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POMONA - Three options for the widening of the 71 Freeway will go to City Council members tonight that could lead to expediting construction.
State and county transportation agencies need the city to select one of three construction options in order complete a proposal to compete for project funding through a state public-private partnership program.
Pomona, Caltrans and the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority have been working to update plans and studies completed in the past to expand the 71 from a four-lane highway to a full-fledged eight-lane freeway between the 10 and 60 freeways.
At present, the authority has the widening project scheduled for completion in 2030.
In May the authority recommended pursuing funding for the 71 project through a state public-private partnership program, a city staff report said.
If the agencies secure funding, construction to widen the 71 could begin in 2015 and conclude as early as 2017.
An alternative must be chosen in order to calculate the costs of the project and determine if it's financially feasible to carry out the work through the state program, authority representatives said recently.
Mayor Elliott Rothman said Friday he still has questions about whether the city's preferred alternative will be followed by the state and the authority.
"We need to get a clear picture," Rothman said. "We need to know how binding that is."
Widening the 71 will have a significant effect on the flow of traffic in the city and the region.
"The movement of traffic would be a welcome relief," Rothman said.
Five options are available but the first two are not being recommended by city public works personnel, according to a city staff report.
Alternative 1 involves leaving the highway as it for the long term.
Alternative 2 would require building a wider, below-ground level 71. The concept, approved in 2002, has a high cost in part because it would require the acquisition of about 140 properties.
Alternatives 3, 4, and 4A, would require the acquisition of less than 40 properties in part, in whole or temporarily.
Alternative 3 involves widening the 71 between 10 and the 60, adding a frontage road that connects Phillips Drive and North Ranch Road and adds a pedestrian bridge near Ninth Street to replace one at Grier Street.
Alternative 4 includes completing the widening; eliminating the current intersections at Phillips, North Ranch and Old Pomona Road; building a frontage road between Phillips and Old Pomona; constructing an overcrossing at Old Pomona that connects Village Loop Road and Lexington Avenue; and adding the pedestrian bridge.
Alternative 4A would include all of the elements of Alternative 4 but would leave out the overpass.
City public works personnel prefer Alternative 4 because it would enhance access to the area, the city staff report said.
The second preferred option would be Alternative 4A, the staff report said.
Some residents in neighborhoods near the 71 said the project will benefit the city despite some inconveniences while construction takes place.
Others have concerns about construction, possible difficulties accessing some neighborhoods near the 71 and having a full freeway as a neighbor.
Councilman Freddie Rodriguez said he thinks the widening project will improve police and fire service access to the neighborhoods near the 71.
Before tonight's meeting, he said he planned to talk with residents of the Lexington Avenue area to determine how they might be affected by an option that includes building an overpass in their neighborhood.
"Lexington is kind of busy," he said. "I don't know how much traffic (the proposed overpass) would cause."
Widening the 71 would bring some benefits to neighborhoods to the east of the highway, which are in his district.
Some residents in the area would like soundwalls the widening project would bring to the neighborhoods in addition to other improvements.
"It will improve the whole area," Rodriguez said.
Taking steps that could lead to improving the 71 sooner rather than later is an opportunity all involved must take advantage of, Rodriguez said.
"We really need to move this project forward," he said.
Traveling on the 57 Freeway north of the 10 is fairly easy but there is a noticeable change when drivers switch to the 71 through Pomona.
"It's day and night," Rodriguez said. The 71 needed to be improved years ago "but somehow we got overlooked."
"Now that we have the opportunity, let's run with it," Rodriguez said.
Should the funding become available for the widening, the project will be completed well after a commercial center anchored by a Target store is built in the southern part of the city.
Having the center and an improved 71 Freeway will be good for Pomona and will complement each other, Rodriguez said.
The two projects will do something else.
"It goes back to showing people we are working together to improve Pomona and improve its infrastructure," Rodriguez said.
Reach Monica via email, follow her on Twitter @PomonaNow, or call her at 909-483-9336.


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Tornados Tear Through Falcons in Men's Soccer ActionSeptember 13, 2008
Misenheimer, N.C. – The Brevard College men's soccer team outplayed the Pfeiffer Falcons in men's soccer action on Saturday afternoon, winning on the road 1-0.
With the win the Tornados improve to 1-4-1 on the year, while Pfeiffer falls to 1-4 with the loss.
The Brevard men came out strong in the first half pressuring the Falcon defense. The Tornados used their quick speed to tear through the midfield. Brevard's Kyle Stanforth and Henri Erti kept the pressure on in Pfeiffer's defensive half, eventually setting the table for a Tornados game winning goal.
Brevard knocked the lone goal of the game in during the 38th minute as the Tornados got a direct free kick by way of a Pfeiffer foul just outside of the penalty box. BC senior midfielder Kyle Hamilton notched the game winning goal, as he headed the ball past Pfeiffer goalkeeper Alex Moreno after receiving the direct kick from Stanforth on a far post run.
With the 1-0 lead heading into the second half, the Tornados survived a strong start by Pfeiffer, as the Falcons put two shots on goal and recorded two cornerkicks within the first three minutes.
Tensions mounted as the heat and play intensified. It also helped that six yellow cards were handed out throughout the match, five of them going to the Pfeiffer Falcons.
BC freshman goalkeeper Jerry Hatsady picked up his first shutout and his first win as a Tornado on Saturday afternoon, turning away 10 Pfeiffer shots on goal.
The Tornados will jump back into SAC play on Thursday, September 18, when they will travel to Hickory, N.C. to play a 7:30 p.m. night cap with the Lenoir-Rhyne University Bears. Pfeiffer will play their first conference match on Monday, September 15, in Misenheimer against Mt. Olive.

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Advice: I'm sick of my sister's getting a pass because she's 'busy'
Updated 12:59 pm, Monday, June 24, 2013
Adapted from a recent online discussion.
Dear Carolyn:
How do you kindly tell a family member that she is no more "busy" than anyone else in 21st-century America?
My sister is always given a break by my mother. She gets out of all sorts of family obligations, gets tons of child-care help and sympathy, gets passes on forgetting birthdays, milestones, and engaging in generally surly behavior a lot of the time, because she's just so "stressed." My sister works 40 hours a week.
So do I. However, my mother often cannot help watch our kids because my sister "needs" her so badly. If I can't make it to Aunt Gertie's 80th-birthday blowout, it's a guilt trip. But she gets a pass because she's so "busy." I am sick of it.
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My sister's latest thing is not returning phone calls because she's just so scattered. It is beginning to cause major resentment for me. Her husband works long hours, too, but hey, so does mine. And we'd like to warrant the same compassionate, you're-busy-here's-some-help treatment without having to behave like complete messes to get it. Help?
-- But I'm So Busy!
Let it gooooooo ... just drop your end of the rope. As legitimate as all of your complaints sound, they're only as useful to you as they are productive.
And what have they gotten you? Has your sister ever said, "You know, I really monopolize the family's attention -- I'm so sorry"? Has you mom ever said, "You know, I realize you're just as busy as your sister, but deep down I feel responsible for her inability to get it together, so I let her suck me into the drama, and that's not fair to you"?
Hafta think not.
If so, then it's time for Step 2, to stop looking for returned calls, child-care help or validation from your family. Unfair? Sure is. But dwelling on that only amplifies the impact of the unfairness on your life.
If you mentally (emotionally?) write them off as being too low-EQ to recognize their messed up dynamic, then you start looking elsewhere in your life for satisfaction and validation. Your spouse, your kids, your work, your circle of non-family loved ones, your causes close to your heart, your ability to live within your organizational means. They're your rock.
They're also, not coincidentally, the things over which you have some say. You have no say in how your sister and mother run their lives, so scratch them accordingly off your list of things you need to manage.
And when you can't make it to Aunt Gertie's birthday party, stop seeing it as a problem. Some people will always be disappointed that you can't come, and some of those will always be too unhealthy just to say, "Aw, sorry to hear that," and instead will try to send you on a guilt trip. To all of them, from now on, you are this person: "Yep, I'm so sorry, I just can't make it ... so how are you doing these days?" And if that doesn't stop the guilt-tripper, this will: "Aw, cheez, gotta go -- bye, say hi to Auntie for me!" Click.


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|Chap. 328
|Menominee Indian Mills. Payment for logging of timber.
|Chap. 328
|Settlement of claims.
|Sec. 2
|Cancellation of balance due.
|Sec. 3
|Cancellation of other obligations.
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed to pay to the Menominee Indian Mills to the credit of the several accounts of Herman J. Fredenberg; Walter J. Peters, Senior; Charles J. Frechette; Joe Gristeau, Junior; James Tebeau; Joe Caldwell, Senior; John R. Pecore; Roy Oshkosh; Louis Tucker, Junior; James Warrington; Alexander Waupoose; Bernard Grignon; Earl Vaughn; Louis Washinawatok; Reuben Long; Nahpone Perote; George Smith; Paul Vigue, Senior, and Louis Vigue, operating as a partnership; Dan Wescott and Paul Vigue, Junior, operating as a partnership; and the estates of George Irving; Louis Kinepoway; John Tucker, Senior; Dominic Worden; John Mosehart; George Caldwell, John Okimosh; Anton Shawanometta; Mrs. Lillian Oshkosh, Louis Corn out of the Menominee 4 per centum fund, the sum of $1 for each one thousand feet of timber respectively logged by said parties on the Menominee Reservation during the logging season of 1934-35 according to the schedule prepared by the Menominee Indian Mills which schedule shall be approved by the general council of the Menominee Tribe. Said accounts shall be credited against the amounts, if any, respectively owed the Menominee Indian Mills by said parties without taking into account any procedural defenses of a personal nature which might have been interposed in an action at law to collect such debts, and the balance, if any, shall be paid to said parties or their heirs: Provided, however, That the foregoing amounts shall be in full payment of any and all claims which said parties may claim to have by reason of promises made by officers of the Menominee Indian Mills for the logging of timber during the logging season of 1934-35.
The Secretary of the Interior, or his duly authorized representative, is hereby authorized with the concurrence of the general council of the Menominee Indian Tribe to cancel any balance still due to the Menominee Indian Mills by any of the jobbers listed in section 1, after the amount allowable under the said section has been credited, if in his judgment the balance of the claim is uncollectible or inequitable.
The said Secretary, or his duly authorized representative, with the concurrence of the advisory council of the Menominee Indian Tribe may cancel other obligations due or which may become due to the Menominee Indian Mills when in his judgment such obligations are uncollectible.
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Cirrhosis - dischargeLiver failure - discharge; Liver cirrhosis - discharge
You have cirrhosis of the liver. Scar tissue forms and your liver gets smaller and harder. Most of the time, this damage cannot be undone. However, the problems it causes can be treated.
While you were in the hospital, you may have had:
- Lab tests, x-rays, and other imaging exams
- A sample of liver tissue taken (biopsy)
- Treatment with drugs
- Fluid drained from your belly
- Tiny rubber bands tied around blood vessels in your esophagus (the tube that carries food from your mouth to your stomach)
- Placement of a tube or shunt (TIPS or TIPSS) to help prevent too much fluid in your belly
- Antibiotics to treat an infection in your belly
What to Expect at Home
Your doctor will talk with you about what to expect at home. This will depend on your symptoms and what caused your cirrhosis.
Medicines your doctor may prescribe are:
- Lactulose, neomycin, or rifaximin for confusion caused by liver problems
- Medicines to help prevent bleeding from your swallowing tube or esophagus
- Water pills, for extra fluid in your body
- Antibiotics, for infection in your belly
Do not drink any alcohol. Your doctor can help you stop drinking.
Limit salt in your diet.
- Ask your doctor which foods you should avoid. Your doctor or nutritionist can give you a low-salt diet.
- Learn to read labels on cans and packaged foods to avoid salt.
- Don't add salt to your foods or use it in cooking. Use herbs or spices to add flavor to your foods.
Ask your doctor before taking any other medicines, vitamins, herbs, or supplements that you buy at the store. This includes acetaminophen (Tylenol), cold medicines, aspirin, ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin), naproxen (Aleve), and others.
Ask your doctor if you need shots or vaccines for hepatitis A, hepatitis B, lung infections, and the flu.
You will need to see your doctor for regular follow-up visits. Make sure you go to these visits so your doctor can check your condition.
Other tips for caring for your liver are:
- Eat a healthy diet.
- Keep your weight at a healthy level.
- Try to avoid becoming constipated.
- Get enough exercise and rest.
- Try to reduce your stress.
When to Call the Doctor
Call your doctor or nurse if you have:
- Fever above 100.5 °F, or a fever that does not go away
- Belly pain
- Blood in your stool or black, tarry stools
- Blood in your vomit
- Bruising or bleeding more easily
- A buildup of fluid in your belly
- Swollen legs or ankles
- Breathing problems
- Confusion or problems staying awake
- Yellow color to your skin and the whites of your eyes (jaundice)
Garcia-Tsao, G. Cirrhosis and its sequellae. Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Cecil Medicine. 24th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2011:chap 156.
Review Date: 2/10/2013
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by A.D.A.M. Health Solutions, Ebix, Inc., Editorial Team: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Bethanne Black, Stephanie Slon, and Nissi Wang.


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"You will know her name," scream the posters for the new big-screen version of "Carrie," as if anyone could forget it after seeing Brian De Palma's brilliant 1976 movie or reading the original Stephen King novel.
Aimed at captivating a new generation of viewers unfamiliar with the tale of a cruelly unloved high-schooler who unleashes telekinetic revenge on her classmates, director Kimberly Peirce's intermittently effective third feature eschews De Palma's diabolical wit and voluptuous style in favor of a somber, straight-faced retelling, steeped in a now-familiar horror-movie idiom of sharp objects, shuddering sound effects and dark rivulets of blood.
While it can't hope to match the galvanizing impact of its predecessors, Peirce's film works for a considerable stretch as a derivative but impressively coherent vision.
Certainly there's a case to be made for revisiting "Carrie" now, given the alarming prevalence of teenage bullying, public cyber-humiliation and fatal acts of retaliation in the post-Columbine era. Chief among the film's selling points are an intensely committed Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore, enacting a subtler, more psychologically insidious take on the mother-daughter relationship immortalized by Sissy Spacek and Piper Laurie.
That twisted character dynamic looms over the proceedings from the opening childbirth scene, which quickly familiarizes the viewer with the film's menstrual color scheme and establishes Margaret White (Moore) as a dangerous religious fanatic, who receives her infant daughter as divine punishment for her sexual sins.
Years later, the girl has grown up to be the painfully shy and awkward Carrie (Moretz), whose crucible of suffering onscreen begins and ends with an outpouring of blood.
In one of a handful of shrewd 21st-century innovations devised by screenwriters Lawrence D. Cohen and Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Carrie's locker-room humiliation at the hands of her female classmates is captured on video and quickly goes viral, setting off a chain of events that will ultimately bring about the story's fiery prom-night climax.
Up until that epic conflagration — which seems to play out at twice the length it did in the first film, and with far more overkill — "Carrie" sustains interest as a moody psychological/paranormal drama with a melancholy undertow that at times tilts into genuine pathos.
If the film never quite shakes off the feeling of having been constructed from a well-worn blueprint, it has a sensitive interpreter in Peirce, who offers a fresh, intelligent spin on certain key aspects of a largely familiar tale.
Notably, De Palma's luridly funny sensibility is little in evidence; Peirce has excised every dirty chuckle and whisper of camp from the material, nudging the story in a more textured, realistic direction. Both the hateful Chris Hargensen (Portia Doubleday) and conflicted good girl Sue Snell (Gabriella Wilde) are fleshed out with a touch more nuance than usual. cultivating her telekinetic powers, in "Exorcist"-style levitation scenes.
Between "Carrie" and "What Maisie Knew," Moore is on a bit of a bad-mama roll, and rather than trying to compete with Piper Laurie's fire-and-brimstone bellow, she acts with a hushed, feverish intensity.
For her part, Moretz can scarcely be blamed for falling short of one of the most iconic performances in horror cinema; Spacek may have given the remake her blessing (as has De Palma), but no other actress could capture that hauntingly lost quality she brought to the role of Carrie White.
By contrast, Moretz, superficially deglammed with a strawberry-blonde mop, is still rather too comely to resemble the pimply, slightly overweight figure described in King's novel, and her efforts to look downcast and withdrawn strain credulity at first. Still, the actress is canny and sympathetic enough that she eventually slips under Carrie's skin.
"Carrie," a Sony/Screen Gems release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America for "bloody violence, disturbing images, language and some sexual content." Running time: 100 minutes.
MPAA rating definition for R: Restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian.


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The quality of FUGE camps is dependent on the staff recruited to serve and facilitate camp during the summer months.
Students who come to camp will likely not remember all the details of the program but will remember the staff member who served as their Bible study leader. The heart behind FUGE is that students would experience Christ in a deeper, more intimate, life-changing way during their time at camp.
We are looking for college students and young adults who love the Lord, have a desire to serve, and are
passionate about students. If you are chosen to work FUGE this summer, you will work on a team committed to seeing students experience this life-change.
If you're looking for the most rewarding and exhausting student ministry experience of your life, we welcome your application!
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Ohio to begin major bridge and road repairs
(Cleveland) - The State of Ohio is moving forward with a three year $120 million plan to improve 200 county and 20 city bridges.
Lt. Governor Mary Taylor tells Newsradio WTAM 1100, the effort will include 16 projects in Medina and Lorain Counties, costing a total of $8.4 million.
Taylor says the state is not obligated to repair county and city bridges, but is doing so with funding from cost savings made within the Ohio Department of Transportation.
Taylor says the work will improve the quality of life in the affected communities, and will provide much need job opportunities over the two years it will take to complete the work.
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i have a toshiba satellite laptop, A215-S7422. BT2 and 3 just wont boot.
some of the specs:
AMD Turion 64 X2 Dual-Core Processor TL-58
1gig DDR2 SDRAM
160 gig HDD
when i tried to boot it, it seems to go into an infinite loop or something
just prints one line of error on screen for forever...
something about HDD?
If anyone already posted this, I am sorry. I've checked BT out on my desktop, it's pure awesome. Just wish i can do some work with it on the road :)
Thanks, BT


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Must reads for a Wednesday
Now that LinuxCon North America is over, and it was quite a show, I think they've got the publicity thing covered, especially with the gangster-themed gala and all the great presentations that were given at the event. But if you're going to the next show, make it the Ohio LinuxFest in September. Bradley Kuhn and Cathy Malmrose are keynoting, so you'll not want to miss that (especially Cathy — Go ZaReason!)
Larry the Free Software Guy — there he goes again with the third-person reference (sorry, but I have a strict rule about starting off a blog with "I") — is grateful that there are folks out there that can articulate what he's thinking far, far better than he could. Frankly, I'm at peace with that because, for starters, it means that I can just put a link here and say, "Yeah, what $NAME said."
So it's with great thanks offered to all the dieties one can come up with that there are folks like Bruce Byfield and Carla Schroder around to write such great stuff that allows me the laziness of pointing a finger to it and saying, "See? I agree. I wish I had written that."
Bruce Byfield wrote an article last week, "The GNOME 3 Meltdown" was the over-the-top (literally and figuratively) headline, about how Linus Torvalds' opinion of GNOME 3 may have set off an avalance of GNOME 3 criticism, and the article goes into detail about how we arrived there and what may follow. It's pure Bruce — an essay which goes beyond the mere provoking of thought and should cause wide discussion.
As usual, Bruce nailed it.
This article was followed by another by Bruce after receiving an e-mail from Aaron Seigo of KDE, where Aaron points out to Bruce that the FOSS press could stand to be a little more positive, or lacking that, offer solutions (or ways to for others to find solutions). Under the headline "I've Got Some Good News and Some Bad News," Bruce points out the start of there discussion — a discussion that has yet to have an ending.
Along the same lines on this particular topic, Carla Schroder writes an outstanding piece entitled, "Linux Desktop Flamewars: Is The News Media Too Negative?" Carla — author and editor par excellence — aptly points out that the problem isn't with the media coverage. It's not the FOSS media's job to be advocates or cheerleaders, which is true — its job is to present the truth, beautiful or blemished as it might be.
Grab some coffee or other beverage, set aside some time and read these well-written pieces, if you haven't already. It's well worth the time.
This blog, and all other blogs by Larry the Free Software Guy and Larry Cafiero, are licensed under the current version of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs CC BY-NC-ND license. In short, this license allows others to download this work and share it with others as long as they credit me as the author, but others can't change it in any way or use it commercially.
(Larry Cafiero is one of the founders of the Lindependence Project and has just started developing software in his new home office. Watch this space.)
August 24, 2011 at 1:36 pm
Aye that leading I is hard on our eyes.
Okay, after reading all three articles LtFSG linked above
there is no news here at all. The developers will do what
they wish, period. The users will get what they get, period.
Our ever expanding armada of tech writers, many of whom are
tech gurus of the highest order, often times just muddy the
waters. If one is not a high geek these journalists can warp
your head.
Linux is still very much an elitist thing. Which will make
building the user base an insidious task. Every year the
installs are smoother, the whole "setting up" of your system
is a snap. Updates and upgrades almost never break things
now. But someone always wants to change the user "experience". Why?
Peace, Bob


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How hot is Ranbir Kapoor as a rockstar?! Last evening, him and A R Rahman and Mohit Chauhan and team Rockstar performed a concert to promote the movie. I thought Ranbir Kapoor was droolworthy. Don't you agree?
My favourites from the album are: Jo Bhi Main, Saada Haq, Katiya Karun and Tum Ho. That makes up a big chunk of the album but such is A R Rahman music. Which is your favourite track?
If you're hooked on to Saada Haq. The song has that quality, doesn't it? You might be interested in these Saadda Haq tees the Loose Ends store is stocking. Ranbir Kapoor and Imtiaz Ali were both spotted wearing them at Ranbir Kapoor's surprise birthday bash.


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|Paul Milner speaking on 3rd Unlock the Past History and Genealogy Cruise
I loved this presentation.
I have done some research in Parish Chest material and have had some great finds in Kent particularly with my Smith family who were removed from one parish to another ( I still haven't managed to find out why they were sent there as unfortunately the Settlement Examination has not survived. He was not born in that parish and was an agricultural labourer so unlikely to have gained settlement that way. Oh well maybe one day!)
Everybody knows about the baptism, marriage and burial registers held by the parish. Not that many are aware of the other treasures held in that strong, solid parish chest. They had to be strong and solid as after all they were the repository of the parish wealth.
Paul gave an excellent talk showing many document examples and how they related to each other.
Parishes were basically a kingdom within themselves looking after their own people for poor relief, maintaining the roads, the Church and it grounds, tithing to the Minister, collecting the taxes which were used to maintain the parish, doing the ballot for the militia and so much more.
Paul showed us some of the treasures he had found in the parish of Leeds in Kent relating to his family. I am sure he did the genealogy Happy Dance when he found these.
Documents evolve due to recording money collections and disbursements as there were responsibilities to the parish population to account for money collected and how it was spent.
We are very lucky when these survive. Unfortunately not all survive however as Paul showed so well there is not usually just one document relating to the event. For settlement you have your Settlement Certificate, perhaps a Settlement Examination if they could not produce a certificate, the Removal Order to send them back to their parish, maybe something at the Quarter Sessions if their parish is appealing the decision.
For my Smith family there was also a document surviving which gave a grant of stay for a month as the wife was too ill to move (although they forced their parish to pay for their upkeep during that month!)
If you ever get a chance to hear Paul talk on this topic definitely go as you will learn so much and you will be excited and enthused to research Parish Chest material. I hope that Paul might be persuaded to write some books on this topic.
Paul is talking in Perth and Adelaide on this topic and others after the cruise. He is also speaking in Brisbane, Melbourne and Canberra on other topics. Paul's Tour dates and talks.
Paul is now slotted in as a must-hear speaker in my book.


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Tuesday, September 13 2011 - Editorials
The meaning of 9/11 - Michael Meacher, MP
September 11th, 2011
by Michael Meacher MP
published at Meacher's Blog
9/11 remains one of the most misunderstood events in modern history. The first myth is that it came out of the blue on an unsuspecting America. In fact it is known that 11 countries provided advance warnings to the US about the 9/11 attacks, including Russia and Israel which sent 2 senior Mossad experts to Washington in August 2001 with a list of terrorist suspects that included 4 of the 9/11 hijackers, none of whom was arrested. Moussaoui, now thought to be the 20th hijacker, was arrested in August 2001 after an instructor reported he showed a suspicious interest in learning how to steer large airliners, and Newsweek later revealed (20 May 2002) that an agent had written that month that Moussaoui might be planning to crash into the Twin Towers. Richard Clarke, counter-terrorism chief in the White House, has since said that "50 CIA personnel knew that al-Hamzi and al-Mihdhar (2 of the hijackers) were in the US in July-August 2001, including the Director", but never passed the information to the FBI. And the former US federal crimes prosecutor, John Loftus, has stated that "the information provided by European intelligence services prior to 9/11 was so extensive that it is no longer possible for either the CIA or FBI to assert a defence of incompetence".
Second, 9/11 is portrayed as acts of unprovoked aggression perpetrated without cause other than wilful violence. In fact Osama bin Laden repeatedly demanded in the 1990s that the US should end its occupation of Saudi Arabia containing the two holy cities of Islam, should stop retaining in power Arab tyrannies in order to preserve Western interests in the Middle East particularly oil, and should cease its indiscriminate support for Israel against the Arab world -- all of which demands were ignored by the US. Of course that does not conceivably condone or justify an appalling atrocity like 9/11 which killed nearly 3,000 people, including 67 Britons. But nor does it justify the following decade-long wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan which the US Brown University estimates 'very conservatively' cost the deaths of 137,000 civilians (which the Lancet calculated at a million) and created more than 7.8 million refugees.
Third, 9/11 was the pretext to invade Iraq. We know from the memoirs of O'Neill, Bush's first Treasury secretary, that Bush had been committed from the very outset of his presidency in January 2001 to attack Iraq, only 'show me a way to do it'. Rumsfeld on the very day of 9/11 repeatedly demanded evidence from the CIA that Iraq was responsible. When none could be produced, Bush was forced to fall back on the WMD excuse, despite knowing that no firm evidence had been produced of that either. However vile was the Saddam Hussein dictatorship, the attack on Iraq was an unprovoked (and illegal) war driven by the US determination to get control of the Iraqi oilfields and to establish a US military platform in the heart of the Middle East.
Fourth, the line is already being spun that in the end the US prevailed. Killing bin Laden is a rhetorical victory, but the reality is quite different. Iraq is slipping under Iranian influence, the pro-Western Kabul government will not survive the US withdrawal in 2014, and with continued drone attacks Pakistan could well implode. It has all cost the US 4 trillions [pounds], equal to the cumulative US budget deficits during 2005-10, taken the lives of 6,000 US soldiers, and weakened US power further when it was already haemorrhaging steadily towards Asia on finance, trade and economic grounds. If that is victory, what counts as defeat?
Related posts on Meacher's blog:
This war on terrorism is bogus This article was first published in The Guardian. The 9/11 attacks ...
So why were we in Afghanistan in the first place? As the pressure for withdrawal of British troops from Afghanistan ...
The Pakistan connection From The Guardian There is evidence of foreign intelligence backing for ...
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Cheryl Smith - from Los Gatos, CA
You can find most of the baking and decorating items we use on the show at your local craft store. Depending on what is in your area, check the baking aisles at Michaels Craft Store, Joann Fabrics, AC Moore, or Hobby Lobby. Walmart carries lots of items, too. If there's something that you can't find locally, take a look on Wilton.com.


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Sounds like you don't have any vulnerable PC's on your network
I am pretty new to backtrack, and have been using fasttrack to do some pen testing on my local network, however even after updating, I haven't even one time been about to get a session to hook. I always get this error
even pen testing locally, and external ip's.Code:"If it states No sessions, then you were unsuccessful. Simply type sessions -i ,id. to jump into a shell"
So if it was successful I would see a session and an id linked to that session correct?
What else can I do to see if the software is working properly on my end?
Sounds like you don't have any vulnerable PC's on your network
They have not updated Fast-Track for quite a while I think... I had only one successful exploit by using Fast-Track so far. The victim was running Windows XP SP2 with no firewall, antivir, whatsoever and an unpatched Internet Explorer... After a long, long time I got a session with the Mass Client-Side Attack.
I think you are better off with using msfconsole and doing all the stuff manually,
But I am just a noob too
Excuse my English...


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Honors students Robert Guillette and Janelle Roberts have had their research projects accepted for presentation at the most competitive undergraduate-research venue in the country, Posters on the Hill in Washington, D.C.
Posters on the Hill, held in the Rayburn Building of the U.S. House of Representatives on Capitol Hill, selects just 60 outstanding undergraduate research projects from across the country and across all academic disciplines. Congressional representatives, U.S. senators, their staff members, and the staffs of numerous governmental agencies, including the National Science Foundation, are invited to hear about research conducted by those deemed the "best and brightest" undergraduate students in the U.S.
For the second time in the past decade, two of those shining lights will be from Bridgewater.
"To have 2 of the event's 60 spots go to our students, from among over 600 reviewed proposals, is a singular achievement for Bridgewater State University," said Dr. Jenny Shanahan, director of undergraduate research.
Mr. Guillette was mentored by Dr. Irina Seceleanu, assistant professor of mathematics. His research study, titled "Modeling the Retreat of Glaciers in a Changing Climate," features sophisticated mathematical research with a profound real-world application: predicting the rate of glacial retreat due to global climate change.
"When I first started attending Bridgewater State University never in a million years would I have imagined that I'd be involved in so many great opportunities," he said. "Participating in the Adrian Tinsley Program for Undergraduate Research has opened up so many doors for me. My mentor, Dr. Irina Seceleanu, has helped me realize that anything is possible if you put your mind to it. It's nice to know that hard work and dedication still pay off."
Ms. Roberts, of Smithfield, R.I., was mentored by Dr. Jenn Manak, assistant professor of elementary and early childhood education. The young researcher is a dual-license major in elementary and special education with a second major in English. Her project, "Exploring the American Revolution from Multiple Perspectives through Critical Literacy Discussions in a Fifth-Grade Classroom," builds on Dr. Manak's peer-reviewed, published research on diversity and critical literacy. The research reflects BSU's values of preparing excellent, reflective teachers whose pedagogies and curricula promote diversity and inclusion. The fifth-grade students in a multicultural Massachusetts school who participated in Janelle's study learned about the American Revolution from children's books told from multiple perspectives – not just white men (the Patriots and British), but also African American and Native American men, women, and children. The students demonstrated better understanding of the diversity of people and beliefs involved in the conflict than when they read only textbook accounts.
Janelle also has the distinction of being the first undergraduate student ever to present at the Massachusetts Reading Association conference, a prestigious professional meeting of the International Reading Association. She will be co-presenting at the Massachusetts Reading Association conference with Dr. Manak and BSU graduate student Jenny Callahan this spring.
"I am honored to have been selected for such a prestigious event and to be able to have the opportunity to represent Bridgewater State University," Ms. Roberts said. "My mentor, Dr. Jennifer Manak, has dedicated so much hard work and guidance throughout my research that I would not be able to have this opportunity without her. BSU has opened many doors for me throughout my time here and I could not be any happier to have the chance to represent the institution in Washington, D.C."
Posters on the Hill will be held April 29. ATP conference travel grants will fund the students' travel and lodging.
Dr. Shanahan said Posters on the Hill officials made a couple of wise choices in selected Mr. Guillette and Ms. Roberts.
"They both are such kind, thoughtful, and articulate students that besides their fascinating research, their very presence at the conference and visits with Massachusetts representatives in Washington will represent Bridgewater State University beautifully," she said. "Time and time again, our amazing students and faculty take us up on the opportunity to engage in the joys and challenges of scholarly work, creating new knowledge and sharing it with the world. And the world is taking notice." (Story by John Winters and the staff of the Office of Undergraduate Research; photos submitted; University News)


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I'm already write this one on bt4 beta future request.
Yet in pre final still doesn't have it installed.
I hope bt4 great team can add this one, it's just tiny program but works well for hand phone modem and dual mode USB modem.
Some people with high mobility might need this so he can use any modem around >.<


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1111 Austin Highway Extends Highway's Revitalization
There has been a lot of talk about Southtown and the Pearl, but one of the true redevelopment success stories of the past three years has been the rebirth of Austin Highway, and that redevelopment took another step forward today.
Developer Guillermo Nicolas, whose '3N group' has pioneered the rebirth of the South Flores are and Southtown, today opened 1111 Austin Highway, a luxury apartment complex not far from the McNay Art Museum.
"This building stands on what was two seedy motels and a run down apartment building," Nicolas said. "Part of our company's mission it to revitalize areas which have lost their shine but still have wonderful value."
1111 Broadway features 278 high end apartments, as well as a four story clubhouse, two swimming pools, a business center and a conference room. He says revitalizing existing property makes so much more sense than developing in a new area.
"We are recycling the public's utilities that they have paid for that we have all paid for, the streets, the drainage, and water and the electricity," he said. "Rather than burdening the community by having to create new infrastructure."
He says the Austin Highway area has a lot to recommend it. The complex is in the Alamo Heights ISD, and it is near every type of amenity imaginable, from shops to restaurants to cultural attractions like the McNay.
A 6,000 square foot retail center is set to open in the coming months to provide more services to residents.
Nicolas says his attention will now turn back downtown, especially now that HEB has agreed to build a grocery store in the downtown area. He is developing an apartment/hotel combination not far from the Bexar County Courthouse.


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.500 road trip – at worst
On paper, this should have been the toughest challenge of the Canadiens' western road trip.
It wasn't ... because of Carey Price.
Playing in his home province, Price made 30 saves through the first 40 minutes to keep his team in the game.
The Canadiens outshot Vancouver 18-9 in the third period to cinch the win.
Max Pacioretty, Tomas Plekanec and Josh Gorges scored their first goals of the season. Lars Eller got his fifth, a weird shorthanded score that came without a single Canadien in the Vancouver zone.
The Canucks' penalty-kill – a perfect 18/18 heading into the game – gave up two goals in the Canadiens' three power plays.
The Canadiens wrap up their western swing Tuesday in Winnipeg.
Textbook closeout
The home team was held without a shot on goal for 11 minutes.
The dominant Canadiens got a power-play goal from Tomas Plekanec and a floater from the point by Josh Gorges – first of the season for each of them.
What a weird one!
The summary says Lars Eller scored a shorthanded goal to restore the Canadiens lead.
How did Eller bag his fith of the season?
By dumping the puck down the ice.
With nary a white jersey in sight, Jason Garrison and Dan Hamhuis mishandled the puck.
It hit Roberto Luongo's left skate, caromed off his right and trickled into the net.
Bizarro, baby!
At the other end of the ice, Henrik Sedin had tied the game 1-1 with vancouver's 25th shot. Carey Price was left helpless by his teammates on the play.
Price has made 30 saves through two periods.
The Canadiens have 20 shots on Luongo.
Price shines
Carey Price made 14 saves, including beauties on Jason Garrison (twice), Chris Tanev and Daniel Sedin.
Roberto Luongo faced nine shots and was beaten, on a trickle-through, by Max Pacioretty during a Canadiens power play.
It was the first PP goal against Vancouver this season.
Best play of the period might have been Josh Gorges' billiard-shot clear that prevented icing after the Canadiens had been bottled up in their own end at the end of the period.
Canadiens were 14-8 on faceoffs and killed off a penalty to Lars Eller.
Jarred Tinordi loked shaky in a shade over four minutes of ice time.
Home game for Price
Carey Price will have family and friends in the crowd when the Canadiens continue their western Canada road trip with a visit to Rogers Arena in Vancouver.
And there will be a familiar face behind the Canucks bench. John Tortorella, late of the Rangers and Lightning, has brought his lively personality and demanding coaching style to the west coast.
That means a lot of shot-blocking in front of goaltender Roberto "Get Me Out of Vancouver" Luongo. Forward Chris Tanev has 11 blocks, defenceman Kevin Bieksa 10. Josh Gorges tops the Canadiens with nine.
Pesky forward Alex Burrows is out of the Vancouver lineup after injuring his foot while blocking a shot. The Canucks also will be without defenceman Alex Edler, suspended for his hit on sensational San Jose rookie Tomas Hertl.
The Canadiens will be missing captain Brian Gionta, who is in Montreal seeing to personal business. Ryan White will return to the lineup on the fourth line, with Travis Moen and Michaël Bournival. Brandon Prust moves up to take Gionta's spot with David Desharnais and Rene Bourque.
• Vancouver lines at morning skate: Sedin-Sedin-Santorelli, Higgins-Kesler-Hansen, Booth-Richardson-Kassian, Dalpe-Weise-Sestito
• Carey Price is 3-1-1 lifetime against Vancouver, with a GAA of 2.56 and save percentage of .924 ... Roberto Luongo is 1-4 in his last five starts against the Canadiens ... Brendan Gallagher will be playing his first NHL game in the city where he grew up and played junior hockey with the Vancouver Giants ... The Canucks' penalty-kill is a perfect 18/18 through five games this season and has scored two shorthanded goals.


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Enermax ETS-T40
Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme
Twelve coolers, a bucket load of thermal paste and plenty of overclocking action. But what have we learned?
The first thing you should appreciate is that water-cooling isn't the magic solution to giving you instant access to epic overclocks. At least, no more epic than you'll achieve with a decent air cooler.
Admittedly, the gap between air and water when it comes to overclocking will grow if you really put your back into the fine-tuning. But in our view, the advantage of water when it comes to achieving really high clocks isn't worth the price premium.
Part of the explanation for that is conventional liquid-cooling is ultimately subject to the same limiting factor as air cooling, namely ambient temperatures. You need some kind of refrigeration or Peltier system to overcome that.
Liquid cooling still has a place though. The reason to go with water is to achieve lower operating temps for less noise. What's more, a decent closed loop water cooler tends to have longer legs than an active air cooler since they're that little bit less sensitive to dust than an air cooler. In fact, if you locate the radiator outside of the chassis, you can give it a bit of a buff without cracking open the case.
As it happens, reduced dust build up is also a key advantage of passive air cooling, along with zero noise emissions. However, as our benchmarks show this month, even a comically oversized passive cooler can't compete with very modest active air coolers, much less water coolers, when it comes to performance.
With that in mind, it's the hilarious but ultimately almost pointless NoFan CR-95C that brings up the rear this month. Put simply, relying on convection for cooling makes for some horrible temperatures. Just as important, several of the active coolers here produce extremely low noise levels. There's just no need for a desktop computer to have a completely silent CPU cooler.
Next to fall, if largely on a technicality, is the Antec Kuhler H20 920. Thanks to a fault with the fan modulator that caused its two 120mm windmills to spin at full speed, it's hard to know what it's really capable of.
From here we get into a much closer contest. The Scythe Katana 4 was interesting in that it underlined the downsides of going for something smaller in the air-cooling category than the default 120mm option.
However, it's the Enermax ETS-T40 and Thermaltake Water 2.0 Extreme that really set themselves apart. The Enermax performs well beyond its pay-grade and makes the oversized Zalman CNPS14X look a little silly. It also proves you can have great cooling without the compromises that come with really massive coolers.
Meanwhile, Thermaltake's Water 2.0 Extreme, which takes the water-cooling spoils in this test, is pricey, but then liquid-cooling is a bit of a luxury, so why not have something a bit special? It's built to last, is a great performer and it's even better with that USB interface and control software. In short, it's a proper bit of kit.


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Taxpayers have just a few day left to qualify for a 2012 state income tax benefit for Utah Educational Savings Plan (UESP) contributions.
Utah individual taxpayers and trusts can claim a 5 percent state tax credit for contributions of up to $1,780 per qualified beneficiary made this year. For taxpayers who are married filing jointly, the 5 percent credit can be claimed for contributions of up to $3,560 per qualified beneficiary. These credits equal up to $89 and up to $178.
Utah corporations also are eligible for a tax deduction of up to $1,780 per qualified beneficiary.
Beneficiaries must be younger than 19 when designated on the account for the Utah resident to claim the tax benefit. A beneficiary does not have to be a Utah resident for the UESP account owner to qualify for the benefit. Account owners can contribute more or less than the maximum tax benefit amounts.
To qualify for the 2012 state income tax benefit, contributions and new account applications that are submitted by mail or overnight carrier, in person, or by fax must be received at the UESP office before 5 p.m. Dec. 31. Contributions and new accounts that are done online at uesp.org must be completed before 11:59 p.m. Dec. 31. Mailed contributions that are postmarked on or before Dec. 31, 2012, but received by UESP in 2013 will be recorded as 2013 contributions and are not eligible for the 2012 credit.
The mailing address is UESP, PO Box 145100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5100. Delivery in person or by overnight carrier should be made to UESP, Board of Regents Building, Gateway 2, 60 S. 400 West, Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1284. The fax number is 800-214-2956 and the web address is uesp.org.
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Mail • UESP, P.O. Box 145100, Salt Lake City, UT 84114-5100
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PCL notes: Hembree won't go changin'
After dominating last year, reliever trying to find way at Triple-A
By Chris Jackson / Special to MLB.com | May 28, 2012 6:00 AM ET
The 23-year-old right-handed reliever dominated Class A Advanced and Double-A en route to a Minor League-leading 38 saves and a 1.86 ERA, earning him the San Francisco Giants' No. 3 prospect ranking.
Now in just his second full season in the Minors, Hembree finds himself closing games for the Fresno Grizzlies, but this season has not been nearly as easy as 2011.
"I still attack the hitters the same way," said Hembree, who is 1-1 with a 4.42 ERA and eight saves in 19 games. "I would still like to be (more) consistent. I've been getting myself in trouble.
"I just want to attack the zone and be aggressive. Obviously the hitters are better here. But I feel like if I can throw my pitches how I want to throw them, I'll be successful."
The first sign of trouble for Hembree came May 14, when he was tagged for five runs -- three earned -- to blow a two-run lead in the ninth inning of an 8-5 loss to visiting Omaha.
Things did not get much better for Hembree in the thin air of Albuquerque. He gave up a towering solo home run to the Isotopes' Brian Cavazos-Galvez in the eighth inning of a 3-2 loss May 21. Hembree then walked two and gave up an RBI triple to veteran Aaron Miles in the ninth inning of a 10-7 win May 23.
"He's got a good arm," Isotopes manager Lorenzo Bundy said. "Obviously command is an issue with him, but it's a pretty good arm."
Hembree's ERA has nearly doubled from the 2.08 mark he had before the meltdown against Omaha, but the South Carolina native said he will continue to approach the game the same way.
"You've still got to attack and pound the zone," Hembree said. "You don't want to give up the home runs or the hits, but it's going to happen sometimes. It's a tough league, but I still stick with my game plan and attack the hitters."
Hembree relies heavily on a fastball that averages between 93 and 96 mph, but he knows how his slider and changeup develop will be the key.
"They're coming along pretty good," Hembree said. "I've got a good feel for them right now. I just want to get out there, throw them as much as I can and develop them."
The Giants have a strong record of developing pitchers, including current starters Matt Cain, Tim Lincecum and Madison Bumgarner, plus injured closer Brian Wilson, the man whose job Hembree could eventually take over.
"It's a good organization to play for," Hembree said. "We're all excited to do the job. I'm blessed to be a part of it and I'm looking forward to seeing what the future holds."
Triple Crown chase: Iowa's Anthony Rizzo continues to terrorize PCL pitching, bashing three home runs in his last five games through Saturday. For the season, the Cubs' prospect has a league-leading 17 homers, ranks second with 44 RBIs and is sixth with a .354 batting average. Rizzo also leads the league in slugging (.713) and OPS (1.130).
FedEx delivers: Albuquerque catcher Tim Federowicz is heating up with the New Mexico weather. From May 17 through Saturday, the 24-year-old prospect has hit .371 (13-for-35) with two home runs and 10 RBIs. Federowicz has been durable too, starting 36 of the Isotopes' 50 games behind the plate.
Carried away: Tacoma right-hander Andrew Carraway was merely a 12th-round Draft pick in 2009 out of Virginia. The way he has pitched in the PCL so far, he looks more like a former No. 1 overall selection. The unheralded right-hander has gone 2-0 with a 2.21 ERA in three starts, allowing just five runs on 13 hits and six walks while striking out 11 in 20 1/3 innings.
Chris Jackson is a contributor to MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.View More


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Plasmonic Wire Grating (Wave Optics)
Application ID: 14705
In this model, a plane wave is incident on a wire grating on a dielectric substrate. Coefficients for transmission, reflection, and first order diffraction are computed for different angles of incidence
The model is set up for one unit cell of the grating, flanked by Floquet boundary conditions describing the periodicity. As applied, this condition states that the solution on one side of the unit cell equals the solution on the other side multiplied by a complex-valued phase factor. The phase shift between the boundaries is evaluated from the perpendicular component of the wave vector. The periodicity boundaries are parallel with the y-axis, therefore, only the x-component is required. The phase factor is the same for the refracted and reflected beams as for the incident wave due to the continuity of the field.


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VVC Cocktail Lounge: How to Make the Best Bloody Mary
This is of the utmost importance.
Do you like spicy tomato juice with vodka and vegetables for breakfast?
Yeah, me neither. For a long time.
Then my tastebuds started coming around, THANK GOD. Now there's nothing like an ultra-spicy Bloody Mary for those special Monday mornings when I don't have anything to do but watch an entire season of How I Met Your Mother, eat split pea soup, and nap. (Disclaimer: This happens about once a year, and boy oh boy, is it glorious.)
For a perfect bloody mary, you'll need:
Vodka. A mid-level like Monopolowa is just fine, and for the gluten-free folks out there, it's made with potato—not grains– so you won't die or curl up in the fetal position after drinking this.
Tomato Juice. Make it organic for bonus points.
Vegan Worcestershire Sauce. Generic store brands are usually anchovy-free.
Hot Sauce. You can stick with Tabasco if you like, but I recommend Secret Aardvark Sauce. The Spicy Vegan recommends Trader Joe's Habanero Hot Sauce if you like extra ultra way spicy Bloody Mary's.
Fresh Cracked Black Pepper.
Celery Salt.
Big ol' Stalk of Celery.
Mix together 1 shot vodka 1 cup tomato juice, Worcestershire sauce, horseradish and hot sauce to taste, and a dash of black pepper and celery salt. In a pint glass, pour over ice. Garnish with a lemon and lime wedge and a big ol' stalk of celery.
–> Make a pitcher if you're expecting company.
–> Use tequila if you'd like a Bloody Maria instead. (Gross.)
–> Use V-8 if you're feeling lazy.
5 thoughts on "VVC Cocktail Lounge: How to Make the Best Bloody Mary"
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. Bloody Marys are my favorite drink everrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. In fact, they're one of the only things I drink 'cause I hate sweet drinks!
And the ones in Portland at Vita and Portabello are still etched in my memory as the BEST THINGS EVER.
A bloody mary first thing in the morning? I'll skip the vodka and take a walk on the beach (instead of a stagger . . .). Thanks for the recipe : )
Whaaaat? I didn't know most store brands of worcestershire were anchovy free. Awesome! Confession…I've never had a bloody mary before. I really want to try this, though.
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Australian Daniel Ricciardo and Red Bull Formula One teammate Sebastian Vettel will start from second and third on the grid behind Lewis Hamilton in Sunday's Chinese Grand Prix in Shanghai.
Hamilton is in line to win a third race in a row for the first time in his career after convincingly taking pole position.
Under steady rain on Saturday, the British Mercedes driver was untouchable as he powered to 1min 53.860sec, his third pole position in four races this season and more than half-a-second ahead of Ricciardo (1:54.455).
The Australian again out-qualified four-time defending world champion Vettel, who was third in 1:54.960.
Hamilton's teammate and championship leader Nico Rosberg could only manage fourth in the slippery conditions as he ran wide on the last bend of his final flying lap and spun spectacularly.
It was the 34th pole position of Hamilton's F1 career, eclipsing legendary Scot Jim Clark's record in the 1960s, and provided more evidence he could dominate this season.
"It's so slippery out there," Hamilton said. "It was a tough session but I really enjoyed it. The car is in great condition and I really hope we can follow through tomorrow."
Despite winning the past two races, Hamilton still trails Rosberg by 11 points in the championship but the German will have to start behind both Red Bulls and his teammate.
"Cool, alrighty," exclaimed Ricciardo, when told over team radio he was on the front row for the second time in his career. "There wasn't anything left in that.
"I think it was very pleasing to do it at the end but I struggled at the beginning. I put a good lap together and am pretty pleased to be on the front row."
Ricciardo hopes to make up for his season-opening Australian disqualification where he was stripped of second place for breaching F1's new fuel usage rules.
"If it's dry, I think we can race up the front. I'll be ducking my head down the straight, like in a go-kart, but we'll hopefully hang on and fight for at least a podium."
Ferrari's Fernando Alonso will be fifth on the grid but teammate Kimi Raikkonen, struggling with mechanical problems which severely limited his practice runs, will start 11th after being eliminated in Q2.
Brazil's Felipe Massa showed his rapidly improving Williams can conquer a wet track, after impressive pace in the dry on Friday, by putting himself on the third row alongside former Ferrari teammate Alonso.
Just behind Massa will be the second Williams driven by Finland's Valtteri Bottas and Force India's Nico Hulkenberg. Completing the top 10 were the French duo of Jean-Eric Vergne for Toro Rosso and Romain Grosjean for Lotus.
There was a major shock in Q2 when, in addition to Raikkonen, both McLarens failed to make the final top-10 shootout despite being powered by 2014's all-conquering Mercedes engine.
Jenson Button complained over team radio that his McLaren had no grip on the rain-sodden surface.


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All games in this year's final, featuring the Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts and Clarenville Caribous, will be streamed live onlineon this website.
The Cataracts won the series opener Saturday.
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The Galaxy Tab 7.7 looks NOTHING like ANY iPad so where is the justification on this?
I have both the iPad 3 and a Galaxy Tab 7.7 and they are completely different and there is nothing in common between the two except they are both touch screen tablets.
Why wont Apple sue Asus or Acer or any other android tablet maker as they also have tablets that look just like the galaxy Tab 7.7????
There are other tablets that look just like an iPad but they are still on the shelves and selling but something that looks nothing like the iPad is removed from sales? Its not right.
Didn't Samsung make the screens for the iPads and iPhones? Talk about biting the hand that feeds you.
Apple dont have a clue how to make a tablet better than the galaxy tab so instead they sue them and ban the sales of the better tablet. Not the smart way to do business but if you got the money to remove the competition instead of making a better device then thats the way you do business.
Apple dont have any 7 inch tablets so if I was the judge I would throw this case out of court.
Sooooo the design of the tab looks like almost like an iPad but it matters what's inside. The iPad and that tab are totally different inside. (meaning the hardware) so idk what apple is saying. People won't take something for the looks only, but mostly the user experience.
I can't seem to understand why people here are getting so fired up over this when Samsung is in fact copying Apple's designs and the products they ship are utter s**t compared to Apple's. From my perspective Samsung is just flooding the market with garbage hardly anyone seems to care about and most normal people are indifferent about their products going away because they would never buy them anyway.
I will lol very hard if anyone here calls me a big fanboy.
Samsuck. Good riddance.


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Jerene Jarvis Johnston and her husband, Duke, are exemplars of Charlotte, North Carolina's high society, a world where old Southern money and the secrets behind it meet the new wealth of bankers, real estate speculators, and carpetbagging social climbers. Steely and implacable, Jerene presides over her family's legacy of paintings at the Mint Museum; Duke, the one-time college golden boy and descendant of a Confederate general, whose promising political career was mysteriously short-circuited, has settled into a comfortable semi-senescence as a Civil War reenactor. Jerene's brother Gaston is an infamously dissolute best-selling historical novelist who has never managed to begin his long-dreamed-of masterpiece. And their sister Dillard's unfortunate life decisions and losses have rendered her a near-recluse.
As the four Johnston children - smart but reckless Annie, good-boy minister Bo, might-be-gay-but-that's-okay Joshua, and damaged and dangerous Jerilyn - flounder in their adult lives, Jerene must take action to preserve the family's legacy, Duke's fragile honor, and what's left of the dwindling family fortune. She will stop at nothing to keep what she has - is it too much to ask for one ounce of cooperation from her heedless family?
In Lookaway, Lookaway, Wilton Barnhardt has written a full-bore, headlong, hilarious narrative of a family coming apart, a society changing beyond recognition, and an unforgettable woman striving to pull it all together.
Includes a bonus interview between Wilton Barnhardt and George Witte, editor in chief of St. Martin's Press.
©2013 Wilton Barnhardt (P)2013 Macmillan Audio
"Move over, Tom Wolfe! Writing with brilliance and brio, Barnhardt has penned a hilarious satire which often has surprising depth and hits way too close to the truth." (Lee Smith)
"Great book, best narrator ever"
This book is so big and luscious...wonderful characters, including the South itself. Fabulous narration...not only does Scott Shepherd embody the character's voices perfectly, his little humorous inflections while reading descriptive passages drench them with color. You find yourself nodding in agreement...
Sad when it ended
"Southern Characters, fo' sure!"
I really enjoyed Lookaway, Lookaway. I should put in the caveat that I am from NC, so it was fun hearing about so many places familiar to me. That aside, Barnhardt does a great job with character development and tells the story through an interesting method. For the first few hours, I thought it was going to be all sorority and debutante fluff, but then the novel took a sharp left turn and never looked back. The matriach, Jerene Jarvis Johnson, is incredibly well drawn. Hats off to Barnhardt for his clever story line that always kept me surprised.
I really liked this book. It started oddly with a college scenario that was all about 19 year olds; then the uncle, sister, mother, father, brothers, grandmother & aunt of the co-ed were introduced. The story layered and layered as each of the characters' lives unfolded and none of them were as they seemed or wanted to be seen.
"I must admit to skipping some parts."
This author has great insight into people. I am from a generation which finds some of the content objectionable. Having said that, the contribution of the characters to the overall story was important and the writing was such that it wasn't necessary to delve deeply into all of the details of each character to follow the impact of each on the story. The narration was outstanding. I will certainly look for additional offerings by both the author and the narrator.
Single white female. MFA candidate in poetry at NC State University. Instructor of freshman composition. Mother of two beautiful cats.
"My Land!"
Wilton Barnhardt has produced something rare and beautiful with "Lookaway, Lookaway." Hilarious at times, tragic at others (and sometimes both at once), it is a compelling, compassionate portrait of a certain kind of family, and a certain kind of culture, and the mammoth pile of secrets needed to keep them both from crumbling. Buy it, already!
Oh, and the narration is great too :)
"Look this way"
I liked this book, but I didn't really get interested until I had listened for a few hours. If you like books that somewhat expose the "crazies" that exist in the South, you'd like it. Recommend.
"Get to know this family"
Loved the way this book tells the story through a different character's eyes every couple of chapters. By the end of the book, you will know this family well enough to get all the inside jokes. It takes a while to get started (I didn't like the first few chapters) but once you become familiar with the family, it is a funny story.
This is not going to be a helpful review because honestly, I'm still not sure how I feel about this story. Some parts were boring, some parts were interesting. I liked some of the characters, hated others. The ending was not great, but the reader was good and I loved the book cover...
Probably would not recommend unless you are interested in the history of the South.
"Old Charlotte"
Ok read if you're a native of Charlotte. It's always cool to hear a story about your hometown. Abrupt ending was disappointing.
My aunt was the librarian in our town, I've been reading since I was 5! Books were my besties in grade school. Reading is exercise 4 R minds
"Story of Two Southern Families Told Over Time"
Yes, I would recommend but you need to know going in that there are parts that are so boring that you'll skip way ahead and not miss a thing! It just drones on and on at times.
The ending was a let down. After putting all of that time in and getting to know these characters, I expected and hoped for better for a some of them.
I've not listened to any of Scott's other performances but I absolutely love him! He was the best part of this listening experience.
I think it needed a better ending but not a follow up. The book followed the family through many years, so I don't think there would be enough storyline for a follow up...
I enjoyed this book a lot at times but it started slow. Then it would pick up steam and bog down again. I loved some of the characters and didn't like some so much. Jerene Johnston was the epitome of "old money southern country club type". I loved her. I grew up with women like her. You could throw anything at her and she stayed calm, cool and collected. I am from MS and my mother is a Johnston, so I found it extra quirky and could relate to the southern "eccentricities". It's nothing that's going rock your world or get you too excited. It's just the story of two southern families as they grow and intertwine through a few decades.
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Meyer wins Carolina League debut
Nats' No. 2 prospect fans seven over six scoreless innings
By Andrew Pentis / Special to MLB.com | July 20, 2012 7:52 PM ET
Daubach danced around the news. He said he was dissapointed that he wasn't going to be able to take advantage of Meyer's connections. After all, the 6-foot-9 University of Kentucky product had access to basketball coach John Calipari's gym keys and would not be able to sneak Daubach into Rupp Arena in Lexington, a regular stop on the South Atlanitc League schedule.
That's because Meyer, 18 starts into his pro career, was being promoted to the Carolina League, where his manager would be, oddly enough, Brian Rupp.
Start No. 19 -- his Class A Advanced debut on Friday night -- was nearly identical to his last. The Nationals' No. 2 prospect struck out seven over six shutout innings in Potomac's 8-3 win over visiting Myrtle Beach.
Meyer (1-0), selected 23rd overall in the 2011 Draft, gave up three hits and a walk but did not allow a Pelicans batter to get past second base.
"I went out there and had three pitches that were working really well," he said of his fastball-slider-changeup combo. "Lately, I have had command of all three, but the changeup is the one I am making sure is consistent. It's just confidence in throwing it like a fastball. There are times where I try to slow it down coming out of my glove."
That pitch, which has the potential to be at least average, is what will help decide how far Meyer's right arm takes him. His mid-90s fastball and slider are -- or will be -- plus offerings. That was demonstrated by the 22-year-old's South Atlantic League-leading 107 strikeouts over 90 innings.
Those were the numbers that forced his jump up a level in Washington's system.
"Just excitement," he said of Daubach's delayed reporting. "Everyone wants to be promoted. I'm blessed to have the opportunity."
And, with help, he made good on it right away. Meyer said the game-calling of catcher David Freitas, with whom he worked in the instructional league and during Spring Training, was the ultimate favor. Also welcomed: The sage pregame advice of Potomac hitting coach Marlon Anderson, who said, "It's the same game you were playing down there."
"When I was warming up -- even all day today -- I didn't think about it too much," Meyer said of the buildup to his debut. "I didn't want to change too much from what I was doing in Hagerstown."
His lineup also took the pressure off. Leadoff man Michael Taylor, who is ranked immediately behind Meyer among the Nats' top prospects, homered and doubled twice in five at-bats. Taylor also homered, doubled and plated four runs on Monday to highlight an otherwise disappointing campaign.
"The last few games I've been here, he squares up everything thrown to him," Meyer said. "I'm sure that he feels like the weight of the world is off his shoulders."
Second baseman Rick Hague and shortstop Jason Martinson also went deep for the Nats, while Major League first baseman Chad Tracy singled in three at-bats in his first rehab game.
Pelicans starter Randy Henry (5-5) was charged with all eight runs on 10 hits over 5 1/3 frames.
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Game 1 – Columbia
WP: Alexis Borden (11-8), 7.0 IP, 10 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
LP: Tessa Kroll (3-3), 7.0 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Going into the game, Penn needed on more win to secure the outright title of South Division Champ, and the Quakers did just that in game one against Columbia on Saturday. With the first two innings ending quickly, the Red and Blue cracked the board first in the top of the third, scoring two unearned runs on a fielding error by the Lions' right fielder. Junior tri-captain Sydney Turchin was the first run to get on base after hitting a single through the left side on the first pitch and then sophomore Kanani Datan followed up with another single on the first pitch. But it was Datan's hit that caused the Lion error, leading both Quakers to reach home safely.
The Red and Blue put up a third run in the top of the fourth for a 3-0 lead, when junior tri-captain Vanessa Weaver hit a single to right field that allowed freshman Vera Barnwell to round the bases and safely score.
But Penn wasn't the only team that capitalized on an error, as Columbia scored a run in the bottom of the fifth on a fielding error. However, the Lions were stopped by the Quakers from scoring anymore as the score remained the same at the bottom of the seventh.
Senior tri-captain Elysse Gorney went 2-for-3 at the plate and recorded seven putouts. Datan was 1-for-3 and scored a run.
Game 2 – Columbia
WP: Brooke Darling (9-9), 5.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 3 K
LP: Lauren Li (1-1), 3.2 IP, 9 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
Once again, just like in the other three games, Penn was first to take the lead. In the top of the first with two outs, freshman Leah Allen started the scoring off with a bang, hitting a bomb out to right center on a full count. But the bombs didn't stop there as freshman Alexis Sargent hit another shot to left field.
After Sargent and the rest of the Red and Blue defense made quick work of the Lions in the bottom of the inning, the Quakers were back at the plate and extended their lead with three more runs.
In the top of the second inning sophomore Kanani Datan came to the plate, with no outs and runners at first and second, and look down the third base line to head coach Leslie King for the signal. Picking out the right pitch, Datan laid down the sac bunt and moved junior tri-captain Vanessa Weaver to third and junior tri-captain Sydney Turchin to second. The threat of runners in position caused Columbia to make the decision of a pitching change, replacing starter Kayla Maloney with Brooke Darling. But after fouling off her first pitch, Allen smacked a double out to right center, sending Weaver and Turchin home. A third run was added when Sargent hit a single out to center field allowing Allen to sprint home for a 5-0 lead.
In the bottom of the second, Columbia began to chip at the lead after scoring on a single through the left side by catcher Liz Caggiano.
Unable to score any runs in the top of the third, Penn took the field once again as the Lions continued to close the gap. On a full count, Mackensy Lakian added another run to the board on her home run to left field. Columbia kept putting the pressure on the Red and Blue defense, scoring two more runs to trail only by one, 5-4.
After starting off strong, the Quaker bats began to lose its luster and were unable to bring anymore home for the rest of the game.
However, the Lions were able to keep their bats moving and scored a run in the bottom of the fourth and the fifth for the 6-5 win.
Sargent and Allen led Red and Blue's bats in the one-run loss. Sargent was a perfect 3-for-3 with two RBI and one run, while Allen was 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs.
Penn will be back in action on Tuesday for its final game of the season, and the last nonconference contest with Villanova at 4:00 p.m.
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Shaun Taylor won against some French guy, 1st rounds head kick KO I think.
An unintuitive consequence of conditional probability.
Only 8 fights on. One didnt happen so 7 fights. Event was done by 9.30.
Blokes who ran it were good people. Event ran smooth and everything was done properly but i think i seen 200 people max. So i cant see them trying it again.
Team Rough House - UKs no1 fight team
Spent loads producing a good show and didn't sell any tickets. I've never seen such a thing in UK MMA.
Surely if you hire a venue and pay to people to hit each other in the face people just magically turn up don't they?
I'm no gynecologist but I know a cunt when I see one.
Anyone know what happened with the Ali El Idrissi vs Bill Beaumont fight? They posted on the 23rd that there would be more information to follow, but there's nothing else on their FB/Twitter.
Fighting, writing and mood lighting.
you know what, fuck, I looked up that trojan show. chrriiiist!
they did well picking out and bringing over Pat Curran. anyone who beats Robbie Oliver you know is good. he went on his wicked bellator run straight after. shame it must have been so expensive. ambitious show, there's good names there. including legendary fearlessness from Danny Welsh


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Budget Surplus Posted for January
The U.S. budget posted a rare January surplus, largely reflecting a big boost in tax revenue, the Treasury Department said Tuesday.
The federal budget surplus for the month was $2.88 billion, compared with a deficit of $27.41 billion the previous January. That was the first January surplus since 2008.
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