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Boy's Kiss With Carrie Underwood Came After His Home Burned Down
Chase Kurnick's kiss with country superstar Carrie Underwood was his first, and it came near the end of a difficult year for the 12-year-old. In May, his family's house burned down after a lightning strike. Nothing like a smooch from one of the most beautiful women on the planet to lift your spirits.
Kurnick stood near the front row at Underwood's show in Louisville, Ky. holding a sign that said "Carrie, Be My 1st Kiss." He tells CNN that Underwood noticed the sign and winked at him earlier in the show. When pressed by Jeanne Moos, he sticks to his story that she was his first. It's made his friends jealous.
"I learned to close my eyes. And determination," the boy says about the what he took away from the viral moment. Then he added, "I learned something about Carrie Underwood. She wears cherry lip balm!"
Kurnick's father helped him with the sign, outlining the words before Chase colored them in. He says he's not totally foregoing dental hygiene to savor her flavor. "Well I'll brushed my teeth, but not my lips."
Watch Chase Talk About His Kiss With Carrie Underwood

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Man Charged With Trespassing at Taylor Swift's Rhode Island Home
A 38-year old Massachusetts man was persistent in his efforts to trespass at Taylor Swift's Rhode Island mansion, but thankfully, he's since been ordered to stay away from the 24-year-old songstress.
Daniel Cole of Brewster, Mass. allegedly trespassed on the star's property numerous times. Westerly police say on Dec. 9, Cole blocked the driveway to Swift's home with his pickup truck and was promptly escorted off the property. However, he just couldn't stay away. Officials say Cole returned Dec. 21 and struggled with police, refusing to leave.
He was summoned before a state judge Friday (March 21) because of his ignorance of previous warnings to avoid Swift's Watch Hill home, and pleaded not guilty to trespassing and disorderly conduct charges.
The judge issued a no contact order and released Cole on personal recognizance.
This isn't the first time trespassers have been nabbed trying to make contact with Swift. A man was arrested in Nashville for trying to break into her home and spend her birthday with her, which led to his to being booked, jailed and held on a $10,000 bond. Another fan from Chicago took a chilly route to Swift's Rhode Island home, swimming up to the mansion before being detained by police.
It's clear that Swift, who is up for 2014 ACM Entertainer of the Year, has her share of admirers, although some are more ... uh, dedicated ... than others.
"I get nervous when I have stalker incidents," Swift admits. "I try not to talk too much about it because it scares me. Sometimes you get a dude who kind of wants to steal you. That's why I'm so grateful I have people looking after me, like [my bodyguard] Dennis."


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Dog Gets Into Viciously Adorable Fight With Doorstop [VIDEO]
It's not exactly Ali-Frazier, but this fight is memorable in its own right.
In this clip, a dog goes at it with a doorstop. It looks like Fido has certainly been training hard because he goes full force, while the door doesn't put up much resistance.
We can only assume the pup retreated to a toilet for some water to hydrate between rounds.


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By Janet Angel, PhD
Do you have allergies? Millions of people develop allergies in their lifetime. But why?
Generally, stress plays a major role in the development of various allergies such as hay fever, pet, environmental, or food, due to the effect it has on the digestive system. As primitive people our "fight or flight" response kicked in only in an emergency, and our blood was diverted from digestion and other processes to feed the muscles we needed to survive. Today, in our stress filled lives, the "fight or flight" response is "on" much of the time. As a result, our autonomic nervous system is working overtime.
The autonomic nervous system is a part of the nervous system that is not under conscious control and it regulates the internal organs. If the organs are not functioning up to par, toxic waste can accumulate causing further stress on the body.
Detoxification is one of the more widely used treatments and concepts in the integrative field of medicine. It is based on the principle that illnesses can be caused by the accumulation of toxic substances (toxins) in the body. The end result is inadequate secretion of enzymes and lower numbers of friendly intestinal flora, which are needed to help the digestive process.
Instead of complete digestion, the food in the digestive tract stagnates and putrefies, and is absorbed into the bloodstream partially digested only to activate the immune system, causing food sensitivities and allergies. The faulty digestion also encourages an imbalance of intestinal flora, causing a dysbiosis, where organisms such as Candida can grow to unhealthy ratios.
Enzymes are protein molecules that assist in every metabolic process of the body. Besides digesting food, enzymes also digest other things such as blood clots, growths, and invading microorganisms. They make possible the beating of the heart, and our very breathing and thinking. There are three types of enzymes: metabolic or systemic, digestive, and food. Digestive enzymes digest food in the gastrointestinal tract. However, when we take extra digestive enzymes, we take the burden off the body so the body can better detoxify itself.
Conditions such as acid reflux can be a result of food intolerances/allergies, or it can be from the lack of proper digestion from too few enzymes. If we are stressed, we make fewer enzymes, and as we age, we make fewer enzymes and less stomach acid.
When food particles cross through the intestines into the bloodstream without being completely digested, the immune system is alerted to these "foreign" invaders and mounts an attack. The food is thereafter considered an enemy and becomes an allergen. Allergens can cause an immediate response that can send some people racing for the emergency room.


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One of the true geniuses of fashion, Elie Saab, has managed to leave every fashion critique numb with his latest spring 2011 haute couture collection. Haute couture has always tried to emphasize the artistic side of fashion design and sometimes this artistic side has given birth to breathtaking creations. Fashion is supposed to be worn and please the eyes, and Elie Saab's spring 2011 haute couture collection manages to show the exact essence of haute couture. Elie Saab has managed to maintain a synonymous name with glam fashion for women for... Read More


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Everyone in NYC is freaking out over the arrival of Topshop this fall. I won't pretend that I am not psyched about this too, but knowing that the dollar sucks and that things aren't going to be as cheap, sort of puts a damper on the whole celebration. That being said, the lookbook for their fall collection is AMAZING. The clothes aren't even the best part; it's the styling by Katie Shillingford that really takes thing to the next level.
These are totally 90's and awesome and I could see Cassandra (from Wayne's World) totally rocking them while belting out Ballroom Blitz. I love the use of denim as "the great equalizer" and here it totally tones down the tart-ness of the lingerie/body-con look. I would be curious to try on the bodysuit in the second picture because it seems like it could be a ridiculous must-have in my closet. And those shoes? HOLY HELL OF RAD!!!
I am pretty sure that before the year is done, a jumpsuit will make its way into my wardrobe. This one is oozing sex appeal and I just love it.
This is just a cool inspiration look. I'm quite into over the knee socks and although I was ambivalent about the long, quasi-jacket vest, I must say that it's definitely growing on me.
Miu Miu redux. Yes. Yes. and Yes. I love the sequined hot pants, I'll have to find an appropriate place to wear it though...
This jacket will be mine, oh yes, it will be mine.
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These brownies are between cakey and fudgey. They are quite chocolaty and tasty, as I know because I almost did not get a chance to take a picture of them before they were devoured by my roommates. The recipe is a hand-me-down from my friend's mother. Really simple and no special ingredients. (and no nuts either! ;))
My notes about the recipe: I didn't have 12oz of chocolate chips, but I had 6oz chips and 6 oz semi-sweet chocolate squares. I melted the squares with the unsweetened chocolate and butter. Then followed the recipe as is. I just used a rubber spatula to mix and fold in the ingredients, and it seemed to be pretty thick and fudgey. I also put the batter in a 9×9 pan (or 8×8-can't remember) which usually helps make them fudgier, too.
4oz unsweetened baker's chocolate
½ lb butter
2 cup sugar
4 eggs (unbeaten)
1 1/3 cup flour
1 t baking powder
1/2 t salt
2 t vanilla
12 oz. chocolate chips
Melt chocolate and butter. Add sugar and mix. Add eggs and mix. Add all dry ingredients. Cool mixture. Fold in vanilla and chocolate chips. Bake in 13×9 greased pan for 35 minutes @ 350 degrees. Turn off oven and leave in 5 more minutes. (If you are using a smaller pan, you may need 5 minutes more.) Cool at least ½ hour in pan.


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Highline Public School Board votes to place bond measure on Nov. 4 ballot
The Highline Public School Board voted this week to place a school construction bond to repair or replace deteriorating schools and ease overcrowding on the Nov. 4, 2014 ballot.
If approved, the bond would:
- Rebuild Highline High School
- Replace Des Moines Elementary School at the Zenith site (16th Place S. & S. 240th St., Des Moines)
- Build a new middle school at the Manhattan site (440 S. 186th St., Burien)
- Build a new middle school at the Glacier site (2450 S. 142nd Street, SeaTac)
- Make critical renovations at Tyee and Evergreen campuses
- Provide technology improvements throughout the district
- Make capital improvements to support arts education throughout the district
- Address additional critical needs throughout the district
The bond is necessary to meet two significant challenges facing Highline schools:
- Growing Enrollment: Projections show more than 2,000 additional students will enter Highline schools over the next 8 to 10 years. The bond would add classrooms, provide space to lower class sizes in grades K through 3, and meet the growing number of students in Highline schools. Without additional classrooms, class sizes will get larger instead of smaller, and the district would likely have to forfeit up to $2.2 million a year in extra state funding targeted for lowering class size.
- Deteriorating Buildings: The measure would increase student safety by replacing two buildings that are nearly 100 years old and were not built to current earthquake and fire code. Critical improvements would be made in other aging buildings, especially the Tyee and Evergreen high school campuses.
"As our buildings age, repairs and maintenance are becoming more and more expensive, draining money away from the classroom," said Chief of Staff and Finance Duggan Harman. "In addition, these older buildings do not have the electrical capacity to support the educational technology our students need to be prepared for the workplace of tomorrow."
Planning for the bond included community input, a professional analysis of building conditions, updates to enrollment projections, and multiple Board work sessions.
School construction and capital improvements are funded through voter-approved bonds. A bond measure must be approved by a 60 percent margin.
Here is how the cost to homeowners breaks down for the $385 million bond:
|Total Bond Measure Cost
|$385.1 Million
|Rate per thousand of Assessed Value
|Average Home Value
|Projected Cost Per Year
|Projected Cost Per Month
For more details about the proposed bond, visit the Building for Tomorrow Today section on the district website.


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by Mark Jagord, sports information assistant
MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The No. 21 Georgia College men's tennis team (10-4, 3-2 PBC) entered singles play at 2-1 and went on to take the rest of the matches on their way to a 7-1 win over No. 35 University of North Georgia (8-5, 1-5 PBC) Sunday at the Centennial Tennis Center Facility.
Sophomore Taylor Powell (Martinez, Ga.) and freshman Anton Waern (Taby, Sweden) had the most convincing win at second doubles with an 8-3 score over Giovani Santos and Sam Gantt, while the third doubles team of freshman Kyle Kinsler (Suwanee, Ga.) and sophomore Mattia Campus (Concorezzo, Italy) won a close 8-6 match against Matheus Pineda and Cameron Mistr.
The Bobcats top pair, the No. 16 doubles team of sophomore Yannick Hass (Troisdorf, Germany) and senior Alex Schubert (Frankfurt, Germany) had an even closer match and fell 9-7 to Mateus Camasie and Rodrigo Magan.
First, fourth and fifth singles won in straight sets, while second and third singles went to a third set and sixth singles went unfinished.
No. 33 Hass beat Camasmie 6-2, 6-1 in the first spot, while Campus and Powell both won 6-1, 6-2 sets over Gantt and Pineda in the fourth and fifth positions, respectively.
Waern dropped his first set 6-2 before recovering to take the last two sets 6-4, 6-3 at third singles. Schubert won his first set 6-3, but dropped the second 6-4 before taking the third 6-1 at the second spot.
The men's tennis team next travels to No. 29 Francis Marion University Sunday, April 6 at 11 a.m.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.


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Takeaways: Obamacare numbers
There was no way the early Obamacare enrollment numbers were going to look good — and they sure didn't.
And once you get beyond the White House's sales pitch, it only gets worse.
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The Obama administration did everything possible to dress up the ugliness of the first month of Obamacare enrollment numbers — adding in people who haven't even paid and throwing in figures that have nothing to do with actual signups.
The one true bright spot is there seems to be interest, so enrollment could pick up in the coming months, just like the White House always said it would.
(PHOTOS: 10 Sebelius quotes about the Obamacare website)
But perception has a way of becoming reality — and what most Americans will hear is that the 106,000 people who selected health plans in the first month is a long, long way from the goal of 7 million Americans covered in the first year. If that's all that people hear, the Obama administration will have to work extra hard to get young and healthy people to sign up — if they haven't all been chased away by now.
Here are the top takeaways from the first enrollment numbers:
They tried to pump up the numbers
The administration practically pulled out the air freshener for the Obamacare figures. Officially, 106,185 people "selected a plan" — meaning they had picked one out, and might or might not have paid for it.
You're only enrolled if you've paid for a plan, but Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius says it's not surprising that not everyone paid their first premium, because they don't have to do that until Dec. 15. Besides, "we know that some people may enroll in plans temporarily and then decide to switch plans when they get more information," she told reporters on a conference call.
( Also on POLITICO: October Obamacare enrollment low)
Break down those numbers a bit more, though, and they look even worse. Just 26,794 people selected a plan through the broken federal enrollment website, which serves 36 states — about 25 percent of the total. The other 79,391 picked a plan through the state-run health exchanges — which only exist in 14 states and the District of Columbia.
So how do you make those look better? By throwing out a lot of other numbers.
For example, the administration said it had made eligibility determinations for nearly 1.5 million people — and found that nearly 1.1 million of them are eligible for Obamacare health plans. They just haven't all picked plans yet.
"We can reasonably expect that these numbers will grow," said Sebelius. "At the end of the day, the promise of quality affordable coverage is becoming a reality for millions of Americans."
They also added in all the Medicaid people. That program is doing much better than the enrollment in private Obamacare health plans — 396,261 have been found to be eligible for Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program.
"Those numbers mean that half a million people now have health coverage because of this law," said Tom Harkin of Iowa, chairman of the Senate HELP Committee and one of the law's biggest supporters.
( Also on POLITICO: Senate Democrats seek Obamacare balance)
And, of course, there was the old "look at all the traffic" trick — nearly 27 million "unique visitors" to the federal and state websites, and nearly 3.2 million calls to the federal call centers.
Obamacare makes a bad first impression
For health care experts who have been through this drill before, especially with the launches of the Massachusetts health reform law and Medicare Part D, it really is too soon to tell what the numbers mean — especially since the open enrollment season lasts through March.
The problem, though, is that the early perception could be all that matters with the public — and Republicans and conservatives were hard at work mocking the numbers as miserably low.
"Only in Washington could placing an item in a virtual shopping cart — without even buying it — count as a sale," said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell.
Mild-mannered Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee even jeered that everyone who signed up for Obamacare in the first month could fit in the University of Tennessee's Neyland Stadium.
( Also on POLITICO: Obamacare decision time for Democrats: Fight or flight)
"This is horrifically bad," said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the conservative American Action Forum. "This is way below their goals, obviously. It's way below what Part D looked like at this point."
At this rate, Holtz-Eakin said, it would take "about five and a half years" to reach the goal of 7 million people enrolled in Obamacare's first year.
That's why supporters of the law will be watching closely to see if the Obama administration can turn it around and get frustrated people to come back — as Sebelius urged early customers to do.
"That's something that the Obama administration and congressional Democrats will have to manage," said Jonathan Gruber, an MIT health economist who consulted on Obamacare and the Massachusetts health care law.
As Republicans piled on, there weren't a lot of Democrats who came to the defense of the early numbers. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi was one of the few who did, saying they showed "tremendous demand for what the Affordable Care Act has to offer."
"While these figures are lower than originally projected because of the website issues, Massachusetts' implementation of health care reform shows that we can expect enrollment to grow through the next five months. As access to the website improves, millions of Americans will see the quality, affordable coverage available to them on the marketplaces," Pelosi said.


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Japanese erasers are adorable with their tiny size, precise detailing and sweet design. They are assembled with separate color parts making them a puzzle that can be taken apart and put back together. Kids love to collect and trade them. We love that Japanese erasers are eco-friendly and non-toxic: no lead, no paint, no phthalates, no PVC, no latex and they are recyclable. Responsibly made in Japan by Iwako. CE certified. Size: approx 1.25 inches.Ages: 8+ (small parts not suitable for children under the age of 8).


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Suspected Asteroid Collision Leaves Odd X-Pattern of Trailing Debris
Something awfully curious is happening 100 million miles from Earth in the asteroid belt. There's a newly discovered object that superficially looks like a comet but lives among the asteroids. The distinction? Comets swoop along elliptical orbits close in to the Sun and grow long gaseous and dusty tails, as ices near the surface turn into vapor and release dust. But asteroids are mostly in circular orbits in the asteroid belt and are not normally expected to be "volatile."
The mystery object was discovered on January 6, 2010, by the Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research (LINEAR) sky survey. The object appears so unusual in ground-based telescopic images that discretionary time on NASA's Hubble Space Telescope was used to take a close-up look. The observations show a bizarre X-pattern of filamentary structures near the point-like nucleus of the object and trailing streamers of dust. This complex structure suggests the object is not a comet but instead the product of a head-on collision between two asteroids traveling five times faster than a rifle bullet. Astronomers have long thought that the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never before been seen.
Hubble Views of Comet-like Asteroid P/2010 A2
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has imaged a mysterious X-shaped debris pattern and trailing streamers of dust that suggest a head-on collision between two asteroids. Astronomers have long thought that the asteroid belt is being ground down through collisions, but such a smashup has never before been seen.
The comet-like object imaged by Hubble, called P/2010 A2, was first discovered by the LINEAR (Lincoln Near-Earth Asteroid Research program) sky survey on January 6. New Hubble images taken on January 25 and 29 show a complex X-pattern of filamentary structures near the nucleus.
"This is quite different from the smooth dust envelopes of normal comets," says principal investigator David Jewitt of the University of California at Los Angeles. "The filaments are made of dust and gravel, presumably recently thrown out of the nucleus. Some are swept back by radiation pressure from sunlight to create straight dust streaks. Embedded in the filaments are co-moving blobs of dust that likely originate from tiny unseen parent bodies."
Hubble also shows that the main nucleus of P/2010 A2 lies outside its own halo of dust. This has never before been seen in a comet-like object. The nucleus is estimated to be 460 feet (140 meters) in diameter.
Normal comets fall into the inner regions of the solar system from icy reservoirs in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. As comets near the Sun and warm, ices near the surface vaporize and eject material from the solid comet nucleus via jets. But P/2010 A2 may have a different origin. It orbits in the warm, inner regions of the asteroid belt where its nearest neighbors are dry rocky bodies lacking volatile materials.
This leaves open the possibility that the complex debris tail is the result of an impact between two bodies rather than ices from a parent body simply turning into vapor. Asteroid collisions are energetic, with an average impact speed over 11,000 miles per hour (5 km/s, or five times faster than a rifle bullet).
"If this interpretation is correct, two small and previously unknown asteroids recently collided, creating a shower of debris that is being swept back into a tail from the collision site by the pressure of sunlight," says Jewitt.
The main nucleus of P/2010 A2 would be the surviving remnant of this so-called hypervelocity collision. "The filamentary appearance of P/2010 A2 is different from anything seen in Hubble images of normal comets, consistent with the action of a different process," says Jewitt. An impact origin would also be consistent with the absence of gas in spectra recorded using ground-based telescopes.
The asteroid belt itself contains abundant evidence for ancient collisions that have shattered precursor bodies into fragments. The orbit of P/2010 A2 is itself consistent with membership in the Flora asteroid family, produced by collisional shattering a few hundred million years ago. (One fragment of that ancient smashup may have struck Earth 65 million years ago, triggering a mass extinction that wiped out the dinosaurs.) But, until now, no such asteroid-asteroid collision has been caught "in the act."
Continued observations with Hubble and an armada of ground-based telescopes may reveal the mechanisms by which natural impacts generate dust to supply the zodiacal cloud, a plane of dust in our solar system.
At the time of the Hubble observations, the object was approximately 100 million miles (160 million km) from Earth. The Hubble images were recorded with the new Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3).
Ray Villard
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, Md.
David Jewitt
University of California, Los Angeles, Calif.


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One More Kiss
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I have to agree with Annette Brown (above) on everything she stated. I did not like the character of Sarah at all (poor casting), GB's character was weak, and the only one I felt the pain for was the wife. It could have been a much better film but maybe it was realistic and not the way we would like things to happen. .
Mister Gerard Butler very talented and versatile actor. Where he has learnt so to play? Thanks the director for shrillness and light grief. It as Anton Chekhov. Thanks for tears.
i am from mexico city, where can i buy this movie one more kiss? i would like to watch it,
One More Kiss is one of my favorite Gerry movies. While I thought the role of Sarah was miscast, I loved Gerry in it, and I thought the storyline was fascinating. It's interesting to analyze what is really going on with each character. I really felt for Charlotte. And I loved that actress. AND, Gerry was so gorgeous in it that I had to watch it numerous times just to look at him.
I have to be honest (though obviously I'm a huge fan of GB!) This is the absolute least favorite of all the work of GB (that I've seen). His performance was ok. But the character's weren't written very well. I found myself not sympathizing with any of them. I sympathized a bit with the wife. But she was written in such a way – that she was the "bad guy" – when clearly she was a woman who wanted to fight for her relationship. The character GB played was written (or maybe portrayed) in such a way that he didn't have much of a backbone and made choices in a very weak way – So you couldn't really root for the character or feel good about his choices. His old flame came off as very selfish and inconsiderate. Though she was dying, I found it hard to sympathize for her. So… you know, I just didn't enjoy it. Of course, as with all film, it can be a very subjective experience. We all bring our life's perspective to the theater. But it wasn't bad enough to turn me off GB;)
Gerard is brilliant in this movie. While watching this movie, I learned what a gifted actor Gerard is. It is my favorite movie. The interaction between the characters is very beautiful and real. Gerard has this knack of pulling you into his character. He has a softness and gentleness about him that is endearing.
this is a lovely little film and gerrys character is so loving and caring. he is pulled between his old love and his new wife and it is very touching in places. i felt sorry for the wife at the end because she had stood by him but it was also hard on him because he was in the middle and was being pulled both ends. i loved the way he was there for sarah at the end but sorry for the wife who felt pushed out. very funny in places but also very sad. well worth watching to see how gerrys acting first started out and then obviously has progressed over the years. an early look at gerrys potential.


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Bavarian Crochet Stitch Blanket
Crochet Blanket Wheel Stitch Square - Catherine's Wheel
Video Tutorial: Bavarian Crochet Stitch
Crochet Dad has a variation of the wheel stitch square using a wheel stitch rectangle. Great idea Crochet Dad!!!
Written by Teresa Richardson
Joined Stitches - The joined stitches will be done by wrapping the yarn around your hook twice, insert the hook through the stitch, pull the yarn through the stitch, wrap the yarn over your hook, pull through two loops, wrap the yarn over, pull through two loops. Leave the last loop of each stitch on your hook. There will be 5 loops on the hook for the corner joined, 8 loops on the hook for the flat edge joined.
- The wheel stitch with the back post is a heavier stitch using more yarn. It will make a nice and warm afghan.
- The wheel stitch square can be modified and used with double crochet.
- The wheel stitch can be easily modified to use more stitches in each wheel
CH 5, Join.
Round 1: *CH 3, work 4 TC joined, CH 1 to secure, CH 3, SL ST in the CH. Complete 4 times total from *. See diagram for stitch placement.
Round 2: * 10 TC in the center eye of the corner joined stitch, SL ST between stitches, Repeat around from *. See Diagram (There will be 4 corner shells at this point. This is the foundation, setting up the square to expand and get larger)
Round 3: Skipping 3 TC on the corner, *SL ST in to the next ST, CH 3, work 4 joined TC across 4 stitches, ch to join, CH 3, SL ST in the same stitch you just completed. Flat Edge Valley - CH 3, Work 7 joined triple crochet across the 3 previous TC, SL ST , 3 TC. CH 3. Repeat from * 4 times total. See Diagram. (There will be 4 corner clusters of 4 TC joined and 4 clusters of 7 TC joined)
Round 4: * 10 TC in the center eye of the corner joined stitch, SL ST between stitches, 6 TC in center joined stitch of the flat edge. Repeat around from *. See Diagram (There will be 4 corner shells with 10 TC and 4 shells on the flat edge of 6 TC)
Rounds 3-4 will be repeated to make the square larger. You can do the traditional triple crochet or a back post triple crochet for the ridge effect as in the image above.
There will be 1 additional wheel stitch on each side as you progress with each round.


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(CNN) — The two Amish girls kidnapped last week in upstate New York were sexually abused while in captivity, St. Lawrence County District Attorney Mary Rain said.
Police on Friday arrested a couple and charged them with kidnapping in the abduction of the girls last week, authorities said.
Stephen M. Howells II, 39, and his girlfriend Nicole F. Vaisey, 25, are being held without bond, the St. Lawrence County Sheriff's Office said. Federal charges are also a possibility.
Rain said that evidence found in the couple's house, in addition to interviews with the couple and the victims, shows that the kidnapping was premeditated and that the couple had planned for more.
"There is no doubt in my mind that if they were successful, they were going to continue with future acts," Rain told CNN.
The District Attorney's Office is also looking into whether the couple had sexually abused others, Rain said.
On Wednesday of last week, an Amber Alert was issued after a 6-year-old and her 12-year-old sister disappeared from a vegetable stand near their family farm in Oswegatchie, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) from the Canadian border.
A witness told police the girls were tending to a customer who drove up in a white four-door sedan and disappeared when the vehicle pulled away, according to the Amber Alert.
The Amber Alert was canceled Thursday night after the girls were apparently abandoned along a road in Richville, about 40 miles away.
"The children walked up to a home, knocked on the door of a stranger," Rain told CNN affiliate WWNY. "The stranger brought them home to their house, and police were waiting."
She said the girls were "a little wet and cold," but otherwise healthy.
The investigation moved quickly Friday, as "good police work" and tips from the girls led authorities to the suspects, St. Lawrence County Sheriff Kevin Wells said.
"We have two strong young girls," he said. "The reason we're able to make an arrest tonight is because of just how strong they are and things they're able to remember."
A red care and a white one were towed from the scene by authorities, affiliate WSYR reported. The house where Howells and Vaisey live is being processed for evidence, Wells said.
A preliminary hearing for Howells and Vaisey that was scheduled for Thursday was canceled Monday. If convicted, the couple faces a minimum of 25 years in prison on the kidnapping charge.
CNN's Ed Payne and Joe Sutton contributed to this report.
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Congress introduces MarbleCoin as mandatory ecommerce currency
In an effort to stop cyber crime, Congress has signed a bill stating that all goods bought and sold online must soon be done in one, central form of currency – MarbleCoin. MarbleCoin is the new, innovative form of currency that comes in a similar shape and form of marbles. Starting this evening, online stores worldwide will be converting their current prices to that of the spherical stones. The law … Read more


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Let me start off by saying I've been a fan of She-Ra since I first went to the theater as a kid to see The Secret Of The Sword, I regularly watched the Filmation show after school, and I even had a She-Ra toy from the POP line as a kid(although I kept that little secret from my friends). I'm just playing devil's advocate with this thread since it seems there are a lot of fans out there who want nothing to do with She-Ra, her friends, or her villains(except for those released as a part of the MOTU vintage line).
If you dislike POP, why?
- The toyline was geared towards girls?
- Disliked the She-Ra cartoon?
- Like Prince Adam/He-Man better as an only child with unique abilities?
- The characters take away from vintage, NA, and/or 2002 releases?
If you like POP, would you want any changes with their MOTUC releases?
- Make the POP toys closer to the vintage toys?
- Not a fan of the MOTU characters & feel it weakens the POP property?
- Want POP to have its own release separate from MOTUC?
I don't want this thread to turn into a faction war. I'm just curious about what people feel about She-Ra, POP, and if they belong in the same line as He-Man for the first time ever(the 2002 line only had a SDCC exclusive). I hope we can have an intelligent discussion without resorting to name calling or the typical stereotypes that often pop up during similar discussions on the topic.


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Windows Phone market share is hovering at a lowly 3 percent, but hopes for Windows 10 on mobile are high. According to CEO Satya Nadella, Microsoft's "big mistake" was to focus on the PC as the perpetual hub for everything. As a result, the company was slow to recognize the importance of mobile devices, and this opened up the fast-track to obsolescence.
Now, Microsoft has learned from its mistakes. It is funneling significant resources into creating a robust and user-friendly mobile platform. However, Nadella said that focusing entirely on mobile would mean making the same mistake Microsoft made before. Microsoft is still a major player on PCs and hopes that Windows 10 on desktop will hit one billion computers. With the latest version of Windows, the focus is on interoperability and unification. This strategy recognizes that the future may not be so much about one dominant computing platform as it is about constant switching back-and-forth between multiple devices. In the land of VoIP, this would have been called "call continuity." In this new evolving realm, it will be more like "endpoint continuity" across devices.
Windows 10 comes with a number of benefits that will enable enterprises to seamlessly manage smartphones, tablets, PCs and other devices. Jim Kanir, CRO of Vox Mobile, has identified 10 things IT admins need to know about Windows 10 for mobile.
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The Queen - Reviewed
Monday, September 12, 2011
Book Description: While investigating a mysterious double homicide in an isolated northern Wisconsin town, FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers uncovers a high-tech conspiracy that ties together long-buried Cold War secrets with present-day tensions in the Middle East.
In his most explosive thriller yet, bestselling author Steven James delivers a pulse-pounding, multilayered storytelling tour de force that will keep you guessing.
The Queen is the latest Patrick Bowers thriller from the author Publishers Weekly calls a "master storyteller at the peak of his game."
My Thoughts: For some reason I just couldn't get into this book. I was rather bummed because I have read and enjoyed the other books in the series. I think my brain is on overload with my husband's accident and I just couldn't get in to it. If you enjoy thriller books don't pass this one up! Steven James is one to keep you on the edge of your seat.
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I am mostly just a woman trying to live her life in a manner pleasing to the Lord. That involves being a wife to Jeff and a mother to my three teenagers--neither role coming easily but both roles stretching me, requiring me to press in closer to Jesus. And because of this, Jesus has taken an insecure, fearful, sometimes angry girl and is turning her into a more trusting, peaceful, grace-filled woman. At least some of the time. There is still such a long way to go!
But the Spanish flue epidemic changes everything. Faced with her aunt's death, Arthur's indecisiveness, and four children who have no one else to care for them, Rebekah is torn between the desire to escape the type of life she's always led and the unexpected love that just might change the dream of her heart.
If you would like to read the first chapter of Wings of A Dream, go HERE.
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Oscar Maximo Fernández began his career in the early 1970s, working together with the artist Daniel Branca. They drew numerous comics for El Clan de Mac Perro, a supplement of the magazine Billiken. After 'Doña Tele', their first collective work with texts by Silvia Bolster, Fernández and Branca drew 'Barbeta y Grunchi' and two episodes of 'Mac Perro'. Together with writer Enrique Pinti, they revived 'El Mono Relojero', one of the initial series of the magazine Billiken. Fernández and Branca cooperated on the magazine Satiricón, for which they produced 'El Sátiro Virgen' with texts by Oskar Blotta in 1972.
Fernández and Branca moved to Barcelona in 1976, where they worked on the series 'Caramelot' and 'Sir Bombin' in the magazines Zipi y Zape and Gaby, Miliki y Fofito of the publishing house Bruguera. Fernández then parted with Branca and began drawing 'Donald Duck' stories for the Danish Disney production of the publishing house Egmont through Studio Recreo between. Fernandez returned to Argentina in 1983.


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Lanie's aunt, Hannah, loves science too. She came with her trailer to go on a family camping trip. Before they went, Hannah and Lanie made a garden with various amounts and different kinds of fruit. Aunt Hannah had to leave for six weeks because a bird researcher broke his leg. She had to go and help out. Lanie was really sad when she found out her aunt was gone.
The next day at school, they had a butterfly project. They watched the cocoons open to butterflies. They also had to write facts about it. Lanie's butterfly grew, and it was beautiful. The sad thing was Lanie had to let her go just like Dakota. Dakota said she'd be back in six weeks, and Lanie was really excited.
I would change one part of the story. I wished Aunt Hannah stayed for the camping trip. My favorite part is when Dakota e-mails Lanie because it says that she'll be home in only six weeks; and Lanie was happy. My favorite character is Lanie because she loves science and uses it to entertain herself. My least favorite character is the sister, Emily, because when Lanie says science facts, she doesn't listen.
This story relates to my life because some of my family has "indoor genes" and some have "outdoor genes". The pictures in the story show how dedicated Lanie is to science. People should read the story because it teaches you to still like the outdoors, even though your family loves the indoors.


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JEFFERSON CITY (AP) � The Missouri Senate is considering a bill to toughen attendance requirements for students receiving state-sponsored college scholarships in an effort to encourage them to graduate on time.
Students would have to be continuously enrolled for a certain number of credit hours per semester in order to continue receiving state aid. The legislation would require the recipients of three Missouri scholarship programs � Bright Flight, Access Missouri and the A+ Schools Program � to finish their degrees on time or potentially lose their state aid.
"The longer students stay in school, the more likely they are to drop out, and the more likely they are to increase their student debt. Time is the enemy here," said sponsoring Sen. David Pearce, R-Warrensburg.
The legislation would require students in the A+ program to complete 48 credit hours over two years to remain eligible for aid. The A+ program awards students from participating high schools a scholarship to cover tuition costs at public community colleges and technical schools.
Starting in the 2014-2015 academic year, recipients of Access Missouri would need to be enrolled in 24 hours of classes their first year and 30 hours in subsequent years to maintain eligibility. Access Missouri is a need-based scholarship for full-time Missouri college students to attend a four-year public or private institution. A similar requirement would be established for Bright Flight scholarship recipients.
The bill would also reduce the total number of semesters a student could qualify for state aid from Access Missouri. Currently, students can draw down aid for 10 semesters of college, but the legislation would lower that to eight.
"This would be a step in the wrong direction if we are truly trying to meet our state goals of increasing college attendance," said Sen. Wayne Wallingford, R-Cape Girardeau.
Wallingford opposed that part of the bill and added that many students take five years or longer to complete a college degree. He tried on the Senate floor to remove that provision, but the effort failed.
Another amendment was adopted to allow students on all three scholarship programs to seek waivers from the new attendance requirements for "serious and unusual personal circumstances." There are also exemptions for military members, students with disabilities and students working in state or federal government.
The measure has already received first-round approval, and the Senate is expected to send it to the House next week. With only three weeks left in the legislative session, the measure's chances are hurt by a lack of time, but Pearce said he is still optimistic about it passing.


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The Laramie County Library in Cheyenne, Wyoming is a great place to stop and stay. I was there a few weeks ago doing some research on my way to Salt Lake City. The genealogy section is extensive and contains not only Wyoming materials but for other areas east of the Great Plains, such as New England and Virginia.
2200 Pioneer Avenue
Cheyenne, WY 82001
Monday-Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday, Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Sunday 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
This excellent collection, including microfiche and periodicals is cataloged on WYLDCat (Wyoming Libraries Database catalog). Their surname index is also cataloged. Some of the highlights of their genealogical collection:
microfilm from the Family History Center (indefinite)
10,000 volumes of books and periodicals
state, county, town histories
probate, land, church, vital records and cemetery records
census film
family histories and newsletters
The New England Historical and Genealogical Register
The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record
Rhode Island Vital Records
The War of the Rebellion series
American Genealogical and Biographical Index
Massachusetts Vital Records
Their microfiche collection is extensive and consists primarily of University Microfilm's Genealogy and Local History collection. They have thousands of titles, which include family histories, local histories, periodicals and vital records from the thirteen original colonies. On microfiche they also have the Boston Transcripts.
The library has ample parking and easy access. If you are traveling I-80, take a break and visit the library. Or plan a special trip there. You will be glad you stopped!


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Parents get renewed warning on infant sleep positioners
Wedges, mats and bolsters sold as infant "sleep positioners" are dangerous and unnecessary, government safety officials say in a renewed warning.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission received reports of 13 infant suffocation deaths linked to the products from 1997 to 2011, says a report out today detailing the previously reported cases. The babies were 21 days to 4 months old, eight were male and four had been born prematurely, say investigators from the commission, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. The findings are in the CDC's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
Here's one additional finding the experts are especially keen for parents to note: Most of these babies were found on their stomachs after being put to sleep on their sides – something the American Academy of Pediatrics has strongly advised against since 2005, but that some parents still do.
Some parents may use positioners to keep babies on their sides. Or they may believe, wrongly, that the products will help keep babies in the recommended position, on their backs, the report says.
The pediatrics academy and other groups say babies should sleep on their backs in a crib with no pillows, stuffed animals or heavy blankets, to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. Soft items can end up covering a baby's face and blocking breathing.
Some of the positioners advertised for babies with reflux or flat heads got FDA clearance in the past. But the FDA has asked manufacturers to stop marketing the products and making medical claims unless they can produce data that benefits outweigh risks. Some still appear to be for sale online.
The FDA is working with manufacturers, and it "continues to review websites that make illegal medical claims related to infant sleep positioners and takes appropriate actions to stop this practice," FDA public affairs specialist Michelle Bolek said in an e-mail.


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"Hey, dark 'n lovely!"
Gotta love the brothers who show their affection for the dark-skinned girls, even if they are hollering out the window of a passing car.
Gotta love it even more when the brother is the president, and the object of his affection is front and center for the world to see.
It's true: A lot of black women fell for Barack Obama the moment they saw his wife.
If a black president represents change, a dark-skinned first lady is straight-up revolutionary.
I won't apologize for taking note of Michelle Obama's physical appearance. Plenty has already been said about how she, with her double Ivy degrees, six-figure salaries and two adorable daughters, is crushing the image of the struggling black single mother. She is a real life Clair Huxtable! But the true breakthrough here is that sisters who look like Michelle Obama seldom become cultural icons, aesthetic trendsetters—a proxy for the all-American woman.
And don't roll your eyes and ask why we have to go there; we haven't completely gotten over our prejudices about skin tone and hair texture. Despite years of scholarly, literary and popular debate—from Dr. Kenneth Clark's baby-doll tests, to Toni Morrison's tragic characters in The Bluest Eye, to the showdown between jiggaboos and wannabes in Spike Lee's School Daze—too many of us continue to accept a standard of beauty that does not favor ebony-hued skin, woolly hair and full lips (and not those surgically enhanced smackers, either).
I know from first-hand experience. I remember being taunted and shunned by some people who didn't believe that old saying about the blacker the berry. Back when we were Negroes, the word "black" was used to describe the dark-skinned among us, usually not with affection. My mama assured me that I was a pretty black girl, but it was the brothers on the streets, cooing such compliments as dark 'n lovely, chocolate drop, brown sugar, who convinced me.
Now that we're all black—folks aren't quite as open with their intraracial biases, but those old beliefs still haunt us. The lingering effects of racism and sexism, coupled with a beauty industrial complex that constantly assaults our senses with images of female beauty that trend toward the lighter end of the racial color wheel, has rendered dark-skinned women nearly invisible in mainstream media.
Of course, some mahogany girls get play—Gabrielle Union, the actress; Naomi Campbell, the supermodel; Kelly Rowland, the singer and Lanisha Cole, of hip-hop video fame.
But consider the complexions of most of the black women who smile or stare seductively at the world from the covers of celebrity and beauty magazines—cream, café au lait, golden honey. Gorgeous sisters, yes, but we come in other good flavors, too. The failure to showcase dark-skinned beauties feeds the notion that pretty black girls are an exception. Not so much dark and lovely as dark but lovely.
The light-skinned, long-hair aesthetic reigns.
I think of India.Arie's song from a few years back.
"I'm not the average girl from your video
And I ain't built like a supermodel
But I've learned to love myself unconditionally
Because I am a queen."
An empowering anthem, but even Arie acknowledges that many of us who don't look like Barbie dolls—even chocolate-coated Barbie dolls—are not convinced of our beauty.
"I don't know if young women necessarily think that certain women they see on TV are beautiful, but they do see that certain women are financially rewarded by looking a certain way and therefore that image is reinforced," Arie told me via e-mail. She thinks that Michelle Obama's presence on the national stage will "jump-start the challenge of those long-held beliefs. Not only is she naturally and uniquely beautiful, but she demonstrates a great deal of poise, class and style, which I think has and will continue to help capture the nation's attention in a positive way."
As much as we'd like to think that everyone will be instantly enlightened, the truth is it might not have much of an immediate or noticeable impact. Two years ago, Kiri Davis, at the time a high-school student in New York, made a documentary that recreated Clark's psychological tests of the 1940s, in which black children were asked whether they preferred a black or white doll. In the original test, the majority of kids in Clark's sample chose the white doll. Sixty years later, Davis found the same results.
Last Christmas, I got my niece a singing Hannah Montana doll. Actually, I got her two, each belting out a different song clip because I had no idea which was most popular with the tween crowd. If I'd been so inclined, I could have purchased a sound stage and dressing room, complete with working lights.
How cool would it be if next holiday season the hot gift for little girls is the Michelle Obama doll, with a replica of the White House, complete with a husband in the Oval Office who loves a dark-skinned black woman.


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Jackrabbits Lead Wire to Wire In Win
As the South Dakota State Women's basketball team finishes their non-conference schedule, they become accustomed to highs and lows. You could make a case that playing close to Penn State but losing is a high. While turning around to face a lowly Delaware State team but win is a low. The final on Tuesday night was 72 to 57 in favor of the homestanding Jackrabbits, but the spread of fifteen at the final horn doesn't mean it was easy.
Sioux Falls Washington's Ashley Eide hit a layup at the 13:11 mark of the first half to make it 20-5. The Frost Arena crowd hoped a rout was brewing. The Lady Hornets had different ideas as the game was tied with 3 minutes to go before the half. The Jacks closed the half with an 8 to 2 run to get some breathing room and sustained a lead for the rest of the game.
For the Jackrabbits, Eide collected 25 points to lead the scoring with Leah Dietel earning a double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds and Megan Waytashek had 15 points as three Jacks scored in double figures. Tierra Hawkins led the Lady Hornets with 15 points off the bench and Keyanna Tate had 10 points with 11 rebounds.
South Dakota State has one more test before the Summit League schedule commences. Georgetown University in our nation's capital will be the next destination for a pre-Christmas engagement on Friday night before returning home to Frost Arena for a date with North Dakota State on Sunday December 30.


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In this interview with Dr. Daniel Redwood, Halpern elaborates his view of music as a
vehicle for self-empowerment and spiritual well-being, one found in the traditions of
many cultures but often ignored in contemporary societies. He discusses the phenomenon
of entrainment, in which the human heart involuntarily synchronizes its beat to the rhythm
supplied by external stimuli, and emphasizes the importance of having a "balanced music diet,"
one not overloaded with harsh, disruptive rhythms and sounds.
Halpern has over 50 albums to his credit, including the classic Spectrum Suite, Radiance,
Ancient Echoes, Higher Ground , and Afro-Desia. His recordings have sold over two million
copies, an especially impressive figure considering that Halpern's music is produced by his own independent label. About half of Halpern's catalog consists of his SOUNDWAVE 2000 subliminal self-help series, recordings that use the music on his other albums along with positive, healing subliminal messages.
Halpern has colloborated with flutist Paul Horn, ethereal harpist Georgia Kelley, Nigerian
drummer Suru Eksh, and world music guitarist Jai Utal. He has also collaborated with
non-musicians, among them John Bradshaw. His music has been heard on many TV shows,
including Oprah, America's Talking, John Bradshaw's two PBS series, ABC's 20/20, and CBS's 48 hours.
For further information:
Steven Halpern's Peace Music
P.O. Box 2644
San Anselmo, CA 94979-2644
Phone: (800) 909-0707
Website: www.innerpeacemusic.com/
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DANIEL REDWOOD: Years ago I heard the folksinger Odetta say that music has a healing power. That was my first exposure to the idea. What first led you to connect music with healing?
STEVEN HALPERN: My recollection is that when I was in high school, I read in a magazine about Edgar Cayce speaking of the healing power of music. At college in Buffalo around 1965, I started hearing people talking about the healing power of music, and the fact that there is a long tradition of music as a ceremonial and almost magical healing power. I started researching this, and found books about Pythagoras and the ancient healing practices in Greece and Egypt. The problem was"there were no recordings to let me know what that music really sounded like.
DR: So what path did you pursue to try to re-create some of those ancient traditions?
SH: I read everything I could get my hands on. I got into dust-covered books in the far corners of certain libraries. I checked out and apprenticed myself to individuals who said they had certain information. I also did a lot of inner work with prayer and meditation, asking that I might be opened up and allowed to hear the kind of music from this tradition that would be tuned in to 20th century living. In other words, the music that might have worked in ancient Greece, where there was no music to be heard on a daily basis, except at religious ceremonies, might be very different from what is needed today when we are surrounded in a sea of sound, between radio and TV and commercials.


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Spinach Tomato Orzo Soup by Angie McGowan at the Family Kitchen
(photo from the Family Kitchen)
This recipe seems so simple upon first glance, but it's a little bit crazy. Though I appreciate the intent may have been to use whole boxes, bags & cans of ingredients so you don't have anything left to shove back into your pantry (I love that!) BUT you will get more soup than you know what to do with so unless you are feeding a family of 10 it might get wasted at the end. It was delicious the first time, hot off the stove and I love a recipe not afraid of adding spinach. But leftovers aren't soup. They are soggy pasta at best. (The orzo absorbs all of the liquid). Fine, maybe, for a lunch at the office, maybe once, but that's it. I would need to find a way to make about 1/3 of this recipe if I were to make it again. If you are feeding a crowd on a cold winter day, then go check out the recipe over at The Family Kitchen.


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Seeking abductees, Japan eases N. Korea sanctions
BEIJING — In a rare concession to North Korea, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced Thursday that his government will lift some sanctions on the isolated state.
The move does not affect more comprehensive United Nations sanctions aimed at stopping North Korea's nuclear program.
Tokyo is acting in response to the North's agreement to establish a high-level committee to reinvestigate the cases of Japanese citizens abducted and taken to North Korea decades ago by North Korean agents. The issue remains a highly emotional one in Japan, where many believe that hundreds of citizens were abducted.
North Korea has given Japan the names of at least 10 Japanese nationals believed to be living in North Korea, including some suspected abductees, Reuters reported Thursday. Japan has previously demanded an investigation into at least 12 abduction cases.
STORY: The stories of 12 Japanese abducted by North Korea
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"Under the principle of matching action with action, Japan will lift a portion of its sanctions" on North Korea, Abe said.
The sanctions to be lifted, after Abe's Cabinet formally approves the decision Friday, include travel bans and restrictions on money transfers. Port calls by North Korean ships, which are currently banned, may be permitted for humanitarian purposes.
Abe's move restarts the diplomatic efforts, ultimately unsuccessful, of former Japanese prime minister Junichiro Koizumi, who traveled to Pyongyang to discuss the abductees in 2004, said Masao Okonogi, an expert on the Korean peninsula at Japan's Kyushu University. "It's a very risky decision."
The North Korean committee must report the results of its investigation in about three months, Okonogi said. "We can't guess how much will satisfy the Japanese public opinion. Maybe it's impossible to satisfy," he said. The involvement of top leaders will add weight to the process, but Okonogi doubts that this potential breakthrough will lead to a substantial warming of ties.
North Korea seeks large-scale economic assistance, compensation for Japan's colonization of Korea, and normalization of relations, but Abe is unlikely to agree, Okonogi said.
"We can't expect such a conservative man would do that. It's almost the same as U.S. President Nixon going to Beijing," he said. But to achieve real progress, Abe must visit North Korea, he said.
Some analysts were skeptical about the timing of the sanctions announcement, two days after a historic shift in security policy that will allow Japan's military to defend allies under attack.
"The 'revelation' that there are more than 10 survivors is encouraging, but the timing seems to divert attention away from Abe's extremely unpopular coup against Japan's postwar pacifist order," Jeffrey Kingston, director of Asia studies at Temple University's Japan campus, told Reuters.
North Korea will not abolish its nuclear and long-range missile programs but could promise to freeze them as it seeks a restart of multilateral negotiations known as the Six Party Talks, Okonogi said. Those talks are unlikely to begin again soon, and they first require further talks between North and South Korea, he said.
On Tuesday, Seoul turned down Pyongyang's proposal to cease military hostilities, arguing that North Korea must first show its commitment to ending its nuclear weapons program, said Yonhap, a South Korean news agency.
Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrived in Seoul on Thursday for talks with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, which include discussion of North Korea's nuclear ambitions.
In a possible reflection of Beijing's displeasure with North Korea, whose regime relies on support from China, Xi is visiting the South first, unlike previous Chinese presidents.


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Robert Moore Kulicke (1924 - 2007)
Four Black Flowers in a Glass Vase, 1964
Watercolor on paper
7 ¾ x 10 inches (sight)
Signed and dated at upper center: Kulicke 64
Born in Philadelphia in 1924, Robert M. Kulicke attended the Tyler School of Art (Temple University) and the Philadelphia Museum School. In 1949, he studied in Paris with Fernand Leger at the Academie Leger, Paris. Davis & Langdale Company exclusively represented the work of Robert M. Kulicke beginning in 1974 and continues to represent the estate of the artist.
Robert M. Kulicke primarily painted still lifes, choosing a jar of olives, a bouquet of flowers and, his signature subject, the pear as his subjects. Intimate in scale, each painting is contained in a frame that was hand-made by Kulicke, based on designs found throughout framing history.
In 1951, he opened Kulicke Frames in New York City and socialized with Abstract Expressionist painters including Robert Motherwell and Franz Kline. They encouraged him to design thin frames that would not distract from their paintings.
Since 1974 Kulicke had an annual exhibition at the Davis & Langdale Company. He also had exhibitions at Museum of Art, The Pennsylvania State University (1978), John F. Warren, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, (Color of Money: Robert Kulickes Dollar Bill Paintings, 1988), Columbia Museums of Art and Science, South Carolina (1983), and Campbell-Thiebaud Gallery, San Francisco (1991, 1994) and others.
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NEW YORK — She knew they were waiting to hear from her — Channing Tatum's millions of fans.
It had been more than an hour since LaQuishe Wright had posted a photo of the actor on his Twitter account, dressed in a suit "Headed to the Zeigfield." Now she and Tatum had arrived at the "White House Down" premiere, and Wright needed to give his followers another update.
So as he began walking down the red carpet, posing for photographs and greeting reporters, she stayed close by. Glued to her iPhone, she was barely noticeable among the melee, a diminutive 38-year-old in an airy halter dress flanked by hulking bodyguards, publicists, studio handlers. But Wright was one of the most important members of Tatum's entourage that evening: His social media manager, paid to make sure his fans (8.2 million on Facebook, 5.3 million on Twitter and 2.6 million on Instagram) are aware of what he's up to on a near-hourly basis.
As studio executives and casting directors increasingly factor in a celebrity's digital fan base, maintaining a healthy online presence has become vital for Hollywood stars. That's where Wright and a generation of her tech-savvy peers come in, helping to amplify and control the reputations of public figures via social media.
For social media buffs, it sounds like a dream job: Tweeting for a living. But Wright — whose client roster includes Zac Efron, Paul Walker, Nicholas Sparks and movie studios like Sony Pictures and 20th Century Fox — is constantly on-guard, making sure her clients sustain an appropriate tone and share the right content. She strategizes the best times to post so as to attract the most eyeballs and uses search engine optimization tricks to further maximize views. And, much to the dismay of her husband and two sons, she is always within reach of a mobile device in the event important news breaks.
"A lot of celebrities have an aversion to Twitter, and I get it — they're scheduled every four minutes of their life, and they don't want to have to worry about it," said Wright, who goes by "Q." "But if you have a great social presence, that is a 100% benefit. Fans are more prone to go see Channing Tatum's movie if he's telling them about it — not a studio. And Hollywood is paying attention to that now."
That's partly because any tool that tracks online sentiment about a movie is important to studios. In recent months, traditional pre-release audience surveys intended to help predict a film's box office opening have often proven to be unreliable. When one of Wright's client's projects is generating a lot of buzz online — as was the case for Tatum's "Dear John" and "Magic Mike," she clues studios in.
"As a studio, if we see a fan base tweeting about our movies leading up to a release, we get excited — and often that's the result of someone like Q helping to engage people online by giving them an inside view," said Liz Jones, senior vice president of digital marketing at Relativity Media, which hired Wright to run the social media campaign for its February release "Safe Haven."
Many studios have their own in-house digital teams but will hire consultants like Wright to work on specific projects. The messages she sends out are conversational in tone — encouraging fans to check out a behind-the-scenes photo or sending out good wishes on certain holidays.
Even if there's an anodyne way to approach social media, there are plenty of Twitter holdouts — mostly high-profile stars like George Clooney, Ryan Gosling and Jennifer Lawrence who for reasons of privacy or mystery have chosen to stay out of the digital limelight. That can prove frustrating to executives like Jones, who says "it'd be a dream for all of our actors to have a big social media following."
"Honestly, though, I do think it's really hard for a celebrity to run all of their accounts by themselves," she added. "The smart ones understand they need someone to help."
That was the realization that Tatum had early on after his mother, Kay, stumbled across "Channing Tatum Unwrapped," a fan site Wright had created.
It was 2006, and Wright was dealing with personal struggles. Her son had been diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes, and one day, after months of stressful doctor's appointments, she decided to take an afternoon for herself.
She headed to a local multiplex near her home in Katy, Texas, and bought a ticket to "Step Up," Tatum's lighthearted dance flick. At the time, she had never heard of the then-fledgling actor. But she was taken with his performance and rushed home to scour the Internet to learn more about him.
"He had a really great spirit, and I thought, 'What other movies is this going to be in?'" she said.
Wright had never followed Hollywood closely. After graduating from Texas A&M with a degree in computer science, she worked for an airline's information technology department, running her own Web consultant agency on the side.
So when she was unable to find much information about Tatum online, she decided to put her Web design skills to use and founded "Channing Tatum Unwrapped." Within a month, 30,000 visitors had visited the fan site — one of them was Tatum's mom.
"As a mother, you're interested in what's being said about your son, so I started noticing her site," recalled Kay Tatum. "She had updates and news that others didn't, and I thought it was well done, so I mentioned it to Chan."
Soon, Channing Tatum sent an email to Wright saying how appreciative he was of the site, even attaching a picture of himself sitting at his home computer to prove his identity. He asked if Wright's fan page could become his official site, and two months later he invited her to the set of his movie "Fighting" to hash out the details.
"I couldn't believe it — obviously, I could have just been a crazed fan. But he has a good gut," Wright said. "Being on that set in New York, waiting to meet someone I'd been writing about forever. But he walked up to me and tickled me in the ribs and broke the ice right away."
Now it's business
Six years after founding Tatum's site, Wright's passion project has turned into a full-blown business, Q Social Media, Ltd. She has five employees who mostly work remotely, reporting to her at her home base in Texas, though Wright makes at least a dozen trips to L.A. a year. For celebrity clients, her rates vary from $500 to $6,000 per month — but studios typically pony up at least double that, according to a source close to one distribution company.
Sparks, the bestselling novelist who has seen eight of his books adapted into films such as "The Notebook" and "Dear John," said that before working with Wright, he struggled to understand the purpose of Twitter.
"Before Q, there was a random quality to my tweets," he said. "I never would have thought to come up with a six-week-long Twitter plan in advance of one of my books. But Q did a wonderful job of explaining that this was my media platform — a chance to control the information I was releasing and the image I put out into the world."
Many of Sparks' tweets are self-generated — this week, for example, he wished "Notebook" star Gosling a happy birthday. But for other clients, Wright will sometimes tweet on an individual's behalf — marking the message with "Team Z," for example, on Zac Efron's account. Typically, the "team" tweets tend to be more promotional than personal — giving followers information about movie release dates or trailers.
The delineation is meant to provide clarity for fans, who have been bamboozled by misleading accounts. In June, George Takei angered many after a journalist said he had been writing $10 jokes for the "Star Trek" actor's Facebook page. (Takei denied the claim, saying he had help with technical logistics but provided all his own commentary.)
Among Wright's clients, Efron has recently come under scrutiny after tabloid reports surfaced in September that the actor had been to rehab for a drug problem. The first thing the "High School Musical" star did after the rumors broke? Post a picture of himself on Instagram at Machu Picchu, saying he had just returned from "an incredible trip to Peru" and "wanted to thank you all for your support these past few weeks." Wright would not comment on the post.
It's a job that requires an immense amount of trust — which is why some celebrities feel most comfortable hiring their longtime fans to do it. Leigh Lewallen, a 28-year-old who runs Michelle Rodriguez's official website, Facebook and YouTube accounts, said she believes the actress reached out to her years ago because "I was always very supportive of her. I saw the human being behind the celebrity."
Few know that better than Miley Cyrus, who has made headlines this year for shedding her Disney Channel roots and embracing a far more provocative image. When Cyrus noticed a particularly popular Twitter fan account popping up in her feed, she sent a direct message to the person behind it — Olivia Rudensky, a 17-year-old from Long Island. Soon, the high school senior was having lunch with Cyrus' mother, Tish, sharing tips on how she should announce her new single and get it to start trending on Twitter.
This past summer, Rudensky even flew to L.A. for a week, visiting Cyrus at her Toluca Lake home. While Cyrus keeps up her own individual Twitter account, Rudensky is now one of the heads of her @mileyofficial team page. She doesn't get paid but views it as an internship with great perks; last month, she got to go to "Saturday Night Live" when Cyrus hosted.
"I'm applying to colleges now and my whole essay is about this weird double life," said Rudensky. "How I started out as 'Hannah Montana' fan and have ended up working for her."
Even Wright — who was never much of a fangirl — says as recently as last summer, she still found it surreal to be flown to the set of Tatum's "22 Jump Street." The actor, once a self-described technology Luddite, has only recently become more comfortable hopping onto his social media accounts himself. In the past, if he wanted to share something with his fans — a photo from the Super Bowl, or a message about his wife — he'd send it to Wright to post.
"I'm excited he's getting more involved," she said. "I tell him — like all my clients — you can tweet whatever you want, but here's my advice on what you should probably stick to. If you tweet it and it ends up on 'E! News,' I can't do anything."


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Sponsored by data integration software firm Informatica, GovernYourData.com combines industry best practices and tips, free self-service data governance tools and third-party content including whitepapers, research reports and blogs.
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Edd wrote:Corax wrote:Regarding the safety factor, if someone wanted to locate anyones house on a map, they can do it regardless of whether there's a thing pointing at it on a map of FSM devotees or not. I don't believe for a second that a religious kook will research on here to find you and exact Bible sanctioned, righteous revenge.
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Those sound like famous last words, Corax.
Remember, no one expects the Spanish Inquisition!
Corax has one really good defense, though. If a religious nutter wanted to get to him/her, they'd have to fly into Calgary first. And who the hell wants to go to Calgary?


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h₁eh₁tmén h₁sh₂-énkʷe, uh₁wé gʷr̩néh₁mi!atman wrote: I found a root gʷérH- "to praise" which should be what you were looking for. It inflects as a nasal-infixed present in Vedic Sanskrit.
If we assume it did the same in PIE, and that the laryngeal was h₁, we could say that "I praise" could have been gʷr̩néh₁mi.
I'd never haerd of subjective and objective conjugations in PIE. Looking them up, I found out they are reconstructed for Proto-Uralic, and that they could be cognates to the familiar thematic and athematic conjugations of PIE. That is, if Indo-European and Uralic are related at all, which is totally unproven (for now).
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Winning the Future with Radio Spectrum
At a White House event today, 112 economists — including Nobel Laureates, distinguished academics, and former government officials from both parties — presented a letter to President Obama on radio spectrum. The message?
The President should support, and Congress should pass, legislation granting the Federal Communications Commission voluntary incentive auction authority.
In fact, the President's economic team, and many Congressional Republicans and Democrats, are of the view that this new type of auction is the best path forward to transforming how we use radio spectrum in the 21st Century. And there is broad consensus that the demand for mobile broadband is rising. Cisco believes that from 2010to 2015, the United States will see mobile data rising by a factor of 26.
So, there is little controversy about the concept of voluntary incentive auctions, an idea that was born from the FCC's analysis that it needed to find spectrum quickly to meet the sharply increasing demand for mobile broadband data. Simply put, incentive auctions provide a financial incentive that allows incumbent spectrum holders to sell existing spectrum so that it can be repurposed for broadband.
The debate is now over the details. How much money would such an auction raise? How much "incentive" do you provide? Can this voluntary mechanism provide enough spectrum to address the looming spectrum crunch?
Today's letter makes it clear that the time is now to get those questions answered. The stakes are too high not to do so.
Consumers, who want high quality data services and who are increasingly buying more and more mobile devices have a stake. So do businesses which depend upon mobile workers and wireless M2M in their future. So do taxpayers, who should see a significant contribution to the federal treasury – the last significant auction of spectrum raised $19 billion.
This issue isn't partisan. Market-based mechanisms like incentive auctions are the best way to allow radio spectrum to be placed to its highest, best use and to do so with a minimum of transaction costs.
Congress should move this item to the top of the agenda, and take action soon to give the FCC the authority it needs.
Can 112 economists be wrong? I don't think so.
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According to scientists, there are mussels at the bottom of the ocean that are efficiently converting hydrogen into energy in their very own, nature-made hydrogen fuel cells. The mussels, discovered by the Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology and the Cluster of Excellence (MARUM), were found near hydrothermal vents on the ocean floor and have onboard symbiotic bacteria that convert hydrogen into energy. With this discovery, researchers might be able to clone the hydrogen eating bacteria to create all-natural hydrogen fuel cells to power things other than sea life.
When hydrothermal vents were discovered they were widely researched and found to provide two sources of energy to sea life — hydrogen sulfide and methane. Now, the Max Planck Institute of Marine Microbiology has discovered a third source of energy. The discovery was made in a mountain range deep below the surface of the Atlantic ocean at the Logatchev hydrothermal vent field which is 3000 meters below sea level. When researchers brought the mussels back to their laboratory they found they were using a new form of energy than what they had previously discovered in deep ocean vents.
"Our calculations show that at this hydrothermal vent, hydrogen oxidation could deliver seven times more energy than methane oxidation, and up to 18 times more energy than sulfide oxidation," said Jillian Petersen, a researcher on the discovery team. The mussel in question, Bathymodiolus puteoserpentis, is the most abundant at the Logatchev vent and that population was found to consume up to 5000 liters of hydrogen per hour. "The hydrothermal vents along the mid-ocean ridges that emit large amounts of hydrogen can therefore be likened to a hydrogen highway with fueling stations for symbiotic primary production," said Petersen. Perhaps this "hydrogen highway" could lead to a network of less watery bacterial hydrogen fuel cells for human energy consumption.
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The no-brainer number-one pick in tonight's NBA Draft is former Kentucky Wildcat center Anthony Davis, who made news earlier this week with a unique business maneuver: trademarking his celebrated unibrow. He spoke with GQ about sticking with the brow, joining his new team in New Orleans, and the transformative powers of growth spurts.
GQ: Let's start with your trademarking the unibrow, because that's the non-NBA draft story of the week. Whose idea was that?
** Anthony Davis: **My family's and my agent's.
GQ: So what does the trademark mean? How will it work?
** Anthony Davis: **I don't know. I guess no one can put it on T-shirts.
GQ: That also means you have to stick with the unibrow now.
** Anthony Davis: **Yeah, but that's my plan, anyway.
GQ: You didn't have a growth spurt until late in high school, right?
** Anthony Davis: **Yeah, going into the twelfth grade, so summer between eleventh and twelfth.
GQ: And how tall were you in 11th grade?
** Anthony Davis: **Six-foot-three.
GQ: When you were six-foot-three, did you think in two years you'd be in the NBA?
** Anthony Davis: **I never thought I was going to play in the NBA.
GQ: Did you think you'd be going to a Division I college?
** Anthony Davis: **No. I was getting recruited by Cleveland State.
GQ: Could you jump then like you can now?
** Anthony Davis: **I could do a two-hand dunk, but that was it. I could barely get it over the rim.
GQ: Had you ever watched videos of big men before?
** Anthony Davis: **Not until I got to Kentucky. It was just a whole summer before the season. When I got down there in the summer, that's when I did most of the training in the post. I didn't even want to go to the post. They pushed me out of the post, and I was like, "Sorry, coach. It didn't work out." [laughs]
GQ: Did you care which team won the NBA Draft lottery?
** Anthony Davis: **I really didn't.
GQ: You didn't think, "Well, if this team gets the pick, I'll be living in this place in this kind of climate," or anything like that?
** Anthony Davis: **No, I mean a lot of guys were texting me. One guy said, "Get ready for red beans and rice." I didn't look at it that way.
GQ: What do you think of the team that you're going to have in New Orleans?
** Anthony Davis: **Great team. Young. Trying to rebuild and get ready for playoffs. Great coach and great coaching staff. I've met everybody on the team. It just seemed like it's a great opportunity.
GQ: You have said that your high school team was terrible. What was it like going from that to Kentucky, which was one of the great college teams ever?
** Anthony Davis: **Yeah, never won in my life, like, ever. Except AAU, but even then we weren't that good. And then when I was at Kentucky, we'd go on 15-game winning streaks, and I'd be like, "What?" I didn't know how to respond. It was fun. I miss it.
GQ: What was coach Calipari like?
** Anthony Davis: **He's great. Y'all mistake him for this devil, but he's not that bad off the court. On the court, he got love for the game, passion about it. He can become real mean at times, especially when you're not listening. But he treats everybody the same.
GQ: What is Coach Cal like when he's mean?
** Anthony Davis: **Yelling, cursing, pointing, grabbing.


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|Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide
Release 2.6.3
Part Number B10284-02
The Messages branch of the navigator tree lists all available workflow messages for the current item type.
A message is what a notification activity sends to a role in a workflow process. A message can prompt a user for a reply or an action to take that determines what the next activity in the process should be. The recipient of a workflow message is called the performer.
Each message is associated with a particular item type. This allows the message to reference the item type's attributes for token replacement at runtime when the message is delivered.
When you define a message, you can specify that the message prompts a recipient for a special response value that the Workflow Engine then uses to determine how to branch to the next eligible activity in the process. You can create a message with context-sensitive content by including message attribute tokens in the message subject and body that reference item type attributes. A message function lets you include a formatted table of message attributes or a notification history table in the message body. You can also attach message attributes that represent entire documents or URLs to a notification message. In addition, you can create message attributes that generate a response section that is unique to the message.
You can drag a message onto the Notifications branch to create a new notification activity that sends that message. You can also drag a message directly onto an existing notification activity to update the message that the activity sends.
Send and Respond Message Attributes
#WF_REASSIGN_LOV Attribute
#HIDE_REASSIGN Attribute
#HIDE_MOREINFO Attribute
#FROM_ROLE Attribute
#WF_SIG_POLICY Attribute
#WF_SIG_ID Attribute
Header Attributes
Notification Mailer Attributes
Notification Mailer Message Template Attributes
WF_NOTIFICATION() Message Function
To Create a Message
To Define a Message Attribute