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Easy Ways to Make Gourmet Butter with Herbs
Making Gourmet Butters
Have you ever eaten at a fancy restaurant where the waiter brought gourmet herb butter to the table to accompany those delicious warm dinner rolls? Herb butters are easy to make at home. The secret is to use only real butter and the freshest herbs you can find. Good herbs to use for herb butters include chives, shown above, basil, oregano and cinnamon basil. Cinnamon basil tastes especially good with honey-butter, which can be made by adding a tablespoon of honey to softened butter, stirring it, and refrigerating it again.
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Making your own herbal butter to give or enjoy is easy, fun, and not too expensive. If you love gourmet food, you can easily whip up some herbal butter and have it on hand for when you entertain. Serve it with a good wine and a loaf of artisan bread or a hearty Italian or French bread, and your guests will love it. You can also make up some gourmet herbal butter to give as a gift.
Make Italian Recipe Herb Butter
To make an Italian recipe for herb butter, all you'll need it one pound of salted butter. That's four sticks of butter. Leave it out on the counter top at room temperature until it's really soft. Then add the following herbs:
- Chives
- Oregano
- Basil
- Parsley
A quarter teaspoon should be plenty. If you don't like a particular herb, leave it out, or go heavier on an herb that you do like. Sprinkle the herbs onto the soft butter and mash it in with a fork. Stir and mash up the butter until the herbs are sprinkled throughout. Then spoon it into a bowl, cover and refrigerate.
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Now, what to do with your gourmet herbal butter? You can simple spoon the soft mixture into a pretty bowl and serve it that way - that's what we do for everyday meals or spur of the moment company, if we have some in the fridge. I like to pick up fancy bowls and plates at garage sales, Good Will and other places like that and then use them when the mood strikes me. It's Shabby Chic to use old, mismatched china like that and it really does look pretty.
Another idea is to use candy molds to shape the butter. Candy molds like the flat plastic kind are fine, although the butter can stick to them. Silicone molds work a little better because you can turn them inside out and pop out the hardened, chilled butter. You can also find molds for the fancy rose shapes that you see at gourmet restaurants.
Lastly, if you've got a melon ball tool - one of those tools with two different sizes scoops on either end - spoon out butter balls! Put a paper doily onto a fancy plate, spoon out the little balls of butter, and serve. Your guests will think they're at the Ritz!
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according to zdnet's "handspring losing its grip," the future of the company that has slid to third in worldwide pda sales appears uncertain. it can't compete with palm–and sony–in the handheld market. the same is true in the communicator market. as the commentary posits, "if handspring can't battle palm and win, how can it expect to win in a war with nokia, microsoft, and the rest of the cellular industry as we move toward ever-smarter wireless devices?" i�d like to hear from handspring fans on this one.
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|where is the service (7:48am est fri apr 26 2002)
i am a handspring fan. or, should that be i was a handspring fan?
i now own a treo 180, which i believe is the first 'useable' and truly portable combination organiser and telephone device on the market.
so why am i now an ex-fan of handspring? simply because i believe that their after-sales service sucks! i have been trying for two months to get hold of the advertised accessories for the device that will allow me to use it in the same way that i could my siemens mobile telephone.
i need some sort of carrying case, to put the treo on my belt, as the summer approaches. it is more portable than most, but still a fraction to heavy (and vulnerable) for my shirt pocket. but, most of all i need an in car charger as the treo unfortunately eats the battery charge at a fair rate of knots.
i would dearly love handspring to get their act together, however my fear is that they do not understand the market as well as the mobile phone companies and will be swallowed alive! – by simon a coulthurst
|simon: (8:34am est fri apr 26 2002)
i don't know how you define "first useable organiser/telephone"? the nokia 9000-series was releasd in 1996 if i remember correctly, and it was perfectly usable right from the start (my girlfriends mother has the first model). 9110 was even more usable and 9210 is really great. – by janne
|treo it is unique! (9:10am est fri apr 26 2002)
i don' think that it makes too much sense saying that if handspring can't compete with plam, it can't compete with cellular phone makers, for many reasons:
1) handspring past role and position in pda market was a success, not a failure. starting from 0% to 25% of the market means success to me.
i wish they could will reach "only" a 10% in the "smartphone" market…
2) the new "communciator" market is new for handspring but almost new for all other players and with the treo other competitors have a large gap to fulfill (fulfill means having real products, not announcements).
treo is the first unique device that really combines a pda and cellular phone. really means:
1) small (yeah, the nokia communicator is a good thing, but not exactly "small")
2) palmos (13000 apps available while there are maybe a few hundred ppc and maybe 13 for nokia).
with a color version in two months i see a wide time gap on competitors. – by max
|handspring (9:33am est fri apr 26 2002)
my wife and i have been using handspring prisms for the last six months and have never found a better or more versatile product. handspring has some very good experience in producing multipurpose handhelds/phones and the capabilities of the handhelds is nothing short of incredible.
the competition is going to be awesome however handspring can use its market position and experience to really move forward. the treo should have only been produced in a color model. i tend to thing many people are holding out for the next release. this may be a big factor in their market turndown.
i truly wish handspring success. they have been innovative and produce a great product. the market will be tough, but they can continue to be a major force with innovation. – by garland s. novosad
|a treo case for simon (10:23am est fri apr 26 2002)
target sells a leather clip-on case for that fits the treo perfectly. better yet, it's $7. it's creative wireless universal leather case. find it in the auto section.
can't help you with your other treo problems, but hope that this eases the pain. – by psionbrian
|the best stuff never wins. (10:52am est fri apr 26 2002)
just like in the video game battles, the best hardware never wins. sega, xbox die while crappy systems like the psx and ps2 flourish. it's joke really. it's too many people becoming corporate fanboys. they only buy sony or palm, etc. anyway, it will be too bad if handspring can't make it. if anyone should be going under it should be palm. – by jason
|springboards? (11:14am est fri apr 26 2002)
when handspring launched it promised new and inventive possiblities with the springboard technology. now that dubinsky and hawkins have kinda stated that the next generation of devices will not have this feature….why should we believe that this company is going to be "supportive" of their new devices. true, springboards did revolutionize the industry but most of their manufacturers have duplicated platforms for palm and soon sony. the springboard was too big and most of the time you couldn't use it with the propriatary case that came with your visor.
now the treo is good step in the right direction and i'll buy a color 270 when it becomes available through at&t because i won't use sprint (breifly had an i300 and sprint's coverage in my area was terrible) and won't use other carriers for similar reasons. handspring may be missing the mark in assuming that the public will by their toy because of it's geekiness. cellular service is the key to which phone i'll have and at&t is one of the largest carriers and handspring hasn't struck a deal with them, yet.
this will be the key to their success is broad acceptance by the wireless carriers for the treo because it sure appears they are losing the war on the handheld market. – by mooseman
|pocket pc phone editon (2:05pm est fri apr 26 2002)
get ready the pocket pc phone editions are coming****the thera from verizon and the xda from voicestream. it makes the treo look kinda silly. – by mj
|i agree with mj…. (4:05pm est fri apr 26 2002)
though there are fewer applications for ppc than for palm. but remember that there are some real software developers out there with experience on m$ os applications. when the time comes, they can all write applications, one for desktop and one for ppc (shouldn't take too much efforts). then….. – by ppc user
|handspring – a great pool of creative talent (7:13pm est fri apr 26 2002)
i dont think handspring is losing steam at all. they have a color treo and a cdma one planned. microsoft will eventually get the stinger based sendo z100 released but it is plagued with software problems. handspring put out treo 180 imho to get to market but also to establish the engineering base for the treo line and will follow up with smoother products. they are hardly likely to be unaware that palm are in a conflicted state and placing the platform for palm devices at risk with palm os 5.0. – by datem
|to handspring – expandable treo!!! (11:14am est sat apr 27 2002)
while i think the treo line is great, it seems that handspring has turned away from the one thing that really made them unique – springboard module expansion capability. i'm currently using a prism with a memplug-cf adapter and have no idea how i could manage with less capability, cell phone or not. if they're going to stay ahead of the crowd, making treo's expandable is the way to do it. they found a way to do it with their edge pda, i think they could do it with a treo. – by prism guy
|word (4:09am est sun apr 28 2002)
when hs launched the visor, it was better and cheaper than palm's palm. springboard slots, usb connectivity and funky colours. there was no reason to buy a iii series in comparson. unfortunately, the visor series is hopelessly outdated. so thier loosing market share.
so, all they need to do is once again come out with a devices that is better and cheaper than everything else. simple enough, right? – by te
|on the pda – phone struggle (8:56am est sun apr 28 2002)
i have a visor edge and an ericsson 320 phone, and i found that they fit very well, both of them are making their job. we can see the ways of approaching that would integrate the two devices, computer into a phone and viceversa. if we want them to be as they really are, i just can't see the right solution in a single device. the pda's display must have a certain size, and the phone must be rather small. there are three different cases of using such devices: phone call, computer usage and online job. also if we are using them together when going online, a simple bluetooth system can keep them two different devices, and leaving them their right functionality. – by smart
|handspring loosing touch (10:40pm est sun apr 28 2002)
i have a visor deluxe becos it has the springboard, usb and blah blah! and it was cheaper!! but now sony has the most innovative product and the price is not to far off. i think that is the quality of a good consumer product. lately i have not seen any the bove quality product from handspring and i am disappointed! – by jamesb


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One of my favorite things is their outstanding and ever changing window displays, which at the moment features an installation by artist Francesca Tallone. Currently the cold weather has them filling the store with chunky sweaters, skirts and pants made from wool, classic men's shirt in thermal fabric, and of course plenty of boots, hats and scarves. What's also great is that the store's decor reflects the outside, with a rustic feel to mirror those toasty nights indoors away from the cold.
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How perfect is this dress for Easter Sunday? I love love love the bright colors and floral print. For church, I would definitely add a white or pastel-colored cardigan to this look to make it a little more modest. I also think it would look fabulous with a big hat! I've linked up some more of my favorite Easter dresses below in case you are still looking. I also want to point out these sky blue Dee Keller pumps - they are incredibly high quality (and worth the cost) and you can get 20% off the shoes with code SCP20! I can't wait to wear them all spring!
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CuratingYouTube proudly presents ANONYMOUS: SHARED IDENTITY IN THE ERA OF A GLOBAL NETWORKED SOCIETY.
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EmptyTORONTO -- Canadian distributor Thunderbird Films said Monday that it has picked up worldwide distribution rights to the homegrown telefilm "To Serve and Protect: Tragedy at Mayerthorpe," which stars Henry Czerny and Diane Ladd.
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As Tuvitu needs many content widgets to increase its usability, Shimba created MedAfrica, a platform that provides a variety of health services (health widgets) such as symptom checkers, first-aid information, doctor & hospital directories as well as relevant alert services. Users can add the health services they wish to choose. The service aims to make healthcare information affordable and accessible to Kenyans.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
drills actually work?
I got there early and did a short warm-up. The first thing he noticed is that my arms weren't swinging from my shoulder, but instead my shoulders were moving slightly forward and back. He also said that my arm carriage is good, but my hands have some tension in them while I'm running. He gave me a drill to work on this, and it felt incredibly strange (like most drills) but after about a lap I felt things start to settle down.
Now for the bottom half. I've spent a lot of time this summer concentrating while running - not intentionally trying to force changes, but instead focusing on engaging the correct muscles in my butt. The major side effect of this is that other pieces of my form are changing. In the spring, I was very definitely a straight-leg over-striding heel-striker. When I saw Dr. Maggs a month or so ago, I had transitioned to a bent-leg regular-striding heel-striker. And now, a month or so later, I am very definitely in the mid-foot camp, which doesn't mean a whole lot but makes me ridiculously pleased. I've spent zero time trying to change my foot placement on the ground - this has all happened as a by-product of my glutes starting to work. Now, my glutes are still not fully engaged, and I'm still doing a bit of crunching at the waist, but I'm headed in the right direction. We focused for a while this morning on working on being fully upright and keeping my shoulders back and gazing straight ahead (all things we should all be doing anyway).
After a bit of this, it was time to take the shoes off. He showed me three different progressive drills done standing still, and then we add some drills/strides. And on one of the last strides, suddenly everything clicked and the sun came out from behind the clouds. I was landing on my forefoot and leaning from the ankles and keeping my chest up and it felt like real, actual, amazing, good running, for just a minute.
And then I put my shoes back on and it mostly fell apart. We did some more drills on the track - all short strides - but I could kind of fuzzily start to see how it all fits together. And on the last drill, I did 20 yards or so of the drill and then 20 yards of running and just once, I was able to hold that amazing perfect forefoot form together with my shoes on for almost the entire 20 yards before I went back to my crunchy midfoot sleepy-glute ways.
The intent of the drills is not to change my form hugely overnight - that's actually the worst thing that could happen. The intent is to spend time focusing on activating and firing one tiny set of muscles 100% correctly. Over time, my body will adapt to this and small changes will occur that will hopefully keep moving me closer towards good form and running injury-free. Which is the point of all of this, because no matter how cranky you think I am now, it's nothing compared to when I can't run.
Tell me about drills. Do you actually do them? Which drills do you do? Are B skips really hard for everyone?
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I always hated doing the drills at the beginning of track. They always made my heart skyrocket and I'd feel more tired. Lately I've been doing a lot of forward and lateral drills while barefoot after runs and I'm actually enjoying it a bit. I have no idea if they're helpful at all. And this comment certainly isn't.ReplyDelete
It's recently occurred to me that your body and my body seem to not work/fall apart in very similar ways, and I've never done drills of any sort in anything (fake athlete alert!), so this is fascinating to me. I'm curious to see what ends up in my own Glutes Take Action arsenal, but if it involves skipping of any sort, I'll probably just fall over.ReplyDelete
I did lots of drills when I ran track in college. However, I have forgotten most of those drills, sorry :(ReplyDelete
I hope they help you though
B skips are awkward, even once you get used to them. I always feel pretty silly when I'm doing it.ReplyDelete
I don't do drills. My lovely wife does all the DIY in our house.ReplyDelete
I've only recently started doing them. I don't like them. I hope they work for you in helping you stay injury free!ReplyDelete
What is a B skip?ReplyDelete
Anyway before every run I do walking lunges, ass kicks, high knees and I skip. If I remember (not often) when I'm done I will do walking lunges and skip as well and both barefoot.
Awesome that you are seeing a difference! I too have sleepy glutes so I may need to pick your brain on those!ReplyDelete
This was all gibberish. It is why I don't consider myself a "runner." I just don't give two craps (at least, about my own form). But I'm glad you give two craps!ReplyDelete
This post intimidates me and makes me realize how little I know yet yearn to learn.ReplyDelete
I actually did a bunch of drills—agility and otherwise—in physical therapy, after I asked my PT to get me not only back into living shape post-ACL tear, but back into running and skiing shape. I bounded, I sprinted, I cut, I jumped, I hopped, I skipped, I karaoked ... and while I can't say for sure it helped my running, I was quicker on my skis post-injury than pre-injury, so it must have done some good! Will look forward to hearing details about which drills you're doing, and how much they help.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the reminder to do drills, ya jerk! ;)ReplyDelete
Thanks for making me feel guilty about not doing drills. hahaReplyDelete
never done any of those drills. hm. perhaps i should get some drills in my life.ReplyDelete
This summer I've had the opportunity to train with a couple of great coaches who have emphasized drills before and AFTER our runs (including our long run on Sunday) followed by core and hip work.ReplyDelete
It does make a huge difference. And yes it does take time to adapt.
I've felt those moments where it seamlessly all falls together and you almost feel like you're floating instead of running.
Then there are the "B drills", sorry my caucasion male DNA trumps any effort to get me to successfully attempt anything related to a B.
I don't do drills, but this post is convincing me to start. Do you have any suggestions for descriptions of these drills?ReplyDelete
Similar to you, I've found that now that I'm trying to work on activating my glute muscles, my form has "magically" started to correct itself - more midfoot landing, more efficient strides (less over striding) - funny how that works... :)
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There is repelling magic such as banishment and impelling magic including bindings Monurl.ca if you make regular payments, your credit rating may also improve.ReplyDelete


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INFORMATION SHEET: Increased Traffic on Harris Road
Information regarding Increased Traffic on Harris Road
July 13, 2017
This information is being provided by the Township of Algonquin Highlands in response to the public's questions about the Ministry of Transportation's (MTO) current use of Harris Road to access an aggregate pit.
The project: The MTO is working on the reconstruction of part of Hwy 60 between Cache Lake and Pog Lake. The contractor is stockpiling 54,000 tonnes of asphalt grindings and existing granular at a ministry-owned pit on Harris Road. The pit is approximately 1 km in from Hwy 60 and trucks pass directly by approximately six properties.
All material is scheduled to be hauled into the pit by July 23rd. The material hauled into the pit will be blended with new material and reused for highway shouldering. As this is a provincial project, the Township is currently unaware when the material will be removed.
The road: The Township cannot restrict or ban trucks from using the road not only because it's a public road but also because it's the only motorized access to those lands. The definition of a public road is not linked to the ownership or maintenance of a road, parking area, etc. but to the common use or right of use of a road by the public.
Township staff has been in regular contact with MTO about the roadway since the beginning of the project, as is the usual process, and will continue to do so. The MTO is committed to repairing any damage done to the road during this use, although no damage has occurred to date. Such an agreement is commonplace when road use is outside traditional usage as is the case here.
The township has relayed the public's concern to the MTO which has proven itself responsive.
Monitoring and policing: Policing of municipal roadways falls under the Highway Traffic Act and is therefore the responsibility of the OPP rather than the Township. Residents' concerns about speeding and driver use of cell phones on Harris Road have been relayed to the OPP which has committed to the Township's request for an enhanced police presence wherein officers will patrol the area as time and other duties permit.
Noise: It's fully understood that the noise of the trucks is unpleasant and disruptive to those directly affected however, municipal noise bylaws do not include construction equipment.
Public feedback: Township staff will remain attentive to, and follow up on, issues that arise within its jurisdictional purview.
The public are welcome to seek further information or provide feedback to the ministry about their project by calling Mr. Terry Ferrante at 705-789-0433.


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Definition of mean
- she means to win
- he throws, I mean, hard
- we try to answer what we can, but I mean we're not God
- —Bobbie Ann Mason
- I was meant to teach
- health means everything
- His criticism was meant for all of us.
- he means well
The word meant one thing in Shakespeare's day, but it means something else now.
Red means "stop" and green means "go."
Can you tell me what my dream means?
What was meant by the poet?
Don't distort what she meant by taking her words out of context.
He's very ambitious, and I mean that as a compliment.
It's a very easy question. Anyone, and I mean anyone, should be able to answer it.
She's not getting any thinner, if you know what I mean.
She says she didn't mean anything by what she did.
I don't trust him. He means no good.
First Known Use: before 12th century
in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1aSee Words from the same year
aim, aspire, calculate, contemplate, design, intend, look, meditate, plan, propose, purport, purpose;
consider, debate, mull (over), ponder;
attempt, endeavor, strive, struggle, try;
figure on;
First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1See Words from the same year
First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1See Words from the same year
Take all these temperatures and calculate their mean.
trying to find a golden mean between doing too little and doing too much
First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)See Words from the same year
act, action, deed, doing, feat, thing;
course, procedure, proceeding, process;
activity, affair, business, dealing, enterprise, event;
attempt, crack, endeavor, essay, fling, go, initiative, operation, pass, shot, stab, trial, try, undertaking, whack;
effort, exertion, labor, pains, trouble, while, work;
project, proposal, proposition;
makeshift, resort, resource, stopgap;
The mean is the average of a series of numbers.
The formula for calculating a mean is:
Mean = (X1 + X2 + X3 + ... +XN) / N
where X1, X2, X3, XN are the values of the observations being averaged and N equals the number of observations
Let's assume that you would like to find the mean price of Company XYZ for the last four years. Here are the stock prices for each of the four years:
Year 1: $10
Year 2: $15
Year 3: $20
Year 4: $25
Using this information and the formula above, we can calculate that the mean price of Company XYZ is:
($10 + $15 + $20 + $25) / 4 = $17.50
The mean is always between the smallest and the largest of the numbers in the set.
The mean allows investors to gain some insight into stock prices, economic data, and a host of other information. For instance, if Company XYZ's stock price is trading above the mean, it could indicate that the stock is overvalued.
It is important to note that means are not very useful if the underlying data is erratic. That's because one "outlier" could artificially increase or decrease a mean to a point where it is no longer reflects the nature of the bulk of the underlying data. This is one reason some analysts prefer to use weighted averages in certain circumstances.
: to have (a particular meaning)
: to want or intend to express (a particular idea or meaning)
: to have (something) in your mind as a purpose or goal
: a middle point between two things
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Scunthorpe United (The Iron) Home Football Shirts
The claret and blue home colours are synonymous with The Iron, however, between 1959-1969 their kit was all white, and between 1969-1982 they played in all red kits. More recently there have been a couple of seasons where an all white home kit has been used, you can see fans photos of them below.
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Answering your questions about Healthcare and Insurance
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If you are not receiving social security benefits, you can have Medicare premiums withheld from your annuity payments. We must receive a request for the withholding from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. We cannot withhold premiums based on your direct request or even one from the Social Security Administration. However, the Social Security district office may be able to give you additional information.


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New Sensations & Digital Sin have been known for their great romance and couple releases, but they also have a much harder, naughtier side. This couldn't be more true than their latest - .
If you aren't familiar with the concept, Cuckhold is when a couple brings in another guy (often a guy with a big dick) to fuck the wife while the man is made to watch and/or be submissive. It's a fantasy that can be a real turn on for the right couple.
Shane Diesel is the king of the Cuckhold and wields one of the biggest swords in the industry. The trailer from Shane Diesel's Cuckold Stories 6 looks great with hot sex scenes with India Summer an Lia Lor. It looks like a super hot movie and it's this week's clip of the week.
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How to Make Perfect Kabobs
Perfectly grilled kabobs are tender, juicy, nicely seasoned and evenly cooked. With a little planning and preparation, even novice cooks can grill flawless kabobs. Remember that chunks of vegetables and fruits cook faster than meats, so you may want to thread them on separate skewers to simplify your grilling process. Also, use only tender cuts of meat. Marinades add flavor, and if your marinade is vinegar-based, the acid may help tenderize the meat slightly. However, the small chunks of meat cook quickly on skewers, so the meat must be tender at the start.
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Step 1
Combine the ingredients for a marinade in a medium bowl and mix well. For a citrusy marinade that complements chicken, lamb, pork and beef, mix 1/3 cup olive oil, 1/4 cup red wine vinegar, the juice of one lime or 1/4 cup bottled lime juice, 2 tsp. chili powder, and 1 tsp. each paprika and onion powder. Add cayenne pepper flakes, sea salt and pepper to taste. Reserve some marinade for basting purposes, if desired.
Step 2
Wash the chicken, if using, in cold water and pat it dry. Trim any excess fat from the chicken or meat, then cut it into evenly sized 1 1/2-inch pieces.
Step 3
Place the meat into the marinade, tossing it lightly to cover all sides of each piece. Marinate the meat in the refrigerator for at least an hour or up to overnight.
Step 4
Soak bamboo or wooden skewers in water for at least 30 minutes. Place a weight, such as a bowl or plate, on top of the skewers to keep them submerged.
Step 5
Wash and prepare your choice of vegetables and fruit for the kabobs. Leave soft items, such as small mushrooms, berries and cherry tomatoes, whole, and cut solid vegetables and fruit, such as bell peppers, onions and pineapple, into evenly sized chunks.
Step 6
Thread the meat and vegetable pieces onto the skewers. Your goal is to have the meat evenly cooked and the vegetable and fruit chunks browned but not burned. To avoid burnt items, thread the vegetables and fruits onto the ends of the skewers with the meat in the middle.
Step 7
Position the skewers on the grill, placing the meat over the hottest area in the center of the grill so it will cook faster. Arrange the ends of the skewers with the vegetables and fruit near the cooler edges of the grill.
Step 8
Cook the kabobs for three to four minutes, then turn them and cook the other side for three to four minutes or until done. Use the reserved marinade to baste the kabobs during grilling. Basting is particularly useful in keeping the delicate fruits and vegetables from charring, and it lends flavor continuity to the entire kabob.


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Standard Break From Life
About This Show
Show Info:
Standard Break From Life is 3 friends talking about any and all subjects to try and make each other, or anyone listening, laugh. Each Tuesday Standard Break will cover any topic they can think of and twist it in a way on the the Standard Break Crew can. Join them every week for a new adventure of talk!Read more »


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Guy Next Door, Warm, Musical, Young, Flexible
Voice Description
Deep and Resonant for narrations, Friendly and warm for commercials and professional presentations. Trustworthy and soft. Clear with a good range.
Voice Genders and "Ages" I Can Perform
• Teenage Boy
• Young Adult Male
Language(s) of Which I Am a Native Speaker:
• English - British
• English - USA and Canada
I Offer my Services for these Recording Purposes
• Commercials
• Promos
• IVR, voicemail, phone systems, and on-hold messages
• Training, business presentations, sales, and web sites
• Audiobooks
• Videogames
• Documentaries
• TV shows and movies
• Movie and game trailers
• Podcasts
• Adult content
• Others (on-camera, infomercials, live announcers, spokespersons)
Jobs I Am Willing to Take (Union-wise)
• Non-Union Jobs
My Union Affiliations and Memberships
My Recording and Delivery Capabilities
• I will go to any designated studio in my area
Pre-, Post- and Production Services I Offer
My Home Base
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Accents, Impersonations, Characters and Dialects
Brooklyn, Received Pronunciation, Cockney, Italian, Russian, Southern, Transylvanian, General American,
My Voice Experience
Unknown - Click here to ask Andrew Tardif
My Training
Academy of the Art in Hartford, CT
University of the Arts in Philadelphia Pennsylvania BFA
Neill Hartley for Voice and Speech Coaching.
My Studio Equipment
MacBook Pro
Additional Skills
Play Guitar, and Piano
Know how to speak basic Italian
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1403 Scott Street
San Diego, CA 92106
Phone # (619) 224-6500
Standby Lists, we have many passengers who need to change trips, so do not hesitate to put in on standby lists as we often get openings.
2018 Schedule
The Vagabond is available for charter, contact our office for quotes
- Prices include all meals, snacks and air conditioned stateroom berthing on all multi-day trips.
- Fishing tackle is also available for a $15 charge per outfit.
- Mexican permits & visas, beer, soda, Federal Excise Tax and possible fuel surcharge are extra.
- Guadalupe Island trips have a $250 fee.
- All trips may depart slightly earlier than scheduled.
- We recommend all passengers check in at least 2 hours before the scheduled departure time.
- A 50 % deposit is required to confirm all reservations (a monthly payment plan is also available).
- Schedule and prices are subject to change. Should there be a substantial increase in the cost of fuel or Mexican permits it may be necessary to impose a surcharge.
- Call the Vagabond office at 619.224.6500.
- Prices shown are cash/check-discounted prices, credit is 3% higher.
- Deposits can be mailed directly to the Vagabond office, 1403 Scott St., San Diego, CA 92106.
- You must have a passport or passport card to board.
- Cancellation Policy: If you cancel and we re book your vacancy or if we receive your cancellation at least 180 days before departure then your booking deposit (minus 10% booking fee) is refunded. In any other case, all funds on deposit are non-refundable. No refunds after departure. All funds on deposit are non-refundable if passport requirements aren't met to the satisfaction of Mexican immigration guidelines. Travel insurance is strongly recommend to protect your investment. Click here for quotes:http://www.safariglobaltravel.com/pricing-gold-plan.html.


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Basic Formation
Basic Formation of Pastoral Home Care Visitors is provided free of charge at least twice a year.
The class takes place over six weeks
(location and time vary according to the needs of the group).
Topics covered include:
Spiritual Accompaniment
Listening and Attending Skills
Social Visit vs. Pastoral Visit
Images of God
The Communion Visit
Death and Bereavement
Meaning and Suffering
The next Basic Formation Course will be offered:
Spring 2015
Jesus Light of the World Parish
If you are interested in attending the next basic formation session please contact Cathie Macaulay at 514-925-4354 for further details.


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Britney Spears: Nicole Richie Looked Hot Crawling on All Fours!
Britney Spears rocks a cute little dress while grabbing a bite to eat with boyfriend David Lucado on Friday (February 21) in Calabasas, Calif.
"Can we all give a round of applause to @NicoleRichie for playing along in the show tonight? U looked hot crawling on all fours ;)," the 32-year-old entertainer tweeted earlier this week about Nicole Richie, who attended her Piece of Me show in Las Vegas.
PHOTOS: Check out the latest pics of Britney Spears
Last week, Britney showed some love for David in a few pics posted on Instagram on Valentine's Day.
FYI: David is wearing Timberland boots.
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The once great city of Tinnis without doubt played a key role in the economic development of early Islamic Egypt. At the height of its prosperity the town housed a population of considerable size and variable wealth, with merchants and traders coming and going from its harbours to points east and west around the Mediterranean and further afield.
An image of the city, full of great public buildings, the site of major and important political upheavals, crowded and teeming with life, has come down to us largely because of the generous devotion of wordspace to Tinnis in the accounts of medieval Arab writers. Most academic publications that have so far attempted to elucidate the situation and condition of Tinnis are based on these undoubtedly useful sources.
The archaeological site of Tell Tinnis is located on a low island some 7km south-west of Port Said, on the southern side of the ferry channel between Port Said and the town of Matariya, in Lake Manzala, at the northeast fringe of the Nile Delta. Initial, relatively short, visits to the site were made during 1999 and 2001. This preliminary work comprised site walking, limited ceramic sampling and recording of exposed sections in the main area of the Egyptian excavations. Between 3-22 April 2004, a larger archaeological survey was undertaken, during which the topography of the mounds and all visible remains were mapped using DGPS; a significant area in the centre of the site, as well as a smaller strip across the northeast walls was survey using magnetometry; and architectural and ceramic studies were carried out.
In spring 2009, further geophysical survey was carried out on the southern and eastern edges of the site, in cooperation with Kristian Strutt and John Cooper. The magnetometry survey was extended, and GPR was successfully trialed (despite the damp and saline conditions). The plan of a large courtyard building, perhaps a khan, was revealed just inside the walls in the east; the alignments of surrounding buildings, and some possible routes around them, were also visible. In the southern sector, magnetometry was conducted over the junction of the south canal and the great city walls, and the canal was seen to continue, with structures along the banks, outside the limits of the walled town.
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Paul Muldoon at the FSG Reading Series
Earlier this month the FSG Reading Series hosted an exceptional evening with Robert Pinsky and Paul Muldoon. Now you can watch Muldoon read some of his lyrics, discuss "National Podiatry Month," and debate whether Julius Caesar was a people person, all before a packed house at the Russian Samovar in New York. Enjoy!


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Expansion to create 400 local jobs
Maximus, a Reston, Va.-based company hired to operate the New York state health insurance exchange, is planning to expand into the Citizens Bank training center on Broadway in north Albany. The expansion would create 400 jobs over two years, according to information provided to the Albany Industrial Development Agency.
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#This is an early brief post on my recent Korea trip from 24th Nov – 29th Nov. Post 1 of 4#
As you all may already know, I just came back from South Korea 2 days ago. It was a FAM trip organised by AirAsia X to introduce to the media and the public about their direct flights from KL to Seoul which started on 1st November 2010.
So on 24th Nov, I went to LCCT to meet up with the rest of the media. I then found out I forgot to bring my dSLR battery charger… OMG. So I had to save battery by taking most of the photos using my iPhone 4. *Yikes*
So we boarded the D7 2682 flight at about 115pm.
The AirAsia X logo. The 'X' indicates long-haul segment of AirAsia flights.
The cabin crew were very friendly and helpful. SNapped this photo when she was about to serve us our meal.
Iz us! Tan from Sinchew and Tipah from RTM.
The flight took about 6.5 hours and we arrived at Incheon airport at about 930pm Korean time. This thing at the airport caught my attention. ahah.. iPad?????
We took a bus and it brought us to Paradise Hotel in Incheon. The weather that night was about 2′ celsius. Super cold!
My room! I shared with a videographer from RTM.
– AirAsia X commenced the service between Kuala Lumpur – Seoul on 1st November 2010.
– Direct flights depart from LCCT, KL to Incheon International Airport.
– AirAsia X covers destinations which are more than 4 hours flight duration covering over 130 routes and 70 destinations throughout ASEAN, China, India, Australia, Taipei and Europe.


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In a medium-sized bowl, combine the egg yolks and the sugar, beat lightly and set to one side.
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In a medium-sized pot, combine the milk and the cream and place it over a low heat.
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Lengthwise, split the vanilla pod and scrape out the seeds, adding both seeds and pod to the pot. Bring to the boil. While stirring, add a little of the hot liquid to the egg mixture. Return to the pot and stir energetically until the sauce thickens. Remove the vanilla pod and leave to cool.
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Grease a medium-sized pastry mould with butter and dust it with flour. Carefully place the pastry dough in the mould, folding the edges, pressing the dough into the corners of the mould with your fingers.
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Bake in a pre-heated oven at 350°F (175°C) for 20 minutes until golden and firm to the touch. Leave to cool.
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Slice each plum in 2 and remove the stone. Then, cut each half into 3 pieces. Place in a baking dish and bake at 250°F (125°C) for 20 minutes until semi-dried.
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Pre-heat the broiler in your oven. Cover the pastry with the vanilla custard, and place the plums in an attractive pattern on top. Garnish with marshmallows, and sprinkle with cognac or brandy. Place under the broiler and bake for 2 minutes or until the marshmallows begin to melt.


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We Now Have Our Tournament Boards Up on A Big Screen TV, So You Can Watch Your Progress
9 Ball every Saturday except the 1st Saturday of each month when it changes to 8 ball.
Each player will play only one rack against their opponent. Then they will play a different player. Your skill level will determine how many times you can lose. You are eliminated when your losses equal 11 minus your skill level when playing 8-ball or 12 minus your skill level when playing 9-ball.
A skill level 7 is eliminated after 4 losses
A skill level 6 is eliminated after 5 losses
A skill level 5 is eliminated after 6 losses
Entry fee is $15
Tournament starts at 8:00, registration at 7:00
APA 8-ball handicaps will be used to start with but will be moved at our discretion there after
100% payout of entry fees (no greens fees)
Number of positions paid will be based on the size of the field
Most importantly, have fun.
See you Saturday.
Friday Scotch Doubles
Every Friday
Format: Modified Elimination Short Race 8 Ball Winners Side 9 Ball Losers Side
Handicaps: APA (Higher of 8 Ball and 9 Ball Handicap) owner discretion if you have neither. Owner also reserves the right to change handicaps before during or after tournaments.
Race: 1 game for Combined 6 and below; 2 games for 7's & 8's and 3 games for 9's & 10's and 4 games for 11's & 12's.
Rules: APA Rules.
Start Time: 7:00 Registration, Tournament 8:00 promptly.
Entry Fee: $20 (no greens fee)
Payout: 100% payout of entry fee. The number of players paid will be determined based on the size of the field.
Special Tournaments
Q-City 9 Ball Tour
- Saturday August 18th
- Doors Open at 11:00
- Tournament Starts at 2:00
- Entry Fee Men $50 & Women $35
- Handicapped Event
Carolina Billiards Tour 9-Ball Shootout
- Saturday March 31st
- $75 Entry Fee
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Lovely, absolutely lovely. Thanks to you all.
PerfectPrepText: A smart way to style local formatting
One of the most popular free scripts for InDesign, preptext.jsx, was written by our own InDesignSecrets contributor Theunis DeJong, aka "Jongware." He wrote it a few years ago, seemingly on the fly, in response to a plea for help from an InDesign user on the Adobe InDesign User-to-User forum. Preptext.jsx applies character styles to text with local formatting (bolds, italics, superscripts, and a few others) so you can retain the formatting when you apply your own paragraph styles or when you export to EPUB. It goes through the active story in just a few seconds, seeking out locally-styled text, creating the character styles (yes!) for you as needed and applying them throughout.
The problem is that preptext.jsx sometimes does too good of a job, creating and applying character styles to every instance of bold (or italic, or all-small caps, etc.) text, even if it's not locally-formatted; that is, even if the formatting is part of the paragraph style applied to the text. Jongware says that's because his script is designed to be run before you apply any InDesign styles, like when you first import a Word file and opt to delete styles but retain local formatting (you'll find this option in the Word Import Options dialog box). But sometimes I forget, and need to run it after.
For example, I'll often want to run Jongware's script at this point, when I have some basic paragraph styles already applied – Headline and Body – but haven't yet built up any character styles. The italic and small caps etc. you see in the sample are all locally formatted.
After I run preptext.jsx, it looks the same, except now we have a bunch of character styles (yay!) that have been applied to the locally-formatted text (yay!)
BUT: Take a look at my insertion point in the headline in the second screen shot. Do you see how the script created and applied the Bold character style to it? Even though the bold text wasn't locally formatted-the Head paragraph style uses a bold typeface- That's a potential problem. What if you edit the Head style so it used a non-Bold typeface? This text would still be bold, because of the character style applied to it.
Even if you never need to edit the paragraph styles, this "double-hit" of style sheets makes editing EPUBs or HTML files exported from affected files very difficult. Look at how the headline text in this exported file has both paragraph style classes and span (character style) classes for the same bit of text, "An Introduction to":
Just as in the live InDesign file, if you decide that you want your CSS for the Head style to not be bold, you'd have to remember to go back to the HTML file and strip out all the superfluous span classes affecting the Head paragraphs too.
I asked my friend and über-scripter Peter Kahrel if he could help me out. Peter's no longer doing freelance scripting, but in his off-hours, over a period of a few days (and a few versions he sent over), he came up with a solution! I'm calling it PerfectPrepText. It doesn't replace Jongware's wonderful preptext.jsx, it's more of a prologue and epilogue to it.
How PerfectPrepText Fixes the Problem
Peter's add-on to Jongware's script deconstructs the story temporarily; first removing (he calls it "neutralizing") the paragraph styles, then runs preptext.jsx (you need to have the preptext.jsx script at the same level as Peter's somewhere in your InDesign scripts folder), then reasserts the original paragraph styles. I asked Peter to give me two versions of his script, the first called PerfectPrepText_Ask.jsx that asks what step you want to do, like this:
The steps would be:
- Run PerfectPrepText_Ask.jsx to neutralise the styles
- Run preptext.jsx (or any other style mapper) to create and apply character styles, and optionally do other things to the text while in this weird limbo state
- Run PerfectPrepText_Ask.jsx again to restore the styles-it remembers what gets applied where, somehow
And then for the rest of us who would prefer not to have a heart attack seeing all our styling "neutralised" in Step 1, Peter made an "unattended mode" version called PerfectPrepText_Do.jsx that zips through all three steps on its own. It still requires that you have the preptext.jsx script in your scripts folder (at the same level) but you don't need to run it yourself.
I ran PerfectPrepText, and here's the "After" on the same bit of text I started with at the top. All the character styles were created and applied to the locally-formatted text only. Notice how the word "Introduction" in the headline (where my cursor is) has no character style applied to it. Yay!
And the proper styling goes all the way through to EPUB/HTML export, too – no extraneous <span> classes in the <p> class:
Peter doesn't have a Donate button on his web site, but he said he just wanted to help support InDesignSecrets. Thank you Peter! And I have to mention that if you need more oomph, David's PowerStyles plug-in does the same intelligent creation/application of character styles to locally-formatted text, plus it has many other useful text styling features. If you haven't checked out the free trial yet, you really should – it's pretty cool.
Meanwhile, you can download PerfectPrepText.zip from our web site – it contains three files: The _Ask and _Do versions of PerfectPrepText, and preptext.jsx (Thank you Jongware!)
50 Comments on "PerfectPrepText: A smart way to style local formatting"
That is utterly fantastic.
Yeh I guess you do. But as I say, I only use a new document to place text into before copying to the main document. I don't usually save these files first.
there are a few problems with align left/right and baseline.
after using the _Do-script or the sequence of "_Ask, preptext, _Ask", the following happens:
– para-style: "justified", locally formatted to "align left" -> looses its local formatting
– para-style: "justified", locally formatted to "align right" -> retains its local formatting
similar to that are problems with the baseline:
– para-style "align to baseline", locally formatted to ignore the baseline -> looses its local formatting
– para-style "don't align to baseline", locally formatted to align to the baseline -> retains its local formatting
but these problems also happen, when you load the para-styles "manualy" in the para-styles-window (via "load para-styles"), so it's no bug of this script.
(using cs5/cs5.5 with newest updates on win7)
I'm not sure if I'm missing something (and it's quite possible I am), but I've been using Thomas Silkjær's simple auto create p_c styles script to format imported text. I can run it directly after the import and it creates all paragraph and character styles for me. If I have any formatting already done, say a header with a bold font, it doesn't create anything new for that text…I assume it sees it has a paragraph style and ignores it. It creates character styles for any locally formatted text.
The only thing I need to fix afterwards is the fact that the created character styles include font info, which I usually don't want…I keep my character styles simple, like "bold," "italic," "red," etc.
You're not missing a thing, Erica! Sounds like a great script. Do you have a link?
Here's a link to Thomas' site…lots of great scripts!
Too bad this links is not working anymore.
Found it here Elod with a pile of other useful scripts:
InDesign scripts for bookdesigners: https://github.com/GitBruno/Novelty
This used to work fine for me in CS 5.5, but now in CS 6 it doesn't work anymore.
I get a JavaScript error when placing my cursor anywhere (roughly translated from German (from normal preptext): "errorstring: undefined is no object", line: 3, source: if). When placing it in the textframe, it seems to do something, but in fact there are no character styles created and the overrides remain.
The whole problem seems to occur only with preptext, since the wrapping around with your addition works fine, but the script itself does nothing.
Anyone here with CS 6 having the same problem? It would be amazing to be able to keep using this handy script!
Greetings from Germany,
okay, I guess I found the problem:
The script only recognizes "bold", "italic" and so on, but some fonts have other names like "medium italic", "75 Bold" (Helvetica Neue) and so on.
So preptext and also perfectpreptext works perfectly fine on CS 6, it just doesn't recognize custom font names for "bold" and "italic", which is a bit of a shame for people like me dealing with many different fonts, but nonetheless thank you for this amazing script and maybe I can customize it so it recognizes the font names I tell him to (shouldn't be too difficult).
Thank you for the quick answer, Jongware. I had no idea it would be that difficult. But I think your "Find Font"-solution could at least make things a bit easier, since I work on books with more than 300 pages and many overrides that I need to export to epub, and I don't want to embed fonts for that anyway (print fonts do not necessarily work on web/devices, and eReaders mostly forbid embedding).
Great script! very useful. My solution to include styles like "medium italic"is: before running the script, you can use find/change to apply a character style, in the character style options activate Export Tagging (CS6) and select a class for exporting, then run the script for the standard bold and italic text.
Thanks a lot for this, I'm using it frequently, saves a lot of work! But I have hundreds of files and one question: it's possible to batch apply this script? Would be fantastic to have an "unattended mode".
Hi David, thanks for the tip! I tried PerfecPrepText with the batcher script (fantastic idea, btw), but it didn't work. I think it's because preptext needs the cursor in a frame before execution.
In the following link (Adobe Foruns) you find detailed instructions by Jongware himself on how to adapt the preptext script to run with Batcher:
The link for Thomas Silkjær?s script is down. Would you please email me a copy of the scriptm or repost a live link for download?
Found it here with a pile of other useful scripts:
InDesign scripts for bookdesigners: https://github.com/GitBruno/Novelty
I downloaded and installed these scripts after watching AM's tutorial video on Lynda.com but I can't get it to work! All scripts are together in the same folder. I am using InDesign CS6 which seems to be the issue b/c I can install and run PerfectPrep Text on a diff computer which has CS5 (tried a diff comp. w/ CS6, same error). This is what the error says
"JavaScript Error!
Error Number: 21
Error String: undefined is not an object
Engine: main File: /Users/lisatudor/Library/Preferences/Adobe InDesign/Version 8.0/en_US/Scripts/Scripts Panel/ePub/PerfectPrepText_Do.jsx
Line: 14
Source: app.doScript (prepscript);"
Thanks for any help!
Problem solved. I noticed Marcio's earlier post where he mentioned the cursor needed to be in the frame, doing so made this error go away.
Great script, anyone run it on a book file or found a way to run it across all files in a book vs individually?
hi, im Hari. if we r trying to specially apply style while using GREP, there is an error in this script.please can some one help me.consider this pattern()(.+)() in GREP in find what and in change to im using $2,all the char style applied has changed in a different way. For Eg. In [Im Hari], consider hari should be in italics.after running the script if we use GREP to apply style. the word I(regular)m( has changed to italics) har(italics)i(has been changed to regular).
These sound like fantastic scripts and I will download and try them : )
My problem is a bit different though. Do you think Theunis, Peter, Thomas or David's script will solve the following:
All text in my InDesign files is already fully styled – both character and paragraph styles. Character styles are used heavily throughout the documents for special font sizing etc. However bold, italic and underline is applied through 'local' formatting and is often on top of an existing character style.
So my question is will the script be smart enough to replace the underlying character style with a new style that includes all the formatting that was in the character style as well as the bold, italic or underline that is applied on top?
Also, what would be really great, is if it kept the name that was used for the character style but just adds the word 'bold' or 'italic' or 'underline' to the new style name eg. char style 'Quote All Cap' might become 'Quote All Cap Bold' ????
Many thanks. Heulwen
This works great in CS6 (except for the strike through function, but that's so rarely used anyway). Now if it would only work through the whole document and not just the story that the cursor is in. We often have sidebars and photos with captions that are anchored and therefore the text in them is not part of the main text thread.
Thanks for the scripts. I've been using them for a while and they are a great timesaver. I have recently started seeing a problem though. I'm running Mac OS 10.9. When I run PerfectPrepText_Do.jsx in CS6, it now launches CC and then says it can't find preptext.jsx. If I use PerfectPrepText_Ask.jsx instead, it creates a copy of the active CS6 file then stops. No styles of any kind added to the active file or the copy file. I've been using this successfully in CS6 for a while and have had CC installed also without this happening, it's just a recent development. I'm guessing a pref file or some other file changed and if I can only remove that file, things will work again. That may be a pipe dream though. I've deleted and reinstalled the perfectprep files and have updated the preptext with Jong's latest version (30-Mar-2010). I'd hate to lose this functionality because a large part of my work is taking Word files and laying them out for book publishing. Manual is not the way to go. Thanks for any input.
Hi, I am working through your course on lynda.com, InDesign CC: EPUB Fundamentals. In Chapter 04.04, I received the following error message when I tried to run PerfectPrepText_Do.jsx. Preptext.jsx seemed to run just fine.
"JavaScript Error!
Error Number: 21
Error String: undefined is not an object
Engine: main
File:C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Indesign CC 2014\Scripts\Scripts\Panel\PerfectPrepText_DO.jsx
Line: 14
Source: app.doScript (prepscript);
Same here. Came looking for an update or similar script. I'm going to try to reach Theunis DeJong through social media and see if I can get a solution. If I find anything, I'll try to post it here.
Just want to say that I'm using perfectpreptext for about the tenth time since I came across this post, and still grateful that it exists and that you let folks know about it. What a huge saving of time and energy!
Wonder if anyone else had an error message,
error number: 90938
error string: unsaved documents have no full name.
when running perfect prep text. And if so, how to fix it?
OOPS. Thought I had the file saved. Nevermind :( I didnt have the file saved!
So, I just waded through this very informative convo, spanning 4 years and at least 287 versions of INDD(!), wondering if the best solution for INDD CC 2015 is still PerfectPrepText? I am just starting a long document with lots of italic, bold and some foreign accents. The styles in the word doc that I was given bear no relation to the paragraph styles I want to wind up with. Is there an InDesign Secrets or Lynda.com tutorial that goes into this in detail? I'm a bear of little brain and step by step is my MO.
Thanks All…
Are there plans to update, or is it possible to edit the scripts to work in CC 2015?


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HAMMONTON, NJ - May 31, 2008 --Authorities in Atlantic County battled a massive fire on the White Horse Pike in Hammonton.The fire raged for hours, consuming Universal Supply Inc., located on the White Horse Pike and Old Egg Harbor Road. The company manufactured windows , shutters and sliding doors at its Hammonton location.
Hammonton firefighters arrived to find flames shooting from the building.
Investigators say the building had no sprinklers. Water trucks had to rush extra water to the scene to help firefighters who only one hydrant to work from.No word yet on what sparked the blaze. No injuries were reported.
100 people worked at the Hammonton business.
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July issue.
2011 Tire Shipments To Grow Three Percent
3/24/2011 -
Washington, D.C. - Tire shipments in 2011 are projected to increase by approximately 3 percent, nearly 8 million units, to 293 million units, according to the Rubber Manufacturers Association. Tire shipments increased by 9.7 percent to 285 million units in 2010, marking the onset of the economic recovery. Original equipment (OE) tire shipments for both the light vehicle and commercial truck markets will make up the bulk of the increase in 2011 as pent up demand for both light vehicles and commercial trucks continues to drive domestic new vehicle sales and production. Growth in replacement tire shipments will be modest in 2011 as higher fuel costs and reduction in non-essential driving will restrain the overall growth rate to less than 2 percent, or approximately 248 million total units. Nonetheless, the forecast is for continued overall positive economic conditions for both the consumer and commercial sectors as both the gross domestic product and industrial production indicators are forecast for above trend growth. The RMAs Tire Market Analysis Committee forecast for key categories and their respective segments for 2010 and 2011 include: Original Equipment (OE) Passenger Tires: Passenger OE tire shipments are anticipated to increase by approximately 4 million units, or nearly 12 percent, to 36.9 million units in 2011 as domestic vehicle production continues to increase in response to higher vehicle sales owing to incentive programs, greater credit availability and low interest rates. Total light vehicle sales for 2011 are projected to be approximately 13 million vehicles, up from 11.6 million vehicles sold in 2010. OE tire shipments for 2010 came in at 33.1 million units, up nearly 35 percent as domestic auto production ramped up from near historic lows in 2009. Original Equipment Light Truck (LT) Tires: This category experienced a 29.6 percent increase in 2010 to 3.6 million units due to improved economic conditions respective to the commercial sectors, which utilize light truck vehicles. Little or no growth is anticipated for 2011 as no further vehicle production increases are anticipated for vehicles that utilize LT tire fitments. As a result, total shipments are forecast to remain at approximately 3.6 million units. Original Equipment Medium/Wide-Base/Heavy On-Highway Commercial Truck Tires: Medium OE tire shipments saw a 31.8 percent jump in shipments to 3.2 million units, reflecting pent up demand for commercial trucks and trailers concurrent with a significant increase in the Industrial Production Index for 2010. This sector is forecast to continue to grow by approximately 30 percent in 2011, or another nearly 1 million units as the commercial sector continues to strengthen and reflect economic growth forecasts. Replacement Passenger Tires: Shipments for this category increased in 2010 by 11.1 million units, or 5.8 percent, to 200.6 million units as the economy rebounded and miles traveled increased. However, growth will be tempered in 2011 as higher energy costs, a decrease in non-essential driving and continued economic uncertainties weigh on the consumer. As a result, a less than 2 percent increase, or nearly 3 million units, is forecast for 2011. Non-RMA imports increased nearly 9 percent in 2010 with another approximate 4 percent increase anticipated for 2011. Replacement Light Truck Tires: The onset of the economic recovery enabled LT tire shipments to increase by 1.2 million units to 28.7 million units in 2010, a gain of 4.4 percent. However, no further growth is anticipated in 2011 in that this segment represents the small commercial vehicle market mainly class 3 trucks as well as a core group of consumers, where the number of vehicles in use and miles driven will remain relatively constant. Replacement Medium/Wide-Base/Heavy On-Highway Commercial Truck Tires: This market increased by approximately 2.9 million units in 2010 to 15.8 million units, as the commercial sector of the economy grew by nearly 6 percent after the nearly 10 percent slump in 2009. For 2011, further growth is expected to moderate such that tire shipments will increase by approximately 5 percent, or 800,000 units.
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Everyone knows what Paul Blair could do with a glove in center field and what he meant to some of the greatest teams in Orioles history. He was a terrific outfielder – those who saw him every day say he was the best at that position in club history – and a great competitor.
He was the real deal. No doubt about it.
Blair was so real, in fact, that he could be blunt as a telephone pole on just about any subject, which probably cost him a few opportunities over the course of his post-baseball career.
That's what I liked the most about him. He would show up at a charity golf tournament or an Orioles event and some subject would come up and, you can bet, Blair had an opinion and you were going to get it totally unvarnished. He was so old-school that if he were a school it would be St. John's College.
Blair passed away on Thursday at the age of 69, another great Baltimore sports hero called home, and for some reason, the first thing that popped into my mind was the last time I saw Paul at a public event and incurred his wrath.
OK, it wasn't really wrath, because he was laughing at me for saying something that he thought was absolutely ridiculous.
It's not important which Orioles player I was talking about, but I made the comment that the reason that this particular player was struggling late in the 2013 season was because he had to be "tired."
Well, get out of the way. Blair gave me one of those looks that really didn't need an explanation, but I wasn't getting off that easy.
"Tired?" he said, and excuse me if this is not a perfect quote ... just how I remember it a few months later.
"Tired? He's tired? Don't tell me you're tired. He's a major league baseball player. It's your job not to get tired."
The brief tirade ended with a hearty laugh and no hurt feelings, but it reminded me of the late, great University of Southern California football coach John McKay, when somebody asked him if he was worried about one of his many great tailbacks carrying the football 30 times a game.
"Why,'' the always sarcastic McKay was reputed to have said, "it's not heavy."
The point that Blair was making wasn't hard to understand, especially coming from him. He was imagining what kind of response he would have gotten from Earl Weaver if he ever explained away a tough day late in a pennant race by saying he was "tired."
Now, he can ask him. Now, he lives forever in the heart of every old-school Baltimore sports fan.
Don't know yet what the Orioles will do to honor his memory during the upcoming season. I think a mural on the center field fence would be a nice start, but you can be confident that the club will come up with a very appropriate way to remember one of the key members of the Orioles' greatest generation.


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Amber Rose Shows Huge Pregnant Tummy On Instagram
Amber's tummy is growing!
Amber Rose took to Instagram to update everyone on her pregnancy status, flaunting a bare tummy. "Good morning Rosebuds & Rosestuds Our lil wizbud Is growing so fast ;-)," she wrote.
After making her official announcement at the MTV Video Music Awards a week and a half ago that she and her man Wiz Khalifa were expecting their first child, the soon-to-be-married couple have been flooding their timelines with nothing but parental bliss.


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East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Were the nursing home strippers really a bad idea?April 10, 2014
If you typed the word "strippers" into the McKnight's archives Tuesday, the only story that came up was a blog about floor care. That changed Wednesday when we ran the news of a lawsuit in New York involving strippers allegedly being hired at a nursing home for resident entertainment.
Strippers hired at NY nursing home, violated resident's rights, lawsuit allegesApril 09, 2014
The son of a nursing home resident says he found a photo of a male stripper gyrating above his 86-year-old mother, and was told it reflected part of an "entertainment event" for residents. That has led to a lawsuit against East Neck Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in West Bablyon, NY.


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Special equipment: 3-inch ring mold
To make the streusel: In a mixer with paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. Add remaining ingredients and mix until combined. Push the mixture through a baking rack and chill for 1 hour.
To make the Brown Betty: In a large bowl, combine all ingredients. Press the mixture into a buttered half hotel pan. Top evenly with Streusel. Bake in an oven at 325 degrees F for 45 minutes, or until browned and bubbling around the edges. Allow to cool, and then chill several hours. Using a 3-inch ring mold, cut out rounds.
To make Face: Using a piece of acetate cut out a face-shaped stencil. In a mixer with whip attachment, beat egg whites to soft peaks. Blend in confectioners' sugar, flour, and salt. At low speed, blend in butter and vanilla. Stencil the tuile batter onto a nonstick baking sheet. Mix a small amount of the tuile batter with some cocoa powder and pour into a parchment cone. Pipe features onto the face-shaped tuiles. Bake the tuiles at 325 degrees F for 8 minutes. Immediately after removing the tuiles from the oven, place them over a can to form a curved shape.
To make Hair: Place all ingredients in a saucepan and bring to boil. Cook until temperature reaches 315 degrees F. Remove from heat and add blue paste food coloring to desired shade of blue. Use a cut-off whisk to form spun sugar "hair".
To serve warm a Brown Betty round in oven. Place on dessert plate. Place tuile "face" on the side of the round. Pile spun sugar "hair" on top of the round. Garnish the plate with the raspberry coulis, creme anglaise, blueberry necklace, and mint.
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Protein supplements have come a long way since the days of raw eggs in a glass, and there is a massive amount of choice available for anyone who wants to up their consumption of this muscle building macronutrient.
Whey protein is seen as the gold standard in protein supplementation because it's easy to digest, rapidly absorbed, and has a balance of amino acids that closely reflect the amino acid demands of our bodies, including high levels of muscle building BCAAs. Between whey and casein, a slow digesting protein that shares similar properties, dairy proteins rule the market.
But not everybody wants a dairy protein. People with milk allergies, vegans, intolerance sufferers, and people who prefer to get their protein from alternate sources have a number of vegetable based dairy alternatives, of which soy and pea are the most popular.
A lot of people labour under the misconception that vegetable protein is inferior to protein from animal sources, when this is not necessarily the case. Soy protein has been shown to be almost equivalent to whey in amino acid quality and digestibility, but soy is not for everyone. Many people are put off soy because they erroneously believe it has a high oestrogen content (processing removes the vast majority of phytoestrogens from soy protein), and it is also a common allergen.
The popularity of pea protein as an alternative is steadily increasing, and brands like Nuzest Clean Lean Protein and Vital Protein are growing in popularity, as techniques are developed to produce soluble, neutral tasting, low allergenic protein that is claimed by the manufacturers to sport a full complement of amino acids. But how does pea protein stack up to dairy? And most importantly, can pea protein build muscle?
A group of researchers in France decided to investigate this, and compared the capacities of pea and whey protein to build muscle in young men. One hundred and sixty one men between the ages of eighteen and thirty five were split into three equal groups. The first group received 25g of pea protein twice a day, the second 25g of whey twice a day and the third was a control group who received a placebo twice a day, over the course of a twelve week upper body resistance training protocol.
The thickness and strength of each participant's biceps muscle was measured before and after the experiment.
The researchers found that all groups showed an increase in strength and muscle thickness over the twelve weeks of the experiment, reinforcing the role of resistance training in muscle hypertrophy.
When the muscle thickness in all the groups increased, the group taking pea protein showed the greatest overall increase in hypertrophy. When the entire population was looked at, participants using pea protein showed an increase that was significantly greater than placebo. Whey users showed a smaller degree of muscle growth than the pea protein group, but this was not statistically significant, nor was the difference between the whey group and the placebo group.
Interestingly, when the results from the segment of the population who were weakest in initial strength testing were looked at individually, the pea protein group gained significantly more muscle girth than they whey group, who in turn outperformed the placebo group by a significant margin.
This study smashes the idea that you can't put on lean muscle using pea protein. It shows that pea protein can be just as good, if not better than whey, and that it might be particularly well suited to people who have only recently begun resistance training. It also opens the door to further research to look into the properties of pea protein that enable these gains. Pea protein is packed with arginine, and it will be interesting to see if the increased vasodilation associated with this amino acid plays a role in promoting hypertrophy in a way whey does not.
Nicolas Babault, Christos Païzis, Gaëlle Deley, Laetitia Guérin-Deremaux, Marie-Hélène Saniez, Catherine Lefranc-Millot, François A Allaert. Pea proteins oral supplementation promotes muscle thickness gains during resistance training: a double-blind, randomized, Placebo-controlled clinical trial vs. Whey protein. Journal of the International Society of Sports Nutrition 2015, 12:3