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ZOMBIE///GRAVE-YARD///MERMAID///BARBIE *edition* ....you stand facing a dark stairwell. down, deep below the ground you hear the pulse of the undead, growing stronger as you approach. the darkness climbs inside you filling you with a primal fear, electrifying your blood and pricking your innermost urges. "I need to meet these beasts, I need to enter their realm". as if under a malignant curse, you feel your feet writhing towards the now deafening clatter of panting muzzles and scratching nails at the ceilings and walls. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine... steps and then........................................
After the success (explosion of ridiculousness) that was the premiere edition of SUNDAY~FUNDAY back in August, Maxi More and her friends are back to do what we do best, and that's to throw a great big stinking party on a Sunday! After a weekend of terror, tricker' treatin' and no doubt a healthy dose of hilarious fancy-dressed house parties, we are blowing our load to bring you the ultimate rave in a graveyard!
We're scraping the apple-bobbing barrel, and giving all the ghouls and creeps one last chance to get their freak on. Come and boogie with the undead, the sickening and the gag-worthy, as we officially dance halloween to death!
Allow the Malificent of pop-music TeTe Bang to conjure a spell of the most nostalgic scary-pop, while you dance away your demons. Stare in disbelief as Joey A. Frenette-Wood AKA Bourgeoisie performs unimaginable acts of gruesom terror. Fall prey to Alexander Hall AKA Slim Chance's intoxicating musical control as he leads you on a sonic journey to your own mental unraveling. Will our souls be saved on this sacred day by the mother of all that is Holy (Andrew Walter Burt)? Or maybe our souls mean nothing in this digital age, and even the Virgin Mary herself cannot stand up to a robotic force unlike anything humanity has witnessed? Like a dated slasher film, there is peril around every corner, especially with Eleanor Jean AKA john smith lurking around, and our feeble protagonist (that's YOU!) is the only one who can save the day! Destiny is knocking, and even if that destiny is a giant bearded drag-clown, only you can decide what to do....(personally I strongly suggest you come, dance, drink, laugh, scream and have a jolly good SUNDAY~FUNDAY!)
Dresscode: ZombieGraveYardMermaidBarbieRealness/UndeadDragQueen/SerialKillerDragKing/DeamonHeadmaster/RoundTheTwist/Goosebumps/TwoDayOldHalloweenCostumes/ThreeDayOldHalloweenCostumes/CutyPiePageantPrincesses/BuffyAndAngel/BinBagCoture/
Zombies receive a £1 discount. Zombification supplies provided on the door.
*Party from 10:00pm until... Past Your Bedtime! **spooky drinks specials TBA ++SUNDAY~FUNDAY means we are aiming to have fun and fun will be had. All bad attitudes to be exorcised prior to arriving at the party. (Party poopers will be pooped on by Bourgeoisie, and that is not a hollow promise) :)
**+@@~Please click attend on the event and tell all your friends, family, work colleagues, everyone you see on public transport, general passers by, and any famous acquaintances. Evil shall be vanquished and LOLS will be had by all!!!!!


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Expert Reviewed
How to Increase Prolactin
Two Methods:Using Natural RemediesTaking Prescription MedicationsCommunity Q&A
Prolactin is the hormone that stimulates your breasts to make milk during and after pregnancy.[1] Not being able to breastfeed due to low milk supply is often the biggest problem with having low prolactin, and is why many mothers seek remedies to increase their prolactin level.[2] You can increase your prolactin by stimulating your breasts with regular feedings and pumping, and if needed, with prescription medications.
Using Natural Remedies
1Stimulate your breasts towards the end of your pregnancy. Starting about 2 months before the baby is due, start to pump your breasts with an electric pump. This can stimulate prolactin production. Start by pumping for 5 minutes, three times daily. Gradually increase this to pumping for 10 minutes every four hours, and then to 15-20 minutes every 2-3 hours. Keep doing this until the baby is born.[3]
- The goal is not to actually produce milk, but to stimulate your nipples and breasts to produce more prolactin.
2Pump after you breastfeed. The more your breasts are stimulated, the more prolactin your body produces.[4] Breastfeed on a regular schedule as often as you can, and use a mechanical pump daily, even after feedings. When you start to transition your baby to bottles, formulas, or soft foods, pump your breasts every time you feed your baby.[5]
3Try taking fenugreek. Some mothers find that the herb fenugreek may increase milk supply, likely by increasing prolactin. Get capsules at your drug store or health food store, or by ordering them online in 610mg capsules. Try taking 2 capsules 3 times daily with food. If you have no side effects, you can gradually increase the dose to 4 capsules 3 times daily.[8] A normal side effect is that your urine and sweat may start to smell like maple syrup.
- Diarrhea may occur, but resolves when you stop taking the herb.
- Do not take fenugreek if you are pregnant, or have a peanut or chickpea allergy.
- Take it with your doctor's supervision if you're diabetic or have asthma – asthma symptoms may be worsened, and fenugreek can cause low blood sugar. It may also affect your thyroid function.[9]
4Increase oats, quinoa, and sesame in your diet. Whole grain oats contain a protein that may increase prolactin, so incorporate them into your meals regularly. The same goes for quinoa and seeds, especially sesame seeds.[10]
Taking Prescription Medications
1Take domperidone (Motilium), if it's available. Domperidone can be taken under the supervision of your doctor, and may help boost milk supply by increasing prolactin levels.[11] Domperidone is not available in all countries.[12] Discuss all medication usage with your doctor, and only use it as directed.
- Do not take domperidone if you have a history of heart problems.
- Domperidone is generally considered safer for breastfeeding mothers than metoclopramide, and is in the "safest" category to take while breastfeeding.[13]
2Try metoclopramide to boost milk supply, if approved by your doctor. Metoclopramide (Reglan, Maxolon) indirectly increases your prolactin. It requires a prescription, so visit your doctor to discuss whether this medication is safe for you to take.[14]
- Do not take metoclopramide if you have a history of depression. Regardless of your mental health history, watch for signs of depression like low mood, crying a lot, lack of interest in things, and feeling suicidal.
3Limit the prolactin-decreasing drugs you take. Some medications decrease prolactin as a side effect. Never stop taking your medications without talking to your doctor first, but if you're taking any of the following then discuss your concerns with your doctor. Ask whether you can use an alternate medication to the following:[15]
- Dopamine
- Amphetamine (used to treat ADHD and narcolepsy)
- Methylphenidate (Ritalin, Concerta)
- Histamine H2 receptor antagonists (Ranitidine, Cimetidine, etc.)
- Cholinergic agonists (atropine, tiotropium bromide, tropicamide, and more)
4Use hormone therapy to mimic pregnancy. If you need to increase your prolactin but you can't or don't want to get pregnant, you may be able to work closely with your doctor to "trick" your body into thinking you're pregnant. This involves taking estrogen and progesterone in certain amounts and at certain times, possibly for over 6 months.[16]
Community Q&A
QuestionCan a man increase his prolactin levels?wikiHow ContributorCommunity AnswerYes always, you can follow this article, get more details from the internet or consult a doctor.
- The pituitary gland regulates many hormones, including prolactin – if your pituitary isn't working well it may cause low prolactin. If you're worried about your prolactin level, visit your doctor so they can check your pituitary gland.[17]
- Work with a lactation consultant if you're having trouble breastfeeding.[18]
- Having too much prolactin can increase your risk for cancer, infertility, and other health problems.[19] Work closely with your doctor to monitor your prolactin level.
- Only take medications and herbal remedies with your doctor's supervision, especially while pregnant or breastfeeding.
Sources and Citations
- ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-toddler-health/expert-answers/induced-lactation/faq-20058403
- ↑ http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/124526-followup#e5
- ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-toddler-health/expert-answers/induced-lactation/faq-20058403
- ↑ https://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/prolactin/tab/all/
- ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-toddler-health/expert-answers/induced-lactation/faq-20058403
- ↑ http://www.lowmilksupply.org/pumping.shtml
- ↑ https://academic.oup.com/jcem/article-abstract/38/3/413/2685344/Prolactin-Release-During-Nursing-and-Breast?redirectedFrom=fulltext
- ↑ http://exclusivepumping.com/fenugreek-for-increasing-milk-supply/
- ↑ http://www.kidspot.com.au/baby/feeding/breastfeeding/lactation-supplements-that-can-boost-your-breast-milk-supply
- ↑ http://www.kidspot.com.au/baby/feeding/breastfeeding/lactation-supplements-that-can-boost-your-breast-milk-supply
- ↑ http://www.kidspot.com.au/baby/feeding/breastfeeding/lactation-supplements-that-can-boost-your-breast-milk-supply
- ↑ http://www.motherandchildhealth.com/breastfeeding/how-can-i-increase-my-milk-supply/
- ↑ http://kellymom.com/bf/can-i-breastfeed/meds/prescript_galactagogue/
- ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6780593
- ↑ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6133737
- ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-toddler-health/expert-answers/induced-lactation/faq-20058403
- ↑ http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/122287-overview
- ↑ http://www.mayoclinic.org/healthy-lifestyle/infant-and-toddler-health/expert-answers/induced-lactation/faq-20058403
- ↑ http://umm.edu/health/medical/reports/articles/infertility-in-women
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Nucky – The Real Nucky Johnson and his Lucky Irish Brick
By William Kelly
Nucky and Nucky
HBO Boardwalk Empire's Nucky Thompson
The Real Enoch Nucky Johnson
There's Nucky Johnson and Nucky Thompson. Enoch "Nucky" Johnson is the once and legendary political boss of Atlantic City.
Then there's his alter-ego - Nucky Thompson, also known as Steve Buscemi, the star of HBO's popular cable TV series "Boardwalk Empire," who effectively portrays a Hollywood impersonation of Nucky Johnson.
They are both always dapperly dressed, both wear red carnations in their lapels, and both wine and dine their way through the Roaring '20s and prohibition era without missing a beat, or a drink, but as is brought out in Frank Ferry's biography "Nucky – The Real Story of the Atlantic City Boardwalk Boss" (ComteQ, 2012), their characters are vastly different.
Whereas TV's Nucky Thompson is a greedy conniver and ruthless killer, the real Nucky Johnson was a kind and benevolent dictator who reined supreme not by muscle and violence, but by being convincingly persuasive and generous. He ruled by consensus, took care of his constituents' basic needs and constructed the basic social service infrastructure that is still used in Atlantic City today.
HBO's Nucky Thompson is a creature of screenwriter Terrence Winter and co-producer and director Martin Scorsese, a character based loosely on the real Nucky Johnson, as portrayed in Judge Nelson Johnson's book "Boardwalk Empire," (Plexus 2002), a non-fiction historical account of the three political bosses who ran Atlantic City for the last century – Admiral Kuehnle, Nucky Johnson and Hap Farley. But Terrence Winter took the Nucky character and ran with it, while Scorsese sauced it up a bit. With Scorsese having done "Goodfellas" and Winter writing "The Sopranos," you knew the HBO production would be a good mix of them both, and it is. But it bears little resemblance to the real Nucky Johnson and how he came to build the Boardwalk Empire.
Frank Ferry, a local attorney who knew Johnson as a neighbor and client, sets the record straight, and gives us not only a more accurate portrait of Nucky the man, but also sets the local scene – Old Atlantic City as it was, rather than how Hollywood reflects it on the tube.
The real Nucky was a lover not a fighter. He was a Piney, a Jersey Pine Barons hillbilly who was an expert shot with a Kentucky long rifle, drank moonshine whiskey and enjoyed bluegrass fiddle music. When his father was elected Sheriff of Atlantic County in 1887 the Johnsons moved to Mays Landing, the county seat, courthouse and jail. As Mays Landing also had a shipbuilding, maritime and fishing industry, Nucky got to know a number of sea captains who sailed the last of the old schooners, especially Captain Shepherd Hudson.
As Ferry tells the story, "When the school day ended, Nucky often perched himself on the wrap-around porch of a Victorian home, waiting with his schoolmates for the captain/father to come home. When a captain strolled in the door, Nucky asked him about his world travels, the people he met, and the countries he explored."
Nucky's favorite Captain Shepherd Hudson, when not sailing around the world, was a Republican state Assemblyman (1889) who may have sparked Nucky's interest in politics.
Nucky's Lucky Irish Brick
Frank Ferry tells the story of Nucky's Irish brick: "One afternoon when he was sitting on his friend's porch, Nucky saw Hudson walking toward the house from the water's edge carrying a handmade wire clam basket filled with bricks caked with Great Egg Harbor riverbed mud. When the captain reached the steps, Nucky asked him jokingly, 'How long do you have to cook those bricks before you can eat them, Captain?'"
"The captain stopped and countered Nucky's joke with a tale that would hold dear for the rest of his life. These were 'Irish bricks,' for good luck, according to the captain. He explained that as ships left Ireland without a full cargo to keep the ship stable, some of them needed ballast in the hull to keep the ship steady while the vessel crossed the rough Atlantic. So the industrious Irish merchants in the foundries sold their defective bricks to the ship owners. The defective bricks had split when they were baked in high heat because they contained too much clay, but they were put to good use."
"When ships from the Old Sod arrived in America and sailed up the Great Egg Harbor River to pick up cargo in Mays Landing, they didn't need the Irish bricks as ballast anymore, so they dumped them along the river's edge into the salt marshes. Legend has it that every Irish brick that is recovered brings seven years of good luck. With six bricks weighing down the wire clam basket, the captain said he was now carrying 42 years of good luck, which was more than he needed at his age. He reached into the basket and gave Nucky one of the Irish bricks and a blessing: 'May you have all the luck you need and not all the luck this Irish brick will bring you.'"
"Nucky cherished that brick for the rest of his days. In fact, he once told his bodyguard that when life was rough, he would pull out that treasured brick, put it on the nightstand next to his bed, and then take a nap. When he awoke, he usually discovered that he had found a solution to the problem and the energy to tackle it. Since he didn't want to use up all his good luck at one time, he put his treasured brick away for safekeeping so he would always have some good luck in reserve, much like a savings account in a bank."
"Later in life when Nucky would reminisce about Hudson's stories, he came to realize that their meaning ran far deeper than as the simple tales about life in faraway lands. Hudson's adventures were parables about human nature and molding character. For the next 70 years, Nucky loved to drop anchor when making decisions and muse, 'What would the captain do?' How would he solve a problem or avoid creating an enemy?'"
While still a young boy, Johnson delivered some salt marsh reeds to the hotel operated by Admiral Kuehnle, the first real political boss of Atlantic City, then was himself elected Sheriff and later treasurer of Atlantic County, where the real power lies in the distribution of the money.
It's was Nucky Johnson's vision that Atlantic City become a convention town as well as a tourist resort, and he built what is now Boardwalk Hall, which opened in 1929, when the first big convention was held – a meeting of mob bosses from around the country, including Meyer Lansky, Lucky Luciano and Al Capone.
Nucky Johnson's Atlantic City, like the Admiral's, was an open city where vice was permitted but restricted, used to attract tourists and conventioneers, and while prohibition was the law of the land, Atlantic City was the major port of entry for smugglers. So the booze was plentiful and inexpensive, prostitution was kept under control and gambling prospered at a dozen different casino clubs, all of which gave Nucky Johnson a piece of the action.
As host of one of the first major meetings of mob bosses Nucky ensured that they could meet and conduct their business without being bothered by the law, and like Nucky, they placed their biggest bet on developing casino gambling after prohibition ended, as they anticipated it would a few years later.
Nucky had met Al Capone at the first Gene Tunney-Jack Dempsey heavyweight championship fight in New Jersey, and when the two fought again in a rematch in Chicago, Capone invited Nucky to sit with him at ringside.
Al Capone is flanked by Meyer Lansky and Nucky Johnson in this composite photo produced for William Randolph Hurst, ostensibly of the mobsters strolling down the Atlantic City boardwalk in April 1929 on the occasion of Meyer Lansky's wedding reception.
When Capone came to Atlantic City in April 1929, he was the hottest mobster in the country, being blamed for the St. Valentine's Day massacre, and while he wasn't arrested in Atlantic City, Capone turned himself in when he got off the train in Philadelphia, and spent time at Eastern Pen, where his cell is now a tourist attraction.
As with Capone, the feds eventually indicted Nucky Johnson for tax evasion, and held a trial in Camden in 1941. Nucky knew his luck had run out, as just when he needed it the most, he couldn't find his Lucky Irish brick.
He was found guilty for tax evasion and was sentenced to ten years, more than Capone. Nucky couldn't understand it, unlike Capone, he never killed anybody.
Before being sent away Nucky did two things, - he went out to the Pines to drink some moonshine and hear some bluegrass music with the Albert brothers in Waretown, where Albert's Hall now continues that tradition, and then he married Floss his longtime girlfriend.
Just as the HBO's Nucky Thompson lost his wife early in their marriage, Nucky's first wife, childhood sweetheart Mabel Jeffries died young too and he remained single until he was sentenced to jail. The day before he went to jail Nucky married his former showgirl girlfriend Florence "Flossie" Osbeck, which gave them an excuse to have a party. Since they were married Floss could visit him in jail, and while he was away, Nucky approved of his protégé Hap Farley taking his place as political boss.
A few years later, released early on good behavior, Nucky Johnson returned to Atlantic City an ordinary citizen, lived in a little cottage that is now a casino parking lot, and he let Hap Farley continue his leadership, building the Atlantic City Race Track – the first legal gambling in the area, constructing the Expressway and bringing the 1964 Democratic National Convention to the Boardwalk.
For years that stretched into decades, Nucky lived the quiet life of an ordinary citizen, often being stopped on the street or boardwalk by someone who recognized him, and wanted to thank him for some good deed he had done years ago. Same place, different time – that was a time when he owned the city and was one of the most powerful king makers in the country.
Flo - a friend? (can anyone identify this guy? - and Nucky in the later years, probably at the Five
Nucky and Floss continued to dine at their favorite restaurants, but instead of hundred dollar tips, his gratuities were more frugal, but up and coming politicians and movers and shakers always sought out his advice and he was given a place of honor at the head of the table at regular Republican Party meetings and dinners.
And after he died at a local nursing home in December 1968, Nucky Johnson's funeral was held at the Gormley Funeral Home, run by the family of former State Senator Bill Gormley, who would be considered, at least for awhile, the successor to the Admiral, Nucky and Hap as the political boss of Atlantic City.
At Gormley's during Nucky's funeral, a man in the reception line stepped up and introduced himself to Floss as William Kramer, a Camden court clerk, who handed Floss a brick. As Ferry recounts it, "Floss said that Kramer saw Nucky's obituary in the newspaper and decided to pay his respects. And he brought along Nucky's briefcase to give to Floss," along with its mysterious contents.
According to Floss, "Mr. Kramer told me that several weeks ago he was taking an inventory of the exhibits in the evidence vault in the clerk's office and came across a black briefcase that had Nucky's name on it. He said he opened it and the only thing inside was some newspapers from 1941 that highlighted his trail and an old red brick. He remembered Nucky had been looking for his briefcase at the end of his trial and nobody could find it. It was accidently placed in the evidence vault in the clerk's office." Now he was returning it.
Floss took the brick from the briefcase and placed it in Nucky's arm before closing the casket. "I put the Irish brick next to his right hand so he could feel it. I now know he is resting in peace and in a good place for all eternity."
When she passed away three years later Floss was interred at the Zion Cemetery in Bargaintown, Egg Harbor Township, next to Nucky and his Lucky Irish brick, which may provide luck for Nucky's spiritual soul in its journey after life, a lucky life if there ever was one.
[BK Notes: I have located official references to a William C. Kramer, Camden Court Clerk, and for Captain Shephard Hudson, who heroically rescued the survivors of a collision of cargo ships off New Jersey.]


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Norman 'Jay' Elkins
Norman "Jay" Elkins, 87, of Marion, and formerly of Cobden, died Wednesday, Jan. 17, 2018, at the Marion VA Medical Center.
He was born on March 11, 1930, in St. Clair County, the son of Gus Clement and Ethel Maude Miller Elkins.
He married Georgia Webb on May 31, 1988, in Paducah.
He is survived by his wife, Georgia Elkins of Marion; a son, Stanley (Marilyn) Elkins of Anna; a daughter, Pamela Graham of Anna; a stepdaughter, Robyn Lindsay of Marion; four grandchildren, Justin (Nicki) Graham, Shannon Graham, Sarah Elkins and Jason (Jessica) Elkins; step-grandchildren Colleen Lindsay, Payton (Cassie) Lindsay, Clark Lindsay and Hoyt Lindsay; three great-grandchildren, Jacob "J.P." Graham, Logan Graham and Royce Thompson; Stanley and Pamela's mother, Sibyl Geraldine Elkins of Marion; two sisters-in-law, Ermadell Elkins of Anna and Mary Elkins of Jonesboro; numerous nieces and nephews; other relatives and friends.
He was preceded in death by his parents; by three brothers, Clifford, Fred and Frank Elkins; and three sisters, Mabel Elkins, Myrtle Pender and Betty Forby.
He was a member of the Limestone Baptist Church. He retired after 36 1/2 years from Olin, where he worked in maintenance. He was very savvy with electronics and woodworking, and was known as "Mr. Fix It" to his family. He enjoyed working in his vegetable garden. The joys of his life were his children and grandchildren and he cherished the time he spent with each of them.
He served in the U.S. Army. He was a surgical tech during the Korean Conflict.
Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 19, at Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro, with Rick Wall officiating. Interment was in the Alto Pass Cemetery.
Graveside military rites were conducted by Carroll P. Foster Post No. 3455 of the VFW in Anna and the Illinois Army National Guard military honor team of Marion.
Memorials can be made to the Alto Pass Cemetery.
To view the obituary and to leave online condolences for the family, visit www.rendlemanhilemanfh.com.
Rendleman & Hileman Funeral Home in Jonesboro was in charge of arrangements.


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The Helly Hansen Women's Rigging Rain Jacket offers protection for the wet, gray days. Helly Tech® Protection is a 2L fabric that is both water and windproof to hold the weather off your upper half. A durable water repellent finish helps raindrops roll off your shoulders and back so they won't soak in. Finished off with a hood and strings to tie it and zippered pockets for all the essentials, you're good to leave the house.
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House of Commons
| Session 2000-01
Publications on the internet
Summary Agendas and Orders of Business
|Summary Agenda Monday 12th February 2001
Here you can browse the House of Commons Summary Agenda for Monday 12th February 2001.
|2.30 p.m.
|Oral Questions to the Secretary of State for Defence.
|3.30 p.m.
|Private Notice Questions, Ministerial Statements (if any).
|Opposition Day: (1) Conditions in Her Majesty's Prisons; (2) `Shifting the Balance' (may continue until 10.00 p.m.).
|Statutory Instrument (Motion for approval) (without debate).
|Science and Technology Committee (Motion) (no debate after 10.00 p.m.).
|Sittings in Westminster Hall (Motion) (no debate after 10.00 p.m.).
|Select Committees (Joint Meetings) (Motion) (no debate after 10.00 p.m.).
|Language of Parliamentary Proceedings (Motion) (no debate after 10.00 p.m.).
|At the end of the sitting
|Adjournment Debate: Investment in rail freight (Mr Kelvin Hopkins) (until 10.30 p.m. or for half an hour, whichever is later).
|Continue to Order of Business
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July 29, 2013 (CHICAGO) --If you've tried to get that perfectly grilled steak at your cookouts this summer, but have failed time and time again, then you might be making a number of mistakes that can be easily corrected.
Gibsons Restaurant Group executive Chef, Randy Waidner shares his trade secrets to grill the perfect steak.
What to Look for:
When choosing a steak for the grill you want to look for a few key things:
1. Marbling: this is the amount of internal fat. When the steak starts to cook, this marbling will melt creating a juicy, flavorful steak that will be very tender.
2. Thickness: choose a steak that is at least 1-2" thick. This will allow the steak to cook to desired temperature with a great crust while maintaining a juicy interior.
3. Color: The steak should be bright red while the fat should be bright white and firm.
How to Grill:
- Grilling: Preheat your grill for at least 15 minutes. This will help develop a great crust with great flavor. Season your steak with kosher salt and fresh ground black pepper. If you have a seasoning you enjoy use that. Everyone has their own secret recipe. Either way the seasoning should enhance the flavor of the beef.
- Sear over direct heat then move to indirect to finish cooking. You can move the steak away from the heat source or just turn one of the burners off. The residual heat will continue to sear the other side.
- Don't mess with the steak, let the grill do the work. The steak will tell you when it is ready to be turned, as in the meat will release from the grill. If it is still stuck, give it a few more minutes.
- Using an instant read thermometer until you get the feel is a great way to check for doneness.


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A new study from wireless security maker AirDefense, which covertly monitored 3,045 stores and 4,748 access points in six major U.S. cities and two major European cities, revealed some mind-boggling stats.
Twenty-five percent use no encryption at all.
But it gets worse.
Might as well make that number 50 percent, considering the undercover operation revealed that another 25 percent use the outdated and hole-filled Wireless Equivalent Privacy (WEP) protocol to encrypt. Experts have said WEP is not much better than no security at all, as tools to hack this standard are widely available and easy to use.
These stats are pretty stunning, but coupled with the fact that the largest reported data breach of all time was caused by shoddy wireless defenses, they're even more ominous.
Of course, the Payment Card Industry (PCI) standards require retailers to implement a much more rigorous encryption standard, and compliance rates are improving.
But is too late to prevent another TJX?
I'm thinking yes.
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text: CNN's Howard Kurtz got petulant with The Daily Caller's Vince Coglianese over the Caller-led Media Matters for America investigation, insinuating that their use of anonymous sources debunks their credibility. Kurtz asked, "How would you feel if I wrote a story saying 'anonymous sources say that Vince Coglianese is doing the bidding for [Santorum donor] Foster Friess who of course has given millions of dollars to the Daily Caller'?" Coglianese held his own, responding that he would say it isn't true. Media Matters has yet to claim that any of the Caller's expose' is false.


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Wrestling Season and Single-Meet Tickets on Sale Monday
Oct. 23, 2009
Corvallis, Ore. – Season and single-meet tickets for the 2009-10 Oregon State wrestling season will be on sale to the general public beginning on Monday, Oct. 26. The package includes all seven dates and 10 match-ups.
Season tickets are $46 for adults and $33 for children and seniors. Single-meet tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children and seniors. Groups of 20 or more can purchase single-meet tickets for $2 each. All tickets are general admission seating.
The Beavers have five wrestlers currently ranked in the NWCA Preseason Top 20 at their respective weight classes. Leading the way and competing in his first collegiate matches is redshirt freshman Mike Mangrum (Auburn, Wash.), who is ranked 14th at 141 pounds. Sophomores Kelly Kubec (Lake Stevens, Wash.) and Clayton Jack (Vacaville, Calif.) are both ranked 18th at 133 pounds and heavyweight. Senior Keegan Davis (Salem, Ore.) is 19th at 157 pounds. And sophomore transfer Ryan Smith (Prineville, Ore.) is 20th at 165 pounds. Kubec, Jack and Smith all are 2009 NCAA Qualifiers with Smith competing for Oklahoma.
While most single-meets are $7 per ticket, the one exception is the Endowment Fund Meet and Beavers' season opener on Sunday, Nov. 22 against No. 9 Boise State and No. 11 Wisconsin beginning at 1:00 p.m. in legendary Gill Coliseum.
Tickets for this special meet are $10 with 100 percent of the ticket sales going back into the endowment. The Beavers will honor all of Oregon State's National Champion wrestlers by unveiling banners before the Wisconsin dual. And before the Boise State match up, the induction of Robin Reed and Les Gutches into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame will be celebrated.
Last season, the Beavers finished 10-8 in dual meets and 4-3 in legendary Gill Coliseum. The team sent four to the NCAA Championships, producing the program's 83rd All-America honor in Heinrich Barnes at 149 pounds.
Tickets can be purchased through osubeavers.com or by calling 1-800-GOBEAVS.
Oregon State opens its season at the Best of the West Tournament in Ashland, Ore., on November 13-14. For the full 2009-10 Oregon State wrestling schedule, click here.
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Muddle is the technique used with all drinks that call for crushed fresh fruit.
Place the fruit at the bottom of the glass with the sugar, if needed, and crush with the muddler or pestle until you get a uniform consistency. Then add the ice and the other ingredients and gently stir before serving.
Read the recipe for making a Strawberry Caipiroska.
Handy tip
In order to prevent the squirting or spurting out of the liquid that's in the glass, first crush just the fresh fruit with the sugar (if called for), then add the other ingredients and the ice.
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* ANA soars after Q1 operating profit jumps 80 pct
* Correlation between opinion polls and Japan stocks is weak - analyst
By Ayai Tomisawa
TOKYO, Aug 3 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average fell on Thursday as investors wasted little time taking profits in tech shares which rose the previous day after Apple posted strong quarterly earnings.
The Nikkei dropped 0.4 percent to 20,003.17 points by mid-morning, after rising 0.5 percent on Wednesday.
"The Japanese market rose ahead of U.S. markets after Apple's earnings so investors were quick to lock in gains," said Norihiro Fujito, a senior investment strategist at Mitsubishi UFJ Morgan Stanley Securities.
The Dow climbed above the 22,000 mark overnight for the first time, buoyed by Apple Inc's healthy quarterly iPhone sales. But other tech stocks such as Applied Materials fell 3.1 percent, while Philadelphia SE Semiconductor Index dropped 0.7 percent.
"Although Apple surged overnight, other U.S. tech stocks were weak, and that's why investors quickly decided that the overall market would not continue to benefit from 'the Apple effect' and Japanese companies like Tokyo Electron fell today," Fujito added.
Chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron Ltd shed 2.0 percent, while Advantest Corp stumbled 3.6 percent.
Apple suppliers which rose on the previous day languished as well. Murata Manufacturing dropped 0.5 percent and TDK shed 0.4 percent.
Bucking the trend, ANA Holdings Inc soared 4.5 percent after Japan's biggest airline by revenue said first-quarter operating profit rose 80 percent due to brisk business on international routes and after taking control of low-cost arm Peach Aviation Ltd.
Traders were also awaiting an expected cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe later in the day as he attempts to regain public support hurt by a series of scandals.
"The correlation between opinion polls and Japanese stocks is seen weak for now," said Takuya Takahashi, a strategist at Daiwa Securities, adding that unless Abe's support rate declined sharply from the current level, the impact from political developments should be limited on the Japanese market.
Abe had until recently been seen as likely to win a third term as head of his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and thus the premiership, putting him on track to be Japan's longest-serving prime minister.
But support has fallen below 30 percent in the recent polls, hit by opposition-fanned suspicions of Abe's favouritism to a friend, as well as voter perceptions that he and his aides have grown arrogant in office.
The broader Topix dropped 0.3 percent to 1,630.01. (Editing by Kim Coghill)


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This PLR bundle includes 10 articles in TXT format.
- Are GMOs Harmful?
- Are GMOs Tested for Safety and/or Regulated?
- Common Genetically Modified Foods
- Controversies Surrounding GMO Foods
- Facts about GMOs
- GMO versus Organic Foods
- Health Benefits of GMOs
- How to Avoid GMOs
- How to Identify GMOs
- What Are Genetically Modified (GM) Foods?


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Welcome to the Ski-Lifts Blog……
Welcome to the first ever entry of the Ski-Lifts Blog. We hope to use this to update you with the latest news from Ski-Lifts and on relevant stories and events that are happening in the mountains.
If you have news that you think would be interesting to other readers, please email it through to us at email@example.com and we'll do our best to get the word out from here.
This Season in the Alps
As the 2011-12 ski season draws to a close in Europe, we hope you all managed to get out to the mountains, in what was a bumper year for snow across the Alps.
Coming off the back of the 2010-11 season, which was (to put it mildly) not such a great year for most resorts, we were all waiting nervously for the snow to arrive. It left it late, with some resorts having to delay opening dates and the UK press merrily reporting no snow and a disastrous year looming for skiers and snowboarders.
And with perfect timing, on the day that many of these stories came out in the UK, the heavens opened in the Alpsand it started dumping down with snow.
And the snow just kept on coming through December and January, with some of the coldest temperatures recorded in decades.
Instead of the patchy slopes of the previous year, some resorts such as Tignes and Val D'Isere and some resorts in Switzerland and Austria were actually cut off for short periods as the roads in and out of resort became inaccessible – great news for people stuck in resort who got an extra day or two out of their holidays!
March produced some beautiful blue skies, with barely a cloud being spotted for days on end and then just as things seemed to be winding down to the end of the season, it started snowing again – a lot!
This meant that everyone had fantastic conditions right to the closing of the lifts in April and May and there is no doubt that many resorts, such as Avoriaz, could easily have carried their season on for another few weeks at least if they had wanted.
A particular highlight for us in Morzine was the first ever Basscamp Festival, a week of Music and international dj's, culminating in a spectacular street party. At Ski-Lifts we were glad to support this new event and look forward to doing so for many more years to come.
We want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who travelled with us this year and we hope to see you again with us in the near future.
We'd also like to say a huge thank you to all of our staff – we think you all did a brilliant job and helped us provide a great service, especially with the weather throwing some pretty extreme conditions at us!
The Summer
At Ski-Lifts we love the summer in the Alps. It provides a chance to get out and enjoy the mountains in different ways – whether its mountain biking, hiking and climbing, rafting, or more leisurely pass times such as enjoying one of the many lakes or playing a round of golf on some of the most scenic courses you will find any where in the world.
Don't forget that some resorts re-open in the summer months for skiing and snowboarding on their glaciers.
If you've never spent any time in the Alps over the summer, we can't recommend it highly enough. You can find information on just a few events that are taking place this year on the summer events page on our website – but this is just scratching the surface.
You'll be amazed by the diversity of things going on and activities to do once you get out here!
Ski-Lifts run as normal throughout the summer months with transfers from Geneva and other airports, so you can still book your transfers through us to all of the destinations that we offer in the winter, which this year topped 260 different ski resorts!!
If you can't be tempted to the mountains for your summer holiday then we'd also like to make you aware of our sister website, VaVroom.com which offers airport transfers to other destinations throughout Europe.
This includes city and beach breaks in the most popular destinations and this year transfers to any of the host cities for the Euro 2012 football championships.
If you can't find what you are looking for on the site, give us a shout and we'll do our best to help.
So please check back for regular updates from us. You can also follow us on Facebook and Twitter (@Ski_Lifts).
We also love to hear your feedback and ideas at email@example.com
Thanks again & we hope to see you all soon.
The Ski-Lifts Team


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Adult Bible Class
For new believers and those who enjoy discussing the scriptures and how they apply to life, our Adult Bible Class meets before morning worship, each week. Those who have no Bible class experiences and those who have been away for awhile find this class to offer an opportunity to ask the hard questions and to demystify the Christian message. Some come just for the class while others stick around for our worship service at 10am.
Need a digital Bible to read? These are a couple of our favorites.
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5 Worst Things To Say To Your Students As a Teacher
Your words can either make or mar a student's trust and confidence in you. A reckless unfeeling word can go a long way in impacting upon your student. And then there are words which can have such deleterious effects that it should never be spoken to any student.
- "I know this may seem pointless but we have to get through it..."
This statement is more often than not used by teachers as a means to pacify students while dealing with the bland and uninteresting parts of the curriculum. Although it doesn't necessarily affect a student's psyche, it kills the fervor of learning even before the lesson has begun to be taught. Instead, gloss it over and sell it to your kids.
2."I don't know what I'm doing…"
Students look up to you as someone who is a responsible and professional grown-up. Revealing that you are confused and hapless, erodes the safe and trustful environment required for a student's learning. Students perceive it as a frazzled state of mind. "
3."The other class did well with this. What's wrong with you guys?"
Comparing the students of your class negatively to the other class will only demotivate them. Any kind of negative comparison should be avoided at all costs. Teachers should encourage the students and make them feel like they are important. Comparisons only erode the self-esteem of students.
4."You will never be able to (……)."
You never really know the true potential of a student. Whether a student can become a crime scene investigator, pass the Calculus exam or read Ulysses, you never can tell. Making such a comment only works against the achievement.
5."I get paid whether (…..) or not"
These are words spoken out of frustration and annoyance. The students perceive that the teacher is least bothered about them. There cannot be a more damaging comment than this one.


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Dear Visitor,
the integration of OpenTM2 in translate5 as a translation memory resource is released!
Community-based Open Source Web Translation System
The new release 2.5 turns translate5 into a web-based open source translation system.
Based on the integration of translate5 with OpenTM2 (IBMs open sourced Translation Manager) as a server back-end every company is now able to set up its own cloud translation system based on community open source. And even better: Within a day of work new match resources can be integrated.
With this release translate5 is the first modern web-based open source translation system, that is driven by the inputs and wishes of its users - the community. So e. g. the current release has been funded by a crowdfunding supported by 13 different companies - thank you to all of you (see below)!!!.
Join one of the presentations about community open source, translate5 and OpenTM2 at the up-coming conferences:
Your translation system, under your control - extended & integrated as you need it
Your company can host translate5 yourself and integrate it via its flexible REST API with your own project or content management systems - and thus be in complete control of its own data and processes.
If there is any need for customization, new features can be added via developing plug-ins or contributing to the system core. Either by developing them yourself or by engaging the professional developers backing translate5 (see below).
Test it online - and contact us to make it fit your processes.
translate5 as community open source is differentIn difference to other systems translate5 is community driven open source. This means, everyone who wants to contribute new functionality can do so. Either by developing plug-ins or by contributing to the core system. Or simply by giving user input.
It's road map and architecture is not dictated by the needs of a single company, but dedicated to its users in the community - while the professional developers backing it ensure the quality of the application and the consistency of the road map.
Professional support and development for translate5translate5 development and support is professionally backed by MittagQI - an IT company specialized on translation technology.
So if you need a reliable support for translate5 and OpenTM2 or you want to engage professional software developers with integrating and extending translate5 for you - contact MittagQI. If you want to develop plug-ins yourself and would like to have professional support regarding best practices - contact MittagQI.
Funded by crowdfunding
The development of this major translate5 release has been funded by 13 different companies through a crowdfunding - LSPs, tool providers and translation buyers alike. So this is the time to say thank you!!!
Crowdfunding Gold Supporters
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A 12th company that wants to stay anonymous at the present (a translation buyser) supported the crowdfunding.
Permanent supporters
A very big thank you goes SmartSpokes: They committed themselves (without being asked for it!) for a constant, repeating funding. Thank you very much! This is, what translate5 needs to grow!!!
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Shares in Latin America Got Pounded in January
Latin American stocks became world beaters in January -- on the downside.
After entering the New Year with a bang after an end-of-year rally, stocks were down 4% on the month in dollar terms, according to Morgan Stanley's closely tracked MSCI index.
Weak economic-growth prospects and deep pockets of political uncertainty continue to plague...


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Manufacturer: Contec
- Key Features
- USB Opto-isolated Digital I/O Module
- 16 input channels
- 16 output channels (12--24VDC input level)
- 0 to +50°C operation
Call us: +44 (0)1634 300900 | E-mail: email@example.com
Manufacturer: Contec
Contec's DIO-16/16(USB) is a USB 2.0 compliant module that provides digital signal I/O functions to a PC. DIO-16/16(USB) has 16 opto-isolated inputs and 16 opto-isolated output channels (12 - 24VDC range). Using expansion modules, the number of I/O channels can be extended. In addition, this product can be directly attached onto 35-mm DIN rails for embedded applications. A Windows driver is bundled. A Labview library is also available.
Digital I/O/Counter/Timers
|16 opto-isolated inputs
16 opto-isolated outputs
|Compatible with current sink output: negative logic
Compatible with current source output: positive logic
Input resistance: 3kOhms
Input ON current: 3.4mA (Min.)
Input OFF current: 0.16mA (Max.)
Response time: 1msec (Min.)
12 - 24VDC input
|Opto-isolated open collector output (current sink type, negative logic)
Output voltage: 12 - 48VDC (±15%)
Output current: Max. 150mA (12 - 24V) (per point), 50mA (36-48V) (per point)
Number of output signal points: 16 points (16 points/common)
Response time: 1msec (Min.)
External power: 12 - 48VDC (±15%)
|Compatible plug: FMC1,5/18-ST-3.5 (made by Phoenix Contact corp.) 3.5mm-pitch nominal current: 6A (Max.)
|Expansion module: DIO-16/16(FIT)GY, 3 modules max, up to 48 additional input and 48 output lines
|USB specification 2.0/1.1 standard
|+5VDC 450mA(Max.)
Bus or externally 5V powered
|Connector: FMC1,5/18-ST-3.5 (made by Phoenix Contact corp.) 3.5mm-pitch nominal current: 6A (Max.)
Size: 50.4(W) x 64.7(D) x 94.0(H) mm (exclusive of protrusions)
Cable: USB cable 1.8m, removable, included
|Windows: Win32 API (Visual C# .Net, Visual Basic .Net, Visual C++ .Net examples), 32 or 64 bit architecture
OS Support:
• Windows 2000 (32 bit only)
• Windows XP, Vista, Server 2008, 7, 8, 8.1 (all 32 and 64 bit)
Data acquisition VI library for LabVIEW (VI-DAQ)
|Temperature range (operation): 0 to +50°C
|10 - 90%RH (No condensation)
|160g (Not including the USB cable)
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POW-AD13GY F&eIT series AC-DC Power Supply Unit Input 85-132VAC, Output 5VDC 3A
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POW-DD10GY F&eIT series DC-DC Power Supply Unit Input : DC10-30V, Output : DC5V 3A
POW-DD43GY F&eIT series DC-DC Power Supply Unit Input : DC30-50V, Output : DC5V 3A
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The Moon[1] is the main character in the games Cheese Dreams and New Moon.
The Moon is yellow, and made of cheese. It has freckles, white eyes, and small buckteeth; it appears to be frowning. The Moon is seen to sleep during the night, watching over earth.
Game information
Cheese Dreams
While he was sleeping one night, the Moon was swallowed up by a giant mouse ship. Because of the low gravity in the ship, the Moon bounced around.
This navigational box contains a spoiler. Click [show] to open the box.
|It eventually made it out of the mouse ship, only to have the mouse ship and him swallowed up together by a larger cat ship.
Game information
The Moon bounces while in the mouse ship. It can bounce rather high, and has the ability to bounce over space mice. The moon is heavy enough to push switches down, and can only touch hazards or enemies three times before it falls apart and dies. Melted cheese will instantly kill it.
Nitrome Must Die
|Firing green bullets and bullet waves
|Nitrome Must Die
The Moon appears on floor twenty, alongside the Parasite as the second boss in Nitrome Must Die. The Moon is very large, and at the start of the level becomes enslaved by the Parasite, who drops down from the start of the stage. The Parasite controls the Moon, thus the Parasite is really the boss and the Moon is its slave. When the Moon is enslaved green goo starts to drip from it's mouth and its eyes are green.
The Moon fires green bullets out of its mouth, rotating around to always face the player. The weak point of the boss is the Parasite, which the Moon tries to keep away from the player by adjusting to the player's movements.
After the boss' health bar reaches 2/3rds, the moon will become crazy for a moment, spinning around out of control and firing waves of bullets at a fast pace. After this special attack is over, the boss will settle down and go back to its usual routine of rotating to fire at the player.
When its health reaches 1/3rd, the Moon will perform his special attack once more, after which the boss will start moving towards the player, leaving the center of the room. When its health is entirely depleted, the boss will explode.
Cheese Dreams: New Moon
While the Moon was sleeping somewhere above Earth, the S. S. Squeakstar came to swallow the Moon. The Moon found himself in a cell bouncing around inside the ship that looked bigger than it did on the outside. He realized that he was captured for cheese. He eventually found other planets were captured in the ship for the same thing and led them to escape.
He got to the core reactor to find out that the Sun was captured to power the ship.
This navigational box contains a spoiler. Click [show] to open the box.
|The Sun, after being released, destroyed the the ship and escaped as well. As for what happened the moon is still a mystery as he is still missing.
Game information
Same with Cheese Dreams, the Moon bounces in the ship but this time he can defeat the space mice by bouncing on their heads, not at the sides of the mouse, to break their helmet and jumping on them again to kill them.
When the Moon is harmed, stars are seen going around his head. As the stars disappear, the Moon gains more health until reaching full health again. Touching any hazard two times consecutively will result in death. Melted cheese results in instant death upon contact.
The Moon has made appearances in other Nitrome games, mostly cameos.
- Small Fry - The Moon can be seen sometimes in the background of Small Fry.
- Cosmic Cannon - The Moon will frequently be shot from the cannon the player controls.
- Chisel 2 - One level in Chisel 2 takes place on the Moon, where two groups of bomb crabs move clockwise. The level is almost completely the same as level seven of Chisel.
|In the ending of Chisel 2, the Moon is shown, half completed.
- Retro skin - The Moon appears being launched out of a pipe
- Party skin - The Moon appears sitting, with the astronaut on its head
- During his boss fight in Nitrome Must Die, the Moon doesn't have a damaging hitbox when doing his special bullet attack. This allows the player to escape the attack by going through the moon without getting injured.
- Sometimes in Nitrome Must Die, when the player hits the Parasite enough, the Moon shakes and never shoots again. This is useful because the player can go up and kill the Moon easily.
- In level five of Cheese Dreams: New Moon, the Moon is introduced to the S.S. Squeakstar's power system, which melts cheese on a conveyor belt for fuel. One of the cheeses on the conveyor belt is moon cheese, which has the Moon's face on it.


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Vision fly tackle, a popular Scandinavian Rod/Reel/Line manufacturer is now available at Whistler flyfishing. Vision makes ideal Steelhead and Salmon double handers which include the perfect all rounder NITE, or powerful GTfour Catapult. The Cult fiber series single hand rods are modern fiberglass rods that run from 3-6wt and are fun rods to catch trout with. They have nice reels too. The GT is a pretty slick large arbor reel, with the smaller sizes utilizing a click-pawl drag and larger sizes using a smooth disc break. Koma reels are also large arbor in both regular and interchangeable cassette versions. They are die cast Aluminum to keep cost down but still very durable. Check em out on our online store
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Welcome to Understanding Modern Scientific English.
This is a small seminar-style class designed to help you gain a greater understanding into the language used by scientists.
No preparation is necessary.
We will have small word games and tests throughout the course that will contribute to 10% of your final mark.
If you enrol you must attend.
If you have any white board pens, please bring them as we will be using the writing walls in the seminar room throughout the class.
Classes are 9-10 am for 4 Friday (March 16, March 23, April 13 and April 20)
Please bring your ticket (printed or on your phone) to the first class.
Maximum 1 booking per person-do not book for others. The name on the ticket must match your name.
See you there.
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THE estranged daughter of former detective David Potter has spoken of her shock on discovering her father's rape conviction had been quashed.
Mr Potter's 25-year-old daughter, who asked not be be named, claims that the family were never informed that the ex-officer had lodged an appeal, nor that he had been out on parole. It emerged on Saturday that Mr Potter may face child sex charges that were ordered to lie on file during the original hearing in 1998.
The charges relate to an alleged indecent assault on a 12-year-old and gross indecency towards a seven-year-old girl.
His daughter, who still lives on Merseyside, said: "The whole family has been stunned by this news.
"My younger sister and mother were out driving when they heard David had won his appeal on the local radio. My sister was so shocked she swerved and nearly crashed. When they arrived home, they called me round and told me that they had some news that would upset me.
"We do not have contact with my father nor his parents and we had no idea he was out on parole or that he had lodged an appeal.
She spoke of her anger against police inspectors who did not keep the family fully informed, and has stated she will be taking further action over this matter.
She said: "We feel we have been let down by the police. They have been extremely evasive with us. It is only because we made calls of our own that we know anything at all.
"The senior inspector who has dealt with the case has shown no empathy or sensitivity towards us.
"My family have been through hell and the events of the last week have been very traumatic for us all.
"We are now waiting for the CPS to take advice from counsel over the charges. We will be meeting with our solicitor early next week."
Mr Potter saw his rape conviction quashed on Thursday after the Court of Appeal overturned a guilty verdict against him for raping a former girlfriend.
His ex-lover had claimed that in 1994 he had bound, gagged and raped her before carrying out another sexual assault.
But the court heard last week from a headmaster, Mr X, who said the women introduced him to the same sex acts which formed the basis of the rape allegation she made against Potter.
He had served five years in prison before being released on parole two years ago.


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Sunday School
Sunday School meets during the school year from 9:45 – 10:45 am. Classes begin at age 3 and are held each Sunday through 8th grade.
Please complete and return an Annual Contact Form each year.
Sunday School Singing
Sunday Music instruction: Children should go directly to their classrooms. Teachers and aides will escort them to their scheduled music instruction. We're initiating a rotating music program this year to include all students 3yrs through 8th grade.
2017-2018 Sunday School Program Year
- Sunday, Sept 10th 8:30 & 11am
Back to School Sunday: Blessing of backpackers & Blessing of teachers (incl. Sunday school)
- Sunday, Sept 10th 9:45am
Confirmation orientation (7th & 8th grade) for parents and students in sanctuary
- Sunday, Oct 1st
OFF – "Blessing of the Animals" – on the side lawn
- Sunday, Oct 15th 11:00am
3rd graders receive imprinted Bibles during worship – (RSVP required)
- Sunday, Nov. 26th 11:00am
9th Grade Confirmation
- Sunday, Dec 17th 9:45am
Christmas program
- Sunday, Dec 24th
OFF – Christmas Eve – one worship service at 9:30am
- Sunday, Dec. 31st
OFF – New Year's Eve – one worship service at 9:30am
- Sunday, Feb. 11, 2018 9:45am
Bring a friend or grandparent to Sunday school
- Sunday, March 25th 9:45am
Palm Sunday – special project
- Friday, March 30th 10 – 10:45am
Children's Good Friday (interactive service) – targeted ages: 4 years – 3rd grade
- Sunday, April 1st
OFF – Easter breakfast in Fellowship Hall
- Sundays April 8 & 15th 9:45am
First Communion Instruction for 2nd graders during Sunday School hour
- Sunday, April 15th 11am
First Communion for 2nd graders during 11am worship
- Sunday, May 20th 9:45am
Last day of Sunday School classes
- Sunday, June 17th 9:30am
Blessing for high school graduating seniors during worship
As per our youth ministry safety guidelines, all youth leaders are given very thorough background checks.


text: Hello, I am Anthony Skelton. I call Sacramento, California home. I work as a remote web developer focusing on WordPress development. I build custom Themes and Plugins to create new or update and extend current sites. Before started web development full time I worked at local television stations doing broadcasting and news production. While I don't work at the station any more I now work on the Sacramento Kings broadcasts as a Technical Director. Check out my Blog for writings about all of the above, or my Projects to see my latest in Web and Photography work.


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Throughout China's long history, the ethnic minorities have played an important part. With their colorful and diverse cultural traditions, all ethnic groups are deeply attractive all over the world. We can see that in the designers of the Paris Fashion Week who have started to boldly use the cultural elements of ethnic minorities in China to design their works on models. Among the many ethnic minorities in China, the Hmong is one of the outstanding representatives.
Miao is a nation with profound ancient history and culture. Miao people are very good at using embroidery, batik, silverware, music, etc. to express their ancestors' historical stories and cultural heritage. Among many expressions, paper-cutting is very important. Because paper-cutting by Miao women was first used mainly as a template for making Miao works of art and embroidery, paper-cutting is one of the living fossils and the most important basic tool for Miao culture. Miao paper-cut, with its unique cultural expression, is a favorite of many people. Of the Miao paper-cut artists, Zhang Laoying is one of the best representatives.


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Continuing our discovery of hyperlocal blogs like ours we have stumbled upon Livinintheloin, another blog about, er, living in the Loin. When we started Tenderblog we looked for other blogs on this neighborhood and thought there weren't any, but apparently we didn't look very well since Livinintheloin has been around for over a year. We're happy, though, to find out we're not alone.
The author of Livinintheloin defines himself as:
Basically, a regular guy that's been in the area for about a decade, in SF for 6 years. Last summer, '07, I bought a condo in the Tenderloin — the American dream. From the perspective of a guy who had actually only been downtown a few times — the "dream" was initially more like a psycho-nightmare. Uh, what is that smell? Look at that, a guy using a car mirror to inject (I dunno) into his neck.
After acclimating to the loin, and realizing that I was pretty lucky, re: buying, I'm loving the area. My life experience, and the things I've seen, folks I've met, have enriched me in ways that I never would have expected. I've gone from scared, to give all the homeless folks a one way ticket to Fresno, and back to what I hope is a more grounded, empathetic place.
I guess the lesson for me has been: turn your life upside down every so often, and see where you are when you are right side up again — what you are looking at/seeing, and where you are looking from.
Livinintheloin writes quite a bit about politics, the environment and interesting 'serious stuff' around the neighborhood, we learnt for example that the 50 United Nations Plaza will receive $121 million upgrade under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to bring the mothballed federal office building back to life. He also has a great comprehensive list of restaurants titled Eatinintheloin and a bunch of photos of the Tenderloin in his Flickrstream.


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Max Knoth works as a composer, arranger, orchestrator and sound designer. He composes for movies, concerts, theatre and recording sessions.
In the past, Max has worked together with Ryuichi Sakamoto, Lou Reed, Danny Elfman, Rachel Portman, Alan Silvestri, David Newman, Tom Tykwer, Christoph Schlingensief, Irmin Schmidt(CAN) and Henning Lohner (Ring 2 / Tagesschau).


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Chapter 2
USS Contact NCC-26546, Bridge
Saavik issued orders the moment she regained consciousness. "Report, are those away teams off the ship?"
Kyle Nachson turned from his station, the light from the red alert catching on his tanned skin and blond hair, bleached from Vulcan's sun. "Aye, Captain. They're back on the Enterprise."
"Raise shields," she ordered. Not only for possible hostiles approaching from the outside, but because her ship had been attacked internally, and whoever was responsible might try to go to Kirk's.
Something else she needed to eliminate, just like getting the -- landing parties -- off the Contact. "Take us below them and put distance between us."
The order came back to her. "Dropping below the Enterprise."
Saavik knew she might have only heard the beat before the name or it may have actually been there. If it was, it was understandable.
The Enterprise filled the main viewer, the ship from Kirk's first five-year mission, like a traveler through time, even though it was actually the other way around. They had been able to confirm that much, partly due to the Vulcan standing near Saavik's chair.
She looked up to her husband as he watched the screen. "Spock."
He blinked and turned to her. "Fascinating."
"Yes." But she needed to be this ship's captain right now. They would hopefully have time later for privacy and talk about what this meant. Vulcans were true multi-taskers, so a portion of her mind when through what the impact was, especially to him, even as she stayed her crew's commander.
Their view became the other ship's belly and the underside of the saucer. She noticed every person on the bridge glanced up at least once and lingered there. Also understandable.
Spock came to the side of her chair. "If we are to be cautious, and remove their temptation of looking at a ship eighty-five years in their future, we may go to the full extent and remove the lighting."
"By all means, let us do paranoia well. Darken the hull."
Outside, lighting snapped off all around the exterior. Only the glow of the navigational deflector and the warp nacelles remained. That, even with the portholes, could not illuminate the ship.
"All stations report. We will start with you, Mr. Sotraun."
Saavik's Vulcan engineer responded over the comm panel in her chair arm, his voice so deep that Hikaru Sulu said it made his sound like a soprano. That voice, calm with the rumbling tones, anchored his people. So did his enormous size and the unusual gold eyes against his dark brown skin. Some of the humans whispered they made him look mystical. "Engines tests are all positive, Captain. Full control has returned. However, I must draw attention to the fact that we had the same readings before the problem that brought us here. At this moment, if we go forward without establishing how this sabotage was done and if more can be triggered, we could extinguish ourselves. We are testing further."
Saavik merely nodded, but other faces showed disappointment, even a little fear. They and the Contact were played like puppets, and no one knew if they were safe yet.
Thalla Sh'shytral, an Andorian shen female, didn't wait for Saavik to ask. The red alert turned her blue skin to a shade of purple. "I can only echo Engineering, Captain. I have full control of the helm now, but we had it before. We haven't found what was sabotaged or if it will happen again."
Kamila Patrik at the next station rose to her feet. Quite thin with a somewhat narrow build that was all angles, she would be half a head lower than Saavik right now if her captain wasn't sitting down. She was a classic redhead with a peaches and cream complexion that, like everyone else, was affected by the red lighting. She brought over the initial test results. "The report gives how we were effected, but cause and possibility of it happening again are unknown. We're going through it all circuit by circuit, line of code by line of code. "
Saavik turned her chair to her first officer, Risteárd Imre, standing next to the seated Bimojigar. Short, a meter and a half, so roughly to Saavik's shoulder, he came by recommendation from Saavik's former captain, Truman Howes. He looked over his shoulder as he got the data together, the large green eyes under the longer, sandy brown hair focused on getting the answers she needed. "Putting together Engineering with the Conn and Ops, the sabotage looks like a worm program. "
He stood at Science II.The modified state-of-the-art station split out Communications, rather than bundling it with several functions like on other Starfleet vessels. As Saavik fought with Starfleet Engineering over it, Bimojigar showed up at her office door with a note from Admiral Nyota Uhura, who, naturally, did not have to be told by Saavik to know about the battle going on. Being the head of Starfleet Intelligence meant she heard a lot.
The note read, "Just what the captain ordered." A Communications specialist that could also be an Assistant Science Officer if needed. That shut Starfleet Engineering up. Or Uhura had; Saavik never asked.
She watched Imre slave the station's scientific functions to Science I, giving it higher abilities.
He turned when he finished doing that. "It hit us in all those areas, producing exactly what you think. T'allendil, show the captain."
The Contact had recently undergone a major refit and Saavik had taken full advantage of it. Since bridge configurations varied from one Ambassador-class vessel to another, she jumped at the chance to integrate what up-to-the-minute designs Vulcan had created for their stations, and then added her own tweaks. The result was her bridge, made for her crew, with her as the commander that stood as Vulcan's shield. Spock gave the science station alone looks of approval.
So Saavik's science officer, born on the Kir-alep colony, had something unique at her command. T'allendil was the opposite of her fellow Vulcan in Engineering: delicate, pale, and dark eyed. "The sabotaging program sent us to the limits of our warp factor for a course to Rekonda Alpha-20. It was at this point when we were rendered unconscious. Systems, however, recorded our acceleration, causing the path around Rekonda. Here is the data, Captain."
Saavik brought up the information at her command chair. It confirmed her suspicions and she immediately looked up for Spock's reaction. He read it through carefully before he nodded. "Whoever did this created the light-speed breakaway factor."
By allowing the high gravitational pull of Rekonda Alpha-20 to accelerate the Contact to even faster speeds, the saboteur's calculations then broke them away from the star, creating a whiplash effect and an artificial time warp.
Nachson asked, "A light-speed breakaway factor?"
Saavik hadn't taken her eyes off Spock. "You would have heard it called the slingshot effect. The crew under James T. Kirk's command performed it three times. You will each research their records for getting answers to our situation. Mr. Sh'shytral, what is our location?"
"We are still on course for Babel, Captain."
Spock and Saavik immediately went back to the main screen. He said, "Confirm Stardate," appreciating that the crew would respectfully answer, even with his not being in Starfleet anymore.
T'allendil reached out to the closest marker buoy for the current date and coordinates, to double-check the answer. "It is 3844.8, Ambassador."
Saavik didn't need her husband to confirm it. She knew the Enterprise's missions, but she also knew without him telling her -- or even by using the very powerful bond between -- just what was going through his mind. What she did do with their bond is pour all the love and support she felt for him into it.
Because this just wasn't McCoy, Chekov, and his other shipmates. It wasn't just his younger self being there. It was all of that plus Sarek and—
--and Amanda, his mother, and Kirk alive again. In their future, in her Spock's past, they would die within a year of each other.
Saavik did not compare her own loss to his. Still, the part of her mind that went over it all brought back Amanda's smile; her stubborn and commanding looks; the light touches as she pushed a lock of hair behind Saavik's ear or touched her on the arm; how she had told Saavik she was loved. How Amanda had called her, "my favorite stray."
Saavik heard Kirk again challenging her, fighting for her, supporting her, and telling her that she would be brought back to his Enterprise if he had anything to do with it.
As for her husband and what he thought…
The captain part of her mind added the personal to the professional. "If we were entertaining that bringing us to this point was merely a coincidence, I believe it has been ruled out. "
Spock noted mildly, "You were not entertaining that thought."
"No, I was not. One of the remaining questions is, what links us to this Enterprise at this point? They are headed to Babel for the Coridan vote, and we were en route to Babel for the anniversary of that vote. Could this be the Orions?"
T'allendil answered, "Scans give no sign of Orions in the area."
"Systems in the area?" Saavik knew them, but hearing the information could trigger a connection now or later. That was true for both her and her crew.
Her science officer listed Endicor, a neutral world, Anteus and Trelos, both Federation members in Saavik's present, and Frubia, another neutral world.
Nothing there.
Saavik turned back to Spock. "You are on both ships, of course."
"But not my parents."
"No. And you did not affect the Coridan vote, other than your work against the Orions. If they wanted to affect Coridan's membership, it seems they would make sure Sarek was aboard this ship as well. So is it you in particular or the Contact?" They took a half-beat and Saavik then spoke, "We still have too many unknown factors. Mr. Bimojigar? "
Bimo, as some called her, was Sozon, a people who evolved completely underground, sightless and burrowing in the dark, so Bimojigar lifted a face with small rolls of skin where eyes and eyelids would be. She swayed her head with its thin, pink skin to catch the rhythms of the sound at its best, like a concert pianist at a grand piano. She could tell everything about what a person left unsaid or how they said what they did. Nachson would fondly tell people that she didn't need her station at all.
"Captain, the programming was not triggered or installed from an outside command. Nor did the unknown party make contact to someone outside. Not even before we left, Captain."
Saavik turned over the possibilities. The obvious point was she had a saboteur on board, but an outsider or one of her crew? "Mr. T'allendil, ship wide scan. Confirm our total number and then a break down by species. I want to know if the saboteur is a stowaway as well." That would only take a second. She called out to the air, "Dr. Stewart."
"Stewart here."
"Dr. Stewart, I'm searching for this saboteur."
"You believe he's on board?"
"I have no reason not to eliminate the possibility that he is. In that vein, you must confirm your medical staff are your staff. Scan, blood analysis if necessary, with a comparison to their record."
Frances Stewart got it immediately. "We're looking for imposters."
"In the Enterprise's original mission to Babel, an Orion passed himself off as an Andorian."
Thalla Sh'shytral's moving antennae swiveled backwards at that.
Saavik continued, "Once this is accomplished, Doctor, form teams. All departments will be checked in the same way as yours."
"Let me guess. Security first."
"Exactly, Doctor. If you can confirm them, your teams are to include a member of Security. No one is to travel alone."
"Yes, Captain," and Stewart signed off.
Saavik got up from her command chair and took a place in the center of her bridge. She gave her officers the quiet power of a Vulcan commander that they needed and expected, and they gave her their attention. "You heard my orders and Dr. Stewart's conclusion. The saboteur could have taken the place of one of the crew. The next conclusion is inevitable. If the saboteur has not taken the place of a crewmember or stowed away, one of us could be responsible. No one is accused at this point and I will claim no one guilty without evidence. If the time comes, you know your responsibility is to this ship. When you consider who in your department may be responsible, you will also need to consider the command staff. That naturally includes myself. Ambassador Spock and the other diplomats are also to be considered."
Saavik looked at her husband. "I will need your assessment of the diplomatic parties."
He nodded.
Her bridge crew did right by her. No one complained, no one suggested they should be excluded, and -- what she thought most important -- no one said she or Spock should be excluded. They knew their duty.
Nachson suggested, "Going back to how it was done and us trying to find it. This worm program could have deleted itself after it finished bringing us here."
Saavik had thought of that as well and it was more disturbing, in some ways, than if it remained. Finding that sabotage gave them information and they needed information to do anything, including getting the Contact and all of them home.
Saavik looked in the direction of the dedicated emergency turbolift and then again to her first officer. He had moved to a secondary station. "Mr. Imre, are we certain this does not come from the battle bridge?" He didn't answer immediately so she added weight to it. "Mr. Imre."
"Sorry, Captain. Yes, we made sure."
She took a few steps closer to see the station readouts. "You found something?"
"It's minor at this point, but I want to research further."
She trusted his judgement. He'd bring it to her in time, if necessary.
"Captain," Bimojigar called. Her large incisors snapped down into position, showing she was disturbed. "The diplomats have been complaining. I explained what a red alert means and refused them access to you. Nicely."
Spock moved up to her station, his light ambassador's robes turned red under the lights. "Patch me through."
She would, Saavik knew, deftly bring in each diplomat's cabin into a comm group for Spock's use. Nachson called over to her. "You're my naked mole rat queen, Bimo. "
She didn't frown because her people didn't know how: such facial expressions never developed in their species, maybe because they couldn't see each other. She also wouldn't frown because her people had the equally rare trait of being eusocial mammals. She missed the extreme closeness of her clan. Nachson and the others knew it; it's why he made such a comment in the middle of a red alert.
Her swaying hitched and then moved on. "I am not a queen, Kyle. I am a secondary female, I do not reproduce. However, I studied the mammal you mentioned, and from what I can surmise, I do look like a large one."
Bimojigar's head swayed to the port side of the bridge. "Someone is coming up the lift, Captain. Most likely from Sickbay. I think it's Ssaalz. I hear talons on the flooring."
Saavik's hearing was excellent, even above the Vulcan norm, but the Sozon certainly reigned above her. The lift doors opened in the next second and Ssaalz, the junior medical officer, did indeed come on to the bridge to perform the scans on the command crew. She was a Carreon; if, as Nachson said, the Sozons looked like Earth's naked mole rats, then the Carreon looked like shoulder high salamanders. Ssaalz had the same black skin of everyone in her species, but her neon stripes were green, where they showed outside her uniform jacket, and her lidless eyes were a dark moss color.
Saavik refused favoritism in her crew. No one got on board, no one stayed there, and no one got preferential treatment simply because of who they knew. Not even Imre with Captain Howes' recommendation or Bimojigar with Uhura's. Each crewmember earned their job and kept it the same way.
But, internally, she let herself feel a warmth at seeing Ssaalz, her very close friend Rrelthiz's youngest and most curious child, who was named after Saavik herself.
A Security officer stood by the lift doors, armed, Saavik was pleased to see.
Spock, of course, wasn't part of the crew, so he could give Ssaalz a look of partiality. But the young Carreon was doing her over-the-top professional routine, worried people would think she was favored. She told no one of her relationship to Saavik, and the people who did know, like Nachson and Stewart, kept it quiet. She started scanning Spock, the medical tricorder held in her seven talons that matched the ones on each foot that Bimojigar had heard.
Saavik turned back to the main viewer, back to the Enterprise. It clearly wasn't a coincidence, but then why? It had to be Coridan. Someone wanted to come back here and… stop the Babel vote? It seemed likely.
But it had to be more. Kirk taking the diplomats to that historic vote didn't necessarily need the Contact. In fact, Sarek, her father-in-law Sarek, traveled with his wife, Perrin, to the Babel anniversary on another ship; surely it would have been better to bring him back in time. As one of the ambassadors had said then, "His vote carries others."
Spock ended his talk with the other diplomats on board. He caught her looking at him. She said, "I obviously correct my earlier statement. I am now pleased our Sarek is en route on a separate transport." Along with some of the key former Enterprise crewmembers, since they, and Sarek, had been on Earth, meeting with the Federation Council.
Saavik and the Contact were meant to bring the entire Vulcan party, as well as McCoy and the others, home.
"I would add the question," said Saavik, "did our saboteur not know transporting Sarek had changed? Except evidence at this stage proves the saboteur is here, and therefore well aware the entire Vulcan party is not on board. He was well able to cancel this plan."
Ssaalz came to Saavik's side to perform the scan. Her lidless eyes narrowed and her tail rattled at the tip.
"Is something wrong?" Saavik asked her.
The young Carreon looked up at the Security officer who was starting to wonder the same thing. She nodded that all was fine, before dropping her voice to a whisper. "Mother warned me about your internal scarring, but it's the first time I've seen it. I, I didn't expect it to be this bad." She needed to move on, but she hurriedly whispered, " Why?"
Her mother, Rrelthiz, knew about Saavik's nightmarish life on Hellguard. Ssaalz did not; she didn't even know the place had once existed. Saavik warmed her voice to soothe her namesake. "It was long ago, an incident from childhood. But I thank you for your concern."
Ssaalz gave a small nod and hurried to finish her scans.
Commander Imre called from his station. "Captain!"
"You discovered what you were looking for?"
"Yes, I did. Do you remember the matter the cargo bay crew started to bring to our attention earlier? As we left Vulcan."
She frowned. "You were able to link it with the saboteur?"
"I wish it was only that. But it starts there. I'll give you my explanation in a minute, but you need to see this immediately. It will be better on the main screen. Ambassador, it's for you too." He touched a control.
Saavik's back was to the main viewer, so as she started to turn, she saw Spock. That expression… She spun around hard, already hearing a younger McCoy calling to the Enterprise. He suddenly cursed as he held the body of a young boy that had spilled out from a large container. The child fell into McCoy's arms like he was boneless. Two men reached into the same crate and each pulled out a young girl. Identical twins.
Saavik and Spock's twin girls and their son, their bodies limp as if dead.
Bimojigar and the Sozons really are big, naked mole rats. All the details about them (including ones coming up later) are true with two exceptions: 1) I didn't think they had eyes; the ones I've seen never opened their eyelids, which look like rolls of skin to me, and I said that about their eyes in the "Negotiations" story. Since they don't really use vision, I kept Bimo's description the way it was. 2) I have seen naked mole rats sway as they sniff, but it's no more than anyone else. But I liked the idea of her head swaying like a concert pianist engulfed in the music's power.