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Residents can help improve our community's safety by "adopting" an outdoor warning siren. The sirens are activated for tornado warnings and potentially used in the event of other emergencies.
Washington Township Fire Department conducts monthly checks of the 12 alert sirens located throughout Centerville/Washington Township. If you live near a siren, you can help make sure it's working properly by listening for the sound at the monthly testing time and contacting fire department dispatchers with test results. Siren testing takes place on the first Monday of every month at noon and requires approximately 15 to 30 minutes. (Siren testing for July will take place July 11 due to the holiday.)
For a siren to be considered successfully activated, volunteers will report on two actions: the siren must sound for the three (3) minutes of the test and must rotate 360 degrees. Two volunteers are needed per siren.
If you're interested in adopting a siren close to you, please call 433-3083 or email Plans Examiner/Inspector Craig Rauch.
Check the Washington Township map to see if an outdoor warning siren is near your home. Find it here.
Enjoy Fireworks - the Safe Way!
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Take Note - Restrictions on Grilling
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Every year, residential complexes suffer severe damage from fires that begin when an open-flame cooking device is operated on a balcony. According to the National Fire Protection Association, an average of 8,200 grill fires take place each year. Read More
Safetyville Square
May 10, 2018
Safetyville Square is a fun way for children entering kindergarten through second grade to learn about safety this summer. Read More
When to Call the Fire Department
Apr 1, 2018
Sadly, many fires in our community would have been less significant if the fire department had been called earlier. If your smoke alarm goes off, respond quickly. If you encounter a home fire, do not attempt to douse it yourself. Call the Fire Department Read More
Smoke Alarm Reminder
Mar 10, 2018
Properly placed and maintained smoke alarms can cut the risk of dying in a home fire in half. Remember to check their batteries each spring and fall when the time change takes place. Read More
Ready.gov: Tornadoes
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Tornadoes are nature's most violent storms. Spawned from powerful thunderstorms, tornadoes can cause fatalities and devastate a neighborhood in seconds. Read More
The Number One Cause of Residential Fires
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Generator & Heater Safety
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Generators, kerosene heaters and space heaters fill a need during emergency weather events. However, their safe use requires knowledge and care. Read More
Electrical Safety & Power Outages
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New(ish) Dog Health Information
It's focused mainly on natural methods of treating various ailments, and keeping your dog healthy so he doesn't get any (or many) illnesses. Dogs are encountering degenerative diseases in ever increasing numbers - from arthritis, to diabetes, to heart disease, to cancer. Yes, these are the diseases of modern man - and our dogs are now getting them too. Could diet be playing a part? (I definitely think so!)
There is also a section on dog agility training. It's something I've been developing a bit of an interest in - many dogs do seem to love the activities that agility equipment can encourage. You need to be willing to put in the time to train your dog in these methods. Once you have, though, it's great exercise for your dog. And exercise for dogs has great health benefits, just as it does for humans. Gym, anyone? (I really should do more!)

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According to multiple reports, the team tasked with tracking the suspects behind the terrorist attack on the American consulate in Benghazi, Libya is pulling up stakes and heading back to the U.S.
This news comes two weeks after the Obama administration announced a sealed indictment for those behind the Benghazi attack. No apprehensions have been made in the case.
In May, Breitbart News reported that Obama would not allow the military to seize five suspects in Libya the FBI believed to be behind the Benghazi attack. Now, with the imminent departure of the U.S. team, Fox News reports anonymous sources say: "We put American Special Forces in harm's way to develop a picture of these suspects and to seek justice and instead of acting, we stalled. We just let it slip and let it pass us by."
Reportedly, these Special Forces operators are frustrated and wonder if the administration is "willing to let these guys get away with murder?"
The Pentagon has responded to the frustration by saying the group of operators being pulled out "was not specifically tasked with finding the Libyan suspects responsible for the Benghazi attack."
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It seems that the small mom-and-pop businesses are perfectly suited for social media. They're hip, creative, and fast. On the other hand, The big brands are often the red-headed stepchild in the social media discussion. Sure, there are some notable exceptions (Ford, Dell, Coca-Cola) but other seem to stumble (even the pioneers like Facebook).
The problem is that most bigger brands don't know where to start. Their size leaves too many options which paralyzes the marketing team and scares the beejesus out of the C-Level team.
It doesn't have to be this way.
From reviewing dozens of brands, I've seen that the key is build the brands social story around a specific brand characteristic that is credible and authentic.
Over and over, I find that the winners gravitate toward 5 strategies that are powerful social tribe touch points.
Any brand can use one or more of these themes to quickly identify their brand's social theme. Once implemented, your brand will take on a credible presence that embraces its tribe and speaks their language.
5 Successful Big Brand Social Themes
#1 Customer as Hero
Stop looking at your customers as a monolithic group. Look closer and you will find that there are slices of customers with shared interests. Build your social strategy around appealing to these groups. You'll find that these tight huddles are hiding powerful influencers who will reward your attention with sales and leads.
37 Signal's Product Blog puts its customers front and center. This humanizes their software product and encourages its tribe to celebrate the innovative engagement with a piece of software.
#2 Introduce the Team
An old sales maxim says that "People Don't Buy Products They Buy Relationships". It's true. Your customers are curious about the people behind the products. Social Media makes it simple to connect with them. Of course, you will need to define the policies and guidelines for this interaction but don't let this stop you. The benefits far outweigh the risk
Zappos actively encourages it employees to put their daily work life on display. At any point, you can peek inside the lives of most Zappos employees and see how they deliver their legendary customer service.
#3: Cultural Champion
Select a cultural quirk that defines your organization and let your customers behind the curtain. Your culture gives your organization its personality and can form the foundation for attracting an influential tribe.
Southwest's Twitter and Facebook posts are saturated with its unmistakably "fun" cultural bent. While other Airlines post dry specials, Southwest sees every post as an opportunity to attract travelers who want to fly fun and cheap!
#4: Problem Solver
Remember that your business exists because it solves a specific problem very well. Connect with your roots and build your social strategy around creative ways to engage and solve that problem in new and creative ways.
The folks at IdeaPaint sells a paint that turns any wall into a whiteboard. I'm in love already. The best part is that there blog kicks it up a notch by helping its customers transform their workplace into creativity sanctuaries.
#5: Magical Features
Many times the most powerful social media strategy revolves around a specific feature. For example, Monster is known as a testerone-soaked energy drink, but it could easily engage its audience about the benefits of ginseng a popular ingredient in its drinks.
Have you ordered a Domino's Pizza online lately? It's a real treat. Not only has Dominoes improved its pizza (it actually is quite tasty) but they've taken their #1 feature – Fast Delivery and turned it into a social media juggernaut. Not only can I track my pizza but I can tweet out my thoughts along the way. Killer.
Please! Avoid the "Fluffy Abstraction"
The key is to find a specific aspect of your brand story that inspires and motivates your audience. However, don't make the mistake of focusing on a "fluffy abstraction" that your customers can't relate to. Statements like – "Aspirational Confidence" sounds groovy on a creative brief but falls (far) short of an effective social branding touchpoint.
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The First Step to a Holiday of a Lifetime
Motorcycle holidays can be as simple or as complex as you want them to be and here at H-C Travel we're happy to make whatever arrangements you want. We're here to make organising your holiday as simple as possible and to help you get the maximum enjoyment from your riding. It's what makes us different from the herd!
If you've got this far, we hope by now you've found a holiday that interests you. We try to be as informative as we possibly can because we believe you should have a very clear idea about what to expect from your holiday. We've noticed an increasing number of glitzy websites that actually tell you nothing about your tour, accommodation, professional credentials of your tour operator, booking terms and conditions, etc. We think that is just wrong - smoke and mirrors relying on your love of riding motorcycles and trust in other motorcyclist - don't fall for it, it's your life and your money at stake.
So, here are the FAQs you SHOULD ask any tour operator, not just H-C Travel - many operators will wish you didn't ask, so do please read them, they could save you pain and money.
Many of your questions may be covered in our Terms and Conditions, so please read them also.
Q. How long has H-C Travel been running motorcycle tours and rentals?A. Since 1994. And we have a long list of 'firsts' to our credit. We were the first company in the UK to offer a programme of long-haul motorcycle tours and hire. We created the first motorcycle tour operator website. We organised the world's first motorcycle tour to Libya, for Chris Scott. We ran the UK's first ever tours to Bhutan, Tibet, the Philippines, Kerala (India) and Chile. We set up the first ever self-guided tour programmes in French Canada, the USA and New Zealand. We were the first UK motorcycle tour operator to be granted an ATOL license, and were the first to become professionally recognised by the travel industry, by obtaining membership of the TTA.
Q. Are you licensed?A. Yes, we have a UK government ATOL license number T7002 (www.atol.org.uk), which is legally required to allow us to sell the flights you need for your holiday, and we are member T7861 of the Travel Trust Association (www.traveltrust.co.uk), which guarantees our compliance with UK law and your financial security. And all of our overseas partners are licensed or registered in their home country.
Q. Are you part of a larger company?A. No, H-C Travel is 100% owned and run by founder David Grist.
Q. How large is H-C Travel?A. Including our village travel agency, there are 6 of us in the UK, plus our international partners.
Q. So how does a company the size of H-C Travel have such a large range of services and holidays?A. Simple really – the same as any large-scale tour operator, by working with local companies in all of our destinations. Some of these we have helped set up, some of them are well established in their own right. It is simply not possible for a single company to operate in two countries, so we have decided this is the most practical way to operate and the best way of offering you the best possible holiday. We safeguard your interests here in the UK, our overseas companies safeguard your interests there. Anyone offering you a motorcycle tour or rental that doesn't offer you this kind of set up is leaving you in potential difficulty.
Q. Can you arrange flights for us?A. Yes, of course. We believe it is an essential part of any professional tour operator's services. H-C Travel complies with the stringent legal and financial obligations required by the UK government to obtain the ATOL license which enables us to access any flights from the UK related to our tours and rentals – and an awful lot more – at competitive rates.
Q. Can you arrange travel insurance for us?
A. Yes, of course. Again, we believe it is an essential part of any professional tour operator's services. H-C Travel has its own unique travel insurance policy, designed for our motorcycle tour and rental customers. It offers good levels of cover, including cover for motorcycle gear, at competitive rates, and crucially includes medical and repatriation cover in the unhappy event that you have a motorcycle accident, whether road or offroad, which nearly all other widely available policies exclude. And please note, most travel insurance policies exclude cover while motorcycling.
Q. And what about motorcycle insurance?
A. All of the motorcycles we provide come with at the very least the legally required insurance for that country. In countries such as the USA where insurance can be complicated and by booking with the wrong company you can leave yourself seriously underinsured, we offer our own all-inclusive rate, exclusive to H-C Travel customers, with no hidden extras for your total peace of mind. Full details are provided on our web pages and in our brochures.
Q. What other services do you offer?A. We can arrange as much or as little as you want. Overnight hotel stopovers, longhaul stopovers, car hire, ferries, attraction tickets, etc., etc. And we also have an independent travel agency for anything that is not motorcycle-related.
Q. Can we come and see you to discuss our holiday?Yes of course, we'll be delighted to see you. We are open 09.00-17.30 Monday – Saturday. Do please call before you come.
Q. This is a big holiday for us, and we are concerned that our money may be at risk after we have paid you. How do we know our money is protected?A. We take our financial responsibility very seriously, and have put in place every possible means of securing your money until your holiday is complete.
Firstly, we are members of the Travel Trust Association (membership number T7861). This means that our accounts are monitored monthly by the TTA, and all payments received are automatically recorded through our accounting software and checked weekly by our trustee. And your money is only released to us with the approval of the trustee after your holiday is complete, after we have provided written evidence that we are entitled to do so. We also have to comply with the Associations rules of membership (for more information go to www.traveltrust.co.uk). Trust accounts have a bad name, and any Trading Standards officer will confirm this, but what makes this trust account system foolproof is that every customer receives an insurance policy that guarantees payouts in the event of fraud or bankruptcy. To quote from Noel Josephides, who is chairman of the AITO Trust, a trade body representing independent tour operators, and managing Director of Sunvil Holidays – and a well-respected travel industry expert - "The only trust account system that works is administered by the Travel Trust Association."
Secondly, we also have an ATOL license (number T7002). This means that we have to comply with the licensing rules of the UK government Civil Aviation Authority, which again include a guarantee of financial security (www.caa.co.uk). They think our financial guarantees are so good that we get a discounted rate for our license.
Q. So what happens if H-C Travel ceases trading?A. Should H-C Travel fail for any reason then you get your money back, all of it, to a maximum of £11,000 per person, or more likely you will be able to take or continue your holiday as planned. This isn't just talk, this is guaranteed by the TTA and CAA.
Q. If I pay you on the internet, how safe is my money?A. We are signed up to Worldpay, one of the main secure online payment systems. We can do this because of the financial safeguards we have built into our business.
Q. Why shouldn't I book overseas or with someone offering just the motorcycle I want?A. There are many reasons to book with us, the main ones being:
Q. But it must always be cheaper to book overseas?A. No, it isn't. Firstly, how do you know how much you will pay? Exchange rates vary daily and can change dramatically over just a few weeks. Secondly, the exchange rate charged by your bank or credit card company is considerably worse than the bank rate, often quoted on websites - this is NOT the rate you will get, see our information on currency LINK. Thirdly, our prices are always equal to or better than the 'local' rate, And fourthly, you won't have any of the other services we offer, including financial and legal protection.
Q. What happens once I have booked my holiday?A. Firstly you will receive a receipt, an invoice detailing any outstanding payments due, and an itinerary. Once you have paid your balance we will send you a rental or tour voucher, a tour pack with further details on the tour, information on preparing for your holiday, maps, travelling / riding advice, etc. And of course we will be happy to answer any questions you may have.
Q. What happens if you cancel my tour?A. In exceptional circumstances we do have to cancel tours. The obvious ones are:
Q. What happens with my luggage?A. If you are just hiring a motorcycle or taking a self-guided tour, then we provide luggage storage at EVERY rental location, anywhere in the world. If you are coming on a guided tour then all of our tours, with the current exception of South Africa, provide a support vehicle for your luggage.
Q. Do you provide riding gear?A. We do have some gear in some locations. However, we cannot urge you strongly enough to take your own gear. Certainly for fit, certainly because it is yours, possibly on health grounds, and possibly on safety grounds, as we cannot guarantee the reliability of any gear we provide.
Q. What if I have an accident or fall sick?A. If you are on tour then obviously your tour guide will take care of you. If you are travelling unaccompanied, then if you have an accident you should make sure that the police, your travel insurance company and the local hire company are notified immediately. If you fall ill and are travelling alone then you should notify your hotel and your travel insurance company, before notifying us.
Q. Do I need any injections or inoculations for health reasons?A. As far as we are concerned, none of our tours require any inoculations. However, localised incidences of disease do flare up and you should check with your doctor if travelling to Asia or Latin America. Oh, and a tetanus boost is never a bad thing!
Q. What if I break down?A. All of our rental locations provide 24/7 cover (sometimes excluding local public holidays), and if you have a problem, you can contact us here in the UK. In the USA we also provide BMW and Harley-Davidson breakdown assist. On our guided tours we bring either a spare motorcycle or a professional mechanic, with the exception of South Africa.
And of course if you have other questions, do please call us, we are always happy to talk about your dream holiday and help with advice and information.


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I touched on this a few weeks ago in this space, figuring a minor mention in a Sunday column would be enough, but alas, it was not.
And so today, I ask you to please read this with an open mind, and, in the end, to come to an agreement with me. And once you've done that? Please, encourage other residents of the Greater Trenton area to do the same. Tell them to spend a few moments, to read my thoughts, to come away a better person. For I know if we all do this together, if we all metaphorically hold hands and sway in the gentle breezes, we will all awaken as one. A new being. A new species.
Yield where it effin' says so at the new Whitehorse Roundabout and there won't be any problems, OK? Do I need to spell it out, you numbskulls? Y-I-E-L-D. Just yield. Giant red upside-down triangle sign. Says "yield" on it in big honkin' letters. Look at it. Read it. Do it.
Kumbaya and stuff. We're all in this together, right? Can't you feel the love tonight?
There has been a lot of agita over the destruction of the Whitehorse Circle, replaced with the construction of the Whitehorse Roundabout. Many Hamilton residents saw no need to untie the Gordian Knot that was the circle, because yeah, sure, anyone who traversered it 400, maybe 500 times became an expert at navigation, but for the rest of us? Forget "Whitehorse." It was more like "White Knuckle."
Was it a circle? I guess, though it had lanes of traffic slicing through it. No one really knew who had the right-of-way. For veterans of the circle, I'm sure they felt like Neo at the end of "The Matrix." Everything slowed down, you'd dodge bullets, you'd make it out the other side. But anyone who saw for the first time had to think they were on some MTV prank show.
So you ask me, the new roundabout is a great idea, mostly because it so painfully easy to use. Cars approaching the roundabout yield — YIELD! DAMMIT! YIELD! THIS IS NOT DIFFICULT! — to cars already in the roundabout. It's that easy. Really. That easy.
As it turns out, however, it is so not that easy, as I witnessed Monday morning, when I spent 15 minutes sitting in the Advance Auto Parts parking lot watching seven incidents of angry honking, four near-accidents, and a whole lot of nobody yielding. This was 10 a.m., mind you, not the heart of rush hour.
Here's what I saw. I should file this field report with the Department of Transportation.
• Drivers coming to the roundabout from Rt. 206 North are simply not yielding. At all. Ever. They come flying up the road and just shoot into the roundabout if they have a green light on 206, and if they have to wait through the red light, they just assume they now have the right of way once it turns green. This causes cars already in the roundabout to stop in the middle, completely jamming things up. However, I will say that …
• Cars approaching the roundabout from South Broad Street heading toward I-195 must be freaked out, because they enter and there's a wide opening to Rt. 206 South, followed by a tiny break, followed by the onslaught of traffic from Rt. 206 North. You kind of have to stop, unless you want to smash into someone who's not yielding. WHY AREN'T YOU YIELDING?
• Cars coming into the roundabout from White Horse Avenue are doing it right. Every car yielded. Why? Because it feels more like a "stop" situation, as the cars are coming at the roundabout in a straight line, not being bent into it. Similarly, cars coming from South Broad headed to Trenton are similarly situated, and usually end up yielding.
• The most dangerous thing I saw was a bus not yield, coming from South Broad. That got hairy.
You know what? This is the problem. We don't yield. New Jerseyans are not yielders. Yield means "to give way." It does not mean "pay no attention to this sign and just barrel through."
It's a learning curve, folks. Let's get on it. Maybe a rhyme will help us remember.
When approaching the Whitehorse Roundabout,
Always remember to shout it out:
To yield is divine,
To ignore, asinine
Crash into me and I'll knock your front teeth out.
There. I think we've got it. Happy motoring.
Jeff Edelstein is a columnist for The Trentonian. He can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com, facebook.com/jeffreyedelstein and @jeffedelstein on Twitter.


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Methamphetamine Addiction Statistics
Addiction relatively means making bad habits of something. Any type of addiction is actually bad. Making your body habitual to anything bad or good can definitely take a type of addiction. When someone converts his/her liking to one habit and one habit to necessity, it also takes a sense of addiction. Addictions come with different types such as addiction to food, alcohol, gambling, sex, etc.
What the Facts Say
According to statistic, 14 million people in the US abuse alcohol, 2 million are cocaine addicts, 1.4 million are using meth regularly, and 800 thousand people are heroin addicts. This is an alarming fact, yet they continue to rise as time goes on. Addiction is indeed an extremely powerful disease, which can actually eliminate a person's free will. An addiction to something can actually be developed over a short or long periods of time, depending on the person involved.
The subconscious mind will attract various situations in order to feed biochemical addiction, and this leads to no good – affecting the entire life, health, and well being of the addict. Because of this, US society recognizes that there is an extreme need for treatments with regards to the different types of addictions.
Common Addiction Facts
There are actually different types of addictions and among the most recognized types are alcohol addiction, drugs addiction, and smoking addiction. These are considered as the most common form of addiction very rampant to a lot of people. However, there are also some less recognized addictions and are sometimes overlooked. These include victimization, sex, distrust, fear, and control. All of them have different effects and impacts on the life of a person thus; they need to be taken care of as soon as possible.
Food addiction is one of the most common types of addiction; in fact more and more people are now suffering from overweight and obesity. According to statistic, an estimated eight million American people are suffering from various eating disorders, and 90% of them are women. Anorexia is present in one out of 200 women, bulemia are common to two or three women out of 100.
It is also estimated that more than 4 million adults in US are food addicts. Sadly, compulsive, untreated overeating may lead to some serious health conditions such as high cholesterol level, heart disease, diabetes, clinical depression, hypertension, and arthritis. But treatments are always available – group therapy, psychotherapy, and 12 step programs.
Nowadays, sex addictions are also rampant and the numbers are rising constantly. 40 million adults in the US visit pornography websites regularly and 10 percent of them really admit that they have sexual addiction. 18 to 24 million adults are believed to suffer from sex addiction. They usually suffer from an uncontrollable sexual impulse. This addiction is often seen with varieties of disorders including bipolar disorder, dependent personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, substance abusers, sexual identity confusion, and intellectually delayed young adults. However, those with a sexual disorder and victimize other people need more than just addiction treatment. In addition to that, work addictions and shopping addictions are also common in the US. But the society is striving hard to battle these forms of addiction.


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College Knowledge Month's goal is to provide every graduating high school senior with the preparation, opportunity, and support needed to apply to college. This statewide effort has occurred annually during the month of October since 2011. The event is sponsored by a Steering Committee of K12, higher education and nonprofit partners.
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This month-long effort allows students to do more than just submit a college application. Within this time frame, students can participate in the college exploration and planning process at their own pace -- and schools can align this initiative with the many college exploration activities that are already taking place during the fall. College Knowledge Month aims to:
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Ken Vickrey grew up hunting and fishing, then eating whatever he caught.
So, I guess it's no surprise Vickrey, who hails from the small town of Houstonia in Pettis County, will be hosting a dinner featuring many of the items he learned to love as a kid.
There's one big difference, though. As a child, Vickrey might have gone out rabbit hunting with his grandfather, shot some rabbits, then fried 'em up for the family.
This Saturday, at the Missouri State Fairgrounds in Sedalia, Vickrey and others will cook up more than a thousand pounds of food and serve more than 600 people.
It's the 10th annual Wild Game and Exotic Food Supper, a benefit for the Eldorado United Methodist Church of Green Ridge, Mo. — a dinner that's gotten so popular, they had to move it from the church to the fairgrounds.
"I started this 10 years ago to do something different for my church to try raise money," Vickrey said. "This goes all the way back to my grandparents who used to cook this kind of stuff all the time. I was raised on squirrel, rabbit, coon, fish and other things we caught or shot. I was taught that if you shoot it or catch it, you better be able to cook it."
So, what can you expect to find at Saturday's fete? Well, a partial item list includes the following: Rocky Mountain oysters, pheasant, rabbit, frog legs, barbecue coon and possibly even rattlesnakes, though Vickrey isn't optimistic about the rattlers as the cold weather has pushed back the rattlesnake season in Texas. Which begs the question, "There's a rattlesnake season in Texas?"
Vickrey said there will be chicken for the faint of heart and plenty of "normal" foods from fried green tomatoes and baked beans to coleslaw and all sorts of homemade pies.
But, who cares about that? I wanted to know about the exotic stuff like Rocky Mountain oysters, which I've heard about, but don't think I've ever tried. I feel sure I would remember if I had. They're deep-fried testicles. I knew that. But from what, or should I say, which, animal?
"Some people like 'em from hogs, but most of the time they come from bull calves," Vickrey said. His knowledge and passion for the subject matter was obvious. There's even Rocky Mountain oyster humor.
"Some folks like venison oysters. They're really cheap 'cause they're under a buck," Vickrey said before pausing then laughing wildly. It took a while for this city boy to get the joke, but then it came clear — the venison Rocky Mountain oysters are under a buck. Oh, I get it now.
I asked Vickrey if there were any secrets to cooking rabbit, frog legs, barbecue raccoon .
"The only secret to preparing food like this comes from experience," Vickrey said. "All the guys that help cook this are just like me. Maybe a little bit, or a lot, redneck, and not scared to try anything. We eat what we cook, so no nobody else should be scared to try it."
As for the most exotic thing he personally has ingested, Vickrey says it's probably rattlesnake. Heck I can beat that. I had bull's penis ceviche in a market in Guadalajara, Mexico, at least rocky Mountain oysters are breaded and fried. This bull's penis was raw. I think that should earn me a free admission in Saturday's dinner, but then, there is no admission. The dinner's free. Vickrey and the other organizers are counting on good faith donations.
After taking a leap of faith to eat some of the offerings, that shouldn't be an issue.
"I'd like to make as much money for our small country church as possible. But, first, we want to do our thing as Christians and serve the people," Vickrey staid. "That's why we are asking for a free will donation."
While in south Texas a couple weeks ago, he saw a wild game dinner benefit that was charging $100 per person.
"We're having a bigger menu than they were having," Vickrey said.
But, maybe not those Texas rattlesnakes. Maybe next year.
Dave Eckert is the producer and host of "Culinary Travels With Dave Eckert," which aired on PBS-TV and Wealth TV for 12 seasons, or nearly 300 half-hour episodes produced on six continents. Eckert is also an avid wine collector and aficionado, having amassed a personal wine cellar of some 2,000 bottles.


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Google Accelerated Mobile Pages project is the culmination of every single instance where users have remarked, "WHY is this webpage so slow to answer!" Google AMP is expected to alter the way publishers monetize websites, the way traffic is generated, the process by which websites are implemented, and the way we experience the internet on a daily basis right from our mobile web browsers.
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Now to provide a fast experience, Google has banished certain elements from the AMP coded platform: HTML tags, for instance, except for the JSON script. JavaScript, as mentioned before, is gone for good as well. Most third party scripts are out, which might make you scared for your existing ad platform, analytics package, or other such existing elements. But there's no reason to be afraid, as you'll soon see.
So is it just a stripped down version rather than a 2016 experience?
It seems surprisingly like that, but the truth is that it's a far cry from it. The third party scripts for image integration, for instance, are replaced by Google with ad platforms to load ads faster. Again, Google provides CSS integration and HTML coding too. Additionally, Google provides supplements for native rendering engines and therefore changes how AMP loads or unloads assets (which it does at will). The result is a much fast loading time for most websites. see below head-to-head test:
The three primary and complementary components of the AMP framework
AMP HTML, AMP.JS and AMP CDN are the three components which, combined, work to impart some familiarity for users. The AMP.JS feature is optimized to supercharge AMP-specific features that can prevent external scripts from interfering with page rendering. The AMP-HTML specific command changes the entire HTML experience despite its clarity of structure and syntax. The CDN facility allows Google to cache content more locally, and thus provides users with a speedier web browsing experience thanks to multiple server availability.
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With enough support and cooperation from content teams, the Google AMP framework can provide a minimalized experience and good experience. WordPress, for instance, shall roll out plugins to enable AMP compliance with just a single click. Again, Google Analytics are expected to be provided through third party integrations and provide better facilities. AMP has a prioritization of above-the-fold content, which means that publishers can prioritize preload areas. Publishers don't really have to scramble to invest money and but we it strongly suggested to plan for extending your current template or theme with a branded AMP HTML version to stand-out of the crowd in with custom AMP-ready site.
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The Google AMP platform works as an open source structure, which means it is accessible to anyone willing to work with it. At the same time, AMP-compatible sites are expected to be prioritized in the natural organic search results, creating more opportunities for monetization. Not surprisingly, AMP-compliant documents will be accessible to a wider range of the public than, say, Facebook or Apple's accelerated webpages, and thus lead to a greater field for impressions. Better yet, AMP will help streamline websites and provide lower bandwidth access to mobile web pages which will be awarded by Google in the end. Overall, this should enable publishers to escalate their content marketing and search engine optimization options and provide a better experience and mark-up for your side.
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How God judges worth
The bible teachers us that God loves us perfectly and unconditionally. His perfect love is not based on our perfection and His love also cast out all fear.
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The Vatican is opening up secret archives relating to the periods before, during and after World War II. The archives should help scholars gain a better understanding of the actions of Pope Pius XII, who has been accused of failing to do enough to help Jews during the Holocaust.
Pope John Paul II has decided that by next year, documents concerning the Holy See's relations with Germany during the Nazi years will be made available to international scholars.
A Vatican statement said the pertinent records will be opened up in the hope of ending what it calls "unjust and ungrateful speculation" regarding the actions of Pope Pius XII during the Second World War.
The present pope has strongly defended the wartime pontiff, calling him a "great" Pope. The Vatican has always contended that Pius XII did not speak out more forcefully against the Holocaust because he was afraid of endangering Catholics and other Jews. But critics say he could have done more to stop the Nazi massacre of millions of Jews and other minority groups.
The first of 640 documents to be made available cover relations between the Vatican and Germany from 1922 to 1939 when the future Pius XII served first as Vatican ambassador to Germany and later as Vatican Secretary of State.
Another group of documents dealing with wartime prisoners, between 1939 when Pius XII was elected to head the Catholic Church and his death in 1958, will be made available in by 2005.
The Vatican statement says the documents in the Vatican's secret archives will show "the great works of charity and assistance undertaken by Pius XII with respect to the numerous prisoners and other victims of the war, of any nation, religion and race".
The decision to open up parts of the archives comes after a joint panel of Catholic and Jewish scholars examining the Vatican's wartime record suspended its research in two years ago, complaining that the Vatican was not giving it full access to documents needed to carry out its work.


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LIVINGSTON—Heart disease is the number one killer in America. One in four American women dies from the disease, and yet many are still unaware of their personal risk factors.
Saint Barnabas Medical Center and Ambulatory Care Center have launched a free Women's Cardiac Risk Assessment program that brings this important health screening to women of all ages.
A 19-question assessment, available at https://cardiac.saintbarnabas.com/default.asp, was developed specifically for women by researchers at Stanford University. Responses to questions concerning blood pressure, weight, symptoms, lifestyle, diet and other factors are combined to determine individual risk.
The online assessment is designed to show women areas of risk and provide them with information to motivate them to learn more and to take greater responsibility for their cardiovascular health. Valuable feedback is provided and, depending on the results, women can elect to be contacted by an internist or cardiologist for treatment of the silent but serious symptoms of heart disease such as high cholesterol and blood pressure.
According to the American Heart Association (AHA), the presence of even a single risk factor at 50 years of age is associated with substantially increased lifetime risk of heart disease and premature death.
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So my front mic jack has ALOT of static from processor/harddrive interference, so I want to change it to the back mic port. I go through my device manager and realize the only drivers installed are the Windows default. I download the Win7 drivers/software from realtek and when I try to install I get into a loop at the "Begin install...." part of the installation. It comes up with the "This driver isnt signed, do you want to install?". I click "Install anyway" but it continues to come up with the prompt shortly after clicking, if I tell it not to install it stops the installation and I'm still stuck.
Any suggestions? I already attempted to manually install the drivers, but the device manager says the drivers installed are newer than the ones I'm trying to install. Also tried to disable UAC, that didnt help, and any other security (including the Vista fix with bcededit ect. at the command prompt." All this AND tried the manual override of the pin config in the registry, but there are no registry values that equal what was put into the post.
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Windows 7 32-bit; no 64 coz its a P4 478
Get driver sweeper>Boot Safe Mode>Remove Realtek Sound driver>RE-boot normal mode> Re download the latest AC' 97 Driver from Realtek >Install it now>Should work.... If not then report back
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Ok, so that didn't work :\ And I had given up on the issue. I just recently had to reinstall the Windows 7 Beta to the RC version and I decided to try again. I began looking through my settings and finally realized that I was looking for the wrong drivers! I was so used to AC97 drivers because of my work (all old Dell PC's) that I just got accustom to using/looking for those. I downloaded the realtek High Definition Windows 7 drivers and its working great now.
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Arendtian Action and the Camp: Understanding the connection between totalitarianism and politics
This paper argues for a reconceptualization of Arendt's concept of action based on her account of and experience with totalitarianism. Using Origins of Totalitarianism as a guide to what Arendt sees as the breakdown of a functioning society, it reconstructs her conception of politics found inThe Human Condition and On Revolution to show that what Arendt aims for is a form of government that can prevent the spread of totalitarianism and its characteristics. From this perspective, it argues that Arendt's concepts of politics and action are designed to create a public aware of its plurality and primarily concerned with protecting that plurality.
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Yum! iPhone App Pairs Sustainable Seafood with Recipes and Wines
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FishPhone has been around for years. It's a way to text a question about seafood to the Blue Ocean Institute to find out what options are sustainable, all while you're standing in the store isle. But the handy tool has just gotten much fancier, with a new iPhone app that pairs sustainable seafood options with recipes and wines.
The new FishPhone app is free at the iTunes store, and includes the important environmental information expected from a sustainable seafood guide. But it also offers alternative fish selections based on flavor profiles, and Blue Ocean Institute has partnered with renowned chefs like Barton Seaver and Brancott Vineyards to provide amazing recipes and wine pairings for the sustainable fish of choice.
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The first step in blocking a user on Pinterest is to find his profile page. In the search box at the top of the Pinterest website, type the person's name that you are trying to block, and hit enter. If this person is following you currently, his name appears in the auto-generated list as you type.
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Breast augmentation has always been a very popular option when it comes to enlarging the breast's size or changing its shape. Even though breast implants are very common surgical procedures, it will be important to know certain things before undergoing the procedure. Of course, there are different types of implants and that is why it's important to keep the following pointers in mind before undergoing any of these procedures.
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You need to choose a licensed and professional surgeon for your plastic surgery. It will be a good idea to ask friends or any other person for recommendations. If possible, try to speak to other individuals at the clinic and make sure the surgeon has adequate experience with the type of breast implant you want. Always make sure the surgeon you choose is a board certified professional.
4. You Can Always Try Out Different Implant Sizes and Shapes Before Choosing Your Favorite
Most clinics that offer plastic surgery services offer what is commonly referred to as 'sizers'. These 'sizers' are simply bead-filled neoprene sacs that used to stuff the bra. This gives you the opportunity to choose the right size that will work best for you.
5. Breast Implants Aren't a One-Time Thing
Of course, the implants particularly the saline could leak over time or weight lows and pregnancy can affect the size and shape of the breasts. Nearly 25% of women will need to undergo another surgical procedure in 10 years time because some breast implants do not last forever.
6. Avoid Intense Physical Exercise after Your Surgery
After undergoing plastic surgery especially the implants, you are required to limit your physical exercises. Its recommended to begin with light cardio exercises a week after your surgery even though most people tend to extend their exercise restrictions for up-to 4 months after the surgery.
In addition, always keep in mind that there are some risks associated with breast implants. For instance, as asymmetry, deflation and bleeding are a few of the downsides of undergoing breast augmentation. Cancer and infection risks also exist although very rare. It's always safer to have a surgical procedure done when you are still young.


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As part of its international expansion into overseas regions, CREST is seeking to recruit a hands on systems manager to maintain and develop a wide range of systems, including a global examination platform, cloud-based office platforms and ongoing contribution to several technical projects. The successful candidate will also be responsible for providing technical support to the growing number of employees and liaising with several third-party providers. Please see the full job description.
If you are interested in applying for this role, please submit your CV with a covering letter by email to [email protected]. Applications should be received by Friday 17 February 2017.


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Wasted Ad Spending
Did your AdWords bill come back a little high this month? Are you seeing a lower return on investment than you had been expecting, overall? Do you ever feel like you are paying for clicks that are not being seen by the right people? Sure, all of these might seem like coincidence, but unfortunately, it is also possible that you are paying for clicks you did not even know about.
There are thousands of spam websites floating out there in cyberspace, and every day, legitimate ads are being posted to their homepages. A good example of one of these spam sites is http://www.amazen.com. The creator of this site knew that by varying the URL by only one letter from Amazon.com, that it would generate a heavy flow of traffic from mistypes alone. Some other sites that operate similarly are hulo.com, yotube.com . . . you get the point. It is a struggle to keep advertising messages and spending safe when ads are being constantly funneled onto bunk websites, but there are solutions out there.
The first step to solving this problem is being aware of the spam site practice in the first place. Many users advertising on the Google Display Network are completely unaware that their ads are making appearances on these sites. It has never crossed their minds that they are wasting money on the associated meaningless clicks.
Clickthroughs coming from spam sites are not helpful to the advertiser. These spam sites tend to generate poor traffic, because people don't actually spend time browsing them. There is no content, just space for lost AdWords links. The ads that do appear on the sites are often not relevant due to this lack of content. It's also important to know that these clicks might not even be coming from real people surfing the web, as robots tend to be common at those domains.
So now that you know these sites are out there, how can you avoid having your ads appear there? The task can be tedious, but worthwhile. Users should visit the "Networks" tab on their AdWords account. Under this tab, the user can review all of their ads' website placements. Users can also run a report under the "Dimensions" tab that will generate each separate domain. From here, users must do their own investigative research to find which sites are legit, and which ones are spam sites. Sometimes it's obvious, like the aforementioned URLs, and other times not so much. Websites like time-travel.com and vision-source.com are examples of sites that might seem like real domains, but are actually spam.
Going through and individually searching each domain from these reports can seem daunting, but over time it can be very beneficial to your campaign. At Site Pro, we do this for every one of our advertisers on the display network. By cutting down on wasted ad spending, and eliminating appearances on spam sites you're not only strengthening the message of your ad and brand, but you are ensuring for more targeted placement in the future. Being disciplined about checking for spam clicks now will increase your overall ROI later on. For now, take the time to weed through these sites, because it will pay off when you reach more of your intended audience over time.
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Tim Burton can make movies that are visually stunning. Unfortunately, they're usually not very interesting films otherwise.
It's nice to see that he went from doing all the remakes, to remaking his own story Frankenweenie. It was a short he did in 1984 and the love and affection he has for this story just oozes out of it.
It's the tale of a boy and his dog. The appropriately named pooch (Sparky) gets hit by a car and needs a bolt of lightning to be brought back to life. Who would've guessed a dog could still be cute with scars, stitches, and a tail that falls off if he gets excited and wags.
The stop-motion animation was a blast, and the black and white 3D was interesting. Especially since the picture pays homage to so many old horror films. I was glad I brought a friend (shout out to Francesca Miller) who pointed out many of the references I missed. There was a turtle named Shelley (Mary Shelley's Frankenstein), a creature transforming that was like something from An American Werewolf in London, and a science teacher that had a Vincent Price vibe (voiced by Martin Landau, who was so great in Burton's overrated Ed Wood).
Francesca talked about seeing it again just for any references she may have missed (One scene I missed as I listened to a couple leaving – a theatre showing Bambi as the dog was being hit by the car).
I was pleasantly surprised by ParaNorman last month, and this is similar in many ways. One being that they are little scary for the young children (this is rated PG). ParaNorman was a bit better, too.
Catherine O'Hara and Martin Short provided multiple voices for the film, and Burton regular Winona Ryder has a nice role.
It was fun to have a movie with subtle messages that didn't feel preachy. At one point the science teacher tells the eager young boy after he loses his job, "They like the things science gives them, but not the questions science asks."
There's one scene that had the whole theatre in stitches (no pun intended). It involved a creepy girl telling victor her cat Mr. Whiskers had a dream about him. It's rather disgusting, but hysterical.
Danny Elfman is of course doing the score and although the movie tries a bit too hard, it mostly succeeds. And best of all – no animals were harmed in the filming (although the frog does get fried).
It gets 3 stars out of 5.


text: Legislation means a trade union has the right to be recognised where the majority of the workforce wants it. Recognition can be a voluntary agreement or can be imposed via a legal process: Voluntary agreement Unite would always favour entering into a voluntary recognition agreement rather than using the statutory process, and the overwhelming majority of our recognition agreements have been agreed voluntarily. There is no minimum number of members required to begin discussions with the management about union recognition. However, a typical situation would be that a group of staff will join the union and then the membership would begin to grow by those members encouraging more staff to join. Once a significant number of members have joined, the union will begin discussions with the management about recognition. Legal rights If 50 per cent plus one of a workforce in a company are members of the union we can automatically obtain recognition. However, if membership numbers fall short of this but a significant amount of the workforce is in the union then we can make a claim to a body called the CAC (Central Arbitration Committee). This body will then examine if we have enough membership and support for the workforce to be balloted on whether they want the union to be recognised. The key to getting union recognition is getting your colleagues to join the union and support your efforts. If you want to further discuss union recognition and how to go about it we can put you in touch with one of our officers or organisers who specialise in this area.


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- Brazilian Grand Prix - Qualifying
Sutil continues 'strong weekend'
- Race:
- Brazilian Grand Prix
- Championship:
- FIA Formula One World Championship
- Drivers:
- Adrian Sutil
- Teams:
- Force India
Adrian Sutil called his eighth place in qualifying for the Brazilian Grand Prix a continuation of "a strong weekend".
Sutil showed good pace in FP3 to even top the timesheets at one stage after a soft tyre run, and beat both Mercedes in the final practice session. In qualifying he was unable repeat that performance, but was within 0.25s of both Nico Rosberg and Felipe Massa ahead of him. Sutil said that the balance of the car allowed him to deliver the maximum performance, with only the windy conditions causing any sort of issues.
"Another good qualifying session for me to carry on a strong weekend," Sutil said. "I had a good feeling all afternoon and I really enjoyed the session because the balance of the car felt great. The only real issue was the fact that it was quite windy, but I was able to adjust my driving and it didn't catch me out."
Sutil was also confident that he would be competitive in the race whatever the conditions.
"Eighth is a good place to start and I'm feeling confident for tomorrow - whether it's wet or dry. We just have to wait and see what the weather does, but I hope we can come away with a lot of points because I'm targeting ninth place in the drivers' championship. That would be a nice way to end the season."


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What's YOUR Learning Style?
What kind of a learner are you? How do you learn best?
The answer to these questions may help you with as a student, worker, and individual.
The three basic or most common types of learning styles are visual, auditory, and kinesthetic. How we process information around us affects how we learn; and most people tend to use one of their senses more than others.
Auditory Learners:
Remember what they hear and say.
Enjoy classroom and small-group discussion.
Can remember oral instructions well.
Understands information best when they HEAR it.
Visual Learners:
Remember what they read and write.
Enjoy visual projects and presentations.
Can remember diagrams, charts, maps well.
Understands information best when they SEE it.
Tactile - Kinesthetic Learners:
Remember what they DO, what they experience with their hands or bodies (movement and touch).
Enjoy using tools or lessons which involve active/practical participation.
Can remember how to do things after they've done them once (motor memory).
Have good motor coordination.
The following are web sites which offer different surveys.
By taking anyone of them on line, your questionaire results indicate which style seems to be your strength.
A word of CAUTION, this is just an indication. Some results indicate a tie or overlap between two or even all three styles. Young peoples' answers tend to change as they mature, so their actual learning style may come through at a later time
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What Do You Make?
Taylor McDowell Mali, an American Slam Poet, Humorist, Teacher and Voiceover Artist wrote the very famous poem – What Teachers Make in 1999. The poem got copied, pasted, and sent by email by well meaning teachers and fans, wrote Mali sometime ago. Soon enough the poem became anonymous.
Even Thomas Friedman, the New York Times columnist quoted one of the anonymous versions in its entirety as part of his Yale graduation speech in 2003. Taylor Mali has chosen to inspire teachers anonymously rather than not inspiring them at all.
Here's the full version of Taylor Mali's famous poem:
The dinner guests were sitting around the table discussing life. One man, a CEO, decided to explain the problem with education. He argued: " What's a kid going to learn from someone who decided his best option in life was to become a teacher?"
He said to another guest: " You are a teacher Susan. Be honest. What do you make?"
Susan, who had a reputation of honesty and frankness, replied, " You want to know what I make?"
" I make kids work harder than they ever thought they could. I can make a C+ feel like the Congressional Medal of Honour and an A- feel like a slap in the face if the student did not do his or her very best.
You want to know what I make?
I make kids wonder.
I make them question.
I make them criticise.
I make them apologise and mean it.
I make them write.
I make them read, read, read.
I make them show all their work in math and hide it all on all their final drafts in English.
I elevate them to experience music and art and the joy in performance, so their lives are rich, full of kindness and culture, and they take pride in themselves and their accomplishments.
I make them understand that if you have the brains, then follow your heart…and if someone ever tries to judge you by what you make, you pay them no attention.
You want to know what I make?
I make a difference.
By the way, what do you make?"
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The Astronomical Society of Glasgow offers a star gazing event in the Botanic Gardens, allowing members of the public to use a number of telescopes as well as a chat with an astronomer. In the event of extreme rains or cloudiness, the society will instead host a series of talks in Kibble Palace.
The event is limited to 40 spaces on a first come first served basis. Tickets are £4 for adults and £2 for children, available at the gate only.
The gates open at 7.15 pm for a 7.30 pm start.