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Lots to be thankful for this year… including these delicious Thanksgiving recipes! Here's what I made this year.
Cape Cod Chopped Salad (Barefoot Contessa)
Brussels Sprouts with Shallots and Salt Pork (Bon Appétit)
Cornbread, Sausage, and Pecan Dressing (Bon Appétit)
- 3/4 cup (1 1/2 sticks) unsalted butter plus more for baking dish
- 1 pound day-old cornbread, broken into 1 1/2-inch–2-inch pieces (9 cups)
- 1 pound breakfast sausage links, casings removed
- 2 1/2 cups chopped yellow onions
- 1 1/2 cups 1/4-inch slices celery
- 1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
- 3 cups low-sodium chicken broth, divided
- 1 1/4 cups chopped toasted pecans (optional)
- 1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh sage
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh rosemary
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 large eggs
Arrange racks in upper and lower thirds of oven; preheat to 250°. Butter a 13x9x2-inch baking dish; set aside. Scatter cornbread in a single layer on 2 rimmed baking sheets. Bake, stirring often and rotating sheets halfway through, until dried out, about 1 hour. Let cool. Transfer to a very large mixing bowl.
Meanwhile, cook sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat, breaking up into 1/2-inch–1-inch pieces with a wooden spoon, until browned, 8-10 minutes. Transfer to bowl with cornbread but do not stir.
Heat 3/4 cup butter in same skillet; add onions and celery and cook, stirring often, until softened and just beginning to brown, about 10 minutes. Add to cornbread in bowl.
Return skillet to heat. Add vinegar; cook, scraping up browned bits from bottom of pan, for 1 minute. Pour into bowl with cornbread. Gently fold in 1 1/2 cups broth, pecans, if using, parsley, sage, rosemary, and thyme. Add salt and pepper. Let cool.
Preheat oven to 350°. Whisk 1 1/2 cups broth and eggs in a small bowl. Fold gently into cornbread until thoroughly combined, taking care not to mash cornbread (mixture will look wet). Transfer to prepared dish, cover with foil, and bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of dressing registers 160°, about 40 minutes. DO AHEAD Dressing can be made 1 day ahead. Uncover; let cool. Cover and chill.
Bake dressing, uncovered, until set and top is browned and crisp, 40-45 minutes longer (if chilled, add 10-15 minutes).
Old-Fashioned Apple Crisp (Barefoot Contessa Parties!)
- 5 pounds McIntosh or Macoun apples
- Grated zest of 1 orange
- Grated zest of 1 lemon
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed orange juice
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 teaspoons ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon ground nutmeg
For the topping:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1 cup oatmeal
- 1/2 pound cold unsalted butter, diced
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Butter a 9 by 14 by 2-inch oval baking dish.
Peel, core, and cut the apples into large wedges. Combine the apples with the zests, juices, sugar, and spices. Pour into the dish.
To make the topping, combine the flour, sugars, salt, oatmeal, and cold butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment. Mix on low speed until the mixture is crumbly and the butter is the size of peas. Scatter evenly over the apples.
Place the crisp on a sheet pan and bake for 1 hour until the top is brown and the apples are bubbly. Serve warm.
And, of course, the Attractive Nuisance's family recipe: Chocolate Pecan Pie


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Friday, August 21, 2009
Back From Vacation and Man do I feel great.
Where did I go? I went to NYC-stayed in Tribeca and only ate Pizza, Hotdogs, White Castle and Hala Food from vendors that are nearly on every street corner. I also lost 6 pounds! After three months of half-ass dieting to prepare for my Pizza diet, who would have known that just going for it was the key to success! How did I do it? Well, first I walked to Little Italy, bought 2-4 slices, ate them, and then walked around the city. That is it. As a Database Dude, I do not do much walking except for when I am too tired to run on the treadmill for 20 mins. I was averaging around 10 miles a day for a 12-hour period walking around NYC taking pictures, enjoying the sites, eating, drinking, and then repeat. I even walked from Canal Street all the way to the Staten Island Ferry just because. Man it was great.
After NYC, I went to Puerto Rico for the second time. My family and I had a freaking awesome time. We went to the only US National Park that is a Rain Forest. Went to Vieques to the Bio Luminous Bay, where the single cell organisms light up when kinetic energy is applied to them. Went to Culebra, to Flamenco Beach – which is off the hook: much better than any other beach I have been to. Drove around the entire Main Puerto Rican Island stopping off in Rincon and eating every 3-4 hours.
I am fully rested and feel like a 20 year old again. So, expect a lot more posts. I think the order will be:
Migrate 20 TB of data into a new Format without downtime.
How to make Friend Queries work with a database.
Throughput increase from Asynchronous Queries.
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- kellan said...
And you didn't drop a line while you were in town? Tho in truth life is so crazy this month probably wouldn't have mattered.
We loved Vieques when we were there in 2002. Glad to hear its still great, be great to get back some day.
- Fri Aug 21, 12:56:00 PM
Why do you need a whole team to manage the number of servers you have? One competent person can manage a few thousand servers with time to spare each day.
- Fri Aug 21, 05:57:00 PM
- Dathan Vance Pattishall said...
@kellan sry dude was so busy. I did think of you though :)
@anonymous - I use to think just like you then realized that I can do better work when I am rested. So, since other people want to be rested as well, we take turns handling pages. One person a week.
- Sat Aug 22, 06:57:00 PM
Nothing like the luminosity of single-celled organisms to put spring back in your step!
Though the sabrets would've been enough to do it for me...
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|I have to say I've never seen ducks in the ocean before. Seems there are more ducks here than seagulls.
|Our beach house. The name of it is Doctor's Orders :0) We're renting the left side of the house.
|Beautiful day for a sail. We've been enjoying our vacation. The weather has been great and the seafood has been awesome!


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Indoor Soccer Facility
Indoor Soccer Facility
Construction of Newfoundland and Labrador's first indoor soccer facility is currently under way. This facility is being constructed in St. John's just across from Country Ribbon in Pleasantville. Earlier today I dropped by to see how the construction on this building was going . I was informed that progress is well on schedule, the buildings footings are completed and assemblying the steel frame work, as you can see in the above photo, is under way.
A big Boost !!
There is no doubt that this facility will be a big boost for provincial soccer and I'm sure the provinces elite and all-star programs will greatly benefit from this new facility. Soccer will be able to be played year round, for the first time in the Province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Provincial Indoor Tournaments
Today when I was sizing up this facility, I felt maybe we can get back to having Provincial Indoor Soccer Tournaments that will be sanctioned by the NLSA. With this new facility there will be no down time in provincial soccer and if we are going to grow our sport, that's what we need. Hopefully, KGV will get back on stream for the spring and Santa Claus can get the kids some new soccer equipment for Christmas. I'll keep you posted on this new facility as I see it happening


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bought an IDE license
I'm not a full time java developer, nor any kind of developer. But for my work and for my life, I do a lot of things in java, python and ruby. Since a long time I'm using www.jetbrains.com/, and I was really hoping for one day to one day be stable enough to buy the all packages license. And from past month, I'm a happy owner of all the products, the ones that I used by now pychar, intellij idea (java) and was about to use redmine but I had to arrange my code to put in in a repository, so is taking some time to tidy up everything and began to code again.
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Join music historian, Larry Maurer in a special Veterans Day Timeless Melodies educational program honoring the great songs that built our nation. The Timeless Melodies Foundation pays tribute-in-song to our American heroes who sacrificed their lives to create the world's greatest democracy. From Yankee Doodle, to The Star Spangled Banner, to the Battle Hymn of the Republic, to America the Beautiful, to God Bless America, (and more) these songs are our national heritage. Join us as we relive the history, music and legendary tales that founded a great nation.
Location: Norma Kershaw Auditorium
Price: Members or with paid museum admission $9 | General $12


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~ A Simple Request: My Prayer~
Dear Lord of Heaven and Earth,
Grant me Thy special care
For this journey to Heaven
Is strenuous and hard
And many oppose my journey there.
Grant me Thy loving hands to hold my heart.
Thy voice to lead me on
Thy tender eyes to watch o'er me
As the darkness around slowly turns to dawn.
Grant me courage for every fear,
Strength for every fight
Give me laughter thru streaming tears
And Thy pure light in the midst of darkest night.
For Onward shall I walk
Though torrential storm and winds prevail,
And overcome the vicious enemy
And overcome each lie he tries to tell.
Til' the day when Thine voice I hear,
"Come for all things are prepared",
and joyfully, collect the sheaves
And Fruit I sowed with tender care.
That Day when every knee shall bow,
Out shall ring the thunder of Angels praise,
For Thou art King and King alone
to Thee, my heart, I shall forever raise.
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HOUSTON, TX – 10/5/2016 (PRESS RELEASE JET) — The company claims to be one of the best auto title loan providers in Houston with an exceptionally simple application process and extremely low rates
With more and more people opting for vehicle title loans to fulfill their immediate cash requirements and a highly competitive market, Advantage Finance LLC has been making title loans more affordable for people of Houston.
Title loans, generally known as high rate and short term loans, have been taken to a whole new level by Advantage Finance LLC. A spokesperson at the company was quoted as saying, "Now you do not have to worry about paying back the loan within a month with extremely high interest rates because Advantage Finance LLC offers vehicle title loans for over 5 months with the lowest possible rates."
Having partnered with a private lending organization, Advantage Finance LLC provides title loans for up to $40,000, with a very high approval rate in Houston. The company has listed down a 3-step process for anyone interested in getting cash for their vehicle:
- Call Advantage Finance LLC or fill out the contact form, available on their website, to get in touch with a customer service representative and get a quote by providing details about your vehicle
- Visit any of their offices with the required documents
- Receive money in as fast as 30 minutes
Securing a loan has become a hassle free process with these easy steps. Also, the presence of Advantage Finance LLC at 4 different locations in Houston has made it easily accessible.
Advantage Finance LLC may also help you in paying off the existing loan on your vehicle if you meet their criteria. This was confirmed by one of the company's marketing personnel on their social media outlet:
"If you qualify, we will payoff your existing title loan and refinance it with our Low Rate, Low Monthly Payments title loan. Call us now and we will help you with your title loans and title loan buyout."
The highly efficient and cooperative staff of Advantage Finance LLC not only listens and answers all your concerns and questions but also helps you through each and every step of the process and makes sure that you quickly receive money on as simple terms as possible.
Although Advantage Finance LLC is currently serving people in following counties:
- Wharton
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- Brazoria
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- Fort Bend
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- San Jacinto
- Montgomery
- Matagorda
- Harris
However, they might help people from other counties as well. If you live in any other county, call them to inquire if they can help you with an auto title loan.
About the Company
Operating at four different locations across Houston, Advantage Finance LLC helps people to secure a loan in order to fulfill their immediate needs of money. The company is working as a registered Credit Service Organization and Credit Access Business in Houston to make title loans easier and more affordable for everyone.
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Phone: +1 713-894-7860
Country: United States
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I have finally got myself an Everyday Display instead of just borrowing Mum's and having fun putting it together for her! I wanted to make up a layout to have on display for the Open Day at the Bay Lounge on Saturday, so I've used some photos of Victoria's graduation with the new "Wishful" border kit. I love the starry theme, and I think it goes really well with Graduation photos. I need to add a title or some journalling, but other than that, it's finished. One of the reasons I really like the Everyday Display is that none of this is stuck down - the magnets are holding it all together... so everything is reusable in my albums!
Thursday, September 2, 2010
Everyday Display
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Emma's First Year
I have created a page a bit like this one for Matthew's first year, and I have been looking forward to doing one for Emma. When I made Matthew's page I used the small circular templates for the photos, but this time round the Jumbo Circle Template is out and I wanted to use it to make one large mat. It was actually a bit of a fiddly design, but I do like the overall effect. It is rather "busy", and I would love to use the same idea again sometime with fewer photos. If I was only trying to fit in 6 instead of twelve for example, I could leave little gaps between each section of the pizza.
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First Cinema Visit
I loved completing this page. Matthew and his best friend and worst enemy Alfie had a trip to the cinema in July to see Toy Story 3. They both loved it, and so did the mums. What a great movie!
The Toy Story Additions were perfect for creating this page, since they continued the Toy Story theme so beautifully. I used the brand new Embossed Star Maker for the embellishments.
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Among issues Sotomayor will address, if confirmed, along with the other Supreme Court justices: last week, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal relating to a challenge to the Constitutionality of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, specifically whether the appointment of PCAOB board members by the SEC commissioners (as opposed to by the President) violates the Appointment Clause of the Constitution. According to this one-page Supreme Court document confirming the court's decision to 'grant certiorari' or take on the case, the questions presented are:
- Whether the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 violates the Constitution's separation of powers by vesting members of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB") with far-reaching executive power while completely stripping the President of all authority to appoint or remove those members or otherwise supervise or control their exercise of that power, or whether, as the court of appeals held, the Act is constitutional because Congress can restrict the President's removal authority in any way it "deems best for the public interest."
- Whether the court of appeals erred in holding that, under the Appointments Clause, PCAOB members are "inferior officers" directed and supervised by the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), where the SEC lacks any authority to supervise those members personally, to remove the members for any policy related reason or to influence the members' key investigative functions, merely because the SEC may review some of the members' work product.
- If PCAOB members are inferior officers, whether the Act's provision for their appointment by the SEC violates the Appointments Clause either because the SEC is not a "Department" under Freytag v. Commissioner, 501 U.S. 868 (1991), or because the five commissioners, acting collectively, are not the "Head" of the SEC.
Broc Romanek noted in The CorporateCounsel.net Blog (under subhead: It Ain't Over Til It's Over: SCOTUS to Review Constitutionality of SOX): "Last August, the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit - voting 2-1 - concluded that the SEC's "comprehensive" oversight of the PCAOB satisfied the appointments clause. Then in November, the full DC Circuit voted 5-4 not to reconsider the ruling." Bruce Carton noted in his Securities Docket Blog, in a post entitled U.S. Supreme Court Grants Cert. in Case Challenging Constitutionality of PCAOB, that: "The Court will hear arguments during its 2009-10 term, which starts in October." In related news, see the WSJ OpEd dated May 13, The PCAOB: An Obstacle to President Obama's Success, by Kenneth Starr and Viet Dinh, who are among the lead lawyers for the plaintiffs, audit firm Beckstead & Watts, and the Free Enterprise Fund.
FCPA Investigations Increase
Meanwhile, Dionne Searcey of the Wall Street Journal reports today on developments relating to a precursor to Sarbanes-Oxley: The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or FCPA. In her article, U.S. Cracks Down on Corporate Bribes, Searcey explains that FCPA, which became law in 1977 as a response to corporate bribery scandals at home and abroad, has seen an uptick in related investigations, rising from 100 last year, to 120 this year. She notes: "The effort began in the wake of a series of business scandals earlier this decade, including the collapse of Enron, that stirred up a new corporate-reform movement... After the passage of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley Act, which is intended to hold executives more accountable for their companies' actions, the Justice Department dusted off the FCPA law as part of the overall crackdown on corporate shenanigans."
In 1979, then-SEC Chairman Harold Williams outlined the accounting and internal control provisions of FCPA, as implemented though Section 13 (b) of the Securities Exchange Act, in this speech: "[to] make and keep books, records, and accounts which, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the issuer [and to] devise and maintain a system of internal controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances [that specified objectives are met.]."
Williams noted that the SEC was proposing a management report on internal control, adding: "In fashioning this proposal, our objective was to meld the management report concept recommended by the Cohen Commission, the Financial Executives Institute [now called Financial Executives International], and other elements of business leadership with the national policy congress adopted in the accounting provisions of the [FCPA]."
However, the proposal from Williams' day, and another proposal a decade later, were ultimately not issued as final rules, in part over concerns about lack of a materiality threshhold, and concerns about language surrounding documenting compliance with the law. Banks were ultimately required to provide a management report under FDICIA enacted in 1991. Separately, in a private sector initiative, companies were provided guidance on internal control, including a sample management report on internal control, by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO), published in 1992 as COSO's Internal Control-Integrated Framework. Ultimately, the requirement for all public companies to provide a management report on internal control, and an auditor's report on internal control, came in the form of Sarbanes-Oxley Sections 404a and 404b, respectively. The SEC and PCAOB rulemaking under Sarbanes-Oxley recognizes the COSO internal control framework as a suitable, generally accepted framework for purposes of the internal control attestation. COSO continues to publish guidance and research studies, visit http://www.coso.org/ for more information.
Returning full circle to the topic earlier in this post, some have posited that if one section of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is found unconstitutional, that could open a can of worms for other provisions in the act or the act as a whole. See,e.g. Is SOX Unconstitutional Dec. 2006 by Kevin LaCroix in the D&O Diary, in which he says of the Free Enterprise Fund v. PCAOB case: "Although the case focuses on only a narrow part of the [Sarbanes-Oxley] Act, it has the potential to bring down the entire statute." I don't know if the Supreme Court permits bloggers in the courtroom (nor do I know if cameras or cell phones are permitted); if so, I'm sure we'll see some interesting live blogging (or tweeting) from the proceedings.
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…or at least that we took chemistry together. It's the SigFig's 30th birthday, and, while we've only been dating for a few years, we've actually known each other since high school. We took a handful of classes together, one of which was chemistry, and his milestone birthday has me feeling nostalgic.
One of the first labs we did in our chem class was the classic separation lab. You start with a mixture of substances such as salt, iron filings, and sand, then plan and execute a procedure to separate the substances. It was really a lab preparedness warmup: the activity helped students learn about lab safety and how to develop and follow procedures. In retrospect, I'd classify it as more of an engineering activity than a scientific investigation.
The primary difference between science and engineering is that the goal of science is to answer questions (What does the structure of an atom look like?), while the goal of engineering is to solve problems (How can airplanes become more fuel efficient?). There's definitely a lot of overlap, and progress in one field is frequently dependent upon progress in the other. Scientists use tools that engineers build, and engineers use scientific discoveries to build new things.
The SigFig became an engineer, so I guess something from that class stuck with him. (Besides me, of course.)


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FAYETTEVILLE – Arkansas' nationally-ranked gymnastics team recently held its second intrasquad meet of the fall and video is now available below.
The Razorbacks are coming off their second Super Six appearance in four years. In 2012, Arkansas earned the first No. 1 national ranking in program history, had individuals earn No. 1 rankings in the all-around, on bars and on floor, earned its ninth consecutive NCAA Regional bid and advanced to the NCAA Championship for the sixth time in seven years. The Razorbacks have four top 10 finishes in the last five years.
The October intrasquad, held in the Huntley Gymnastics Training Facility in the Bev Lewis Center, included routines in all four events.
Seniors Amy Borsellino and Kelci Lewis, and junior Katherine Grable performed on all four. All three, along with junior Bailee Zumwalde and sophomore Stephani Canizaro, are returning All-Americans for co-head coaches Mark Cook and Rene Lyst.
The video includes vaults by Zumwalde, Lewis, freshman Heather Elswick, junior Scarlett Williams, Borsellino, Grable and senior Jordan Salsberg.
Bars footage includes Salsberg, Lewis, junior Shelby Salmon, Grable, Canizaro, Borsellino and freshman Erin Freier. Beam workers included Borsellino, Salmon, Freier, Williams, freshman Sydnie Dillard, Grable and Lewis. Floor routines were performed by Dillard, Freier, Canizaro, Elswick, Williams, Borsellino, Zumwalde, Grable and Lewis.
The video was shot and edited by Natalie Bohonsky.
Arkansas was selected as a host site for a 2014 NCAA Regional, the NCAA announced earlier this week.
The Razorbacks open their season Jan. 11 at home against Georgia.


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One doesn't have to be a genius to figure out what is going to happen here..
The Frenzied blood thirsty Khaki Rakshashas will rape and murder adivasi's
(jungle dwellers)at sight.The jungles of bastar will echo with
the screams of women and children and the blood of innocent
adivasi's will flow like water.Few of them will be picked up and
lined up and shot dead…Raman Singh will hold a press conference
the next where he will claim glory and false victory.
Having witnessed the rape and deaths of their mothers and sisters ,fathers and brothers the adivasi's will seek support and shelter from the revolutionary maoists and some of them will eventually grow up to lead raids against the Khaki Rakshashas seeking revenge.
India scours forests to 'avenge' Maoist killings
RAIPUR, India – Thousands of police poured into the dense forests of eastern India on Friday after Maoist rebels massacred 55 people in a makeshift police camp in the region.
The operation, involving about 8,000 police, was described by the Chhattisgarh state government as an act of revenge for the Maoist attack.
'Police have launched one of the biggest exercises in Chhattisgarh on Friday to avenge the killings,' the state's Home Minister Ramvichar Netam told Reuters.
'The rebels have to pay the price.'
The attack was one of the deadliest in recent years by Maoist rebels, who are also called Naxalites after the village in east India's West Bengal state where the group's campaign on behalf of poor peasants and landless workers began in 1967.
Between 300 and 400 rebels attacked the camp in the state's south in the early hours of Thursday, throwing grenades and petrol bombs and shooting people fleeing the burning buildings before escaping with weapons and explosives, police said.
The rebels killed 16 officers from the state's armed forces and 39 members of local tribes recruited to a police militia, police said.
The state has recruited about 5,000 tribal people into its militia, paying each about 1,500 rupees ($35) a month. Most are armed only with bows and arrows.
Analysts say India's response to the insurgency is under-staffed and under-resourced, with poor intelligence gathering leaving police camps in rebel areas easy prey for guerrilla tactics.
Last year, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said the insurgency was the gravest threat to India's internal security since independence from British colonial rule in 1947.
The Naxalite movement has spread along a 'red corridor' occupying much of India's south and eastern flank and stretching up to the Nepal border.
The Maoist rebels continue to find support among poor, rural Indians who have not benefitted from the country's booming economy which favors the rich classes.


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Thanks for the invitation to MB.org T2!
I've received a lot of inquiries offlist asking about the Black fan with Red leds in the NZXT PSU.
The red beam of light over the Black fan blades creates a menacing look. Great fit with our Wolfenstein theme. It's very easy to do yourself, heres how I did it.
I used this 120mm Logisys Red led fan. I'm removing the stickers before applying the paint.
No surface prep necessary when using Krylon's "Fusion" aerosol to paint plastic.
I'm using cloth dabbed with Lacquer Thinner to remove the glue residue left by the sticker.
I've pulled out the 4, leds and tape all of the wires. I've also taken the Kamikaze approach when using Fusion on another project and didn't tape off anything before painting it. Logisys fans are remarkably resilient to my abuse.
Krylon's Fusion dries within 15 minutes.
The fan is finished!
120mm Honeycomb Mesh Fan Grill for the front of the fan.
The honeycomb grill is made from 22 gauge steel and powder coated Black.
I'll be using the "Targeted" 120mm machined aluminum fan grill for the back of the exhaust fan.
Since the "Targeted" grill is aluminum, it requires a different type of paint and preparation before I can paint it. Scuff the surface first with a red scotch brite pad, (or med grit automotive sandpaper) then wipe off the grill with a tack cloth.
I like to use SEM brand "self etching primer" because it provides the best paint adhesion to bare metal surfaces. You want to apply a good enamel paint like "RUST TOUGH" by Krylon.
I allow the paint 24 hours to cure.
After everything the other grill had cured, I installed the fan into the Panzerbox's Motherboard tray.


text: Len's PhotoGraphics is a new name for Len's Studio which has served the Rogue Valley of Southern Oregon since 1958 as it's prime photographic studio. The profile of our business has changed. We are excited about our new opportunities and know you will be too. An additional change is that studio visits are currently by appointment and online This enables us to give you maximum time and attention.


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Photographing cats is fun. Actually, I have around 400 photos of cats on my computer and they grow more every day. It's fun to document a whole cat's life – from baby to adult.
Each day they grow older. You can almost watch them growing. If you've never had baby cats, you have to get some! Aside from the cuteness you can learn something for life: Babies, no matter if they are cats, elephants, or, well, humans, are wonderful. And cute. Very, very cute.
As you may have noticed: I love cats. But who doesn't?


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Many Aussie bloggers joined this group years ago to find like-minded book bloggers, but sadly, over the years the site fell into disrepair.
A recent facebook invite, however, led me to the new & improved Australian Book Bloggers Directory and Forum.
A small group of dedicated Aussie book bloggers have taken over the old domain and are in the process of revamping and re-energising the site.
If, like me, you gave up on this directory a while ago, please have another look. Take the time to update your details and say 'hi'on the forum.
I hope to see you all there soon.
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Australian Book Blogger's Directory
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In recent decades, there have been tremendous advances in the development of safer and more effective contraceptives, and in the provision of affordable and accessible family planning services. Yet, still millions of individuals and couples around the world are unable to plan their families as they wish. It is estimated that over 120 million couples do not use contraceptives, despite wanting to space or limit their childbearing. In addition, many women who use contraceptives nevertheless become pregnant. Other couples who want to have children are unable to conceive.
Some of the causes of unmet need for family planning services are:
(i) lack of services or barriers to their access;
(ii) poor quality of services, such as suboptimal interactions between clients and providers, substandard technical competence of providers, inadequate information, poor design and management of service delivery systems;
(iii) technology issues, such as limited or inappropriate choice of methods and fear, or experience, of side effects; and
(iv) broader social issues, such as an individual's lack of knowledge, power imbalances within couples and families, and sociocultural, religious and gender barriers.
In seeking to ensure that the maximum number of people are able to access the services they need, the Department of Reproductive Health and Research (RHR) focuses on four objectives:
(i) to increase the availability of high-quality services;
(ii) to broaden the range of safe, effective, acceptable and affordable family planning and infertility technologies and interventions that is available to all women and men;
(iii) to strengthen the capacity of national health systems to ensure the availability of high-quality and sustainable family planning programmes and services in resource-poor settings; and
(iv) to promote an environment at international level that is supportive of family planning


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Team Human by Justine Larbalestier & Sara Rees Brennan
Genre: Young Adult – Paranormal
Received: Amazon Vine
Originally Reviewed: February 20, 2013
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Book Description (via Amazon):
Readers who love vampire romances will be thrilled to devour Team Human by Justine Larbalestier and Sarah Rees Brennan. Team Human celebrates and parodies the Twilight books, as well as other classics in the paranormal romance genre.
Mel is horrified when Francis Duvarney, arrogant, gorgeous, and undead, starts at her high school. Mel's best friend, Cathy, immediately falls for the vampire. Cathy is determined to be with him forever, even if having him turn her could inadvertently make her a zombie.
And Mel is equally determined to prove to her BFF that Francis is no good, braving the city's vampire district and kissing a cute boy raised by vampires as she searches evidence in this touching and comic novel.
As I started reading Team Human, I couldn't help but feel this was written as a good-natured poke at Twilight and all the vampire ridiculata left in its wake. However, the story leaves its parodying fairly early on and becomes a book in its own right, with characters who have flaws and an interesting world with its own set of rules. All the while written with wit, feeling, and reality.
Mel Duan is the protagonist of the book, who is full of character flaws. She is prejudiced against vampires, rude, thinks she always knows the right thing to do, and is a big buttinsky (I call her Meddling Mel). She's also caring, loyal, helpful, well-meaning, funny, and charming in her own way. Basically, Mel is a real human being. There are two main storylines in the book, the first one about her BFF, Cathy, and her relationship with an uptight vampire. The other dealing with a mystery involving another close friend and her parents. Both are incorporated into the story well, as are the smaller B-plots. Mel doesn't always come across in a very good light, which helps me fall into the world and believe it could be true. Nothing takes me out of a story more than an unrealistically perfect character. Not one of the characters in this book is like that, even Cathy, who does come close. I also love the fact that Mel would typically be the sidekick in any other story and Cathy the main character who falls in love with a vampire. Instead it's the other way around, so we see the over-the-top relationship from the outside, and also from Mel's rather small-minded point-of-view. It's a great idea that luckily works thanks to the talented authors.
The book moves along nicely without seeming hasty, it has lessons that aren't heavy-handed, it features love aspects but it isn't a love story, and most importantly, it has character evolution and believable characters, mainly Mel herself. In the end I was surprised that I had gotten so caught up in outcome of the story and actually cared what happened to these people. Kudos, I'll definitely be reading more from both Sarah Rees Brennan and Justine Larbalestier, and can only hope they conspire to write another book in the future.


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While I don't have a fancy header for the CS Guessing Game yet, I figured I would give it a trial run. I want all of you Crazy Shitters to guess, do these Asians have dicks or no dicks?
i sure as hell hope not! itd b a shame
No way and man I hope Im right that would be a weird feeling if Im wrong! lol
I hope not cause I just pulled one out.
I'm guessing no...but now you gotta prove it one way or the other.....
only one with dicks are the ones with red pants n green shirt ... at least i hope
If these broads have schlongs, I need to re-evaluate my life.
Looks like them are 100% dick free, otherwise mexicanpride would be in the picture sucking them.
They all have huge cocks!!!!
^^ you wish.
I'm guessing no
DICKS OR NO DICKS? who cares I'd hit them all.
They have dicks duck taped to their assholes
This game is not fun. How about "who has a bullet hole" game?
They ALL have dicks and mexican pride(green shirt) is staring at #2's dick
they are all chicks. just proves how single and uninteligent you guys are. daaa cant anyone see the uterus bump just below the belly button. thats one thing that the trannys cant fake .
^^ We're the unintelligent ones?
if they do, i'll suck it
^^^You could call it a limb but that appendage is still a cock
I say dem is babes
Wait for it.....
Those babes are 110% dick free!
them is lady boys just because i know how sic ya'll are
I say all have dicks except for the one with the red shirt.
They are all boys!
Shit! Now that you said something, I don't trust you fuckers at all.
Dem boobies look real
iv been mistaken before so ill say there packing a mangina
All dicks
Either way, they're still bitches.
I just want to pretend that they all are dickless.
chicks and no dicks
can it tickle a prostate? cause if so then who cares...
@killkenny then shouldn't they be in the kitchen?
asians have the perfect bodies... ill take the body just let me keep my face
if so must be kinda small!


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ONOS (Open Network Operating System) is the first Open SDN Controller with focus on Service Provider Use Cases and their challenges of Scalability, High Availability & Performance. The support of Users and growing ecosystem, along with promising performance results make it a strong contender among SDN Controllers.
Software Defined Networking (SDN) has seen unprecedented hype and industry activity in the last three years.
"SDN is the next big thing in networking in decades, perhaps the next big thing after networking itself".
Indeed SDN brings a ray of hope for stagnating Telecom industry that might not have a sustainable business model with status quo in the future. As a result, several approaches to SDN have emerged each of its pros and cons. Among the available SDN Controllers, we have both vendor proprietary and open-source controllers. Vendor Specific controllers include VMware Nicira NSX, Cisco APIC, Alcatel-Lucent Nuage VSC, Brocade Vyatta, HP VAN and Cyan Blue Planet etc., while most notable open-source controllers are Open Daylight, Open Contrail, Big Switch Project Floodlight and Ryu etc. ONOS (Open Network Operating System) is the latest addition in the list of Open Source SDN Controller Projects. ONOS has been under development by ON.Lab (Open Networking Lab) since 2012 and was Open Sourced on Dec 5th 2014 after the support of AT&T and NTT in Nov 2014.
After having so many existing open-source controllers, one might wonder the need for another and why is it important?
To answer this, we have to look at the motivation behind open source projects and analyze various projects to see how they can deliver on the original SDN objectives of lower costs (both CAPEX & OPEX), faster TTM, Innovation, separation of control and forwarding and avoidance of vendor lock-in.
Open-source projects bring benefits such as Interoperability, Flexibility & Freedom from vendor lock-in, Customizability, reduced Costs and support from a large Community. There are three types of Open Source Ecosystems: Vendor Dominated, Loosely Aligned and Foundation Managed. The most effective and impactful projects tend to be Foundation Managed, e.g. OpenStack & Apache. The reason being a strong and independent community that is led by clear customer requirements, value proposition and transparency in rules of engagement among the members.
Majority of the existing SDN open-source initiatives are vendor dominated with inherent associated risks which could diminish the value of open-source, like vendor lock-in and business-model favoring the dominating vendor. In other words, such projects could be seen quite close to vendor proprietary solutions with the exception of added customization and interoperability.
One exception is OpenDaylight, which is a Linux Foundation project, supported by the largest community of vendors and has released its second code base Helium in March 2015. However, there has been skepticism over its intentions fueled by the fear that it was dominated by heavyweights like Cisco and IBM. ONF's Dan Pitt also expressed his concerns that OpenDaylight seemed to have slowed down the SDN market innovation and it did not involve any users which was critical to understand and meet real user needs. ONF has also been critical of Cisco's proposed OPFlex protocol which is now expected to emerge in OpenDaylight's upcoming "Lithium" release.
In this context, ONOS has emerged as the first Open-Source SDN project focusing exclusively on service provider use cases and led by users including operators like AT&T, NTT, SK Telecom and ONF which has the support of software-oriented companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Verizon, and Microsoft. ONOS promised to address the challenges of Scalability, High Availability & Performance, all of which are critical for Carrier-Grade Networks.
"Software-defined networking can radically reshape the wide area network, the introduction of ONOS provides another open source SDN option designed for service provider networks with the potential to deliver the performance, scale, availability and core features that we value."
While OpenDaylight has tried to accommodate several protocols in its southbound API layer, ONOS is focusing primarily on OpenFlow for new deployments and Netconf for legacy equipment. It also has Distributed (Clustered) Core which to provide scale-out and solve the problem of Open Flow controller scalability. It has a three month release cycle (more aggressive than ODL), the code for its second release, Blackbird, can be downloaded here.
Given the support of large operators, vendors are rapidly joining the ecosystem and current list includes: Ericsson, Ciena, Cisco, Huawei, Intel, NEC and Fujitsu. Among them, Huawei has announced full support of ONOS in their SDN solution, while Ericsson terms ONOS as the cure for performance anxiety in SDN. Recently, ONOS has released performance metrics for its Blackbird release.
The numbers related to ONOS Blackbird performance metrics are impressive and promising.
In addition to performance, ONOS has several Service Provider Use Cases including Segment Routing, NFaaS, Multi-layer SDN and SDN-IP among others. It provides a vision of future network where POP and CO's will be built like Data Centers and Core and Metro Packet Optical networks will be built on low cost hardware with separation of control and forwarding.
ONOS and OpenDaylight are the two most promising Open-Source SDN Controllers on the horizon but it's still early days for both as yet. While ODL is arguably more mature and have a larger ecosystem (even though recently Juniper and VMWare reduced their commitments), ONOS has the increasing support of Operators and Use Cases which are customized for Operators' requirements. Given the pace of rapid developments in the industry, it might take some time for a clear winner to emerge. The key to long-term success of either will be the adoption of real-world deployments in large-scale service provider networks.
Starting with a vendor-dominated/proprietary solutions can be a great tactical choice to understand technology, build internal capability and deploy current and immediate SDN Use Cases. However, given that SDN is going to be strategic to service provider's core business, any SDN ecosystem should be evaluated to ensure vendor neutrality, large and non-vendor dominated base of developers & integrators and long-term viability (industry support) of the ecosystem.
Disclaimer: This article is an analysis on current and emerging state of SDN controllers and is not meant to cover a comprehensive list of SDN solutions/providers. The aim is to list examples to provide a clearer understanding but not to favor any company/vendor. All logos used in the article belong to their respective trademark owners.


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Dr. Scott Rodeo will return as the Team Physician for U.S. Swimming for the London 2012 Olympic Games. His blog posts can be found at HSS Playbook, so be sure to bookmark the page!
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
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Scott A. Rodeo, MD, is an orthopedic surgeon in the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service at Hospital for Special Surgery. He is honored to be appointed to the U.S. Olympic Medical Team. This is his blog.


text: Splash Mountain, Grizzly River Run, Mouse Trap or Wild Mouse, and Indiana Jones Adventure. Those were super fun! Except for Splash Mountain, I didn't like that one. I am the type of person that dislikes heights, drops, and going too fast. Those are what roller-coasters are! My cousins who are all older than me, are making me go on them. But I am very scared! My mom told me that she was scared the first time going on one, but then the exhilaration and fun coming out of it was way better than the fear. I just hope she's right and that I will be like that. Wish me luck!


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Shopping in Bath
The city is a shopper's haven, packed full of leading fashion and homeware brands such as Jack Wills, Ted Baker, Karen Millen, Urban Outfitters, Jo Malone, Apple and Whistles to name but a few. Bath is fast becoming a second home to brands rarely found outside of London, including Anthropologie, Banana Republic, Brissi and The Kooples, testament to Bath's excellent shopping offer.
Combined with an eclectic mix of interesting independents with their very individual approach to retail, plus quirky gift shops, imaginative home ware emporia, delicious delis, intriguing art galleries and fabulous bookshops, Bath really does have it all when it comes to retail therapy.
The compact city centre means that shopping in Bath can easily be explored on foot, from the modern South Gate shopping area next to Bath Spa train station, right up to the independent boutiques tucked away between the Royal Crescent and Circus. Don't forget to keep an eye out for the picturesque lanes and passageways too, which are lined with delightful cafes and unique shops.
It's a pleasure to discover and explore the shopping in Bath, located on elegant Georgian streets and nestled amongst stunning attractions such as the Abbey, the Roman Baths and Thermae Bath Spa.
Towards the end of the year the city becomes a magical place for festive shopping, with the Bath Christmas Market offering over 170 chalets, packed with handmade gifts and local produce.
Search Bath's shops below.


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August will bring more updates, I promise.
of all that I have seen,
of meadow-flowers and butterflies
in summers that have been;
Of yellow leaves and gossamer
in autumns that there were,
with morning mist and silver sun
and wind upon my hair.
I sit beside the fire and think
of how the world will be
when winter comes without a spring
that I shall ever see.
For still there are so many things
that I have never seen:
in every wood in every spring
there is a different green.
But all the while I sit and think
of times that were before
I listen for returning feet
and voices at the door.
- J.R.R. Tolkien


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On this week's Encounter, host Carol Castiel is joined by Omer Taspinar, co-director of the Project on Turkey at the Brookings Institution, and by Steven Cook, fellow at the New York-based Council on Foreign Relations. They discussed the decision by the European Union on whether to formally open membership negotiations with Turkey.
Omer Taspinar says the positive aspects of Turkey's inclusion in the European club are often perceived by European "naysayers" as negative points – for example, the issue of Turkey's size. Turkey will have about 85 to 90 million people by 2015, when it is likely to become a member of the EU. Its population is generally young and relatively well educated. Turks make the point that Europe has an aging and shrinking population and its welfare states need to keep their pensions going though a large labor force. Professional economists argue that Turkey would provide Europe with a pool of skilled workers.
The problem of the "clash of civilizations" provides another good argument for Turkey's accession to the EU because there are few Muslim countries besides Turkey, which are secular, democratic and pro-Western. Omer Taspinar says having Turkey as a EU member would undermine the theory of the "clash of civilizations" because it would demonstrate that a majority Muslim country could successfully integrate into a predominantly Christian grouping. Moreover, Mr. Taspinar believes that Turkey would not only add to Europe's cultural diversity, but it would also give the EU greater credibility in dealing with the Middle East, the Balkans, and the Caucasus. And finally, he says, Turkey could make an important military contribution to the EU nations.
On the other hand, Steven Cook says that many Europeans are skeptical. The fact that Turkey has a large population of relatively poor Muslims is a stumbling block. In some countries there is already a large minority of Muslims from North Africa that have had a difficult time integrating into West European society, and many Europeans fear that the inclusion of Turkey might exacerbate these problems.
Although Mr. Cook says that he personally agrees with Mr. Taspinar that the sociological integration of Muslim Turkey into a multicultural Europe would be a good thing, given Turkey's profile as a secular state, he does not see how Turkey could bridge the divide between the West and the more conservative Arab Muslim world. In addition, he reminds there is the legacy of Ottoman colonialism in the Arab world.
However, Steven Cook says he thinks it is primarily economic and cultural issues that trouble those Europeans who view Turkey's entry into the European Union in a negative light. Nonetheless, in the long run he believes that Turkish membership would ultimately be good for European economies.
For full audio of the program Encounter click here.


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Press Release Article
Sep 29, 2001
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey has established a charitable fund to assist the victims of the vicious terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.
The World Trade Center Port Authority Memorial Fund will provide financial assistance to WTC victims and their families. For information about donating, please call (800) 395-1573.
The El Paso Corporate Foundation, the philanthropic unit of El Paso Corporation, has announced that it will contribute $1 million to the new charity. In addition, El Paso will also match dollar-for-dollar donations by its own employees to qualified funds. El Paso Corporation, which has natural gas and power operations worldwide, is a Houston-based energy company committed to meeting energy needs throughout the world.
Susquehanna International Group, LLP, has also announced that it will help initiate the fund by contributing $1 million. Susquehanna International Group, LLP, is one of the nation's leading liquidity providers in equity, fixed income and derivative securities.
Port Authority Chairman Lewis M. Eisenberg said, "Since the first hours after the terrorist attacks, we have been deeply moved by the extraordinary acts of heroism and dedication by Port Authority staff. Many of the 74 Port Authority employees lost or unaccounted for in the disaster, police and civilian personnel alike, selflessly stayed behind as they attempted to help others evacuate the buildings. This new fund will help in some small measure to ease the burdens on the survivors, both those from the Port Authority and the thousands of others who perished in this unspeakable act of violence."
Port Authority Acting Executive Director Ronald Shiftan said, "Offers of help have been pouring in from around the world. On behalf of Port Authority staff, I would like to express our profound gratitude for those who have offered condolences and prayers. The Port Authority is grieving, but we are focused on restoring the region's transportation network and carrying out future improvements. As our police and civilian employees work around the clock, their resolve is strengthened by the expressions of public support the agency is receiving."
William A. Wise, chief executive officer of El Paso Corporation, said, "El Paso is honored to support the Port Authority by helping to launch the World Trade Center Port Authority Memorial Fund. Port Authority employees based at the World Trade Center were among the first to respond to the tragedy in New York City. These employees worked side-by-side with New York City emergency personnel, and many gave their lives in an effort to save others. We hope that the establishment of this fund will in some small way provide relief for the victims' families, and we encourage other companies to join us in building it. I would like to thank Governor Pataki of New York, Acting Governor DiFrancesco of New Jersey, and New York City Mayor Giuliani for their guidance in helping us determine where our contributions would be most useful."
Jeffrey S. Yass, Managing Director of Susquehanna International Group, said, "We are proud to support the Port Authority by being at the forefront of The World Trade Center Port Authority Memorial Fund that will assist all World Trade Center victims and their families. Having a financial services business in lower Manhattan whose employees were at risk, we have been inspired by the bravery and courage demonstrated by the Port Authority employees and commend their heroic efforts."
In addition to the new Port Authority fund, several other funds to aid victims and their families have been established:
· The Neil D. Levin Education Foundation, which will earmark donations to help families pay for the education of the children of victims. The fund was established by the family of Mr. Levin. Contributions may be sent to the foundation at 101 Park Ave., Suite 2500, New York, N.Y. 10178. Further information may be found at www.neillevin.com.
· The Port Authority Police World Trade Disaster Survivors' Fund has been established by the Port Authority Police Benevolent Association. Donations will be used to provide financial help to all the families of members of the Port Authority Police affected by the disaster. Donations may be sent to the Fund c/o Port Authority PBA, Inc., 611 Palisade Avenue, Englewood Cliffs, N.J. 07632. Call 201 871-2100 or 212 947-3754 for more information.
· The Twin Towers Fund, established by the City of New York to assist the families of NYC police, firefighters, Port Authority Police and rescue workers. Donations may be sent to the Fund at P.O. Box 26999, General Post Office, New York, N.Y. 10087-6999, or call 877 870-4278. Contributions may also be made online by visiting http://twintowersfund.vista.com.
· The New York State World Trade Center Relief Fund, established by the State of New York. Its purpose is to assist the families and dependents of the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks, including innocent civilians, firefighters, police officers, emergency medical personnel and relief workers. Donations may be sent to New York State WTC Relief Fund, P.O. Box 5028, Albany, N.Y. 12205 or call 800 801-8092, or donate online at www.helping.org.
Many other relief organizations have been established to assist the victims and their families. For more information, please consult www.libertyunites.org.


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Mitzi Marshall, Director
The Department of Nutrition Services is dedicated to serving your child nutritious, well-balanced meals that are in compliance with state and federal regulations. We now have schools (Garth,Southern, GMS, Scott County Preschool, Cardinal Academy, Anne Mason and Stamping Ground) that offer free meals to all students. We offer many services to parents to help with meal payments, menus, and free and reduced applications. We continue to add new services and programs to better meet the needs of our students.
Please take advantage of these helpful tools:
Meal Viewer To Go: This is an app that can be downloaded to your phone, tablet, or computer. You will be able to see the menu, the nutrition facts for each item, and known allergens. CLICK HERE TO VIEW MEAL VIEWER TO GO
Online Payments to Student Accounts: To add money to your child's account, view their history and set up alerts go to: family.titank12.com
Any balance on accounts with MyPaymentsPlus will rollover automatically into Titan by July 1st.
Online Free and Reduced Applications: You can apply for free and reduced meals online at your convenience. Paper applications are still available in your school's front office. family.titank12.com
Peanut Aware Schools:
Schools and Site-Based Councils decide if the school is Peanut Aware. Please check with your school to see what their policy is on addressing peanut allergies.
Our Staff:
Jo Angela Button, Administrative Assistant/Free & Reduced Manager/NSLP Assistant/Accounts Receivable, 502-570-3069
Janene Hoffman, Administrative Assistant/Menu Planner/OneSource/Smart Temps Assistant, 502-863-3663 ext. 3074
Gretchen Harlan, Administrative Assistant/OneSource Manager/Accounts Payable, 502-570-3034
Jimmy Beckett, Warehouse/Delivery, 502-570-3034
Meal Viewer To Go:
Scott County Nutrition now has the new tool that allows parents and students to view the menu for 30 days at a time. The app can be downloaded free from iTunes or GooglePlay. Once you have the app, simply search for Georgetown, Kentucky or Stamping Ground, Kentucky and select your school. This menu app is available now. Additional nutritional information will be added soon.


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- Bryan Moore scored the first goal of the game, his fourth in two games, at the 8:38 mark of the first period but Missouri tied the score six minutes later. The first period ended with a 1-1 tie. The first period gave some huge clues on the eventual outcome of the game and from a statistics standpoint was a guaranteed victory. Allen is 36-2-2-1 when scoring the first goal of a game. The Americans are even more impressive when the score is tied after the first period, they are a perfect 14-0. Despite the favorable stats it was a hard fought game with Allen relinquishing leads of 1-0 and 3-2. The game wasn't decided until Dyson Stevenson put home an empty net goal with two seconds remaining in the game. Bryan Moore could have easily scored the empty net goal but unselfishly passed the puck to Dyson.
- Goal scorers for Allen were Bryan Moore (25), Wade MacLeod (4&5), Greger Hanson (34) and Alex Krushelnyski (7). The video highlights are not posted to ECHL Rewind but hopefully will be later this morning.
- Here is the Allen Americans recap of the game. https://allenamericans.com/americans-sweep-set-with-missouri-claim-top-spot-in-the-mountain-division/
- Here is the Missouri Mavericks recap. http://www.missourimavericks.com/news/?article_id=838
- Here is coach Martinson's pregame interview with Tom Manning.
- Here are Steve Martinson's post game comments:
- It wasn't a real pretty win but it puts us in first place. It was different than the win last night. I will have to watch the tape but there were some strange goals tonight including us scoring on our own goalie.
- Missouri was desperate and maybe we underestimated them based on the 7-2 win on Wednesday. We will take tomorrow off and give the guys a little rest and then we just have to keep it going.
- Spencer Asuchak should be cleared to play tomorrow. Since he hasn't skated for eight or nine days I would expect they would send him back to Allen as soon as he is cleared.
- Alex Krushelnyski made another nice shot tonight. Bryan Moore is a pretty unselfish guy for a young player with 25 goals. On one play he was coming down the slot on the power play and passed to Chad for the one timer and the goalie made a good save. Then he gave up the empty net goal and passed to Stevenson who scored.
- We don't want to play the type of game we played tonight going forward. There are some things we need to shore up defensively. We need to learn from the game tonight. I will break down the video and show how the game tonight was different than Wednesday.
- Josh Brittain will be serving his one game suspension on Saturday against Tulsa. We are getting defenseman Mike Brodzinski from San Jose tomorrow so I will be able to move Stevenson back to forward and put Brodzinski in the lineup on Saturday.
- Jamie Murray will start in goal on Saturday. He has played well his last three starts.
- Allen will have home ice advantage for the first round of the playoffs and the first two games of the opening round are now set. They will be on Wednesday April 12 and Friday April 14. The rest of the dates and the opponent still has to be determined.
- Allen finished with a record of 10-1-2-0 against Missouri this season. If the Mavericks don't make the playoffs their inability to to get points against the Americans will add to the many frustrations they have faced at the hands of Allen over the years. The good news for Missouri is despite the loses to Allen the last two nights they are still in the playoff hunt. Who knows, a first round playoff series between Allen and Missouri is in the realm of possibilities.
- It was a tough night for Greger Hanson to get any respect even though he scored his 97th goal as an Allen American and is now tied with Bruce Graham for the franchise record for career goals. Greger accidentally put a puck in his own net and then for some reason the Americans misspelled his name as they live tweeted the game and posted info on Facebook. The Missouri Mavericks followed the Americans lead and misspelled his name in their press release recapping the game. For the record it is Greger not Gregor.
- It was a record night for tying records last night. In addition to Hanson tying Bruce Graham for the all-time goals record (97), Chad Costello tied himself for the single season assist record as he now has 84 assists. Finally, Joel Chouinard was a +2 in the game and is now tied with Chad Costello for the all-time single season plus/minus record at +43.
- Derek Mathers had his 29th fight last night which is by far the all-time record for fights in a season in Allen franchise history. Mathers is now third all-time in single season penalty minutes with 252 trailing only Brett Lyon (256) and Garrett Klotz (257). He will soon own this record.
- A reminder on the tiebreakers should Colorado and Allen end up in a tie at the end of the regular season. The first tie breaker is regular season wins excluding shootout wins. Right now they are tied with 43. The second tiebreaker is goal differential and if it comes down to this tiebreaker Allen is the clear winner. Allen's goal differential is +80 as they have scored 276 goals and allowed 196. Colorado's has scored 257 goals and allowed 196 for goal differential of +61.
- I stopped by coach Martinson's office after the game and it didn't take him long to chirp me in good fun about my prediction after the overtime loss in Missouri on March 22nd. As if I haven't eaten enough crow on this prediction here what I said after that loss.
"Allen's overtime loss last night was probably the death knell in their quest to win the Mountain Division. Colorado won again last night beating Rapid City 3-2 and now has a seven point lead. If Allen wins their remaining eight games the Eagles could go 4-2-1 in their remaining games and still win the division. That is not going to happen as Colorado has only lost two games in the last two months. The Eagles record since the end of January is 22-1-1-0."
In my defense who would have thought that Colorado would lose three games in a row after losing two games in the past two months. Of all the eating crow memes this one seemed the most appropriate. I saw another one that said, "Why should your apology result in my death? I didn't give you a big mouth." And for desert I will have a slice of humble pie.
DID YOU KNOW: According to the website dropyourgloves.com here is a list of the player with the most fights each year since the start of the Allen Americans franchise.
2016-17: Derek Mathers (29 fights)
2015-16: Dyson Stevenson (16 fights)
2014-15: Garrett Clarks (16 fights)
2013-14: Garrett Klotz: (20 fights)
2012-13: Garrett Clarke (12 fights)
2011-12: Brett Clouthier (13 fights)
2010-11: Liam Huculak (15 fights)
2009-10: Liam Huculak (16 fights)


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Using my best Maxwell Smart voice when he's talking to the Chief:
Would you believe…
There are t-shirts, coffee mugs and all kinds of kitsch related to the recession? Go on over to Zazzle and check out the wares. If there is a buck to be made off of anything, someone in America is going to do it. Now the boys and girls over at Fox have taken it to new heights, err I mean depths with their reality show, "Someone's Gotta Go." Take a small struggling company with say about 20 or so employees, give the employees access to the human resources records, performance reviews etc., then let the employees decide who goes next. Then watch as alliances are formed and broken and the backstabbing begins. Oh! What! Fun! And of course there will be a guest business whiz, who will probably say something like, "Jane your position has been terminated, you have been voted out of a job, go turn off your computer, gather your personal effects and leave immediately." He will hand her an eco-friendly bag and a mug inscribed with "Party Like It's 1929." We will watch Jane pack her things while cheesy violin music plays to her teary voiceover goodbye.
I have a great idea for the next reality series Fox, just in case any of you read my little blog. It will bleed over, pardon my pun, into a new series if you get my drift. Have a camera crew follow the recently laid off employees and then see who will be the first to buy a gun, we can always direct them to a pawn shop or Wal-Mart no worries about a waiting period, and come back and commit murder-suicide! Oh the ratings will be through the roof Rupert. Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Ka-ching! Who's in a recession now? Not Fox! You have to admit, this is a freakin' great idea!
Seriously, nothing about this funny. People making a dress out of car parts, or a finding a creative way to make dinner out of quail eggs and rutabaga is entertaining, people losing their job in this economy just isn't.


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|Slovakia really struggled at last years Ivan Hlinka
Memorial, finishing the tournament in 8th place.
Photo: Erik Ďuriš
The tournament, which takes place between the 13th and the 18th of August in Piešťany and Břeclav never fails to disappointment, and often reveals some diamonds in the rough, especially from the lesser hockey nations.
Anton Bartánus will coach the team, while the roster is as follows:
Denis Godla (Birth year: 1995/Club: HK Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia),
Juraj Halo (1995/HC Topoľčany, Slovakia),
Marek Mikoláš (1995/MsHK Žilina, Slovakia),
Patrik Bačik (1995/HC Slovan Bratislava, Slovakia),
Martin Boboš (1995/HC Košice, Slovakia),
Dávid Gál (1995/HC Nitra, Slovakia),
Matúš Holenda (1995/Dukla Trenčín, Slovakia),
Adam Kasanický (1995/Luleå HF, Sweden),
Peter Kuzma (1995/Dukla Trenčín, Slovakia),
Martin Pavlíček (1995/HC Nitra, Slovakia),
Adrián Sloboda (1996/HK 36 Skalica, Slovakia),
Michal Solár (1995/MsHK Žilina, Slovakia),
On reserve list:
Mário Ramaj (1995/HC ´05 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia),
Stanislav Tomko (1995/P.H.K. Prešov, Slovakia)
Martin Blaho (1995/Slovan Bratislava, Slovakia),
Peter Cehlárik (1995/Luleå HF, Sweden),
Kristián Horvát (1995/ P.H.K. Prešov, Slovakia),
Patrik Koyš (1995/Dukla Trenčín, Slovakia),
Róbert Lantoši (1995/MsHK Žilina, Slovakia),
Andrej Lištiak (1995/MHk Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia),
Matej Paulovič (1995/BK Färjestad, Sweden),
Martin Pleša (1995/HK 36 Skalica, Slovakia),
Dominik Rehák (1995/MsHK Žilina, Slovakia),
Martin Reway (1995/Gatineau Olympiques, QMJHL, Canada),
Timotej Šille (1995/HK 36 Skalica, Slovakia),
Juraj Šiška (1996/HC Nitra, Slovakia),
Dávid Šoltés (1995/HC Košice, Slovakia),
Juraj Talán (1995/PSG Zlín, Czech Republic),
Tomáš Török (1995/Sherbrooke Phoenix, QMJHL, Canada),
Róbert Varga (1995/HK Trnava, Slovakia),
On reserve list:
Šimon Beták (1995/HC Olomouc, Czech Republic),
Samuel Petráš (1995/HC Slovan Bratislava),
From this roster, it is clear that the biggest strength is the crop of young forwards. Both Réway and Török are heading to the QMJHL next season, and it is no surprise as they represent two of the top young players coming out of Slovakia. Török had a poor season, punctuated by injuries on his return to Slovakia after a very promising season with Slavia Praha in the Czech Republic in 2010-11, whilst Réway went in the opposite direction, shining in the very competitive Czech junior leagues for Sparta Praha. Also present at the Ivan Hlinka will be Patrik Koyš. After his first few seasons in the Slovakian junior program, Koyš was touted to become the next best thing out of Slovakia, but he has yet to meet the hype. He was overshadowed at the IIHF Division 1 Under 18 World Championships, being shunted on the lower lines as the team favoured the likes of Réway and also Marko Daňo. However, he is still two years away from being drafted, and will be looking to have a dominant in the U20 Extraliga. Another with a point to prove will be big bodied forward Matej Paulovič. Paulovič, who moved to Sweden last season did well, earning a call up to the SuperElit, but struggled in international play for Slovakia.
It should be an interesting tournament to gauge just to what level the next crop of Slovakian youngsters are at. However once again, it appears that there are 1-2 very good players, but as always, the depth simply isn't there.


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Well today has been a pretty good so far, I have made 3 new things for my Etsy shop, have joined Twitter and now thinking of opening up a shop over at Artfire.
Im starting to meet and network with loads of people from Etsy, finding new blogs and hearting new shops. Love it! Here is something new which will be in my store shortly.


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Im Not Even a Nurse, Robyn Hitchcock Clanging, Barrett-esque acoustic solo piece. E A E B Im not even a nurse in a world with a curse E A B Im not even a doctor or knight. E A E B I cant help you at all I just stand as you fall A E B And I hope that youre falling allright. (same) A long time ago, when we first said hello I thought youd be cure right away. But I tried for so long, and it all came out wrong And youre sicker than ever today. Bridge E A Hold hard, with your face to the wind E A B And your music all over my spine E A Hold hard with your face coming in F# And your mine. (same as first) So take care of your sheep and take of your sleep And take care of your mother and friends. If I see you again, Ill explain it all then If I dont, then you know how it ends.


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|Steven Ford
|May 19, 1956
East Grand Rapids, Michigan
Steven Meigs Ford (born May 19, 1956) is an American actor and son of former United States President Gerald Ford.
Ford was born in East Grand Rapids, Michigan, the third child and youngest son of former United States President Gerald Ford and First Lady Betty Ford. Ford graduated from T. C. Williams High School in Alexandria, VA June 14, 1974. Ford attended Utah State University, studying range management.[1][2] while his older brother Jack studied forestry there. Ford also attended California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo. He studied Animal Science-Equine Studies while at Cal Poly.
Ford was cast in the 1978 film Grease as Tom Chisum, but dropped out before filming began and was replaced by Lorenzo Lamas. Ford joined the cast of The Young and the Restless in 1981, creating the role of private investigator Andy Richards.[3] He was a regular member of the cast from 1981 to 1987 and briefly from 2002-2003.[3] Ford has since appeared in minor roles in a number of films and television series, including Escape From New York,[4] Babylon 5: In the Beginning, Armageddon, Black Hawk Down, Starship Troopers, When Harry Met Sally[3], Heat, Transformers, Contact.
Ford serves on the board of trustees for the Gerald R. Ford Foundation in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He describes himself as a "moderate Republican" and a "fiscal conservative." He also admitted to battling alcoholism in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Although he still takes on occasional acting assignments, he spends most of his time raising money for charitable organizations and giving speeches, as well as motivational talks, to student groups on alcoholism.[5]
He has never been married. In 1991, he announced his engagement to Laura Carlos.[6] Later, he claimed that his marriage plans didn't go forward as he was working on his sobriety.[7] In February 1980 he filed a lawsuit in California to determine if he was the legal father of a boy, named Lawrence, born in December 1979.[8] There was "a complete and amicable settlement" very shortly afterward, details being kept private.[9][10]


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We have been traveling to speech therapy again and making family memories while we do it. Today we packed a picnic lunch and found a fun park by a little brook. With 10 little kids that LOVE exploring...it was a hit.
Izrael and sweet Nazara hanging close to Mommy
This "huge...GIANT...crayfish" kept appearing ... and disappearing. Finally...it stayed visible when I went to see it ;)
Oh Izrael Promise. The baby that was such a miracle and then...adding to her miraculous story...she survived having a penny stuck in her esophagus for 6-7 months. Oh baby girl...you are lovely. She comes close to me many times a day and says "Mommy...? You are my FAVORITE". Zihao has caught on to her and finally called her on it. "You can't have that many favorites. Just one. You tell everyone they are your favorite!" She just smiled ;) Well, baby girl...you are my favorite too. And yes...Zihao...I know...I say that to you all ;)
Zion adores Nazara (who doesn't...?) and was playing with her at basketball. So cute.
Crazy little girls snuggling with Mommy
And then there's this. This picture that captures a bit of the life they all exude. They are simply wonderful. Tirzah adoring her baby sister. Zion actually wanted to hold Nazara. Zunduka with his legs crossed because that's just him. Chazano smiling with his teeth visible ... which he never does. Azlan looking more and more little a mini-Dean especially now with his new glasses. Azahria Peace as cute as ever. Then the inseparable Izrael and Zihao...and Taizi. Who after 22 quick pictures is actually looking in the direction of the camera. Yes...we celebrate all those little moments here.
Blessed. Truly blessed. I only wish you could hear their joy...experience the life they bring...by viewing their pictures.


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After Mick Jagger's fling with Microsoft (MSFT), you stopped paying attention.
Snap back to attention because Windows XP is some good stuff. The XP interface gets your PC communicating in a language you understand. The graphics are friendly and the applications and documents you use all the time are right in front of you. It'll set you back $99 to upgrade and $199 to start anew, good for use on one computer per license -- no cheating, Redmond can tell. Microsoft OKs Windows XP for users with a minimum 128 MB at their disposal and 300 MHz under the hood, so if you're stretching the livelihood of an older machine, forget it. It's still a PC, but Windows XP delivers the Web-like feel Microsoft has been promising for years and holds your hand -- even when you don't need it. XP almost makes using a PC a pleasant experience, making it worth the trip to the computer store.
|Windows XP: A Hit or a Miss?
|System performance
|Didn't crash in weeks of testing; System Restore can recreate an earlier, smooth-running version of your computer.
|Only newer computers can get the benefits of Win XP; only runs on one computer per household
|Graphics and user interface
|Simple to use, but not at the level of the annoying animated paper clip. New, condensed taskbar.
|If you're not interested in music, pictures or movies, a lot will be wasted on you.
|Privacy and security
|Personal firewall keeps out other local-network users; switches expertly between family member logins.
|Constant pitches to use Microsoft .NET products, and the Passport identity and password manager can get creepy.
Nice Touches
XP teaches the Windows interface some manners. To begin, installing the operating system isn't a biggie. Immediately you are greeted by a blue sky and the grass hill reminiscent of
At that point, your options are laid out before you simply. The Start menu no longer bugs you with functions only your company's network administrator uses and gives you the options you want. Email is right up top, as is Internet Explorer and your connection to the Web. Frequently used applications head to the front of the line, so you won't be rooting around and clicking several times to find what you want. As Janet Reno might remind you, however, Windows XP is totally different from the Office suite and its spreadsheet and word processors. Microsoft's online


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Omkar Native Glow in the Dark Gemstone Dreamcatcher
This Beautiful Dream Catcher is truly one of a kind. Featuring the symbol of Om, or Omkar which is also inscribed with its ancient meaning. The symbol is representative of what is viewed as a cosmic sound: the beginning, end and the divine. Om is the one eternal syllable of which all that exists is but the development. The past, the present, and the future are all included in this one sound, and all that exists beyond the three forms of time is also implied in it.
This Beautiful, Large Dreamcatcher has the outter rim wirewrapped in Gemstones of Citrine, Crystal, and Turquoise, accessorized with glass beads. I weaved the center with Sinew and incorporated Beautiful colorful dangling glass beads, and 6 Real Coyote Claws.
The Coyote is a trickster and also a storyteller in the Native American Culture. The Coyote shows the people what not to do in life.
(I harmed no animal with these claws as I purchased them here on Etsy from one of the Native American shops)
Along the bottom you will also find Dangling Gemstones of Black Onyx, Citrine, Crystal, Lapis, and Turquoise with Beautiful Macaw Parrot Feathers at the end (cruelty free). These Feathers were naturally molted from my mothers life long Macaw Mate. No Harm comes to her friend. In fact we rescued this parrot from an abusive home and he was on the brinks of death when we rescued him. He is now a happy, spoiled rotten, and well cared for Birdie!
YES IT GLOWS IN THE DARK! The Sinew is coated with many layers of Glowz Finish, topped off with a shiny finish of acrylic sealer. It glows wonderfully in the dark!
This is a very Large Dreamcatcher! The center circle is 14". Total length of the Dreamcatcher including feathers when hanging is 28" long.
Due to its size I tried my hardest to capture the beauty of this dream web the best I could.
You will also receive an attached copy of the Dream Protection Meditation (or emailed copy).
I have provided a sample of the Meditation below. The sample is only a portion of the true meditation. You will receive the entire Dream Protection Meditation with your purchase.
Time Invested 3 weeks total.
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Dream Protection Meditation Sample:
As you lay in bed before falling asleep visualize a white light surrounding your body.
Focus on this beautiful light covering you like a blanket.
If you focus close enough and long enough you will in time learn to make this light brighten and dim as you wish.
You can also learn to control the amount of heat this light puts off.
Some say they can make the light sparkle and glimmer with practice.
This is your protection from negative energy that enters your sleep in dream phase...............................


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In the letter, the NIA has also called for enhancing security measures in the above mentioned points and asked to install metal detectors and keep an eye on people. JPN/Bureau Latest News from State News Desk
Besides, the Intelligence Bureau (IB) also alerted the police force of several states including Delhi last month and warned of a terror strike by the SIMI terrorists.
According to a senior official of Delhi Police, the NIA wrote the letter to the department after collecting inputs based on the interrogation of actuator of SIMI terrorists Haider Ali alias Black Beauty and his other accomplices.
During interrogation, it was revealed that the group had carried out a recce of 26 crowded places in Delhi, Mumbai and other districts. Haider Ali himself recced some of the popular and crowded places in Delhi like Lotus Temple, Qutub Minar, ISBT Kashmiri Gate and Anand Vihar Railway Station.
According to the police, Haider, who hails from Jehanabad district of Bihar, is a well-educated person. It's said that he is one of the prime motivators of SIMI and is trying to bring the outfit back into active mode after being into a 'dormant' state for a long time.
He acts as the link when it comes to introducing SIMI with other terror groups and was the mastermind behind Patna and Bodh Gaya blasts.
He infused venom in the minds of poor Muslim youth in Bihar and Jharkhand, urging them to take the path of 'Jihad'.
After preparing Ranchi module, he triggered blasts at Bodh Gaya temple and then at Gandhi Maidan in Patna during Narendra Modi's rally prior to Lok Sabha elections.
After these two incidents, the NIA along with other investigating agencies and Delhi Police started scouting for the terror groups. After an extensive investigation, Haider Ali's arrest came as a major breakthrough.
After his arrest, three more terrorists were also apprehended and it was discovered that they were planning to carry out terror attacks at several places including Jharkhand capital Ranchi.
During investigation, it was revealed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was in the hit list of Haider Ali.
In the letter, the NIA has also called for enhancing security measures in the above mentioned points and asked to install metal detectors and keep an eye on people.
Latest News from State News Desk


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Have yourself a merry little FLASHBACK everyone!
Including this all-time family fave:
Much love from the Fridge.
They make us proud, they make us weep and sometimes our kids make us scratch our heads. We are showcasing your pride and joys' *special* art work that is not safe for the fridge
Tuesday, December 25, 2012
Ghosts of Christmas Past
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Wednesday, December 19, 2012
Stormy Weather
Hope the weather is nice where you live! Or you have some fun rainy day activities planned if it's not! :)
You know where to find us, right? :) And if you have artwork or a charity you'd like me to feature, message Fridge on Facebook!
Much love, friends!
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Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Dream a little dream of me...
Hey gang, its the holiday season and there are a few links over on the right to some children's charities (and my favorite radio station) all of which could use a bit of holiday cheer right now. If you're able, take a sec and check em out!
As always thank you for the retweets, the follows, the likes and the shares. You guys are the BEST!
Thanks much and make it a wonderful Wednesday!
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Wednesday, December 5, 2012
Your Pal...
Ms. [redacted] Youare so prtty. You are soso beuttfuel.
You are so so so sexc. I luve your boobs and but.
Your pal,
Luve Adan
This was posted on Reddit last week. Here is the original post.
A big Thank You to David for sharing this with the Fridge.
Remember to Reddit at your own risk, it is the internet after all.
Head on over to FB or follow @NotFridgeSafe on Twitter and tell us about your childhood crushes!
Most importantly, have an amazing day!
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During the summer, it gets hot in our house, especially upstairs in our room, so we had two choices. Either 1.) keep the air conditioner on all day to keep it cool upstairs, or 2.) install a ceiling fan. And since option one would cost us close to $200/month, we decided to install a fan.
This is what our dinky little light fixture looked like before.
Talk about a lack of proportions, right? So, we picked up a simple ceiling fan from the Depot, and started on our install. First step was to remove the current fixture, and make sure that the box in the ceiling is made to hold light fixtures and fans. I had no clue that you had to have a special box for a ceiling fan, but luckily my hubby knew, and checked, and we were good to go with the current box.
Following the instructions, we put together the pieces and got it all set up. Matthew did the electrical bits while I put together the blades and and all that good stuff. Unfortunately, one of the first pieces I put on was on upside down...my bad...so we had to take the whole thing down and do it again. But, I felt bad and so Matthew talked me through the wiring and I put it back up. Silver lining: I got to learn how to install a light fixture!
After that setback, we were golden. We popped in some light bulbs (which we don't actually really use) and turned that baby on. I can't even explain to you what a difference it makes. Our room is a million times cooler and we can actually get some sleep at night without paying a ridiculous electric bill every month.
Plus, the fan really fills the space so much better than the old fixture. I will show you a better picture of this in a day or so, but since this is the first post of our bedroom makeover, we have a bunch of things to share that I don't want to reveal quite yet!
But, did you notice that we moved the bed in the top picture? A little sneak peak of what's to come...
Update: Check out how are bedroom turned out here!


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Sunday, November 18, 2007
WSBGM's Nicknames
Jon Lieber as Donut Eater
Aaron Rowand as Fence Face
Abraham Nunez as No-Hit
Chris Roberson as Crackhead
Geoff Geary as Gas Can
Danny Sandoval as No-Talent Ass-Clown
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- GM-Carson said...
Bartolo Colon is being mentioned by various outlets that the Phils have interest in him. I think he'll cost far too much and is far to risky...sounds like a stupid move Gillick would make. I'm cool if you offer him 2 mil and make him earn more through innings pitched incentives, but he's going to get more than that on this shitty pitching market.
- November 18, 2007 6:59 PM
- furiousBall said...
if you draw a dark line half way up the exact middle of his face, Danny actually does look like an ass that needs a shave.
- November 18, 2007 8:36 PM
- GreggyD said...
I definitely would take Colon with a small base salary contract that's loaded with incentives, but he is way past his prime and does not deserve big money from any team really. We all know that the Phils won't spend the big dollars so we have no reason to worry.
- November 19, 2007 12:28 AM
- SirAlden said...
Colon should not be paid alot. A base and incentives. Anything to replace Eaton.
- November 19, 2007 1:02 AM
- SirAlden said...
TAIPEI, Taiwan -- The United States won baseball's World Cup for the first time since 1974, ending Cuba's streak of nine straight titles with a 6-3 victory Sunday as Jayson Nix and Jason Jaramillo drove in two runs each.
- November 19, 2007 2:25 AM
- GM-Carson said...
Don't be surprised if we see Jason Jaramillo behind the plate some for the Phils this season.
Colon is huge- he weighs like 260 but isn't even 6 feet tall.
- November 19, 2007 7:00 AM
- SirAlden said...
So let me get it right here GM Carson. Are you saying that Colon has a huge colon?
- November 19, 2007 7:11 AM
- GM-Carson said...
He very well might have a huge colon, because based on his weight, it doesn't appear he takes enough dumps.
- November 19, 2007 7:18 AM
- GM-Carson said...
Rumors put to bed: Mike Lowell re-upped with Boston, sorry no new 3rd baseman yet. Jon Garland swapped to Anaheim for Orlando Cabrera- no new starter yet.
- November 19, 2007 2:08 PM
- SirAlden said...
"The Phillies and Dodgers were apparently willing to go to four years, but Lowell wants to remain in Boston."
We were trying. Now learn your lesson when GM's the world over say that they are not doing something They are lying so the hype frenzy does not drive up the price.
- November 19, 2007 5:26 PM
- Malcolm said...
When Colon goes 17-7, recapturing what made him a Cy Young winner and becoming Comeback Player of the Year in the process, you'll thank who said it first.
That would be me.
- November 19, 2007 7:26 PM
- GM-Carson said...
Malcolm- if that Chubby Chucker Color wins 17 games next season, I'll give up my falsified title of GM and crown it upon you instead. I doubt Color wins 17 games in the next 2 seasons combined.
- November 20, 2007 6:46 AM


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- About Me
- Lynn Haven, FL, United States
- Tammy received her Master of Fine Arts degree in Ceramics from the University of Florida. Currently she is an Associate Professor at Gulf Coast State College. Tammy has also taught at the University of Florida in Gainsville, and abroad at Golden Bridge Pottery in Pondicherry, India, and at the Skopelos Art Foundation in Skopelos, Greece. In addition to maintaining an active teaching schedule, Tammy is a working studio Artist. Her works can be seen at Pendland Gallery, NC, Florida Craftsman, FL, Mary Lou Zeek Gallery, OR, Iota Gallery, TX and at Lillstreet Art Center, IL. Tammy resides in Panama City, Florida with her husband Pavel Amromin and two children Pearl and Ari.
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Check out this edgy embroidery, cute, and just a bit twisted
Tall girl and bunny make me smile! Everyone should have an extra set of arms.
Queens Of Confection
Queens of Confection
Exhibition Dates : Mar 27-Apr 27
Opening & Reception
Friday, April 1st, 5:00 - 7:00 pm
Renee Brown, Tammy Marinuzzi, Susan O'Brien, Kristen Pavelka, Cheyenne Chapman Rudolph, Tara Wilson &
Gwendolyn Yoppolo
In such close proximity, only a trolley ride away from the convention,
it seems only natural that The Singing Stone Gallery participates in
NCECA 2011, 45th ANNUAL CONFERENCE, March 30-
April 2, 2011 in Tampa. The National Council on Education for the
Ceramic Arts, NCECA, is a professional association of individuals and organizations whose interests, talents and careers are focused on the
ceramic arts.
The Title of the month long Show is
Queens of Confection:Containers for Candies, Condiments and
Cookies. This will be an amazing Exhibition highlighting a variety of
approaches to creating serving dishes for side dish items. From hand
built earthenware to thrown and altered porcelain, each artist refers to the precise nature of the food to be served and makes the vessel not only
suitable for the food, but in celebration of it, sometimes even inventing a new function for the sake of a favored food. The participants are all
female. The curating process did not begin with the intention of an all female exhibition; however, the work came together, retaining a uniquely feminine quality of richness and delicacy that suits the foods for which
each piece is destined. The ideas of queen and domesticity are somewhat
at odds, unless one considers the role a woman plays in her own kitchen,
where she is queen. It is this idea of queen- one who can both create and control- that is showcased in the work. This is A Free Family Event.
Images from Surface and Form Workshop
This is my pal Jeremy Randel, who is a awsome person and ceramic artist. Jeremy and I went to Graduate school together at UF. Check out his work at jeremyrandallceramics.com/
|Jeremy Randal
|Band - Opening night at Funkie
|Me cleaning my brush - Not sure I'm doing
|Gwendolyn Yoppolo's work check out Gwendolyn web site at http://gwendolynyoppolo.com/
|Opening night at Funkie
Gallery Space at Funkie Fired Arts
Met some pretty neat folks,
Meredith Host - Better known as Vomit
Vomits Friends Katie and Guy
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Driving off to more adventure
after a 9 day visit home.
I miss her already.
For more Wordless Wednesday go here.
Aw, Susanne. Aren't you glad for today's modern communications? I know you'll miss the presence of your girl, but at least you don't have to wait months to hear from her.
Susanne I'm sure you'll miss her lots hope you see her soon.
Aw..I understand completely!
Aaawww, I know, you'll miss her.
But she'll stay in touch. Hugs
She's leaving already?! Where does the time go...
:0( I know the feeling...
Its so hard to say goodbye but it helps a little when we know they are doing well. Its not so scary that way.


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I have been on Island Taggart all day. Ten of us gathered at Thompson's Quay, Rathcunningham Road, near Killyleagh, County Down, and spent the day on the ninety-four acre National Trust island on Strangford Lough.
It is opposite Simmy Island.
We were cutting down gorse, lots of it. The island is overwhelmed with gorse bushes, to an extent. So, armed with two chain-saws and a long-handled circular saw, we lit a series of fires and burned the cuttings as we progressed.
We ate our sandwiches close to the pond, which is adjacent to a ruinous cottage.
Alan had his trusty Kelly Kettle.
I had brought along a dozen chocolate chip mini muffins for everybody. Young Timothy Belmont has his moments, you know!
We all shared the gorse logs, and I took three sackfuls.
So I am home, a tad weary, with a slightly sore neck. A couple of snifters of gin will remedy that.


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May Peace Love and Joy Be With You
As of April 30, 2018 we will be closing.
At The Community Holistic Health Centre we have enjoyed 5 amazing years promoting integrated medicine to the community. It has been both challenging and rewarding, however the time has come to move on. Thank you to all who found a home here to practice and to those who came here to find solutions to their needs. I wish everyone peace, love and joy.
Terry Mazurenko
Though I may be closing the doors on this location please seek out those that have practiced here and continue working with them.
Vital Ki Natural Health And Wellness Centre
Vital-Ki Natural Health & Wellness Centre brings a unique approach to health and wellness inside/out. Our Vision is to incorporate a combination of traditional therapies from around the world in conjunction with advanced modern medicine to heal and beautify the body, mind and spirit.
A beautiful and cozy space founded with love and intentions to empower and help you heal. We are committed to create a safe space to help you find peace, balance, energy so you can become a healthier, happier and better version of yourself. We offer our love every step of the way so you can tap into your inner divinity.
Enjoy a range of health, wellness and beauty therapies including: Naturopathic Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Acupuncture, Osteopathic Manual Therapy, Reiki (Bio-Energy Healing), Fascial Stretch Therapy, Life Coaching, , Lymphatic Drainage, Holistic Nutrition, Medical Spa Services, Natural Cosmetic Facelifts, treatments for pain management, rejuvenation, acne, face, cellulite-fat reduction and more.
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