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SAN ANDREAS - A tractor-trailer carrying more than 1,000 gallons of sodium hypochlorite overturned Thursday morning near Calaveras High School, causing major injuries to the driver and prompting school officials to cancel extracurricular activities, authorities said.
SAN ANDREAS - A tractor-trailer carrying more than 1,000 gallons of sodium hypochlorite overturned Thursday morning near Calaveras High School, causing major injuries to the driver and prompting school officials to cancel extracurricular activities, authorities said.
The tractor-trailer overturned shortly before 8:30 a.m. on private property in the 600 block of Gold Oak Road when the driver, 58-year-old Larry Noble of Livermore, made an unsafe turn, the Highway Patrol said. The right rear tires left a paved asphalt surface and dropped several inches onto a dirt shoulder, causing the tractor and the trailer to overturn, authorities said.
There was no release of hazardous materials as a result of the crash, but local and state officials instructed school officials to cancel after-school activities at Calaveras High School, Gold Strike High School and San Andreas Elementary School, authorities said.
Noble was taken to a hospital with major injuries, but there was no update on his condition Thursday evening, authorities said.
STOCKTON - Authorities have arrested a second man on suspicion of homicide in connection with the December shooting death of Phi Canh Vong, police said.
Homicide detectives from the Stockton Police Department learned that the suspect, 19-year-old Cahauri Williams, was in Turlock, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Police Department. Detectives requested assistance from a U.S. Marshals Service task force and Turlock police, who arrested Williams on suspicion of homicide Thursday, Silva said.
Authorities arrested another man, 33-year-old Kalom McCoy, last month in Patterson in connection with the same case, authorities said. Williams and McCoy were wanted for the homicide of Vong, who was fatally shot Dec. 16 in the 9200 block of Lariat Lane in north Stockton, police said.
STOCKTON - A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of homicide Wednesday in connection with the 2012 shooting death of 26-year-old Phi Van Tran, authorities said.
U.S. marshals and members of the Stockton Police Department's Community Response Team arrested the boy, who was 14 when the shooting occurred, said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Police Department. The suspect's name was not released because he is a minor.
Tran was shot to death Sept. 26, 2012, in the 9200 block of Dalewood Street near West and Morada lanes in northeast Stockton, police said. It was the 50th homicide of 2012, Stockton's deadliest year on record.
STOCKTON - A man was rushed to a hospital after he sustained a potentially life-threatening stab wound during an altercation with another man Thursday evening in central Stockton, police said.
The victim, a man in his 50s, and his assailant were heard arguing shortly before the stabbing occurred about 6 p.m. in the 300 block of South El Dorado Street, authorities said. The victim was stabbed in the abdomen, police said.
The assailant then fled on foot, officers said. He was described as a man in his 50s with nappy hair and blue jeans, authorities said.
Police said the victim required surgery but was in stable condition late Thursday.


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S&L Podcast - #126 - More like Dragon-FIGHT!/
Controversy swirls around the Sword and Laser book picks both old and new. It makes being George R. R. Martin look downright easy. And then he goes and buys a movie theater. For real. You must listen.
George R.R. Martin buys a movie theatre
China Mieville's turn-it-to-11 high weirdness reboot of "Dial H"
Petition to get Isaac Asimov a commemorative plaque
Too much violence in fantasy?
In a future with one last bookstore, a boy falls in love with reading
Wrap-up Dragonflight by Anne McCaffrey
Female characters in Pern
On the use of Dragons
A Whiteboard Reflection on Pern
If you remember the main trip to get back 400 years to bring the other weyr's forward, show used the tapestry from Ruatha Hold.
The dragons of Pern need an image in the riders mind to travel between to that place. They also use an image to travel between times.
This is why the riders don't go back in time to battle thread when necessary, they need that image to get there. It also drain's both dragon and rider.
I don't know how far you are into all the other books, but Lessa wasn't the first to time travel (chronologically speaking), In ""Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern"", Moreta did some if my memory serves me.
If you haven't read the series before, you must read Dragonsdawn! It's the ""laser"" Dragonriders book. Basically, the first book (chronologically) of the series. I really love that book. If I had to rank the books, I would go Harper Hall trilogy, Dragonsdawn, Dragonflight, Dragonquest then The White Dragon. The others are really good, but those 7 are my absolute favorite books.
Looking forward to Sword & Laser having video shows again (really missing them!),
Wool by Hugh Howey
Controversy around Howey statements
Wikipedia entry about Wool
Limited edition Empire State and Limited Edition Age Atomic Hardcover, signed, numbered only 100 copies each. Empire State has a variant cover. Enter at this Goodreads thread.
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WOOSTER -- Henry B. Loess, 88, of Wooster, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2013, at his home.
He served eight years on the board of directors of Habitat for Humanity in Wayne County, eight years on the board of directors of Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 12 years on the Wayne County Board of Developmental Disabilities and eight years as session member of Westminster Presbyterian Church in Wooster.
Surviving are children, Kurt Loess of Johnson City, Tenn., Karen (Wayne) Yoder of Walnut Creek, Andrew (Lita) Loess of Massillon and Alan of Wooster; grandchildren, Priyadarshani Loess of Missoula, Mont., and Akash Loess of Johnson City, Tenn.; and sisters, Lenore (Loess) Nagele of Urbana, Ill., and Lynn (Ken) Loess Smith of Eureka Springs, Ark.
Henry was preceded in death by his parents, Henry W. and Alice (Mansfield) Loess of Eureka Springs, Ark.
There will be no calling hours or memorial service. McIntire, Bradham & Sleek Funeral Home, 216 E. Larwill St., Wooster, is assisting the family.
Contributions may be made to Hospice & Palliative Care of Greater Wayne County, 2525 Back Orrville Road, Wooster 44691.


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Mayor's Office
Mayor Chris Beutler today invited area residents to the City's annual Uncle Sam Jam Fourth of July celebration at Oak Lake Park Sunday, July 4. A full day of events is planned, including a Lincoln Saltdogs baseball game at 6:05 p.m. at Haymarket Park vs. the Pensacola Pelicans. The fireworks show will begin promptly at 10 p.m.
Pepsi-Cola is the sponsor for the fireworks, presented again by Zambelli Internationale. A soundtrack will be furnished by Broadcast House/NRG Media and broadcast on all four of its radio stations (B107.3 FM, Froggy 98.1 FM, 105.3 Wow FM and KLIN 1400 AM). The Lincoln Journal Star also is a partner in the celebration.
The City Parks and Recreation Department will provide free family activities and kids games from 1 to 8 p.m. Among the attractions will be an inflatable slide, obstacle course and bounce house. The Ashanti Band will perform from 6 to 9 p.m., and VFW Post 3606 will conduct a flag-lowering ceremony at 8:30 p.m. A complete schedule is available at http://www.lincoln.ne.gov/city/mayor/cic/july4/2010/schedule.htm
"I want to thank our sponsors for helping us provide such a fun, family-oriented celebration for the entire Lincoln area to enjoy," said Mayor Beutler. "The activities and games were very popular last year, and we know families will really enjoy them. We also look forward to a great performance from the popular Lincoln band Ashanti. One of the area's best fireworks shows is a great way to cap off a patriotic celebration."
The Lincoln Saltdogs have a weekend home series against the Pensacola Pelicans at Haymarket Park. Games Friday, July 2 and Saturday, July 3 begin at 7:05 p.m. and include post-game fireworks displays. The game Sunday, July 4 begins at 6:05 p.m. More information is available at saltdogs.com.


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Tonight, Shakespeare in Delaware Park will open its second show of the 2013 season with a cheeky, musically inflected take on Shakespeare's "Measure for Measure."
Unlike its popular and straight-ahead run of "Hamlet," which was as faithful as possible to Shakespeare's setting and most of his text, this historically troublesome comedy will stray much further in time and place: all the way from Vienna, Austria, to the lawless border town of Vienna, Texas.
Director Brian Cavanagh, who helmed a fast-paced and engrossing production of "The Merchant of Venice" in 2011 and has long served as SDP's lighting designer, decided to have a little fun with the play after reading through the difficult and sometimes plodding text.
"I don't think there's an unbelievable story here. It's a good story, but it's not Hamlet, it's not MacB," he said, following the theatrical superstition that you don't say the name of Shakespeare's "Macbeth" in the vicinity of a theater. "It's kind of a light story told in a hard way. So I said I want to keep all the basic story so people understand why we're there, but all around the edges we should make it interesting so people understand and we can keep them entertained all through it."
To that end, Cavanagh tightened up some of the language and some extraneous bits and pieces of exposition and dialogue. He's added in some cowboy slang and lingo to place the play firmly in its new Wild West context. And, perhaps most significantly, he's added six musical numbers to the show in order to amplify the Wild West mood.
The songs, like a version of "Tumbling Tumbleweeds," will serve as accents to the action rather than plot elements, and they're not meant to be big production numbers. Few of the cast members are trained musical theater performers, Cavanagh added, which works for the sort of tossed-off nature of the songs.
"It's kind of a comic relief in between scenes, and all of them are Western songs, either just Americana songs or from Western movies," he said. "There really is no rhyme or reason, I just thought they fit."
The play, in Cavanagh's version, tells the story of a sheriff (Matt Witten) who hightails it out of his corruption-ridden town and leaves control to his deputy (Patrick Moltane). The deputy, who is law-abiding to a fault and ignores the advice of his wise old confidant Escalus (Peter Peterson), sentences the otherwise law-abiding citizen Claudio to death for getting his fiancee pregnant before they tied the knot. Claudio's sister, the nun-in-training Isabella (Susan Drozd), cannot convince the deputy to relent. Fortunately for all involved, the duke returns to town disguised as a friar, and helps devise a scheme by which the deputy is forced to release Claudio from his death sentence.
After Cavanagh read through the play a few times at the request of SDP founder and director Saul Elkin – a grueling endeavor, he said – he decided a fun and rather radical treatment was the right approach.
"When I hit Saul up with that, about it being a Western, he said, 'Are you sure about this?' And I said, 'Well, no, but I think it's an interesting way to go,' " Cavanagh said. "When I finally got through it many times, I thought, I can see it's kind of laborious, it's kind of long and draggy for not a very big ending.
"Everything gets a little sinister and heavy and then at the end everybody's let off and everybody's happy. It doesn't have a lot to it, I don't think. So that's why I made some changes."
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A lot of what is said about the allure and romance of being on "the road" is mostly hearsay, and a lot of it is over-romanticized, but then again, a lot of it is actually true! The reason I say this is of course because I speak from real experience, but also the fact is that many of us who spend a lot of time on the road start to wax poetic about it, and certainly have many feeling about the experience. When I spent a lot of time on the road, I was often amazed at how little it all meant to many of my fellow bandmates. Maybe they were just too busy living it to reflect on it, or perhaps they were just "blank" about it, and to them it was "just another gig." Well, of course, there are many times something can feel like "just another gig", but it is precisely then when we must really make the most of it all, and actually "reflect" on what it all means and where it is all going.
The kind of commitment it takes to really have a life "on the road" is one of great dedication and sacrifice. There are many long-term road performers who have a very difficult time maintaining any kind of real home-related family life, and it's a killer when you have children and cannot watch them grow or "be there" for them the way you would like. It's also extremely hard on relationships, and there needs to be a great deal of trust and commitment on the part of both partners in this regard, and there also must be the effort to spend as much time together as possible, even while on that road!
The road does definitely have a distinct kind of "allure" when it comes to us performers, and to me it was how I had begun to become so familiar with so many far-off places. It actually seemed that while I always welcomed discovering new towns, cities and open spaces, I also started to long for returning to those same places a few years, or sometimes even just a few months, later. It was intriguing to start to know some of the same people, revisit them, see how some of the restaurants and shops had maybe changed, or maybe stayed the same, and also to see how different my impressions would be upon coming back around a second or third time. The first time it seems, is always much more full of the "romance" of un-familiarity and discovery, whereas subsequent visits have a more real and tangible quality about them; often showing you just how wrong your impressions were when you first went there! Of course, there's nothing like when you get to a truly friendly place, where they really know how to treat a weary traveler, and where they treat you like a "star", regardless of your actual musical or artistic status in the world! These of course, are the places you will always want to return to, and where you will always feel as if it has a special place in your heart. So follow that musical dream, and that musical and asphalt road, after all, it's just another perfect metaphor for life itself!


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Stiffed by an airline or booking agency? Take 'em to court
Nov. 22 -- Thanksgiving Day -- seemed like a good day for my band to fly from Washington to Germany for our fall 2012 European tour. Sure, we'd miss Thanksgiving with our families. But flying on the holiday was cheaper than flying the day before or the day after, and we'd be able to start our trip with a solid show in Berlin on a Friday.
But when we got to a suspiciously deserted Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Turkey Day, we learned that there was no flight to check in for. Delta, which had already rescheduled our party to depart on Black Friday, said that our flight had been canceled weeks earlier. Hadn't we heard from the online booking agency that had sold us our tickets?
We had not. And when we called that agency's customer service hotline, we were told Delta was responsible for scheduling changes. Our airline and our online travel agency blamed each other for the mistake as the few remaining Europe-bound flights departing the East Coast on Thanksgiving evening took off across the Atlantic. Neither would refund the cost of our tickets nor pay for a hotel room or for transportation back to Washington.
Unwilling to pay thousands more for seats on a Turkish Airlines flight to Berlin with a connection in Istanbul, we were out of options. Defeated, we paid for a rental car so that we could go home, sleep, catch a Black Friday screening of "Lincoln" and return to Dulles the next night.
We didn't just miss our show in Berlin. We missed cranberry sauce from a can.
After the tour, I filed a complaint with the Department of Transportation. Figuring that I was more likely to hear back from Santa Claus, I also called Dan Paci, my attorney in Pennsylvania, to discuss filing a lawsuit, but his triple-digit hourly fees would have devoured much of any judgment I might win.
"You get out in the real world and the practical component of a legal issue just overwhelms the real answer," said Paci, a partner at Grim, Biehn and Thatcher in Perkasie, Pa. "The abstract legal issue and the law school exam answer have nothing to do with the settlement. It's almost entirely a matter of economics. Who is willing to bluff? Who is willing to stretch it out the longest?"
There was a cheaper option: small claims court. The DOT even recommends it.
"There are instances where passengers might file a complaint in small claims court if they believe an airline's actions have caused them financial harm," wrote Bill Mosley, an agency spokesman, in an e-mail. Though rules adopted under the Obama administration can force airlines to compensate passengers when luggage is lost or delayed or when they are involuntarily bumped from flights, the DOT does not have "the authority to require compensation for other types of passenger inconvenience, such as for delayed or canceled flights, and DOT itself cannot compensate passengers directly," Mosley wrote.
Luckily, the DOT Web site has a handy consumer guide for navigating small claims -- something consumers will probably have to take on alone should they choose to file suit.
"The purpose of small claims court is for people to be pro se," or without a lawyer, said Nakia Waggoner, managing attorney at the Neighborhood Legal Services Program, a nonprofit that staffs an information center in small claims court in Washington, D.C. Waggoner said that for those able to use it, the court can work better than filing a traditional lawsuit.
Moreover, the justice system's harsh economics might work in favor of an Internet-savvy white-collar worker who's able to take long lunch breaks and eloquently tell a sob story. If I filed pro se, would a major corporation bother paying a slick litigator to battle the disgruntled guitarist of an obscure rock group? D.C. small claims court had more than 10,000 cases in 2012. More than a quarter were settled or dismissed, and more than 1,000 resulted in a default judgment. There was a decent chance that I'd win easily when my opponent didn't show up.
Emboldened, I filed a small claim against the discount ticketing Web site for $4,924.88. This would cover the cost of my flights, the rental car plus gas and lost revenue from the canceled Berlin show. And, since the maximum small claim in the District is $5,000, I couldn't ask for much more.
Filing was relatively easy: I gathered my receipts, filled out a form, paid $56.50 and got a court date less than a month away. The hardest part was figuring out the correct mailing address for the company I was suing. More than 20 percent of D.C. small claims filed last year were dismissed for bad service -- a plaintiff's failure to tell the court the right place to deliver a complaint.
I was contemplating wardrobe choices for my court appearance a few days before my date with justice when the online agency's in-house counsel called. After some intimidating phone calls -- conversations with a real lawyer made me realize that I was no Perry Mason -- we settled for $1,000.
I call this a win. Whereas prevailing in small claims court is no guarantee that a defendant will pay promptly, I had a check in my hand within a week. As a traveling musician, I've been pushed around by discount ticket retailers with intractable fine print and airlines with unreasonable excess baggage fees for more than a decade. Using the judicial branch, I'd made the company that refused to right its wrong pay attention, and I'd recovered 20 percent of my travel budget.
If more air travelers used small claims instead of looking to our toothless "Passenger Bill of Rights," wouldn't airlines and discount ticket retailers have to improve?
Maybe not. Flush from my win, I tried suing Delta, which I considered equally culpable for the Thanksgiving debacle, in January. When the company didn't respond, I thought I'd easily win a summary judgment. Weeks later, a small claims judge made it clear that I'd thought wrong.
The problem? I hadn't paid Delta for my tickets -- I'd paid the online company I'd already settled with. Since I hadn't given Delta my money, it didn't owe me any unless I tried to prove emotional distress. This isn't easy.
"If you wanted to assert pain and suffering or intentional affliction of emotional distress, you can, but you have a challenge proving them," said Faith Mullen, a law professor at Catholic University's Columbus School of Law whose students sometimes staff the small claims assistance center. Paying a psychiatrist to testify about, say, my paralyzing fear of booking future Delta flights isn't convenient or cost-effective when seeking limited damages. "Because small claims are often self-represented, I think it's harder," Mullen said.
In Round 2, I'd fought authority, and authority had won without even throwing a punch. Really, I'd been lucky there'd been a second round at all. In the fast-paced world of small claims, plaintiffs who assume that a court will be sympathetic may be disappointed.
"Their understanding of the legal process is based almost entirely on 'Judge Judy,' " Paci said. "They think they can go in front of a judge like her and explain their case and they'll win because they are on the side of truth, justice and beauty. That's not the way it works."
Sure, truth, justice and beauty might be too much to ask. But given the choice to plead my case before a judge or an airline customer service representative, I'll take the judge every time.
Moyer is an editorial aide at The Washington Post.


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Paying homage to one of my most favorite roleplayers in all of Gor - Kait.
Gaia: "No, you can't bother her. And especially not when you smell the way you do", Karjuck folded his burly arms over his equally massive chest and stared at the slave girl who asked to see the lady chemist. "Master, I merely wish to offer her some sausages. The finest ones in all of Ar, for that matter! Truly, they are!", the fervent statement was followed by her head bobbing enthusiastically. Her pitch wasn't supposed to sound desperate but the unsmiling warrior was not an easy one to convince. "And I'm quite sure the lady physician has smelled something a hundred times worse than I do", her voice sounded almost petulant but she was hellbent on peddling her ware, "I smell like steak, I think. I just haven't been cooked yet. Is that so bad, Master?", she cajoled and even flashed the man one of her charming smiles.
Kait secured the scarf tightly ensuring it covered every inch of pale skin and ebony hair. She intended to find out for herself if the news about the city was accurate. Hearing voices below she grimaced hoping it was not another customer intent on insisting she perform some service or sell some concoction. Heading down the stairs she pulled up short as she took in the scene. Her guard not attempting to hide his study of the tall girl and her offering pleas to what purpose she had no idea. She chuckled as the familiar scent penetrated even the thick fabric of her layers of veils and the scarf bound tightly. "I see it is you girl, and if the smell is any indication, it seems you have managed to not be sold for a copper bit. Does your owner really expect customers to receive you well smelling as you do? There is not much that causes Karjuk not to risk a tap and feel and even he seems to be maintaining his distance."
Gaia: "Good morning, Mistress!", she chirped when Kait appeared as if conjured by her sheer tenacity to see the lady. Karjuk grunted and muttered something that wasn't meant to flatter the slave girl. Something to do about attracting fruit flies to the usually pristine establishment. Gaia wasn't hampered by the remarks about her perceived stench, "It's the smell of hard work, Mistress. So the city could have their delectable meals, I have to endure the sound of cleaver whacking at some freshly killed animal, oftentimes too stunned to move away from the shower of tidbits flying off some animal's gut", she proclaimed while looking at Karjuk more than she was at Kait. "Not that I'm complaining, because the sound of blade thumping so ominously over the butcher's block reminds me to always be pleasing. Hence, the reason why I am here!", and that was her segway. "My Master would find it pleasing to gain customers with impeccable taste", and that was when she gave the lady chemist a smile, turning away from the warrior as if he wasn't included in the roster of people with fine taste.
Kait: Karjuk took the moment that girl turned away to avail himself of her charms patting her ample ass appreciatively before stating in a low and amused voice meant to not be overheard by his employer, "I have no idea how your owner can stand to mount you with such a stench but one never stops learning new things. When you finish with your offering perhaps I will learn to like not only the taste of well-done steak but also the smell of it raw in my nostrils while you demonstrate your services beyond those of meat carrier". With that said he avoided the clearly annoyed gaze of the Physician and headed out to stand guard outside the door on the busy street.
Kait wasn't the least bit swayed by the girls compliment and as usual the attention paid by Karjuk only seemed to make her even more irritated. She had no idea what he was saying but she could guess so she barked at the girl, "It seems men will consider taking anything to the furs. Your owner would likely earn more coin from selling your services than sausages but come let me have a look. They do seem to indeed be fresh and with his close proximity you would save the slaves some steps stocking the kitchen of the House of Bernard"
Gaia: "Ooooof!", the slave girl wasn't frail by any means but Karjuk's hand landed on her ass and she was propelled forward as the man's low rumble of taunting laughter left her cheeks flushed. From the knowledge that she could still lure men despite how much she reeked. But her face immediate turned somber when Kait's eyes glistened with barely suppressed annoyance. It's all she could see of the lady and one hand came up to lightly scratch the side of her neck when she replied, "My owner said I'm …. ", she squinted towards the ceiling as if trying to recall the words, "… I'm enough to sap a man's strength and leave them edging closer to the brink of deadly exhaustion", she said and then shrugged. "I have no idea what it means, tho". An index finger came up, "However, what I have here is something that would make anyone's mouth water, Mistress", and as if on cue, she lifted the sack filled with the fattest, the juiciest and the tastiest sausages in the entire city. "5 coppers for a full dozen, Mistress. Every bite of choking goodness worth your money. Yes, indeedy!".
Kait eyes the sack at first seeming to ignore the girls words but then spewing pure jealous spite she offered a response in turn hoping to take the girl down a peg or two, "I suppose it means you could kill a man if you smelled just a bit worse. Your owner should go in on a partnership with the manager of the baths. The longer I stand here the more I am tempted to visit them and bask in hours of attention with oils and a fine edged strigil." Never one to pass up a good deal or an opportunity to barter she returned her focus to the meat and had to admit that they did indeed look to be large by comparison to the offering of the other butcher. "What say you to 4 copper per dozen if I take 3 dozen today and make a standing order for the same amount for next hand? If the quality is good and you can show up with a more pleasant scent I might also be tempted to add some tarsk and verr to my frequent purchases."
Gaia: She did appear stalwart despite the constant barrage of insults and not so subtle reference to her stinky carcass. But Gaia has a trick. Some people count verrs to court blissful oblivion when they could not sleep but she does it to curtail the blossoming resentment of the Free. One verr. Two verrs. Her lips remained pleasantly uplifted on both sides as Kait went on about how welcome a bath sounded at that moment. "As I have served at the Capacian, Mistress, I would highly recommend the scent of lilac and ylang-ylang. Perhaps, verminium although you don't strike me as someone who prefers the generics so I would humbly suggest the former". Oh, how she missed the good, clean smelling marble tiles of the bath house. But the cloying scent of heavily spiced meat reminded her she was no longer the same girl and her sorry lot in life would worsen if she doesn't make this sale. "Four and a half coppers, Mistress. I'm really going out on a stretch here but I can understand being frugal is an admirable quality on anyone. It's just that these type of delicacy can't be found anywhere else and as much as I'd love to lower the price some more, alas, that's like me deciding a tube of your medicine could be had for less than what it's really worth", her eyes have softened along with her well-practiced spiel. "But I will stake my life on the freshness and quality of my Master's meat. That much I can tell you, Mistress".
Kait considered the goodwill that might be gained if she gave in to the girls stated price but her love of coin had her tossing out one more price to be picked up or discarded. Only she knew if this was her final acquiescence to her normal frugal nature. "Well girl it seems we are at an impasse. You wished initially 15 copper for the 3 dozen I desire and I suggested what I considered a very fair 12 for same. Why don't we meet at a point in the middle where I am not tempted to forgo your owners product in the future…lets say 13 copper, rather than the 13 and a half you desire? You go home smelly and happy and I have sausages that hopefully will taste as good as they look. Woe unto you if they are rancid. It will be your owners ear that I bend with my displeasure but it will also be your hide that wears the scars….it does seem to be the frequent thing of late…slaves sporting an abundance of bruises…so who am I not to conform to the norm. Perhaps I will whisper a word in your owners' ear so that he might be made aware of this new trend as well. Of course it would be masked in my displeasure at some created slight but all would be the same."


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One of the thunderclaps during a thunderstorm that passed Amsterdam in the morning of the 9Th of July 2007. Recorded with an Edirol-cs15 mic. on my balcony plugged into an Edirol R09.
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Report: Homophobia and Discrimination on Grounds of Sexual Orientation in the EU Member States Part I - Legal Analysisen (1004.61 KB)
Report: Part 1 - Legal analysis
Key findings
The report identifies differences in treatment and protection by the law for LGBT people and a lack of full and equal enjoyment of rights in areas of EU competence particularly with regard to same sex partnerships. This relates to rights and benefits provided for spouses and partners under the EU's Free Movement Directive, the Family Reunification Directive and the Qualification Directive.
The report also highlights that homophobic hate speech and hate crime represent obstacles to the possibility for individuals to exercise their free movement and other rights in a non-discriminatory manner. Homophobia could be combated more effectively using EU wide criminal legislation.
A horizontal directive against all forms of discrimination
The report finds that 18 out of 27 EU Member States have already gone beyond the minimum requirements of EU anti-discrimination legislation and have provided for legal protection against discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the areas of employment, access to public goods and services, housing and social benefits. The report welcomes this approach and encourages extending such provisions to all Member States.
The report concludes that more comprehensive legal protection, as well as wider powers and resources for equality bodies are required, and urges that the new measures on non-discrimination discussed by the EU will ensure this.
The problems and discrimination faced by Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals and Transsexuals (LGBT) in their every day lives in many EU countries is highlighted repeatedly by NGOs, the Council of Europe and others. Discrimination is a major human rights issue. The Charter of Fundamental Rights clearly prohibits discrimination on various grounds including sexual orientation. Until now Community legislation (Directive 78/2000) prohibits direct and indirect discrimination, as well as harassment on grounds of sexual orientation, but only in employment. There is a growing debate regarding the extension of the much more comprehensive protection of the Race Equality Directive (43/2000) to cover other grounds, such as sexual orientation, disability, age, religion and belief.
In this context, the Agency received a specific request from the European Parliament to prepare a comprehensive study on homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation to be used when discussing the need for a "horizontal directive" on all discrimination grounds. A project covering the EU 27 was put in place to prepare a comprehensive comparative analysis looking at the legal and the sociological aspects of issues affecting LGBT people in the European Union.
The following topics are covered by the Factsheets which are downloadable as attachments (in 23 languages):
Same-Sex Couples, Free Movement of EU citizens, Migration and Asylum
Hate Speech and Hate Crimes against LGBT Persons
How EU Law Offers Protection from Sexual Orientation Discrimination
Challenges Facing Transgender Persons
Additional information: Part 2 - the Social Situation
FRA's legal analysis is the first of two reports related to homophobia and discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation.


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slmodem is a fragile and basically unmaintained software. I got it to work by compiling from source:
tar -zxvf slmodem-2.9.11-20110321.tar.gz
cd slmodem-2.9.11-20110321
make SUPPORT_ALSA=1
make SUPPORT_ALSA=1 install
/usr/sbin/slmodem -a modem:2
It then started and created /dev/ttySL0
modem:2 was found from:
aplay -l
which show Card 2 as the modem. This may vary from system to system depending on the order of the alsa modules loading and what you added for support.


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Scott Carpenter Station
Built by NASA to provide an undersea analog for the isolated environment of space.
Exhibit Section:
El Pomar Space Gallery
Application: Ocean Floor Analog to the Space Environment
Designer/Program Manager: Dennis Chamberland
Systems Engineer: Joseph M. Bishop
Weight/Displacement: 21,000 lbs.
Crew: 2
Manufacturer: Precision Fabricating, Inc.
Model Scale: Actual Size
The Scott Carpenter Station was built by NASA as a research and demonstration vehicle, providing an under sea analog for the isolated environment of space. Mission One launched in September 1997 off the coast of Key Largo, Fla., and included a science mission linked to schools and classrooms, managed remotely from the Johnson Space Center, with NASA astronaut Dr. Bob Phillips among the crew testing life support systems and plant growth experiments. Mission Two was the NASA Challenge Mission, "flown" concurrently with space shuttle mission STS-95 (Senator John Glenn's return to flight). Filmmaker James Cameron and producer Eugene Roddenberry, II, were among the crew members during this 36-day mission.
Ownership transferred from NASA to the Space Foundation in 2013.


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| August 20, 2012, 3:37 pm
More Coloradans may be escaping to Mexico over the winter holidays this year due to Volaris Airlines' announcement of a new nonstop service between Denver and Mexico City.
The discounted fares were posted Thursday when the Mexican-based airline announced the route. Several flights have already sold out for the its inaugural month.
Volaris' website posted a sale banner, advertising $149 one-way tickets between the two cities during the first two months of operations — December and January. The first flight takes off on Saturday, Dec. 8, and will fly both ways on Saturdays and Sundays.
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In November 2001 Amoeba Music opened its biggest store yet, on Sunset Boulevard in downtown Hollywood. Occupying an entire city block, this store houses the biggest, broadest, most diverse collection of music and movies ever seen on under one roof. Altogether, our 2 shopping floors and our Jazz room boast millions of titles on CD, DVD and vinyl, new and used, and our stock changes as fast as our customers bring in their old collections. We've been warmly welcomed by L.A.'s musical community, and the affection is mutual! Thousands of music lovers from all walks of life pass through our doors every day, and the main sales floor is a raucous, colorful non-stop party. It's the world's largest independent music store, and we think, one of the best. You've got to experience it firsthand! Our fun and experienced staff is an all-star team of musical veterans from music and movie stores all over the country. We have experts in every field and collectively, the musical knowledge we represent is encyclopedic and unparalleled. Our mission is to help you find what you need and to make you feel at home. For our local regular shoppers, we are a vital resource that's an important part of their lives. For music lovers visiting from far and near, it's like a holiday spree in a musical candy store. We are musicians, artists, DJs and writers, and we love to have a good time, which is what we want your shopping experience to be! We're also a critically acclaimed music venue, featuring tons of live bands, DJs, parades, charity events, record and DVD release parties. We've had free live performances from the Flaming Lips, Elvis Costello, Black Flag, Los Lobos, Blackalicious, Jurassic 5, The Roots, Terence Blanchard, John Cale, P.J. Harvey, Nancy Sinatra, The Melvins, Blind Boys of Alabama, Paul Westerberg, Lucinda Williams, Pat Benatar, Poncho Sanchez, Ben Harper, Belle & Sebastian, The Rapture, Queens of the Stone Age, Supergrass, The Raconteurs, DJ Dangermouse and soul legend Solomon Burke. Together, the staff and shoppers and performing artists who come together here every day comprise a unique musical community and an incubator for positive energy. You'll feel it when you walk through the front door. It's an amazing energy that comes as much from our customers as from us. Like the tiny amoeba, the single-celled source of life, we are independent, but we absorb all influences and grow and change. Come be a part of our SoCal community!


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Superintendent under investigation resigns
KCCI learned Tuesday night that Bob Weber, the superintendent under investigation, resigned Monday.
Weber had been on administrative leave while Hardin County Law Enforcement conducted an investigation.
The school board was informed of Weber's intent to resign by a letter Monday afternoon. The board accepted the resignation at its meeting Monday.
School officials said the resignation is effective on March 31.
Officials said no reason for the resignation was given by Weber.
Authorities told KCCI last week that two search warrants had been served at Weber's office and home.
The reason for the investigation has not been released.
The district said it has no reason to believe other staff members or students are involved, and that paid leave is a standard practice.
The district includes the towns of Ackley, Geneva, Wellsburg, and Steamboat Rock.
Weber has not been charged with anything in connection with the investigation.
Authorities said the investigation is ongoing.
The board hired Steve Lane, retired superintendent from the CAL School District, as the interim superintendent.


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With this new member to add lustre to his family, Stefano Giovannoni once again proves he is a master in the finest rhetorical use of metaphor. He applies it in his playful designs with a virtuosity (and supreme skill in inventing new ways through the unresolved dilemma of Form follows function) which, in soccer-speak, might recall the famous Diego Maradona. In "Mandarin", the upturned Chinese cap reveals the functional part of the citrus-fruit squeezer and protects the container from dust when it is not in use.
Born in La Spezia in 1954, Stefano as an architect and designer was taught by Buti at Florence University. In the early 80's he founded the King-Kong Production Group along with Guido Venturini. His explosive talent enables him to embody a complex system of 'affective codes' in his projects. This great approach won him the title of 'Super & Popular' designer in the 90's. A technical designer par excellence he has industrial design in his DNA and the capacity to understand public sentiment like no other designer mentioned in this catalogue. His projects began with the "Girotondo" (1989 designed with Guido Venturini) and the first transparent objects in plastic from the "Family Follows Fiction" series (1993). There is a huge number of his items in the "Officina Alessi", "Alessi" and "A di Alessi" catalogues. www.stefanogiovannoni.it


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How Collaboration Helped Galvanized Media More Than Double Its Staff at WeWork
28 desks in WeWork Soho South
To encourage more collaboration among its employees, the marketing and media company left behind a traditional office space where walls separated the creative team
Chief Strategy Officer Jon Hammond says Galvanized Media — the company that produces Eat This, Not That!, Best Life and other active lifestyle titles in addition to providing custom content and branding resources — wanted a more collaborative environment. They decided on a spacious top-floor office at WeWork Soho South.
"We were in a traditional office before," says Hammond. "I had an office, while most of the content team sat in cubicles. It's amazing what bringing down both the office walls and the cubicle walls, can do for collaboration."
The WeWork space is stunning, illuminated by a massive skylight. Most of the 28-person staff works together in the main room, but there are also two smaller rooms used mostly for meeting with clients or private conversations with staffers. And when it's time to expand — the staff has more than doubled in the last year — they can easily add more space.
Hammond says conversation about things like the best protein bars to recommend to readers get everyone's creative juices flowing in the WeWork space.
"It's amazing. Breaking down those walls had a huge impact on quality of the content we are putting out."
"It's energizing for me and the other managers to roll up our sleeves and dive into a 15-minute conversation," says Hammond. "It might seem like a little thing, but it's not. It brings the entire team together, it gives everyone the opportunity to have a voice."
In addition to its branding and marketing work for a number of A-list companies, Galvanized is the power behind websites like Eat This, Not That! (aimed at people interested in diet and nutrition) and Best Life (an active lifestyle brand for millennial men and women). It also publishes books like the best-selling Zero Belly franchise and the forthcoming Super Metabolism Diet.
Hammond says that in a traditional office, the various departments would have little contact with each other. But in this new open layout, editors of Eat This, Not That! and Best Life now sit on the cozy sofas, bouncing ideas off each other.
"This is how it's supposed to work, right?" says Hammond. "This is an environment that best captures the excitement and energy of our audience. It's what you want to happen when your teams are thinking about new and innovative ways to create content."


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Increased Performance And Capacity of SanDisk Extreme III High-Performance, CompactFlash Cards Lead To New Industry Development
SUNNYVALE, CA, APRIL 22, 2006 - SanDiskâ Corporation (NASDAQ:SNDK) announced today that flash memory CompactFlash® cards, which it originally invented, will be used in the new Grass Valley™ Infinity™ Series Digital Media Camcorder. The camcorder, which debuted in the United States on Saturday, has slots for two CompactFlash cards. It is the first camcorder introduced in the broadcast industry that uses non-proprietary, removable, solid-state flash memory cards as recording and playback media.
SanDisk's flash memory cards offer a number of advantages over videotape, the traditional storage medium for video cameras. First of all, they are re-usable with no degradation in picture quality. Since there are no moving parts, cards are much more durable than videotape and allow for shooting in a wider variety of shooting conditions in the field. In addition, memory cards can greatly improve workflow in the editing suite since the content is downloaded directly into a laptop or computer and is ready for immediate editing. Videotape must be captured in real-time-transferring content from tape to computer hard drive-before it can be digitally edited, another step that requires time and additional equipment. The small size of the memory cards makes them easier to transport and store.
Tanya Chuang, SanDisk's senior worldwide product marketing manager for the digital imaging market, said, "We have been working with Thomson for two years to incorporate CompactFlash technology in this new camcorder and are happy to see that the new Grass Valley Infinity Digital Media Camcorder has two CompactFlash card slots."
Marc Valentin, president of the Grass Valley business within Thomson, said, "High performance memory card products are critical to take advantage of the advanced features and performance of the Grass Valley Infinity Digital Media Camcorder. The line of SanDisk Extreme® III CompactFlash cards offer an ideal combination of industry-leading performance and capacity that enables these new camcorders to perform to their maximum capabilities. In addition, SanDisk has a reputation for offering the highest level of reliability that professional photographers depend on at a price that belies the advanced features of the SanDisk Extreme III cards."
Chuang explained that with SanDisk high-performance CompactFlash cards currently reaching 8 gigabytes 1 in capacity-and with higher capacities expected in the near future - flash memory cards "now have enough capacity to make them a viable alternative to the use of hard disk drives in professional camcorders."
High-performance SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash cards also can provide the faster throughput required by professional-grade camcorders. SanDisk Extreme III CompactFlash cards, among the fastest in the industry, have minimum write and read speeds of 20 megabytes per second (160 megabits per second). 2
Chuang added that "over the years, our high-performance CompactFlash cards have become very popular in the digital still camera imaging market. Broadcast industry camcorders represent a new market for SanDisk and it is significant that people in the industry have recognized the genuine benefits of our high capacity, high-performance CompactFlash cards."
SanDisk is the original inventor of flash storage cards and is the world's largest supplier of flash data storage card products using its patented, high-density flash memory and controller technology. SanDisk is headquartered in Sunnyvale, CA and has operations worldwide, with more than half its sales outside the U.S.
SanDisk's product images can be downloaded from http://www.sandisk.com/about-sandisk/media-kit
SanDisk's web site/home page address: http://www.sandisk.com
SanDisk, the SanDisk logo, CompactFlash and SanDisk Extreme are trademarks of SanDisk Corporation, registered in the U.S. and other countries. 1 1 gigabtye (GB) = 1 billion bytes
2 1 megabyte (MB) = 1 million bytes. Performance based on SanDisk internal testing
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements, including expectations for new product introductions, applications, markets, and customers that are based on our current expectations and involve numerous risks and uncertainties that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate. Risks that may cause these forward-looking statements to be inaccurate include among others: market demand for our products may grow more slowly than our expectations or there may be a slower adoption rate for these products in new markets that we are targeting and the other risks detailed from time-to-time in our Securities and Exchange Commission filings and reports, including, but not limited to, Form 10-K and our quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. We do not intend to update the information contained in this press release.
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10 Jul Road Hard Press Conference at ACME Theater
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Show Summary
Adam opens the show from the ACME Theater in Hollywood by introducing an exclusive new video with Donald Trump. Adam then brings co-writer Kevin Hench on stage, and the guys reveal exclusive new details about the script for 'Road Hard'. Later, the guys chat with members of the cast, including David Alan Grier, Illeana Douglas, Larry Miller, and Dianne Farr. As the show wraps up, everyone shares their worst stories from being on the road.
Superfan Sidebar
Click Here for Superfan Giovanni's recap and commentary on today's episode.
For more, go to AdamCarolla.com/Gio.
Show Credits
Producers: Mike August, Mike Lynch, and Mike Dawson
Co-Producers: Gary Smith, Chris Laxamana, Matt Fondiler and Jeff Fox
Newsgirl: Alison Rosen
Sound Effects: Bryan Bishop
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v75tco95 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 108 diseños de 26 diseñadores freelance.
La Source des Jeunes
This is a new youth centre that will opens its door next month. It is a place where kids (from 8 to 17) will meet and get access to various activities (such as art classes, physical activities, sports, musical, cooking, and life in general). A place where they will meet to make friends. La source has various meanings in French, in this case it means: The source for the youth, that youth are our source, and there is also a water source (river) on the land where the youth house is built, but do not focus too much on water...but you can maybe try a few...
Would like to attract people from 8 to 17. So do not be too corporate. And do not be too ''teenager oriented''. Needs to attract boys AND girls (so do not use girly colours). I want the kids to think: ''wow, this is a cool place to go'' just by looking at the logo. Funky? Grunge? Wild? Cartoonlike? Impress me.
No colours in mind. This project is for a client of mine, so I won't take the decision, my client will with a group of kids. So make it young, energetic. Judges will be kids 8-17!
You'll agree that this is an unusual contest, so all designers with some creativity, young designers and those older - but young at heart (LOL), please apply.
You can put 'maison de jeunes' inside the logo if you want.
Use a young/funky font.
I'll be giving feedback on a daily basis, but the final decision will be reached (by the group) sept.8th in the evening.
Needs to be done in vector (.eps or .ai) - mandatory.
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Giuseppe1976 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 116 diseños de 33 diseñadores freelance.
Boys and Girls
We are a communication agency specialised in public policy messaging for younger generation.
We propose fresher and creative approaches to explain complex issues like energy, the environment, public health, etc...
An example of our last campaing is the TV animation series My Friend Boo. For more information please visit http://www.myfriendboo.com and http://www.animate-eu.com
The logo requested is for a new international audiovisual production which involves 10 different organizations with different background and from several European countries. In addtion the writer is American.
The project is co-funded by the European Union.
The logo requested is for a new research project which aims to produce a webseries to explain issues like nutrition, sexual education and addiction prevention to:
Primary target: adolescents aged 15-19 neither in work or in education
Secondary target : all adolescents aged 15-19
Third target: organizations working with adolescents
We would like to receive creative logos to brand our newly launched project Boys and Girls which will produce 50 video-episodes of a webseries to raise awareness on important issues like nutrition, sexual education and addiction prevention. The series will be launched on video sharing platforms and promoted via social networks. The production is innovative because the target audience (adolescents aged 15-19) are involved in the production phase togheter with issue experts and the production team.
We would like a simple graphic style, not to many images, with an intriguing and attractive font. We require something that reflect the complex world and trends of the adolescent world.
It would be nice to receive proposals where the name Boys and Girls is readable although we are open to other/more creative suggestions.
The logo must be usable on different materials and backgorunds such as website, brochure, headed paper, posters, advertizing on newspaper, social networks, etc...
We look forward to working with you on this exciting project.
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Videos: Catching up with the Habs
The Montreal Gazette caught up with some of the Canadiens' players to discuss Playoff season and their feelings about the team.
The Habs packed up their lockers at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard on Thursday morning and met with the media for the final time before heading out for the summer after being eliminated by the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
You can also catch up on some key quotes from their meeting with the media over at hockeyinsideout.com.
Click on the videos below to hear what they have to say.


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Germany bans vague release dates for pre-orders
Germany's Higher Regional Court of Munich has ruled that without a fixed release date, you cannot offer a pre-order.
Germany headlines
Germans to get Conflict demo after all
Eidos has moved to assure German gamers that the Xbox Live version of the Conflict: Denied Ops demo will be released in due course, and is currently in submission. "The demo has always been planned for release in Germany and will be available on Xbox Live as soon as it is through testing in our […]
Codemasters looking for MMO GMs
You could probably do this. If you can speak English, German or French, can go to live in Germany and play lots of games, then maybe ths is the job for you. Codemasters is looking for GMs to work in its support site in Dusseldorf. Here's the ad: We're looking for more GMs! Do you […]
Sony offering discounts to German HD-DVD turncoats
Sony is offering 150 euro off the price of a Sony BDP-S300 Blu-ray player to any German customer that hands over their used HD-DVD player. This points out that HD-DVD adoption if far higher in the States, so a replication of the offer in the US isn't likely, and there's no word of anything similar […]
Brain Training tops in Spain and Germany
What the headline says. Charts for Spanish and German markets, courtesy of Media-Control GfK,


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New pictures show, for the first time, that babies yawn in the womb.
Durham University researchers were curious if foetuses yawned and, if so, why. They gave 15 pregnant women 4D ultrasound scans four times during their pregnancy. The last was done at 36 weeks, just a few weeks before the eight girls and seven boys were born.
Rather then the grainy, flat images produced by the 2D scanners usually used, a 4D machine stitches together pictures taken from a variety of angles to create clear three-dimensional images.
These are then recorded on video - the fourth dimension. Researchers painstakingly analysed these highly detailed videos frame by frame to see how the foetuses moved their mouths.
Some academics believe that rather than yawning, the babies are simply opening and closing their mouths.
But researcher Nadja Reissland said the scans provided clear evidence that they yawn.
On some occasions, a baby would slowly open their mouth, before quickly snapping it shut - characteristics of a yawn.
The analysis revealed that the youngest babies yawned the most, but there was no difference between the sexes.
Dr Reissland calculated that if she had been able to monitor the babies for longer, she would have caught them yawning an average of six times an hour.
She was not sure why they yawned, but said it was unlikely to be because they were tired. Instead, she believes that the long, slow stretch could help the development of brain regions involved in the movement of the jaw.
If yawning is a sign of brain development, Dr Reissland believes it could one day be added to the indicators doctors use to determine whether a foetus is developing normally.
Her findings were published in the journal PLoS ONE.


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GOSHEN, N.Y. — A New York woman admitted Wednesday that she faked cancer to con donors out of money and services for her wedding and Caribbean honeymoon.
Jessica Vega, 25, isn't likely to do any time in state prison, court officials said, but she will have to repay $13,368 to her victims and remain in jail until her sentencing on May 15.
She pleaded guilty in Orange County Court to scheming to defraud and possession of a forged instrument charges.
In 2010, Vega spread the word in her Hudson Valley community that she was dying of leukemia and wanted a "dream wedding" to Michael O'Connell, the father of her infant daughter, in the few months she had left.
Donors stepped up with rings, an embroidered wedding dress and a time-share in Aruba for the honeymoon. Other contributions included food, wine and hairdressing.
Vega was living in Montgomery, a town 60 miles north of New York City, when she launched the scam, which picked up steam when her story was featured in a local newspaper, the Times Herald-Record of Middletown.
But after their May 2010 wedding, O'Connell came to the newspaper with questions about her story and the couple divorced.
The forged instrument charge involved a bogus doctor's letter that Vega gave the newspaper to bolster her story.
She was arrested April 3 in Virginia, where she was again living with O'Connell and their second child.
Vega is expected to be sentenced to time already served in jail as long as she pays the restitution.
"We're going to make that somehow," said Vega's lawyer, Jeremiah Flaherty, adding that O'Connell will help pay back the victims.
"While he blew the whistle on her, at the same time this is the mother of his two children," Flaherty said.
He said Vega is sorry for what happened and hopes the people who showed her kindness aren't disillusioned or less likely to help others in the future.
"She got caught up in something and it just got out of hand," Flaherty said.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, whose office prosecuted the case, said the plea means Vega "will be held accountable for fleecing the public through lies and deception."
"By pretending to have a terminal illness, Vega inexcusably took advantage of the community's hearts and minds," he said.


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|FreeBSD General Other questions regarding FreeBSD which do not fit in any of the categories below.
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Boot freeBSD from USB drive?
Thanks to Carpetsmoker for telling me about this great place.
To begin my apologies if this is not meant to be in here. I was unsure where this would fit.
What I am trying to do is dual boot my computer with freeBSD and Windows. I want the Windows boot loader to be there for it all to work as standard and only to boot into freeBSD when my usbkey is in the computer. I can do the partitioning and all that however I am stumbling at this bit of getting it to boot freeBSD from a usb-key, I don't want my filesystem on the usb key I only want it to boot from a USB key. I have looked into boot0config but donot see how I can do it.
I tried the following after copying /boot /mnt/usb(/dev/da0):
fdisk -B -b /boot/boot0 /dev/da0
I also tried this:
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mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usb
mkdir /mnt/usb/boot
cd /boot
cp -Rpv * /mnt/usb/boot
boot0cfg -B -s 1 -t -v 182 /dev/da0
So now when I select FreeBSD when I boot by usb I get some BTX Error and the screen scrolls so fast that I cannot make out what is being meant however it does look like numbers. Any ideas?
I would be really grateful if anyone can guide me in this.
Thanks allot.
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I'm a Windows guy and a total newbie with FreeBSD/Unix like operating systems. On my notebook PC all I did was boot from FBSD CD #1 and direct the installer to use the entire USB drive. In the BIOS I put the USB drive ahead of the hard drive in the boot sequence. I did not touch the hard drive or its MBR; it remains 100% Vista. When I want to boot FreeBSD, all I do is insert the USB drive otherwise Vista boots. It is all automatic.
That is now what I asked however. I only want enough info to boot into the hardrive for the following reasons first of all is that constant read/writes may kill the usb stick and I fear a serious decrease in speed.
What is the speed stability like on the system?
You can set the FreeBSD file system other than root to run on a free partition on the hard drive. It is part of the initial installation process.
Running from USB is quite slow, but is OK for certain tasks that don't require much disk i/o.
I use it for testing configuration files for the main BSD desktop machine I'm trying to get working (so far without much success).
It's not something I have done either, but there are a couple of ways. One is to install to the USB key, as ua549 suggested. A simpler way would be to use boot0cfg(8) to add the FreeBSD boot manager to the USB key. That boot manager would then allow you to select the FreeBSD slice to boot from. Search for boot0cfg on the forum for another few threads where we have recently discussed this utility. Also read the man page linked earlier in this post for more information.
Edit: OK, I just read your post properly. You don't need the /boot folder - you should have the root partition on the hard drive. Then when the USB key brings up the boot manager, select the freeBSD partition. Unless you put the full root partition on the USB drive, attempting to boot from it will not work.
(Re: my sig - OK, there is a dumb answer given!)
The only dumb question is a question not asked.
The only dumb answer is an answer not given.
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Ok I do that I removed the /boot from the usb key and it is still fialing on me, I get to the select freeBSD screen and then when I select freeBSD I just get lots of scrolling numbers and text going so fast I cannot read it!
This is the command I used.
boot0cfg -B -s 1 -v /dev/da0
I am hoping that tells the system that there is a bootloader there and then boot loader tells them to go ahead as normal. However it does not seem to be working quite like that.... As you heard the problems above.
Any ideas? I am doing lots of reading up on boot0cfg but cannot seem to be able to get it right. I am probably missing something simple..
fdisk -B -b mbr da0s1 I tried that and I get a BTX Halted error with lots of numbers and text above it...
All help is welcome I hope it is not bad to double post here, Just on different unrelated attempts to the one above I feel it is often better to add it like this.
Thanks again guys.
Just thought of it: no, it will not work with the FreeBSD boot manager. No doubt other boot managers will be able to do this, but the freeBSD one is too simple (by design, by the way: It is that way so it will fit entirely inside the boot sector.)
With multiple drives, the FreeBSD boot manager simply looks for other boot managers, and gives you the option of handing over to that one. So you will be presented with any bootable slices on the current disk, plus any other disks with bootable entries.
You will have to take a look at some other boot managers (eg grub). These ones are more complex than the freebsd one, and probably have the smarts to look inside other drives for bootable slices.
The only dumb question is a question not asked.
The only dumb answer is an answer not given.
Thanks allot ! I will keep looking!
Try grub. I am fairly sure you can load that on a usb stick. Google around, I know there are tutorials about.
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Thursday, 17 September 2009
Stepping Out
5 comments:
- accountant said...
I have'nt been to Stanway for a few years, but I have fond memories of the house which was slightly shabby and lived in. A bit on the cool side for the volunteers manning the rooms as they huddled by their electric fires. The small library was cluttered with filing cabinets, a rack of maps obscuring the books including a Shakepeare folio and on the mantelpiece a newspaper cutting of Naomi Campbell who had fallen over at a fashion shoe whilst tottering on extremely tall platform shoes designed I think by Vivian Westwood. So much more fun than the National Trust who despite their best intentions cannot give their properties that lived in feeling.
- 17 September 2009 at 18:29
- Philip Wilkinson said...
The house is still very much as accountant describes. Also: bats flit about the upper rooms after dusk.
The stile is one of several distinctive Cotswold types, testimony to the ingenuity of the old wallers.
- 17 September 2009 at 22:25
- martin said...
The big things get all the attention,but its often the little things that matter.
- 17 September 2009 at 22:31
- Peter Ashley said...
Thankyou for all these impressions.
- 17 September 2009 at 22:57
- Will said...
I remember steps like this on walls from my childhood in Scotland. That and dry stone dykes. Nice bit of nostalgia.
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Flat apple & vanilla tart
A gorgeous looking tart that is fantastic for any occasion - from morning tea to decadent dessert
Nutrition and extra info
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal356
- fat18g
- saturates8g
- carbs47g
- sugars10.7g
- fibre2g
- protein4g
- salt0.58g
- 375g pack puff pastry, preferably all-butter
- 5 large eating apples - Cox's, russets or Elstar
Grown in temperate regions, apples are one of the most widely cultivated tree fruits. There are…
- juice of 1 lemon
Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…
- 25g butter, cut into small pieces
Butter is made when lactic-acid producing bacteria are added to cream and churned to make an…
- 3 tsp vanilla sugar or 1 tsp vanilla extract
The sun-dried seed pod of a type of climbing orchid, vanilla has an inimitable soft, sweet…
- 1 tbsp caster sugar
- 3 rounded tbsp apricot conserve
Heat oven to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Roll out the pastry and trim to a round about 35cm across. Transfer to a baking sheet lined with parchment paper.
Peel, core and thinly slice the apples and toss in the lemon juice. Spread over the pastry to within 2cm of the edges. Curl up the edges slightly to stop the juices running off.
Dot the top with the butter and sprinkle with vanilla and caster sugar. Bake for 15-20 mins until the apples are tender and the pastry crisp.
Warm the conserve and brush over the apples and pastry edge. Serve hot with vanilla ice cream or crème fraîche.


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Being a fan of oddball TV comedies that straddle the ever-shifting line of commercial success and cult following necessitates a willingness to accept disappointment along with the laughter. In the last couple years, we've lost to cancellation or other dubious decisions the likes of "The Sarah Silverman Program," "The Life and Times of Tim" and "The Flight of the Conchords," to name a few funny favorites.
The "Bored" revival reports come as we're awaiting the return of "Arrested Development" on Netflix, seven years after Fox put the bickering Bluth family out of their misery and started ours. Meanwhile, we're losing the reliably madcap "30 Rock" next week after a seven-season run, but are set to head back to the school of the surreal with the long-awaited return of "Community" on NBC Feb. 7. Edgy navel-gazer Louis C.K. is taking a year off from FX's "Louie," but at least we can occupy ourselves with the self-obsessed denizens of IFC's "Portlandia."
While "Bored to Death" is decidedly an acquired taste, its cancellation in late 2011 after three seasons and two dozens episodes proved hard to swallow. For the uninitiated, Schwartzman's Jonathan is a lovelorn novelist who tries to break his writer's block and soothe his heartbreak by advertising his services as a private detective on Craigslist. Galifianakis' Ray is an artist whose comic book alter ego – an, um, ultra-potent superhero named Super Ray – can't mask his own crippling feelings of powerlessness. Danson's George is an aging, outwardly suave former big-time magazine editor whose era has passed, leaving him a shadow in a $2,000 suit.
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Norwegian Cruise Line is embracing the boardwalk for its new ship, the Norwegian Breakaway.
As part of the unique design for the new ship, NCL will be offering up The Waterfront and 678 Ocean Place, which includes an oceanfront boardwalk lined with shops, restaurants and bars combined with three decks of dining, bars, entertainment, gaming and more.
"With our newest ship, Norwegian Breakaway, we are continuing our tradition of innovation with a brand new ship design that will provide our guests with a unique experience unlike anything else at sea," said Kevin Sheehan, Norwegian Cruise Line's chief executive officer. "The heart of Norwegian Breakaway and the elements that truly set it apart are The Waterfront and 678 Ocean Place. Guests will enjoy al fresco dining while admiring the beauty of the ocean, along with the excitement and exhilaration of three expansive action-packed decks, as everything is designed to flow seamlessly."
The notion is to offer several dining venues with a view of the ocean. The boardwalk and three-deck hub of activity will features 17 dining venues, 12 bards and lounges coupled with shops and other entertainment options.
Among the dining options will be the first all-seafood restaurant aboard an NCL ship, Ocean Blu, which will include a premium raw bar and sushi bar.
"In a recent guest survey, our guests chose a seafood restaurant as the number one type of restaurant they would like on board our ships," said Sheehan. "We listened to that feedback when planning the dining on Norwegian Breakaway and will launch Ocean Blu as our newest signature restaurant concept."
The boardwalk will be called The Waterfront, and will feature eight outdoor dining and lounging options, including NCL mainstays Moderno Churrascaria, Cagney's Steakhouse, La Cucina, Shaker's Cocktail Bar, Malting's Beer & Whiskey Bar as well as Ocean Blu. Also included will be the line's first gelato bar and a yet-to-be-named entertainment venue.
Several of these venues will have both outdoor-facing seating, as well as indoors, coupled with the entertainment hub being called 678 Ocean Place, as in decks 6, 7 and 8. Located on Deck 8, those venues include Moderno, Cagney's, Shaker's, La Cucina, Malting's and Ocean Blu.
Guests will also find retail outlets, the photo gallery and Humidor Cigar Lounge on Deck 8. A three-story open atrium with an LED chandelier with light changing effects will serve as the centerpiece.
Deck 7 will be the 18,000-square-feet Breakaway Casino with 300 of the latest slot machines; along with 26 gaming tables featuring poker, blackjack, roulette and craps. Also on Deck 7 will be Bar 21 and the two-story, New York supper club-inspired Manhattan Room restaurant, which includes a dance floor as their will be live music.
O'Sheehan's Neighborhood Bar & Grill, Shanghai's Noodle Bar, Bliss Ultra Lounge, Savor, Taste, Mixx Bar, Teppanyaki and Le Bistro are the other dining options at 678 Ocean Place.
Within the Atrium, located on Deck 6, guests will find a two-story video wall along with the Café and Bar at The Atrium.
Additional dining options and bars not located within 678 Ocean Place will be announced in late April. Entertainment venues located within 678 Ocean Place will be revealed later this spring.
In order to showcase all of Norwegian Breakaway's features, the company launched the Norwegian Breakaway microsite today at http://www.breakaway.ncl.com.
The 4,000-passenger ship set to debut in April 2013 and will be based out of the port of New York where it will sail seven-day Bahamas and Florida cruises as well as 12-day southern Caribbean cruises.
Currently under construction at Meyer Werft shipyards in Papenburg, Germany, the Breakaway will be 144,017 gross tons and is scheduled for delivery in April 2013. It's the first of two ships on order by NCL with the second, the Norwegian Getaway slated for a spring 2014 delivery.
The Breakaway will be largest year-round cruise ship based in New York City. It's expected to bring 140,000 embarking passengers into New York City over two years.


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Hello LitWorld Family,
And so wraps up the final day of LitCamp India. This is the time when you wish you had extra days with the amazing staff and children and the time you reflect on the learnings of the past five days. After a joyous morning meeting, bunk time with heart maps and the traditional talent show, we had a group dinner with the Bal Dosts, Meera, Rafi, Prasad, Trupti and Gargi where we shared our different roses, buds and thorns from LitCamp. Here are some highlights:
The Bal Dosts didn't have a single thorn, not one, but they all had amazing roses and buds. Trupti shared that she is so excited to have many new games and activities to do with the kids. She said she never knew these activities existed and she can't wait to share them with all the children at her Learning Center. Both Hanifa and Sajeda shared their excitement about taking the read aloud back to their kids and watching their curiosity and imagination flourish as they explore new worlds. Rafi's rose was that these children, who are so often not allowed to express themselves were finally brought into a safe space where they could play, dance, sing, write, listen to stories and find joy, hope and friendship.
Leah and my reflections were similar. Our thorns are that we must leave these amazing children and women and that we wish we had the time to delve even deeper into all their stories. Our roses are that we had the privilege to watch the children and the Bal Dosts grow and learn with each day, and that we had the opportunity to learn from them as well. Our buds are that we can't wait to take the amazing momentum from LitCamp and launch LitClubs officially here in India.
Love to you all, thank you for supporting us on this amazing new journey for LitWorld,
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Campbell "Doc" Mercer is throwing an annual festival celebrating the life and music of Bill Monroe but without the name of the "Father of Bluegrass Music" to promote it.
Mercer, the head of the Jerusalem Ridge Foundation, is locked in a legal fight with Ohio County, Ky., and its industrial foundation about whether he was ever given the legal right to use Monroe's name for commercial purposes.
The Kentucky Court of Appeals is set to hear arguments in the case Nov. 19 in Hardinsburg.
Mercer's festival started Thursday near Rosine in western Kentucky and runs through the weekend. He contends the county granted him the rights to use Monroe's name in 2001. The county says there was never any intent to allow Mercer to use Monroe's name and likeness.


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K. Michelle links with Idris Elba for VH1 musical
ATLANTA — When Idris Elba agreed to direct K. Michelle's TV musical, the R&B singer thought he was kidding.
"I'm really good friends with Idris, and when I told him about it, he said he wanted to do it. I thought he was joking at first," Michelle said in a recent interview.
The rising singer is pairing with the Golden Globe winner for "Rebellious Soul: the Musical," which premieres Tuesday on VH1. The 30-minute special features songs from Michelle's album "Rebellious Soul," which debuted at No. 2 and No. 1 on Billboard's Top 200 albums and R&B/Hip-Hop albums charts last year.
"I told him about what I wanted to do, and he held his word," she said. "He never did judge me. He's a very down-to-earth person, so working with him was like working with one of my homeboys."
The outspoken singer gained popularity in 2012 as a star of the VH1 reality show "Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta." Michelle said she learned a great deal from Elba, who also records music and has produced for Jay Z.
"I learned a lot from just his drive, and just from him being professional when it comes to his business," the 30-year-old said. "I completely look up to him."
Michelle, who plans to release her sophomore album this year, said she's matured after watching herself get into constant turmoil on "Love & Hip Hop." She will debut a solo reality show called "K. Michelle: My Life" in the fall on VH1, which will showcase a different side of Michelle: motherhood.
"I keep him very tucked away from TV," she said of her son, "but this'll be the world's first time getting a little piece of my heart, my little one."
Michelle won best new artist honors at the Soul Train Awards and NAACP Image Awards last year. She was recently nominated for best female R&B/pop artist at the BET Awards — she lost to Beyonce — and opened on tour for Robin Thicke earlier this year. She's one of the few reality TV stars to make a breakthrough in music, though she advises up-and-coming musicians to look for another route.
"If you're on reality TV and a new artist, I would say 'stay away,'" she said. "I thank God every day. This could have (gone) a whole other way for me, but it didn't."
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GateHouse News Service's weekly Food for Thought, with tips on spices, the dairy food group and tzatziki.
For freshened-up family favorites, try making these simple, healthful changes:- Replace the heavy breading on chicken tenders with a flour mixture spiced with paprika, black pepper and oregano. Bake it in the oven to reduce fat and calories. - For a healthier take on beef stew, use low-sodium broth and serve over whole grain pasta or brown rice instead of mashed potatoes. - For a delicious twist on traditional chili, try using boneless, skinless chicken breasts with black beans and corn. Pump up the authentic Southwest flavor with cumin, garlic powder and red pepper.
Hearty Beef Stew with Roasted Vegetable
Roasting the vegetables before adding them to the stew brings out delicious caramelized flavors.Makes 6 servings Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 35 minutes
4 cups cubed winter vegetables (cut into 1/2-inch pieces), such as carrots, butternut squash, parsnips or sweet potatoes 1 medium onion, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 2 T olive oil, divided 1 1/2 pounds boneless beef sirloin steak, cut into 1-inch cubes
3/4 cup chicken broth 3 McCormick Bay Leaves 1/2 t McCormick Thyme Leaves 1/2 t McCormick Black Pepper, Coarse Ground 1/2 t salt 1/4 cup dry red wine or apple juice 3 cups prepared mashed potatoes Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Toss vegetables and onion with 1 tablespoon olive oil on large baking sheet. Roast 20 minutes or until vegetables are golden. Meanwhile, cook and stir beef in remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in large skillet on medium-high heat 5 minutes or until beef is browned. Add roasted vegetables, chicken broth, bay leaves, thyme, pepper, salt and wine or juice. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer 10 minutes or until sauce is slightly thickened. Remove bay leaves from stew before serving. Serve stew over mashed potatoes. Nutrition information, per serving: Calories: 406; Fat: 18g; Carbohydrates: 33g; Cholesterol: 59mg; Sodium: 745mg; Fiber: 6g; Protein: 28g Oven-Fried Chicken
Boneless chicken is seasoned and oven-fried for great taste that's quick and easy enough for any day of the week.Makes 5 servings Prep Time: 5 minutes Cook Time: 20 minutes
1/4 cup flour 1 1/2 t Lawry's Seasoned Salt 1/2 t McCormick Oregano Leaves 1/4 t McCormick Black Pepper, Ground 1 1/4 pounds boneless skinless chicken breast halves or thighs 1/4 cup milk 1 T butter, melted Preheat oven to 425 degrees F. Spray 15x10x1-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray. Mix flour, seasoned salt, oregano and pepper in shallow dish. Moisten chicken with milk. Coat evenly with flour mixture. Place chicken in single layer on prepared pan. Drizzle with melted butter. Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until chicken is cooked through. Nutrition information, per serving: Calories: 190; Fat: 6g; Carbohydrates: 6g; Cholesterol: 80mg; Sodium: 457mg; Fiber: 0g; Protein: 28g Chicken Chili with Black Beans and Corn
Make a batch of this spice-rich chili for your next get-together. It doubles easily if you are expecting a crowd.Makes 8 (1-cup) servings Prep Time: 15 minutes Cook Time: 30 minutes
1 T vegetable oil 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes 1 cup chopped green bell pepper 1 cup chopped onion 1 T McCormick Paprika 1 1/2 t McCormick Oregano Leaves 1 t McCormick Cumin, Ground 1 t McCormick Garlic Powder 1/4 t McCormick Red Pepper, Crushed 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, drained and rinsed 1 can (15 ounces) great Northern beans, drained and rinsed 1 can (14 1/2 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained 1 cup chicken broth 1 cup frozen corn Heat oil in large skillet on medium-high heat. Add chicken, bell pepper and onion; cook and stir 6 to 8 minutes or until chicken is lightly browned. Add paprika, oregano, cumin, garlic powder and red pepper; mix well. Stir in remaining ingredients. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer 20 minutes. Nutrition information, per serving: Calories: 188; Fat: 4g; Carbohydrates: 20g; Cholesterol: 37mg; Sodium: 413mg; Fiber: 6g; Protein: 18g
-- Family Features
Tip of the Week: Know your dairy
Regular cream cheese, cream and butter are not part of the dairy food group. They are high in saturated fat and have little or no calcium.
-- ChooseMyPlate.gov
Easy Recipe: Baby Beets and Greens Salad with Nut-Crusted Goat CheesePreparation Time: 20 minutes 1 jar (16 ounces) Aunt Nellie's Baby Whole Pickled Beets 2 T lemon, lime or orange juice 1 t lemon, lime or orange zest Salt and pepper 1/4 cup olive oil 1 package (about 10 ounces) mixed salad greens 1/2 cup dried apricot strips (1/4-inch wide) Nut-Crusted Goat Cheese Rounds (instructions below) Drain beets; reserve 2 tablespoons liquid in small bowl. For dressing, whisk together beet liquid, juice, zest, salt and pepper, as desired, then whisk in oil. Divide greens among six salad plates. Top with beets and apricot strips. Place 1 or 2 goat cheese rounds on each salad, as desired. Pass dressing.
Makes 6 servings. Nut-Crusted Goat Cheese Rounds
Cut 6 (1/4-inch thick) rounds from one 4 to 6 ounce goat cheese log. Coat rounds with finely chopped toasted nuts (almonds, pecans or pistachios). Double if desired.
-- Family Features
Food Quiz
How many bottles of Heinz ketchup are sold around the world per year?
A. 6.5 million
B. 65 million
D. 650 million
Answer is at the bottom of the rail.
Wise to the Word: Tzatziki
Tzatziki is a Greek yogurt dip that's flavored with cucumber and garlic. Tzatziki is made by adding minced garlic and seeded cucumbers to strained yogurt. Salt, vinegar, lemon juice, olive oil and herbs such as dill, mint or parley may also be added.
Tzatziki generally has a tangy flavor and a garlicky bite, and the cucumbers provide a cooling effect. It is always served cold, often as an appetizer (or meze) with grilled pita bread or raw vegetables for dipping. It is also used as a sauce to accompany lamb or chicken kebabs, gyros or pita sandwiches made with chopped fresh vegetables.
-- Cookthink.com
Number to Know
4,550: Schools certified by the HealthierUS Schools Program. The USDA program was created in 2004 to recognize schools participating in the National School Lunch Program that tried to make students healthier by encouraging proper nutrition and regular exercise. It was incorporated into First Lady Michelle Obama's "Let's Move!" campaign in 2010.
The Dish On ...
"Fifty Shades of Chicken: A Parody in a Cookbook"
This spoof-in-a-cookbook simmers in the afterglow of E.L. James's "Fifty Shades of Grey" trilogy. A parody in three acts — "The Novice Bird" (easy recipes for roasters), "Falling to Pieces" (parts perfect for weeknight meals) and "Advanced Techniques" (the climax of cooking) — "Fifty Shades of Chicken" is a cookbook of 50 irresistible, repertoire-boosting chicken dishes that will leave you hungry for more.
Readers say recipes are both entertaing and easy to prepare. If you enjoy "Fifty Shades of Chicken," look for it's other-white-meat partner: "Fifty Shades of Bacon."
-- Amazon.com
Food Quiz Answer
D. 650 million. More than 650 million bottles of Heinz Ketchup are purchased around the world in more than 140 countries, with annual sales of more than $1.5 billion.
-- Delish.com
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