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My mother's maiden name was Wild, and I'm sure you can only imagine the jokes made about her and her three sisters as they grew up.
This particular name has German roots. I've traced back the line to Aibling, Germany, so far. Rumor has it that we're somehow related to the original brewer's of Becker Bier in St. Ingbert, Germany (now a Karlsberg brewery).
My mom and her sisters were Army brats and moved all over the world, but they spent a lot of time stateside in Northern Virginia, where my aunts still live, and in Texas, which is where our ancestors originally settled after leaving Bavaria.
Here are my Wild roots, in all their Ahnentafel glory:
2. Marcia Lea Wild (1949-2003)
6. Col. Herman Bennett Wild (1913-1978; Army accountant — he and my grandma met on the job at the Pentagon)
12. Herman Wild (1876-1928; lived in San Antonio Texas all his life, near as I can tell)
24. Fridolin Wild (1844-?: the German immigrant, from Aibling)
I found Fridolin and the elder Herman in San Antonio directories in the late 19th century, both working as salesmen.
My goal is to trace Fridolin's family as far back as I can. In my research today, I discovered that his wife's surname was HOYER and that her parents immigrated from Germany as well.


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Brothers Chris and Kyle Long have never played football together on the same field. That changes Sunday, when the two brothers square off as Chris' Rams host Kyle's Bears—with proud papa Howie also in attendance
And now for the individual matchup of the weekend, the one you've all been waiting for, the one every pregame show and postgame show Sunday will feature endlessly:
Chris Long versus Kyle Long?
Tom Brady and Peyton Manning will meet for the 14th time in the NFL on Sunday night in Foxboro. Rams defensive end Chris Long and Bears guard Kyle Long, sons of Howie, will face each other earlier Sunday for the first time on an athletic field. Ever.
"That's right,'' Kyle, 24, said from Chicago on Wednesday. "I have gone to his practices and watched his games for years, but we have never been on the same team or played each other on different teams—in anything. That's going to be the weirdest part of this … just seeing my brother on the same field."
"I'm excited to see him, and I'm excited to be on the same field with him, finally,'' Chris, 28, said from St. Louis on Thursday. "But when he got drafted by Chicago and I saw they were on our schedule, I dreaded it. I dreaded it in a big way. I was worried he'd play tackle, and if it was right tackle, we'd be opposite each other for the game. But he's a guard, so that's a relief. What's great is that our entire family will be there—the first time all five us [dad, mom, Kyle, Chris and younger brother Howie Jr.] have been together at an NFL game."
That's right—FOX has given Howie Sr. the day off, so he and the extended family can watch the game together in an Edward Jones Dome suite Sunday afternoon.
Because Chris is the Rams' left end and Kyle the Bears' right guard, they won't see a lot of each other, except on plays when Chris rushes from the inside, or moves inside on a stunt after the play has begun. "We're not going to get a heavy dose of each other,'' said Chris. "Which is good."
"There is a way to block him, if and when I have to,'' said Kyle. "And I will do my job. It's going to be interesting."
Most interesting, I thought from my conversations with the brothers, is how Kyle brought up one of the most painful periods of his life, his four-month stay at a substance-abuse treatment facility in 2009 after a short-lived enrollment at Florida State. He'd gone to Florida State rather than start a pro baseball career after being drafted out of high school as a fireballing pitcher by the White Sox in 2008. But too much partying and a DUI led him to seek help and leave Florida State the next year.
He didn't talk about what he went through in his treatment. Except on some of the fall Sundays.
"I had to bribe one of the security guards when I was in the treatment center to let me watch the Rams games,'' Kyle said. "I wanted to see my brother."
Think about being away from your family and your routine, and being alone at a time when a major alarm bell is ringing in your life. You want to be able to hold onto something, anything, that feels right and normal. He'd grown up watching big brother Chris excel in sports. To do that while he was trying to get his own life in order helped Kyle.
"You know,'' Chris said, "everyone kind of grows up on their own shot clock. You have to understand the kind of microscope he was under. Where we lived in Virginia, a lot of people wanted to see him fail, because of who his dad is.''
Kyle's dad is a Hall of Fame football player and his big brother was drafted high in the first round to play pro football.
"He was under a microscope, for sure,'' said Chris. "And at the time, when he was fighting his problems, I was worried. I was scared. I love him as much as I love anyone. But he fought and he came out of it, and I am so proud of him as a man. Forget football. I am just proud of the person he has become.''
When he got out of treatment, Kyle decided to drop baseball and stick to football. That led to junior college football in southern California—defensive end, and then the offensive line—before enrolling at Oregon and starring there in a brief career in 2012. He could throw a 95-mph fastball, and he loved the challenge of facing hitters, and Chris even told him, "Dude, play baseball! You can be an ace!" But it's in their blood. Football won.
Chris used to complain to his mother, "Mom! Kyle's copying me again!'' He copied him again in adulthood, all the way to the first round. And Sunday, we'll see if Kyle's ready to be as good a guard as Chris is a defensive end.
About Last Night …
New Orleans 17, Atlanta 13. This is precisely how the season is going for these two teams: Just over two minutes left, Saints up 17-13, Falcons line up for 52-yard field goal, kicker Matt Bryant kicks, whistle blows, it's good … but wait. Sean Payton called a timeout to ice Bryant. The kick—perfect. On the next kick, Bryant is wide left. He'd made eight in a row. New Orleans took the ball on a short field and ran out the clock.
Player You Need To Know This Weekend
Gerald McCoy, defensive tackle, Tampa Bay (number 93). Coming off his best game as a pro (three sacks, three quarterback pressures, huge impact in a rout of the Falcons), McCoy leads the resurgent Bucs into Ford Field to play the NFC North-leading Lions. Tampa Bay has been impressive three weeks in a row after an 0-7 start, losing in Seattle after leading 21-0, then beating both Miami and Atlanta. McCoy told me this week he's benefited by some advice from his starry predecessor at defensive tackle for the Bucs, Warren Sapp. "He told me to stop being so nice on the field,'' said McCoy. He's playing a little angrier now, but never dirty.
Sound Bite of the Week
"My mom thought it was a penalty."
—Tom Brady, on his mother's opinion of the official's picked-up flag on the last play of the Carolina-New England game Monday night. The Patriots thought pass interference should have been called.
Ten Things I'll Be Watching For This Weekend
1. Backup-quarterbackmania. The following players will start this weekend in NFL games: Scott Tolzien, Matt McGloin, Case Keenum, Josh McCown, Kellen Clemens.
2. The Giants overstating reality. "This is like a Super Bowl to us,'' said defensive end Jason Pierre-Paul of the game against the Cowboys on Sunday afternoon. Except in a Super Bowl, the combined record of the two combatants is usually a tad better than 9-11.
3. Manning-Brady XIV. So Brady is up in the series, 9-4, and, as usual, they meet again in Foxboro. Don't they always meet in Foxboro? Isn't it an NFL rule that Manning must be at Brady every season, thought they're not in the same division? The best stat of all, though, is that the last eight games between them have been split, 4-4. Composite score of the eight: Brady 215, Manning 212.
4. The JFK anniversary stuff. I know you're sick of it, unless you're a person of a certain age. You may be sick of it even if you are 56 or older (I am 56), but I cannot get enough of it. How about this one: Don Meredith, the Dallas quarterback who piloted the Cowboys against the Browns in Cleveland 47 hours after the assassination of the president, sat at a nightclub table with Jack Ruby a few months before Ruby murdered Lee Harvey Oswald an hour before the Browns and Cowboys kicked off that Sunday.
5. Tough turnaround for Pittsburgh. The Steelers have two must-wins in five days, both on the road: in Cleveland on Sunday, then a bus ride back home Sunday night, then a short flight to Baltimore on Wednesday for a Thanksgiving night game. When those two are over, the Steelers could either have a life or be playing for 2014.
6. Refgate. Watch for updates on the Roy Ellison/Trent Williams set-to. Ellison is the umpire accused of slurring the Washington tackle, Williams. Now Ellison is saying Williams started it. In the NFL offices, I can tell you vice president of officiating Dean Blandino and Roger Goodell won't care. Officials have to listen to ugly things and just walk away. That's why I think Ellison will be disciplined, and harshly, if he's found to be guilty here.
7. The Ted Wells interviews. I talked to Miami owner Stephen Ross on Wednesday, and he wants the truth from the NFL investigator, no matter how ugly it gets. Seems like a lot of ugliness is on the horizon.
8. The Baltimore tight sitch. Joe Flacco has missed his best friend and best target since Dennis Pitta wrecked his hip in training camp. Pitta started practicing this week, and if all goes well, he could return for the last two or three games.
9. RG3 and life as a leader. Sure sounded like he wasn't taking any responsibility for the final pass of last week's loss, a duck thrown stupidly into the end zone on a third down when he had a play left. The ball was picked, ending a tough loss against Philadelphia. Santana Moss is right: Sometimes as a quarterback, you've got to shoulder blame whether you think you deserve it or not. In this case, Griffin really didn't. Now the Niners come in for a Monday-nighter. Not exactly a reprieve.
10. Underrated game of the weekend: Indy-Arizona.


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NEW YORK — Britney Spears is heading to Las Vegas.
The 31-year-old pop star confirmed a two-year residency at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino on ABC's "Good Morning America" on Tuesday. "Britney: Piece of Me" will debut Dec. 27. Spears announced 16 dates, but she'll perform 50 shows each in 2014 and 2015.
Spears was in the Nevada desert for the announcement with more than 1,000 fans. Some dressed in the singer's signature schoolgirl look from her "… Baby One More Time" music video.
The Grammy-winning singer's confirmation about the residency comes months after rumors swirled online. She said in an interview on "GMA" that the show will feature her greatest hits as well as new material.
"I'm definitely ready," she said in a taped interview, adding that she's training five hours each day.
Spears was in a helicopter that hovered above her fans in the desert, who were holding cards that formed a picture of her. The singer stepped off the aircraft and said she was feeling sick. After a second — and live — interview with "GMA," she headed back to the helicopter, barely smiling and offering little more than a wave.
Tickets for "Britney: Piece of Me" go on sale Sept. 20. Prices range from $59 to $179.
Spears, who debuted on the music scene in 1999, has released seven platinum-plus albums. She has more than a dozen Top 10 hits, including "Toxic," ''Gimme More" and "Oops!… I Did It Again."
She released a new song, "Work (Expletive)," this week. It's from her untitled eighth album, due out Dec. 3, which will include songs about her ex-fiance Jason Trawick.
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ANAHEIM — With the UFC 157: Rousey-Carmouche pre-fight press conference wrapping up and fighters posing for their customary face-to-face photos, Ronda Rousey turned to face the press and stand shoulder to shoulder with opponent Liz Carmouche when Ultimate Fighting Championship President Dana White handed Rousey the UFC women's bantamweight championship.
Rousey wanted nothing to do with the title that had been bestowed upon her in December of last year.
PHOTOS: UFC 157 press conference with Ronda Rousey and Liz Carmouche
At the urging of White, she finally and begrudgingly relented, throwing it over her shoulder. As soon as the photos were snapped, the championship that Rousey and Carmouche will fight for Saturday night live on pay-per-view from the Honda Center in Anaheim was nowhere near Rousey once again.
"All the people that think that I don't deserve this belt, that I didn't earn it, I partially agree with them," Rousey said just minutes earlier in Thursday's pre-fight press conference. "I won't consider myself a real UFC champion until I win the belt inside the octagon. That's why you're not gonna see me touching or carrying that belt until after I win this fight."
That fight will be the first in the history of the UFC between women, as the undefeated Rousey (6-0), a full-fledged superstar who trains at the Glendale Fighting Club, defends the title against Carmouche (8-2) in a bout that has gained media the likes of which the company has never seen before.
"This is without a doubt the most media attention we've ever had leading up to a fight, without a doubt," White said. "When I talk about media attention, I'm talking about big, big-time media."
On Thursday, with all the hard work in the rear view, Rousey and Carmouche were joined by co-main event light-heavyweights Dan Henderson and Lyoto Machida, welterweights Josh Koscheck and Robbie Lawler and White for some last words before a night of fights littered with big names from the start and concluding with a bout of historic proportions featuring a combatant in Rousey that may very well be the biggest name in the industry — male or female.
"No fighter that has ever fought in the UFC has had more attention than she has, it's a fact," White said. "Honestly, going into this thing, I didn't know that that would happen. I didn't think HBO and Time Magazine and all these other outlets that never cover us would. I didn't see that happening."
While the publicity for the fight has been positive by most accounts, there have been doubts as to how some view women's MMA in general, if it was worthy of headlining a card and, as Rousey touched on, whether she deserved to be handed a UFC championship before ever setting foot in the octagon.
All three aspects were touched upon Thursday, with White, who once infamously stated that women would never fight in the UFC, being the first to admit he's been won over.
"There's a lot of people that felt very negative about women fighting in the sport and then I didn't realize how many people would be so negative about two women headlining a card, but after I did my homework and I saw some of these fights and I got into it and I met the girls, it is the right thing to do," White said. "I'm proud to be standing here today announcing that this fight is gonna happen in two days."
Each of the fighters at the press conference chimed in with their support for the new group of female fighters entering the roster.
"I think it's a good thing for our sport," Koscheck said. "It bring a lot of new attention to the sport and a lot of new media."
Added Henderson: "I think it's great. ...I'm a big fan and I'm excited that I get to watch the last fight after I'm done."
Indeed, many are expected to be watching, as White said the Honda Center is nearing a sellout as the prospect of women fighting in the UFC, much less headlining a pay-per-view card, is no longer fantasy, but reality.
"It's an honor, this is a dream come true, this is something that when I first got into MMA that I imagined being a part of history," Carmouche said. "And for that dream to be only days away, I can't even put into words."
For all the firsts that will take place Saturday when Rousey, the first women's fighter to sign a contract with the UFC, takes on Carmouche, the first openly gay fighter in the organization, lock up in the first women's bout, Rousey's title reign is not. There was a precedent set when the UFC absorbed another sibling company, World Extreme Cagefighting, and bantamweight Dominick Cruz and featherweight Jose Aldo continued their championship reigns as they were champions in divisions that did not previously exist in the UFC, just as Rousey, formerly the Strikeforce women's bantamweight champ, has carried over her reign. But that makes no matter to Rousey, much like all the pomp and circumstance of the event, everything will have to wait until after her hand is raised Saturday night.
"I'm not really gonna sit back and enjoy it all until the fight's already done," Rousey said, "and I've won."
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• Plans undetermined for G2 Gallant Bloom winner Cluster of Stars; Justin Phillip to breeze Monday for G1 Vosburgh
• The Lumber Guy revving up for G1 Vosburgh defense
"Slumber is doing well," said Mott of the 5-year-old British-bred son of Cacique, who won an optional claimer at Saratoga each of the past two summers for Mott. "He's 2-for-2 with us; it's only taken two years to get those wins, but he's doing fine. He's stepped up twice for us, and he hasn't done anything wrong, and he trains well. Hopefully, he'll figure."
Flat Out, winner of the 2011 and 2012 editions of the Jockey Club Gold Cup, has a record of 5-0-1 from six starts at Belmont Park and may be joined in the 1 ¼-mile race by Ron the Greek, sixth in last year's edition.
"Flat Out has never disappointed anybody here," said Mott of the 7-year-old, second by a head to Alpha in the Grade 1 Woodward last time out. "He's doing well and he certainly likes it here. With Ron the Greek, initially, it was my idea to try him at a flat mile, but I'm fine with it if the owners decide to go in the Jockey Club Gold Cup."
Two-time Eclipse Award winner Royal Delta has won her past two races by a combined winning margin of 15 ¼ lengths, most recently beating Authenticity in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign Handicap at Saratoga. In the Beldame, she will be confronted with a field that could include the Todd Pletcher-trained Authenticity and her stablemate, multiple Grade 1 winner Princess of Sylmar, star of the Kentucky Oaks, TVG Coaching Club American Oaks and the Alabama.
"She's a serious filly," said Mott of Princess of Sylmar, who will be facing older horses for the first time in the 1 1/8 mile Beldame. "You can't take her for granted. But Royal Delta is doing well. I would say it seems she's on the same path she was last year [en route to her second Breeders' Cup Distaff win]."
Mott reported that Close Hatches, who Saturday at Parx Racing added the Grade 1 Cotillion to her Grade 1 triumph in the Mother Goose, emerged from her victory in good order.
"She was a little fresh but she went right to the leaders and put them away and won the race," he said. "She did it with authority."
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Toby Sheets, assistant to trainer Steve Asmussen, on Sunday said Cluster of Stars exited her dominant victory in Saturday's Grade 2 Gallant Bloom Handicap in good shape and that plans for her next start will be determined at a later date.
"She ate up, came out pretty happy with herself," said Sheets. "We're pretty happy with her, also. No definite plans. We're just kind of enjoying it."
The Gallant Bloom was Cluster of Stars' first start in more than five months. The New York-bred is unbeaten in six starts, but Sheets said she is unlikely to compete in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint in November because she isn't nominated to the series.
Wherever she races next, Sheets knows owner Harvey Weinstein will be willing to wait for the ideal spot.
"[Weinstein] was very happy [with her Gallant Bloom win]," said Sheets. "He's been very patient with her. Most owners don't have that kind of patience. They're hard to come by."
Sheets added that Zayat Stables' Justin Phillip, winner of the Grade 1 Alfred G. Vanderbilt Handicap in August at Saratoga Race Course, likely will turn in his final breeze for Saturday's Grade 1 Vosburgh Invitational tomorrow morning, either at 8:45 on the main track or 9:30 on the training track. In his most recent start, Justin Phillip was third in the Grade 1 Forego on August 31 at the Spa.
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Looking to defend his title in the Grade 1 Vosburgh Invitational and earn a trip back to the Breeders' Cup Sprint is Barry Schwartz's The Lumber Guy, who came off a six-month layoff on August 23 to finish second in the restricted Chowder's First overnight stakes at Saratoga Race Course.
The gray Grand Slam colt has worked twice since, including a bullet five-furlong move in 59.44 on September 14, and is scheduled to have his final breeze for the Vosburgh either Monday or Tuesday, said trainer Mike Hushion.
"He's a big, strong horse and he hadn't really run his race since [finishing second to Trinniberg last year in] the Breeders' Cup," said Hushion of The Lumber Guy, who remained in California during the winter and finished seventh twice at Santa Anita, in the Grade 1 Malibu and the Grade 2 San Carlos. "At least, that's how I consoled myself after the race at Saratoga. But, between that race and his work on the 14th, there will be no excuses this time."
Overall, the 4-year-old New York-bred is 4-2-0 from 10 starts, with earnings of $756,300, including a victory in the Grade 2 Jerome in 2012.


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Lucinda married James Madison Thomas on October 23, 1870. (Her sister Mary married her brother-in-law, Eli, in 1875). The couple had eight children, but I have only found seven.
She lived in Camden, Missouri, other than that short stint in Independence, her whole life and died there of liver failure on January 26, 1912. She is buried in Camden Cemetery, Camden, Missouri.
Due outs for Lucinda:
1. Look for an obituary
2. Request a photo of her headstone through Findagrave.com
3. Try to determine what church the family attended and look for records there.
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
These were the words of Hammad Al-Dosari, one of Kuwait's independent members of parliament, during an interview with Al-Adala TV last week. The legislator noted that "the Prophet Muhammad died while his shield was mortgaged with a Jew."
Al-Dosari believes that it is justified purchasing military equipment from the "Zionists" in order to strengthen Kuwait's security against her Arab-Muslim neighbors.
Al-Dosari's colleague, MP Nabil al-Fadhl, added that "if the security of Kuwait requires the purchase of Israeli equipment, I will do so, and I will love the Israelis for it."
It is important to note that Israel and Kuwait do not enjoy diplomatic relations.
One could wonder, if the shoe were on the other foot (and it often is), would these Arab lawmakers uphold Israel's right to do whatever necessary for national security? Unfortunately, as has been seen time and time again, there tends to be a double standard.
The Kuwaiti lawmakers' remarks can also be seen in light of the looming Iranian threat, which affects the Gulf states at least as much as Israel.
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In the twelve year span it took for the third and fourth entries in the "Die Hard" franchise to be released, movies changed. Action films became less confined and more bombastic, spanning the globe and destroying it in the process. It got to the point where an action movie was considered slow if there wasn't an explosion or gunshot for a ten minute stretch. Naturally, fans of the franchise were wary about the way it would go, especially after "Die Hard with a Vengeance" had already upped the ante to the brink of absurdity.
For better or worse, "Live Free or Die Hard" went in a new direction, as far away as possible from the elements that made the original movie great, yet it was still fun, though it was so over-the-top it didn't necessarily feel like a "Die Hard" film. As a critic friend of mine pointed out, it wasn't a very good "Die Hard" movie, but it was a great action movie.
Well, this week's "A Good Day to Die Hard" is neither. It sullies the franchise with poorly staged action, a thin story, ridiculous twists and obnoxious daddy issues that would be more suitable in a tween angst film. If this is an indication of where this franchise is heading, I hope it lives up to its title and spares us from future calamities.
Bruce Willis once again plays John McClane and this time, he's in Russia to find his son, Jack, played by Jai Courtney. Jack is on a multi-year mission for the CIA, who is hoping to prevent a nuclear weapons heist, when John shows up and throws a kink in his operation. Unable to extract his mission, Yuri Komarov, played by Sebastian Koch, he finds himself on the run from both his father and the Russian underworld. Eventually, Komarov is kidnapped, so he teams up with John to get him back.
The basic plot structure goes like this: John shows up in Russia, car chase, helicopter shootout, final action scene at Chernobyl. Frankly, I wouldn't be surprised to hear that my plot synopsis is more detailed than the actual pitch for the film was; the story exists as little more than an excuse to get John McClane back into the action and throwing out one-liners. Perhaps because American knowledge of all things Russia is so low, "A Good Day to Die Hard" takes the country's one familiarity, Chernobyl, and structures its plot around it and it doesn't work. Although an interesting setting in and of itself, it's out of place here and one quickly starts to fear that the franchise has become so ridiculous it's going to start introducing hideously mutated creatures for McClane to shoot down.
It never actually gets to that point, but you'll likely wish it had. The action that is here is so slapdash and overlong that it becomes an assault on the senses. If "Transformers" was loud and stupid, at least the action was competent. "A Good Day to Die Hard" gets it all wrong. Aside from the occasional thrilling moment, like a helicopter blade slicing a man to little bits or the equivalent of a parachute-less base jump down the side of a building, the action is bland, predictable and sloppy.
The time and place of the opening car chase, in particular, change from shot to shot. While some cool ideas are implemented, the part of the brain that deals with logic makes the film easy to dismiss. Director John Moore, the man behind the horrific The Omen remake and the visually stylish, but mostly empty Max Payne adaptation, simply doesn't know how to stage action scenes. For a movie that relies almost entirely on things going boom, that's not good.
When "A Good Day to Die Hard" does quiet down for its brief moments of dialogue, it tries to build a meaningful relationship between John and Jack, the latter angry at the former for being a negligent father. These annoying daddy issues pervade the entire movie and their eventual bond is built on the enjoyment they have of killing other people.
Meaning is forced in through sequences that aren't tailored for such and it results in enough eye rolling to cause a strain and produce a migraine. The "Die Hard" series has had its ups and downs, for sure, but all have been enjoyable in their own way, until now. "A Good Day to Die Hard" is the beginning of the end for this franchise.


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Vegetable oil, for frying
For the filling:
1/2 pound firm tofu, broken up
6 ounces ground beef 1/2 cup (7 ounces) bean sprouts, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/4 cup diced carrot, (about 1 small)
1 scallion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil 1 teaspoon hot sauce
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1 teaspoon black pepper
2 teaspoons salt
40 round dumpling (potsticker/gyoza) wrappers
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1/4 cup soy sauce 1 tablespoon sesame seeds, toasted
2 teaspoons unseasoned rice vinegar
1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
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Church's Yankee Fair embodies faith
At the Congregational Church of Brookfield, I always like to say that today, the third Saturday in October, is our "High Holy Day." It is our annual Yankee Fair and Barn Sale.
But since many religious organizations also have sales, you may wonder why we say this one day is more holy than others?
That is because it is the one day of the year at our church where we all come together to embody our faith.
We put our bodies to work in the service of others, as Jesus Christ wanted us to do when he called us to be disciples in the service of others.
The Apostle Paul, in 1 Corinthians 12, told the congregation he planted in Corinth, Greece, to work together in love, in the Holy Spirit, for what Paul called "the common good."
As a vivid example, he preached about the "parts of the body," where each member works smoothly with the other -- the eye doesn't fight with the hand, the head doesn't argue with the feet.
Paul said to the church, "You are the body of Christ and individually members of it." (1 Corinthians 12:27)
Every "member" of the body of Christ is essential to the smooth functioning of a healthy church, and on Yankee Fair Day nearly every single living, breathing soul in our church is there working.
For this one day of the year, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (the barn opens at 8 a.m.), our sprawling church campus is transformed into a dazzling bazaar of various booths, elegantly staged from the big red barn on one end to tents on the lawn (where the Man Cave will have appliances and tools), to the antiques and collectibles for sale in our historic 1812 parsonage.
In the parking lot, we have have food at the grill, starting with breakfast sandwiches at 7:30 a.m.
There will be a DJ and live music, a clown and children's games.
In our church building proper, which we Congregationalists call our Meetinghouse, there will be fine dining at the White Steeple Inn, plus a display of town history in keeping with this year's fair theme, celebrating Brookfield's 225th birthday.
In the church school wing, you'll find a garden shop, a silent auction and beautiful handicrafts, including handmade quilts.
Downstairs will be our bake shop, cheese shop, coffee shop, used bookstore and used clothing.
Since our theme is the 225th birthday, we hoped to recruit more than 225 volunteers, which is a challenge for a church with only 200 in worship most Sundays.
But our fair chairmen and fair chairman emeritus managed to sign up 242 volunteers, including this pastor, who is baking blackberry pie!
When I was growing up in Congregational United Church of Christ in Greensboro, N.C., we had the slogan of our denomination, the United Church of Christ, on our church T-shirt. It read "To believe is to care. To care is to do."
We are committed to the call of Jesus to love him by loving one another and the world in his name.
As far as we know -- the Bible is silent on this point -- Jesus never baked a blackberry pie or organized a rummage sale. But at the Congregational Church of Brookfield, we like to think Jesus would enjoy our Yankee Fair.
How we use the proceeds from the fair is important to us, too.
The money supports mission projects, this year including the Brookfield food pantry, the Dorothy Day House in Danbury and Loaves and Fishes in New Milford.
The fair also supports our refugee resettlement ministry, and provides grant money for Christian growth and enrichment, such as the spring break mission trip of two Brookfield High students who went to Oaxaca, Mexico, to help those who live in the city dump there.
Less than one-quarter of the fair money is used to sustain church property, which this year included repair and repainting of our white Meetinghouse and steeple, a treasured landmark in Brookfield since the mid-19th century.
Our church is at the crossroads of routes 25 and 133 in Brookfield Center. All are welcome to our "High Holy Day" on Oct. 19, to support our church mission to "Pray, Share and Welcome" in the way of Jesus.
The Rev. Bryn Smallwood-Garcia is senior pastor at the Congregational Church of Brookfield. She can be reached at email@example.com or 203-775-1259. Visit www.uccb.org.


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The first video of the brand new Lamborghini Aventador L760-4 Dragon Edition created by the new partnership between Refined-Marques and Oakley Design. This is car #01 out of 10 of the version of the Aventador with a power increase to 760hp, extra carbon additions to the bodywork and engine bay, numbered plaques in the engine bay, dashboard and door sills as well as the dragon stitching work styled on the car.
This particular car is shown in this incredibly bright chrome wrap in an aqua blue colour; the original car is matte black underneath but is truly striking in this form!
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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 14 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
We're at uTest are passionate about the next generation of software testing using a modern methods and process allowed by today's technology. We introduce crowdsourcing for software testing only a couple of years ago and since then built the largest marketplace for software testing.
Software vendors and professional testers from around the globe. In general the audience is rather tech savvy and experienced with cool designs.
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New controllers and software that make low-cost MLC flash memory suitable for enterprise-grade SSD development are helping business and consumer users take advantage of the performance that SSDs can add to their storage environment.
Whether it's serving as the one drive in a new lightweight and portable PC, working as one of a couple of drives used as high-speed cache in servers or storage arrays or being placed in high-speed all-flash arrays, SSDs are helping push the performance envelope in the storage business.
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Telepresence Fosters Real Learning Through Virtual Exposure to Science
Have you ever explored one of the first rockets to launch into space? You haven't? Then what are you waiting for? Go to the New York Hall of Science!
Oh, you don't live in New York. No problem, the museum will come to you through one of its Telepresence virtual tours.
With Cisco TelePresence, the Hall of Science takes remote visitors all around its museum floor. People in places like Sacramento, California; Seattle, Washington; St. Joseph, Michigan; Ontario, Canada; and Mexico City, Mexico have gone to the Hall of Science to dissect cows' eyes, learn about the phases of matter, and study the science of sports—and they haven't set foot on an airplane.
Telepresence came to the Hall of Science in 2006. Since then, teachers have used the virtual visits program to supplement their classroom lessons and give their students as close to hands-on science experience as they can. Telepresence brings the museum's instructors and experts right into the classroom, where students can ask questions and see up-close the process of experiments. It's arguably a better view than the students might have had at the actual museum, gathered around a small table and fighting for a spot at the front!
The connection telepresence provides between schools and museums and other experiences provides an invaluable enhancement to students' learning. At least, Google thinks so. The Internet giant recently announced $12 million in grants to science museums, the Hall of Science among the list of recipients. The museums will use the money to enhance their exhibits and curricula, and to improve outreach with the community outside their walls. The Hall of Science has set a precedent with its use of telepresence, and we hope the other recipients will consider directing some grant money towards implementing the technology.
We can, and would love to, bring science experts into all the classrooms around the world! How much more exciting would that make science class? After all, we need to encourage and develop the telepresence innovators of tomorrow.
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State law requires that all nursing facilities obtain a license to operate in Virginia. There are more than 279 nursing facilities containing 31,927 beds located throughout Virginia. All but fifteen nursing facilities are certified for federal reimbursement under Medicare and Medicaid.
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New York, July 30, 2010—Two employees were injured in an arson attack today on the offices of the Voice of Asia Network in the heart of Sri Lanka's capital Colombo, according to international and local media reports. The fire destroyed the studios of the group's Siyatha TV station, but the network's three radio stations have been able to remain on the air.
The Associated Press, quoting a spokesman for the company, said a dozen men, armed with assault rifles and gasoline bombs carried out the attack at 1:30 p.m. (Video of the damage is available here.)
Siyatha TV mainly aired entertainment programming, but the network's owners had been widely reported to be supporters of the main opposition candidate, ex-army chief Sarath Fonseka, in January's hard-fought presidential election won by President Mahindra Rajapaksa.
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Friday's attack was reminiscent of the January 6, 2009, raid on the country's main independently owned TV station, Sirasa TV, by 15 to 20 armed, masked men who blew up the station's main control room. There have been no arrests made in that case, and the investigation appears to be stalled, CPJ reported in its special report "In Sri Lanka, no peace dividend for press."
In November 2008, masked men torched the press room of The Sunday Leader, Morning Leader, and the Irudina
Sinhala weekly, damaging presses and copies of the papers. On January 8, 2009,
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More:Crisis in the Horn of Africa | How You Can Help
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered remarks on the humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) on August 11, 2011. Secretary Clinton discussed the ongoing international humanitarian response, as well as how the crisis in the Horn of Africa shows the urgency of investing in sustained food security through efforts such as Feed the Future, the U.S. Government's global hunger and food security initiative.
Secretary Clinton said, "...This is an issue that is on your minds every day, but it is now on the minds of many people because of the crisis that is raging in the Horn of Africa. It is, first, a food crisis; a severe drought has put more than 12 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya, Djibouti, and Somalia in danger of starvation. It is also a refugee crisis, because at this point, hundreds of thousands of people have left their homes in search of food and safety. Some are walking more than 100 miles with their children in their arms to reach refugee camps, which are so over-crowded that thousands wait outside the fences, and more arrive every minute, many close to death.
"What is happening in the Horn of Africa is the most severe humanitarian emergency in the world today, and the worst that East Africa has seen in several decades. The United States and our partners in the region, including the World Food Program, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, UNICEF, NGOs, and donor governments, are racing to save as many lives as possible.
"Fortunately, we did, as the Director General just said, have a bit of a head start because of the Famine Early Warning System Network known as FEWSNet. The United States supports it along with others. It monitors drought and crop conditions and alerts governments and aid groups when crises are coming. This network, along with the analysis from the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization, enabled us to begin pre-positioning food in key locations throughout the region starting last year. But a great deal more must be done, and it must be done fast. Famine conditions in Somalia are likely to get worse before they level off.
"And while we hurry to deliver life-saving assistance, we must also maintain our focus on the future by continuing to invest in long-term food security in countries that are susceptible to drought and food shortages. It is this connection between food emergencies and food security that I would like to speak to today. Because our goal is not only to help the region come through this crisis, but working with organizations like IFPRI to do all we can to prevent it from ever happening again. Food security is the key."
Secretary Clinton summarized the U.S. emergency response to date. She said, "...The United States is the largest single-country contributor of food and humanitarian assistance to the Horn of Africa. On Monday, President Obama announced that in light of the current crisis, we are making available an additional $105 million in emergency funding. Today, I'm announcing another 17 million on top of that with 12 million designed specifically for helping the people of Somalia. That brings the total U.S. humanitarian assistance to the region to more than $580 million this year. We are reaching more than 4.6 million people with this aid. It helps to pay for food distribution; for therapeutic feeding for those who are severely malnourished; for clean water, healthcare, sanitation, protection, and other services for those in need. And let me say how grateful I am to the aid workers who are delivering this assistance, swiftly and effectively, in extremely difficult and often dangerous circumstances.
"Over the course of this crisis, U.S. officials have made multiple trips to the region, including just this past weekend to Kenya, a delegation led by Dr. Jill Biden and joined by former Senator Dr. Bill Frist; USAID Administrator Raj Shah; Eric Schwartz, our Assistant Secretary of State for Population, Refugees, and Migration; and Gayle Smith from the White House. They saw the best and worst of what is happening on the ground. They visited the Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute, a top-notch facility long supported by the U.S. Government. And I had the chance to visit it on my trip to Kenya two years ago. I was very impressed by the work that I saw there by scientists who are cultivating crops that can thrive in drought and are enriched with essential nutrients. These breakthroughs have already saved lives and I'm sure will save many more in the future.
"But the delegation also visited Dadaab, the refugee complex in eastern Kenya. Even before this emergency, it was the largest refugee camp in the world. Some people have been living there now for 20 years. It was originally built for 90,000 people. Twenty years later, more than 420,000 live there, including thousands of third-generation residents.
"So the current refugee crisis is taking place against the backdrop of a prolonged refugee crisis. The United Nations is working as fast as it can to build new facilities, but well over a thousand people arrive every day. Most -- in fact, the vast majority of those arriving -- are Somalis, because Somalia is the epicenter of this emergency. Southern and central Somalia are the only places in the region where famine has been officially declared, because unlike Ethiopia and Kenya, Somalia has no effective national governance.
"And the terrorist group al-Shabaab has prevented humanitarian assistance from coming in. It has killed and threatened aid workers. There are also credible reports that al-Shabaab is preventing desperate Somalis from leaving the areas under its control. Nonetheless, hundreds of thousands of Somalis, largely women and children, are managing to flee to the north or leave the country altogether. They are pouring over the borders into Ethiopia, Kenya, and Djibouti. That, in turn, severely strains the capacity of those local communities and countries.
"The United States is now providing $92 million in emergency humanitarian assistance inside Somalia. To facilitate aid within Somalia's central and southern region, we have recently issued new guidance about the use of U.S. funds to help aid groups working with the United States Government try to save more lives. Still, a great deal depends on whether al-Shabaab is willing to let international assistance be delivered. And so I once again urge al-Shabaab to heed the calls not only of the international community, including the Arab League, but of the cries of their own people, and allow the secure delivery of relief to all those who are afflicted.
"The United States will continue to work with Somalis in the international community to bring the hope of peace and stability to Somalia, and we join all Somalis in hoping that there will be a future with a functioning government that can protect the Somali people against famine and help to build a sustainable agricultural sector.
"These are the steps we are taking to address the immediate crisis. But as we proceed, we must not forget we have seen crises like this before. First comes a severe drought, then crops fail, livestock perish, food prices soar, thousands of people die from starvation, most of them children, and thousands more pick up and move. Every few decades, the cycle repeats. And it would be easy to throw up our hands and blame it all on forces beyond our control, but this cycle is not inevitable. Though food shortages may be triggered by drought, they are not caused by drought, but rather by weak or nonexistent agricultural systems that fail to produce enough food or market opportunities in good times and break down completely in the bad times.
"In other words, a hunger crisis is not solely an act of God. It is a complex problem of infrastructure, governance, markets, education. These are things we can shape and strengthen. So that means this is a problem that we can solve if we have the will and we put to work the expertise that organizations like IFPRI possess. We do have the know-how. We have the tools. We have the resources. And increasingly, we have the will to make chronic food shortages and under-nutrition a memory for the millions worldwide who are now vulnerable.
"And while some might say that this is a conversation for another time, that we should worry about preventing food crises only after this one has passed, I respectfully disagree. Right now, when the effects of food security are the most extreme, we must re-dedicate ourselves to breaking this cycle of food shortages, suffering, and dislocation that we see playing out once again in the Horn of Africa. We must support countries working to achieve food security. We owe it to the people whose lives we are trying to save, and frankly, we owe it to the donors and the taxpayers who make our work possible. Investing now decreases the chances that Americans or others will be called upon in the future to face these same challenges in 10 or 20 years from now. And I will argue that we will be investing in our own security by supporting political stability and economic growth worldwide.
"For the past two and a half years, I have traveled the world from Kenya to India to Italy, talking to everyone from farmers and agricultural scientists to aid workers and heads of state, about Feed the Future, the U.S. food security initiative and a centerpiece of the Obama Administration's foreign policy. The United States has pledged $3.5 billion to support rigorously developed plans to fortify the entire agricultural chain of our partner countries, from the fields and grazing areas where crops are grown and livestock raised, to the markets where farmers sell their wares, to the tables and hearths where people receive the nutrition they need to stay healthy."
Secretary Clinton continued, "...Our goals are ambitious. In the next five years, the United States aims to help more than half a million people in Ethiopia permanently escape poverty and hunger, and more than 430,000 children benefit from improved nutrition. In Kenya, we aim to raise incomes and improve nutrition for 800,000 people. But there are still millions of people in these countries and certainly throughout the world who need emergency help, and they need it now. And yes, we are trying as hard as we can to reach them. But it is also important to recognize that there must be concerted efforts by governments and people to help themselves, and there is no question that Ethiopia and Kenya are moving in the right direction. Now we must help them continue that progress, and that is a job for all of us.
"The primary responsibility naturally does lie with governments and with the people of countries like Ethiopia and Kenya. I have reached out to the leaders of these countries, and they know the kinds of changes that they still need to make. They need to move toward free trade in grain imports and exports. They need to improve credit and land-use policies to support farmers and herders. They need to ensure that public grain reserves are available when shortages loom. And they need to welcome new technologies to bolster drought tolerance, disease resistance, and crop yields. These can be challenging policies to get right, but they are absolutely essential for ensuring wise stewardship of the land and sustainable economic opportunities for the people. Meanwhile, the countries that pledged their support for food security at the G-8 Summit in L'Aquila in 2009 must make good on their commitments.
"I certainly understand the difficult budget times we are living through. But we have to rededicate ourselves to doing development differently, as we said we would. New donor countries have gotten involved to end the current food emergency. I urge them also to join with us in helping to create lasting food security. A year ago, the United States led the G-20 countries in establishing an innovative, fund-based program at the World Bank called the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program. By pooling our resources and our efforts behind country-developed and country-owned plans, we can reach more farmers and more villages and multiply our impact. This fund shares many of the characteristics of our own Feed the Future initiative, including a strong voice for civil society and rigorous systems for monitoring and evaluating results to make sure contributions are making a real difference in people's lives. With support from seven donors -- Australia, Canada, Ireland, the Republic of Korea, Spain, the United States, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation -- the fund has already awarded nearly half a billion dollars to 12 countries, including a $51.5 million grant to Ethiopia.
"We are also looking to the private sector to contribute, especially in coming up with innovative ideas for reducing hunger and food insecurity. To offer two examples, we are working with a tech company on the ground in Africa called Souktel to text life-saving information to people across the region, so they know where relief can be found nearby. And we are supporting a partnership among General Mills, Cargill, and the Dutch company DSM, who are assisting food processors in Kenya and other countries improve their ability to produce high-quality, nutritious, safe food. This will benefit local consumers and prepare local food producers to compete in regional markets.
"And I've said before in many settings, particularly at AGOA conferences, Africa must drop its trade barriers so that the African people can trade with each other. Sub-Saharan Africa has more trade barriers and they are more limited in inter-country regional trade than any part of the world.
"Finally, we need the contributions of caring individuals here in the United States and around the world. We have seen this in previous crises, from the Indian Ocean tsunami in 2004 to the earthquake in Haiti; individual donations can have a tremendous impact. Even just a few dollars can save lives. And the heroic organizations operating in the Horn of Africa right now need all the support we can offer. The USAID homepage provides access to information about several groups, so it's an easy way for people to help. Just visit USAID.gov. Another way to help is through mobile giving. One program that supports life-sustaining efforts in the Horn of Africa is the United Nations World Food Program. You can give ten dollars to the World Food Program USA by texting A-I-D to the number 27722.
"Humanitarian assistance is in the American DNA. It is one of our core values, and the American people have shown time and again that we will give to help people in dire circumstances. We are inspired to see the outpouring that has already begun, and we hope it will continue and grow.
"Additionally, the State Department is working with the American Refugee Committee and the design firm IDEO on the "Neighbors" campaign to engage the Somali diaspora, not only the United States but around the world, to help raise awareness and funds for the relief efforts. And we are working with the White House to mobilize churches, mosques, and synagogues to support this effort.
"We must remember that time is not on our side. Every minute, more people, mostly women and mostly children, are dying. They're becoming sick. They are fleeing their homes. We must respond. We need to rise to the level of this emergency by acting smarter and faster than we have before to achieve both short-term relief and long-term progress."
In closing, Secretary Clinton said, "...[W]e have a lot of work ahead of us, but I came today to make sure that in my own country and beyond, people know we have a crisis and we must respond. We must try to save those lives that are being lost in those brutal marches to try to get to safety. We must support the refugee camps and do everything we can to provide the immediate help that is needed. But let's not just do that, as important as that is. Let's use this opportunity to make very clear what more we need to do together to try to avoid this happening again."
You can read a complete transcript of the Secretary's remarks here.
Samuel G. in India writes:
help and pray for them
M.S. in the U.S.A. writes:
Not too much longer, the USA will be the one asking for help, replacing Africa. They may be asked to help the USA with similar problems here.
W.W. writes:
current Criminal Financial society must step down from banking and political power in generating provoking and leading poverty right now :
send tools and training
When the sentence for a crime is not quickly carried out, the hearts of the people are filled with schemes to do wrong.
This is the evil in everything that happens under the sun: The same destiny overtakes all. The hearts of men, moreover, are full of evil and there is madness in their hearts while they live, and afterward they join the dead
Prayer :
There will always be poor people in the land. Therefore I command you to be openhanded toward your brothers and toward the poor and needy in your land.
During this famine, "They shall wander from sea to sea, and from north to east; they shall run to and fro, seeking the word of the Lord, but shall not find it"
W.W. writes:
nothing will change all is done for the stock market and the usual multi rich companies keep devastating countries local economy creating debts generating slavery.
Leta in Canada writes:
I understand the situation in the USA but you can't possibly compare it to East Africa. USA may not have the best help but these poor children are dying of starvation. I can't imagine what that must be like to watch your child die such a slow painful death knowing you can't do anything about it.
Ali I. in Minnesota writes:
Thank you for all your efforts in responding to this crisis I am wondering though who will help the people of the ogaden region of ethiopia while food agencies and NGOs are banned .These people are going through ethnic cleansing and we need a reaction from you on this topic the United States of America does not support genocide why is there no government action being taken to investigate let alone act on this matter. Think about the children who are born in detention camps in this day and age act now please or forever hold your silence
Elizabeth in Indiana writes:
On CBS this evening, Clinton said "look at those faces; how could you say no?" How about the faces of those families being evicted in Las Vegas (CBS Evening News story before hers)? How about people like me who haven't been able to find full time work for over 3 years? I don't qualify for help because I have a PT job of 20/hrs per week. What about our faces? We can't save the world! I sympathize that they are starving but we are have starving people here! If they would quit fighting, then maybe they could work on feeding themselves? Does Washington hear us?
Susanta in India writes:
Commendable job indeed, in spite of all internal problems.
W.W. writes:
Criminal Corporate Financial society, Ngo's foundations must be banned and arrested. They act and operate worse then a mobster from chicago but not violently. It s a matter of fact that organization like Goldman and Sachs member they intently generate poverty in countries to create salvery with the intent to manipulate politics governors leaders to step down from power.
this is just Earth History and it is always happened that ologharic mob (investment bank) and corporate companies try to lead the world.
It is always happened famine and poverty and it is always happened other countries helping the poor.
An example : during Mrs. Speech The Mighty Rockefeller foundation was issuing founds for artist...
as per Mrs Secretary speech(only for Horn of africa not for the criminal financial society) we all must work to avoid this problems for the future or for the past by managing at best present time.
a world leader must ask to him self how can I avoid this crisis for the future?
An answer has been given and its to go global with a production lot program which it will economically cut expenses and drop consumption prices.
Now there are two roads to take :
one is to create self sufficient cities or to create exchanging good cities
to avoid the next famine in the horn of africa it will produce an 100 year project and a lot of investment to modify for example the territory by starting to invest in Infrastructure like waterworks line for example.
When Mussolini wanted to do it Ethiopian fought the italians accused of colonization but condition were different.Certanly the today crisis would not occurred if ...
Then we can pray for them then we can send them rice but its what they want? just free food and free cash or they want to evolve and create a society?
W.W. writes:
Yes do agree, famine is not sent from God as punishment but is sent from a lack of Human Evolution not following God 's plan to evolve toward peace prosperity and security among humans.
therefore thank God Mrs secretary has been sent to earth
Fred M. in Arizona writes:
Let Africa take care of Africans. We have enough problems here in America. We have been giving Africa Aid for a century, where has it gotten them, no where, but to keep asking for more.
Maurice B. in Virginia writes:
Well said and thank you Secretary Clinton, for bring attention to this and working with others to help as much as we can. Working Together For God's People MoPoDC


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It's sprang break, y'all. Sure, we're as excited as you are, but before you sprint off to the airport, let's make sure you've packed accordingly. It is no fun being the one who forgot her tankini, so click through to see everything you need to be the most stylish girl on the beach.
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These aviator sunnies are a timeless shape, but their blue mirrored lens give off a modern vibe.
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The flowy dress is ideal for a romantic dinner after an afternoon spent lying in the sun.
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The color and the detail on these strappy sandals make them a vacation necessity.
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Given the topic involved religion, then, it's easy seeing how ceekel got her Tweet past the producers, using the show to drop a little Mass Effect 2 backstory on an unsuspecting Australian public.


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Someday, the conventional wisdom and statistics keep telling us, we're all going to throw out our wallets and replace them with digital phones. As The Los Angeles Times recently reported, quoting numbers from the research firm, Gartner Inc., by 2016, payments over mobile phones will reach $617 billion worldwide, up from last year's $105 billion.
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Then the Times' David Sarno wrote: "There are big advantages to electronic money. It's easier and quicker to process than cash or plastic, and without the need to fish around for credit cards or wait for receipts to print, long lines may become a thing of the past."
With all due respect to Sarno, I couldn't help but chuckle at that. I'm all for progress, and if someday, I'm only carrying around my credit cards digitally ensconced in my phone instead of my wallet, that's fine. I won't weep or look fondly at photos of my wallet (photos on my smartphone, of course). I'm not a Luddite. But I am sometimes a curmudgeon, especially if it comes in handy in writing a blog post, and I see a few ways that having a digital wallet might complicate my life just as much as having a leather wallet has.
Complication #1: I might have left it at the zebra enclosure
Just as I can lose my wallet, I can lose my smartphone, too. In fact, chances are better that I will lose my smartphone than I'll lose my wallet. My wallet, I tend to keep in my back pocket when I'm out, only pulling it out shopping. A cell phone, you're generally whipping it out to take photos, to ask how to get from one place to another, play games or whatever, which means the odds are better that you're going to set down your phone somewhere and forget to pick it up. According to the mobile security firm Lookout Labs, Americans lost thirty billion dollars' worth of mobile phones last year.
Complication #2: Maybe I don't need a karaoke machine
The easier and faster we make it so that we can spend money, the more likely I'm going to walk out of the store with even more impulse purchases and an even smaller bank balance or higher credit card debt to pay off, or walk out of the store without buying what I need. I don't like long lines any more than the next person, but I have to admit, there have been some times when standing in a line that I've realized something I bought is something I don't really need, and I can hand the clerk the item and get the rest of whatever's in my cart. Or likewise, many times I've been in line at, say, the grocery store, and I suddenly realize I didn't buy the paper towels I came to buy, but instead bought half a cart of, well, everything else -- and then I can excuse myself from the line and race back and get those paper towels.
You have to admit, that checkout line we all love to hate is sometimes a useful buffer that can prevent us from making stupid purchases or making no purchase at all. I know that someday when the smartphone takes over, I'm going to run to the store, quickly buy a bunch of items, and be halfway home when I'll suddenly realize I didn't buy what I went to the store for. Just like I do now.
Complication #3: I should have bought the insurance
If I drop my wallet when I'm shopping, it isn't going to break. If I drop my smartphone… oh, I know. I sound like I'm stretching for one more example to make my point, but you know, last year, on a vacation at the beach with my kids, I forgot that my cell phone was in my swimming trunks' pocket, and two waves later, I remembered. I managed to get through my vacation pretty well without the cell phone; I couldn't have without a wallet. If my wallet had gotten wet from the same waves, I'd still have had some perfectly good credit cards at my disposal, my driver's license and so on.
I guess what I'm saying is that while I think the smartphone technology is cool, and the idea of a mobile wallet is a fun one, I really don't think digital wallets are going to replace many of our hassles of shopping. We may not have to dig into our wallets for a specific credit card, but we'll probably increase the odds we press the wrong button and pay for something with the credit card we use for emergencies instead of the one that offers the best rewards. Instead of worrying that a pickpocket is about to get our wallet or purse, we'll just worry about them filching our smartphone.
I'm excited about the future, but not all that excited about how a mobile wallet and digital money is going to change how I shop. I expect a lot of old annoyances and irritations of the past to come along with us, along with a few new fresh ones.
The original article can be found at CardRatings.com:Mobile wallets won't make our lives any easier


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Grambling players end boycott, return to practice
GRAMBLING, La. >> Grambling players say they are ending their boycott after speaking with former coach Doug Williams, who advised them to, "Go out there and play football."
In a statement Monday, team representative Naquan Smith said players reached out to several people, including Williams, and their ex-coach put them in contact with Baton Rouge businessman Jim Bernhard.
Smith says Bernhard told players he has their "best intentions at heart and that he would ensure we had updated facilities, but we had to agree to being back practicing Monday ... and finish the remainder of our season."
Smith says although the team will play, "We have not forgotten the situation and how we've gotten here."
Players refused to travel to Saturday's game at Jackson State, a forfeit, because of issues with university leaders.


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You know the basic traffic laws — stop at a red light, obey the speed limit, don't drink and drive.
But this is America, land of the free and home of the make-it-up-as-you-go-along, so in addition to the standard traffic laws, there are some weird and wacky ones out there.
Some of them are specific to activities common in that town or state, and some of them make you wonder why someone had to tell you it's illegal to do that.
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During the months April - September, every Tuesday evening is "Motorbike Night", or as it is now known, - "Coles Miller Dream Machines".
The show starts at 6pm, when the Quay is closed to all traffic, to ensure there is safe access for everyone to wander around at their own leisure. You will find an unprecedented collection of gleaming, sparkling machinery as motorbike owners from across the country gather to "show off" their machines.
From 2pm onwards there is NO car parking allowed on the Quay, as the whole area is given over to bikes, so please look for the alternative car parks. There will probably be in the region of 1000 - 1500 or more bikes, depending upon the weather, so make sure you have a look at this marvellous spectacle in a most different setting !
Please note, this is a weekly event supported by the Local Council and Police, it is a fascinating spectacle and well worth a look, as you get to view the Quay too.
Each week from 6pm, up to 1,000 bikers come down to meet friends, compare bikes and have a chance of winning the 'Bike of the Week' competition where weekly judges select the winner. On the final night the weekly winners, all return to be judged in the 'Bike of the Year' competition, to be in with a chance to win a great prize. Everyone attending gets to vote for their own choice of 'Bike of the Year'.
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