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Close encounters of the three kinds
Last month brought some excitement in the way of space rocks falling to Earth, passing by Earth, or, as is periodically the case, supposedly threatening to snuff out all life on Earth.
In the early morning of Feb. 15, local time-late night on Valentine's Day for us-a meteor tore through the atmosphere above the Russian city of Chelyabinsk, injuring more than 1,000 people and blowing out windows across the region in a massive shock wave that sent smaller meteorites falling to Earth.
NASA scientists eventually estimated the meteor to be 55 feet around, 10,000 tons and clocked in around 40,000 miles an hour when it exploded.
The meteor momentarily shone brighter than the sun during the encounter, which occurred just hours before the 150-foot-wide asteroid 2012 DA14 passed Earth in an extremely close flyby approximately 17,000 miles away.
These events were coincidental and unrelated. We knew about the asteroid ahead of time. (The meteor was a different story-but thanks to ever-vigilant Russian drivers dealing with wayward pedestrian scam artists on their streets, the surprise spectacle was caught on countless dashboard cameras.) And in a couple of weeks, Comet PanSTARRS is expected to become visible to the naked eye.
Often when events like this occur, the news is reported with a bit of a twist. An approaching object is weighed and measured, then estimates are made as to the destruction said object would cause if it struck Earth.
Admittedly, the Chelyabinsk meteor added fuel to the fire, but almost every time, the object has a zero percent chance of intersecting with our planet. The media has a fun time spicing up the story anyway with doomsday prophecies that aren't going to happen.
Sky & Telescope magazine recently reported that PanSTARRS is already preparing to disappoint us, and is now only estimated to reach fainter magnitude +2 or +3 instead of -1 as originally hoped. That means it will still be visible to the naked eye, just not as bright.
Here's the issue: PanSTARRS is a new comet expelled from the outer Oort Cloud encountering the sun's heat for the first time. Comets making their first pass by the sun tend to blaze brightly early on, only to fade after a thin, initial coating of ice on the nucleus, or body of the comet, evaporates, S & T says.
The following discussion recently arose here in the newsroom: Just what is the difference between a meteor, comet and asteroid?
A meteor is a free-floating small rock or particle of debris - anywhere in size from a dust particle to 30 feet or so in diameter - that burns up as it passes through Earth's atmosphere. What we call shooting stars actually are meteors.
A comet is a relatively small solar system body that orbits the sun. They can have a periodic orbit every few years or just pass by once. As they make their closest approach to the sun, they display a visible coma (fuzzy outline) and sometimes a tail.
Asteroids are similar to comets in definition but lack a visible coma.
Bonus definition: If a meteor, comet or asteroid withstands destruction from its atmospheric entry and hits the ground, then it is called a meteorite.
Comet PanSTARRS was discovered about two years ago, likely after traveling for millions of years from the Oort Cloud, a reservoir of millions of small, rocky bodies orbiting the sun about a light-year away. PanSTARRS, which is named for the instruments that discovered it, will make its closest approach to Earth on March 5.
November 2013 will bring a similar comet, Comet ISON.
March 17: Conjunction of the moon and Jupiter. The moon will be about one and a half degrees away from Jupiter in the evening sky. Look for both objects in the west after sunset.
March 20: March equinox. The sun will shine directly on the equator and there will be nearly equal amounts of day and night throughout the world. This is the first day of spring in the Northern Hemisphere and the first day of fall in the Southern Hemisphere.
March 27: Full moon
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Devan Abrams needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 34 designs submitted by 14 freelance designers.
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My business is global. We provide payment solutions to businesses that sell through a website (eCommerce).
Our target audience are business owners that sell services and products through their website. Our clients are mostly from the following industries: online adult, travel, online pharmacy, online casino and any business that operates online.
Must have company name in clear professional looking letters. Initials (GPO) somewhere, should have a globe or something reflecting "global presence". Since we provide payment solutions, please include a pic of a credit card. We would like a new symbol...perhaps looks like the leaves on the Cadillac symbol but the designer can use absolute creativity. Be creative with colors, how it is organized and everything else. We want a creative person to develop something special and appreciate the hard work. Thank you!
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Ruby Sanctum 25 down on Thursday!
At least I didn't die on the actual kill attempt! Everyone got the hang of the cutter. Oh and the funny thing was that Maxmknight had to leave (though not so funny that it was due to personal problems/tragedy) and so we 24 manned it and got it...
Loot wise we got.. oh dear I can't remember! I do know that there was a spell power thing with no spirit on it but for the life of me can't remember what it was. And there was something HK took. Will update this blog when I can figure out what it was.
Chi was really good at doing the twilight realm tanking with rotating it and stuff. Lac was tanking the outside.
Tanks - Lacrox, Chihako, Epidemais
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TURNER — A Standish resident was killed in a tractor rollover accident Jan. 17 while working at Turner Bean & Grain.
At about 2:04 p.m., Brian Gene Petri, 36, of Standish was operating a front end loader type tractor when he drove it too close to the incline of a ditch, Undersheriff Don McIntyre reported. The incline caused the tractor to roll over into the drainage ditch, pinning Petri underneath.
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It's the Manhattan Beach Open, and there are no bleachers, just like the old days.
But make no mistake, as the Association of Volleyball Professionals brings its tour to beach volleyball's home event of 55 years, the focus is all on the future.
However long it takes. No matter what stigma the AVP acronym brings.
Remember, this is the tour that flourished in the United States in the 1980s, '90s and into the 21st century.
But on the eve of the 2011 Manhattan Open, the tour folded. Gone.
Maybe around the United States, the AVP was a recognizable and positive brand. To grassroots on the home sands of Southern California, it still stings.
So Donald Sun bought the tour in April of 2012. He had grown up in Orange County with the AVP as his foundation of the sport around the world, where Olympic gold medals would flow from the talent nurtured here.
It's a new world now.
Sun ventured out on his own after 13 years with his father's company, Kingston Technology. He knew a technical background was one thing, but growing a business that needed it would take a modest approach. That's exactly where the AVP is.
"It's been a lot of trial and error, but in the process, weeding out what I would say is the excess weight and adding elements, people that have the know-how to steer me in the right direction," Sun said as the 2014 Manhattan Beach Open got underway Friday. "Throughout these two years, I think that's the most positive, getting those people to go with me, to go to battle with me, and know what we need to do to achieve what we want to achieve."
In the void of the original AVP folding, the international governing body, FIVB, took a greater foothold. Albert Hanneman's National Volleyball League sprung up. The market is out there and so is the competition, but the seven-event AVP tour is not trying to pick a fight.
There was a bit of a dust-up earlier this year when the AVP changed its dates for the Huntington Beach event to coincide with the NVL's Hermosa Beach stop, but that came about when the FIVB had altered its schedule to accommodate a tournament in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
"All this talk about AVP never wanting to work with anybody, it's jut all (nonsense)," Sun said. "I don't think (the NVL is) my competition. They're doing their own thing."
At the same time, he would consider a merger if the players behind the scenes agreed on some sort of consolidation.
"If they understand what they're trying to do and they tell me what they want to do, grassroots, sure I'm always open to it," Sun said.
"The FIVB is the FIVB. I have no issues with them. They set the rules as to how they get into the Olympics, they set the rules for the national governing bodies like USA Volleyball. There's no reason to pick a fight with them. I've gone to (FIVB headquarters in) Lausanne, we've talked about AVP running an FIVB grand slam. We have talks on that ongoing as we speak."
Speaking of competition, there might truly be some. After the FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam, event promoter Leonard Armato said his group is also working on a second international tournament in the U.S.
While Armato was reluctant to say anything more on the subject, Sun said possibilities for sites include Florida, Chicago or San Francisco. It would be a huge milestone as qualifying for the 2016 Olympics gets serious.
That's the only fight on the schedule. Sun sees his work as accommodating the players, who have to fly internationally, then back to the U.S. for the domestic events. Many of them have been playing around the world for 14 consecutive weeks.
The AVP will wait until the FIVB's 2015 schedule is announced before officially scheduling its events.
"I don't want the athletes to ever have to decide, to choose one or the other," Sun said. "It's not my style."
Modest growth is necessary in order to build the foundation from within, to construct a model that wouldn't collapse just days before Manhattan.
"The snowball's going down the hill, it's getting bigger and bigger," Sun said.
While steady progress is one thing, players who grew up on the AVP tour can have a healthy, if minor, difference of opinion.
"He purchased this tour and obviously it was in dire straits," three-time gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings said. "He has a vision and I think he's in no rush. He seems like a very patient man. I think if I had to say anything, I'd say he has patience for this."
Does Walsh Jennings?
"No, but I'm so grateful. He's putting on these events, but I'm an athlete. My career is going to be for however many years, but I trust Donald and I trust his team. Our sport is amazing and he's a brilliant man who bought a great property and I'm excited to see what he does with it."
The sands of time will tell.


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Just a quick update on some freshly released iOS 4 goodness today. As you know, Ally has been watching the App Store for iOS4 compatible updates and if you guys find anything especially awesome, feel free to leave it in a comment or send it to her in an e-mail (ally (dot) kazmucha (at) tipb (dot) com) and if we think it's awesome too, we'll include it in our next roundup!
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If you're a 1Password desktop (Mac or Windows) user with a Dropbox account, 1Password Pro's latest version is nothing short of a revelation. Just open it up, log into your Dropbox account, and all your passwords and secure data are automagically synced to your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch over the air (OTA). This is the big one. This is what all Todo, Notes, and every other app that should be everywhere needs to do, with every major online storage option. It's the future.
Oh, and it looks great on Retina Display and works great with iOS 4 fast app switching as well too.
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Sure, iOS 4 still lacks universal voice integration but luckily... wait for it... there are apps for that. Dragon Dictation is one of the big guns and it's just updated to include Facebook and Twitter support, send text to the clipboard and paste into SMS. It'll also be coming to the UK soon. (They've figured out brogue, apparently).
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union is suspending all official visits to and from Thailand and shelving important agreements, to protest last month's military coup.
The EU said Monday it is putting on hold the signing of an agreement to deepen political and business ties with Thailand "until a democratically elected government is in place."
The 28-nation bloc's foreign ministers are urging the coup leaders to enable a swift return to democracy through fair elections, abolish censorship and free all political prisoners.
The EU is warning it will keep all cooperation under review for now "and will consider further possible measures" depending on how the situation in Thailand unfolds.
The bloc has also canceled a negotiation round on a free trade agreement with Thailand initially planned for July, and suspended all further talks.


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I've made this tart a few times now and featured it on my site twice but have always pretty much followed the recipe (except for changing the pastry to my own trusty shortcrust which I found easier to work with). This time, I felt ready to put my own stamp on it and decided to add lashings of vanilla.
There is something magical about this tart. It looks and tastes unfussy and clean. Unusually for a cold tart it's comforting, which is something I normally associate with hot food. It's also the answer I always get when I ask my family "is there anything you'd like me to make at the weekend?"
I can't stress enough how important sieving the custard is. If you want that luscious creamy suck-through-your-teeth-smooth texture you have to sieve the custard; if you're making a vanilla tart you have to sieve twice.
This recipe isn't difficult but it requires concentration. It's definitely not a bung-it-in-the-oven-within-5-minutes item.
I've set out the full recipe below. If you wish to make the classic custard tart the ingredients and method are the same but simply omit all the vanilla.
If you are planning on making the recipe you might want to have a glance at the first and second posts about the tart as they contain some step by step photos that will help you better visualise what I'm wittering on about in the method!
For people who may wonder what I (and family) get up to on Sunday afternoons, the following pictures explain it all fairly succinctly.....
For the shortcrust pastry:
175g plain flour
120g unsalted butter, cold
3 tablespoons icing sugar
2 egg yolks
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
To glaze: 2 egg yolks, beaten
For the filling:
9 egg yolks
75g caster sugar
500ml whipping cream
2 vanilla pods, cut in half lengthways and the seeds scraped out
3 teaspoons vanilla extract
Nutmeg, for grating
How to make:
- Start by making the pastry: put the flour, butter and icing sugar into the food processor and blitz until you get fine breadcrumbs.
- Add the egg yolks and vanilla and blitz until the pastry just starts to come together.
- Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and bring together into a ball of dough, handling no more than is absolutely necessary.
- As this dough is very soft and it is going to line quite a deep flan ring, wrap in clingfilm and chill the dough for 30 minutes so it is firmer to work with when you roll it out.
- Line a baking tray with baking paper. Grease a 18cm pastry ring or loose bottom flan tin and stand it on the tray. Whatever ring or tin you use, try to find a deep one (ideally 3.5cm) as this will give a lovely deep tart and a luscious thick layer of baked custard.
- Roll out the pastry between two sheets of lightly floured baking paper and use to line the flan ring. Don't worry if you have some tears, the pastry is good-natured and patches easily.
- Let the pastry overhang the edges. Take some of the surplus pastry off and put to one side – you may need this for patching later on.
- Chill the pastry for a further 30 minutes once the tin is lined to minimise shrinkage when baked.
- Preheat the oven to 190°C/fan oven 170°C/375°F/Gas mark 5.
- Line the chilled pastry with a sheet of baking paper and cover with baking beans.
- Bake in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Beat the two egg yolks and when the 10 minutes is up, remove the pastry from the oven and remove the paper and beads. Have a look at the pastry and use the spare that you put to one side to patch any little holes or cracks that you can see. When happy, brush all of the egg yolk over the interior of the pastry case and return to the oven for 5 minutes. This seals the pastry so that it won't go soggy when you add the custard.
- Remove the pastry from the oven and leave to cool. When it is cool enough to handle trim the excess pastry away using a serrated knife. Leave the pastry in the ring/tin. I wrapped the tin in foil so that if there were any leaks the custard wouldn't escape too far!
- Reduce the oven temperature to 150°C/fan oven 130°C/300°F/Gas mark 2.
- From now on it's all easy! Make the custard by whisking together the egg yolks and sugar. Add the cream and vanilla extract and whisk again.
- Pour through a sieve into a heavy saucepan. Don't skip this stage as there's lots of eggy bits that will get caught by the sieve and would make the custard lumpy in texture if not removed.
- Add the vanilla pods and seeds to the mixture.
- Heat the custard over a low heat stirring all the time. When it gets to 37°C remove it from the heat.
- Pouring through a sieve, pour as much of the custard into the pastry case as possible. I got all of mine in but it will depend on how deep your ring/tin is. Cover the surface with grated nutmeg. If you're not confident that you'll get the tart into the oven without spilling the custard, put the tray (with the tart case on it) onto the oven shelf and then pour the custard in. I would've done this but when I pull my oven shelf out it dips slightly so I could not have got all the custard in.
- Bake for 45-50 minutes or until the custard looks set but still wobbles slightly when the tray is moved. Mine actually took an hour to get to this stage.
- Leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Bask in glory at the wonderful thing you have made.
- Eat.


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I think if you read the rules and follow the guidelines of any emails you recieve then in time you will receive your prize
Not all true. Didnt get the free $25 for 7 in a row. Followed all the rulez.
And what really gets me, is the NO REPLYS to my numerous e-mails.
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Would love to hear you defend that one.
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After the results of the Hawks and 9ers game this last weekend, I was so confident that we would win this game.
Everything is pointing in our direction: momentum, the injury situation, the emergence of a offense.
But as the game keeps drawing near. I feeling keeps growing that this is a perfect let down game.
I hope this team comes out like a house of fire, and puts those feeling to rest, but man, I am starting to doubt this game.
Please .net slap some sense into me.


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By Lisa Capobianco
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Since the seventh grade, Southington resident John Mastroianni knew he wanted to become a professional musician and a music teacher. By time he reached high school, Mastroianni never doubted he wanted to have an impact on students similar to the way his own music teachers influenced him.
"I never wanted to do anything else," Mastroianni said.
Today he has become an acclaimed composer, saxophonist, and arranger, as well as the director of bands at William Hall High School in West Hartford.
An educator for 32 years, Mastroianni recently receiv-ed the title of Conn-ecticut's 2014 Teacher of the Year.
"I was really in shock," said Mastroianni, who performs with his own quartet and leads his own 16-piece jazz orchestra. "This is the most significant achievement—it is humbling."
Chosen among four finalists, Mastroianni underwent a rigorous selection process, including on-site visits, observations, interviews and candidate applications, all conducted by a statewide council of former Teachers of the Year and representatives from education organizations, businesses, and the community, according to a press release from the Connecticut State Department of Education.
"It is an honor to recognize an educator as distinguished and talented as John Mastroianni," said Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor in the release. "Mr. Mastroianni identifies and fosters the artistry in every young person and, in so doing, inspires life-long learning in our students."
Mastroianni also works as an adjunct jazz faculty member at the University of Connecticut, and started a summer jazz workshop for young artists.
He has also taught at New York University, the University of Bridgeport, Albertus Magnus College and New Canaan High School. In 2004, Mastroianni received the title of the Secondary School Teacher of the Year from the Conne-cticut Music Educators Asso-ciation, according to the release.
Haig Shahverdian, a former supervisor of Fine and Performing Arts for the West Hartford schools, has known Mastroianni for years, co-producing the high school's annual production of "Pops 'n Jazz." Calling his colleague a compassionate individual, Shahverdian said working with Mastroianni is an honor.
"John is the most humbling person you could ever know," Shahverdian said. "He goes out of his way to be helpful and caring."
The band director said he not only enjoys making music, but he also takes pleasure in inspiring young artists in the classroom, developing a close relationship with his students.
"You have such a profound affect on the kids you work with everyday," said Mastroianni, who also taught at the New York State Summer School for the Arts and Bridgeport Central High School. "That is such an amazing thing—I have always wanted to give back."
As Connecticut's Teacher of the Year, Mastroianni said he will have the opportunity to meet with President Barack Obama and the U.S. Secretary of Education in the spring. He also becomes Connecticut's representative for National Teacher of the Year, whom President Obama will select next March.
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How much does your environment affect your well-being, both professionally and personally? It's a question that's been at the forefront of my mind recently and I've concluded the space I'm in, really makes a massive difference to my outlook and frame of mind.
Over the last month, my reasoning about this has been put to the test and proved absolutely right, because I've already felt the incredibly positive benefits of working from a new professional base – the dynamic, state-of-the-art hub for creative and digital industries and arguably one of the most prestigious business addresses in Sheffield, Electric Works, at Sheffield Digital Campus.
As a Club Member at Electric Works, I enjoy 24 hour, 7-day access to the open-plan and wonderfully-quirky plug-in-and-work facilities, hot desking Club Lounge, as well as free use of the uber-smart meeting rooms weekday evenings and weekends. It's a space to work, interact with other creative professionals, meet clients and business associates, all right from the heart of the city.
This week, I was thrilled to hear the news that Electric Works had scooped a coveted accolade, when it was named winner of the British Council for Offices [BCO] national Innovation Award.
It's the first time this award has been won in Sheffield and the BCO commended Electric Works not only for its impressive architectural designs, but also for its programmes of interaction between its occupiers.
On top of this, the BCO commented on the growth of Sheffield's creative, digital and technology sectors, praising Electric Works for being at the centre of these developments, and for the wide variety of flexible services it offers to freelancers, sole traders and larger businesses.
Since working here, I've made no secret of the fact I'm relishing my new surroundings. So when Electric Works set about promoting their win, I was asked to represent the Club Members in a publicity photo shoot with Tim Cooper, of Team Cooper, also stepping up to the PR plate, as one of the resident businesses here.
Here I am pictured above, in the Coconut Lounge area of the building [I'm second left] with:
Tim Cooper [second right], Toby Hyam, Joint Founder and Managing Director of Creative Space Management, who manage Electric Works, [far right] Paul Taylor, Joint Founder and Managing Director of Creative Space Management [far left], Electric Works Centre Manager, Louise Jamieson [third left] and, from Sheffield City Council, Cllr. Helen Mirfin-Boukouris [third right].
Congratulations EW for your well-deserved win!
To read more about this BCO awards win click here
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The Emma Bridgewater Black Toast range or to give it its full title Black Toast and Marmalade is arguably one of their most popular. The best selling pattern is based on the artwork of Emma's husband Matthew Rice and is smart and playful as well as timeless and suited to both modern and traditional interiors. Matthew paints, writes and enthuses about architecture having a number of best selling designs and books under his belt.
This pattern is a key example of where they have used transfers as a means of applying the design to the pottery. As you can see the classic design of Black Toast Pottery has hard lines and very bold, clean black text on a plain creamware base which does not lend itself well to other techniques such as sponging. To incorporate this very popular design into their range a technique of litho decorating is used. Firstly the design process starts with Matthew coming up with a detailed design suitable for creating the lithograph print. This method of production ensures that any complicated details on the design are as fresh as the original drawing. This is then used to create the individual design transfer – one is needed for each particular piece of pottery in the range. The transfers are made in Stoke also. This design transfer is then transferred to a special type of paper which can be hand applied to the glazed pottery in-between firings. Lithographing is the process of applying the print to the individual piece. The second firing with the transfer makes the image permanent and hardwearing.
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The Icarus class starship was at one time the backbone of the Terran fleet, built in response to fears that the Ryl'Atti in the nearby Beta Centauri system intended to invade Earth. The Icarus class was the first full sized Terran starship to have a hyperspace engine installed. The technology of the time required that the antimatter reactor and hyperdrive system be installed in the detachable pod beneath the main hull on the weapon sail. The last Icarus class ship in active military service, the U.A.S. Hood BCSS-9, was decommissioned in 2201. In 2202, the construction plans of the Icarus were declassified by the Alliance government and sold to several starship construction firms. The Icarus is now seen plying the spacelanes as a light freighter over a century after the first ship saw service. It has also gained notoriety as a civilian battle cruiser. Since they are much cheaper and easier to outfit than most other battle capable ships, they have become the mainstay of many of the pirate factions inhabiting the spacelanes.
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Veronica "Bonnie" Cretelli, a life long Cold Spring resident, died on Friday, November 13, 2009, at Wingate at Dutchess. She was 91. Born in Cold Spring on July 6, 1918, she was the daughter of the late Samuel and Catherine (Trimble) Monroe. She was the widow of the late Jacob E. Cretelli, who pre-deceased her in 1995.
Mrs. Cretelli was a homemaker and a parishioner of Our Lady of Loretto church.
Survivors include one son, Edward J. (Rosemarie) Cretelli, of Cold Spring; one daughter, Diane (Gary) Hattersley, of LaGrangeville, NY; three sisters, Mildred Le Fevre of Claverack, NY, Lucille Komasa and Margaret Merandy, both of Cold Spring; three grandchildren, Donna Friedrich, Matthew Hattersley, and Eileen Thompson. Three great grandchildren, Alek, Emma, and Noah, also survive. Four brothers, Dorsey, Samuel, John, Richard Monroe, and two sisters, Esther Monroe and Martha Wells, pre-deceased her.
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Just about everybody agrees Washington is a gridlocked mess. But who's the man to fix it? After two years of brawling and brinkmanship between President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans, more voters trust Mitt Romney to break the stalemate, an Associated Press-GfK poll shows.
Romney's message – a vote for Obama is a vote for more gridlock – seems to be getting through. Almost half of likely voters, 47 percent, think the Republican challenger would be better at ending the logjam, compared with 37 percent for Obama.
With the race charging into its final week, Romney is pushing that idea. He increasingly portrays himself as a get-things-done, work-with-everybody pragmatist, in hopes of convincing independent voters that he can overcome Washington's bitter partisanship. The AP-GfK poll shows the race in a virtual dead heat, with Romney at 47 percent to Obama's 45 percent, a difference within the margin of sampling error.
At a rally Wednesday in Coral Gables, Fla., Romney recounted how he worked with the Democratic-led Legislature as governor of Massachusetts and insisted he would find common ground with Democrats in Washington, too: "We can't change course in America if we keep attacking each other. We've got to come together and get America on track again."
Obama made his own show of bipartisanship Wednesday, touring superstorm Sandy devastation alongside Republican Gov. Chris Christie in New Jersey. A major Romney supporter, Christie has been praising Obama's "outstanding" response to the natural disaster.
Obama counters the Washington gridlock question by predicting that Republican lawmakers focused on opposing his re-election will become more cooperative once he wins a second term and becomes ineligible to run again. Referring to the top Republicans in Congress, Obama joked he would "wash John Boehner's car" or "walk Mitch McConnell's dog" to help get a federal deficit-cutting deal.
Obama also argues that Romney is more conservative these days than when he was elected governor and will find his newer ideas don't go down easily with Senate Democrats. For example, Romney, who worked with legislators to pass a health care overhaul in Massachusetts, has vowed to repeal the Democrats' similar national health care law.
In the AP-GfK poll, about 1 out of 6 likely voters didn't take a side on the gridlock issue: 6 percent weren't sure who would do a better job at getting Washington moving and 10 percent didn't trust either man to break the impasse among congressional partisans.
"They all need to be taken by the ear by a grandma," voter Margaret Delaney, 65, said in frustration.
She lives in Janesville, Wis., the hometown of Republican vice presidential nominee Paul Ryan, and she's leaning toward voting for the GOP ticket. But when it comes to ending gridlock, Delaney thinks it may not matter whether Romney or Obama is president.
"I'm not sure either of them can do it," she said.
A political standoff last year came close to forcing the government to default on its bills and led Standard & Poor's to downgrade the United States' credit rating. Over the past two years, a Congress split between Republican and Democratic leadership posted one of the least productive sessions in history.
When lawmakers return after Election Day for a lame-duck session, they need to work together with Obama to solve some festering troubles, including the "fiscal cliff" – a looming combination of higher taxes and spending cuts that could trigger another recession if Congress doesn't find a resolution.
If re-elected, Obama will almost certainly face another two years or more of divided government. Polling in the states suggests Republicans are likely to keep the control of the U.S. House that they won in 2010. And tea partyers who stymied efforts to reach a deficit-reduction deal seem certain to remain a substantial presence.
There's a good chance that a President Romney would face a split Congress, as well. Democrats appear to have an edge in holding onto their Senate majority, especially if the presidential race remains close. At least a dozen of the 33 Senate races remain competitive, making the overall outcome tough to predict.
Obama also likes to remind Democrats and like-minded independent voters that he serves as a check on congressional Republicans. The president suggests Romney would be unwilling to stand up to "the more extreme parts of his party."
Leigh Westholm of Pensacola, Fla., said that's why she supports Obama's re-election even though she doesn't think he will be able to make peace with House Republicans.
"It takes two to tango and he has tried and tried for four years," Westholm said. "It might be better for Romney, but I don't agree with his views."
But Romney supporter Gary Bivins, a 57-year-old West Chester, Ohio, retiree volunteering in his first presidential campaign, says don't blame Congress.
A president needs the ability to lead, he said, and "I think Obama has shown no skill in that area."
The Associated Press-GfK Poll was conducted Oct. 19-23 by GfK Roper Public Affairs and Corporate Communications. It involved landline and cellphone interviews with 1,186 adults nationwide, including 839 likely voters. Results for the full sample have a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points, for likely voters it is 4.2 points.
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200 grams - chocolate brownie or cake
50 grams- dark chocolate 70%, melted
2 1/2 tbsp - sweetened condensed milk
2 tbsp - dark rum
1/2 tbsp - melted butter
2 tbsp - raisins or cranberries, finely chopped
150 grams - dark chocolate 70% melted, to coat the rum balls
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- Grind the chocolate brownie in a grinder and take it out in a bowl. Add the 50 grams melted chocolate, melted butter, chopped cranberries, rum and condensed milk and mix well.
- Dust a little icing sugar in hands and make small (approx 1 inch) balls and refrigerate them for 10 mins.
- Take them out of the fridge and coat a couple of them in matcha powder and put them back in the fridge for 10-20 minutes.
- Coat the rest of the rum balls in melted chocolate, one by one and carefully lifting each with the help of a fork. Let the excess chocolate drip and place the rum ball on the lined tray.
- Sprinkle some coloured sprinkles or decorate them as you wish and let them chill in the fridge for 15-20 minutes and serve or store them in an air tight container. They keep good for 3-4 days in the fridge.
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RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Germany expect the experience that runs through their team to give them the edge over Argentina in Sunday's World Cup final after admitting they restrained themselves when they thumped Brazil in the semi-finals.
Germany ruined the samba nation's dream of winning the World Cup when they hammered Brazil 7-1 on Tuesday but forward Thomas Mueller revealed it could have been worse.
The Europeans were leading 5-0 at halftime and decided during the break that they would not embarrass the hosts by showboating with fancy passes or trick shots.
"With the score the way it was, we said we should avoid being arrogant and to refrain from humiliating the opponent," Mueller said on Friday.
"There was this agreement and it came from the players themselves."
Mueller, one of 10 names short-listed for the Golden Boot award given to the best player of the tournament, said Germany were anticipating a much tougher match from Argentina so could not afford to let up at any stage against the South Americans.
"I'm not expecting that we'll be ahead 5-0 at halftime again like against Brazil even though that would be nice," he said.
"It could end up being a tight match like against Algeria or France. But it doesn't matter. We know what we have to do."
Germany captain Philipp Lahm also said there was no room for sentiment in the final, adding that his team was single-minded in their approach to the game.
"We're here to win the World Cup," he told reporters at Germany's secluded training camp at Santo Andre. "The experience we've got all the way through our team is definitely an edge for us."
Regardless of the result, Sunday's match will mark the end of the road for Argentina manager Alejandro Sabella, who is stepping down, according to his agent.
A former midfielder who was capped eight times by Argentina, Sabella got involved in coaching after he retired as a player in 1989 and took on the national job in 2011.
"He's going. He's leaving whatever happens. Whether they are champions or not, a cycle is ending," agent Eugenio Lopez said.
Argentina were fined 300,000 Swiss francs ($336,000) by FIFA on Friday for failing to bring players to four pre-match news conferences during the World Cup.
However, the sport's world governing body did pick three of their players - Lionel Messi, Angel Di Maria and midfielder Javier Mascherano - for the Golden Boot shortlist.
Germany had four players selected, Mueller and Lahm plus Mats Hummels and Toni Kroos, while Colombia midfielder James Rodriguez, Netherlands forward Arjen Robben and Brazil's Neymar, who was injured in the quarter-finals, were also nominated.
Italian Nicola Rizzoli, a 42-year-old architect, was chosen as the referee for Sunday's showpiece game at the Maracana while Algeria's Djamel Haimoudi will take charge of Saturday's third-place playoff between Brazil and the Netherlands in Brasilia.
The future of Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari remains the source of widespread speculation in his homeland in the wake of the country's record World Cup defeat by Germany.
Scolari, who led Brazil to their fifth world crown in 2002, has not revealed his long term plans but Marco Polo Del Nero, the president-elect of the Brazilian Football Confederation, said he should keep his job because of the good work he did during his 19 months in charge.
"To me, he stays," Del Nero told the Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper. "What happened was a tactical error. That was the problem. But we all make mistakes. It can happen to anyone."
Netherlands coach Louis van Gaal, who will is definitely leaving his post to become manager of Manchester United, has changed his tune on the importance of the third-place playoff.
Initially critical of the match, Van Gaal has now told his players a win would see them the end the tournament undefeated after they were eliminated in a penalty shootout by Argentina.
"It would be wonderful to close this World Cup by winning but we still won't be satisfied," he said.
"It will be part of my speech that this is my last match and the players may want to give me a present in the form of victory so we can finish the tournament undefeated."
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Monitoring of Fresh Water BodiesActivity by Pedro Robles | added on Jul 13, 2011 | Puerto Rico
Sponsor(s): Caribbean University, Estuario de la Bahía de San Juan
Water monitoring of fresh water bodies by public school students from elementary, intermediate and high school students. Undergraduate students of Caribbean University are also participating in the water monitoring program.
A water monitoring of some fresh water bodies were started on May 22, 2011. Students and teachers from several public schools, like Jesús Sánchez Eraso School, Dr. José Antonio Dávila School, both located in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. A group of Home scholars from Bayamón municipality is also participating in this water monitoring program. Undergradute students from Caribbean University got involved in this effort both sampling and training school teachers and students. Other public and private schools will be enrolled in this project to increase the public appreciation and understanding of chemistry and the importance of protecting water resources.
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August 2013 Drivelines - 4x4 NewsPosted in News on June 16, 2013
Shelby Builds A Raptor
If the 411 hp coming from the stock Raptor pickup just isn't enough power, Shelby American can build you a Raptor that puts out 575 horses. The company carrying on Carroll Shelby's work with Cobras and specially modified Mustangs is now assembling a limited number of Raptors with an emissions-legal Whipple supercharger on top of the 6.2L V-8, plus a Shelby Stinger exhaust system, Shelby graphics, a custom interior, and a number of tire-and-wheel options. The Shelby package adds nearly $18,000 to the cost of the Raptor; throw on the tires and wheels and you're in for another $3,400. Visit www.shelbyamerican.com for more info.
Shelby American can build a Raptor that puts out 575 horses
New Limited Edition Raptor
Ford, too, is tweaking the Raptor, though not as extensively as Shelby. New for 2014 is the Raptor Special Edition, featuring Ruby Red Metallic paint and fresh box-side graphics on the outside and new seat upholstery with red bolsters and black inserts on the inside. (You can get the Special Edition in Tuxedo Black paint too.) Mechanically this Raptor is unchanged from the standard model. Look for the Raptor Special Edition on sale this fall.
GM Announces Power, Pricing, Fuel Economy for '14 Pickups
The first of the '14 Chevy Silverado and GMC Sierra 1500 pickups to go on sale this spring will be crew cabs powered by the new 5.3L EcoTec3 V-8. GM is rating that engine at 355 hp at 5,600 rpm and 383 lb-ft of torque at 4,100 rpm, with more than 300 lb-ft of torque available from 2,000 to 5,600 rpm. The maximum tow rating for that engine will be 11,500 pounds (in a double-cab 2WD model), though we assume the 4WD tow ratings will be lower.
The 4x4 pickups powered by the 5.3 will be rated at 16 mpg city, 22 mpg highway and 18 mpg combined. That is best-in-class fuel economy when compared to the V-8s in competing 4x4 pickups (and even Ford's EcoBoost V-6).
Regular- and double-cab models will go on sale in the summer and fall, as will the truck's other engines, the standard 4.3L V-6 and optional 6.2L V-8, both based on the same EcoTec3 architecture as the 5.3. Power and fuel economy data for those two engines will be released later this year.
What will they cost? Only the base prices were released, and these are for V-6 powered trucks that won't be available at first. (Yeah, we're confused too.) For Chevrolet, the Silverado 1500 2WD will start at $24,585 for a regular cab, $28,610 for a double cab, and $32,710 for a crew cab (including $995 destination charge). We were not able to get corresponding base prices for 4x4 models at the time of publication.
We did get that from GMC, however. For 2WDs, the regular/double/crew cab base prices are $25,085, $29,110, and $33,210, respectively. The 4x4 versions will cost $29,025, $33,090 and $36,360. So you can probably estimate that the same $3,000-$4,000 premium will be added to Chevy's 4x4 base prices.
This Just In
• The 2013 winners of the Outstanding Trails Program, presented by BFGoodrich, Tread Lightly!, and the United Four Wheel Drive Associations, are the Dutch John Trail at the Uwharrie National Forest in Troy, North Carolina; Kansas Rocks Recreation Park in Mapleton, Kansas; and Truckhaven in Salton Sea, California. During the year, BFG will be at club events associated with these trails to present a $4,000 grant to each local club to assist in the preservation of trail access.
• Chrysler is recalling some 7,000 '13 Ram HD models, many still on dealer lots, due to an engine cover for the Cummins diesel that "has less heat resistance than intended," says the official release from Chrysler. According to Automotive News, one of the shields caused an underhood fire in a Ram 3500 during testing at the Chelsea Proving Grounds.
• Sport Truck USA has acquired JKS Manufacturing. JKS developed the original sway bar quick-disconnect system and specializes in manufacturing suspension products for Jeep vehicles. Sport Truck USA is the parent company of BDS Suspension, Zone Off-road Products, and 4x4 Posi-Lok.
• FullDroopTV is a new television show about building prerunners and other off-road vehicles. It airs weekly on the Dish Network and DirecTV, and then episodes are loaded onto www.fulldrooptv.com and YouTube.
• Hyundai is considering introducing a pickup truck to the U.S. market, according to Automotive News. Hyundai dealers, who are having a lot of success with coupes, sedans, and crossovers, are asking for a pickup to augment their lineup. No word yet as to whether it will be a compact or fullsize truck, or whether it will be for the U.S. only.
• We thought the people at Honda were joking when they announced that an onboard vacuum would be available on the latest model of the Odyssey minivan. They weren't. So we weren't quite sure what was going on when Honda unveiled a "HondaHair" attachment for the vacuum—"the perfect complement to the do-it-yourself mobile haircut movement"—until we spotted the April 1 dateline on the press release.
Durango Upgraded for 2014
Dodge's three-row SUV gets many of the same upgrades for the '14 model year as the Grand Cherokee does, including an eight-speed automatic transmission that Dodge says will improve the Durango's fuel economy by up to nine percent. The front and rear fasciae have been restyled, with LED lights available at both ends. Inside, the Durango can be fitted with an 8.4-inch touchscreen to control Chrysler's latest version of the Uconnect infotainment system.
Why do we care? A careful reading of the Durango's specs revealed the MP 3022 transfer case, available behind the 5.7L Hemi, with full-time AWD and a lockable, 2.72 low-range ratio. It may not be "trail rated," but it could be a viable alternative to the Grand if you prefer the Durango's styling.
Jeep Museum
Our friends at Willys-Overland Motors report that the city of Toledo, Ohio, "is finally getting serious about building a Jeep museum and an associated off-road trail park." Toledo, of course, was the home of Willys manufacturing since well before the Jeep was developed. This photo, from Chrysler's archive, shows the Jeep's final assembly line in Toledo in 1964.
As part of the museum's initial planning, the city wants to gauge interest in such a facility. Towards that end, Willys-Overland Motors is collecting the contact information for as many Jeep clubs as it can. Jay Margolies of Willys-Overland Motors says, "Even if it's just you and few of your friends who are Jeep enthusiasts, give me some contact info and I can keep you advised as we progress, as well as offer the organizers your input into the kinds of things you would want to see included." Contact Willys-Overland Motors at www.willysoverland.com.
Desert racer Ballistic B.J. Baldwin and the folks at Monster Energy have produced an action-packed short film called #Recoil, which is available on YouTube (www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mmh-ew1swD4). Honestly, it's short on plot—Baldwin and his Trophy Truck come to the aid of a pretty young woman whose Nissan GT-R runs out of gas in the desert—but once the helicopter cams get rolling and Baldwin grabs serious slow-mo air in his truck, who cares?
Earth Watch
• Tread Lightly! has a new look to its website (www.treadlightly.org). Lori McCullough, the association's executive director, said top priorities for revamping the website were to improve access to educational materials as well as increase store sales and member interactivity. The majority of new product offerings in the store will be Tread Lightly! branded merchandise ranging from T-shirts to aftermarket automotive accessories. The store generates revenue for Restoration for Recreation, an initiative established to help keep the outdoors open and accessible.
• In more Tread Lightly! news, Falken Tire is now the association's "official tire." Falken has pledged a $100 rebate on a set of WildPeak A/T tires to individuals who join Tread Lightly! at the $50 level and above. Falken will also provide a $50 rebate to any person who renews his or her existing membership at the base level of $25 and up.
• John Deere is the newest sponsor of the Tread Lightly! Restoration for Recreation initiative, in which public and private sponsors donate funds toward keeping lands open. To help offset some of the costs incurred by the U.S. Forest Service to manage OHV use in the Uhwarrie National Forest, Deere is donating cash and volunteers and John Deere dealer James River Equipment in Asheboro, North Carolina, is donating the use of heavy equipment and volunteers.
• SEMA reports that Legislation (HR 819) has been introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives to reopen Cape Hatteras National Seashore in North Carolina to OHV recreation. The bill would reverse a 2012 management plan issued by the National Park Service that banned OHV access to large portions of the seashore with a goal of protecting nesting sea turtles and birds. The legislation would reinstate a previous management strategy that better balances wildlife protections with responsible OHV access.
• Del and Stacie Albright and Area BFE announced that Team Albright has signed on as Official Landuse Ambassadors of the Area BFE Off Road Park near Moab, Utah. Team Albright will work closely with the group that established the park in 2004 to ensure that the private land remains open.
Win This Jeep!
The California Association of 4WD Clubs, in association with Poison Spyder Customs, is offering this '13 Wrangler Sport as the prize in a raffle to benefit Cal 4 Wheel. The Lime Green Jeep is stock in the photo, but by the time it is given away at the Cal 4 Wheel convention in February it will have been customized with a Warn winch, BFGoodrich tires, and a long list of Poison Spyder parts, including bumpers, fenders, and more. Tickets are just $5, and you can get yours at cal4wheel.com/sweepstakes-vehicle.
• July 5-6: Dirt Riot Mountain/Southwest Round 3 by WERock, Cortez, CO.
Info: www.werocklive.com
• July 6: Stadium Super Truck Series, Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA.
Info: www.stadiumsupertrucks.com
• July 6: Starting Rock Crawling Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Lucerne Valley, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• July 7: Tire Repair/Hi-Lift Mini Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Hawthorne, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• July 13: Eldorado Reno 500 desert race by HDRA, Reno, NV.
Info: www.hdrarace.com
• July 13: Getting Started Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Hungry Valley SVRA, Gorman, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• July 13: Stadium Super Truck Series, Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX.
Info: www.stadiumsupertrucks.com
• July 13-14: Adventures in Off-Road Driving Level 1 instruction, by Off-Road Experience, Fernley, NV.
Info: 925.606.8301, offroadexperience.com
• July 14: Advanced Beginner Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Mojave, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• July 17-20: Coal Mine Cruiser Classic by Gotham City Land Cruisers, Rausch Creek Off-Road Park, Tremont, PA.
Info: www.gclcny.com, www.rauschcreekoffroadpark.org
• July 18-20: Killington Jeep Jamboree, Killington, VT.
Info: www.jeejamboreeusa.com
• July 18-20: Northwoods–Mole Lake Jeep Jamboree, Crandon, WI.
Info: www.jeejamboreeusa.com
• July 18-21: Crawl for the Cure, Iron Range OHV Park near Minneapolis, MN.
Info: www.crawl4cure.org
• July 18-21: East Coast Xterra Challenge by the North East Xterra Club, Rausch Creek Off-Road Park, Tremont, PA.
Info: www.ecxc.com, www.nexterra.org
• July 19: Off-Road Night at the Iron Horse Bar & Grill, Ventura, CA.
Info: 805.477.0783, www.facebook.com/RoperDesignandFabricationInc
• July 19-20: WERock West Round 3, Goldendale, WA.
Info: www.werocklive.com
• July 20: KRRP 10th anniversary celebration, Kansas Rocks, near Mapleton, KS.
Info: www.ksrockspark.com
• July 20: Stadium Super Truck Series, Metro Dome, Minneapolis, MN.
Info: www.stadiumsupertrucks.com
• July 20: Getting Started Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Borrego Springs, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• July 20-21: Vehicle Preservation & Wheeling Expert Instruction, private facility in CT.
Info: www.gmc4x4.com
• July 21: Sand Off-Road Driving Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Borrego Springs, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• July 25-28: 61st Annual Jeepers Jamboree, Rubicon Trail, Georgetown, CA.
Info: 530.333.4771, www.jeepersjamboree.com
• July 27: Starting Rock Crawling Clinic by Badlands Off-Road Adventures, Lucerne Valley, CA.
Info: 310.374.8047, www.4x4training.com
• Note: If you have a 4WD event you want us to publicize, please send the date, location, a description of the event, and contact info—phone numbers and/or email/website address—to Calendar, 4-Wheel & Off-Road magazine, 831 S. Douglas St., El Segundo, CA 90245; fax 310.531.9368; email email@example.com. Please submit your info at least four months in advance of the event due to our press lead times.


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This, that, and a hiatus
I've tried twice now to write in this space and have deleted it both times. I don't really know why, other than maybe I'm over the phase of my life where I need a "diary," or maybe things have gotten so routine that there just isn't anything to hash out.
Playing goal is pretty regular (I still suck about 75% of the time, and get lucky the other 25%).
I'm still losing weight like a bandit and have loads to say about that, but dear God, the world does not need another fitness or weight loss blog, amirite? And really, while I do torture my Facebook friends with the trials and tribulations of my every-other-day running adventures, I know that's super annoying unless you're also a runner.
I've never written about my home life like some might, but thankfully it's tame enough that it really doesn't need writing about. Mr.C's job continues to be an all-consuming, raging clusterfuck for him, Major has a cancerous growth on his leg that we're figuring out how to treat, and the new kid is Louie, and he sleeps curled up next to me and has the softest ears you've ever felt on an animal. I lurves him.
|That's my socked foot, not some strange protrusion from Louie's hip.
And I may be more in the finger painter realm of beat writer artists for now, but I'm going to do my dead level best at it because it's really important to me to honor the opportunity. Not many real sports writers get such a chance, much less a hack like me.
So, right now I'm trying to find the balance between taking it seriously but also not being a total bore in the process. And part of that is figuring out whether to keep this blog going or just put it on hiatus. I write so much (and even more now) during the seasons that writing for personal enjoyment now happens in 140 characters on Twitter.
I think, for right now, the blog is going to take a planned siesta (as opposed to the last year or so where it was on an unplanned siesta and made me feel guilty).
But I'll still be around. Follow me on Twitter, read over at Third Intermission, read the Chronicle. I won't be doing Backhand Shelf anymore, as that is just too time consuming and stressful to do in addition to the Aeros beat. I'll pop in occasionally on Hockey Wilderness. And I'd like to do a piece on Jack Campbell for InGoal this season if I can arrange it.
Anyway, here's to the lockout ending in December (color me selfish but I want to see the stud prospects for myself) and lots of juicy stuff to write about for the Aeros all season long. Cheers! :)
P.S. Also, just because I'm feeling the love today: #TeamBrusty. Go get 'em, big guy. Read more...


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Some things CAN happen, but there really only seemed to be strict enforcement by Hasbro in movie years when leaking stuff meant leaking stuff about the movies. It doesn't seem to be as important these days.
I saw all of these tonight at TRU, however, they were 11.94 in White Plains NY! For some reason this TRU has really jacked up prices.
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While it doesn't take too much work to make tea eggs, it does take time, so you might as well make a batch of them instead of just a few. I typically make 6-8 eggs with the recipe below. If you'd like to make a lot more, you should adjust the spices & water up.
Serving Size: 3-5
Preparation Time: 20 minutes