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Restoration House Ministries aids women in recovery
Nov. 2, 2012 at 6:02 a.m.
Yanet Zaragoza lifted her cellphone from her lap and scanned the touchscreen face for a link to MySpace.
"There's a photo of me from a few years ago on here. It's weird for me to look at it because it just doesn't look like me anymore," said Zaragoza, 18, searching her photo albums on the website.
Locating the picture, she tapped the photo to enlarge it to full screen.
"Wow. It's just so weird. When I look at this picture, I just see how broken I was. I see somebody cold-hearted," she said, staring at a photo of her 14-year-old self, just before she entered a faith-based rehabilitation program at Restoration House Ministries. "I just don't recognize myself when I look at this picture."
Zaragoza - a former drug and alcohol abuser and frequent resident at the Victoria juvenile detention center - graduated Restoration's program in August 2011.
Three years after entering the home for women, she is a changed woman, she said. She's a born-again Christian and student at Victoria College with aspirations of entering the medical field. She's also a wife, mother and Restoration House volunteer.
"I know the reason for my success is my relationship with God. Without him, I wouldn't have been able to make the changes that I've made and stuck to them."
Zaragoza admits her entry to Restoration House, a Victoria-based nonprofit that aids women in spiritual, emotional and physical recoveries, was not an easy transition.
Her life before the home was troubled by addiction and out-of-control behavior. She was a victim of physical abuse by a family member, she said, which led to drinking and drug use by age 14. She was also a frequent runaway.
"I didn't want to be at home. I wanted to be on probation, so I would deliberately try to get locked up so I could get out of the house," she said, mentioning she'd been arrested or put on probation more than 10 times before she was 15 years old. "Being in jail was better than being at home."
Zaragoza said while she endured the family member's physical abuse and her mother's dismissal of the events, her understanding of marriage, family relationships and ideas of God became twisted.
"I didn't understand why God would let that happen to me," she said. "So, I thought that's how things were."
With tears streaming down her face, Zaragoza recalled the last lawbreaking incident that led to a court-ordered, six-month residency at Restoration House.
With a few friends, she confessed to burglarizing an office in the Wells Fargo building in downtown Victoria.
"It's not something I'm proud of," she said. "It's just something I did."
Zaragoza was 15 when she moved into the home. She was spiritually empty and angry at her family and life circumstances. She was also two months pregnant.
"To be honest, I hated it there. I wasn't used to getting up early. I didn't want to listen to praise and worship music. I wanted to sleep all day," she said. "I didn't want to be there. And it's weird, but I missed my family."
About three months into the program, Zaragoza said her heart started changing, and her outlook on life became hopeful. She attended church twice weekly, read the Bible every day, performed chores at the house and began working on creating life goals to ready herself for motherhood.
Her minimum six-month stay extended to a year and a half, she said.
"In time, I felt different. I was baptized when I was pregnant, and I just knew I had been washed away from everything," she said. "Every day that went by, I made an effort to become kinder."
Restoration House founder and president Theresa Klacman said Zaragoza's recovery is one the greatest success stories of the program.
The angry and troubled girl who first came to live at the home is long gone, transitioning instead, into a woman of Christ. Today, she's a volunteer at the home and a mentor to the new girls.
"When she first came here, she was depressed and pregnant," Klacman said. "But she began to open herself up to the teachings of God, and she started to realize she wanted to see change in her life."
Klacman said she has formed a lifelong bond with Zaragoza, and hopes to continue serving and assisting in her success as long as she's able.
"I just think her change is all God. Many of these girls have been in rehab. They've been in jail and other controlled environments and it didn't change them at all," Klacman said. "The controlled environment at the house helps, but that's not the element that changes them. I truly believe it's God - all of it."
Zaragoza married the father of her son, Isaiah, who was born during Zaragoza's residency at the home. She's working at Goodwill to support her family, while attending classes at Victoria College.
And even though the circumstances of her life have been challenging, she said she now thanks God for all the pain she has endured and trials she's walked through.
"If none of that would have happened, I wouldn't have a testimony to tell people," she said. "I'm proud that I'm not abusive to my child. I'm proud that I'm the first one going to college in my family. I know now that no matter what life throws at you, you'll get through it, especially if you have a relationship with God."


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Easy Beef NachosFor some reason I have been on a Mexican and/or Latin kick here lately because my dishes seem to all be leaning that way! First, I have been majorly craving a Cuban Sandwich for a month, then I made the Beef Enchilada Casserole, and then I was craving a beef and bean burrito, but I decided to make a Skillet Burrito Dinner the other day. Yesterday, besides a ham and cheese po'boy that I had for lunch, dressed and pressed thank-ya-very-much, I never ever got around to eating a "proper" dinner.
I was busy in the yard, and taking photos, and uploading and writing a gardening post, and The Cajun went off to do his thing, so I just quickly fed him some leftovers. Later, by the time he got home, I had decided I just had to have some nachos! They have been on my mind here lately, so course I had already bought the ingredients, and yes, he helped me eat 'em ... though he doesn't like 'all that junk' {so he says} on his.
I ate the leftovers for breakfast today. Is that just wrong??
So here's a simple throw-together version of beef nachos, in case you are. interested. I've listed the ingredients that I like to use, but of course you should vary those according to your taste. The secret to me, is in the layered baking, so that you get nacho goodness all over. Go make them!
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Recipe: Easy Beef Nachos©From the Kitchen of Deep South Dish
Prep time: 10 min |Cook time: 15 min | Yield: About 4 to 6 servings
For the Taco Seasoning:
For the Nachos:
- 2 teaspoons of chili powder
- 1/2 teaspoon each of paprika, cumin, coriander and Creole or Cajun seasoning
- 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon of granulated sugar
- 1 (11 ounce) bag of white or yellow corn tortilla chips
- 1-1/2 pounds of ground chuck or leftover cooked bbq meat (see Tip below)
- 1/4 cup of water
- 1 cup of salsa
- 2 cups of shredded cheese (Mexican blend, cheddar, colby jack)
- Optional garnishes: Additional salsa, seeded and chopped fresh tomato or pico de gallo, green onion, chopped fresh cilantro, finely chopped red or yellow onion, sliced jalapeno, corn kernels, sliced black olive and sour cream or Greek yogurt.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Spray a sheet pan or baker with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
Mix together the taco seasoning ingredients; set aside. Cook the ground beef until browned and mash it up with a potato masher; drain off excess oil if needed. Add the taco seasoning and water; cook until most of the water has been absorbed. Add the salsa or pico and stir it into the beef to warm through. Remove from the heat.
Layer 1/2 of the chips on the pizza pan. Top with 1/2 of cooked beef and add 1/2 of the cheese on top of that. Bake until cheese melts. Remove, add another layer of the chips, then the rest of the beef, and the remaining cheese. Return to the oven just until the cheese melts. Top with garnishes. Serve immediately.
Cook's Note: May substitute a packet of commercial taco seasoning if you prefer. If you like nachos a bit more wet, add additional salsa.
On the Grill: Preheat grill to medium. Layer nachos in a disposable aluminum foil pan and cover with foil. Place on grill over indirect heat, lower the lid and let cook about 8 to 10 minutes until heated through and cheese has melted.
Tip: Leftover chili, shredded roast, barbecue beef, or pulled chicken or pork are all great substitutes for the ground beef in these nachos!
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Discussion in 'Miscellaneous' started by cooleddie74, Apr 7, 2012.
Agreed. Pretty damn impressive.
I guess I'm the only one who thinks the likeness is off.
You're not, although I do think it's very dang close.
It's not Hot Toys's very best sculpt ever. (Loki may be that.) It is however instantly recognizable as Scarlett Johannsen as Black Widow. I've shown the closeup of the face to a few people while covering up the text and they all knew it was Black Widow immediately. Then they were shocked when they found out it was a picture of an action figure. It's still a hell of a lot better than their Thor. That one really needs some work before release.
My wallet dreads when Hot Toys starts revealing their Dark Knight Rises stuff.
The Loki and Hawkeye figures are so like the actors that they're almost scary!
I'm still waiting for my Diamond Select Hawkeye figure to arrive, but today I picked up the cute little Mini Muggs version of him:
A little Hawk in his nest!
The soon-to-be released STAR WARS Movie Heroes and Clone Wars ships and vehicles. They're all repaints and reissues to save money, but have enough differences from previous releases to drive completionists and variant hunters mad.
These were originally supposed to be in stores this past spring but delays ensued that have kept them off of retail shelves until at least July or August. The Naboo Starfighter is particularly anticipated within the collecting community since there hasn't been one of these in stores since the original Episode I product glut of 1999-2000.
The Naboo fighter is more than a re-issue / re-paint. It has a bunch of new features such as a sliding canopy and astromech area. It's pretty much been redone from the ground up.
Grabbed a bargain on eBay: VOTC MOC IG-88 for a fiver.
Ah! You're right...I was momentarily confused and, yes, the Naboo Fighter is more or less new with new features and detailing. Thanks for correcting me.
The other two are definitely repaints, though.
Given Hasbro's recent tendency to cut costs at every corner it's only understandable for a lot of us to confuse every new ship and vehicle with a previous release. So much recent product outside of the Vintage Collection has been shameless repacks of older(often crappy)stuff that it's become the knee-jerk, default reaction within the collecting community.
Congrats on the clamshell/Vintage-packaged IG-88!
I know! I had to stop a friend of mine from purchasing one of the Movie Heroes battle packs with decade old Chewie and Han figures.
Yes, the "Rebel Heroes" Battle Pack. The set with the C-3PO so poorly made that his neck joint is loose enough for the head to pop clean off. That mold has been reused so many times it's a wonder that the Threepio figure isn't just a pile of random pieces. That entire Battle Pack is an insult. A 1999 Han, 2002 Chewie and a 2006 Threepio so poorly made that if you so much as look at him he'll fall apart.
that Naboo Starfighter is tempting. and i haven't bought any SW toys since 2008.
There are precious few photos of the 2012 Naboo Starfighter outside of its box, but here's what's probably the best of them from, I believe, the 2011 New York City Comic Con. The fighter has been delayed, I think, twice for whatever reasons and should have come out in January or February to coincide with Episode I 3-D being in theaters, but in its infinite marketing wisdom Hasbro decided to put off the shelf date for this and the two repackaged and repainted vehicles above until sometime this summer.
This picture clearly shows the all-new sliding cockpit canopy as well as the improved surface detailing on the craft, which includes screen-accurate Naboo Futhork writing.
Jesus, that thing looks great. I had the original back when TMP came out in '99, but I sold it years ago. I might have to reconsider on this one. Does it come with the R2 unit?
Apparently, it's out in the Philippines already, so hopefully it'll be hitting stateside soon. This guy has a couple photos showing how the top opens to fit the astromech in.
Sigh. I'm looking through my collection and I know that before I move I'm gonna have to sell some stuff. I really, really don't want to, though. My toys and statues are my babies. Some of this stuff has appreciated in value ridiculously, though. Such a though decision. My Hot Toys, DC Universe, Marvel Legends, and all of my statues are staying for damn sure.
No, unfortunately the Fighter doesn't come with an Astromech droid. At least the original 1999 ship had a molded R2 droid dome that served as a button or something. Doesn't seem like including a figure with a vehicle is Hasbro's strong suit anymore unless we're talking about the upcoming MTT Troop Transport(which comes with a whopping 21 figures...although to be frank sixteen of them are little more than pre-posed little statues that can hold blaster rifles and one other is pretty ancient and nothing more than a cheap and gratuitous throw-in, so really there are only four that are modern and of any great quality).
All that said, the new Fighter looks incredible and I hope the recent horrible distribution issues on Hasbro's part don't affect Class II Vehicles like this. I'd like to get at least one, maybe two of them. It's been over a decade since a 3-3/4" scale Naboo Fighter has even been on the market.
Oh. Well that sucks.
Yeah. It does, but we're talking Hasbro in 2012 here. Those guys would blatantly cost-cut on the new Fighter itself if they thought no one would notice and they could get away with it.
The Toys 'R' Us STAR WARS Exclusives for this coming Fall!
TRU tends to get their exclusives in decent to excellent numbers, so finding these should be little or no trouble for most U.S. customers.
Oh, and here's the newly-released first packaged photo of the next in the continuing line of Target-exclusive Vintage multipacks based on the "Special Action Figure Sets" carried by some department stores in the early eighties. This is the tenth multipack in the series and the seventh one sold individually(the first three sets were bundled together in a big three-pack).
Sorry for the triple post in my own thread, but since several people here expressed a lot of interest in the brand-new 2012 Naboo Starfighter from Hasbro here's a brief but pretty good video review of the vehicle from online SW collecting luminary Adam Pawlus.
Enjoy! This fighter looks like it's gonna be amazing!
That R5-D4 doesn't look like BAD mold.
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There was a time last year when Dallas Cowboys safety Matt Johnson didn't even to answer his phone for fear of the endless questions from concerned friends and family about his practice status, let alone whether he was ever going to play in a game.
"They would call and ask if I was playing week," said Johnson about a frustrating rookie year in which he participated in only a handful of practices and played in no games because of a nagging hamstring injury
"It's kind of got to the point where I didn't want to look at the phone. It's fun now to say I practiced again. I practiced again. I have put a couple of practices together. Hopefully, they will stop asking if I practiced."
So put Johnson's participation in offseason workouts the past two weeks in the category of small victories for him and the Cowboys.
But slow down on any talk of Johnson being a favorite to help solve the Cowboys questions at safety opposite Barry Church.
Remember Johnson missed OTAs last year after being drafted in the fourth round out of Eastern Washington because of school.He then injured his hamstring in minicamp, which forced him to miss most of training camp _ outside of a few practices leading up to the team's third preseason game against the St. Louis Rams.
Johnson played 12 snaps against the Rams but re-injured the hamstring the process.
He was placed on injured reserve to start the season before returning to practice in mid-October. Two days before he set to play in his first NFL game against Carolina on Oct. 21 he re-aggravated the hamstring injury.
Secondary coach Jerome Henderson is just happy to see Johnson on the field and considers him no different than a rookie
"Absolutely by a long shot, this is the longest stretch we have seen Matt," Henderson said. "Yes it is. So he is a rookie. He is not just like a rookie, he is a rookie. In my book he is rookie just like all the other rookies."
Henderson said Johnson is progressing well but he didn't see enough of him last year to have a good opinion about his potential.
"He was only out here a day or two and he would have some medical setbacks," Henderson said. "So it wasn't enough to make an opinion."


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Fantastic Fest Review: 'The American Scream'
Posted by: Rod Paddock
One day per year there is a holiday wherein kids can be kids and adults can…be kids too. This is a holiday enjoyed equally by all ages. That holiday, of course, is Halloween! Candy, costumes, and celebrations abound! For some it's a day to be scared, but for others it's a day to SCARE! And what better scare medium is there than a haunted house? The American Scream is all about the scare; all about the people that create those haunted houses.
The American Scream is the product of Michael Stephenson , creator of the universally loved Best Worst Movie. Set in the small town of Fairhaven, Massachusetts, this documentary tells tells the story of three unique families who spend months preparing for an event that has a single day's payoff. We have an obsessive-compulsive computer systems manager, a father-son team, and a construction worker. Each of these families has a unique vision of what a haunted house should be, and during the film we watch them implement their distinct visions.
This movie provides a unique insight into how complicated and detail intensive these haunted house constructions can be. A person wanting to construct his or her own haunted house must have a multitude of skills. You must have the eye of an artist, design skills of an architect, the steady hand of a carpenter and the constitution of Rasputin. It take a special person to be a "house haunter" as they are called.


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LONDON (Reuters) - British retail sales unexpectedly fell in January hurt by heavy snow, reviving worries that the economy may be slipping into a third recession since the onset of the financial crisis.
Sales volumes slipped 0.6 percent in both monthly and annual terms, the Office for National Statistics said on Friday, confounding economists' expectations for growth.
"The underlying picture is that the economy is bouncing along the bottom, so weather disruptions can easily tip it into negative territory," said Rob Wood, economist at Berenberg Bank.
Britain's economy has endured two recessions since the 2008 financial crisis and contracted again at the end of last year, coming closer to its third slump, although stronger recent economic data has raised hopes of modest growth in early 2013.
"This release brings a dip back on the table," Wood said.
Another recession would pile pressure on Britain's Conservative-led government, which has had to defend its austerity programme against criticism it is stifling growth.
The government says cuts are necessary to shrink a swollen deficit, but it also needs solid growth to meet its budget targets and bolster its chances of winning a 2015 election.
The pound hit a half-year low against the dollar and British government bonds extended gains after the retail data release.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast a 0.4 percent rise in sales on the month and a 0.8 percent increase on the year. The ONS also revised December's numbers down.
Weather is not the only problem facing British consumers. High inflation has eroded their spending power in recent years, with real wages now at their lowest since 2003.
Little respite is on the cards. The Bank of England warned on Wednesday that inflation would remain high until 2016 and economic growth would be slow.
In a sign that it was not just the bad weather that is weighing on consumers, sales between November and January posted their steepest fall compared to the previous three months since March 2010.
In expenditure terms, retail sales account for roughly one fifth of Britain's gross domestic product.
The ONS said weak food sales, which posted their biggest monthly fall since May 2011, were the main reason behind the overall sales drop, with bad weather forcing some small grocers to close.
"Given it has come early in the quarter, there is some chance of catch-up in February and March," said David Tinsley, economist at BNP Paribas.
"But of course forgone food sales are not necessarily made good," he said, adding that a scandal over horse meat sold as beef might also hurt sales.
Unemployment figures next week will provide further clues about the state of the economy at the turn of the year.
One major British retailer has showed shoppers might be getting back to spending in February. John Lewis said on Friday that sales at its department stores jumped by more than a fifth last week compared to a year earlier. However, that number was flattered by heavy snowfall in February 2012.
The ONS said the quantity of food sold fell by 2.6 percent compared with January last year, touching its lowest volume since April 2004.
Meanwhile, the share of online food sales jumped by nearly a third, probably another reflection of the bad weather that kept shoppers at home. The increase in online shopping helped big retailers, the ONS said.
Retail sales excluding fuel fell 0.5 percent on the month but were 0.2 percent higher than in January 2012 - much weaker than economists' forecasts for rises of 0.4 percent on the month and 1.4 percent on the year.
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LOL Hannah, we do talk a lot, it's the APPC special, eh Kate?
And yeah, I've read Dark Visions too. It was so amazing, I read it all in 1 day. I couldn't put it down. I got up on a Saturday morning, recalling Amy (My junior bestie) telling me, "Fatima, you better start dark visions tommorow and tell me what you think on Monday."
So I got up and started reading. I read the first few chapters while eating my cereal and then I didn't notice that the Sun had come up and set again and it was friggin 8 o'clock and the only thing I'd eaten was that cereal and I also realized that I really had to pee.
Whoa, sorry, I just noticed how much I wrote. :S
Ummm and my rank is World Class Money Spender uncle Derek...
I'm happy to see you too Kayla! I miss the days when I could be the crazy toddler and my sweet gramma would try to almost-kill me with watermelon seeds.
And thanks! Awesome ideas are my schtick.
So, since we haven't been around each other for a while, what's the funniest or weirdest thing that has happened to you this fall?
Umm well for starters, my thanksgiving started out with me sitting on the edge of the table cloth and totally spilling coke all over myself...and the weirdest thing. I did that yesterday too. Only I sat on the table cloth and the center piece flipped and broke spilling all of the expensive little marbles, LOL.
And um before that, during school...well I uh...tripped up the stairs! Yeah that's right, up. I was walking upstairs to my locker and I tripped on the last stair and dropped all my stuff and Clay was nice enough to pick it up while I tried to stop being embarassed..it uh...didn't work. LOL.
And many more funny stories where that came from but this post is becoming really long so another time.
LOL, your whole "which werewolf" story is hilarious! I was totally cracking up!!!
Oh, and welcome Kaykay, and I love your username by the way, and jump right in with the questions.
And the link for the APPC website is umm....errm...well I forget but uh, we haven't had a party on there in a while. Nowadays we just have parties right here on the thread.... LOL.
And um as for the date of the party, can we have it now? During like Thanksgiving break? Or over the weekend atleast...I don't wanna miss it!!! Again....
Oh, and I have some awesome news! I'm turning 15 tommorow and my parents are getting me my very own laptop!!!!! AND A WII!!! Well the wii is for my brother AND me but still, pretty amazing. Lucky thing is, my bday is almost always on Black Friday. : D : D : D
OKIE DOKES, tchao all, luv you!!!!
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Quote from OneTwoSCI wish I didn't have to get angry lol.
But sometimes getting angry can be awesome! (watch it, it's REALLY awesome)
"Well, I'm not gonna leave you alone! I want you to get mad!" *points finger at you and looks pretty mad* (0:55)
Watch the other 5 minute versions of this on YT for more, it works and he gets a lot of people mad! xD


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The NTSB report follows a derailment on the funicular Sept. 5, 2013. No one was injured, but passengers were forced to wait for fire department assistance, since the system lacked emergency evacuation infrastructure such as walkways.
Angels Flight operators did not notify the National Response Center or call 911 for assistance, according to the report. A bystander called the fire department to report the accident, NTSB said.
Angels Flight, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, debuted in 1901 connecting Hill Street and Olive Street, closing in 1969. The revived funicular, now located nearby between Hill Street and California Plaza but using the original two rail cars, reopened in 1996 but has suffered several closures, though in recent years it has been operating mostly without incident.


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2.75% is a very low percentage of starter, I believe Varasano is using 40%, I think you'll see MUCH greater flavor with higer percentages, I've gone from 20% to 25% to 30% to 40%.
Well, I guess I should have stated that this is for a NY style cold fermented dough, not a neapolitan style room temp ferment dough.
anton-luigi,At one point, Jeff Varasano did use a lot of starter material. My recollection is that it was around 40%. However, he later very substantially reduced the amount, I believe during the exercise in which pftaylor and Jeff tried to recreate the Patsy's dough and devoted an entire thread to that exercise. If you are interested, I think you can find the shift to using less starter culture in the Patsy's Reverse Engineering thread at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,1053.0.html.Marco (pizzanapoletana) recommends that the starter culture be used at very low levels, pretty much for only leavening purposes and for mild flavor contribution to the finished crust. His recommended amount is 1-5% of the weight of the formula water (not formula flour). The high end of that range would typically apply in the winter where more starter is needed to counteract cooler temperatures, and the low end of the range would typically apply in the summer where less starter is needed because of the warmer temperatures. This, of course, is all with respect to room temperature fermentation as is used in Naples. Once you get to preferment levels, such as you are using, then there are other effects that are imparted to the dough, including higher acidity levels and gluten tightening effects, and quite possibly various kinds of crust flavors. Marco would argue that you are making bread dough at those levels, not pizza dough. For example, see Marco's reply to one of my posts on this point, at Reply 20 at http://www.pizzamaking.com/forum/index.php/topic,3153.msg26814.html#msg26814.Al (artigiano) did not indicate whether his 2.75% starter is with respect to the weight of formula water or with respect to the weight of the formula flour, but either way I think his usage is not in the preferment range but in the leavening-only range. Peter


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UN 'must respond' to human rights abuses in North Korea
Christian Solidarity Worldwide has welcomed a debate in the House of Lords on Monday on the security and humanitarian situation in North Korea.
Concerns were raised about North Korea's poor human rights record, including the systematic persecution of Christians and other abuses of religious freedom.
The debate was introduced by Lord Alton of Liverpool, Chairman of the All Party Parliamentary Group on North Korea.
He said evidence given to the committee included accounts of executions, forced labour, torture, and a "guilt by association" policy leading to the arrest, imprisonment and punishment of family members.
The committee has heard how women pregnant to Chinese men have faced forced abortion or infanticide following deportation from China.
Baroness Cox of Queensbury, vice-chairman of the committee, called for a UN Commission of Inquiry into human rights abuses in North Korea.
The debate follows reports of the death of two Christians in the reclusive communist country.
CSW, which supports persecuted Christians, described North Korea was "one of the darkest, most oppressed, most dangerous and most closed corners of the world".
Andrew Johnston, advocacy director at Christian Solidarity Worldwide, welcomed the debate for raising awareness of the situation.
He said: "We believe the time has come for the UN to respond and for the United Kingdom and other European Union member states to take the lead in ensuring that this long overdue inquiry takes place, and the perpetrators of crimes against humanity in North Korea are held accountable."


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Have you been enjoying the summer? I cannot believe it is almost fall! We were able to join the tot cooking classes at Garden of Eve this summer and made blackberry jam. I love the whole fields-to-table experience as it gives the kids an idea of where we get our food. It is also a wonderful insight into the how people lived in a time before supermarkets–or refrigeration. Pin It The kids were able to: 1. Pick the blackberries. Pin … Read entire article »
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Pin It We have the good fortune to live near an organic farm (Garden of Eve) owned by young parents. The mom runs a summertime "Mommy & Me" that includes a circle time and a farm "chore". One week the children picked blackberries and turned them into jam! The process was fairly simple: Pick the berries Wash and dry the berries Meanwhile, sterilize glass jars in boiling water Crush the berries in a bowl Add mixture to a pot and … Read entire article »
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Triumph Brewing Company is pleased to announce its Open Jam every Sunday night of the week! Each Month Triumph Brewing Company will be featuring a band that participants can jam with. So if you play guitar and want a full band behind your performance, we can provide it. Don't worry if you prefer to perform solo, you can as well!
Russell Sammut
El Hamami Naoufal
fawzi aljohani
Aleksander Kramberger
Oscar Aguilar
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text: This thread is for all the smaller conferences in D1. This year I will be going to quite a few matches at UIW, including this friday vs UL Lafayette which I will watch closely. UIW is now in the Southland, which is usually dominated by A&M-CC. UIW actually has a few decent home matches this year with ULL Friday and then Western Michigan later in the year, both of which were borderline top 75 teams last year and WMU led by the pretty good player Nadin Indre. So if you have any insights on teams from the Southalnd/Southern/Ohio Valley/Colonial etc.. share them here.


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And now rt.cpan.org is back. But I'm a bit distracted by the opacity of the downtime.
Argh! This is like having your screwdriver get up and walk away while you are trying to reassemble your hammer. If I were working on something besides Module::Build, the RT downtime would be about 0.0000000000000001 times as frustrating as this is. (And no, good hammers do not have screws in their design.)
I may have to just keep all of my trouble tickets in a sock behind the bookcase. To query a ticket, please send me a self-addressed, stamped shoe.


text: This class is an introduction to the topic of human rights, the movements to promote them and the forces arrayed against them, both past and present. We will examine many of the key issues of human rights: how they are defined, how respect for them is ensured, and what they are threatened by. The class will not only consider contemporary dilemmas in human rights, like humanitarian intervention, but also historical questions such as how we explain progressive steps like the end of the slave trade and the creation of the laws of war. A recurrent theme will be how human rights affect politics differently at different times in history and in different geopolitical contexts. Our concerns will be both empirical and normative. We want to understand how human rights have evolved over time, where they have been respected, where they have been violated and why. But we also want to grapple with ethical questions such as how much America's foreign policy should concern itself with human rights, or whether there is a universal definition of what rights to which all individuals are entitled. You and your classmates will serve as advocates for human rights, putting together transnational campaigns on historical and contemporary human rights issues.


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Nuzlocke Challenge
The Nuzlocke Challenge is a set of rules intended to create a higher level of difficulty while playing the Pokémon games. Many challengers feel that the rules also serve the purpose of encouraging the use of Pokémon the player would not normally choose, and promoting closer bonds with the player's Pokémon. The rules are not an in-game function, but are self-imposed on the part of the player, and thus subject to variation.
The name of the challenge originates from the comic series of the same name, which features a Nuzleaf resembling John Locke as a recurring gag character.
The most basic Nuzlocke rules, as they were first introduced, are as follows:
- Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released.
- The player may only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area, and none else. If the first Pokémon encountered faints or flees, there are no second chances. (If the first encounter in the area is a double battle in dark grass, the player can choose which of the two Pokémon they would like to catch.)
While not exactly a definite rule, the general consensus is that players must also nickname all of their Pokémon, for the sake of forming stronger emotional bonds.
Optional rules
Though the above rules tend to stay consistent with all challengers, many optional variations and amendments to the rules also exist to further adjust difficulty. These include, but are not limited to:
- Starter Pokémon is based off your Trainer ID number. If the last number is 1-3 the player starts with a Grass type, 4-6 is Fire type, 7-9 is Water type, 0 is the player's choice.
- Adjusting the first encounter rule to ban duplicate captures.
- Not officially enforcing the rules until the player has Poké Balls and can catch Pokémon. For example, the ZigzagoonRS/PoochyenaE that the player has to save Professor Birch from is not counted as the first encounter on the route, and not counting any other encounters as such until they can catch. Likewise, in the games where the rival battle is immediately after getting the starter Pokémon, the "any that faint must be released" rule is not enforced at that time.
- Considering a black out/white out to be "game over," even if there are Pokémon left in the PC.
- Use the same amount of Pokémon as the opponent during a Gym battle or rival battle.
- Going to options and making the battle style "set", leaving the player unable to switch out.
- After the first wild Pokémon was caught, the starter Pokémon must be released.
- Banning the use of Potions and healing items, relying only on Pokémon Centers for healing.
- Banning the use of Pokémon Centers, relying only on Potions and healing items for healing.
- Limiting Pokémon Center visits to a certain number per town.
- Banning the use of held items.
- Limiting the number of Poké Balls to purchase per Poké Mart.
- Banning the use of Master Balls.
- Rather than releasing the Pokémon, it can be permanently boxed, migrated, or transferred with Poké Transfer should it happen to faint.
- The player may not evolve captured Pokémon, but evolved Pokémon may be caught.
- No catching/using legendary Pokémon.
- As a mercy rule, allowing 1-3 "second chances" or revives of fallen team members.
- As another mercy rule, if the player runs into a Shiny Pokémon on the incredibly rare chance, the player may still catch it, regardless of whether or not it is the first encounter in the area. It also does not need to be released if it faints.
- If the player has no Pokémon that can use a certain field move that is required to continue through any given point of the game, they may catch another Pokémon that can learn said field move. However, it cannot be used in battle for any reason, and can only be caught if the player has no other Pokémon that can learn the move. It must be released, permanently boxed, or migrated as soon as the player gets another Pokémon that can use said field move.
Many other rules exist; challengers adjust their personal rules according to their own preferences. In order to be considered a true Nuzlocke Challenge, however, the two core rules must be in place.
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What an awesome, asskicking, adrenaline rush of an ep that was.
Glenn fighting of that walker was intense, his scream after he finally killed it....wow
The governer is one sick puppy and i hope a flok of walkers will get to him.
Next ep is the mid season finalle already..man it went to fast hope they dont leave us hanging to bad cuz months of wating is to lang if ya ask me.


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At ease, A-Rod embraces October
Yankees third baseman carries carefree approach to playoffs
By Bryan Hoch / MLB.com
The ball dropped. Some 55,000 fans booed. A-Rod smiled, catching eyes with infield partners Derek Jeter and Robinson Cano. They were grinning, too.
Everything was going to be all right.
Now that Rodriguez's historical and memorable campaign has come to a close, no further evidence is really needed to cement him as the American League's Most Valuable Player. Rodriguez's Major League-leading 54 home runs, 156 RBIs, 143 runs scored and .645 slugging percentage should make balloting a moot point.
So as Rodriguez thinks back to how he couldn't pluck Ty Wigginton's April 2 popup out of a cool blue sky, he sees a turning point of sorts. The Yankees were going to have their struggles, and certainly they had plenty to go around. But A-Rod wasn't about to let one blunder trip him up.
"Last year, I would have probably beat myself up for two days," Rodriguez says now, reclining on a golf cart outside the clubhouse. "I literally looked at Jete and Robbie laughing at myself, and they were laughing at me.
"I think the ability to laugh at yourself is something that I haven't been good at my whole life. I laughed at myself more this year than I have in my career. It's been fun laughing at myself and the guys having fun with me."
The Yankees' AL Division Series matchup looming, A-Rod's new approach is one that he believes will help him erase last October's bitterness.
For long periods of time, Rodriguez made a conscious effort to cut down on his availability to the media, providing clipped responses to queries before darting for an exit. As one scribe put it, he led the Yankees in walk-off interviews.
But it worked, as the baseball-focused Rodriguez led the AL with 14 April home runs. He liked the approach so much that even when the batteries on his perpetually carried iPod ran low, he kept the ear buds in, just to ward off the intruding microphones and cameras.
"I realized that I'm going to let my baseball do the talking," Rodriguez said. "I'm not going to talk. It's baseball, baseball, baseball. If I screwed up, I screwed up. If I did well, I did well. I didn't need to explain it."
While Rodriguez kept the media at arm's length, the 2007 season drew him closer than ever before to his teammates, the coaching staff and especially Yankees manager Joe Torre, who famously seemed to fracture his relationship with the soon-to-be three-time MVP by scribbling Rodriguez's name eighth in New York's lineup for Game 4 of last year's ALDS against the Tigers.
Rodriguez would later recall feeling as embarrassed as he had ever been in his professional career when he caught a glimpse of the sheet posted at Detroit's Comerica Park. Doubly hurt as the Yankees' season abruptly ended in the Motor City, Rodriguez's relationship with Torre had traveled to the opposite end of the spectrum by Labor Day 2007, when Rodriguez invited every player on the Yankees' roster to a backyard barbecue in a posh Westchester, N.Y., suburb.
Rodriguez invited Torre, expecting that the manager would at least make a courtesy cameo, sampling some of the food and making the kind of quick escape Rodriguez seemed to have perfected with the press. But four hours later, Torre was one of the last stragglers at the party, and Rodriguez jokes now that he almost had to ask the skipper to hit the road.
"Joe and I are as close as we've been in my four years," Rodriguez said. "It took time to get to know Joe, and it took time for him to get to know me as a manager.
"Four hours later, he's still the last guy. We almost had to push him out of the house. I was really touched by that gesture."
So much so that when the Yankees celebrated their postseason berth, spraying the walls of the visiting clubhouse at Tropicana Field with champagne and blinding teammates in spray, Rodriguez spoke softly into the 67-year-old manager's ear, embracing him a lengthy hug while chaos rained down around them. The topic was that Sept. 1 barbecue, and just how much Torre's lingering presence had meant at the time.
"For some reason, when I got there, and Alex says, 'Thanks for stopping in, skip,'" Torre said, "for some reason, he thought I was going to say hello and leave. It was fun. It's in my neighborhood, so you know you don't have a long way to go home. It was very comfortable to be there.
"I'm glad it [meant a lot to Rodriguez], but I certainly didn't do it for that reason. I did it because I had a good time."
To this point, so have the Yankees. Rallying around Rodriguez's statistical contributions as well as the ones that do not appear in neatly formatted columns -- younger players have clung to A-Rod, like early-morning workout partner Melky Cabrera, and veterans like Johnny Damon have spoken about how Rodriguez's words have helped get them through periods of struggle.
"Alex is awesome," Damon said. "He never gets the credit he deserves for being a great teammate. People just know of him as a great ballplayer, but he's much better than that.
|"I think the ability to laugh at yourself is something that I haven't been good at my whole life. I laughed at myself more this year than I have in my career. It's been fun laughing at myself and the guys having fun with me."
|-- Alex Rodriguez
With crinkly orange leaves falling to the fields of Central Park, the stakes are about to rise exponentially, particularly for Rodriguez. The Yankees' last two postseasons have ended abruptly in the first round, and A-Rod has been a non-factor, his 29 at-bats against the Angels and Tigers producing just three hits (.103) and just one for extra bases.
To this point, Rodriguez has seen six Major League seasons blend into the playoffs, hitting home runs and having his moments of strong play. Still, no team listing him on a roster has ever gone further than the ALCS, a fact that A-Rod's detractors are quick to point out.
Not only has Rodriguez never won a championship, the closest he has been to a World Series game in New York has been Game 4 of the 2000 Fall Classic, which he watched in street clothes from the box seats at Shea Stadium.
For his all-around career to be complete, there are those who would say Rodriguez needs a championship ring to show off, a memorable postseason moment like the one A-Rod witnessed seven Octobers ago, when Jeter took all the air out of the Mets' sails with a leadoff homer en route to championship No. 26.
Rodriguez's next center stage moment is soon to arrive. What he does with it will surely be the fodder for discussion and scrutiny leading into the winter months. But if he stumbles out of the gate, goofs up a throw or an at-bat, Rodriguez insists he won't be listening to any of the negativity that may result.
"Honestly, I don't even care about reaction," Rodriguez said. "I care about playing baseball and I care about winning. I haven't cared all year, so why am I going to start now?"
Bryan Hoch is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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When I started writing my book I envisioned a flash-bang-wallop start that shook the reader up. You know, throw the reader into the middle of noisy mayhem. (and I still like the idea of doing that).
All the advice given to writers is to grab the reader by the lapels on the first page. But as I redrafted the book and reworked and reworked the first chapters I decided to wind the readers in to the story by slightly devious means. In the finished version, the story starts with a retired German policeman watching a group of people in a coffee shop. They're a weird looking crew and he worries in case they'll cause trouble for the cafe and its owner. He's quietly in love with Elise, the owner, but she's been playing it cool. The way women do.
The story opens in Munich in Germany. In a cafe styled like a Starbucks, because the owner likes to keep up with current trends. The windows stream with rain and Max, the policeman, is in his favourite chair keeping an eye on things. He knows from experience what people will do next. Usually.
I read the chapter over recently while I sorted the book out for upload to CreateSpace. Every time I do an edit or look at the book for any reason I get engrossed in the story and a part of me wonders what will come next. Which strikes me as an odd thing for the writer of the book to think.
So, reading it again I was struck by how the chapter had changed since its first outing. As it was rewritten again and again the basic structure stayed the same but more and more detail crept in. Text was layered on text but the chapter never increased in size, its still one and a half pages long. But the slight touches to the descriptions and some nuances to the sentences have created (pardon me saying this since I'm the author) a depth that the reader can wander through.
At one point Elise finds that Max is carrying a gun and she flashes with anger touched with concern.The sentence also embeds a memory in the readers' minds for a significant event in the next chapter. The gun is there to tell the reader that it's not a lightweight story, there's violence to come. The trick was to show all of that to the reader in one short burst using as few words as possible.
Reading it struck me that I'd fallen upon one of the secrets of writing, to rewrite and keep adding to the story but to use the same number of words or thereabouts. To keep enriching the experience of the reader with touches that they might not consciously see, until they feel as if they were sitting beside the retired policeman watching the scene. But without making the prose dense or confusing.
I also paint (portraits mainly) and the analogy of starting with the basic outline then working and working at a face to put layers and layers on the canvas to give the image depth, is the same process as writing. The reader doesn't realise that they're looking at the work of days and nights to make every small detail just the way the writer intended. But they enjoy the experience even though they may not understand why.
And it doesn't matter, because they should be concerned with what happens to the characters next and not about how the writer transported them to that place and time.


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A wise man once said, "Youth is wasted on the young."
If you don't think that is a true statement then you must be under the age of 25 and yet to feel the first wave on getting old.
In Sunday's edition Courier staffers Janie Ginocchio and Flora Salyers teamed up to paint a picture of recent graffiti around Russellville. They focused on law enforcement, the juvenile punishment process and the youth that ultimately sprayed this issue on the walls for all to see.
Questions, not just eyebrows, should be raised when this issue hits your dinner table or water cooler talk.
Should Pope County look into building a juvenile detention center?
Yes. Juveniles need direction, and sometimes direction comes from punishment. The understanding of consequences following decisions is a lesson our youth should be made well aware of at an early age. When police spend time on finding those responsible for crimes, then the system should be able to dish out justified punishment. If not, our police department's time is wasted and that is unacceptable.
Other than wasting resources, the message conveyed to youths who are caught without consequences is a message that will not serve our community well in the future. One day, it's vandalism with no repercussions. What's next?
Some proponents of a Pope County juvenile center also cite an opportunity for additional revenue by accepting other county's juveniles. An initial investment could help our young people find the right path and possibly make money for other worthy efforts.
Let our county leaders know what you think.
Another question raised from these painted images on concrete is not a new one for the Arkansas River Valley. What should we be doing for the the local youth?
Well, we need more for them to do. It is that simple. Would adding activities end all juvenile crime? Certainly not, but we could impact the kids on the fringe who only commit crime when they have nothing else to do. Now, that is not to say there is nothing to do in Russellville. There is plenty, however, youthful minds require new experiences again and again.
We could punish vandals with community service including assisting in painting high-quality murals in town. Some of these young people have talent. Why not allow them to realize it and put it to good use? Maybe then, they will paint something worth looking at for the rest of us. One thing is for sure: If we continue to ignore them and their crimes, we will fail to teach them anything. They are the youth of our River Valley, and we shouldn't help them waste it.


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Does not hurt to see where his development is by the start of TC. While maybe not ready to step up and start, could be at the beginning of his third year ready to be a solid back up. The worst case is we
Ducasse is doing really well in the running game. He still has a shot to be a very good player. He has great feet, definitely not slow. If we add Warmack and have Vlad at the other guard spot, along with Howard and the 2 Pro-Bowlers, we will have an elite run-blocking O-Line... if not the best in the league, top 3.
No matter who is correct in this argument, one thing is very clear.
It's time for Ducasse to get his act together. If he doesn't start showing why he was drafted in the 2nd round, then he'll be gone. Assuming a worst case scenario where the Jets just do not have enough to fill their roster, he'll play this season, and if he continues his disappointing ways, he'll be GONE after the season ends.
Don't forget. Tanny the UMASS alum loved UMASS guys, hence James I. and Vlad.
And yet, somehow, Scott Cohen, Tanny and the rest of the gang watched UMASS film and MISSED Victor Cruz.
2 out of the 6 UMASS guys in the NFL now were guys Tanny plucked from that program. If anyone should have seen potential in VC, it was Tanny, but that of course is assuming he's a competent evaluator of talent.
People may not like him but he is a descent BU in this league. I don't see him getting cut. I think what you see right now is our Line except we add a RT to compete with Howard. We have Caleb, Vlad, Colon, Landholt, and yes Purdum that are all IL. Purdum is the LS and will likely end up the BU C in pre. Caleb and Colon start at G with Vld and Landholt fighting it out for the BU G spot. I just dont see DJ young going into camp as our only BU T. Anyone thinking this team is going G early in the draft is kidding themselves IMO. It is more likely we see Kyle Long, Dallas Thomas, Brennan Williams, or Ricky Wagner in mid late rounds then us blowing a load on anther G.


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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Emerson Etem long ago made up with this working-class city after some critical words were uttered when he was a junior player. But his breakout night for the Ducks on Saturday will leave a different sting with beaten-down Buffalo Sabres fans.
Etem got the first two-goal game of his brief NHL career and Corey Perry added two goals to help the Ducks shake off a slow start and roll up the sad-sack Sabres, 6-3, at First Niagara Center.
It was nearly three years ago while playing for Team USA in the world junior championships that Etem called Buffalo a "ghost town" and "the worst city ever" through his Twitter account.
The young winger quickly regretted those comments and made his peace. His damage Saturday was on the scoreboard, potting goals in the second and third periods as part of five consecutive by the Ducks (11-3-1), who are 4-2-1 on this trip.
"I made my apologies," Etem said. "I'm just not going to talk about it. It's a good feeling to get the win. We knew we couldn't take these guys lightly."
The Ducks spotted the NHL's worst team an early second-period lead on Cody Hodgson's power-play goal before getting serious. Ryan Getzlaf triggered the deluge, and Sami Vatanen and Etem followed by scoring 34 seconds apart.
"It took us about a period," Getzlaf said. "It's a frustrating concept. It's something to be expected in some terms when you're on a (15)-day road trip. It's hard to get up for them all.
"I'm happy with our effort after that first period, getting back in the hockey game and displaying that will to win."
Perry and Etem blew the game open with goals 39 seconds apart, and then Perry squelched a minor Buffalo comeback with a breakaway goal. Jonas Hiller only needed to make 14 saves.
The Ducks went all in late trying to get Etem his first hat trick but that will have to wait.
"First and foremost, it's a big win," Etem said. "When you've had a little support from your teammates trying to get you that third one, it's just nice to see. Great group of guys, great teammates and that showed."
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By Radio.com Staff
Tove Lo has announced her new album is titled Lady Wood, and will be released on October 28th.
Related: Listen to Tove Lo's New Single 'Cool Girl'
The Swedish singer shared the news today via social media, tweeting the album's sexy cover with the caption "Babes my second album is coming and I'm so proud, excited & terrified. Full on LADY WOOD. Out Oct 28th. #LADYWOOD"
Tove broke through with 2014's Queen of the Clouds which featured the hit singles "Habits (Stay High)" and "Talking Body."
Check out Lo's tweet and the full track listing below.
Babes my second album is coming and I'm so proud, excited & terrified. Full on LADY WOOD. Out Oct 28th. #LADYWOOD https://t.co/ukj4QJCQQi—
Tove Lo (@ToveLo) August 17, 2016
1. "Fairy Dust" (Chapter I)
2. "Influence"
3. "Lady Wood"
4. "True Disaster"
5. "cool girl"
6. "Vibes"
7. "Fire Fade" (Chapter II)
8. "Don't Talk About It"
9. "Imaginary Friend"
10. "Keep It Simple"
11. "Flashes"
12. "WTF Love Is"


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Prince named NL Player of the Week
Brewers slugger honored after enjoying trio of three-hit games
By Cash Kruth / MLB.com
After losing four straight games to open the season, the Brewers finally caught fire this past week, winning five of six games heading into Tuesday's series opener at Pittsburgh. A big reason for Milwaukee's turnaround was the offensive outburst of first baseman Prince Fielder, who on Monday was named the National League Player of the Week. In seven games against the Braves and Cubs last week, Fielder led the Majors with 11 RBIs and 21 total bases, while batting .440 (11-for-25). The 26-year-old left-handed batter also had two homers and four doubles during that time period, finishing the week tied for second in the NL in both categories. He also slugged .840, posting a .500 on-base percentage. Fielder also had a trio of three-hit games during the week and on Saturday tied a franchise record for doubles in a game with three, which had been done 33 times. Other Brewers who were up for Player of the Week consideration were closer John Axford, who recorded three saves while not allowing a run last week, and left-handed starter Chris Narveson, who in two starts (13 innings) did not allow a run while striking out 14.
Cash Kruth is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter at @cashkruth. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Depending on whether I automatically download ZAP or manually download it, I've always noted that there are two file versions. For instance, I've currently downloaded two instances of the new ZAP 8.0.15 (one using a download button, the other manually from the release history page), and by checking the properties on the files, there is Zonealarm Pro-1042-English and Zonealarm Pro-1043-English. What is the difference between 1042 and 1043, and is there any reason to choose one over the other? Thanks for info.
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Injured Kentucky Forward Looks Ahead To NBA Draft
LEXINGTON, Ky. -- Nerlens Noel continues to take small steps toward returning to the court following surgery on his left knee.
He's shed his crutches and exercising without a knee brace. Though he wouldn't specify want types of exercises, it's all all signs his recovery is ahead of schedule - and each stride is important with the NBA draft looming.
Noel said Tuesday that he's "doing good" after the March 12 operation to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament. The 6-foot-10 post player expects to return to the court by Christmas, a long road back likely to involve countless hours rehabbing in an NBA facility.
Noel likely won't stay long on teams' draft boards and could become Kentucky's third No. 1 overall pick in four years at the June 27 event in New York.
"That would be a dream come true, to be the first pick in the NBA draft," Noel said. "That's something you dream about when you're a kid. I'd be very blessed to be in that position."
Noel joins Wildcats guard Archie Goodwin in the draft pool, a widely predicted scenario for all of Kentucky's incoming class last year. However, forward Alex Poythress and 7-footer Willie Cauley-Stein will return for a second season with the Wildcats.
Noel's announcement last week that he was turning pro was basically a foregone conclusion. He led the nation with 4.4 blocks per game this season along with 10.5 points, 9.5 rebounds and 2.1 steals, being named the Southeastern Conference's top rookie and defensive player along with making the all-conference first team.
Despite enjoying his time on campus that included life lessons on and off the court from Wildcats coach John Calipari, Noel said going pro was the best decision for him.
"I sat down with my family, saw the extent of my injury and felt it wasn't going to affect me too much in the draft," Noel said.
That Noel could go No. 1 while slogging through an eight-month recovery process from the devastating injury is an indication of what NBA executives think about his ability and potential. Still, even after he finishes rehab, he will have to get into NBA shape.
The process to get Noel to a point where he could have an impact in NBA game will require patience by whoever drafts him, and by Noel himself. He said he has shown plenty of patience since tearing the ligament in the second half of a 69-52 loss at Florida on Feb. 12.
Noel ran into the padded basket support after blocking Mike Rosario's layup from behind and landing awkwardly, falling to the floor and screaming as he clutched his knee. He hasn't watched replays of the season-ending injury but doesn't regret making the hustle play in a game the Wildcats trailed throughout.
"Regardless of the score, I wasn't going to let him get that easy basket," Noel said. "That's just who I am. I will not be embarrassed in any way, I will not give him the easy basket. I just wanted to keep fighting to give my team the best chance of getting back in fighting position to win that game."
Then again, Noel's competitive fire is why some draft web sites have him atop its mock boards. He hasn't paid attention to the predictions and said he hasn't heard from any NBA teams, focusing mostly on regaining strength in the knee.
As for next month's NBA draft combine in Chicago, Noel expects to be a bystander.
"Going in with the injury I have right now, I'm not sure I'll be able to do too much besides get checked out by the doctors," he said. "Maybe I can shoot some free throws or talk to general managers, but as far as that, I don't think I'll be doing too much."
Despite rebuilding muscle in the leg, Noel acknowledges that the ligament graft will take time to heal and adapt in the leg. His walk is slow but becoming more fluid, progress that pleases his physical therapist.
"I'm taking it slow, with a lot of strength exercise and agility," he said.
One of the toughest things Noel said he has had to do was watch Kentucky stumble to a 4-5 finish.
Of course, the Wildcats struggled with Noel but seemed more out of sync trying to regroup in his absence. Kentucky lost by 30 at Tennessee in its first post-Noel game, dropped consecutive games at Arkansas and Georgia and fell to Vanderbilt in the SEC tournament, defeats that ultimately kept the Wildcats from defending their NCAA championship.
The Wildcats also lost at Robert Morris in the first round of the NIT as the top overall seed.
"It was real tough" to watch, Noel said, "just watching them play and know that I could have helped them in so many ways. But I'm proud of them guys. They played as hard as they could, they beat two of the best teams in the league (Florida and Missouri) without me. ... Things just didn't roll their way sometimes. But they played their hearts out."


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The San Francisco Giants gained a 2-0 advantage in the World Series in part because of the strong performances by lefthanders Barry Zito and Madison Bumgarner. But now the righthanders will take over, with Ryan Vogelsong starting Game 3 and Matt Cain starting Game 4.
The Detroit Tigers are a much stronger team against righthanders, something that Giants manager Bruce Bochy was well aware of when setting up his rotation. The Tigers hit .253/.329/.395 and were 26-25 against lefties this season, compared to .275/.337/.434 and 62-49 against righties.
"Everybody knows, I'm sure that's why they pitched two lefthanders in the first two games, because they knew we were a little weaker from that side," Tigers manager Jim Leyland told the San Francisco Chronicle. "But I like both our lineups. You credit the Giant pitching for doing a good job against us thus far and the fact we're not swinging quite as well as we can."
Among those who aren't swinging as well as they can: Miguel Cabrera and Prince Fielder, who have combined to go 2-for-11 with one RBI in the first two games of the World Series. Both are far more productive vs. righthanders than lefthanders. Fielder hit just six of his homers of his 30 homers vs. lefthanders during the regular season, while Cabrera hit only four of his 44 homers vs. southpaws.
Still, Vogelsong and Cain aren't routine righthanders. Vogelsong is 2-0 with a 1.42 ERA in three postseason starts; Cain, an ace who tossed a perfect game during the regular season, is 2-2 with a 3.52 ERA.
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jokerman1 Posts: 1Even though I did not want to pay more than list, my current leased car was being returned to volvo so I decided to bust a move. Going rate in the bay area at that time was $1500 over list. Tried to buy at list but nobody would budge (keep in mind this car is limited production and is a 04, not a 03 - no immediate depreciation hit). Only 2 silver cars in town at that time (out of 12 dealers). Walnut Creek Subaru in Concord did my deal, but I suspect Ron Price Subaru in SF would also have done the deal (they also had a silver one) if I had driven down there.
If you really want to buy this car, I'd recommend doing the following:
1)find a dealer (or preferably two dealers) who has the car you want (call or check web inventory)
2)visit the dealer in person and make your best offer
3)be prepared to buy the car and drive it home
(I left my current car and returned to pick it up the next day)
I'm not sure when supply of this car will exceed demand, but I'm guessing it will take some time (especially if you want to pay list or under list - there are a lot of people waiting on the sidelines prepared to pay list).
In the meantime I've driven 700 miles and am having the time of my life. CARPE DIEM!
onemoremile Posts: 9East Imports in Grand Rapids Michigan (49512) will be receiving to STIs later this week. They are black with gold and blue with silver. Both are well equipped and will be sold at MSRP. There are the first STIs that have not been sold before arrival.
I've had my STi for 3 weeks. Only one dealer had any in stock in my area. I worked on them for 2 days and got them down to $1,800 over sticker (from $6,000). My STi had 5 miles on it when I drove it off the lot - I didn't even have them clean it up, it still had the plastic on it. I had it professionally detailed a couple of days later.
I love this car... it's worth every nickel I paid for it.
The dealer experience was great too, no complaints there at all.
What attitude .
They robbed you and you are grateful.
Enjoy the car.
axp696 Posts: 90got them down to $1,800
Errrm... so you still paid a $1,800 markup over MSRP? Perhaps it depends on the area, every New England dealer has at least one sitting on their lot and they're more than happy to let them go at MSRP or even MRSP including a couple options.
penguinboy Posts: 1Just drove home in my new 2004 WRX wagon for $22,700. All smiles so far.
I wouldn't consider $1,800 over MSRP being robbed, not for a car with the capability of the STi. They didn't hold a gun to my head, absolutely no pressure, very professional sales/ management staff - the buying experience was excellent. There are no STi's available in my area and blue/ gold STi's are very hard to find. I didn't feel like waiting for one and the one they had was sitting in the garage with the plastic still on it with 5 miles on the clock - $1,800 over wasn't unreasonable IMO, I was glad to pay it - the STi is awesome.
Cars like the STi are going to bring customers into Subaru dealers that don't think $37.5k (my out the door cost with TTL) for a car is a stretch. I actually feel I saved about $30k buying my STi considering I was shopping M3's and base 911's - two cars the STi will hang with all day at the track - my STi was a screaming bargain.
For people coming from high end STi is dirt cheap, even with 1800 markup.
On the other hand for people upgrading from Focus SVT, Neon (ACR anyone) - lower end - STi is good value but are less likely to accept markup.
PS In Polish there is a saying:
Point of view depends where one sits.
Plus STi's are scarce in my area, there aren't any available. I felt lucky to get this one. Evo's can be had for $1,000 below MSRP - 3 or 4 sitting on each Mitsubishi dealer's lot around here.
I don't know if Subaru is going to open the pipeline on the STi in the future - now that I have mine I hope they don't of course :-)
thegster Posts: 6Went to Chase Parkway in Watertown CT to buy WRX, they refused to take my Grand Cherokee in trade, wouldnt even give me a price. Went right to Center Subaru in Torrington and got Kelly Blue book on Jeep and $2K off WRX. They are the best. When I called Chase to tell them I bought, they got mad at me, said I should have given them a chance. LOL
Yeah, some dealers don't even want cars more than 3-4 years old. They'll just wholesale them out for auction or something.
Still, in this competitive market, they need to work with you. Congrats on the Rex.
A friend bought a silver STi from the same dealer I did and paid $1k over MSRP. They got 2 in on Friday, he worked on them all weekend to get them down to $1k over. Both STi's were sold over the weekend - one silver, one black.
I've heard blue ones are hard to come by. Still totally satisfied with mine - just hit 1,700 miles.
wrxfanboy Posts: 25STi for MSRP and room to negotiate!
I just bought a 2004 WRX from these guys with 5 options; Premium sound, Performance, Popoular equipment, spoiler and armrest for 24,100. I was very happy with this dealership and how they treated me.
¤ "This holdback amount is "invisible" to the consumer because it does not appear as an itemized fee on the window sticker. If the car sells within 90 days of arrival on the dealer's lot, the dealer is guaranteed a profit even if the vehicle is sold to you at cost. Because of the holdback, the dealer can advertise a car at $1 over invoice and still make hundreds of dollars on the sale."
¤ Subaru 3% of the Total MSRP (Amount may differ in Northeastern U.S.) http://www.edmunds.com/advice/incentives/holdback/ So If I'm Looking at a WRX STI at $31900 and HoldBack on this Car is Aproximately $1000, Should I Feel Confident with an Offer in the $31000 Range? And as Far as Reg, Tags, Title, & Liscence are Concerned, Can you do it yourself Or do Dealers Demand you Pay Inflated Fees [$400] for Minimum Wage Lackey Work as I Would Feel Better With a Nice Cash Money Envelope for the Vacume Man and Paper Chaser? In Closing I Just Wanted to Find out What Others Drivers Were Paying for Insurance on the WRX STI? Looks Like Edmunds Lists Yearly Insurance at Around $900. ThankYou for Your Time.
Dealers have to eat, I wouldn't expect them to dip into their holdback, especially not on the hot STi. I think if you can negotiate invoice you should be offering seminars! :-)
terrahopper Posts: 10Got my STi here in California; the Land of Terminator for Governor. My first offer from when I put a deposit was MSRP. When an STi arrived, the markup was ridiculous! $10,000! I'm sure many car stores around Cali do this to catch the desperate and impatient ones. The wheels weren't the ones I wanted. I waited a week. Magically, the markup lowered to $5,000. I said I'd wait, again. About 1.5 months later, my STi showed up. Markup? $2,500. I was at the car store when they told me this; I said I'd wait until the price was better. Instantly, it became MSRP. Of course, it wasn't that easy to get it down to MSRP, but if you're patient (and firm, yet courteous with the salespeople), you'll get the price you want.
Maybe someone in Cali will get an STi for under MSRP,
TerraHopper :-)
¤ I'm Using the All OnLine Approach and If You Can Find a Dealer that Will Go this Route a Bargain Can Be Had. I've Received 2 Quotes From 2 Different Oregon Dealers and if One of Those Dealers Happens to Be a Very Motivated Seller a Below MSRP Number and Extras May Be in Your Future. Here is My Approach From this Point Forward On a Subaru WRX STI With Alarm Upgrade, Wheel Locks, AutoDim Mirrors & Compass: Drive the Vehicle, Make it Known that the Interior is Substandard [No Leather Package, Less than Impressive Guage and Panel Arrangement, No Remote or Wheel Control for Stereo] and That the Cooper and RSX Type S Both Have These Options At $23,000. Walk off the Lot and Guage Dealer Motivation. If EMail Continues Ask For Lube for Life, Coustom Seat Covers, Custom Tail Pipe, ETC. If the Dealer Indeed Understands that Your Saving them Money with an All EMail Sale and they Recognize Dealer HoldBack is Only Good for 3 Months [3 % of MSRP or Close to a $1000 On the STI] Then You Can Proceed With the Mutual Knowledge that Most Dealer Profit is Made After the Sale. If They Treat You Well You Will More than Likely Service that Vehicle At the Dealer and Return Again for a Future Purchase. And Just Remember that Most Cars in the $30 K Range Have 1ST Year Depreciation in the $5-$8k Range So Holding a Dealer to a Reasonable MarkUp is Beneficial For Both Parties. If Anyone on the West Coast Needs an STI in the Aforementioned Price Range Let Me Know as I May Be Able to Offer My Services. Bad Oregon Economy = Good Oregon Deals. ¶€AC€ KRN£¤K£INK
asequeir Posts: 1My first experience at a Subaru dealer in southern california didn't go quite as I imagined.... the salesman locked my friend and I out of the car and refused to let us drive it. He said the price was $39,850 and that it was "non-negotiable." I understand that if this car was a limited edition Ferrari Enzo, or even a lowly Mercedes SL55 AMG I might accept that test drives are far and few between. But, this is a $30k SUBARU! Give me a break!
I thought perhaps maybe this Nazi-mentality was at only 1 dealer so I decided to visit another Subaru dealer in southern california. They said no test drives on the STi either. How are you supposed to buy a car without driving it first? I've never owned a Subaru, and apparently I never will because I refuse to buy a car I can't drive.
The problem is there are too many people who are willing to buy a car without driving it. There are too many people who are willing to pay more than MSRP. There are also too many other great cars to be accepting this kind of customer service from anyone.
At many dealers the car was considered "owner driven", meaning no one was giving test drives with so many willing buyers at hand. It makes sense if you think about it bacause the first thing the buyer wants is a car with no miles on it.
karupt411 Posts: 1Hey, looking at the 2.5 RS. What are some prices paid in Canada? Only owned Honda's before but Subie seems to be the right one on paper to buy so far. Any happy canucks out there? I can't figure out if the AWD in Canada is that useful or is it not worth the lower gas mileage and increased maintenance and repair costs versus FWDs. Any comments? Funny to note that the 2.5 RS and WRX carry the same insurance rate. Too bad their MSRP don't match either.
dsattler Posts: 135When the Miata came out dealers here had no demo units and no test drives. Want one, buddy? Put a deposit down and get on the waiting list, your "test drive" occurs when "your" car comes in and you've paid for it. Local Honda dealer wouldn't give test drives on the S2000 for a long time, either. You could drive a WRX and imagine the same thing, only more so.
I knew of one S2000 salesman that said he'd give a 100% money back guarantee. So you had to buy it to drive it. Noone took their money back!
I would want a car with just a couple of miles on it also, especially if I were buying an exotic, so I can't say I blame them.
I was able to test drive an STi but I had to let them pull my credit to show them I was able to buy it. They knew I was interested in buying it,not just taking it out for a test drive. They had two in stock and were using one for short test drives - I bought the one with 5 miles on it.
I can kind of understand a dealer not allowing test drives without someone proving they could buy it if they liked it. Although I had a much easier time getting a test drive in a new M3 and C32 AMG.
A friend of mine got a dealer down to $750 below MSRP on a silver STi this week.
hondasellertx Posts: 35Talk about a CSI killing survey just waiting to happen. IF the attitude and personality coming through in the posts by krnlklink are the true persona this is the salesperson's nightmare. The customer who will give the worst survey to a hard working salesperson is invariably the one who pinches the penny the tightest and believes they are doing a huge favor by buying the car at a barrel scraping figure.
No, I am not suggesting everyone should lay down and pay $xxxx over sticker price however if the situation were reversed and the salesperson were the customer in your hair salon, deli, appliance store or wherever and wanted your $20 styling service for $12 because Schmucks barbershop does a plain cut for that you wouldn't consider them reasonable and when you finished giving them a great style they'd be negative about it. Fill in the scenario with whatever business you are in and ask yourself if that's how you want people to think of you and expect you to do business.
There are plenty of honest and good salespeople working their butts off to give good service and FAIR deals. There are some who are looking for scalps every time. Don't let yourself be scalped but don't try to scalp the salesman either. He/she deserves to make a FAIR living just as much as anyone else.
I've noticed there are many, many STis just sitting at the local dealerships. This is probably a great time to get 'just' a WRX, as the STi is really the hot commodity... Anyone have any luck with this? Anyone recommend a dealership in the greater Boston area?
Also, anyone know what the max contract length is for the 0% financing Subaru is currently offering?
We've got 4 STi's on the lot and enough WRX's to get through the winter.
Now is a good time to have a chat with your local dealer...
Raybear, since you're 'connected'... can you answer my second question - What's the max contract length for the 0%?
Also, what's a great deal for a '04 WRX auto wagon in this area?
dill6 Posts: 120though I'm not in the new car market this year, I did stop by the local dealer to drool and chat yesterday. The guy who sold me my WRX was unusually animated about pitching the virtues of the STi to me, and offered, without my asking, that he had "just been authorized" to offer $750 off of MSRP on the STi.
Sign of the times.
Makes the early markups just a bad memory.
24 months.
We advertise a 60-month deal but you're paying for the buydown.


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Retirement community, Equinox Village, partners with local artist to offer art classes
MANCHESTER CENTER -- Equinox Village is thrilled to partner with local artist and art teacher Tony Conner to offer a fresh set of four art classes to the public in the first half of 2013. Conner has offered a wide array of art classes to Equinox Village residents and the general public for years, but this most recent set of classes are especially suited for beginners.
"I'm really excited about this series of classes," said Tony Conner, the instructor for the classes. "It will give anyone with an interest in art a great introduction to fundamental drawing and painting skills and techniques." The series includes Learn to Draw I, Learn to Draw II, The Easy Way to Watercolor, and Creating Your Own Original Watercolor Greeting Cards. A class list with dates, times, and details regarding what will be covered is below.
Each class includes four sessions. Learn to Draw I begins on Jan. 10 and will continue one-class-per-week through the end of the month. Classes covering other topics will run through the end of May.
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Learn to Draw I 11 a. m. - 12:30 p. m. Thursdays Jan. 10, 17, 24 & 31, 2013 This class will teach the all-important skill of observation - really seeing the objects being drawn - along with developing the ability to transfer what you see to paper. Instructor Tony Conner will begin by teaching participants to see and draw basic shapes (circles, squares, rectangles and triangles) and to turn these into more complex shapes and objects. Included in the class will also be the basics of size, proportion and perspective.
Learn to Draw II 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Thursdays Feb. 14, 21, 28 and March 7, 2013 In the second class in this drawing series, Instructor Tony Conner will help participants build on the abilities and skills developed in Learn to Draw I.
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Creating Your Own Original Watercolor Greeting Cards 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Thursdays May 2, 9, 16 and 23, 2013 Learn to create fun, compelling and unique greeting cards with Instructor Tony Conner. You'll learn easy methods and simple watercolor techniques that can be used over and over to make your own original cards.
--- Equinox Village is a vibrant independent living community situated on eleven pristine acres in the heart of the Green Mountains' rich cultural and recreational opportunities. Residents enjoy private, spacious apartments with exquisite views and fine dining in the community's full-service white-tablecloth restaurant. Well-appointed common areas provide ideal places to meet family and friends and to participate in cultural events, health and wellness programs, and educational opportunities. Equinox Village was founded in 2006 by brothers Dr. Jim Russell and John Russell. They lead a team of caring professionals to offer the premier independent living experience in the region.
Tony Conner is a self-taught artist working in watercolor and a variety of other media. His favorite subjects are landscapes and seascapes, and he is especially interested in the quality of light and its effects on form, color and texture. Tony is a member of the New England and Vermont Watercolor Societies and of the American Society of Architectural Illustrators. He works from his studio in Bennington.
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Pitbull was in good spirits yesterday after an online prank landed him in Kodiak, Alaska, for a performance. During his trip the rapper took to Twitter to share photos with fans.
Earlier this summer, journalist David Thorpe thought it would be fun to exile Mr. Worldwide to Kodiak after he revealed his promotional campaign with Walmart and Sheets energy strips. The main city off Kodiak Island, Kodiak is only accessible via ferry or airplane.
The campaign took place on Facebook, where fans could pick the Walmart of their choice Pitbull would perform by liking their store. Thorpe decided to get involved and ended up getting the rapper exiled to the remote location in Alaska as a prank. Although it only has a population of 6,000, Kodiak's Walmart page received over 65,000 likes.
We suggested a few items Pitbull should carry in his suitcase to the cold state, but never anticipated adding bear repellent to the list. Both Pitbull and Thorpe documented the day on Twitter.
this is a first 4 me…
@sheets @walmart #PitbullKodiak twitter.com/Pitbull/status…
— Pitbull (@Pitbull) July 30, 2012
ARE Y'ALL READY FOR PITBULL??? twitter.com/Arr/status/230…
— David Thorpe (@Arr) July 30, 2012
Among his many photo uploads, Thorpe revealed what his first introduction to Pitbull was like.
"Just met Pitbull. He shook my hand and said "Keep bulls****ing. Next thing you know we'll be on the moon."
My Pitbull-handshake hand smells like cologne I'll never be able to afford
— David Thorpe (@Arr) July 30, 2012
Pitbull just shouted me out in front of like… HUNDREDS of people. twitter.com/Arr/status/230…
— David Thorpe (@Arr) July 30, 2012
All in all, Pitbull was a good sport and expressed his love for Kodiak on Twitter.
Thank U Kodiak…I am honored, truly.
#PitbullKodiak @walmart @sheets twitter.com/Pitbull/status…
— Pitbull (@Pitbull) July 30, 2012
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Former Clark Atlanta University football standout, and now professional boxer, Jonathan "Beauty Salon" Hamm (7-1, 5KO) made his television debut on ESPN's Friday Night Fights last week in his bout against Daniel Martz (8-1, 6KO) at Rockingham Park in Salem, N.H.
Hamm came up just short against Marks (9-1-1, 6KO's), who won the six-round majority decision. One judge had the bout even at 57-57, while the other two both scored it for Marks, 59-55 and 58-56. The loss drops Hamm to 7-2 in his pro career, with five knockouts.
Hamm entered the amateur boxing arena in 2010 after a brief stint in the National Football League (NFL) in 2007 with the New Orleans Saints followed by two successful years with the New York Dragons of the Arena Football League (AFL). Prior to his professional football career, he starred for one season (2006) at the defensive end position at Clark Atlanta.
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Sol 16 Update on Curiosity from USGS Scientist Ken Herkenhoff: Wiggling Wheels22 August 2012
First the bad news: The REMS (meteorology experiment) team confirmed that two out of 3 wind sensors on one of the two booms on the remote sensing mast are permanently damaged and cannot be used. They are getting good wind data from the other boom and are working on getting as much information as possible from the one working sensor on the other boom. The most likely explanation for the damage is that the descent rockets threw dirt up on the top of MSL during landing, but it will be a while before we can take pictures (using the camera on the arm) to confirm this. The other sad news is that one of the leaders of the engineering team, Jake Matijevic passed away last weekend. I worked with Jake on the Mars Pathfinder/Sojourner project over 15 years ago, and again on the Mars Exploration Rover project. I enjoyed every interaction I had with him, and along with the rest of the MSL team will miss his contributions to the latest, most ambitious rover project.
And now the good news: More cheers and applause today as MSL successfully deployed its arm and wiggled its wheels in preparation for its first drive. The first drive was planned today, and everyone is anxious to see the results tomorrow morning. It will be a short (3 m) drive, then a turn in place followed by another short drive, intended to check out the mobility system. If all goes well, we will be able to plan a longer (up to 10 m) drive next. After the drive is complete, the rover will take a bunch of images to determine exactly where it ended up, and to allow more observations to be targeted from the new location. ChemCam continues to work well, returning data of better quality than expected. Roger Wiens, the ChemCam Principal Investigator, will summarize early results during a press conference tomorrow at JPL.


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Pizza #4, shown in all the pics here was a bit of an odd-ball orphan but it was by far the most popular. It consisted of Pendleton Power, about 75%, and the remaining S&F flour I had in a jar, about 25%. Hydration was 65% and about tsp of IDY was used. This ball was about 6 days old. It overproofed and I knocked it down and reballed after 48 hours, it blew-up again and I reballed a second time at 96 hours, this was the third rise with the yeast gobbling-up what was left of a tsp of sugar originally. Bake time 5:00 ! It almost went into the garbage.
When you reballed twice did you use a lot of bench flour? Enough to make the overblown feeling go away, and return it to a starting doughball? What was the bench flour? Proofing temp? Ball weight to begin with and finally before use?
We did a 30+ free catering gig for our church, yesterday. Learned a valuable lesson today as our cold kitchen didn't bring the dough up to the needed 70-75 degrees before opening. Two hours after removing from the frig, the balls were only at 60 degrees. This cold, elastic dough would not stretch without tearing. My 18" pizza's ended-up being 14" but we were up against a time deadline and had to bake....
Well, that's interesting. Your overblown must be a LOT different from my overblown. When mine turns into a gooey bubbly blob and tries to escape onto the counter, I call it overblown. What's yours like?
Ah, the challenges of doing pizza on location. But as they say, the show must go on! Way to roll with the punches.
Not like yours!! I'd be afraid to sleep at night at your house fearing that I might be consumed by the dough monster by morning!!! Love the char on the edges of the meat on your pizza. That one looks like it needs some beer, a little football, and some serious "alone time".


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