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Before I delve into my posted topic of choice, I just wanted to say that I missed you. I missed my blog, and my readers. And I have really missed writing. I can't say the frequency with which I may be posting again, but I can say that I am here, for now.
So, flying, yeah. Traveling is one thing, but flying with children is an entirely different thing. I'm not talking about hopping on a plane from Ft. Lauderdale to Tampa, as that hardly qualifies as actual flight time. But I'm talking good solid air time of 4 hours or more. Switching planes? Yeah, those are good times. More than two planes? Ah, the fun never ends!
How would you enjoy flying with 2 small children, without the help of a spouse, friend or anyone traveling with you. Doesn't sound too appealing? No? Aww... come on! It's not so bad.
First of all, you want to make sure that you travel with underwear in your purse. (that is, if you are a woman. Otherwise, carry them in a backpack, dad.) They will come in handy. And it matters not that your child is potty trained. You will still need them. Accidents happen, especially when you aren't prepared, or are traveling without underwear on your person for the little people.
You will need to have an arsenal of doo-dads to entertain the kids. Markers, writing pads, crayons, play-doh, stickers, gum, gummy bears, crackers, and thumb-tacks. Whatever keeps them happy, and focused on not screaming, or kicking the man or woman in the seat directly in front of theirs. (I was totally kidding about the thumb-tacks.) Really.
I also like to take along a goody bag of snacks for the plane. Most flights don't offer food, and kids inevitably want to eat. You can purchase a cheese tray on the plane for $4.00 (and they only take credit cards) but little Susy and Michael would surely fight over the one piece of cheese that comes on the said cheese tray. (weird.) But oh well. So I bring my own munchies. If the kids haven't eaten everything entirely in the time that they have been sitting and waiting to board the plane, once you get into the air, they will surely be begging for something.
And if you are thinking or wondering why I would allow them to eat their "plane snacks" before actually being on the plane, then maybe you haven't yet flown with children. Maybe I used them to entice the children off of the furniture that they were leaping off of. Perhaps I used the snacks to keep their mouths otherwise engaged instead of screaming about each and every plane that they saw. I also might have been trying to get through the first of 3 legs of flight and 22 hours until our final destination. So a mom's gotta do what a mom's gotta do.
Oh yeah, and I also recommend that if you have a long flight, or even two or more flights, that your little plane snack goody bag, be big and fat. So that when your kids are behaving like maniacs before even setting foot onto the first plane, it won't really matter if they dig into the bag.
Oh and carry a big purse (or backpack) and make sure it's one you don't mind getting dirty. Now is not the time to bust out your Louis Vuitton, or your brand new Coach. When you jam it under the seat, you will feel bad after the kids start jumping on it, kicking it, or if you spill something on it. So go with something that you wouldn't mind if it took a beating. OK, so snacks and entertainment items are covered. Good. Don't forget the headphones. On longer flights, they do tend to play movies, and the kids can have fun listening to the music or watching the show. If you have a portable dvd player, all the better. Also make sure that your headphones are either childproof, or are ridiculously cheap, so that when your son takes them apart piece by piece, it won't really matter. It only cost you $2 bucks to begin with.
Once the plane is in the air, this is the time that your children will tell you that they both need to use the restroom. So as a rule of thumb, make them go before you board the plane. Now, having said that, and even after I made mine both go, they both still said that they needed to use the restroom. Fun times. Now on one of our last flights, I did have an incident with a flight attendant yelling in my face that I could not take both my children into the bathroom. I won't go into that here. In fact, I did earn a bottle of red wine out of that ordeal from first class, and apologies from the rest of the flight crew.
I have since trained my small kids, that they will be left alone, and not to be scared. They have to buck up, and deal. Whatever that means. But they get it. And they didn't get kidnapped on the plane and taken underneath like that one Jodie Foster movie. (weird) They were both OK. Since I didn't mention it before, anti-bacterial wipes come in handy at this point. Airplane bathrooms are gross, germ infested flying porta potties of doom. Use the wipes for everything and get out as quickly as possible. Sanitize your hands once you reach your seats with your germy stuff that you carry in your purse/backpack.
So, things are progressing smoothly, and you realize that you are only 40 minutes into your 2 hour and 10 minute flight. Lovely. But time does pass, and you ensure your son that you won't fall out of the sky. Because you are optimistic and do believe it's true.
You manage one leg. Arrive safely at the next airport. But not before praying and thanking God for your safe arrival. You must, and I repeat must look around you for ALL of your belongings. As you know, your children don't care about throwing things on the floor. They do it at home, so why should a plane be any different? It's not. check for the books, markers, earphones, your wallet, credit cards, and cell phone. While you were with one of the kids in the bathroom, it is a very good time to snoop through mom's purse (or dad's backpack). Because after all, all the cool stuff is in there. You might be surprised to find something under the seat that you never took out. Trust me on this.
After deboarding the plane with your little ones, and their little drag along suitcases and cutesy teddy bears attached, you will need to find your next flight. Find the bathrooms, and then agree on food. And you never want to stray too far from what your children normally eat, as this could affect their delicate digestive systems, and thus cause you to need those underwear I told you about earlier. I'm just sayin'.
Now, if you can make it through one flight, I'm sure you can get through the rest of them. It gets easier, I promise. I've done this now many times. And I think I'm becoming a pro. You suck it up. You go with it. Kids are not the best little travelers. They have accidents, they drag little bags, and they walk slower than everyone else. They get tired and cranky and they want to whine. They do whine. Other people look at you like you are the devil because your kids are kicking their seat. They shoot you nasty looks in the terminal too because your kids had just been sitting still for nearly 3 hours. But you let them act a little wild, because after all, they didn't throw up on anyone and they didn't scream their bloody heads off. They made it, and they didn't hurt themselves or anyone else. So you can count it a success.
By the time you make it to your 3rd flight, you feel like crap. You are eyeing down the bar with such a strong intense eye, that the bartender starts to pour you a double. And you aren't even inside the doorway, you are just out of reach. The people that give you dirty looks, now become frightened because the look on your face is actually way scarier than theirs. Your children are now climbing the zoo display in Miami international, and the security guard, who thought of approaching you, felt a little intimidated, and turned the other cheek.
You are able to clear a path to the bathroom quickly with a single growl. Children in towe, and swifter than you imagine possible, you are able to strip down a potty trained child, and redress in a moment. Like I said, accidents happen. You praise yourself for being prepared. You scoff, to yourself, how you liked those underwear, as you trash them. (sigh)
For all that you've been through, you still haven't had the most fun yet. Your two previous flights of the day were only a warm up for traveling overseas. Luckily, we weren't headed to Paris. Had we been, I think I would have definitely hit the bar.
Now comes the fun of an overnight flight. Sleeping on a plane with children is very uncomfortable. Long. And well, uncomfortable. That's the best I can say about it. They play a movie in flight. Though the kids won't remain awake for it, it's there if you want to watch. Of course you will need new headphones. If you remember correctly, your son (or daughter) had dismantled the last pair. Or maybe left them under the seat on the last plane. But still. If you can manage to sleep a little on this plane, you are golden. And if your children can sleep, all the better.
What you don't want to hear, as we did on our first flight over, is "code blue, code blue". If you are unfamiliar, a code blue is pretty universal for cardiac arrest. Flight attendants went running, they called for a physician, and I'm thinking, great, emergency landing. But alas, the physician had determined it was not in fact an actual code blue. Had it been one, I'm certain, we would have made that landing.
Anyway, by the time the sun rises, you are ready to
die eat. And thankfully, two bonuses on this flight are dinner and breakfast. Though small enough not to qualify, you are thankful that there is anything at all to scarf down. Your kids may have had the best overnight flight to date, and may be louder than entirely necessary for anyone on board at that early of an hour, but again, you stopped caring about 9 and 1/2 hours ago. Not to mention, that as you boarded, the friendly pilot came on the loud speaker to announce that a slight volcanic eruption in SW Colombia has caused them to change your route due to the heavy ash in the air, and has thus added 40 minutes to your flight time. Lovely.
So children, loud? Perky? Happy? Thrilled to have jugo de naranja?? (orange juice) No biggie. And the only ones who really need to adjust, are the single people who have no children, and are annoyed. So at this point, you are again, thrilled to have made it this far. Thrilled to have been tossed a croissant. And grateful that you finally landed at your destination. After praying through the descent and landing, you can breathe a sigh of relief.
Can't wait to do it all again. Bring it baby, I'm getting good at this. Maybe next time I will have the wine on board.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Ever flown with kids?
Before I delve into my posted topic of choice, I just wanted to say that I missed you. I missed my blog, and my readers. And I have really missed writing. I can't say the frequency with which I may be posting again, but I can say that I am here, for now.
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SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., July 8 (UPI) -- Tickets for Farm Aid 2013 in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., have been sold out, organizers announced.
The family farm benefit festival is scheduled for Sept. 21 at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center.
"We are honored that upstate New York has embraced Farm Aid in this way," Carolyn Mugar, executive director of Farm Aid, said in a statement.
"Your enthusiasm is a clear sign that people here and across the northeast value family farmers and the work they do to grow strong and healthy communities for all of us."
Farm Aid 2013, which sold slightly more than 25,000 available tickets, will feature appearances by Farm Aid board members Willie Nelson, John Mellencamp, Neil Young and Dave Matthews with Tim Reynolds, as well as Jack Johnson, Amos Lee, Kacey Musgraves, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real, Bahamas, JD & The Straight Shot, Carlene Carter, Pegi Young & The Survivors and The Blackwood Quartet.

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Crafted in Japan exclusively for Williams Sonoma, our premium Kaji line features strong, razor-sharp blades that merge new technology and centuries-old handcrafting traditions. The sumo santoku blade's extra heft gives it plenty of cutting power for larger jobs.
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Rated 5 out of 5 by Erick from the best knife ever Is it a cleaver or a chef knife? OMG it's both. Maybe the best all-around knife you can own. Balance and feel perfect, sharpness phenomenal. Well worth the markup from the thinner Santoku.Date published: 2018-09-30Rated 5 out of 5 by 46 and 2 from #1 blade in my kitchen This knife is hefty and solid, yet deft and balanced. And perhaps most important, razer sharp. Easy on the eyes too. Great knife - best I have.Date published: 2018-05-09Rated 5 out of 5 by T6AZ from Top of the line santakou Double wide half the size of a cleaver blade. Shares slot with cleaver. Large knife excellent weight and balance. Better than chef knife. I have the whole set and by far this unique knife is my instant favorite. Can be delicate or has the weight to go through cheese or heavy thick salamis or such.have hand and neck problems. No problems at all, makes everything easy. First choice 75% of the time.you will need to store in a drawer or open box if you don't want to share the cleaver slot. It will not fit in any other slot in the Kaji block. Very wide but worth the storage problem of having no slot.. If you don't have the cleaver that's where you store it. I have the cleaver blade facing left and the santakou blade facing right sharing the same slot and taking it out slowly and putting it back slowly. No big dealDate published: 2013-11-07Rated 5 out of 5 by PeatMoss from My Favorite Knife! This is my absolute favorite 'go to' knife in my kitchen. After months of researching knives I took the plunge and purchased the Shun Kai Double Hollow Ground Sumo Santoku knife while on sale. I was stunned as I sliced and diced veggies effortlessly. This is a high quality knife that is super-duper sharp! Do not purchase the electric Japanese knife sharpener-send it to manufacturer to be professionally sharpened.Date published: 2013-07-27


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The Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw opened last month to great fanfare but no exhibitions for visitors to see. That all changed yesterday with the launch of its first temporary exhibition.
"Letters to Afar" is no typical history museum show. It is not designed as a literal chronology of, say, Jewish life before World War II. There's no didactic retelling of a chronology of events.
Instead, the exhibition resembles a modern art installation: Renowned video artist Péter Forgács of Budapest created a dozen audiovisual orchestrations out of rare home movies of Polish Jews in the 1920s and '30s paired with new original music by the Grammy-award winning Klezmatics of New York.
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Eastern philosophy holds a different view of destiny than the typical Western view. The science of Western medicine seeks absolutes in how matter behaves. Chinese medicine holds paradigms through which behavior manifests. Thus, when we look for meaning in things, which are elusive and dynamic, we will become lost and confused. When we find our purpose in a broader paradigm, a larger view allows many different possibilities to manifest.
According to one of the most ancient books of TCM, the Su Wen, there are three prerequisites for the existence of humanity: survival, movement, and differentiation. Survival is our most basic, lowest prerequisite for existence. Yet, beyond survival we move among and interact with life. Finally, we provide differentiation based upon this interaction. It is this most refined aspect, differentiation, that allows the individual to move into higher aspects of his or her destiny. It must begin with a "yes" to life, as it is. For Life gives us destiny through our existence, as it is.
At the most basic level, we need to have that which we need to survive. Food, shelter, water, air, and freedom from disease. Then we interact with life, as it is. Our feet are on the ground; our hands exchange with the essential movement of our daily life. Our heart and heads then can allow us to view the feet on the ground and hands interacting from a higher perspective. Do we experience harmony in life? Does our present view feel limited? Are we in alignment with our life as it is? Are we fighting anything internal or external? Are we conflicted? When we find the level of conflict with life as it is, only then can we uncover it, bring it back to the place of acceptance (feet on ground) and allow a new possibility to emerge.
Destiny then, is seen as the highest unfolding of life as it is. Only then can we allow new possibilities to manifest. When we are conflicted with our lives as they are and think something in the future can make it better, we are viewing life from a distorted lens. This view can never fulfill our destiny, as our feet aren't ever on the ground. It is as if we are always scurrying forward to try to make life better, missing the view in the present. Our hands are then trying to manipulate things, as they are, in order to make our hearts ok. This defies the laws of nature.
"I need a child to make my life complete" is upside down destiny, where we are playing God, trying to control the future. "My life is complete as it is." has the view of feet on the ground. We interact with life as it is. Then a new view can enter – "I yearn for a child." As long as our feet aren't misplaced, and our hands are interacting from this grounded stance, we can keep moving toward the emergence of new possibilities to fulfill our destiny.


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REAL ESTATE- ON THE BLOCK- Affordable?: This Preston house might actually be
ADDRESS: 1205 Grady Avenue
NEIGHBORHOOD: Preston Heights
SIZE: 1,444 fin. sq. ft.
LAND: 0.118 acres
CURB APPEAL: 6 out of 10
AGENT: Mary Leavell, Keller Williams, 220-2253
Around here, affordable housing is like Bigfoot: often the subject of discussion but rarely seen– at least in terms of detached houses for sale. However, a handful of relatively cheap places in town can be found with diligent searching. This week brings us to such a house in the Preston Heights neighborhood just west of Washington Park.
The real estate agents' association is promoting a program that labels homes under $250,000 "Affordable Again," but honestly, what's truly "affordable" in a city with a median family income of just over $45,000? A monthly payment on a $250,000 house would be about half that family's monthly income. Left to be covered by the other half? Things like utility bills, car expenses, and— oh, yeah— food.
Since the tricky mortgages that fueled the real estate boom of the first half of this decade— last seen feeding our economy's downward spiral into recession— are no longer widely available, owning a house is all but out-of-reach for Charlottesville's working class, many of whom now rent or commute from neighboring counties. Anyone desiring to live in the city without eating syrup sandwiches for every meal, then, might want to take a closer look at 1205 Grady.
This house, one of the 10 least-expensive detached homes on sale in the city, is certainly affordable for most families at its list price. But as might be expected, it's not all sunshine and roses: a convenience store, site of beer runs for locals and University students, sits right next door. The owner of this house reports that the market has recently changed hands, and she has spoken to the new owners– as well as the mayor and city police chief– to ensure the storefront does not remain a hangout.
The house's interior, though well-kept, is dated: wood paneling, ceiling tiles, and older windows give away its age. There's no laundry room or basement, although a door by the stairs opens to a garage-sized storage room on the first floor.
The seller and agent demonstrated remarkable candor in showing us the house, and refreshing realism in setting its asking price. They feel the shortcomings mentioned above are reflected in the house's price, and expect to sell to a family looking for an affordable place to live in the city– or to an enterprising (and optimistic) landlord.
The house is unequivocally listed for sale "as-is." That said, the house appears quite livable, with one exception: the ceiling in one of the bedrooms is sagging and warrants investigation– and probably repair.
While the negatives are very real, the house has several positive aspects beyond its comparatively low price. Its three upstairs bedrooms are fairly spacious, and there's a quiet shady back yard. Children attend the highly regarded Venable and Walker schools. There's also good news for the childless: it's just a three-block walk to McGrady's Irish Pub, which in turn means a short stumble back home.
A gas furnace under a large vent in the dining room floor heats the house, and window units provide cooling. While some rooms are carpeted, the owner reports there's hardwood underneath, like the rest of the floors upstairs and down. Most inside doors are original, and the owner has done research at the library (there's one just a few blocks away on Gordon Avenue) and has seen records dating the house to 1896.
In a city known to designate structures built in the 1960s as "historic," might we be able to convince some folks that Aztecs built this place, and charge admission for guided tours? Since there are at least five people in Charlottesville/Albemarle who apparently believe $7 million-plus is a great deal for a pile of bricks, there may be gold in this idea.
Even if you can't fool some of the people some of the time, historic tours won't be necessary for financial survival in one of the few city houses listed below $200,000.
Each week, a brave local seller invites the Hook to provide an impartial, warts-and-all look at their real estate listing. E-mail yours today!
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Median family income as per US Census Bureau (2004) is just over $31K.
The City website is incorrect, even tho it links to census bureau.
Whether or not talking to the C store owner will help prevent the place being a hangout is moot. That's why there's such a concept as 'caveat emptor,' and why the asking price won't be the selling price.
The median family income and the median household income are two different measures. The distinction lies in the fact that not all households are families.
For a deeper explanation, see http://factfinder.census.gov/


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The department of theatre at Hope College is continuing the successful collaboration with the heralded theatre company The House Theatre of Chicago for the upcoming production of "Big Love."
Tommy Rapley, who is artistic associate for The House Theatre, has been working with Hope students on their upcoming production.
On working with the students, Rapley said, "In my own selfish way, I feel that if I can inspire them to make the work that I like to make or inspire them to fight with me about the work I like to make---I get to influence the type of theatre that gets produced in the future."
The House Theatre of Chicago began its rapport with HopeCollege when House Artistic Director Nathan Allen directed and co-created the original work "Rose and the Rime" with the students and faculty of Hope in April 2007. The production was selected to advance to the regional level of the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival and went on to gain the highest honor of the organization when the HopeCollege production was performed at the KennedyCenter in April of 2008.
Now The House Theatre of Chicago is producing "Rose and the Rime" with original cast member Brandon Ruiter, who is a 2008 Hope graduate, reprising his role as Jimmy. "Rose and the Rime" opens in Chicago on Thursday, Feb. 19, and will continue through Saturday, April 11. Following the opening of "Rose and the Rime" in Chicago, Hope College Theatre will open "Big Love" in the college's DeWitt Center main theatre on Friday, Feb. 27.
Rapley is an accomplished actor, choreographer and director. After he earned his degree in dance performance from Southern Methodist University, he spent two seasons as a soloist and company member of Ballet Memphis working on both contemporary and classical pieces. Rapley then moved to Chicago, dancing a season with the Joffrey and working with The House Theatre of Chicago. Since leaving the Joffrey, Rapley teaches and works as an equity artist with Chicago theatres such as The Goodman, Court, Hypocrites, Bailiwick, Strawdog, and The House Theatre of Chicago.
Rapley also provided insight on the new production of "Rose and the Rime." The House's "Rose and the Rime" will be unique from the production at Hope College; aside from the four central characters, the entire ensemble of characters is different. It will feature an original score by House composer Kevin O'Donnell. The story also now has a new ending. The original play at Hope ended with a desperate S.O.S. plea which symbolized a culture doomed to perpetuate a cycle of greed and violence. Inspired by the new climate of change, the characters end the play looking forward with hope.
While The House's "Rose and the Rime" will change with the reworking, the company acknowledges the work of the Hope College students involved with the original. As Rapley said, "We fortunately, for the first time ever at The House get to work on a play that has already proved itself and that's due to the work at Hope."
The House Theatre's production of "Rose and the Rime" by Nathan Allen, Chris Mathews, Jake Minton and directed by Nathan Allen runs from Thursday, Feb. 19, through Saturday, April 11, at the Chopin Theatre, located at 1543 W. Division in Chicago. Performance times and ticket prices are: Thursdays, 8 p.m., $25; Fridays, 8 p.m., $27; Saturdays, 8:30 p.m., $29; Sundays, 7 p.m., $25. The box office can be called at (773) 251-2195. More information is available at thehousetheatre.com
Hope College Theatre's production of "Big Love," by Charles Mee and directed by Daina Robins, runs Friday-Saturday, Feb. 27-28, and Wednesday-Saturday, March 4-7, in the DeWitt Center main theatre. All performances have an 8 p.m. curtain.
Tickets for "Big Love" are $7 for regular admission, $5 for Hope faculty and staff, and $4 for students and senior citizens, and are available at the Hope College ticket office located in the main lobby of the DeVos Fieldhouse. The ticket office is open weekdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and may be called at (616) 395-7890. In addition, the theatre lobby ticket office in the DeWitt Center will be open on performance nights shortly before 8 p.m.
The DeVos Fieldhouse is located at 222 Fairbanks Ave., between Ninth and 11th streets. The DeWitt Center is located at 141 E. 12th St., on Columbia Avenue at 12th Street.


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A handsome hawk watched as a sparrow spreading its impressively small wings, approached the birdfeeder. This fellow was piggish and fed on the seed a while. His red-brown back and tail with dark black mixed in with red-brown, made him highly visible.
After a while, the male sparrow flew away from the feeder back to his nest, and his mate appeared to come eat. She also ate an amazing amount of birdseed before flying back to her nest. The mama sparrow was plump but her feathers in comparison to the male, were dull to keep her and her chicks hidden. If his eyes weren't so sharp, he would have barely noticed her.
The hawk watched the couple from far above, his eyes sensing and studying their every momevement at their nest. He knew there were baby sparrows in the nest. Mostly, he was concerned about the fat sparrows. The babes he heard peeping were too tiny and shrivelly to eat.
The hawk screeched, his loud cry deafening as he swooped down, his reddish feathers gleaming, a nightmare on wings. When the plump sparrows each returned to the feeder to eat more seed, the hawk mercilessly crunched them between his sharp razor beek and ate them one at a time. How they never suspected he was close, he didn't understand.
This was the natural world taking place, the food chain in action; though it might seem unfair and harsh it was how it was. But as the daylight darkened into night and the well fed hawk flew back to his own nest, a great horned owl swooped in for his own dinner.
In the morning, a mother sparrow, having lost her own brood, landed near the nest where she heard the tiny birds chirping. She looked into the nest and chirped back and then sat among the chicks; she realized they were abandoned.
Wary of of predators from her own past experiences, she waited to gather food until when she was sure it was safe. Perhaps nature sometimes made up for its treachery, even if the truth if the food chain was 'eat or be eaten.'
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A Modern, Colorful Wedding at Colony 29 in Palm Springs, California
Sparks flew when Katie LeClerc (29 and an actor on ABC Family's "Switched at Birth") and Brian Habecost (31 and a producer) met on a movie set. "We instantly hit it off," Katie says. "We dated for three and a half years before Brian proposed." The creative couple married in front of 150 guests in the fall at Colony 29 in Palm Springs, California, the day before their five-year anniversary. "That way we keep the same dates," Katie says. Against the gorgeous natural backdrop of the San Jacinto Mountains, Katie and Brian paired bold graphic patterns with bright yellow, coral, pink and ice blue tones, which reflected the event's lively, playful mood. In keeping with the upbeat vibe, the bridal party danced down the aisle before and after the couple exchanged vows. The newlyweds' love of bike rides and Cards Against Humanity were woven into their invitations, ceremony, reception and place settings. "The party, fun-time atmosphere was the absolute best," Katie says. The couple kept guests fully entertained when they opened the dance floor with a choreographed routine set to a mash-up of Justin Timberlake and Michael Jackson jams. Instead of cutting a cake, Katie and Brian ended the evening with a bountiful dessert table, which satisfied Katie's wide-ranging love of sweets. —Carolyn Meers


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TORONTO, ONTARIO, April 28, 2014 – AbCelex Technologies Inc., a privately-held Canadian biotechnology company committed to the discovery and development of innovative solutions to advance the health of food animals and human food safety, announced today it has closed on $2.0 million in Series A venture capital financing. The round was led by Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, LP, a Chicago-based fund with substantial expertise in agriculture and industrial biotechnology sectors. The funds will support research and development of the company's antibody-based approach to control pathogens in farm animals related to food-borne illnesses. With a growing world population, human food safety remains a pressing challenge. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the U.S. report that in the U.S. about 1 in 6, or 48 million, people get sick each year from contaminated food with 128,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths annually. Increasing health concerns over microbial resistance to antibiotics is driving government regulators to encourage alternatives to the regular use of antibiotics in farm animals.
AbCelex Technologies is pleased to welcome Ron Meeusen, Matthew Bell, and Paul Dick to the Company's Board of Directors.
Ron Meeusen, PhD
Dr. Meeusen is a Managing Director of Cultivian Sandbox and co-founder and Managing Partner of Cultivian Ventures. Ron has over 30 years of experience in bringing new technologies and products to market. He has led research and development for major corporations in agricultural chemicals, field crop and vegetable genetics and breeding, animal health, novel foods and industrial materials. Ron has been a frequent speaker at conferences, a consultant to Federal policy on biotechnology regulatory issues, and active in industry trade groups. Prior to forming Cultivian Ron led the expansion of the biotechnology research and development program of Dow AgroSciences, and founded a successful biopharmaceutical company, Immuneworks, Inc. Ron represents Cultivian on the board of directors of Allylix, Proterro and Rivertop Renewables, and represents Cultivian Sandbox on the board of EnEvolv. He was also a member of the boards of directors of Divergence, Inc., which was sold to Monsanto Company in February of 2011, and of Aratana Therapeutics, which went public in 2013. Ron holds a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in plant cell biology.
Matthew Bell
Mr. Bell is a Principal of Cultivian Sandbox. Matt has over 9 years of technology commercialization and startup experience through his time with the University of Michigan's Office of Technology Transfer where he was directly involved with the formation activities of over 20 startup companies. Prior to working at the University, Matt spent over 10 years in the Agriculture industry working for several production Ag supply companies including Growmark Incorporated where he was involved with their highly regarded precision farming services group. Matt has two degrees from the University of Illinois in Agronomy and a Masters of Business Administration and spent much of his early career as a professional grain farmer on the family farm that he grew up on in Central Illinois.
Paul Dick, DVM, MSc
Dr. Dick has 25 years of experience in the animal health industry including product development, regulatory affairs, business development, commercialization and general management. Roles in this sector have involved both large and medium multinationals and small start-up companies, in various capacities including COO of Naturagen Health Solutions within Elanco and CEO of Chemaphor involved in development of pharmaceuticals and veterinary natural health products. Dr. Dick has worked extensively with Health Canada's Veterinary Drugs Directorate and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency on numerous regulatory submissions and on departmental committees. He has served a number of organizations including as Director of the Canadian Animal Health Institute, President of the Ontario Veterinary Medical Association, and peer reviewer of NSERC strategic grants. He holds a veterinary degree with advanced training in infectious diseases and immunology.
"Backed by Cultivian Sandbox Ventures, we are well on our way to developing our lead anti-Campylobacter product for poultry. AbCelex's antibody-based approach to controlling harmful pathogens is poised to have a dramatic impact on human food safety", said Dr. Babaei, President & CEO of AbCelex Technologies. "Our innovative intellectual property platform combined with our proprietary genomics know-how allows us to deliver unique antimicrobial solutions against various pathogens in multiple farm animal species."
"AbCelex has some exciting next-generation biotechnology to address some of the world's pressing food safety challenges", said Dr. Meeusen of Cultivian Sandbox. "The team at AbCelex has overcome the difficulties in delivering antimicrobial antibodies through oral administration to farm animals. Their feed additive approach will revolutionize the treatment of many food-borne pathogens improving food safety for all of mankind."
About Cultivian Sandbox Ventures
Cultivian Sandbox is a venture capital firm focused on building next-generation disruptive agriculture and food technology companies capable of generating superior returns. As both experienced operating managers and venture investors we add value to portfolio companies both through our highly skilled team and extensive industry network. Our expertise in sourcing, evaluating, closing, managing and ultimately exiting successful equity investments positions us not only to build stronger businesses, but reshape industries. Additional information can be found at: http://www.cultiviansbx.com.
About AbCelex Technologies Inc.
AbCelex Technologies Inc., is a privately-held Canadian biotechnology company committed to the discovery and development of innovative solutions to advance the health of food animals and improve human food safety. Employing advanced genetics and bioengineering techniques, AbCelex's antibody based approach delivers antimicrobial solutions against various pathogens in several food animal species implicated in food-borne illnesses. For more information, visit http://www.abcelex.com.
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#1: Natsuiro Kiseki – 12: I usually use Media Player Classic to watch episodes, but I watched Natsuiro Kiseki's finale on Windows Media Player (on my crappy laptop I have experienced that it's the best in terms of smoothness). Unknowingly I had the player settings stand on repeat. So yeah, I got quite a scare when suddenly the episode started looping, ESPECIALLY with this kind of episode. Apart from that, what can I say about it? Wonderful idea for a final episode and a really heart-warming finale. – ** (Excellent)
#2: Hunter X Hunter – 36: Yes, Madhouse: this is how you do action scenes. With lots of dynamic movements instead of frames that look like they have been directly copied and pasted from a manga. This episode did drag on a bit too much, but hey: this definitely is a start. Up next will be the arc that I found to be the single most boring of the 1999 series, so this is really where this show can make the difference. – ** (Excellent)
#3: Nazo no Kanojo X – 12: This episode yet again was chock-full of teenaged hormones, though they were used well. The tension between two lead characters is what makes this show fun, and this episode had more than plenty of that. – *+ (Great)
#4: Kimi to Boku – 25: Kimi to Boku goes with the "random episode"-ending, but it's a fitting one: it's about the future of the characters, it had a ton of Chizuru being annoying, and instead of being the most dramatic episode of the season it ended on a mellow, yet charming note. Well done. – *+ (Great)
#5: Jormungand – 12: So much for the interesting trio of last week. As for the other antagonists in this episode: the guy who killed off all of Valmet's comrades was just another snarking bad guy who kept smiling even though all of his subordinates got killed. I know he's a killer himself too, but wouldn't he at least be annoyed or something? I like the guy with the many nicknames, though. That scene where we first see him with his family is exactly the thing that the other villains in this series lacked. Also, who did they get for that one great song that popped up in the middle of the episode? There is no way that that guy is Japanese. – *+ (Great)
#6: Sankarea – 12: Well, that was inconclusive… this episode definitely had its char in nothng happening, but having nothing happen also is a bit of a dwnside for an ending. I'm sure Studio Deen are going to milk this into a second season and all, but still this was a strange way to leave. – *+ (Great)
#7: Poyopoyo Kansatsu Nikki – 25: Great to see that Poyopoyo seems to continue for another season. This episode perhaps tried a bit too hard with the slapstick, but it still had quite a few inventive jokes. – *+ (Great)
#8: Shirokuma Cafe – 13: Okay, so for episode 13, this series dedicates itself entirely on to Handa and the comedy takes a much less prominent role. I think that that's one of the main issues with this series: it dabbles tooo long on one particular subject, because Handa already was a main focus of last episode, and this episode only established that he wants to date Sasako, yet can't muster up the courage. This episode did have its charms with the Tanabata, though. Also, Mr Tortoise's wish had me in stitches. – * (Good)
#9: Saint Seiya Omega – 13: The fight of this episode was boring in which the main cast had to take down some strange fly guy, but I do like that the creators at least went itno his motivation for being evil (being unhappy with Athena). Oh, and Aria finally did something. – * (Good)
#10: The Legend of Korra – 11 & 12: Ouch. Amon's background was good and all, but the ending… that was not good. Not only was it a huge Deus ex Machina ending, but it also rendered so much of the earlier episodes useless. I really found the idea to take someone's bending away forever a great idea and it's part of what attracted me to this series. But yeah, as soon as Korra lost her bending it became obvious that the creators were trying to look for a way to cancel all of that. And really? By having a bunch of dead people show up from out of nowhere? – – (Disappointing)
Okay, now so to wrap things up:
Number of series consistently covered: 11
Series that made the number one spot in these rankings: Natsuiro Kiseki (4x), Another's OVA, Kimi to Boku (1x), Legend of Korra (1x), Hunter X Hunter (1x), Nazo no Kanojo (1x), Shirokuma Cafe (1x).
Series with the highest average rankings: Natsuiro Kiseki, followed by Kimi to Boku, Legend of Korra, Nazo no Kanojo and on place 5 there is Shirokuma Cafe.
Series with the lowest average rankings: Saint Seiya Omega, followed by Sankarea and Medaka Box.
Biggest improvement: Hunter X Hunter's latest episodes. Sankare and Medaka Box also improved.
The Best Week: Week 23; every series delivered there and there were many awesome episodes to be had.
Worst Week: Week 26; endings are hard to do really well.
My plans for the next season.
Overall, I really enjoyed these posts, so next season I'm going to do them as well. There are six series that look interesting enough to weekly blog. The rest of the series will be summarized in these Kaleidoscope posts. Now, there is only one thing: Phi Brain doesn't deserve an entire post dedicated per week anymore after what it pulled for the past arcs, so that series will too be delegated to the Kaleidoscope serie. So what should I replace it with? I'm currently toying with a few too many ideas, so I need a bit of guidance.


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My boss wants me to do J2EE and STRUTS2 stuff on the backend.
this link is the beginngin of this tutorial, right? because i really know nothing else and i have a hard time formulating questions to get the answers I need.
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Looking at scenes of the Boston sidewalk a few hours after Monday's bombing — torn clothing, bloodstains, shards of glass — I found my mind going back to a similar sidewalk in Tel Aviv in September 2003. A Hamas suicide bomber had blown himself up at a bus stop outside the Tsrifin army base, and by coincidence I was nearby and got there to witness the immediate aftermath. As I wrote then, parts of the bomber were still on the street, including his hairy leg. His shoe had been blown off, but his brown sock was still daintily on his foot. Israeli rescue workers calmly carried away the dead on stretchers, with an odd mix of horror and routine. But what I remember most was something the police spokesman said to me: "We will have this whole area cleaned up in two hours. By morning, the bus stop will be repaired. You will never know this happened."
We still do not know who set off the Boston Marathon bombs or why. But we do know now, after 9/11, after all the terrorism the world has seen in the last decade, what the right reaction is: wash the sidewalk, wipe away the blood, and let whoever did it know that while they have sickeningly maimed and killed some of our brothers and sisters, they have left no trace on our society or way of life. Terrorists are not strong enough to do that — only we can do that to ourselves — and we must never accommodate them.
So let's repair the sidewalk immediately, fix the windows, fill the holes and leave no trace — no shrines, no flowers, no statues, no plaques — and return life to normal there as fast as possible. Let's defy the terrorists, by not allowing them to leave even the smallest scar on our streets, and honor the dead by sanctifying our values, by affirming life and all those things that make us stronger and bring us closer together as a country.
Let's name a playground or a school after that 8-year-old boy, Martin Richard, who was standing by the finish line with his family when the bomb went off, killing him and critically injuring his mother and sister. Let's donate to the favorite life-giving charities of the other victims. Let's pitch in to help the injured recover. But on lovely Boylston Street in Boston, a place normally so full of life, let there be no reminder whatsoever of what President Obama called this "heinous and cowardly act" of terror.
And while we are at it, let's schedule another Boston Marathon as soon as possible. Cave dwelling is for terrorists. Americans? We run in the open on our streets — men and women, young and old, new immigrants and foreigners, in shorts not armor, with abandon and never fear, eyes always on the prize, never on all those "suspicious" bundles on the curb. In today's world, sometimes we pay for that quintessentially American naïveté, but the benefits — living in an open society — always outweigh the costs.
Terrorists know that, of course, and feed on it. The explosives were reportedly packed into six-liter pressure cookers, tucked into black duffel bags and then left on the ground. That is the signature of modern terrorism: to turn routine items from our lives into bombs: the shoe, the backpack, the car, the airplane, the cellphone, the laptop, the garage door opener, fertilizer, the printer, the pressure cooker — so that everything and everyone becomes a source of suspicion.
This can pose a much greater threat to our open society than the Soviet Red Army ever did — if we let it — because this kind of terrorism attacks the essential thing that keeps an open society open: trust. Trust is built into every aspect, every building, every interaction and every marathon in our open society. Terrorists can steal it for a moment or even a while, but we dare not let them fundamentally erode it, and I don't think we will. When you watch the video of the bombing aftermath, notice how many people you see running toward the blast within seconds to help, even though more bombs easily could have been set to explode there.
Fortunately, we don't frighten easily anymore. You could feel it in the country on Tuesday morning. We've been through 9/11. We probably overreacted then, but never again. We tracked down Osama bin Laden with police and intelligence work, and we'll do the same in this case. But meanwhile, even in this age of terrorism, let's keep heeding the advice of an advertisement that you could see hanging in a Boylston Street window in a picture taken after the blast. The picture showed a marathoner sifting through unclaimed runners' bags left behind after the explosion. Behind him, in the window, the ad poster says: "Your home should be a place to rest easy."
Only we can take that away from ourselves — not some terrorist with one despicable spasm of madness. So hug your kids tonight, but also encourage them to start training for the next marathon tomorrow. Now that I think of it, maybe we should make this one longer — from Boston to the site of the World Trade Center to the Pentagon — to remind ourselves and anyone else who needs reminding: This is our house. We intend to relax here. And we are not afraid.


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KLIFE's goal is to disciple, mentor, encourage, and support the teenagers in the Tri-Lakes area. One of the major ways we accomplish that is through college students and young professionals who volunteer their time to pour into the kids. There are three ways that we invest in kids; club, small group, and one-on-one.
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With their dark-amber skin and bright-orange filling, sweet potatoes are a great source of beta-carotene, fiber, and vitamins B6 and C. You can substitute sweet potatoes for white potatoes in any dish, but our favorite recipes use complementary flavors that really make the sweet ingredient shine.
Coated in tangy Parmesan and flecked with ground pepper, these fries are the perfect companion to your favorite sandwich.
For this recipe, use a crisp, fiber-packed apple like Lady apple, Cortland, or Gala. The roasted sweet potatoes are loaded with beta-carotene.
Sweet potatoes' orange glow gives away their beta-carotene content. By serving this dip with whole-wheat pita and raw vegetables such as red peppers and broccoli, you also get selenium, vitamin C, and sulforaphane.
Sweet, salty, and spicy -- with a garlic kick -- this dish captures a range of tasty flavors and has numerous healthful benefits.
Loaded with vitamins A and C, sweet potatoes are a nutritionist's dream. Roasted and served with a healthy, low-fat topping, they become a very satisfying meal. The sweet chutney is also a delicious accompaniment to roasted meats.
The natural sweetness and smooth texture of the sweet potato make these brownies special. Packed with vitamins and proteins, they are also nutritious. If you can't find sweet-potato puree, make your own using either baked or canned whole sweet potatoes. Puree in a processor until completely smooth.
Power-packed with nutritional value, this soup will fill you with many essential vitamins and proteins. For a vegetarian version, substitute vegetable stock for the chicken stock.
Sweet potato is the base of this antioxidant-rich vegetarian burger which gets its meaty texture from brown rice and tofu.
Roasted to perfection, sweet potatoes are filled with a spicy chutney. Crunchy escarole hearts and an extra-tart vinaigrette with toasted pumpkin seeds balance beautifully with the creamy potatoes.
Opting for protein-packed dried lentils keeps down costs, and the sweet potato adds even more vitamins and a sweet flavor to this hearty soup.
A healthy redo of french fries, this popular veggie curbs the fat and salt but keeps the crunch.
Roasting chunks of sweet potatoes caramelizes them -- they're great to eat all on their own or tossed with crunchy nuts, tangy cheese, and crisp watercress.
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Can spacecraft be reaching us from light-years away? Is there life on other planets? Are people really experiencing alien visitations and what does all this have to do with the debate on origins? This presentation digs deeper and unravels the truth behind the vast amounts of misinformation surrounding the UFO phenomenon. It's even more disturbing than most think.
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Characteristics 226ERS Recovery Drink - 500g
Drink immediately after physical activity, to obtain the most effective recovery. Provides ultra filtered (Isolate Filtered) whey protein milk, amylopectins last generation:
- MCT Oil Omega 3: Anti-inflammatory property, antioxidant, reduces blood pressure.
- Creatine Ultra-Filtered: Creapure, free of impurities such as anabolic muscle.
- L-Arginine: Stimulates growth hormone and acts as a vasodilator to become nitric oxide.
Recovery Drink:
- Recovers you 100% because it contains aproximately 50% of the best proteins in relation to carbohidrates.
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L-Arginine (250 mg per serving) wich facilitates recovery.
Creatine (3 g per serving). Reduces recovery time and muscle mass loss.
After exercise is essential to recover as soon as possible to:
- Get the most out of your workout.
- To perform the next day to 100%.
We must:
- Protect and rebuild damaged muscles during exercise using proteins and amino acids protéine contenant les bons acides aminés.
- Refill aur glycogen deposits as son as possible with high quality carbohidrate.
- Consume 15-25% protein compared to carbohidrate intake.
Low sugar. Low lactose. Gluten free.
Suggested Usage
Add 4 parts product with the dispenser included inside (4x12,5g = 50g) in 500ml of water or milk and shake. Consume between 500ml after exercise. It can also be taken before or during physical activity if it is really long, more than 4 hours. The intake of protein will help the body and muscles recover strength and continue.
226ERS Recovery Drink - 500gr / Watermelon
Lactalbumin Concentrate, amylopectin, creatine monohydrate, flavors, acidulant (citric acid), flax oil (Linum usitatissimum L.), medium chain triglycerides, l-arginine, sweetener (sucralose) and Coloring (E-100).
Allergens: Contains milk, soy, nuts and sulfites.
Nutrition Facts
|Nutricional Information
|100 gr
|50 gr
|Energetic value
|1586 kJ / 377,5 kcal
|793 kJ / 189 kcal
|6,20 g
|3,10 g
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|1,65 g
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|250 mg
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|5,75 g
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Made this recipe tonight and it was very delicious! It was very quick and easy to prepare based on the step by step instructions provided on the skinnytaste website. I gave this recipe 4/5 stars because there was too much olive oil and apple cider vinegar, in my opinion. Otherwise, VERY delicious!
Delicious! Loved cooking the salmon under the grill in only 6 minutes! Definitely going to become a staple recipes our home
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If I wanted to make this ahead for lunches for the week, I would leave the avocado out until the morning of, but would the salmon be okay for a few days in the fridge?
Só delicious! We had our coldest day in 30 years (Melbourne Australia), and I was not eure if it would do for euch a cold day. But it was the most perfect meal. My husband absolutely loved it too.
When this recipe from Skinny Taste landed in my email inbox, I knew I had to make it.
I own two of your cookbooks and love all of your ideas.
We had the Salmon and Avocado Salad for dinner last night. Perfect Summer meal – and so delicious! Such a fabulous combo of flavors and so filling. My husband liked it so much that he requested that I put it on our regular rotation of foods.
Thank you for this recipe!!!
I have salmon in the fridge right now. This looks great for a light, healthy lunch.
Has anyone tried this with the salmon cold? I want to send it with hubby for lunch (no access to heat up lunches at his office)
I just did today and it was amazing!
Have you heard of Hot Topic. It looks like a lunch box, comes with a glass dish with cover and plug. It heats food while he works. Has a car adapter for the road reheats/cooking. Will cook a frozen dinner. Look it up, it's amazing! It doesn't need to be attended either.
Can this be made without onions?
What would you replace them with?
My never fails favorite way to cook salmon is just salt and pepper and put salmon on hot skillet. 4 min each side. No oil, fish releases it's own fat while cooking. Perfect every time
Gina—. Question: second rack from the top or bottom of the oven? I look forward to
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This looks AMAZING except I am not a fan of tomatoes 🙁 what could I use as an alternative?
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I am with Lisa. About 75% of what I make these days are from your books or blog. I am within 5 lbs. of my goal weight and your recipes have been a big part of my journey. I have a piece of salmon defrosting in the refrigerator for dinner tonight and I think I will make this as I have all of the ingredients. Thank you again Gina!
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Oklahoma woman charged in deaths of 2 women, girl
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An Oklahoma woman was charged Friday in the 1992 deaths of her grandson's mother, another woman and a 6-year-old girl whose bodies were found buried last year in a hole that had been dug for a septic tank.
Beverly Noe was ordered held without bond after being charged with three counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of 23-year-old Wendy Camp, Camp's 6-year-old daughter Cynthia Britto and Camp's 22-year-old sister-in-law Lisa Kregear.
Investigators allege that Noe, 67, of the central Oklahoma town of Bristow, killed Camp because she feared Camp would take her young grandson Jonathon Noe away from her. Noe wanted custody of the boy, according to the probable cause affidavit.
"Beverly had always wanted, and tried to get, custody of Jonathon," special agent Marty Wilson of the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation wrote in the affidavit. He added that Noe had told her ex-husband that she thought Camp would interfere.
Court documents didn't list an attorney for Noe on Friday.
Camp had been married to Noe's son, Chad Noe. She, her daughter and sister-in-law had traveled from her home in Oklahoma City on May 29, 1992, to visit young Jonathon who was with his dad in Shamrock. Beverly Noe was to give Camp and the others a ride home.
After the three disappeared, she acknowledged being the last person to see them alive. She told investigators she dropped them off at a Wal-Mart in Chandler after getting into a fight with Camp.
Then last spring, investigators received a tip from Beverly Noe's brother, Grover Prewitt, which led them to the bodies of the women and girl. The three had been buried in a hole on land Prewitt used to own near the small town of Terlton.
Beverly Noe later told The Associated Press she didn't know how the three could have been found on the property 21 years after their disappearance.
"I figure somebody picked them up, but I don't have a clue who," Noe said then. "I don't know how they got back to his property. I would wonder how they got there. I really don't know how they got there. It is odd. I'd agree to that."
Prewitt told investigators he had dug the hole for a septic tank after his mother, Ida Prewitt, bought five of his 40 acres and moved a trailer onto the property. He said his mother then suddenly told him to fill the hole.
"Grover asked her why, to which Ida responded, 'Because there's a couple of dead bodies in there,'" Wilson, the special agent, wrote.
Grover Prewitt said he didn't ask questions and had a backhoe operator close the hole. He told investigators he later sprinkled the ground with black pepper at his mother's request to cover up any odor. Ida Prewitt died in 2011.
Besides leading authorities to the hole, he also gave them a sawed-off 12-gauge shotgun, which family members called "Baby," according to the affidavit.
Autopsies showed Camp and her sister-in-law were shot. Camp also was stabbed. The 6-year-old girl died of "unspecified means."
Investigators say Grover Prewitt talked to his sister, Beverly Noe, about giving authorities the shotgun and his .357-caliber revolver. He was wearing a wire at the time.
A week later, Noe approached her brother at a casino in Bristow and asked where "Baby" was, according to the affidavit.
"Beverly told him she was not sure whether the shotgun was used or not, but she thought it might have been used one time," Wilson wrote in the affidavit.
He added: "Beverly told him, 'You don't have to worry about the .357 because I used (someone else's) .357, and they cannot tie it to me.' Grover was certain Beverly said, 'I'm the one that used the .357.'"
Grover Prewitt was charged last year with being an accessory after the fact.
Kissel reported from Little Rock, Ark.
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Dippity's in Lumberton — home of one of Top Ten hamburgers in the state
K, I'm officially hooked. I traveled to Lumberton to taste what many have said are the best hamburgers in our area, and we weren't disappointed. But the thing that won me over was Leah Sligar's famous homemade "butt rolls" at Dippity's. Now, before you begin to think something unsavory, let me assure you that the rolls are old fashioned, yeast rolls like your grandmother used to make, but Leah, daughter of owners Perry and Leslie Sligar, has always called them "butt rolls."
"Look here," she said pointing to the hot roll she was buttering for me to taste. "Doesn't that look just like butt cheeks?" she asked.The pretty young Lumberton High School graduate was right. The roll did meet in the middle, so to speak, but who cares when you taste that first tempting bite?
Perry and Leslie Sligar came to the Lumberton area in 1986 after beginning their careers in the oilfield business. Leslie hails from El Paso, and Perry was born in Pampas and spent his youth in Odessa. The young family located near Perry's father in Hemphill and opened a fresh baked donut shop, later moving it to Pineland. "There were just not enough people to make it feasible," said Leslie, "so we decided to check out the Lumberton area. We moved the donut baking business here and did well for a time."
The savvy business owner said that they decided they needed to supplement the donut baking business by adding hamburgers and a few other things, and in 1987, opened Dippity's. Leslie remembers clearly the first six hamburgers they made on a 2-foot grill. "We served them to the postal workers. We gave them away free."
Perry is credited for coming up with the name of the business and Leslie says he was thinking, "fast, zippy, and folks having to eat in a bit of a hurry." They settled on Dippity's and operated in the old building across the street from where they are now for more than 18 years, gaining a huge following of faithful diners. "The place was simply too small for the crowds we were having," said Leslie, "and on Memorial Day of 2005, we moved the operation across the street to 900 S. Main St. here in Lumberton, and we've been here ever since."
Leslie gets quiet and says reflectively, "You know, that was a good move. We moved in late May and Rita hit shortly after that. The old building was completely destroyed. All that is there now is the paved parking lot. Here, in this building, we had one little puddle of water. God was looking after us, and we are grateful."
Back to those rolls I mentioned earlier. While we were conducting the interview for this article, two young ladies were in the kitchen literally making hamburger buns and rolls from scratch. "Oh, it's quite a process," said Leslie. "We mix the dough and cut it into 36 even batches, store it for a while, and then by hand shape each roll and bun we serve." The buns and rolls are left to rise in the proofer for about an hour and a half, then baked, cooled and bagged each day. The ladies tell us that they make and serve about 120 hamburgers a day, but on some busy days, they have to make a second batch of buns and rolls. Saturdays are the busiest day of the week.
"You won't find no store bought buns in this house," said Leslie proudly. "We believe a lot of people eat here because of the bread alone."Along with those delicious buns, customers will find pure ground beef with the patties also hand shaped and cook fresh for each order. Added treats are the onion rings, jalapeno peppers, french fries, and fried sweet potatoes. The onion rings and peppers are soaked in a mixture and battered again by hand and fried fresh with each order. For me, the onion rings came in a close second to the rolls.
Samantha Young, a 2011 Lumberton graduate, served up an order of battered steak fingers, mashed potatoes (and yes, they are real, too), gravy and rolls to Anson Neel, a driver for South Hampton Resources Inc., a local refinery. Neel was eating lunch with a friend, David Granato, who just happened to be Young's former soccer coach. "We come here to eat as often as we can," said Neel, "because the food is always good. Anything you order will be wonderful." Granato was eating a cheeseburger with all the trimmings.
The menu is written in chalk on the board above the counter, and the daily special awaits customers on a dry erase board in the front. Looking around the restaurant, one spots nine – count them – nine Reader's Choice awards for first place hamburgers in Hardin County, numerous awards and proclamations from all over the area, as well as one from Texas Highways Magazine naming Dippity's as one of the Top Ten Hamburgers in all of Texas. Houston area food critics and locals alike are recorded in newspaper articles proclaiming Dippity's as their favorite hamburger chain, but I wonder if they have tasted the rolls?
One other customer-pleasing note should be made. Recent restaurant inspection reports are hanging on the wall and at the bottom of each is a solid 100. "We are very proud of those inspections," said Leslie.
The restaurant is open from 10 a.m. until 8 p.m. six days a week, Monday through Saturday. "We do close on Sunday. That is our family day," said Leslie. Leah says she is just as comfortable at Dippity's as she is at home. "I was pretty much reared in here," said the hard worker. "I can run the place if I need to for my folks."
When asked what makes the small operation so successful, Leslie thought for a moment and said, "I think it is because there is nothing else quite like it anywhere around." I agree.
Brenda Cannon Henley can be reached at (409) 781-8788 or at brendacannonhenley [at] yahoo [dot] com.


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A Bohemian Farm Wedding at Circle M Farm Events in Lincoln County, North Carolina
A rustic, bohemian theme defined Nicole Walther and Clark Hastings's autumnal North Carolina wedding. The fall-inspired color palette showed up everywhere from the calligraphed stationery suite to the modern flower arrangements. The couple also incorporated pops of pink with blush bridesmaid dresses, floral groomsmen ties and dusty-rose napkins and tablecloths. Nicole and Clark's ceremony took place outside, underneath a copper arbor built by the Nicole's father. A macramé textile and rustic flower arrangements added visual interest to the arbor. Guests watched the ceremony from simple wooden benches framed with DIY chalkboard signs. At the reception, wood farm tables were dressed up with simple table runners and greenery. A wood-paneled wall, dangling chandelier and romantic lounge furniture added the finishing touches.
Our favorite #MakeTradition Moment: "I think one of the most special moments was sharing our first meal together," Nicole says. "It was the first opportunity we had to sit back and talk and reflect on the day. It was so cool seeing all of our family and friends together in one spot enjoying the moment."


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TSMC bucks downward trend
Lingering concerns over the global economy sent shares on the Taiwan Stock Exchange into a tailspin yesterday as investors rushed to unload their holdings to curtail losses, dealers said.
While select large cap stocks, such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC, 台積電) ,appeared resilient throughout the session, selling was seen across the board amid fears that weakening global demand will squeeze corporate earnings, they said.
Shares in TSMC, which posted a quarterly record high net profit in the third quarter, ended up 2.95 percent at NT$87.30.
Shares in AU Optronics Corp (友達), however, took a dive yesterday after the flat-panel maker reported massive losses for the third quarter, causing stock to drop 7 percent, the largest daily decline, to NT$10.35.
The benchmark TAIEX closed down 128.02 points, or 1.76 percent, at 7,134.06. Turnover was NT$89.68 billion (US$3.06 billion) during the session.
Central bank to auction bonds
The nation's central bank is expected to sell NT$30 billion (US$1 billion) of 20-year bonds at an average yield of 1.58 percent on Monday, according to the median estimate of seven fixed-income traders surveyed.
The rates forecast ranged from 1.56 percent to 1.59 percent. Similar-maturity notes yielded 1.597 percent in the secondary market at yesterday's close in Taipei, according to GRETAI Securities Market.
Investors will bid on the yield at auction on Monday. The issuer will set the coupon by taking the highest winning offer.
Solar power plant inaugurated
A privately built and operated solar power plant was inaugurated in Greater Tainan's Syuejia District (學甲) yesterday, with a total installed capacity of 1.2 million watts.
The facility is the largest single solar power plant in Taiwan operated by a private company, according to Jerry Chen (陳繼仁), chairman of Giga Solar Materials Corp (碩禾).
Since the end of June when the power station began grid-connected power generation, the Hsinchu-based Giga Solar plant has produced 600,000kWh, which equals a monthly power output of 160,000kWh, enough for the needs of 400 families, he said.
Accumulated installed capacity of solar plants in Taiwan stands at 200 million watts, less than 0.5 percent of the total power generated in the country, he said.
Swedish firms invest in Taiwan
Four Swedish companies will invest more than US$200 million in Taiwan over the next three years, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.
The companies are industrial tool and equipment maker Atlas Copco, mobile telecommunications equipment maker Ericsson, SCA Hygiene Products and Siemens Industrial Turbomachinery, the ministry said in a statement.
The results were achieved by a Northern Europe investment promotion mission headed by Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Bill Cho (卓士昭), which is visiting Finland and Sweden between Oct. 20 and Oct. 28 as part of the government's ongoing efforts to boost investment from overseas.
NT dollar under more pressure
The New Taiwan dollar lost ground against the US dollar yesterday, declining NT$0.02 to close at NT$29.300 after the local bourse took a beating to place downward pressure on the local currency, dealers said.
The Taiwan dollar also weakened against the greenback in line with its counterparts in the region, which came under pressure amid lingering concerns over global demand, they said.