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Kim's husband, Army Col. Thomas H. Felts Sr., was killed Nov. 14, 2006, in Baghdad when an explosive detonated near his vehicle. He was 45 years old.
The dinner, held Feb. 29, included about 80 war veterans and their wives and senior defense officials including Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey. They were there in honor of the more than 1 million U.S. service members who served in Iraq from 2003 to the end of operations in December.
Kim, a Special Forces Command family readiness program specialist at Fort Bragg, N.C, brought her two younger children, Rebekah and Thomas Jr., to the event. The teens were nervous and excited, she said, as they pulled up to the White House that evening.
As people mingled, Kim and her children meandered through several rooms of the White House, fascinated by portraits of past presidents and other elites. Her daughter, a fashion buff, was on the lookout for Jackie Onassis' picture, while her son was drawn to Benjamin Franklin's portrait. They then joined a reception line to greet the president and first lady.
Kim shook the president's hand and received a big hug from the first lady, but it was her daughter who stole the thunder, she said. When the president met Rebekah, he said her dress, with its long organza train, was "spectacular." "My daughter is such a 'fashionista,'" Kim said, laughing.
The Felts family took their seats next to the first lady, who immediately put everyone at the table at ease, Kim said. They chatted for a few minutes about family resilience, she said, and Kim's work with Special Forces' Gold Star wives back home. "She expressed she cares so much for Gold Star families, and thinks about them and their sacrifice so often," she recalled.
They also discussed the first lady's Joining Forces campaign, intended to rally the nation's support for military families, and how the White House can leverage the initiative to support Gold Star families.
In his remarks, the president honored the sacrifices of all military families, including the families of the fallen.
"You taught us about sacrifice -- a love of country so deep, so profound, you're willing to give your life for it," he said. "Tonight, we pay solemn tribute to all who did."
Felts said one of the highlights of her evening was meeting Marine Corps Lt. Gen. John F. Kelly, senior military advisor to the defense secretary, whose son was killed in Afghanistan in 2010. They had an instant connection, she said. "There's a camaraderie between survivors," she said. "Not a word needs to be said when you know someone shares the loss of a loved one."
Felts said the dinner's concept was honorable, but she'd prefer hold off on further celebrations until all deployed troops ? including her son-in-law, who is deployed in Afghanistan ? return home.
Still "I did feel the gratitude of the government and that goes a long way," she said.
For more on this tribute, visit American Forces Press Service's special report A Nation's Gratitude [ http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2012/0312_gratitude/ ].


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Plans for holding an open house at the newly remodeled City Hall were discussed at the Maysville City Council work session Thursday night.
Tours of City Hall will be given on Sunday, Sept. 15, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Attendees are invited to walk through the first and second floors of the newly remodeled building, chat with the mayor and council members and enjoy refreshments.
City Hall is located at 226 South Main Street.
Immediately following the open house, there will be a dedication at the Cross Roads School House at Hurricane Shoals Park, located near Maysville. The dedication will take place at 4 p.m. in the Heritage Village section of the park.
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HOMS, Syria (Reuters) - Syria evacuated 83 civilians on Friday who had lived under government siege in the devastated city of Homs for a year and a half, the first concrete result of talks launched two weeks ago to try to end the country's civil war.
Buses ferried dozens of weary-looking evacuees, accompanied by the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, to a meeting point outside Homs where aid workers, soldiers and police were gathered. The World Food Programme said many appeared malnourished.
"They were living on leaves and grass and olives and whatever they could find," WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs said.
The long awaited move was meant to have been a relatively straightforward opening step in the peace talks, which resume on Monday in Geneva with little prospect of resolving core grievances of a conflict which has killed 130,000 people.
It marked the start of a planned three-day humanitarian ceasefire, but even as it took place, activists said they feared for the fate of both evacuees and those left behind.
Under the Homs deal, women, children and old men were allowed to leave the Old City, which has been cut off by President Bashar al-Assad's forces, while humanitarian supplies will be allowed in to those who remain.
"The United Nations can confirm that 83 people were evacuated from Old Homs City today," said U.N. spokesman Farhan Haq. "The people - women, children and the elderly - were then delivered to places of their choice, escorted by United Nations and Syrian Arab Red Crescent staff."
It was the first time the Red Crescent had gained access to the centre of Homs since the siege began, the aid agency said.
The WFP said it had trucks ready to take a month's supply of food on Saturday to an estimated 2,500 people trapped in the rebel-held heart of the city.
"There are signs of malnutrition, for some of them it is very obvious," Byrs said. "Some said they have not eaten bread for five months.
Russia said a three-day ceasefire had been agreed in the city, which was one of the first areas to erupt in protest against Assad nearly three years ago and where street after street has been destroyed in heavy fighting between Assad's forces and rebels seeking his overthrow.
Syrian authorities had announced that evacuees would be given medical treatment and shelter, and that residents of Old Homs who prefer to remain will be sent humanitarian aid.
Moscow, which has supported and armed Assad throughout the civil war, hailed the Homs deal as a "landmark agreement",.
Western officials gave a skeptical response, saying Syria had an unconditional obligation to civilians trapped by conflict and arguing the issue should not have required weeks of negotiation to allow aid to enter.
"The regime should let the humanitarian convoy in. Then the population should decide to stay or leave," said Jon Wilks, Britain's special representative for Syria.
Rebels have rejected similar offers to evacuate women and children in the past because of concerns about what might happen to any men, including fighters, who are left behind. Dozens of men were detained and disappeared after a similar deal made last year in Mouadamiya, west of Damascus.
There were differing reports about where the evacuees were headed. An activist in the Old City of Homs said they were being taken to Al-Waar - a neighborhood on the north-western edge of Homs where many of the city's Sunni population have already fled.
"We are very concerned that some of the people who will arrive in Waar today will be arrested by the regime later," Hassan Abuzain said by Skype.
"Last night the regime shelled the Old City and this morning it shelled Waar, the very place we are sending these people to for safety."
He said one man who approached the first bus for evacuation had been shot and wounded by a sniper, blaming Assad's forces for the shooting. There was no comment from officials, who have frequently blamed rebels for firing on humanitarian convoys.
Television footage of one bus which brought the evacuees out appeared to show several bullet holes in the back of the vehicle, though it was not clear when the damage occurred.
U.N. aid chief Valerie Amos welcomed Friday's operation as "a breakthrough and a small but important step towards with compliance with international humanitarian law," but "she said she understood that many civilians, sick and wounded, remain in the Old City of Homs," Haq said.
Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan presented to the five permanent U.N. Security Council members a draft resolution demanding full access for humanitarian aid workers across Syria. It was quickly dismissed by Russia as a "non-starter."
Homs governor Talal al-Barazi said earlier that the first group of evacuees from Homs would include children under 15, men over 55, and women. He said reception centers had been set up to receive and treat people leaving the old city, although those evacuated were free to go wherever they liked.
"We hope this first step will succeed and will continue tomorrow and after tomorrow and so on to ensure safe exit to all civilians who want to leave the old city."
Barazi said some Christian residents were also trying to leave the city centre but officials had not yet managed to secure them safe passage from their homes in the Hamadiya and Bustan al-Diwan districts of the city.
"God willing, we'll be able to provide better conditions for those who are in the old city to safely exit."
The deal took much longer than diplomats expected, boding ill for the future of the peace talks, which the opposition says must focus on political transition which world powers called for after a June 2012, meeting in Geneva.
The government says the priority is to end terrorism - a label it gives to all armed opposition - and says political transition, which it rejects, is only part of the agenda.
State news agency SANA cited Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad on Friday confirming the government would attend the second round of talks and demand a discussion "article by article" of the 2012 Geneva Communiqué.
"Restoring peace and stability throughout the Syrian Arab Republic requires putting an end to terrorism and violence, as is said in the Geneva communiqué," Mekdad said.
Syria's conflict began with peaceful protests against four decades of Assad family rule and degenerated into an armed insurgency after a fierce security crackdown.
Now the major Arab state is in a full-scale civil war that has killed more than 130,000 people and forced over 6 million - nearly a third of the population - to flee their homes.
Additional reporting by Alexander Dziadosz and Erika Solomon in Beirut, Stephanie Nebehay and Tom Miles in Geneva, Steve Gutterman in Moscow and Michelle Nichols at the United Nations; Writing by Dominic Evans; Editing by Giles Elgood and Philippa Fletcher


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2011 was the year that the Irish Blog Awards came to Belfast and shut up shop, TEDxBelfast was run locally, and the RISE sculpture (better known as the Balls on the Falls, or the Westicles) finally appeared on the Broadway roundabout. NI newspaper consumption continued to fall and former editor Steve Dyson reviewed the local papers.
Children of the Revolution (Bill Rolston), Turas (Colin Neill) and Evangelical Journeys - choice and change in a Northern Ireland religious subculture (Claire Mitchell and Gladys Ganiel) were good reads. In March, I helped give away 48 copies of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time as part of World Book Night. Philip Orr's play After Dresden had a public reading in Fitzroy Presbyterian church and remains a thought-provoking piece of theatre.
After a night of bonfires, walking around Short Strand with the Lord Mayor and a morning of following District Lodge Number 6 around Belfast, I spent a fascinating afternoon with friends at President McAleese's 12 July garden party in the grounds of Áras an Uachtaráin, her Phoenix Park Dublin residence. Visiting the set of children's puppet show Pajanimals was fun too.
Increasingly I got wound up about education in Northern Ireland.
Both the outgoing Presbyterian moderator (Norman Hamilton) and the incoming one (Ivan Patterson) agreed to interviews in early June and spoke about their experiences and hopes. And I got Occupy Belfast to explain why they had set up camp opposite
Stan's St Anne's Cathedral.
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Through sheer bloody-mindedness – and sugar intake – I was one of only eight people to witness the NI result of the AV referendum, and filmed it for posterity!
A lot of party conferences were attended and covered in posts on Slugger O'Toole. I suggested that Sammy Wilson's conference jokes were contrary to the DUP leader's speech and spent a day up at the Assembly just before Christmas (asking MLAs to give their end of term report for the work of the Assembly). Can you name all sixteen?
Our electric blanket must have come fairly close to setting the bed (and the house?) on fire.
Four weeks on and the Ulster Bank website is still encouraging Mac users to Dowload [sic] security software.
Over the year, it's been good to see The Dock taking steps forward in the Titanic Quarter as it puts in place a community hub and a space for faith possibly on an actual boat moored behind the Odyssey. I'll finish this post with the words handed around by one of the The Dock's chaplains – Chris Bennett – this time last year at the end of a Dock Walk. His prayer for 2011 still rings true for 2012.
Dear Lord, please give me
A few friends who understand me and remain my friends;
A work to do which has real value,
without which the world would be the poorer;
A mind unafraid to travel, even though the trail be not blazed;
An understanding heart;
A sense of humour;
Time for quiet, silent meditation;
A feeling of the presence of God;
The patience to wait for the coming of these things,
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Minneapolis Guitar Quartet closes S&C season
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The Pittsburg State University Solo & Chamber Music Series concludes its 2012-13 season on Friday, April 19, with a performance by the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet. The second half of the concert, which takes place at 7:30 p.m. in the Sharon K. Dean Recital Hall in McCray Hall, will feature flamenco dancer Colette Illarde.
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The improved BMW 3 Series Touring now offers an even stronger package for those who don't pack light. Jonathan Crouch checks it out
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The improved sixth generation of BMW's 3 Series Touring holds no great surprises to those who understand the narrative of this model. It's not the most accomplished load lugger in its class but it's the best drive and offers the most efficiency. That'll be enough to clinch the deal for most who just hanker after a 3 Series with a hatchback. This revised version gets revised styling front and rear and much stronger levels of efficiency thanks to a rejuvenated range of freshly-developed four and six cylinder engines.
Conventional wisdom dictates that estate cars are designed for people who can't fit all the paraphernalia of modern life inside a conventional saloon or hatchback model. You'd certainly imagine that an estate would require a lot more space than the saloon on which it is based in order to justify its own existence but, particularly in the compact executive sector where BMW's 3 Series Touring competes, it isn't always that straightforward. It will be a surprise for most people to learn that many compact executive estate cars are only fractionally roomier than their saloon equivalents and some even have less space out back. In this case, you get only 15-litres more boot capacity than you would in the saloon, despite a near-£1,500 price premium. But then you don't buy a car of this kind for its luggage-cramming talents. Yes, you want a bit of practicality but if you're a typical customer, you'll be more interested in the fact that the estate bodystyle is a little more 'lifestyle' and a little less 'field sales' than a saloon is perceived to be. BMW has traded on this for years with the 3 Series Touring, as has Audi with ts A4 Avant and Mercedes with its C-Class Estate. With both these two German rivals now usefully improved, BMW needed to up its game. Let's see if it has.
Driving Experience
The well-versed themes of the 3 Series are present and correct in this latest generation Touring. The car in question is rear wheel drive, it features a very meticulously balanced weight distribution, and, as a result, BMW is keen to position this Touring as the best model to drive in its class. What has changed in recent years is a clearer focus on efficiency and this generation Touring campaigns with some hugely impressive engines. If you're of a generation who remembers the badge on the back of a 3 Series denoting its engine size, you might be a bit confused by the latest line-up. The 330i, for example, no longer packs a six-cylinder lump, instead squeezing 252bhp from its turbo four, replacing the old 328i in the process. If you do want a six-cylinder petrol engine, BMW will sell you the 340i, a new variant that delivers 326PS (the same as the old 'E36' M3 Evo super-coupe) and will take a blink over five seconds to get to 62mph. At the other end of the petrol engine range is - and you might want to take a seat for this - a 318i model featuring a 136bhp three-cylinder 1.5-litre engine that's been pinched from the MINI line. Most of the diesel engines are heavily modified or new. At the base of the range is the 116bhp 316d and the 150bhp 318d derivative, but the most attractive models will likely be the 320d and 320d Efficient Dynamics Plus variants. The regular 320d weighs in with a gutsy 190bhp, for a 0-62mph time of 7.6sec in manual form. The aforementioned 320d ED wields a more modest 163bhp but retains the same 400Nm torque, so it's not much slower but it is a whole lot more economical. The 258bhp 330d is automatic only and scuttles to 62mph in 5.6sec, while there's a 313bhp 335d at the top of the tree with a huge 630Nm. BMW will continue to offer the 3 Series with its xDrive four-wheel drive system. It's available as an option on the 320i, 320d and 330d and is standard on the 335d. Munich has also made big advances with the latest eight-speed Steptronic transmission.
Design and Build
It won't surprise you to learn that from the front bumper to the B-pillar, the 3 Series Touring is identical to the saloon version. From the side, this generation 3 Series Touring is defined by a sweeping silhouette, with a gently sloping roofline and glasshouse that extends to the rear of the vehicle. Onto the aesthetic changes made to this improved model. BMW has revised the front and rear bumper assemblies with broader horizontal elements. The headlights have also been tinkered with, LED indicators now acting as eyebrows across the top of the light units. At the rear, the tail lamps are full-LED units with more heavily curved light bars. There is also a revised range of wheels, with rims up to 19 inches in diameter available as an option - and 20-inch wheels can be selected from the BMW accessories range. The cabins have had a similarly light touch applied to them, with a splash of chrome here and a high-gloss surface there. Other updates include cup holders in the centre console with a sliding cover and an additional practical storage area for items such as a smartphone, positioned forward of the cup holders. There's a respectable amount of rear legroom for what remains a manageably-sized car. The boot practicality is unchanged. Offering 495-litres capacity with the seats in place, this latest Touring model offers only a nominal increase in carrying ability over the saloon version, but the entrance aperture is a lot bigger, allowing you to transport bulkier objects that much more easily. The rear loading sill is just 620mm off the ground and the luggage bay gets securing lugs, a pair of coat hooks, a luggage net and strap and a deep storage compartment on the left-hand side of the load area. The luggage cover can be stored under the boot floor when removed, while the rear seats have a 40:20:40 split. A sizeable through-loading hole in the centre adds versatility. Fold the rear seats down and there's up to 1,500 litres of space on offer and a near-level load floor means sliding large items in isn't too tricky. An electrically powered boot, controlled either via the key fob, a switch on the A-pillar or a button on the boot itself is standard and the rear glass can also open independently of the tailgate. In addition, customers can specify optional storage packs, roof transport systems, a trailer hitch and the 'Smart Opener' feature where the boot can be opened with the motion of a strategically placed foot beneath the rear bumper.
Market and Model
The premium to get yourself this Touring estate version of the 3 Series rather than the saloon version is just under £1,500. That means pricing that starts at around £26,500 for the petrol range and just under £29,000 for the diesel line-up. The Touring range shares the same trim structure as the saloon models, SE, Sport, Luxury and M Sport. Equipment levels have been beefed up (as they needed to be) and all versions of this car get a very complete tally. Even in SE trim, this runs to alloy wheels of at least 17-inches in size, a chrome-trimmed exhaust, LED daytime running lights, LED rear lights, tyre pressure monitoring and auto headlamps and wipers. Inside, you'll find two-zone air conditioning, Bluetooth, cruise control, a BMW Business Navigation system, a high quality stereo system with DAB tuner, a multi-function leather-trimmed steering wheel and BMW's 'Emergency Call' system, there to automatically alert the emergency services should you have an accident.
Cost of Ownership
BMW has concentrated on improving the efficiency of the 3 Series Touring and there are benefits right across the board. The three-cylinder petrol engine in the 318i variant records CO2 emissions that can be as little as 133g/km in manual form, or as little as 129g/km with the eight-speed Steptronic transmission fitted, a big improvement over the previous BMW 316i. Fuel consumption is equally impressive, with the 318i Touring returning 49.6mpg in manual form. The 320i Touring isn't far behind with CO2 emissions that can be as low as 141g/km in manual form (or 134g/km as an automatic) and fuel consumption that in mnual form can see the car return as much as 46.3mpg in manual form. Of course, most UK customers will look to the diesel engines and they're not going to be disappointed. For example, the 316d Touring manual model returns up to 64.2mpg in manual form, with CO2 emissions of 116g/km. Go for the pokier 320d Touring manual model and though you get more power than the pre-facelifted 320d variant could offer (up from 184 to 190PS), emissions have been reduced by 6% to just 118g/km, along with a combined cycle fuel showing that can be as good as 62.8mpg on the combined cycle with a manual gearbox: not at all bad for a car that can hit 62mph in 7.6s. There's also a 320d EfficientDynamics Plus version that improves that showing to 68.9mpg and 107g/km in manual form. The Steptronic automatic transmission option marginally improves all these figures and now features a coasting mode so that when the driver lifts off the throttle at higher speeds, for example on a gentle downhill grade on the motorway, the engine is automatically decoupled from the powertrain. It then simply ticks over in neutral, which saves fuel and ensures there is no unwanted engine braking at high speed. An additional fuel-saving feature, which also improves driving comfort, is the new Proactive Driving Assistant, which uses information from the navigation system to "anticipate" upcoming roundabouts, corners and junctions and select exactly the right time to change gear.
The 3 Series Touring has long been one of the quiet achievers in BMW's model range. It might just be the lowest key car the German giant sells but it's also one of the most impressive. Look behind the low-key styling and you find a car that does so much so well. What's more, estate car buyers usually have a sense of the pragmatic and will appreciate the great strides BMW have made with this improved version in terms of efficiency. It used to be that nothing really got close to a 3 Series in this regard. The gap has narrowed in recent years, but this 3 Series Touring still astonishes in offering sports car straight line speed with supermini fuel and tax bills. Plus of course, this model retains its unique selling point, something that no other prestigious compact estate in this segment can offer - rear wheel drive. If you're an enthusiast, you'll appreciate the benefits at once the first time you throw the car into a corner. Even if you're not, you might notice more responsiveness through the turns than you might usually expect from a car of this type. With contenders in this class so closely matched, it's the sort of thing that might tip the balance BMW's way. Try a Touring and you'll see why.
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Fortune Cookies
Total TimePrep: 20 min. Bake: 35 min.
Makes10 cookies
- 6 tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/3 cup sugar
- 2 egg whites
- 1/2 teaspoon almond extract
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2/3 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 2 ounces white candy coating
- Red sprinkles, optional
- Write fortunes on 10 strips of paper (5-in. x 3/4-in.): fold in half. Set aside. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Draw two 5-in. circles on the parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, beat the butter, sugar, egg whites and extracts. Add flour; mix well. Spread 2 tablespoons of batter over each circle. Bake at 400° for 5-6 minutes or until lightly browned.
- Working with one cookie at a time, remove carefully from pan using a thin spatula (cover other cookie with clean kitchen towel to keep warm). Place a fortune in the center of cookie; fold cookie in half over fortune strip so that the edges meet. Press edges together for 3 seconds. Place center of cookie over rim of a glass; gently press ends down to bend cookie in half. Let cookie cool on glass for 1 minute, then remove to a wire rack. Repeat with remaining cookie. If cookies become too cool to fold, return to oven to soften for 1 minute. Repeat with remaining batter.
- In a microwave, melt chocolate chips; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Melt candy coating; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Top with sprinkles if desired.
Nutrition Facts1 each: 172 calories, 10g fat (6g saturated fat), 20mg cholesterol, 87mg sodium, 19g carbohydrate (0 sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 2 fat, 1 starch.
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Sep 24, 2011
The other review was right in that these did not turn out well according to the directions. I didn't have parchment paper so I used foil sprayed with cooking spray and it worked nicely. The first two cookies did turn out discolored and hard, but I reduced the baking time to 4 minutes and I had better luck with them. I might add another minute onto the baking time still. Out of the batch of 10, only 5 turned out and I didn't get a chance to dip in chocolate and decorate nicely. I am going to try this recipe again and tweak some more. The cookies that didn't turn out did have a wonderful almond flavor, so it is delicious, just really hard to get to turn out.
Oct 6, 2010
This recipe was such a disappointment! I really wish it would have turned out like the picture, but it didn't. It was AWFUL! Everything about this recipe was off, the temperature was too high and made the cookies cook unevenly. They turned out puffy and weird colored, and they stuck to the cookie sheet! I suggest if you want to make fortune cookies, do NOT use this recipe.


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I am obsessed with Jurassic Park.
My grandmother gave me a copy of the book when I was 12 and the book both scared me and thrilled me.
It seemed that the wheels on the Jurassic Park machine started turning after that and I looked for every piece of information about the upcoming movie.
My grandma and I saw the movie on June 10, 1993 at the midnight showing. Before the show we ran around the mall so that I could find a Jurassic Park hat (which I still have today) to wear to the show.
The movie was amazing. Not only was it a break through in special effects, but it was a dream come true to see dinosaurs brought to life in a believable way. A lady sitting next to me had to leave the theater when the raptors jumped out.
Once the movie was over, I still had chill bumps. I had to see it again so I went the next weekend to see it and ended up seeing it a total of nine times in theaters.
I couldn't help myself. I started collecting anything with the official JP logo on them. I now have in my collection over 60 items ranging from little toys to the DVD collectors' box that came with all kinds of extra stuff (and cost a pretty penny).
When the second movie came out, I was one of the first in line to see it at our local theater and saw it eight more times in theaters. I enjoyed every minute of it. With the new movie came new merchandise to purchase. When the third movie was released I remember as the movie started I had goose bumps, as I knew that I was going to get my Jurassic Park fix again.
My first time at Islands of Adventure at Universal in Orlando I was so excited as they built a Jurassic Park area. My girlfriend at the time (now my wife) went to a show called Poseidon's Fury and for the first time I thought I was having a heart attack. (It turned out to be a panic attack.) It's sad to say at that moment I was afraid not that I was going to die, but that I was going to die without getting to the Jurassic Park area.
One of the most fun I had was when a few weeks ago my wife, daughter and mom went to Islands of Adventure and I was able to see my daughter's face as she looked in amazement at the dinosaurs. Most little girls like a princess or fluffy animals as a souvenir. Mine wanted a large scary looking dinosaur to take home. That's my girl.
There was a time where it was raining as I was driving home and I hydro-planned off the road down into a ditch and through a fence. They say time slows down during an accident and I have to agree. I remember everything that happened, I started thinking while the truck was skidding across the road not of my family or friends, I was thinking about the scene in Jurassic Park where Nedry is driving in the rain, goes off the road, crashes through a fence, and is attacked by the dilophosaurus.
It's weird that these thoughts go through my head, I can't explain it, nor can I seem to control it. I don't mind them most of the time. But with rumors of a fourth Jurassic Park movie circulating, it's just a matter of time before my obsession starts going again.
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|2012-12-06, 00:29
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I'm all for over-the-top powers as so long as they are acknowledged as completely over the top and bat shit insane.
|2012-12-06, 10:15
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After checking out the chapter again, I now have a translation-related question to ask: Did Caesar really say that the countries he planned to sell his weapons to were "peaceful" ones? I guess I find that a little odd since, well.... why would a peaceful country want such deadly weapons in the first place? I mean, I guess I could sort of understand that they would want a means to maintain their peace, but why suddenly start making deals with shady underground brokers? I'd sort of figure that nations suffering under heavy pirate attacks would be more likely to consider purchasing Shinokuni, but not the ones that are relatively well-off. If Aohige or anyone else who knows Japanese is reading this, can you clarify....?
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|2012-12-06, 17:14
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I dunno.... to be honest, I'm still leaning toward Caesar's line being a mistranslation because quite frankly, those speedy scan groups don't exactly have the best track record in terms of decent translations. That's why I'd rather ask someone more familiar with the language to clear things up.
Still, if Caesar's line really was accurate, I'd love to see how that business negotiation went down:
"Good day, sir! I'm the president of Tranquilopolis, the most peaceful nation in the New World! We've never had any history of wars, pirate attacks, or cruel dictatorships since our country's founding. Despite that, we decided right out of the blue that we want.... nay, need a deadly weapon of mass destruction to keep any and all potential enemies at bay. That being said: Ya think you can hook a brutha up with a WMD, Mr. Scientist-Who-Looks-Like-A-Demon-Clown? "
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first of all, great great color spread! i liked it so much that i turned it into my laptop wallpaper!
good chapter this week. looks like law was simply held back by the fact that vergo had his heart. but overpowered or not, he's still cool in my book. but if he's that powerful, then i shudder to think about doffy's abilities. if he's the one who supposedly humiliated and mutilated Z then he must really be one powerful and twisted pirate.
i liked usopp's speech, it reminded me of the one he made in alabasta when his opponents made fun of his captain. me thinks usopp will find a way to save everyone from the gas. it's about time he gets to be the hero!
|2012-12-07, 14:27
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Yeah, great job to whoever did all those comparison images! And yeah, I'm still convinced that the guy with the fedora is Bogart. Actually, one particular thing I notice about that spread is that Kong doesn't seem to appear in it. I find that rather curious since he's a former FA and all, but I suppose Oda doesn't want to reveal his younger self yet since we barely know anything about the guy so far....
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first I thought that Usopp's speech was out of place and without a reason...
but then I recalled that Caesar was basically comical, vile and stronger version of Kurohadour who have made Luffy very angry by using, sacrificing, betraying and killing his own crewmates in the Syrup village's arc
ok nice one there Oda
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Great chapter and hopefully we are nearing the end of the Punk Hazard arc. I would like to see them have some fun in the new world as opposed to the constant fighting, some smaller adventures would be awesome.
Also that Z movie spread... Is it me or is Brooke really tall, he's even taller than Franky .
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However that was pre time skip Franky. Current Franky is the same size, at least according to the opening shots.
Weird though I never noticed Brooke was that tall.
|2012-12-11, 10:06
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I think next arc Luffy may go after Don Flamingo?
Really interested to see how they get off this island, I wonder if Smoker will confront Luffy- and get ass kicked.
And the whole Zoro Tashigi thing is hilarious xD Hope we get more info on that
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Greg Sliviak's basement looks to be part chemistry lab, part kitchen and part moonshine operation. The table in his workshop is lined with huge glass jugs, filled with jewel-colored juice that's slowly fermenting into award-winning wines.
While most wine-makers, both amateur and professional, start with grapes, Sliviak takes a different approach. His recipes start with raspberries, strawberries, apples, cherries, peaches and other fruit. He learned the technique from his father and uncles, who grew up on a farm near Pittsburgh and "made wine with whatever they could get ahold of," said Sliviak, 54, a retired union ironworker who lives in Sykesville and makes and sells furniture and railings.
"I drink more beer than wine, probably," he said. "I never thought I would be a wine-maker."
But the hobby that he started with his father has grown so popular with his friends that he's thinking of someday starting a commercial operation. For now he makes about 40 gallons of wine each year.
"If we go anywhere, there's always an expectation that we'll be bringing the wine," said his wife, Ruth Sliviak, who helps with production. "The moonshine discussion has certainly come into play just because people are like, 'Wow, you make that much.' Even though we're within the limits, you know, it's a lot of wine."
Restaurant wine lists rarely feature non-grape wines. Yet wine can be made from any ingredient that contains sugar. Fruit, of course, but also sweet potatoes, carrots, violets, parsnips and dandelions.
Patricia Valas, a member of the American Wine Society and a trained wine judge, said she's even sampled wine made with jalapeno peppers.
"Fortunately it was last in the lineup," she said. "It really ruins your palate for anything else, but it was very well made."
The Amateur Wine Competition is one of the highlights of the Maryland Wine Festival, set for this weekend at the Carroll County Farm Museum
About half the wines in the amateur competition are made with ingredients other than grapes, said Valas, who has been an event judge for more than 15 years.
Since the event was founded 30 years ago, participation has grown from about 5,000 people and eight wineries to 20,000 people and more than 35 wineries.
The amateur competition is nearly as old as the festival.
"At the first wine festival, people brought their homemade wine," recalled Emily Johnston, event coordinator. "We decided it was interesting and why not do it formally?"
The Amateur Wine Competition made its debut the following year.
Typically, 15 to 20 people submit their wine to the amateur competition, Johnston said. They're allowed to enter as many as six.
"We've had wine made of a variety of things over the years, which caused some rather raised eyebrows," she said. "One was made out of corn cobs, and nobody would taste it."
Sliviak's wines have been frequent winners in the contest since he began entering them in 2006.
"I was nervous the first year," he said of the competition, which judges the wines on 20-point scales in the categories of appearance, aroma, taste, aftertaste and overall impression.
Though each wine is judged on its own merits, there are challenges inherent in creating non-grape wines, said Valas.
"It's much more difficult with a fruit wine to keep the color, especially with something like strawberries," which pick up an orange hue, she said. The pits in stone fruits like cherries and peaches often impart a bitter flavor, she said. Another challenge is starting with clean, high-quality fruit that's uniformly ripe.
Fruit wines tend to be sweeter than grape wines, and are typically sipped with desserts. But they can also be dry.
"A dry apple wine is a lot more versatile than a dessert apple wine, although a nice dessert apple wine would be great with a fall dessert," she said.
James McEver, owner of the Flying Barrel, a Frederick store that sells beer-brewing and wine-making equipment, said many customers ask how to make wine from locally grown fruit.
"It's really popular around here," he said. "Every year, when the harvest comes in, there are a lot of new guys coming into the hobby."
At the same time, he said, "there's a lot of tradition, a lot of the older generation that has been doing this for ages."
Bob Jefferson, 71, of Hampstead said he's been making wine since the early 1990s, and frequently takes top prizes in the Amateur Wine Competition and other events. Though he typically uses grapes, he occasionally goes for red raspberries instead.
"It's just an interesting hobby," Jefferson said of wine-making. "Once you get started, you're like, 'OK, I can do this.'"
The most frustrating part, he said, is waiting months or even a year to enjoy the results of his labor.
Sliviak's technique is unusual because he doesn't use sulphites or other chemicals that are typically employed to purify wine and improve stability. He said he ensures the safety of his wine by amping the alcohol level, typically to 17 percent or so, he explained. He said he sometimes get teased because of the high alcohol content of his wine.
"All our friends like it that way," he said. "Though I do get accused of making rocket fuel."
He starts with 12 to 15 pounds of local fruit, including bruised and overripe gifts from Larriland Farm in Woodbine. Favorites include raspberries, strawberries, cherries and apricots. He crushes the bounty with a potato-masher, then puts it in a plastic fermenting bucket with sugar, water and yeast.
After a week or so, when the concoction has reached the desired sugar level, he strains it through a cheesecloth, leaving a vividly colored and richly flavored liquid. This goes into large glass containers called carboys for four to six months or longer, giving the sugar time to become alcohol. "It's very simple," he said. "But if you don't have it right it won't work."
Sliviak measures the Brix, or degrees of sugar content, of the wine with a device called a hydrometer, which resembles a thermometer that floats in a tube and works by measuring the density of the liquid. A very sweet wine might have a Brix of three, while a semi-dry wine would be between zero and one and a dry one would be negative one or even lower.
Once fermentation is complete, it's time to bottle the wine and add corks and labels. Sliviak said he gives most of it away to friends and family. Though he's tweaked such details as his mashing technique over the years, he has not strayed far from the formula that was passed down from his father, Walter, and Walter's brothers.
"Fruit, yeast and sugar," he said. "That's it. And lots of time."
Making wine
James McEver, owner of the Flying Barrel , said wine-makers can get started with an investment of between $50 and $100.
The first step is to smash the fruit — seeds, skin and all. Add a sulphite tablet, which eradicates impurities, and let it sit for 48 hours so the sulphite can evaporate. Then mash and strain the fruit and put it in a tub with yeast and sugar. That's when tannins can be added for flavor, or pectin for wine clarity, particularly with fruits that tend toward cloudiness.
After fermenting about a week, the juice is ready to be transferred to glass carboys, a process known as racking. The wine can be moved from one carboy to another several times during the racking, which can take as long as a year. Once the sugar has turned to alcohol, sulphites can be added for stability, or potassium sorbate as a preservative. Then the wine is ready to be bottled.
McEver recommends two books for beginning wine makers: "The Winemaker's Recipe Handbook," (1976) by Raymond Massacessi, widely known as "the purple pamphlet," and the more comprehensive "The Joy of Home Wine Making," written by Terry A. Garey and published in 1996.
If you go
The Maryland Wine Festival will run Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sept. 22 from noon to 6 p.m. at the Carroll County Farm Museum, 500 South Center St., Westminster. The Amateur Wine Competition is scheduled for Sept. 22 at 1 p.m. Adults 21 and older pay $30 at the gate or $27 in advance, which includes live music, guided tours of the farmhouse, engraved wineglasses, and a wristband entitling the wearer to wine samples. The cost is $20 for participants 13 to 20, plus designated drivers and other non-drinkers.
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Cook the Book: 'Classic Snacks Made from Scratch'
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with White Cheddar Cheez-Its. Something about the greasy, salty, and only vaguely cheesy white powder held unmatched power over my hungry after-school stomach, forcing me to eschew their more traditional orange cousins or just about any other snack for that matter. While there is no recipe for my beloved White Cheddar Cheez-Its in this new cookbook Classic Snacks Made from Scratch by our own Serious Eats contributor Casey Barber, there are 70 other nostalgic grocery store treats.
Barber's book is a masterpiece of reverse engineering. She turns the highly processed, extruded, and corn-syrupy foods of our youth into snacks easily prepared in a home kitchen and almost entirely free of strange additives. (The most chemically-laced product featured in the book is dehydrated cheese powder—yes, the same neon powder you'll find in Kraft boxes.) Even if the finished snacks have a handmade look to them, the flavors are exactly what we remember.
This week, I couldn't help but be selfish in my recipe selection. I made the snacks that would fill my 10 year-old belly, such as the cheesy snack classics Goldfish and Cheetos, as well as crunchy Pretzel Rods and chewy Strawberry Fruit Roll-Ups. We'll end the week with the freezer aisle classic: Creamsicles.
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The New Zealand Cycle Trail project has been created to generate lasting economic, social and environmental benefits for New Zealand communities through a network of world-class cycling experiences.
The concept of a national cycle trail came out of the February 2009 job summit. The idea was to build a network of cycle trails that would not only be a healthy and enjoyable way for Kiwis and international visitors to see the country but would also provide economic, social and environmental benefits for New Zealand communities.
Some months later, it was clear the New Zealand public were behind the idea when a national survey showed that four out of five New Zealanders supported the project. The Government invested $50 million into the New Zealand Cycle Trail project over three financial years (2009-2011).
The brand Nga Haerenga means "the journey's", both in a physical and spiritual sense, and this is exactly the sort of experience we want visitors to New Zealand to enjoy.
All 23 Great Rides on the New Zealand Cycle Trail project have now had their funding confirmed. This means all trails are either under construction or have even been completed. This is a significant milestone for the project, which has captured the imagination and support of communities around the country.
These 23 Great Rides are expected to provide more than 2,000km of trail once completed.
The targeted co-funding for the 23 Great Rides of around $30 million also demonstrates the significant commitment of the local communities involved.
The initial focus of the project was to develop a series of "Great Rides". The Great Rides will complement our 100% Pure New Zealand brand and help attract international tourists. In the longer term, it is envisaged that the Great Rides will be progressively linked with other cycling routes and facilities, and will cater for a range of cycling abilities, types and purposes.
The Government is investing in the New Zealand Cycle Trails to help develop a product that will meet the demands of visitors in the future. Trips along the cycle trail will enable people to take their time, get off the beaten track, meet local people and enjoy our scenery.
The real benefits to New Zealand communities will come once all of the trails are completed and the positive economic impact for the communities involved is expected to be significant.
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"Monument 14" and "Tomorrow": Adolescent apocalypse tales
John Marsden's superlative "Tomorrow" series set the tone for young adult political/social thrillers. Now there are two new adventures: Emmy Laybourne's "Monument 14," set in a slightly futuristic Monument, Colorado; and "No Safety In Numbers" by Dayna Lorentz.
In "Monument 14," Labourne's debut novel, an apocalyptic event strands 14 school children in a Target-like megastore. The crisis reshapes the social dynamics of the older students, not quite reversing the pecking order but definitely setting the popular jock and the bully back on their heels.
With one foot in childhood — yay! Sundaes for breakfast — and the other in adulthood — upon realizing that the store's air conditioning system is sucking in noxious bio-weapon chemicals, the kids figure out how to seal off the outside air intake — "Monument 14" is unsettlingly plausible, or plausibly unsettling. (A couple of kids takes advantage of the store pharmacy and liquor departments, but other kids prove to be surprisingly mature and pragmatic.) It's a fast, taut thriller for readers aged 13 and up.
"No Safety In Numbers" also traps a lot of people, of all ages, in a suburban mall. The premise: Terrorists have parked a bomb somewhere in the mall's air ducts. It's up to a member of Congress (God help us) and mall cops and some haz-mat feds to solve the problem of finding the bomb and keeping peace among the mall's inadvertent inmates.
The story is told by several narrators, which clouds the tension as author Lorentz establishes the characters' back stories. The bomb threat becomes almost an afterthought to subplots that involve football rivals, a Queen Bee/wanna be dynamic, and a complicated family relationship.
But it's an interesting and possibly prescient premise. Could the next attack within US borders take place in a facility that has become so iconic of this country? Ages 12 and up.


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Michelle Obama is back on the book tour circuit for her gardening tome, "American Grown." On Tuesday, about 250 people braved a soaking rain to line up outside northwest Washington's Politics & Prose bookstore and then file through for an autograph and a few seconds of chat with the nation's first lady.
"Buy away. It's Mothers Day. It's coming up," said Mrs. Obama, to laughter from the damp crowd. They'd all purchased an "American Grown" copy as the price of their admission.
"American Grown" is a sumptuous picture book, the story of the White House garden. It came out last year and more than 175,000 copies have been printed, according to publisher Random House. It's got recipes and stories about other gardens that have inspired Obama, including a scent garden for the visually impaired at a New York City school.
During the appearance Obama admitted that her own daughters really just like to thumb through the book's illustrations. She added that, slowly but surely, they've started to read the text, as well.
"And that's really the hope – that the pictures draw people of all ages in and then they start to read it and maybe start thinking about how to start a garden on their own, because there are many ways to do it," said Obama.
She noted that if you don't have any suitable ground you can use containers. (She didn't add that in the Washington area that's a particularly good idea, because the natural soil resembles ground-up clay pots.)
Yes, it's unusual for an author to still get personal appearances after a book's been out 12 months. Mid-list authors with sensitive coming-of-age novels usually don't get that treatment. But Random House probably figured that with gardening season just starting, a bit more publicity could push a more "American Grown" hardcover copies out the door. Profits go to the National Park Foundation, the official charity of the national parks.
Nowadays, first ladies just have to churn out books, don't they? "American Grown" is the first by Obama, but we bet there are more to come. Every first lady since Lady Bird Johnson has eventually written a memoir of their White House years that received a large printing and full-press publicity, according to Craig Fehrman, an author who's been researching a book about presidential books for several years.
This does not mean that books by first ladies are a purely modern phenomenon. The first presidential spouse to see her memoirs published while she was still alive was Helen Taft, whose book came out in 1914, according to Mr. Fehrman. Edith Wilson wrote a popular book. Eleanor Roosevelt was practically a publisher unto herself – she wrote dozens of tomes, from "Courage in a Dangerous World" to "Christmas, 1940" and "It's Up to the Women."
"In the end, what first lady memoirs may have most in common is popularity. Every such book in the 20th and 21st centuries has hit the best-seller lists," wrote Fehrman in a 2010 New York Times essay on the subject.
This should not be surprising – first ladies have generally been more popular figures than their husbands, since they don't get as involved in controversial policies.
As "American Grown" shows, memoirs aren't the only, or even the preeminent, kind of first lady book. The Atlantic Wire has compiled a list of some of the lighter efforts, including Eleanor Roosevelt's, "A Trip to Washington with Buddy and Betty," written for children in 1935, and Nancy Reagan's, "To Love a Child," about the foster grandparents program.
And who could forget Barbara Bush's dog books, the classic "C. Fred's Story," written when her husband as VP, and "Millie's Book," written in the White House? They purported to be in the canines' voices, as dictated to their owner.
"Between 7 and 7:08, the President and I go off to the Oval Office," wrote Millie in describing her day. "I often sit in on the morning briefings.... I overheard the Bushes talking the other night. Some discussion about me keeping a lower profile."
We'd have gone the other way – maybe a higher Millie profile would have eked out a reelection victory for Bush 41 in 1988.


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Sunday, January 30, 2011
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Matthew turns 1!
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Friday, January 28, 2011
A Lesson Learned...
Lil has been a real teaching tool for me over the last few weeks. Which is true most of the time, really. Being my oldest child, I learn a lot through the trials and missteps of parenting. But this last week has been a real eye opener.
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Friday, January 21, 2011
What a milestone!
It thrills me to no end, and yet breaks my heart to say that Matthew is officially a walkin' baby! Last weekend he decided to take a couple steps, and I tell ya, he has been addicted ever since! In just short of a week he went from a couple steps at a time to preferring to walk from "Point A" to "Point B." Yesterday he mastered standing up without any assistance, and today he mastered the ability to bend down and pick something up off the ground without falling!
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Thursday, January 6, 2011
It's 2011 already?
This year I actually talked to Joe about making a resolution. Oddly enough, we were both on the same page! We both felt the need to work on the same thing. Even more odd? Seems EVERYONE else feels the same way. I swear, I am being hit left, right and center by MANY people with the same resolution as me. (Is the suspense killing you yet? Probably not since the chances are good that it's your resolution too...)
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Bomb outside Cairo University wounds 10
Interior Ministry says six policemen among injured; explosion goes off during clashes with Islamists
CAIRO (AP) — A bomb exploded outside Egypt's largest and most prominent university in the country's capital on Wednesday, wounding 10 people, including six policemen, the Interior Ministry said.
The bomb, described as a rudimentary device, went off following clashes between police and Islamist students who were protesting outside the sprawling campus, security officials said.
It was the second bombing outside Cairo University in the past six months. Egypt has faced regular militant attacks, mostly targeting security forces, since the military's ouster of Islamist President Mohammed Morsi last year. Militant groups say they are avenging a security crackdown on Islamists, while authorities blamed Morsi supporters for the violence. The Muslim Brotherhood, the group from which Morsi hails, denies the charges.
After Wednesday's explosion, security forces quickly cordoned off the area, according to footage from private television stations. Security officials said explosive experts were combing the area.
The Interior Ministry said four of the wounded are officers and two are conscripts, while the remaining four are civilians.
Universities have been a center of protests since Morsi's ouster. Earlier this month, clashes between pro-Morsi students and police erupted again on the first day of the school year at several Egyptian universities.
In April, three bombs exploded outside Cairo University's main campus, killing a police general and wounding seven others, including several top police officers. The bombings came at the height of clashes between students and police near the university.
A group called Ajnad Misr, or "Egypt's Soldiers," claimed responsibility for the April bombing. In a statement, it said it was waging a campaign of retribution and that the slain police general had been involved in the killings of protesters. It said the attack also came in response to increased detentions of female protesters.
At least 16 Egyptian students were killed in campus protests last school year, according to the watchdog group Student Watch.
Hundreds of students and Brotherhood leaders have been arrested and put on trial for protesting, prompting an outcry from rights groups who say the arrest campaign was an attempt to muzzle dissent.
In one of the few trials of suspected militants, a Cairo court Wednesday sentenced 12, including a US-designated terrorist suspected of links to al-Qaeda, to life in prison on charges of plotting attacks against police, military, foreign missions and ships passing through the strategic Suez Canal. Thirteen others were sentenced to between seven and 15 years in prison, and one was acquitted.
Among the 12 sentenced to life is Muhammad Jamal el-Kashif, designated as a terrorist by the US State Department and added to a UN sanctions list of individuals suspected of links to al-Qaeda.
El-Kashif, arrested in 2012 in Egypt, is accused of setting up training camps for militants in Egypt and Libya. He was released from an Egyptian prison in 2011, following the ouster of longtime leader Hosni Mubarak, when hundreds of militants who spent years in prisons were set free.
The US State Department designated el-Kashif a terrorist in 2013, saying he had trained in Afghanistan in the late 1980s and returned to Egypt in the 1990s when an Islamic insurgency against Mubarak was peaking. According to the US designation, el-Kashif has developed links to various al-Qaeda-related groups in the region, including in Yemen.
The UN said he is reported to have been involved in the attack on the US mission in Benghazi, Libya in September 2012 that killed the US ambassador and other staff.
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As you can see in the image above from @FrancePalopoli on Twitter, there were plenty of fans ready to wait in line to get their hands on a new BlackBerry Z10 (and to see Pixi Lott who was making an appearance at this store of course) first thing this morning. This image is from a Phones 4U store and from the looks of it the turnout was pretty amazing.
The UK is the first to get the Z10 as it heads to carriers and stores like O2, Vodafone, Phones 4U, Carephone Warehouse and many others. They do get a bit of a head start as the Z10 won't hit next until it lands in Canada on February 5th. You can see the full list of carrier availability here.
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Willow bark is the original source of aspirin, but when used as the entire herb it has been found to be much safer and quite effective. The active ingredient is salicin, and Willow bark has been shown to be effective in both osteoarthritis and back pain. People who are severely allergic to aspirin (e.g. – aspirin induced asthma or anaphylaxes-which is very unusual) should not use Willow bark. Like aspirin and Celebrex, it acts as a COX (Cyclooxygenase enzyme) inhibitor, decreasing inflammation. There are clearly a combination of other factors in willow bark that markedly enhance its effectiveness and safety – which can be a major benefit over aspirin and NSAIDs (e.g. – Motrin) which cause an enormous amount of gastritis and ulcer bleeding, to the point of killing 15,000 – 20,000 Americans yearly! The studies on willow bark are quite consistent in their effectiveness in reducing pain. Let's look at some of the research.
In one study, 210 patients with severe chronic low back pain were randomly assigned to receive an oral willow bark extract with either 120 mg (low dose) or 240 mg (high dose) of salicin, or placebo, in a 4-week blinded trial. In the last week of treatment, 39% in the group receiving high-dose extract were PAIN -FREE, 21% in the group receiving low-dose extract were pain-free, and only 6% in the placebo group were pain-free. The response in the high-dose group was evident after only 1 week of treatment. They then studied 451 patients who came in with low back pain in an open study, using salicin 240 mg,120 mg, or standard orthopedic/NSAID care for four weeks. 40% of the patients in the 240 mg group and 19% in the 120 mg group were pain-free after four weeks. In the standard treatment group using standard medications, only 18% were pain-free. The study showed that willow bark was not just far more effective and safer than standard prescription therapies, but also decreased the cost of care by approximately 40%!
Another review found that Willow bark extract has comparable anti-inflammatory activities as higher doses of acetylsalicylic acid/aspirin (ASS), as well as reducing pain and fever. In pharmacologically active doses, no adverse effects on the stomach lining (e.g.-indigestion, ulcers, etc) were observed, in contrast to aspirin.
A daily dose of willow bark extract standardized to 240 mg salicin per day was also significantly superior to placebo in patients with osteoarthritis of the hip and the knee. In 2 open studies against standard active treatments as controls, willow bark extract exhibited advantages compared to NSAIDs and was about as effective as Vioxx. Another placebo-controlled study found that willow bark (salicin 240 mg/day) was more effective than placebo in treating arthritis (the normal wear and tear type called osteoarthritis) after only two weeks of therapy. Other references are also available in my Pain Free 1-2-3! book for those of you who would like more information on willow bark.


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I recently reunited with an old friend of mine at a local bar in Philadelphia. He introduced me to his girlfriend who was very enthusiastic about magic and mindreading. I framed this piece within an entire presentation and routine that was heavily peppered in psychological manipulation. I felt that, despite the use of playing cards, the focal point of the performance was the interaction between her (as a participant) and me (as a mindreader/performer). With that, I would argue this is mentalism in a very rudimentary sense.
This is still a very "bare bones" performance in comparison to where I'd like it to be. There are several nuances I'd like to incorporate in future performances to make this more into a personal reading rather than a simple (trivial) card divination. Mechanically, I believe I possess everything necessary to produce the effect I want, but there's something significantly lacking in presentation. In the near future, I hope to enhance this into something much more meaningful.
I'm primarily sharing this piece to illustrate the strength of simplicity in performance. Those familiar with the techniques I use will appreciate how dead easy they are to execute, and yet they produce a strong, visible reaction from the participant who seems to credit that something more than a mere "magic trick" occurred. The old adage holds up: simple hits hard.
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Mozilla Firefox is a Free and Open Source web browser developed by the Mozilla Foundation.
It can have many add-ons which give it extra capabilities.
Anonymous Browsing
Mozilla Firefox can be used in anonymous browsing (see The Onion Router). However, it is known that Firefox reveals computer's uptime in TLS (SSL) "Client Hello" packets allowing investigator correlate anonymous and non-anonymous traffic [1].
This bug affects Firefox 2 (all versions) and Firefox 3 Beta3.
Firefox 3 stores the history of visited sites in a file named places.sqlite. This file uses the SQLite database format.
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The places.sqlite uses the following timestamps.
The moz_historyvisits.visit_date is in (the number of) microseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC
Some Python code to do the conversion into human readable format:
date_string = datetime.datetime( 1970, 1, 1 ) + datetime.timedelta( microseconds=timestamp )
Example queries
Some example queries:
To get an overview of the visited sites:
SELECT datetime(moz_historyvisits.visit_date/1000000, 'unixepoch', 'localtime'), moz_places.url FROM moz_places, moz_historyvisits WHERE moz_places.id = moz_historyvisits.place_id;
Firefox 3 stores the history of downloads sites in a file named downloads.sqlite. This file uses the SQLite database format.
downloads.sqlite can be found in the same location as places.sqlite.
The places.sqlite uses the following timestamps.
The moz_downloads.startTime and moz_downloads.endTime are in (the number of) microseconds since January 1, 1970 UTC.
Example queries
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The Lady Bobcats stayed within reach of the Region 7-3A championship with a 43-26 win over the Lady Dolphins.
Bluffton trails Hilton Head by one game in the standings going into their season-ending showdown Friday night on the island.
A win by BHS would earn a co-championship, though HHHS would retain top seeding in the Class 3A state playoffs by virtue of a better overall record.
Wednesday night's win left the Lady Bobcats with an 18-4 record overall, 8-1 in the conference; Hilton Head is 19-4 overall, 9-0 region.
Bluffton jumped out to an early lead on the strength of 8 first-quarter points by Jennifer Giles.
But the Lady Bobcats went into a 4-minute scoring drought at the beginning of the second and again after the half.
They held a 32-11 lead at the half but scored only 2 points in the third quarter.
But the early lead was enough and Bluffton's defense kept Battery Creek in check as the Lady Dolphins never got closer than 16 points in the second half.
Tibra Wheeler scored 15 to lead the Lady Bobcats; Shakeria Kitty contributed 13, most in the second half; and Giles finished with 11.
Wednesday was Senior Night, the last regular season home game for six Bluffton girls: Wheeler, Kitty, Giles, Alex Bailey, Monique Bryant and Justice Hill.


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