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150 wall ball shots for time
Total time: 7:27 (12# ball)
This was a little more than 1 minute slower than last time, but first time using the 12# ball vs. the 10# ball so I think its a good result. I definitely had to break more often with the added weight. Ran 2 miles outside to warm up for this. Legs feel incredibly strong at run start. Have to remind myself to slow down a little so I can get into a breathing rhythm that's sustainable.
30 minute bike TT
Total distance: 9.92 miles / 19.84 mph / AHR 148
Shortly after, I headed out on my tri bike for the 30 minute TT. The wind was blustery out of the south which made half of my ride a bit challenging. Didn't hit my fastest time, but a respectable time given the headwind and having to wait at my turn around for a car to go by. My legs are cooked after these last two days!
Starting to feel a little anxious about the race given it's really coming on fast. Added pressure due to the fact that I have to have my bike and gear bag on the tribike transport truck on November 9th! This means I really have to start getting it together. This coming week will really be my last big one with a 13.1 mile run and 1000 yard swim TT. Traveling to NY for a couple of days and big doings in the office will make getting it all done challenging, but I'll have to make it work.
I'm getting anxious, but I have very positive feelings about the race. This is good given I had a lot of misgivings during the summer when things were looking a lot less positive and I actually thought about bagging the whole thing. You have to believe and then just make it happen. I'm feeling ready.


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Through absurd performance, technology and playful imitation, Mirror Mirror explores the experiences of people who are considered 'different' in today's society. Playful, surreal and thought-provoking, ask yourself: who's in front of the mirror?
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Mexico's Human Rights Commission has issued a warning about the incoming waves of Haitian and African migrants arriving and on their way to the U.S. border.
According to public statements made by the CNDH's National Ombudsman Luis Raul Gonzalez Perez, the commission is concerned over the hundreds of Haitians and African nationals that have been making their way north through Latin America. The warning was issued for Mexico to prepare sanitary accommodations and staff its federal agencies to provide care and avoid the spread of diseases such as cholera.
Breitbart Texas has been reporting on the waves of African and Haitian immigrants that have been working Mexico's immigration system in order to legally make their way through that country. Mexican immigration authorities give the the immigrants a special permit that grants them legal status in Mexico for 20 days so they can leave the country. Once the African or Haitian immigrants are at the border, they walk up to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection port of entry and request refugee status.
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The lip piercing returns :D - In the water, I am beautiful.
Will we get out of this Little Hell?
30 November 2011 @ 06:37 pm
The lip piercing returns :D
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Kudos to Bethesda? NAH!!
Just ignore the waynekerr!!
Is it ANYWHERE?
They've already said the older slim isn't getting a price drop
No shite Sherlock!!
They must all be playing hide and seek when I go on there then cos I've seen 30/40 people TOPS and that was this week too!!
It's shite!! A total wasted opportunity!!
WRC Rally Evolved by Evolution Studios was the last decent rally game, Wish they'd do one this gen instead of more Motorstorm games!
One thing I've never liked about Sony is their marketing of PS3, nearly every multi platform game advert is a 360 one, People not into gaming who're buying games for presents could think they're only available for 360 going by the adverts, They didn't even advertise GTA4 as being on PS3
Why do I click on these GTAV 'articles'? I always say to myself I won't again but I do!!!!
Some people DO actually think they're going to be playing this game in the next 8 WEEKS!!
Why is this news? Who approves this kaka?
There's a lot of game developers on here today!
Where's some footage?
Why would they or any dev care when they know there's enough suckers who'll reward their laziness?
This is what's wrong with gaming now, Despite the game getting bad reviews right across the board and being slammed by most people it's still sold loads!! Rewarding laziness!!
I would fully install every game if I could
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Chinese Crested Dog
Despite its name, this little dog is a native of Egypt. It has a small slender body and weighs between 3kg and 5kg and measures a foot high. Its uniqueness is its partially nude skin; in fact it has hairs on the legs, the head and the tip of the tail. This is a sweet little companion, always cheerful and never aggressive. Although it is for us a pet in Egypt it ids used to hunt rats and pests.


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Re: underdeck rigging
Posted by LeeG on May 12, 2007
contact cement works great, you gotta let both sides dry before joining.
With regards to lacing bungies you can use a 4 1/2" length of 1" webbing doubled over and glued down. Make sure to sand the area under the deck where it's glued down. With the kayak suspended upside down, use a couple tape covered red bricks to provide spacing and weight on the webbing. Just dab cabosil thickened epoxy inbetween the ends and under one side then weight down. The bricks providing spacing hold the loop up a bit. You only need about 1 1/4" to glue down.
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Friday, January 18, 2013
The "Nones" Speak
Setting aside that the label is a bit annoying, I was pleasantly surprised that a news story on this demographic actually included the voices of those the label is meant to represent. Usually they talk about us without actually including us in the conversation. NPR's "On Religion, Some Young People Show Both Doubt And Respect" did a pretty good letting the "nones" speak for themselves.
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In an attempt to streamline the self-disclosure process, The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) recently posted revisions to the Voluntary Self-Disclosure Protocol (SRDP), which allows providers of healthcare services and suppliers to self-disclose actual or potential violations of the federal physician self-referral law.
Beginning June 1, providers of services and suppliers must use the new highly detailed forms included in the OMB-approved collection instrument entitled CMS Voluntary Self-Referral Disclosure Protocol (SRDP) in order to utilize the SRDP.
The SRDP Disclosure Form requires disclosing parties to provide, not only general identification information such as the businesses' name, address, national provider identifier, but also to address the "pervasiveness" of the noncompliance at issue. CMS defines pervasiveness as "how common or frequent the disclosed noncompliance was in comparison with similar financial relationships between the disclosing party and physicians."
All voluntary Stark Law self-disclosures, other than those by physician-owned hospitals that fail to disclose physician ownership on a hospital's public website or in any public advertisement, must be submitted using the new forms and financial worksheet.
Physician-owned hospitals must continue to report noncompliant conduct under separate special instructions issued by CMS. The special instructions are available and can be found by clicking here.
CMS notes that the SRDP "is intended to facilitate the resolution of only matters that, in the disclosing party's reasonable assessment, are actual or potential violations of the physician self-referral law. Thus, a disclosing party should make a submission under the SRDP with the intention of resolving its overpayment liability exposure for the conduct it identified."
Disclosures involving noncompliance with any other provision of the physician self-referral law, including disclosures involving mixed noncompliance with § 411.362(b)(3)(ii)(C) and noncompliance with any other provision of the physician self-referral law, should continue to follow the standard SRDP instructions.
As we wrote about in May 2016, CMS published a notice proposing revisions to its SRDP. Under the proposal, healthcare providers who use the SRDP have to provide the agency with a financial analysis of overpayments based on a six-year lookback period.
As an aside, CMS reported 102 disclosures were settled in 2016 with amounts of settlements ranging from as little as $80 to as much as nearly $2 million, for a total of $6.9 million. As of December 31, 2016, an additional 92 disclosures to the SRDP were withdrawn, closed without settlement or settled by CMS' law enforcement partners.
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Oven Baked Chicken Thighs with capers, lemon, and garlic! Super easy and very flavorful weeknight dinner. Gluten free!
This chicken recipe is so delicious and unbelievably easy to make! Just brush the chicken thighs with butter (to ensure crispy skin); arrange the chicken in the baking pan; add sliced lemons, capers, garlic, and chicken broth; and bake for 30 minutes. Chicken thighs come out juicy and flavorful every time!
- 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
- 3 tablespoons butter, melted
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 medium lemon, thinly sliced
- 3 tablespoons capers
- 1/2 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 4 green onions, cleaned and finely chopped
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Brush chicken thighs thoroughly with melted butter. Arrange chicken in a medium-size baking pan. Sprinkle minced garlic over and around the chicken thighs. Add lemon slices and capers around the chicken thighs. Add chicken broth to the bottom of the baking pan, without pouring it over the chicken thighs (chicken thighs should only have butter brushed over them - to make the skin crispy). Sprinkle salt and pepper on top.
- Bake the chicken until completely cooked through and the skin on top is golden brown and crispy, for about 30 minutes. An internal temperature should register 175 degrees F.
- To serve, spoon caper mixture over chicken. Sprinkle with finely chopped green onions.
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>> 2.06.2010
As absurd as this may sound, there are moments in life where I am angry at God.
For as long as I can remember, I have sifted, and strained, and stalked through people's lives looking for the details that mean they have it better than I do. I struggle with contentment, and it is more of a burden than I thought possible.
I am so quick to take in the joyful moments of other people's lives and think, "Why don't I have that? What is so different and special about them that they get everything I want?" And how quick am I to relish in the moments where I see others going through hard times, simply so that I can know that I am not alone in my imperfect life.
And this is a risk, sharing this. This is opening up the monster, and letting her crawl out. This is allowing the darkest, nastiest parts of my soul emerge into the light for others to examine.
Because this the truth.
I am selfish, and mean. I am not content, and I want everything that I do not have. I have the ability to compare and complain in any situation, and I am good at it.
I am an ugly sinner who deserves nothing that she has, and everything that she has been spared.
And in the middle of all of it, I have the still-tiny cry in my head saying, "But surely you're not that bad. Surely you deserve some good things in your life!"
That, my fellow readers, is the depth of my depravity.
A few weeks ago, I heard a sermon given on Cain and Abel. Obviously, a commonly known story, and one in which not much new information was going to be revealed. Yet, I cannot stop thinking about it...there was one phrase the pastor delivered that has been sewn into my brain, and it attacks me at my weakest moments. He said this:
"Jealousy is not wanting what someone else has. Jealousy is resenting that person for getting what you did not, and wondering why they are so much more privileged."
That, my friends, is exactly it.
He then went on to say that we must confess our sins to the Lord, and also to each other. If we truly want to be delivered out of bondage, we have to let the light into the dark places, and allow someone else to help us be accountable.
You are my flashlight.
This is my dark place.
Please help me out of here.


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Send-Off to Mr. Wilson
As many of you know, this year, 2010-11, will be Mr. Wilson's last year here at USM before he moves to Florida. He will be missed by many people, from his volleyball team, to his fellow teachers, to his students from the past and students-to-be. He will also be missed here at Thirdfloorgamers. He was a teacher in Mr. Matera's summer game camps, and this summer will be the last time he and Mr. Matera will be teaching it together. No more wuzzles in lit class. No more 'How it should have ended' YouTube videos instead of latin roots...Read More


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A few months ago, I brought you a recipe for Mountain Dew Apple Cobbler.
It was bizarre and random and completely intriguing.
And I thought it had to be unique with ingredients like that.
I was wrong.
Last week, reader Elisabeth introduced me to Mountain Dew Apple Dumplings (courtesy of House of Soga).
And I'm speechless.
So if you're in search of a good Mountain Dew recipe, because let's be honest, why wouldn't you be, I officially have two right here on this website waiting for you.
Mountain Dew Apple Dumplings
2 large Granny Smith apples, peeled and cored
2 (10 ounce) cans refrigerated crescent roll dough
1 cup butter
1 1/2 cups white sugar
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (12 oz.) can or bottle Mountain Dew ™
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Grease a 9×13 inch baking dish.
Cut each apple into 8 wedges and set aside.
Separate the crescent roll dough into triangles.
Roll each apple wedge in crescent roll dough starting at the smallest end.
Pinch to seal and place in the baking dish.
Melt butter in a small saucepan and stir in the sugar and cinnamon.
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The Undying Monster (The Hammond Mystery) Reviews
May 19, 2015
A paint by numbers Universal monster movie with actors and writers made of wood. Anything cool here can be seen at much better degrees in more famous monster movies of this time period, like, I don't know, THE WOLF MAN?
August 22, 2014
See it more for the visual thrills than for the mystery, but see it.
October 3, 2012
recognise the butler? no shit sherlock.
great atmospheric horror with a universal feel although a 20th century fox release.
recognise the butler? no shit sherlock.
½ May 13, 2012
my first scary movie
½ April 9, 2012
The Undying Monster is a well-crafted variation of the 'Wolf Man' films which combines a supernatural family curse into a murder mystery plot-line. The story is rather on-par with many of the B movies of the time period, but is without question elevated by the direction and cinematography. Early on the film builds a nice atmosphere between the wide shot compositions of the old, eery mansion to the shadow soaked lighting, which help to establish this form of isolation and foreboding doom. While this is definitely not on the same level as Hangover Square, The Lodger, or Guest in the House, this film showcases Brahms ability to really use sound and visuals to create tension and mood. Whether it's the camera movements in the beginning of the film which are perfectly suscinct with the tolling of a clock or the scene in front of a fire place wehre the smoke distorts the image, Brahm was really underrated as a visual filmmaker. Obviously having Lucien Ballard as your cinematographer for this film helps. So all in all, its a solid if unspectacular film that is elevated by Brahm and Ballard. There is a sort of theme on display the dissection of supernatural vs. good old fashion murder, but its not a central theme by any means...
March 31, 2012
This was a very good-looking film. The plot was utterly predictable, but interesting. Very well shot.
½ October 13, 2010
Cool werewolf- but he shows up only in the last thirty seconds of this dreary 40's mystery- which stars too many male suspects with pencil thin mustaches. I was asleep in a record 30 seconds.
August 25, 2010
This is fairly stagey and predictable, with the requisite misogyny. But despite feeling like a cash-in on earlier werewolf films and the Universal classic, it has a nice sense of atmosphere and theatrical whodunit style that is distinct. The climactic transformation effects, such as they are, may seem pretty cornball and derivative. But they are interesting for current horror fans, just as the rest of the film is as it fits into and slightly deviates from genre convention.
½ July 2, 2010
After being so impressed with John Brahm's remake of The Lodger, I picked up the "Fox Horror Classics" which, for whatever reason, is all Brahm films. This isn't the greatest monster movie, but it's got a ton of spooky gothic atmosphere, thanks to Brahm's wonderful eye and a pretty good score. I dunno, this has a pretty lousy rating on iMDB but I found it sufficiently entertaining. The detective in the story has a female sidekick who provides some comic relief... I noticed a lot of other reviewers find the humor out of place, but I thought she was amusing (although there were some sexist elements).
Super Reviewer
March 28, 2010
This was a very good-looking film. The plot was utterly predictable, but interesting. Very well shot.
August 1, 2009
This movie had potential but it fell short. Some of the acting was melodramatic and the scenes with the monster were brief and unexciting.
August 1, 2009
I'm counting this one as it played like a Holmes mystery, despite the supernatural twist. It's a better mystery then monster film, but other then looking really nice, it's pretty boring and crap.
Super Reviewer
August 1, 2009
The direction was really neat and in the beginning it was quite interesting, but in the last 10-15 minutes it loses steam.
August 1, 2009
Horror = Not interested.
½ March 3, 2009
my first scary movie
October 31, 2008
Fun, pulpy B horror from the 40s.
October 26, 2008
A tedious procedural that ends like a Scooby Doo cartoon. It's more of a 'whodunit' than a horror movie, with a group of characters holed up in an old mansion trying to solve a series of murders. It's only coincidentally a werewolf movie, as the monster could just as easily have been any other type of creature. The movie has a little to offer in the way of atmosphere, but I was bored.


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baby carrots, chopped into small pieces
fresh sugar snap peas, chopped into small piece
1/4 c red onion, chopped fine
1/2 avocado, sliced into pieces
salsa, about 1/4 c
pepper, a few grinds
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Combine all ingredients in a large bowl. Eat! This makes 1 serving for me.
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HAHAHAHAHA!!!! acting crazy a bit... the pose i found it on skybox of Holli :P and i love it, but i was so lazy to go and get it aslo i was lazy to put some hair on and a shirt, humm lazy day today lool
and then holli said this:
[23:02] Holli Thespian: lol u must
[23:02] Holli Thespian: u a statue lol
OMG! lol
p.s. there is little Holli working lool (she have 3 pose standa O_O)
and Holli dont be jealosy because this post mine is better then yours HAHAHAHAHAH (joking:P)
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FRED GOLSTON AND GREGORY SCOTT, PLAINTIFFS,v.JEROME P. GENOVA, BOTH IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CALUMET CITY, ILLINOIS, CITY OF CALUMET CITY, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION, ROLAND QUALKINBUSH, BOTH IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS SUPERVISOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CITY OF CALUMET CITY, ROB GARRISON, BOTH IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS SUPERVISOR OF PUBLIC WORKS FOR THE CITY OF CALUMET CITY, JOSEPH T. WILHELM, BOTH IN HIS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF CALUMET CITY, DEFENDANTS
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Joan Humphrey Lefkow, United States District Judge
Before this court is a nine-count first amended complaint of plaintiffs, Fred Golston ("Golston") and Gregory Scott ("Scott") against Aefendants, City of Calumet City ("Calumet City"), Rob Garrison ("Garrison"), Jerome P. Genova ("Genova"), Roland Qualkinbush ("Qualkinbush") and Joseph T. Wilhelm ("Wilhelm"). Plaintiffs claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 that defendants violated their First Amendment rights to freedom of speech and freedom of association (Counts I and II) and under 42 U.S.C. § 1985 that defendants conspired to violate said rights (Counts III and IV). Plaintiffs also allege that defendants are liable for retaliatory discharge against them in violation of Illinois law (Count V); unfair labor practices in violation of the National Labor Relations Act ("NLRA"), 29 U.S.C. § 157 and 158 (Count VI); race discrimination and harassment in violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ("Title VII"), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. (Count VII); and race discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Count VIII). Moreover, plaintiffs allege Calumet City, Genova and Wilhelm retaliated against them for complaining about race discrimination in violation of Title VII (Count IX). Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), Calumet City, Garrison, Qualkinbush and Wilhelm file a motion to dismiss plaintiffs' first amended complaint. Jurisdiction is invoked pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1331, 1343(a), 1367 and 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5 (f)(3).*fn1 For the reasons set forth below, the court denies the motion in part and grants it in part.
A motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) challenges the sufficiency of the complaint for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. General Elec. Capital Corp. v. Lease Resolution Corp., 128 F.3d 1074, 1080 (7th Cir. 1997). Dismissal is appropriate only if it appears beyond a doubt that the plaintiffs can prove no facts in support of their claim that would entitle them to relief. Conley v. Gibson, 355 U.S. 41, 45-46 (1957); Kennedy v. Nat'l Juvenile Det. Assoc., 187 F.3d 690, 695 (7th Cir. 1999). In ruling on the motion, the court accepts as true all well-pleaded facts alleged in the complaint, and it draws all reasonable inferences from those facts in the plaintiffs' favor. Dixon v. Page, 291 F.3d 485, 486 (7th Cir. 2002); Jackson v. E.J. Brach Corp., 176 F.3d 971, 977 (7th Cir. 1999).
Plaintiffs' first amended complaint includes more than 40 pages of allegations, many of which are conclusional and repetitive, and is difficult to follow at times. Nonetheless, the court distills the following facts, which are taken as true for purposes of this motion:
A. The parties
Calumet City is a municipality incorporated under the laws of the State of Illinois. One of its departments is the Public Works Department. At all relevant times, Genova was the Mayor of Calumet City and served as chief and principal policy-maker of Calumet City. At all relevant times, Wilhelm was Genova's Chief of Staff and Personnel Director. At all relevant times, both Garrison and Qualkinbush were supervisors in Calumet City's Public Works Department. Furthermore, all defendants occupied final decision-making positions.
Garrison, Qualkinbush and Wilhelm, whom the court will collectively refer to as the "individual defendants" where appropriate, reported to Genova. Furthermore, the individual defendants were responsible for management, operations and policy-making within the Public Works Department. (First Am. Compl. at 9-10 ¶ 37.) The individual defendants also were plaintiffs' immediate supervisors. (Id.)
Plaintiffs are African American men. (Id. at ¶ ¶ 36.) At all relevant times, they worked as the only part-time employees in the garbage collection division within the Public Works Department. (Id.) In their respective jobs, Golston worked from 1999 until his termination in July 2001 and Scott worked from 1999 until his termination in May 2001 or 2002. (Compare id. at 6 ¶ 17 with 17 ¶ 62.)
B. Events leading to the instant law suit
While plaintiffs worked at the Public Works Department, defendants had a "pattern and practice of refusing to hire African American men to full time positions while mandating they work full time" hours. (Id. at 14 ¶ 53(e).) Defendants also subjected plaintiffs to a more rigid promotion criteria and different pay scale and provided plaintiffs with lesser benefits than white employees with the same background and experience. (Id. at 17 ¶ 60(b), 32 ¶ 78(b)(c).) Furthermore, defendants gave "certain white employees" preferential treatment because of work they did on city time for the Director of Public Works, James Stack, and for Genova. (Id. at 13 ¶ 53(b).) In addition, defendants awarded promotions and raises to "less qualified white employees" who agreed to work specifically for Genova on city time. (Id. at 13 ¶ 53(c).)
In 2000, Golston requested of an unspecified individual that he receive a promotion to a full-time position but his request was denied. (Id. at 6-7 ¶ 22.) Moreover, both plaintiffs repeatedly asked Garrison and Qualkinbush if they could receive the necessary training for them to become full-time employees but their requests were denied. (Id. at 10 ¶ 38, 36 ¶ 85.) Plaintiffs also repeatedly complained to Garrison and Qualkinbush about the unfair treatment of black men within the Public Works Department. (Id. at 7 ¶ 23.)
Plaintiffs began to speak out about defendants' unfair treatment of employees at the Public Works Department. On February 10, 2000 Golston spoke at a City Council open forum to express his concerns and objections about defendants' treatment of employees. Moreover, plaintiffs organized a campaign for union representation of part-time employees, who were not ...
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Easy Oatmeal Cookies
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4 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon nutmeg
1/2 cup vegetable shortening
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2 eggs
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2 tablespoons orange juice
3 cups uncooked rolled oats
1 cup raisins, plumped (optional)
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In a large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Stir together. Add shortening and oil; blend well. Add eggs, orange rind (if desired), and orange juice (or water.) Mix well. Add oats and stir until combined. Drain the raisins and add them to the dough, stirring gently. Scoop up rounded teaspoons of cookie dough, shape into balls, and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Flatten each ball with a fork to about 1/2 inch thick, keeping a circular shape. Bake at 375° for 14 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned, top and bottom. Remove from cookie sheet while cookies are still hot onto paper towels or a wire rack.
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Sail Date: March 06, 2016
Ship: Norwegian Breakaway
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Reviewed: 2 years ago
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Small design flaws should be corrected
- Main dining rooms need noise absorbing ceiling tile - noise level is high.
- Virtually no floorspace in gym for floor exercises
- Library located next to atrium dance floor is hardly ever quiet
Should ENFORCE a bare minimum dress code in dining rooms after 6pm
- No flip flops or sneakers; no short shorts; shirts with collar; no hats or caps.
Glass bottom boat excursion in Nassau:
- Guide carried no sign - and stood in dockside crowd next to a guide with sign for another tour - disorganized.
- Scripted commentary delivered in a lifeless monotone. Never smiled.
- sloppy dress - her shirt outside at front.
Hustling for cash at end; holding Tip Box in front of disembarking pax. Unsavory pressure (and undeserved).
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You deal with some of these hidden problems on a daily basis. You may even work overtime and lose sleep because of them. Have you ever asked yourself why your hidden problems aren't addressed? Most of the time the answer will involve a management choice. When management makes a choice to NOT solve a problem, they are also making the choice to continue accepting the associated loss. Accepting a loss as part of the way you do business is due to 1) a lack of awareness about the loss OR 2) believing that the status quo has a higher value than the loss. This is where politics enters the scene.


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Driving home from a rehearsal or performance late at night on a rural two-lane road—we've done it many times over the last 18 years. Trying to keep each other awake. Almost always a 90-120 mile drive, and almost always I last until the last 20 minutes. Almost always Husband drives, for exactly that reason.
These drives are marked by light: the glow of painted lines on the road, the reflection of our headlights in the eyes of deer. The flicker of fireflies, of lightning, of stars. The spread of moonlight across a field, the spread of pink above a distant city. Shooting stars and Northern Lights. Snow and rain and fog pulled into and lit up by the tractor beam of headlights. These are the backdrop to many conversations, stories, arguments.
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A rising chorus of discontent shows Middle America's deep suspicion of President Obama's health care reform proposal. In a burst of passion-envy, MSNBC "Hardball" host Chris Matthews recently asked, "Where … are the people who want health care, the poor people out there…the union people? Where are they? I haven't seen one placard, let alone one protest demonstration, for health care."
In fact, tens of thousands have rallied in the nation's capital supporting the president's health care reform plan, including the controversial public option. These demonstrations were organized by Health Care for America Now! (HCAN), a new "national grassroots campaign of more than 1,000 organizations in 46 states representing 30 million people dedicated to winning quality, affordable health care."
Most of its component organizations have two things in common: they have no experience or expertise in health care, and virtually all received large, tax-exempt grants from far-left billionaires like George Soros and Teresa Heinz Kerry. Like the "grassroots" movement for campaign finance reform a decade ago, the public demonstrations for health care reform are largely a Soros-financed operation.
Former Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean announced HCAN's mission on the first night of the annual "America's Future Now!" conference (formerly the "Take Back America" conference), hosted by the Campaign for America's Future in June. Dean pledged to spend up to $82 million to advance socialized medicine. HCAN rallied 15,000 people in D.C. in April, 10,000 more in June, and with state affiliates like the Maine People's Alliance, hundreds more in state capitals in July.
A closer look at its members, however, shows it is less a "grassroots" organization than a series of interconnected left-wing pressure groups united by a collectivist ideology and, for most, a common donor.
Among the 21 members of its steering committee are ACORN, MoveOn.org, and the Center for American Progress. CAP, headed by former Clinton chief of staff John Podesta, was created with Soros's money as a counterweight to the conservative Heritage Foundation. In 2007 alone, Soros's charity, the Open Society Institute (OSI), gave CAP $1.75 million in 2007 and approved additional grants totaling $1.25 million.
Dean announced HCAN's mobilization before the Campaign for America's Future, another institution that has received funding from George Soros and the Rockefeller Family Fund. CAF, an HCAN steering committee member, pushes for national health care as one means to transform the United States into a European social welfare state. Co-founder Robert Borosage previously served as director of the leftist Institute for Policy Studies; other CAF co-founders include 1960s radical Tom Hayden, socialist feminist Barbara Ehrenreich, Service Employees International Union president Andrew Stern, AFL-CIO president John J. Sweeney, Jesse Jackson and Julian Bond.
CAF is best known for hosting annual Take Back America conferences, a gathering of D.C. "progressives" and far-left community organizers.
Advancing the welfare state by ruse is old hat to the Children's Defense Fund (CDF). The CDF Action Council is a member of the HCAN steering committee. CDF founder Marian Wright Edelman once admitted she got nowhere pushing a left-wing message until "I got the idea that children might be a very effective way to broaden the base for change."
In her 1987 book Families in Peril, Edelman wrote, "We must curb the fanatical military weasel." At the time, the CDF was chaired by one Hillary Rodham Clinton. In addition to Hillary's patronage, the CDF received a grant of more than $700,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York while Teresa Heinz Kerry sat on its board of trustees, and Edelman received the Heinz Award for the "Human Condition" in 1995.
Labor unions are heavily represented on the HCAN steering committee. Members include the AFL-CIO, AFSCME, the National Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers, Communication Workers of America, and the United Food and Commercial Workers union.
The radicalism and overlapping nature of the "coalition" is perhaps best illustrated by the Center for Community Change (CCC), whose board includes a founder of Students for a Democratic Society; former congressman and current mayor of Oakland Ron Dellums, an admirer of Fidel Castro; and Marian Wright Edelman's husband, Peter Edelman.


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November 12, 2010
Booth at Fall Market 2010
Fall Market 2010 and New Patterns
It was a strawberry. Now it is a carrot, pine cone, watermelon pit, acorn or a bee.
The case fits large circular needles and rotary cutters.
Andy and Gerry are puppy dogs.
They represent our parents and will be a series quilt.
Share your abundance in life for life.
Andy and Gerry are puppy dogs.
They represent our parents and will be a series quilt.
Share your abundance in life for life.
A school house seemed fitting to celebrate this occasion.
November 10, 2010
Queens at Market
Oops...where are they? Isn't this booth beautiful.
Here'ssssssssssssssss Pam. I wonder what she did to deserve a foot stool with her name on it.
And Elizabeth. Don't you just love her designs.
November 7, 2010
Me and My Sister - Mary and Barb
Love their designs and fabric.
November 6, 2010
New Friend Katy
November 4, 2010
Reviewing International Fall Market 2010
Crazy Old Ladies came to visit. Isn't Emily just darling.
Love the hand on the hip pose
Proof..Mark Lipinski was at Fall Market!
It was rumored that you could hear Mark 5 rows away shouting...
I'm not toooooooooooouchng you.
We really missed you Mark and wish you well.
A special thank you to Izzy & Ivy for this visit
September 7, 2010
Peek of Fall Market 2010
This is the collection that the sisters choose for "From Family and Friends" series. It is called "View from my Porch" using Moda's "Origins" by Basic Gray.
The whole collection will be used.
We will be introducing "Andy and Gerry" at Fall Market. This will be another series. The fabric choice should give away some of the pattern. The title is "Andy gives Gerry a Daisey". It is made using Moda's "Dream On" by Urban Chicks.
The whole collection will be used.
Patterns from Spring Market
I am not sure why I never posted these pattern so I guess I will do it now.
"Winter Memories of Christmas" is a block of the month pattern. This pattern was designed years and years ago and classes taught but never put into a pattern. It is now. It is hand appliqued and hand quilted.
"Chickadees" is one of my favorites.
"Seasons End" love this basket. Stitched by hand is a first in a series of hand stitched containers.
"Seasons End" love this basket. Stitched by hand is a first in a series of hand stitched containers.
"Weeping Cherry Tree" is a tree I really wanted in my garden but the lack of lots of sunlight in the woods just wasn't going to allow it to flourish.
From Friends and Family is a line of patterns that will be made by the sisters and their family and friends. The first in this series is in memories of one of our brother-in-laws who passed away. The first one featured is "Heavenly Stars". There are two different settings for this quilt, one easier then the other. We picked a whole line of fabric to do this and we will continue to do this with the future quilts in this collection. As you can see from the pictures below, the first one is easier then the second.
Long Beach a little late
One of these days I will get my act together and get these pictures to you sooner.
But better late then never.
Verna Mosquera, owner of The Vintage Spool, showing one of my favorite quilts to a customer.
Sharyn Craig showing Barbara Merkel her newest technique and book.
June 16, 2010
Let me introduce Ruth Jensen
Ruth Jensen did a lecture/trunk show at our local guild (Thumb Butte Quilters Guild) yesterday. Her children's quilts are one of the best for adding dimension and touchy feely for children without being pulled apart. Her childlike figures are sewn into the seams so it is difficult to be pulled apart by little hands. You will note I did not say impossible. Something else I would like to add is a special thank you to Ruth, as she not only made a pattern specifically for our guild but she also gave every member in attendance a free pattern. We usually number about 100 - 120 per meeting. Her tutorials on her web site are great.
Please visit her at http://www.thimble-art.com/
May 29, 2010
A special thank you to Cindy Taylor Oates and Rene'e Plains
My sisters and I would like to send a special thank you to Cindy (Taylor Made Designs) and Renee (Liberty Star).
I have been friends with Cindy and Renee for more years than I can count.
With their help and guidance we had a successful Spring Market.
Cindy's Booth
I am adding this one.
May 27, 2010
Home, tired and sick
We had a great time and a wonderful Market.
Three of the four sisters came home sick but are recovering.
Their booth was wonderful.
Oops one of ours got in the wrong spot.
Oops one of ours got in the wrong spot.
Dee and Jordan from The Olde Wrold Quilt Shoppe, shopping.
May 21, 2010
Day 1 Spring Market
Meet Lily. Is she the cutiest. She is having si much fun at Market and a very, very nice new friend.
So excited.....Pamkittymorning came to visit our booth. I am not sure if I am having more fun meeting my twitter friends or meeting more friends then I could ever imagine or spending money or laughing so hard with my sisters that pants needed to be changed.
More to follow tomorrow.
May 20, 2010
We are here!
- We found Joanna working hard. (FigTree Quilts)
May 18, 2010
Off to Market
It has been a long time since I have blogged and I promise to do better.
The web is up and running.
Our patterns are printed and shipped.
Our bags are packed and we are headed to our first Market.
I plan on blogging, with photo's, from Market so you can see what everyone is doing.
As long as the camera works and I can upload pictures, that is.
If not I will post as soon as I return.
Hope to see you there,
The Sisters
February 13, 2010
It's a beautiful day
The grand children's tree house is waiting for spring
January 19, 2010
Road to CA 2010
I was able to get a quick moment with Verna Mosquera owner of The Vintage Spool. She is showing me her new line of wonderful fabric. I love the way she displayed them in photo frames.
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'Open Letters' Opens Up
OtP talks to open letters editor paul tough
Open Letters broke new ground as a magazine of first person writing in the form of personal correspondence published on the Internet. David Isay of Contentville described it as brilliant, with some letters that "just stop your heart" and in Mediaweek, David Handelman described Open Letters as a "novel hybrid between website and traditional magazine."
Correspondents came mostly from the United States and Canada, with a few scattered dispatches from around the globe; topics ranged from romance with a tattoo artist, to chemotherapy, to dishwashing. The readers were a loyal bunch, viewing online dispatches daily or downloading them for free in a PDF format or purchasing them at independent bookstores around the country; hundreds voluntarily made contributions to a writers fund in their unique PayPal system, and many wrote letters to the editor. Dormant since the first week of January, Open Letters plans to remain online in perpetuity and may emerge again in another incarnation.
Paul Tough, Open Letters Editor, has been a producer for National Public Radio's This American Life, an editor at Harper's, and the editor of Saturday Night, published in Canada. In an interview with our publisher, he addressed ways that Open Letters existed outside the boundaries of traditional journalism and magazine writing and developed a reader/writer community. He also talked a bit about music, moving, and bowling.
nada: Could you explain the philosophy of Open Letters to those unacquainted with the magazine?
paul: It isn't really a magazine with a philosophy. Maybe you could call it an esthetic. Our goal was (and is) to publish a certain kind of writing that the editors and I really like, which we felt we couldn't find enough of in other places: honest, immediate, intimate first-person writing about the world around us. The magazine is predicated on a belief that that kind of writing can reveal more about our life and times than conventional journalism can.
Beyond that, the only philosophical tenets we cling to are Truth and Beauty. As much as possible, we've tried to publish letters that contained big helpings of each.
nada: Initially you assumed most correspondents would be writers, "people who were employed primarily in the sale of words, for whom Open Letters could be a way to express ideas and stories that didn't fit within the confines of other magazines, newspapers, and journals." You also solicited work from nonprofessional writers whose work you had come across in zines, online, and in letters. Did you anticipate the degree to which your readers would also want to become correspondents?
paul: I knew from the start that I wanted readers to be correspondents. What surprised me was the degree to which readers wanted other readers to be correspondents. Readers responded especially enthusiastically to letters that came from writers without a pedigree.
For all my democraticness as an editor, I was still more elitist than most of my readers—they were always happiest when we'd publish a letter by someone they'd never heard of, living in the middle of nowhere.
nada: I am wondering if you know more about your readers. How did they find Open Letters? Could you create a composite portrait of your readers or at least the readers that wrote to you?
paul: One of the things I like about our readers is that they're hard to summarize into a composite. Because they found the magazine in all different ways—mostly by word of mouth—they're spread all over the demographic map. There's certainly a young urban indie hipster contingent, but then there's also a suburban mom contingent, and an Australian college-student contingent. They all like to read, though, and I think a lot of them like to write.
nada: Andrew Wilson, author of the DMV Letter, wrote "my day, and the days of many others, will be missing something with the end of Open Letters." Would you suggest that your successful experiment created a community? Did readers start to write to one another?
paul: I was never successful at setting up a way to get readers to communicate directly with one another—in fact, that's one of the main changes I'd like to try to make if we're able to relaunch in the future.
But I always passed on reader comments to authors, and many of the authors wrote back to the readers, so I know there were a lot of dialogues going on.
I do think there was a community created—that became clear to me in the email I received in the final week—but sometimes it seemed like I was the only one who got to see it. Which isn't the best way to run a community. So that's what I'd like to do better next time. I think readers would like that, too.
nada: A number of Open Letters correspondents seem to have lived many lives in many places. Within the six month span of Open Letters, you lived on both coasts and bounced between Northern and Southern California. You described your own moves in a letter:
Over the past nine months, gradually, incrementally, I've been putting all of my possessions into storage. . . . It's a deeply existential chore, even, I'd imagine, for someone less existential than I am: Are there any books I just can't live without? Am I the kind of guy who might need a tie now and then? How important are sunglasses, really?
Did seeing your own transient lifestyle reflected in letters fuel or mitigate this angst?
paul: It mitigated it. I think that's why I was drawn to all of those moving letters—those writers helped me process my own unsettledness.
That's not the only reason, though. Moving and letter-writing have always gone hand-in-hand. You're never more alert to your surroundings than when you've moved to a new place: that's when we all write our best letters, I think.
nada: Open Letters transcended national borders with correspondents writing from all over the U.S. and from Canada, as well as the Middle East and South America. I'm wondering if you think of Open Letters as having a base anywhere?
paul: I don't think Open Letters has a geographical locus, which is quite rare for magazines. It was edited in a dozen cities, in a couple dozen offices and apartments and coffee shops and motel rooms. That by necessity made it placeless, I think.
nada: You describe yourself as more elitist than your readers. Yet your letters strike me as very democratic and, in a professional way, intimate. You disclose your connection to the correspondents, share letters to the editor, and open the process of publishing Open Letters up to the readers. They're quite different from publisher's letters and introductions in traditional magazines. Was this a part of your original vision of Open Letters or did your style develop as the magazine grew?
paul: First I thought that that style developed over time, but then I went back and read the editor's letters from the first week, and they're pretty similar to the letters in the final week.
The one thing that did develop over time was that I was able to incorporate readers' letters into the editor's letter better and more frequently. In the first few weeks, I was struggling with how to work readers' comments into the Open Letters experience. What ended up making sense to me was to include them in my editor's letters. It felt pretty natural to me.
To clarify that democracy/elitism thing—when I say that I'm more elitist than my readers, that's not to say that I'm necessarily all that elitist, just that they tend to be radically democratic: not impressed at all by credentials and previous publications.
nada: Do you see yourself and your correspondents forming a new literary identity?
paul: Here's the way I think it relates to contemporary magazine writing: it combines honesty and modesty in a way that I think is pretty rare these days. Glossy magazines, especially men's magazines, publish a lot of first-person writing, but it often feels contrived or self-indulgent or somehow immodest. Our letters, for all their intimacy, rarely feel self-indulgent. They don't have that look-at-me quality.
I think that has something to do with their imagined audience. We asked our correspondents to address their letters to a single (real) person, and I think that trick let them work less self-consciously than they might have done otherwise.
nada: Music seems an embedded part of personal history for many correspondents. I love X's description of the value of her son's birthday gift to her:
He stayed up til two in the morning last night making me a mixed tape of songs he knew I liked, stuff like Randy Newman and Paul Westerberg and Tom Waits and the new Neil Young and even the Clash, and it's so sweet because he actually had to listen to all these old guys while he made it, which was a form of torture for him, so it means a lot.
In both the confessional tone and the way music plays a central role in conveying Rob's emotional state, Open Letters reminds me of Nick Hornby's High Fidelity. Do you think music serves as a common denominator between your readers?
paul: That's a nice idea. I hadn't thought of that. Maybe we need to put together a mixed-tape soundtrack.
I was actually just corresponding with Miriam Toews (who was X.) about music and Open Letters. She wrote this to me:
In the writing world, the business, to write personal stuff is almost death. To write a memoir-ish thing is to throw yourself into a sea of self-righteous soul-dead viper stiffs who mock personal writing as juvenile. In music, however, it's the thing. The personal. And it's not mocked. Unless it's done badly. But if it's true and beautiful, and how can it not be one if it's the other, then it works.
and I wrote back,
I thought about music-writing a lot when I was doing Open Letters (especially when I was travelling around with that band, of course). I'd hear a song by like Liz Phair, say the one that goes "Don't worry mom, I met him in a restaurant and all this time I've been getting to know him. He's got an ex-wife in Pasadena and sometimes she's a mess to deal with but mostly we've been living here uninjured," and I'd think: If only we could get every open letter to be that true. There's something about the economy of prose that song-writers like Lyle Lovett or Bob Dylan feel free to use that most print-writers get anxious about. Just letting an image tell a big story. I think that's why I like Golda's letter. It was so spare.
So that's the connection I'd make. It's probably not coincidental that a lot of the letter-writers—Jonathan Lethem, Golda Fried, Kevin Walters—wrote about being affected by music. Maybe people who can write the way they do find something in music that they don't often find in prose.
nada: I like the idea of an Open Letters mixed tape soundtrack. I particularly like that you described it as a "mixed tape soundtrack" rather than a CD. Besides the Open Letters house band, The Hot Club of Cowtown, what might be on it?
paul: We'd have to have some Go-Betweens, for Jonathan Lethem. Something from Kid A, for Julie Shapiro. "Your Song," by Elton John, for Kevin Walters. Some Robbie Fulks. "Let's Call the Whole Thing Off," in honor of my coincidence letter. That Pixies song, "Happening," about Las Vegas, that Jim Cox wrote about in an editor's letter in the first week. That "Don't Mess With Shady" song by Eminem, for Craig Taylor. "Don't Bring Me Down," by Marcia Griffiths, for Noah Cowan. "I Am Waiting," by the Rolling Stones, for Golda Fried. Some Bono or Tori Amos for Mairead Meade. "Can You Get to That," by Funkadelic, for Leanne Shapton. "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet," by BTO, for Michael Welch. "I, Jonathan," by Jonathan Richman, and "Wish You Were Here," by Pink Floyd, for X.
And if we could find any Mysophilia, Sam and Zak's band, we'd have to put one of their death-metal tunes on. And a song by Matt Salada's defunct band, The Hong Kong.
A pretty good tape, actually, now that it's all written down.
nada: Were you worried that the more playful work, like Cheryl Wagner's conversation "On what to smoke," might minimize the more poignant correspondence like Aliza Pollack's letters on her chemotherapy?
paul: Not at all. I think every good magazine is able to combine those elements. The New Yorker published both "Hiroshima" and Woody Allen. I like that sort of juxtaposition, in fact.
nada: People complain of the culture of exhibitionism and self-absorption, from the literary memoir craze to reality TV. You've described Open Letters as filling your own hunger for "immediate, direct, first-person writing about the present; reporting in the true sense of the word." Are you bored or still engaged by this style?
paul: I'm still completely engaged by it. I've started bowling recently, in this town where I'm living in Connecticut. And I want to know everything about the people in the other lanes—all of these complicated stories that they're living through. That's what I think journalism should do more of. True, there are occasional excesses (Blind Date, let's say), but they're more than outweighed by the great successes of this emerging kind of journalism—in This American Life, in K Composite, in the best documentary films. We need more of that, not less.
nada: What's next for you? Unpacking your boxes from storage? A book of open letters?
paul: I'm thinking about trying to put together an anthology that would be connected to Open Letters, but not limited to its contents. It would be a collection of first-person writing from the web: a fair amount of the material would come from Open Letters, but it would also come from personal sites and sites like diaryland.com, and maybe also from places like Nerve and Feed and Slate.
So that's one possibility.
My bowling game could use a lot of work, too.
nada: How does bowling in Connecticut compare to playing poker at Lucky Chances with Ethan Watters?
paul: Nothing can really compare to playing poker with Ethan. Everything else is just a casual pastime.


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one more for the holiday
Meal Time: Snack Prep. Time: 5 minutes Servings: 1
1 10'' flour tortilla
1 oz. green chile paste
3 oz. smoked turkey breast, thinly sliced
1 oz. lettuce, shredded
2 oz. smoked Gouda cheese, sliced
2 Roasted red peppers, cut 1/2'' thick
Green Chile Paste
1 lb onions sweet carmelized
1 large green pepper, roasted and peeled
1 poblano chile, roasted and peeled
1 large jalapeno pepper, roasted and peeled
1 garlic bulb, roasted and peeled
Salt to taste
Green Chile Paste
Caramelize onions in canola oil. Roast peppers, chiles and garlic and prepare as indicated above. Puree all ingredients in food processor until very smooth. Season to taste. Hold tightly covered in refrigerator for up to 10 days
Spread green chile paste on 3/4 of tortilla, leaving uncovered portion on the left side. Layer with turkey, lettuce, cheese, and red pepper strips. Fold up bottom about 2'' and roll toward side without green chile paste. Cut in half on the diagonal.


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belts are always a good accessory to top off whatever you're wearing. black is a great default colour, as it looks pretty sweet on anything from jeans to khakis. white is a good colour if you're wearing darker colours. word of caution, do not wear a belt that matches your shirt colour (with the exception of black), it looks terrible.
on a related note, if you insist on tucking in your shirt, please wear a belt. also, stay away from large, obnoxious buckles... unless they serve some purpose, like wearing the Batman logo to some convention (okay, bad example).
so, go pick up a belt. or three. they're cheap in price and a lot to the way you present yourself.


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Jay is sick, very sick. I really do feel bad for him. He has a sinus infection and bronchitis and I swear it sounds like he is coughing up a lung every time a coughing fit starts....which is about every 10 minutes. He looks miserable and sounds even worse.
However, I'm not being super sweet and compassionate to him, because he's being just plain ornery!
For example, I sweetly said "Hon, would you like me to fix you something to eat?" His comment was "Aren't I suffering enough?"
Later I was doing my normal humming (that I usually don't even know I'm doing) and he said "Oh please do not make the pain go to my ears too".
Around here I call those kinds of comments "snarky". And he was bordering on being professionally snarky!
At one point I said a prayer, outloud, so I could be sure he would hear it:
Dear God, please help my dear husband to feel better.
Please take away his sinus pain.
Take away his congestion.
Take away his cough.
Take away his smart mouth too while your at it.
Oh, and dear Father In Heaven, if you want to send a coughing fit his way everytime he says something snarky to me, that's just fine.
Jay laughed and said "Yea, as if God works that way. But that's a good try". I kid you not people, it wasn't 10 seconds later that one of his coughing fits started!
He claimed it was just a coincidence.
But a little while later we were watching Dancing With The Stars and I said something about how afraid I'd be to wear those tiny costumes and high heels and he said "Don't worry, they'd see how clutzy you are and they wouldn't ask you to dance"
.....and a coughing fit started.
Seriously, EVERY time he'd make a snarky comment, he'd start coughing. It was hysterical!!
And each time I'd smile and say a snarky voice .... "Thank you God".


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Kidz Korner
By Madeline Kennedy
"Why yes", said Marie, "as a matter of fact I have two sets of walkie-talkies. One is a headset and another is handheld. But why on earth would you need walkie-talkies?" "Well", said Josie, "you said that they would not let you in because they would recognize you as their rival. Correct?" "Yes", Marie nodded her head. "Well, they don't know anything about me. Right?" Marie nodded again, beginning to understand. "We can communicate with the headset walkie talkies", said Josie, "you can stay here and watch the shop and I'll go to American Modeling and investigate!" "Josie", said Marie beaming with pride, "that is a really good plan!" "Thank you Marie", said Josie, "now where are those walkie talkies?" "I belive that they are in the storage room", said Marie, "I will go and find them."
Marie bussled into the storage room and began rummaging through boxes. After Marie had left the room Josie started to worry her plan was not as good as Marie had thought. What if Amber is there? She knows that I am investigating the stolen clothing line for Marie!? What if I—— her thoughts were cut off by Marie who had found the headsets. "I found them!" "Oh, good Marie", said Josie, "but I have been thinking and we may have a problem." "What is it?" asked Marie, looking worried. "I know that none of the people from American Modeling Agency have met me, but Amber has, and if my suspicians are right, Amber could be there right now." Marie looked defeated. "That is a problem, a big one."


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What is knowledge management?
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Flow-up or Push approach to delivering know-how:The insight, learning or know-how originates from any department, organization or geography and finds its way to any other department, organization or geography where it may be needed. 'Flow-Up' is the ability for knowledge to be automatically allocated into the process where it is continuously evaluated.
- These kinds of behaviors cannot be achieved in the form of documents, wikis, search engines or KBE tools.
What are the essential elements of an engineering knowledge management strategy?
Active and agile knowledgeThe old knowledge library paradigm is too static. Knowledge is active, alive and has greatest value when used. It must be accessible, useful and relevant. Engineers don't have time to stop what they are doing to dig for a manual — assuming they know where to look in the first place. Knowledge must be pushed to workers in context.
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Sunday, November 23, 2014
THIS is a Sheriff
Read the part about the killing of one of Sheriff Jones' deputies by an illegal alien who had been deported four times!
Call your U.S. Congressman and Senators and tell them to do everything necessary to squash Obama's Executive Order - fiat - declaration - pronouncement - gift.
The law about anchor babies should also be changed. Why should U.S. citizenship be granted to a baby whose mother is in the U.S. illegally?
2 comments:
- Big Daddy said...
King Obama must be stopped. I'm in favor if doing whatever it takes to stop this man including shutting down the government and civil insurrection. He is in favor of rioting in Ferguson Mo. to further his agenda? Let's see what his plan is when millions of law abiding citizens become fed up and decide to take our streets and our government back from the most despotic and tyrannical government I've ever seen.
- November 23, 2014 at 9:35 AM
- Gus said...
I agree. We MUST convince our elected representatives of the danger that Obama is to the USA.
But take it right home in McHenry County. There are probably 16,000+ illegal aliens in McHenry County, and little has been done about it. Now 5/12 of them will get their Get Out of Jail Free cards (or, rather, Get Out of Jail and Get $200).
In about 2008 I was told by a person "in the know" that of the estimated 40,000 Hispanics in McHenry County at that time, probably 40% were undocumented.
- November 23, 2014 at 10:15 AM


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CHICAGO (AP) – Video shows three security officials dragging a passenger from a United Airlines flight at a Chicago's O'Hare International Airport.
The (Louisville) Courier-Journal reports a United representative confirmed Sunday night that a person was removed from Flight 3411 to Louisville, Kentucky, saying it was "overbooked."
Passenger Audra D. Bridges posted the video on Facebook. It shows the guards grabbing then dragging the passenger down the aisle. Screaming is heard and other passengers say "Oh my God" and "Look at what you did to him."
United said airline representatives chose four passengers at random when no volunteers agreed to leave the overbooked flight. They requested law enforcement assistance when one of them refused to leave.
Related story – United Airlines: Customers 'Welcome' to Wear Leggings
Bridges says United asked for four passengers to relinquish their seats for airline employees on stand-by.
United released the following statement on Monday:
"This is an upsetting event to all of us here at United. I apologize for having to re-accommodate these customers. Our team is moving with a sense of urgency to work with the authorities and conduct our own detailed review of what happened. We are also reaching out to this passenger to talk directly to him and further address and resolve this situation." – Oscar Munoz, CEO, United Airlines
Below is the text of the letter Munoz sent to employees after a passenger was dragged from a United plane at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport. The summary below the letter was compiled by United:
"Dear Team,
Like you, I was upset to see and hear about what happened last night aboard United Express Flight 3411 headed from Chicago to Louisville. While the facts and circumstances are still evolving, especially with respect to why this customer defied Chicago Aviation Security Officers the way he did, to give you a clearer picture of what transpired, I've included below a recap from the preliminary reports filed by our employees.
As you will read, this situation was unfortunately compounded when one of the passengers we politely asked to deplane refused and it became necessary to contact Chicago Aviation Security Officers to help. Our employees followed established procedures for dealing with situations like this. While I deeply regret this situation arose, I also emphatically stand behind all of you, and I want to commend you for continuing to go above and beyond to ensure we fly right.
I do, however, believe there are lessons we can learn from this experience, and we are taking a close look at the circumstances surrounding this incident. Treating our customers and each other with respect and dignity is at the core of who we are, and we must always remember this no matter how challenging the situation."
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The serpentine belt on the Chevy Silverado HD2500 2003 model runs all of the engine's accessory components via pulleys attached to the accessories. The belt uses an idler pulley to maintain tension...
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Paterson, NJ
- Age 59
- 6 years paid experience
- Female
Last signed in: More than 6 months
Home Care Rates
$10 per hour
$110 per full day
Age Specific Experience
6 years paid experience
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- Conversation and companionship