, leading to a chemical and morphological divergence from the wild-type Peep phenotypes.
Assistant lab members described these divergent Peeps as "less sweet," "crunchier," and "gross" when compared to the Peeps which used either alcohol or tobacco, but not both. For these reasons, it is our strong recommendation to JustBorn Corporation that they supervise young Peeps and educate them of the risks associated with smoking and alcohol.
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Liz Minyard is a big believer in connecting with consumers through community activities. She and sister Gretchen Minyard Williams, who share the titles of co-chairman and co-chief executive officer, oversee a host of good works programs that carry on the company's tradition of giving back to its communities. Following are some ongoing efforts: HUNGER PROGRAMS: Liz Minyard is one of the founding members of the North Texas Food Bank, and the company has been a strong supporter of hunger ...
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