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There is something indescribably pure about squirrel hunting. Deer hunting can bring derangement and dishonesty, but squirrel hunting offers less latitude for feuds and exaggeration.
Then again, I have a cousin who bucks the trend. Countless afternoons, after we'd hit the woods and meet back at the truck, he would wait till everyone lined their squirrels on the tailgate and then announce, "I got five," and plunk down a meager two squirrels.
"What? Looks like two," I'd point out.
"Noooo. Three slipped out of my coat while I was coming up a gully."
"Noooo. Three got hung up in high branches."
"Noooo. Three fell outta the hole in my game bag."
"Noooo. Three were covered in wools and too nasty to clean."
"Noooo. Three of'em were blasted to Hades so I left'em in the woods."
OK, I'd like to walk back the comment about "latitude," but there is still something special about squirrel hunting; an enduring element entirely unrelated to trophies and glory.
I have spent many fine fall hunts with who I consider the world's greatest squirrel hunter — Jimmy Yates, Helena, Ark. Let me make a blanket statement: Not a single time did I ever hunt with Jimmy when I spotted a treed squirrel before him. Never.
For a few years we lived a mile apart, right on the edge of the St. Francis National Forest. All we had to do was walk across Jimmy's backyard and disappear into the woods — a squirrel hunting dream.
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At the time, Jimmy had a rat terrier named Buck that was a phenomenal squirrel dog. She loved Jimmy and harbored a burning hatred of squirrels. He'd tell her to hit the woods and she'd take off whimpering with the pain of anticipation, and invariably have a squirrel treed within a few minutes. If she didn't tree, you could be sure the squirrels weren't moving; it was that simple. Between Jimmy's shooting and Buck's nose — my freezer was stocked without fail.
Hunting produces timeless moments — and squirreling hunting is no different.
There is a particular squirrel hunting afternoon with Jimmy stamped on my memory: It was a cold December day, not bitter, but chilly enough for a couple of layers and a vest. Buck was stove up from running the day before and Jimmy wouldn't let her come with us. We rode a 4-wheeler a couple miles into the woods, parked it, and started walking a trail, heading to a general sweet spot. Jimmy, who loved dipping even more than hunting squirrels, pulled out a can of cherry Skoal and stuffed what looked like half the container behind his lip.
The aroma hit me hard: "Dang Jimmy, that smells good." He extended his arm and dangled the container in front of me. I got the dry-mouth as images flashed across my brain from the last time I'd tried tobacco: 15 years earlier.
My grandfather was a loose leaf devotee — I'm talking a true disciple of Levi Garrett. When I turned 12, we shared a pouch of Levi Garrett on a porch swing — a real Norman Rockwell moment. Problem was, he never told me not to swallow the juice until 10 minutes into the lesson. With my throat on fire, I left my grandfather on the swing and went to the barbershop with my older brother, who was entirely unaware of my new habit. While he was in the barber chair (getting some ghastly 1980s haircut), I vomited on the couch — it was an unreal amount and looked like someone had knocked over a stockpot full of soup. Then I bolted for the door and staggered off down the road, leaving my brother to deal with the outraged barber.
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Anyhow, with Jimmy's can of cherry Skoal beckoning to me, I ignored all the stop signs, and tucked away a dime-size pinch. I may as well have shoved a time bomb in my mouth.
Further into the woods we went, listening and looking for squirrels, waiting for any sign of movement.
And then it began. Something happened in my body that was beyond flesh-and-blood. Cherry Skoal turned every fiber of my being inside out. I spit the Skoal out, dropped to the ground and lay there spread-eagle on my back — muttering, gasping and moaning — while cold sweat poured out in waves. Jimmy was stunned and looked at me like I'd suddenly parachuted out of the sky. He just stood there gaping and watching the freak show. "Green. You're turning green. Green," he finally uttered in total disbelief, followed by a chain of expletives.
"Jimeeeeee. Jimeeeeee," I whispered. "Get the 4-wheeler. Hurrreeeeee."
And he was gone.
I knew the 4-wheeler was a little over a mile away and I figured Jimmy would be back in about 15 minutes.
So it was odd when after only 10 minutes, I heard two shots. Then another 10 minutes and another shot. Then another 10 minutes and a couple more shots. But I just thought some claim-jumper was hunting nearby.
Well over 45 minutes had gone by when I finally heard the engine. Jimmy pulled up beside me and helped me off the ground. My limbs were jelly, but at least the stupor was gone. I crawled across the 4-wheeler, and was shocked to see four squirrels neatly lined up across the back end. "That was you shooting? You kept hunting while I was dying back here?"
"Hey, they started moving while I was walking back," said Jimmy with a satisfied smile.
I tip my hat to Jimmy Yates — the world's greatest squirrel hunter. He did leave me for dead after poisoning me with cherry Skoal — but he brought back four squirrels and they ended up in my freezer.


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Mary M. (Kelly, Rowan) Durkin of Callicoon Center, NY died on December 28, 2012 at Roscoe Regional Rehab Center, Roscoe, NY. She was 90.
Daughter of the late Charles and Naomi Wegman Kelly she was born on September 4, 1922 in Port Arthur, TX. She was married to the late Thomas Rowan and the late Walter Durkin.
Mary was a parishoner of St. Mary's Church, Obernburg, NY where she was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America, The Franciscan Third Order, the Legion of Mary Auxiliary and she also served as a Eucharistic Minister. She was a member of the Callicoon Center Fire Dept. Ladies Auxiliary and the Ladies Auxiliary of Emmett Turner American Legion Post No. 276.
She was beloved mother of her children: Thomas Rowan, Mary Quinn (Dennis), Patricia Durkin, Robert Rowan (Yvonne), Evelyn Ruppert (Richard), Walter Durkin Jr. (Maria), John Durkin and Carolyn Bivins (Larry); her son-in-law, Thomas Totten; her brothers: James Kelly, John Kelly and George Kelly; her sister, Evelyn Brown; 24 grandchildren; 32 great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; several nieces and nephews.
In addition to her two husbands, she was predeceased by her daughter, Betty Totten; her son, Anthony Durkin; as well as two grandchildren, Kurt Rowan and Carlos Quinn; two sisters, Meddie Schwamberger and Ruth Norton; also by one brother, William Kelly.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made to St. Mary's Church, Obernburg, NY 12767.
Friends may call from 2 to 4 & 7 to 9 p.m., Sunday, December 30 at Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home in Jeffersonville, NY. Services will be at 11 a.m., Monday, December 31 at St. Mary's Church in Obernburg; Father Joseph Juracek OFM will officiate. Burial will be at St. Mary's Cemetery, Obernburg, NY.
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So I have a tetramorium queen in a test tube and she just got her first workers. I have just ordered my hybrid nest when I realized I used test tubes I had in my house that were a different size then the antscanda ones. So should I just put the test tube in the outworld and have the workers and queen move through the tubes to the nest? And what should I do to block the nest and entrances cause I will just put water in my test tubes in the outworld.
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The Life of Buddha, by A. Ferdinand Herold, tr. by Paul C Blum [1922], at sacred-texts.com
p. 190
THE Master was in Rajagriha when a rich merchant named Anathapindika arrived from Cravasti. Anathapindika was a religious man, and when he heard that a Buddha was living in the Bamboo Grove, he was eager to see him.
He set out one morning, and as he entered the Grove, a divine voice led him to where the Master was seated. He was greeted with words of kindness; he presented the community with a magnificent gift, and the Master promised to visit him in Cravasti.
When he returned home, Anathapindika began to wonder where he could receive the Blessed One. His gardens did not seem worthy of such a guest. The most beautiful park in the city belonged to Prince Jeta, and Anathapindika decided to buy it.
"I will sell the park," Jeta said to him, "if you cover the ground with gold coins."
Anathapindika accepted the terms. He had chariot-loads of gold coins carried to the park, and
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presently only a small strip of ground remained uncovered. Then Jeta joyfully exclaimed:
"The park is yours, merchant; I will gladly give you the strip that is still uncovered."
Anathapindika had the park made ready for the Master; then he sent his most faithful servant to the Bamboo Grove, to inform him that he was now prepared to receive him in Cravasti.
"O Venerable One," said the messenger, "my master falls at your feet. He hopes you have been spared anxiety and sickness, and that you are not loath to keep the promise you made to him. You are awaited in Cravasti, O Venerable One."
The Blessed One had not forgotten the promise he had made to the merchant Anathapindika; he wished to abide by it, and he said to the messenger, "I will go."
He allowed a few days to pass; then he took his cloak and his alms-bowl, and followed by a great number of disciples, he set out for Cravasti. The messenger went ahead, to tell the merchant he was coming.
Anathapindika decided to go and meet the Master. His wife, his son and his daughter accompanied him, and they were attended by the wealthiest inhabitants of the city. And when they saw the Buddha, they were dazzled by his splendor; he seemed to be walking on a path of molten gold.
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They escorted him to Jeta's park, and Anathapindika said to him:
"My Lord, what shall I do with this park?" "Give it to the community, now and for all time," replied the Master.
Anathapindika ordered a servant to bring him a golden bowl full of water. He poured the water over the Master's hands, and he said:
"I give this park to the community, ruled by the Buddha, now and for all time."
"Good!" said the Master. "I accept the gift. This park will be a happy refuge; here we shall live in peace, and find shelter from the heat and from the cold. No vicious animals enter here: not even the humming of a mosquito disturbs the silence; and here there is protection from the rain, the biting wind and the ardent sun. And this park will inspire dreams, for here we shall meditate hour after hour. It is only right that such gifts be made to the community. The intelligent man, the man who does not neglect his own interests, should give the monks a proper home; he should give them food and drink; he should give them clothes. The monks, in return, will teach him the law, and he who knows the law is delivered from evil and attains nirvana."
The Buddha and his disciples established themselves in Jeta's park,
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Anathapindika was happy; but, one day, a solemn thought occurred to him.
"I am being loudly praised," he said to himself, "and yet what is so admirable about my actions? I present gifts to the Buddha and to the monks, and for this I am entitled to a future reward; but my virtue benefits me alone! I must get others to share in the privilege. I shall go through the streets of the city, and from those whom I meet, I shall get donations for the Buddha and for the monks. Many will thus participate in the good I shall be doing."
He went to Prasenajit, king of Cravasti, who was a wise and upright man. He told him what he had decided to do, and the king approved. A herald was sent through the city with this royal proclamation:
"Listen well, inhabitants of Cravasti! Seven days from this day, the merchant Anathapindika, riding an elephant, will go through the streets of the city. He will ask all of you for alms, which he will then offer to the Buddha and to his disciples. Let each one of you give him whatever he can afford."
On the day announced, Anathapindika mounted his finest elephant and rode through the streets, asking every one for donations for the Master and for the community. They crowded around him: this one gave gold, that one silver; one woman took
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off her necklace, another her bracelet, a third an anklet; and even the humblest gifts were accepted.
Now, there lived in Cravasti a young girl who was extremely poor. It had taken her three months to save enough money to buy a piece of coarse material, out of which she had just made a dress for herself. She saw Anathapindika with a great crowd around him.
"The merchant Anathapindika appears to be begging," she said to a bystander.
"Yes, he is begging," was the reply.
"But he is said to be the richest man in Cravasti. Why should he be begging?"
"Did you not hear the royal proclamation being cried through the streets, seven days ago?"
"Anathapindika is not collecting alms for himself. He wants every one to participate in the good he is doing, and he is asking for donations for the Buddha and his disciples. All those who give will be entitled to a future reward."
The young girl said to herself, "I have never done anything deserving of praise. It would be wonderful to make an offering to the Buddha. But I am poor. What have I to give?" She walked away, wistfully. She looked at her new dress. "I have only
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this dress to offer him. But I can not go through the streets naked."
She went home and took off the dress. Then she sat at the window and watched for Anathapindika, and when he passed in front of her house, she threw the dress to him. He took it and showed it to his servants.
"The woman who threw this dress to me," said he, "probably had nothing else to offer. She must be naked, if she had to remain at home and give alms in this strange manner. Go; try to find her and see who she is."
The servants had some difficulty finding the young girl. At last they saw her, and they learned that their master had been correct in his surmise: the dress thrown out of the window was the poor child's entire fortune. Anathapindika was deeply moved; he ordered his servants to bring many costly, beautiful clothes, and he gave them to this pious maiden who had offered him her simple dress.
She died the following day and was reborn a Goddess in Indra's sky. But she never forgot how she had come to deserve such a reward, and, one night, she came down to earth and went to the Buddha, and he instructed her in the holy law.


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Holmes' lawyers repeatedly have said he is mentally ill, but they delayed the insanity plea while arguing that state laws were unconstitutional. They said the laws could hobble the defense if Holmes' case should ever reach the phase where the jury decides if he should be executed.
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What that plaque reads, however, has become the focus for a number of elected officials who are trying to get the home designated as a New York City historical landmark.
"Jack 'Jackie' Roosevelt Robinson, 1919-1972," the plaque reads. "The first African-American major league baseball player lived here from 1947 to 1949."
While the home of the baseball legend is on the National Register of Historic Places, Councilman Jumaane Williams, Senator Charles Schumer and Congresswoman Yvette Clarke are working to get the city Landmark Preservation Commission to recognize 5224 Tilden Ave.
"We are here to celebrate an important part of our legacy here at the borough of Brooklyn, and indeed an important part of the legacy of the United States on the whole," Clarke said. "This home, the home where Jackie Robinson resided when he played for the Brooklyn Dodgers, will forever remain a cherished part of the history of our nation and the community that we share."
The city designation is important for the preservation of Robinson's home. Without city recognition, the site can still be altered or demolished by a private owner.
Advocates first tried to get the home recognized as a landmark last year, but their application was rejected.
Within the application, it was pointed out that Robinson lived in the home between 1947 and 1949, or so research indicates.
In 1947, Robinson was acquired by the Brooklyn Dodgers, breaking the racial barrier in Major League Baseball. He thus would have been living in the house on Tilden Ave. when he received the MVP and Rookie of the Year awards, making the home an important landmark for baseball history.
The Landmark Preservation Commission, however, believed that Robinson moved into the house in 1948 and decided that it was not eligible to be designated a landmark.
"There was a grave error made," Williams said. "We believe they have an opportunity to change that."
Williams believes that, besides the significance for baseball, the house also represents an important part of the history of the fight for racial equality. Robinson was one of the first black people to live in a primarily Jewish neighborhood.
"Jackie Robinson's house had a strong impact on the community, which was not only about stolen bases and home runs, but about blacks uniting with Jews against intolerance and breaking color barriers off the field," he said. "It serves as a symbol of an era where brave Americans, both black and white, stood up against racial intolerance and bigotry."
Schumer agreed with Williams, saying he felt shivers going down his spine as he approached the house.
"This house has such recognition, such meaning to America, to our history, to the good and the bad," Schumer said. "The bad discrimination, the good, the strength of people of both races that can overcome that discrimination."
"We need this home as a living memorial to what Jackie and so many others did," he added.
The current owners of the house, descendants of the family who rented the home to Robinson, are still deciding how the house will be used if it does receive landmark recognition. There have been discussions of a museum, but nothing has been decided.


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Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Tommy Smith retired from the position he's held for more than 14 years on Friday.
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Tuscaloosa County District Attorney Tommy Smith has retired from the position he has held for more than 14 years.
Friday was his last day.
Gov. Robert Bentley appointed Assistant District Attorney Lyn Head to fill the position.
Smith, 64, announced the retirement to his staff last week and to the public on Friday.
"It has been an honor and a privilege to be given the opportunity to serve the people of Tuscaloosa County," he wrote in a release sent at noon.
The governor appointed Smith to serve as a supernumerary district attorney, a position for retired prosecutors that allows him to prosecute special cases across the state.
Head was sworn in as district attorney Friday afternoon.
Tuscaloosa voters have elected Smith to three six-year terms. He took office in 1999 after serving in the office for most of his career. Smith started in the District Attorney's Office as a law clerk in 1973.
"While I have been the district attorney, we have partnered with many other agencies and entities to treat drug addictions and reduce recidivism. I am very proud of the great strides forward that have been made," he said.
Smith has served on the executive board of the Alabama District Attorneys Association and was elected president of the association in 2010.
New district attorney Lyn HeadSmith said he is proud of partnerships his office formed with city and county school systems and law enforcement agencies. Together, the groups created the HELP and IMPACT programs, designed to create intervention with at-risk children and their families. Children who have participated in the programs have shown improved academic performance and higher graduation rates, he said. "The goal is to address the issues that are causing the children to act out and get suspended," he said. "We know that if those issues are not addressed, these children are far more likely to drop out of school and commit crimes." Smith is also proud of the CLEAN program, a pre-trial diversion program created by members of the courts, local attorneys and substance abuse treatment professionals. First-time, non-violent drug and alcohol offenders participate in the program. Graduates are less likely to offend, Smith said, and are more likely to kick their drug addictions. The office's Child Support Unit has collected more than $100 million in child support for the county's children. Smith praised the unit and the Special Services Division, which includes the Worthless Check Unit and the Restitution Recovery Unit. Staff members have worked hard, he said, to enforce court- ordered restitution owed to victims and delinquent court costs. Smith said he is also proud that his office has increased the number of Victim Service Officers who act as liaisons between the office and the victims and witnesses involved in cases. "Finally, but certainly not least, I want to make sure and say what an honor it has been for me to serve with all the men and women on staff," he said. "They are all true public servants who are dedicated to the profession and to serving the people of Tuscaloosa County." Head has worked as an assistant Tuscaloosa County District Attorney since 1999. "I am thankful for the opportunity to have served under Tommy and appreciate all that I have learned from him," she said. "I look forward to continuing to serve our community in this capacity." She previously worked in the District Attorney's Office for the 10th Judicial Circuit in Bessemer, for the private Tuscaloosa firm Rosen, Harwood, Cook and Sledge (now Rosen Harwood PC) and Webb & Eley in Montgomery. She earned her law degree from the University of Alabama School of Law in 1990. SMITH'S FULL STATEMENT I am announcing my retirement from the office of District Attorney for the Sixth judicial Circuit, Tuscaloosa County, effective November 1, 2013. Under Alabama law, I am assuming the status of Supernumerary District Attorney as appointed by Governor Robert Bentley. I was first elected District Attorney in November, 1998, and took office in January, 1999. I have since won reelection in 2004 and again in 2010. Prior to my election, I served as an assistant district attorney under Charley Freeman, Sam Russell, Wayne Williams and Lou Lackey, from 1974 until 1998. Prior to that I first started in the Tuscaloosa office as a law clerk in February, 1973, over 40 years ago. During my tenure, I have served on the Executive Board of the Alabama District Attorneys Association and was elected by the district attorneys of Alabama to serve as President of the Association in 2010. It has been an honor and a privilege to be given the opportunity to serve the people of Tuscaloosa County. While I have been the District Attorney, we have partnered with many other agencies and entities to treat drug addictions and reduce recidivism. I am very proud of the great strides forward that have been made. We have partnered with the Tuscaloosa City School System, Tuscaloosa County School System, the Tuscaloosa Police Department and the Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's Department to create the HELP and IMPACT programs. Those programs are designed to create intervention with at risk children and their families, who have been suspended from school. The goal is to address the issues that are causing the children to act out and get suspended. We know that if those issues are not addressed these children are far more likely to drop out of school and commit crimes. Both programs are very successful and the students who complete the programs do better in school with better graduation rates than those students who have been suspended but do not complete the programs. We have worked with the courts, local attorneys and treatment professionals to create the CLEAN pretrial diversion program which is designed to work with nonviolent drug and first offender type defendants who have criminal cases. The CLEAN program is an expansion of the original Drug Court which was created while Charley Freeman was the District Attorney. The Drug Court would not have been created without the commitment and leadership of Charley Freeman. CLEAN has been very successful in that the graduates are far less likely to commit other crimes than defendants who do not go through the program and are better able to kick their drug addictions and lead productive successful lives. Our Child Support Unit under Executive Director Mary Lewis has worked tirelessly for the benefit of children and their parents to enforce court ordered support and also to work with parents to help them be better able to work and meet their obligations. The unit has collected well over $100,000,000 for the benefit of Tuscaloosa County's children during my tenure by establishing relationships with other community agencies to promote better parenting practices and a keener focus on fatherhood, both of which are vital to a successful child support program. In addition to her accomplishments for Tuscaloosa County, Mrs. Lewis has been a leader for the entire state and has served the state as the President of the Alabama Child Support Association and is currently on the association's Board of Directors. Our Special Services Division includes both the Worthless Check Unit and the Restitution Recovery Unit. Brian Barnett is the Executive Director of the Division and has worked hard to enforce court ordered restitution owed to victims and court costs from defendants which are delinquent. He has been recognized statewide for his expertise and excellence and the policies and procedures he has implemented have been used as models for the state. I am also proud to have been able to increase the number of Victim Service Officers who serve the public. They are the liaisons between the office and the victims and witness in the cases we are prosecuting. They provide professional assistance to victims and work directly with victims to help them while their cases are being handled. They provide vital services such as helping to get restitution orders and coordinating court appearances. Finally, but certainly not least, I want to make sure and say what an honor it has been for me to serve with all the men and women on staff. They are all true public servants who are dedicated to the profession and to serving the people of Tuscaloosa County. The trial and juvenile divisions of the office successfully handle several thousand cases every year of every type, including homicides, child victim crimes, white collar crimes, and traffic tickets. They work tirelessly under trying circumstances and I will always appreciate them.
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Haven't MacDonalds been doing this for years, according to urban myth?
The chaps out there who were wondering just how to give the missus a special treat this Xmas might consider a tasty alternative to taking her up the Oxo Tower - a glossy book of semen-based recipes: Screengrab of Natural Harvest on Lulu's website As the blurb rightly points out, semen is "inexpensive to produce and is …
Haven't MacDonalds been doing this for years, according to urban myth?
I find this a bit difficult to believe. Are we talking a sweetener or flavour enhancer here, as in to be used sparingly like a herb ? Coz I like a bit of trifle at xmas, and even if I started now I doubt I'd produce the full order in time... Chances are by next week I'd be half blind and with palms as red as Gary Glitter's at a school play.
Still, it's a good way to hoodwink the missus (or other as appropriate etc) into trying it out. Once she's wolfed down the blancmange, you can hit her with "see, I told you it wasn't as bad as you made out !!!" and from there on, no further complaints :)
Shit pie - the sequel
... this one will be in Santa's sack this xmas.
"consider a tasty alternative to taking her up the Oxo Tower"
Presumably this would just lead to more 'product'.
Paris: coz she could start her own sea-food restaurant based with this cookbook.
If you have insulted the chef in your local indian curryhouse then I bet youve been eating it for years in your Korma.
Paris, she's been gobbling the stuff for years.
Is it vegetarian?
Obviously, it's not vegan, but the most common form of real vegetarianism allows for things that can be extracted from animals without killing or maiming them - primarily eggs and milk, so my bet is that this is ok too!
Someone beat me to the Paris jokes, but I still needed a ? icon
Its always available in my house in a handy pump dispenser unit. The only issue with this book is that all the receipes take 10-15 to cook but its the half hour prepartion time which is an issue.
Not suitable for vegetarians :-D
I watched a TV show once about odd couples. This woman made her blokey shower with his doings tied-up in a plastic bag. Apparently she liked it stinky. Dirty cow. I'll bet she's a Stilton eater...
Whatever next? Flem stew? Winnet and cinnamon shortbread?
There was also a story not to long ago when computers on a train spotted a blokey in a field eating a horse. Well, to more more specific he was eating a certain part of said horse.
Perhaps he was on a survival weekend? People don't milk horses for fun, do they? Survival in rural Hampshire with ex-SAS trooper Andy McNab... and in this episode, Andy milks a horse for protein...
Shouldn't this book be banned under El Gov's new bad porn laws?
Jobs, cause I'll bet he's given a few
Such characterizations leave a nasty taste in the mouth!
"Wank into a bowl,
add 2 eggs
and some flour.
Then beat it as hard as you can, again"
Eww, you would have to make sure you are not doing it near anything hot like an oven.
Also make sure you dont buy this book for single women otherwise she will be knocking on the neighbours door Not-for-a-cup-of-sugar or heading on over to the sperm bank.
Yeah, Gross!
the relevant Playmobil demo of the catering techniques? Couldn't you pull it off?
. . . meet the chick who was trying all these recipies.
Surely this should be printed in hardback with lamanted pages preferably able to fit into one palm.
...the recipe for tossed salad
Do you spit or swallow the food?
I once saw.
In fact it reminds me of every Japanese porn film I've ever seen.
mines the coat tith the texture of hardboard thats stuck tothe wall....
Ive been laughing my ass off at the comments about this book for atleast a month now. Funny as hell though.
As for the stinkie pinkie umm eww.
/Mines the one with the soap in the pocket.
I think I'll stick with the breast milk ice cream.
Hem, you cook your food, right?
As for raw stuff (salad dressings or whatever, I don't even want to know), I guess the secret is to do the same as with raw meat: carefully source your supplies...
Well, *some* vegetarians have no problem with it at all.
"There was also a story not to long ago when computers on a train spotted a blokey in a field eating a horse. Well, to more more specific he was eating a certain part of said horse."
you have a one track mind.... surely you mean commuters....
mines the one with the Gordon Ramsey book in the pocket !
Know a girl who loves cooking, and loves, erm, you get the idea.
Can't wait to see the look on her face at Xmas ;-)
AC, because I don't want to give the game away!
Paris, because she's probably eaten a lot of the stuff as well
Not suitable for vegetarians?
Surely you mean "vagitarians".
It looks like this book is for real (or a really really elaborate net-hoax).
Oysters are so beautiful, it is a shame to throw away the shells after just one meal. Resavour the feeling of a silky succulent oyster slipping down your throat by using the shells as semen serving dishes.
I think you'll find that the baby gravy darling.
If the other half decided to impregnate herself with the blacmange from this book - would this mean we would have jelly babies ????
God only knows that the Fondu would be like. Let alone the Jerk Chicken.
This must be on the menu for the next I'm a Twat Get Me Out of Here!
I believe the heat cooks the herpes out of the semen. Correct me if I'm wrong...
I believe the heat cooks the herpes out of the semen. Correct me if I'm wrong...
You're correct, of course. Simple pop the testicles into the oven for an hour @400Fand everything
will be just ducky.
Please...don't anyone give Blumenthal this book for Christmas.
OK, you can beat an egg...but (etc)... You got it.
It's a bit hard to swallow.
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You can try an easier food dispenser toy, such as toilet paper tubes - start with both ends open, then you can squish one end shut.
I think the 2nd cat is a good idea, especially if you will be consistently gone for that much of the day. You might have 4am cavorting, but probably not so much meowing.
It has been my experience that the Siamese breed meows the most. Does he have any of this in his family tree? I, too, would recommend a second cat but just be sure it has no Siamese traits.
Alas, none of my current batch are Siamese, but they are my favourite breed of cat, even though they meow frequently and loudly (though I've found they are so people oriented that they tend to do their meowing during the day when their staff are up and about).
My son has a British Blue and it is a handsome, sweet cat. She is very distinctive with a stocky build, broad head and shortish tail. She loves attention and is definitely a lap kitty.
I think another cat will stop your problem. In fact I've had the same problem years ago, and a second cat restored harmony at once. Just now your cat is very focussed on you; you only have to snore little louder and he'll decide that it's time for action.
Now that the days are lengthening and the light is stronger my cats are a lot noisier. With a high wind on top they run around like mad and have the time of their lives.
A beauty! but then, I've never seen an ugly cat. Try to find out what sort of cat Rick would get along with. And use Feliway, to make them feel at home.
Long before Feliway-times I had striped tabby Ludwig who wouldn't let me sleep. He was a real alpha male type, but when I came home with 4 weeks old Mischa - neglected by her mother because her eyes were inflamed - he started mothering at once. First time I saw a tomcat with painfully red nipples.
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Good morning and Welcome to a special edition of the JERRY SPRINGER SHOW, Live from Italy! {cue applause} Today on our show we have Jealous women starring David Smith, or as most of us know him as
Today we will be discussing why the women are jealous of each other, and what Joe could have done better to stop all of the bwawawwawing that went on during the filming of the show. To give us the background of the show, here is Paul, the most famous butler in America. Jerry: So, Paul, tell us about the show.Paul: Well, the show is all about how we transformed a cowboy who makes $11,000 a year into someone who has class. The girls think he has $80 Million dollars. Jerry: Very interesting. What is our problem today?Paul: (Sipping Cognac) Well, Jerry, you see the girls all had individual dates with David and became jealous of each other
.fights broke out all over the place. I was hoping that you would be able to get some of the anger they have toward one another out of their system. Im tired of getting yelled at all of the time. All those girls do is drink, drink and drink some more. Those Eurotrash girls are nothing like my sweet Zora from last season.Jerry: I see, well, folks, lets get this show on the road. Without further ado, please welcome our first Eurotrash girl: Petra.


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HI San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf is located in a waterfront National Park, west of Fisherman's Wharf and north of the Marina district.
Neighborhood Attractions
Don't miss:
Musee Mecanique - This eccentric museum houses an awesome collection of antique, functioning, coin-operated arcade machines.
Alcatraz - Don't miss a chance to travel across the Bay from nearby Fisherman's Wharf to the eerie and fascinating Alcatraz Island. The ferry ticket includes entrance the former prison and a captivating cell house audio tour. Be sure to reserve in advance, it books quickly during summer months.
San Francisco National Maritime Museum - Be pleasantly surprised by the offerings here. Overlooking Aquatic Park, it has a fine collection of historic ships, art, and other memorabilia.
Cable Cars - Indulge in the classic fantasy of hanging off the side while cruising down an impossibly steep hill. Hop on at the end of Taylor Street or Hyde Street in Fisherman's Wharf.
Local Hills - Take an urban hike to the top of Fillmore and Vallejo streets. Lyon Street also has spectacular views.
Pier 39 - Talkative sea lions have made the docks here their home.
Fort Mason and Marina Green - Right in the hostel's lush backyard, Fort Mason hosts thousands of events each year from farmer's markets to craft fairs, Oysterfest to Oktoberfest. It's also home to the Mexican Museum, Museo Italo Americano, BATS Improv Theatre, and several other non-profits. The grass in the park is arguably the most luxurious in the city.
Got more time?
Aquatic Park - Relax here and marvel at the swimmers braving the Bay's freezing cold water.
Aquarium of the Bay - Kids will love the walk-through water tunnels and hands-on exhibits.
Exploratorium and Palace of Fine Arts - Curious adults and kids alike will enjoy this museum, which intertwines science and art. Located next to the beautiful Palace of Fine Arts, an outdoor space that hosts lectures, music performances, and other events, some for free.
Angel Island - From Pier 41, you can catch the ferry to beautiful Angel Island, a State Park and former immigration station ripe for exploration by foot, bike, or tram.
Fisherman's Wharf - The carnival-like atmosphere attracts tourists as do the sea lions and kitschy museums. Watch out for the Bushman.
Ghirardelli Square - The red-bricked shopping center used to be Ghiradelli Chocolate's factory until the 1960s; luckily you can still sample some delectable chocolate treats.
Crissy Field - Stroll the promenade, jog to the Golden Gate Bridge, or join in a volleyball game with locals.
Worth the extra effort!
Cycle the Golden Gate Bridge - Cycle (or walk) across and take a ferry back from Sausalito! Nothing matches the experience of crossing the colossal Golden Gate Bridge. Hostel guests can get deep discounts on local bike rentals, see below for details.
Crookedest Street in the World - Stroll down Lombard Street -- the most crooked street in the world -- and gaze at beautiful Victorian mansions while doing so.
Presidio - Eleven miles of hiking trails wind through the Presidio; there's also a golf course and fabulous Baker Beach, which has panoramic views of the Marin Headlands and the Golden Gate Bridge.
Coit Tower - Head up to Telegraph Hill for a fantastic vantage point of the city. On a gloriously sunny day, the scenery feels more Mediterranean than American. Take Greenwich Avenue or the Filbert Street steps to get there.
The Legion of Honor – Perched atop a hill in the expansive Lincoln Park, the Legion of Honor is a part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. The French pavilion inspired building houses a collection that spans 4,000 years, featuring European painting and sculptures, Mediterranean ancient art, and the largest collection of works on paper in the American West. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
de Young – The de Young is located within the Golden Gate Park and, together with The Legion of Honor, is part of the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Named after Michael H. de Young, a long time champion of the museum, the copper-clad landmark building is home to an impressive collection of arts from Africa, Oceania and the Americas, works from the 17th to the 21st centuries and contemporary art. Open Tuesday to Sunday, 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m.
If you want to stick close to home, the hostel has an on-site cafe serving three meals a day. Cafe Franco dishes up our free continental breakfast, in addition to fresh, mostly organic sandwiches, entrees, and more -- all with bay views!
Cheapest of the cheap:
Cafe GoLo - Recommended breakfast and lunch spot.
In-N-Out Burger - You know you're in California when you spy In-N-Out! Sample its simple menu at the only location in San Francisco; ask for your burger "animal style."
Fisherman's Wharf Chowder and Crab Sidewalk Stands - Grab a satisfying chowder bread bowl at the intersection of Taylor and Jefferson streets. Watch out for dive bombing seagulls!
First Cup - Coffee, bagels, sandwiches, and run by really nice people.
Golden Boy Pizza - Granted, this is a bit of a walk (or a MUNI ride) from the hostel, but it's worth the trek for cheap squares of delicious pizza. Settle in with a pint at the bar and watch the character of North Beach (Little Italy) unfold.
Tanguito - Argentine burger truck and the best kept food destination secret in Fisherman's Wharf.
Budget eats:
Aux Delices Vietnamese Restaurant - Yummy and affordable Vietnamese in Russian Hill.
The Buena Vista Cafe - Stopping in for an Irish Coffee is a rite of passage for all visitors to San Francisco.
Jake's Steaks - Cheesesteaks, Philly-style.
Kasa Indian Eatery - Voted "Best Meals under $15" by 7x7 Magazine, open past 2 a.m. on weekends.
Lucca Delicatessen - Old Italian deli stocked with delicious meats and cheeses at reasonable prices. Grab a sandwich for your picnic on the Marina Green.
Plant Cafe Organic - Best veggie burger and way to infuse your body with liquid vitamins.
A slight splurge...
Greens - The place most likely to make your vegan girlfriend swoon over epic bay views.
Scoma's - The only place worth your time for seafood in the wharf (and a bit of a splurge), it's on Pier 47.
Wander the area near Fillmore and Union streets for a taste of the Marina. You'll find mellow bars as well as haughty lounges and clubs -- take your pick!
Fancy a night on the town?
Comet Club - Dive bar with dancing.
Hi-Fi Lounge - More dancing!
The Parlor Bar and Club - Dance club and lounge with good music, wear your spiffy shoes.
Prefer a laidback ambience?
Fiddler's Green - An authentic Irish pub with a jovial crowd.
Black Magic Voodoo Lounge - Close enough to crawl home from, this is a great bar with special prices just for our guests: $5 well drinks or 24 oz. PBR, and $6 draft beer.
The Black Horse London Pub - The least "Marina" place in the Marina to have a beer with maximum 10 other customers.
Horseshoe Tavern and Marina Bar - Neighborhood sports bars with a jukebox and pool tables.
Bus Stop - Popular sports bar with nightly drink specials, buckets of beer, and trivia.
Theater and comedy:
Check for half-price tickets on tixbayarea.com or at the walk-up ticket booth in Union Square. Also try goldstar.com for huge discounts on various San Francisco events.
BATS Improv Theatre - Shows feature a surprising mix of improv comedy and theatre. Accolades over the last few years include the Bay Area's "Best Theater Company," "Best Comedy Troupe," "Best First Date Spot," and more.
Wharf Room Comedy at Castagnola's - Terrific setting to see established and up and coming comics.
Marina Theater or Presidio Theatre - Both are small and classic independently-owned theaters showing current attractions.
Getting Around
Public transit:
MUNI - Bus lines within 1/4 mile of the hostel include the 19, 28, 30, 47, and 49.
Blazing Saddles Bike Rentals and Tours offers our guests a discounted rate of $18-22 per day (reg. $28-32) for city-ready mountain and hybrid bike. Helmet, lock, rear rack, camera bag, bungie cord, and map included in cost of rental. Performance, tandem, and other specialty bikes are also available.
For more on biking in San Francisco, see: Cycle the city with self-guided San Francisco bike routes.


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OMAK The former Ulrich Pharmacy building has been sold, and a coffee shop and Christian book store are slated to move in.
With the exception of occasional one- or two-day events, the building at 27 N. Main St. has been vacant since the drugstore closed Sept. 30, 2011.
Omak Building Official Jake Dalton said he understands new owner Mary Stone plans to offer baked goods, espresso and Christian-themed books and other items.
Stone could not be reached for comment.
Some remodeling will be required to bring the building's restrooms up to Americans with Disabilities Act standards. Stone has not yet applied for a building permit, Dalton said.
She also will need a business license.
Dalton said he understands a March opening is planned.
Stone purchased the building for $200,000 on Dec. 30, 2013, from Ulrich Building Partnership under the name Peace Place LLC.
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On its homepage today, Amazon announced the launch of its Amazon Instant Video streaming app on the iPad. Anyone can now download it for free on the App Store. Because we were so excited to check it out, I decided to snap a few pics and give you my thoughts of the new app, which officially puts Amazon's video service in direct competition with Netflix and Hulu Plus on all major fronts.
The first thing I noticed was how well organized the content was and how much smoother the app runs than Netflix, which is almost unusable on Android apps and laggy on our brand new iPad. Previous Amazon Instant Video apps for televisions and even the Kindle Fire have been slow, disorganized, and contain too many steps to watch a video. The recent Xbox 360 app is better, but still organizes content oddly. The iPad app is already my favorite. It's laid out mostly like a mixture of Netflix and Hulu Plus. When you open it, the first thing you'll see are a few featured shows and movies. Scrolling down, you're presented with rows of videos on Your Watchlist (it's like your Netflix Queue), your Video Library of purchased or rented content, and some other suggested categories that pop up based on your viewing habits. Today, Amazon is recommending some Comedy and Drama films to me. Along the bottom of the app is a menu bar with options to return to the homepage or jump to your Watchlist, Library, or Settings. The bar is intuitive and helpful.
Tapping on any show or movie will bring up an information popup allowing you to stream it immediately or add it to your Watchlist. For TV shows, a tabbed row of seasons will pop up. You can touch on a play button next to episodes to instantly play them or tap on their names to read the episode description. Previously watched episodes are grayed out a bit.
Like the Xbox 360 app, you cannot purchase or rent movies/TV shows on the iPad app. This feature may pop up in the future, but we're betting that Amazon doesn't want to give a 30 percent cut of its in-app purchased content to Apple — a current requirement of all iOS apps. For now, you must still purchase or rent videos on the Amazon website. However, for content you do own, Amazon allows you to download a copy to your iPad for offline viewing. This is an awesome feature that we wish was available on the Xbox. If you've paid to own a show, you should be able to do whatever you want with it. That's what we think, anyway. Kudos to Amazon for the ability to download.
The other big downside to the app is that there is no search function at the moment. Worse, there's no ability to fully browse the catalog of shows either. Most of the top shows and movies are in the Featured section, but if you want to find some of the lesser known titles in Amazon's 120,000+ library of movies and TV episodes, you'll have to add it to your watchlist from a PC. This is a dumb limitation that we hope Amazon will fix soon.
Though it's missing search and you can't purchase content directly from your iPad, Amazon does seem to be finding its footing with its streaming apps. The new Instant Video app is better than the Netflix iPad app in some ways and the ability to download purchased content is a serious plus for anyone on the go. I'll be using this app in the future. You can download it in the App Store (here's a link). Keep in mind, you need to subscribe to Amazon Prime (or have purchased Amazon content) to get much use out of it.


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Jason Heyward went 3-for-4, scored two runs and stole a pair of bases and the Atlanta Braves beat the Milwaukee Brewers, 9-3, in the opener of a four-game set.
Justin Upton smacked a two-run homer, while Freddie Freeman and Ryan Doumit added solo shots for the Braves, who recorded a season-high 15 hits. Mike Minor (2-2) allowed two runs on five hits and two walks over 6 2/3 innings to notch the win.
Khris Davis cracked a two-run blast and Ryan Braun stroked a solo homer for Milwaukee, which has dropped two in a row. Wily Peralta (4-3) surrendered three runs -- two earned -- on nine hits and four walks over five frames in defeat.
The Brewers cut into a 3-0 deficit by plating a pair in the fifth. Mark Reynolds worked a leadoff walk and Davis launched a two-run shot into the seats in left-center.
Atlanta got a run back in the sixth. After Minor and Heyward singled against Zach Duke to begin the frame, Upton reached on catcher's interference to load the bases with none out. Freeman struck out, but Evan Gattis lifted a sacrifice fly into right against Rob Wooten to bring Minor home and make it 4-2.
Braun got Milwaukee back within a run with one out in the eighth after he smacked an 0-2 fastball that just crept over the wall in right.
Atlanta, however, broke the game open in the bottom half after pushing across five runs against Wei-Chung Wang. The pinch-hitter Doumit belted his 100th career homer into left and Upton cracked a two-run blast into the seats in right to extend the margin to 7-3. Andrelton Simmons and Ramiro Pena added RBI singles later in the frame to make it 9-3.
Atlanta raced out to its three-run cushion after plating a run in each of the first three frames.
Heyward singled to begin the first and stole second before scoring later on a passed ball. Pena's RBI single in the second and Freeman's leadoff opposite- field shot that glanced off the glove of Davis' in the third made it 3-0.


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The Comic Book Shoppe is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, and is comprised of three separate locations: The Comic Book Shoppe 2 downtown on Bank Street, The Anime Stop in the west end on Clyde, and the original Comic Book Shoppe right next door to them also on Clyde.
While the Anime Stop specializes in Anime, Manga and related figures and collectibles, the Comic Book Shoppe on Clyde specializes in comics, toys, figures, board games and collectibles, as well as licensed apparel. The Comic Book Shoppe on Bank street combines both of these in one location.


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Designers from around the world are submitting creative designs for auz10 in logo design - custom.
Start-up ad agency seeks skilled creative types to showcase talents in effort to build virtual team for ongoing freelance projects.
Echo 92
The agency name is based on the melding of two personal components …- My military experience
- My advertising and marketing background- "Echo" is the phonetic letter E in the military alphabet as well as prominently convey's the delivery of communications
- "92" is the numeric series for logistics within the Army's occupational specialties. The formal definition of which is "the management of flow of goods and information between the point of origin and the point of consumption." Which is exactly what a good agency is charged with doing for their client base.
Logo design must be either:
- a wordmark
- an abstract mark
- a letterformI'm open to any color scheme and font application.
- Please no crest or emblem based designs.
- Please no cliche' icon-based "speaker with sound" marks
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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11 for 6: Nino Neiderreiter
Name: Nino Neiderreiter
Position: Left Wing
Shoots: Left
Height: 6.02
Weight: 201
Born: 9/8/92, Chur, Switzerland
Last Team: Portland (WHL)
Rankings: CSS 12 (NA Skaters), ISS 9 (Skaters), RLR 8 (Overall), THN 8 (Overall)
2009-2010 Statistics:
Portland (WHL), 65 GP, 36-24-60, +11, 68 PIM
Portland (WHL) Playoffs, 13 GP, 8-8-16, +1, 16 PIM
Switzerland (U20 WJC), 7 GP, 6-4-10, -2, 10 PIM
No one did more to help their draft stock at the U20 World Junior Championships than Nino Neiderreiter in his Superman-like performance for the tournament darling Swiss side. In the quarterfinals, Neiderreiter almost single handedly defeated a strong Russian team with a pair of goals, including the overtime winner, and he was eventually named a Tournament All-Star by the media for collecting 6 goals and 10 points in 7 games for the upstart hockey nation. Nino-mania quickly gripped the hockey world, but a pedestrian second half of the season for Neiderreiter has led many to re-examine the power forward and ask themselves whether they can truly value him as a top pick based on that performance alone. Neiderreiter plays a strong, North American style north-south game that has been compared to former NHL All-Star Brendan Shanahan. He posseses a quick, accurate shot and loves to take the body but he still needs to work on his first step acceleration, playmaking, and puckhandling skills. He's among the youngest players in this draft class, which should afford him a little more time to fill the holes in his game, and yet he is already more physically mature than many of his contemporaries. He also stabilized his draft stock by snapping out of his second half trance well enough to score 8 goals and 16 points in 13 playoff games for the Winterhawks. But, the Lightning would still have to take a little bit of a gulp before drafting a player who seemed disinterested in junior hockey for half the year and who can't be moved up to the pro ranks in the AHL right away. Or was it just that Niederreiter, who was no doubt used to playing a fewer number of games in Europe, hit a wall in the long grind of a full junior season? Both theories have been forwarded, but which one is true? His style of play is a good fit for the Lightning, who could use some more presence along the wall on the forecheck, but will he show the same intensity in Portland next year once this year's U20 WJC's are just a distant memory?
Previous Prospect Profiles:
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Ikonik Zaria Review
When doing a new build it's always important to consider getting a good case. But what is a good case? Is it one loaded with features, or maybe something just cheap so you can get that really high end GFX card you want. You might consider those to be two ends of the spectrum when it comes to cases. Many times features are sacrificed when a budget case is considered. Today we have an Ikonik case to review. What's Ikonik you might ask? Ikonik was featured as a new brand at Computex in 2008. Until now I hadn't heard of this brand so I had to look it up on Google. Today in particular though, I am reviewing the Zaria A10 silver with SIM. SIM in this case stands for System Intelligent Management. What SIM does is just that, system management. Without giving away too much this early in the review SIM can monitor temperatures and even control fan speed. So does the Zaria A10 have it all? Let's have a look.
Closer Look:
The front of the box shows that this unit comes with SIM. First impression is given as a case with a polished look. Next we have a side of the box. This one shows us that we have the silver case. On the back of the box we have descriptions of features the case has. Lastly, on the final side we have product specifications printed in several languages.
Upon opening the box we are greeted with the bottom of the case and its feet as well as some packing foam. Once out however we also find bubble wrap around the case in addition to being wrapped in plastic. Under the bubble wrap however we find an acrylic sheet which is interchangeable with the mesh side panel window. The sheet comes wrapped in plastic and also has foam on both ends of it.
So far this seems like a pretty feature packed case. Let's read on and see some more.


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Discovery Statement
The Indiana worker's compensation system is designed to provide an expeditious resolution to disputes between injured workers and employers. For claims in which an application for adjustment of claim has been filed, if necessary, formal discovery methods may be utilized by counsel for both the injured worker and the employer.
As required by the Indiana Rules of Court, discovery should be limited to relevant questions for which the seeking party does not already know the response. Parties are urged to avoid using pattern discovery requests seeking irrelevant and unduly burdensome information.
Counsel should limit discovery to information necessary to the defense of the case. Failure to do so can result in the granting of motions for protective orders. Parties are encouraged to discuss and resolve discovery disputes amongst themselves before petitioning the Board for protective orders.


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September 25 @ 12:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Looking to make some adjustments on your kart or supermoto bike? Bring it out to our Wilson Circuit to Test & Tune your setup. Open Practice will run in 10-minute sessions.
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Practice will run uninterrupted by rentals.
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The final score was Dublin 34, Sandersville 17. No, it wasn't a football score from the early 1960s. Nor was it the final tally of a basketball game back in the 1940s. What happened on the 6th day of June in 1954 was nothing less than unbelievable. For the 51 points on the scoreboard that day came not on the gridiron nor on the hardwood courts, but on the diamond of Lovett Park. In the near century and one half of the history of professional baseball, only a couple of games have ever seen more than fifty runs scored in a single nine-inning game. This is the story of one of those games.
The year was 1954. Dublin's entry in the Georgia State League, which had formerly played under the title of the Green Sox, was enjoying a fine early season as the Dublin Irish. The Irish, managed by George Kinnamon, were just a few games out of first place behind the Vidalia Indians, the eventual league champs. Dwelling in the cellar were the hapless Sandersville Wacos in the year 1 B.Mc. (Before McCovey). In the following season, the Washington County team would sign future Hall of Fame slugger Willie McCovey, who would help to elevate the team to a 2nd place finish in 1955.
The two teams met in a two-game weekend series in early June. In the first game on Saturday night, the Irish scored four runs in the top of the 10th inning to win, 6-2.
"It was a hot Sunday afternoon, one of the hottest I ever remembered," recalled Irish bat boy Thurston Branch. Ray Stefanik took the mound for the Irish. Manager George Kinnamon, wearing the tools of ignorance, gave regular catcher, Denton Lakatosh, a well deserved day off. The Wacos jumped out to an early 6-0 lead on the Irish starter with three runs coming on Rudy Warren's four bagger over the right field fence in the top of the first and another three runs in the top of the second stanza with three hits, three Irish errors, and two bases on balls.
Sandersville hurler Alfredo Diaz held the Dublin nine scoreless in the first; but ran into a bit of trouble in the home half of the second inning. The Irish came roaring back, sending an even dozen men to the plate. Diaz was relieved by Richard Schurrer, who could only retire one Dublin hitter. Willard Moore came on as the third Waco pitcher of the inning. Moore finally retired the Irish, but not before the men in green scored eight runs on five hits and four walks.
Stefanik shut out the opposition for the next four innings. But, it was hot, real hot. Bat boy Branch remembered it being so hot that the manager put some green liquid in the water bucket to keep his team from having a heat stroke. Branch remembered the pitchers putting cold towels over their faces while they rested on a coolest spot on the bench between innings.
In the bottom of the third, it was obvious that the havoc reeking Irish were not about to cool down. Another dozen men stepped into the batter's box in the third frame of the game. Seven crossed the plate behind two home runs, a double, two singles, two sacrifices, three bases on balls, a hit batter, and one Sandersville miscue. Moore, who was winless during the season and later picked up by the Irish, was yanked in favor of another Waco reliever, Dick Lazicky (Lazenby), who appeared in his first and last game of the season.
Leading 15-6 in the bottom of the fourth, the Irish poured it on with four singles, a walk, and yet two more Waco errors. Out of pitchers, Ray Garman, who started in the outfield, was sacrificed to finish the game for the boys from Sandersville. The Irish scored four in the fourth. Not to be outdone, the Dublin nonet scored ten coffin-nailing runs in the fifth with one homer, four doubles, five singles, two errors, one walk, and one wild pitch to take a 29-6 lead.
One would think with the blazing June sun bearing down on them, the Irish would go to the plate swinging at anything, just to get a cool, early shower. They did swing at anything. The trouble was they kept whacking and cracking and hitting the ball. Five more Irish runners stepped on the plate in the bottom of the sixth behind a double, two errors, one walk, and one final Waco wild pitch to run the score up to 34-6.
Thurston Branch remembered that plate umpire Forder, in succumbing to the horrendous heat, requested that Branch simply roll new balls out to him instead of running fresh clean white ones out to him. The bat boy had a rough day. The Irish started the game with four bats. Before borrowing bats from the Wacos, the Irish shared an old bat salvaged from the locker room. One of the borrowed bats was good for an even dozen hits. No one knew that the team had a dozen brand new ones in an unopened box in the front office.
Pure pride took over. Garmon, who played for Dublin in 1955, held the Irish scoreless in their last two at bats in the seventh and eighth innings. Suddenly, Sandersville's hitters came alive. Exhausted Dublin starter Stefanik faltered and left the game in the seventh. Bob Vanassee came into the game for the Irish and held on. The Irish southpaw reliever gave up four runs in the seventh, six in the eighth, and a single run in the ninth, when the game ended in a 34-17, three-hour-five-minute slugfest. Ironically, Sandersville's Schurrer was saddled with the loss although he only gave up four of the thirty-four Irish tallies, while Garmon, who was left to the wolves, surrendered sixteen, not so sweet, Irish runs.
Left handed hitting Bill Shires led the Irish for the second game in row with a round tripper, a two-base hit, and three single safeties and scored six runs (one short of a modern day record) in his seven trips to the plate. Third baseman Gil Meekins, left fielder Bill Causion, and shortstop Milt Morris had four hits apiece. The Irish, in fifty-two at bats, had twenty-nine hits. Both teams combined for 11 errors on the sweltering diamond. In the words of Courier Herald sports reporter Dwight Smith, "The Irish tied the Wacos and then poured on the tar and the feathers."
League president Bill Estroff, who was in attendance and not at all happy with the result, remarked, "That was too much baseball in one day."Manager Kinnamon, the team's leading hitter, wrote in his Courier Herald column, The Pepper Box, "Someone asked me why I just didn't tell my boys to go to the plate and strike out. If I did so, I would be telling them not to do something I want them to do. So I just let the frolic ride as such. It was a big enough farce without helping it out." The veteran Kinnamon concluded, "When the ball bounces your way there's nothing one can do to stop it."
An extensive search of the Internet revealed that the most runs ever scored in a minor league game came way back on June 15, 1902 when Corsicana defeated Texarkana by the score of 51-3. The 54-run game can easily be discredited by the fact that Sunday Blue Laws forced the teams to play on a non regulation field. It was also reported that the cracker box field had no fences, while others said that the right field fence was a mere 210 feet from home plate. On April 30, 1983, El Paso defeated Beaumont, 35 to 21. Both teams were aided by nearly tropical force winds gusting out to right field. The Irish-Waco total of 51 runs in a minor league game was eventually matched on June 29, 2009 when the Lake Elsinore Storm defeated the High Desert Mavericks in a California League game, 33-18. In the big leagues, the most runs scored by both teams in a major league game came on August 25, 1922 when the Chicago Cubs outlasted the Philadelphia Phillies, 26-23 for a total of forty-nine runs.
In a sport where arguments always abound, I make the argument that the most runs ever scored in a professional game on a regulation field, not aided by 35 mph winds, came on a scorching Sunday in June at Lovett Park, right here in Dublin, nearly 57 years ago. Now when the skies are bright blue and the grass is fresh and green once again, it's time to play baseball.
I dedicate this column to my son Scotty, who taught me to love the game all over again, the memory of my good friend, the late Millard Whittle of Dexter, who loved and enjoyed an entire century of baseball and now sits in the grandstands watching his heroes play on the fields of his dreams and to my barber, Thurston Branch, who was there on that sweltering Sunday when the Irish bats were burning.


text: AUBURN, Ala. — The University of Arkansas volleyball team lost in four sets (25-20, 16-25, 24-26, 14-25) Sunday afternoon at Auburn. The Razorbacks were paced by a double-double performance from junior Meredith Hays who had a match-high 18 kills to go along with 14 digs. Senior libero Emily Helm tied for the match lead with 15 digs. With the loss, Arkansas drops to 14-12 overall and 7-8 in Southeastern Conference play. Hays leads the team with nine double-doubles, seven of which have come during the conference season. She has double-digit totals in 23 of 26 matches this season and 13 with at least 15 kills. Helm had seven of her 15 digs in the second set for her 29th set of the year–and 19th of the SEC season–with at least six digs. Freshman Breana Jones was second on the team with seven kills while redshirt freshman Ana Sofia Jusino had a team-high six total blocks. Arkansas won five of the first seven points of the match and built its lead to as much as eight at 20-12 following a solo block from senior Hayley Koop. Auburn (16-9, 7-6 SEC) pulled to within four late in the frame but on the team's second set point, Koop and Jusino teamed up for block to give the Razorbacks the 1-0 match lead. Five different players had at least two kills in the opener. With the match tied at one set each, Auburn jumped out to an early 8-2 lead in the third but the Razorbacks rallied to pull even at 13-all with a five-run surge capped by consecutive blocks from Jusino and freshman Barbara Dapic. Arkansas took its first lead of the game at 22-20 after a pair of Auburn attack errors. The score was tied again at 24-24 when the home team rattled off the final two points to take a 2-1 match lead. After a quick start by the Tigers in the fourth set, Arkansas steadied to begin a sequence of back-and-forth points between the two teams. With the score tied at 7-all, the Razorbacks won five of the next seven points to take a 12-9 advantage after kill from Hays. However, Auburn made a final push by winning 16 of the final 18 points to close out the set and secure the 3-1 match win. With the completion of this weekend's slate, the Razorbacks will be away from competition until Nov. 22 when Arkansas returns to Barnhill Arena to begin its final home stand of the season. The Razorbacks will host South Carolina and Mississippi State. The team's regular-season finale is scheduled for Nov. 27, a midweek road trip to Missouri. For more information on Arkansas volleyball, follow @RazorbackVB on Twitter.


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Interview with West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin: Opioid Crisis
EDITOR'S NOTE: Boris Epshteyn formerly served as a Senior Advisor to the Trump Campaign and served in the White House as Special Assistant to The President and Assistant Communications Director for Surrogate Operations.
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BORIS EPSHTEYN: On opioids - sadly West Virginia is the state hit the hardest by this opioid crisis, this opioid epidemic. Eight hundred and eighty overdose deaths last year, a record. What do you think the federal government can still do above what's been done to combat the crisis?
SEN. JOE MANCHIN: We're on the front lines. If you're in a war, and we've all declared this a war because we've never had an epidemic that has destroyed more lives and taken more lives since WWII. We've never had this happen in our country. So we're on the front line. If you have a person, if you have a battalion, a regiment fighting on the front lines you've got to make sure they have all the tools they can to keep people, the enemy from breaking through. West Virginia is on the front line but we're getting the resources, now I'm trying to explain. I think they are understanding it now. We are getting the resources that pass the CURE Act. And that was supposed to have some money going to help us to, and also with the Affordable Care Act, were supposed to treat people with addictions that we weren't able to treat before. So with that being said, I said, "you're giving us the same ration of bullets and guns to fight on the front line as you are giving on the back lines that aren't out there fighting the war and trying to keep the enemy from breaking through." Guess what? We've run out of our bullets. We've run out of our equipment and out of our guns in order to defend. We need resources on where the greatest percentage of epidemic is not based on where the population. If you look at population we are 1,800,000+ people. Well every other state that has the problem is 10 million, 12 million, 15 million. If they start dispersing funds based on population we're left with the smallest amount for the greatest impact.
BORIS: Right.
MANCHIN: That's what we're saying and I think they're understanding that and we will get through on that. If they want to fight it and you want to see if you can stop it there's not a better place to see if you can have appreciable results and gains than West Virginia and we need more treatment centers. We need the doctors to have education on how they are dispensing it. We need to make sure the FDA is not putting more products on the market. We need to make sure DEA is not putting quotas out that is inundating our state. One little town Kermit, West Virginia, had 9 million pills in two years. There is only 392 people living in that town. Now you tell me something's not wrong.
BORIS: You mentioned the Affordable Care Act. One of the versions of a Senate repeal and replace bills contained $45 or $40 billion of funding to combat the opioid crisis. The bill didn't get to a vote. You signaled that you were against that bill. How vital is it to you is funding the opioid epidemic for any bill that addresses health care reform?
MANCHIN: Funding is, perpetual funding is what we need. So I have said this, I have introduced a piece of legislation called the Lifeboat Act because I truly believe that the pharmaceuticals with all the good they do, good pharmaceutical companies, they're putting a product out that has basically been motivated and distributed on the business plan. There's too many products. You can't have a country the size of the United States with 5 percent of the world's population using 80 percent of all the opioids produced in the world. Something's wrong but it's very lucrative and profitable. So I said in the Lifeboat Act, we are going to put one penny, one penny fee, not a tax, because a tax can be passed on to the consumer. This is a fee to manufacturing. You want to produce the product? There is going to be a 1 percent manufacturing fee for every gram of opiate you produce. That'll produce between $1.5 to $2 billion that goes directly in treatment for people addicted to try and get them cleaned up and back in the workforce. Because we don't have the treatment centers. I have a judge, I have a cousin of mine who is a judge. A first cousin, like a brother of mine. He said, "Joe, I have to sentence these people every day for the role they do. I've never been denied a jail cell but if someone comes and recommends this person did not commit a violent crime. This person did not commit a sexual crime. This person basically stole to support a habit. Addiction is an illness. Illness needs treatment. If illness needs treatment, then I need treatment centers. We recommend putting this person in a mandatory treatment center to see if we can cure them there because we know jail won't do it. Guess what Joe? No treatment centers so I had to put them in jail."
BORIS: So what is the status of the Lifeboat Act?
MANCHIN: I can't get a Republican to sign on to it. They look at it as a new tax. I said, "please look at this bill. It is a treatment center bill. It's not a tax, it's a fee." Now if you are against manufacturing who is producing opiates, who is causing the greatest epidemic we've ever seen in the United States of America, then you are protecting the pharmaceutical business plan on that one product. Not on the other good things they do, just that one product. I need that." And so they are looking at it now differently and hopefully it will break through. It's, you know, I'm in hand to hand combat in West Virginia and maybe I would see it differently but I've said, you know we've never hesitated to put a true tax on which is passed on to the consumer for cigarettes. We never hesitated to put a true tax on which is passed on to the consumer for alcohol. This is a fee passed on to manufacturers, not passed on to consumers. And I got to get them to understand that.
BORIS: The difference is that cigarettes and alcohol are viewed as recreational and this for medicine.
MANCHIN: Supposed to be.
BORIS: Supposed to be, but sadly not right now.
MANCHIN: The way it is distributed. It has been distributed as a feel-good recreational drug if you will.
BORIS: Do you think funding for fighting the opioid epidemic crisis should be tied to a health care reform bill?
MANCHIN: Oh it's part of it.
BORIS: It has to be, right?
MANCHIN: It has to be.
BORIS: Okay.
MANCHIN: It's consuming everything we do. Our hospital, our rural clinics. They're all inundated and if you want to fight this and you have to fight this at the front lines. It's going to be recognizing that opioids and drugs are causing most of our healthcare problems in rural America today.
BORIS: So just last month the president did declare the opioid epidemic a national health emergency. Have you seen that have effect in local communities in your home state?
MANCHIN: Well that's where I brought to light when he did that because not registering it as a national emergency, by national health emergency the funding doesn't flow the same as it would in national. But I am working with the White House trying to make sure they do understand we are the front line. When you start distributing basically and say we're going to fight this in a health, as an overall health concern that we have in fighting this war that the money flows where your greatest epidemics are and greatest effect per capita not just by population which I explained earlier. I think they are going to help me on that. I really hope so.