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In the summer, you can almost predict how crowded the beach will be by how many people are at Brand's Deli.
As of 11 a.m. on a recent Sunday, the deli, which is across the street from the Long Beach station of the Long Island Rail Road, and only six blocks from the boardwalk and white sand of Ocean Beach Park, had a line 30 people deep, running from the cash register in the rear, along the length of the deli case and out the door. The beach will be crowded. And you need to eat.
Katelyn Makuh, 29, and her sister Ashley Makuh, 33, made a beeline for Brand's after arriving in Long Beach on the 10:04 express from Pennsylvania Station. "It's kind of like our thing," said Katelyn, who wore a floppy sun hat and carried a nautical-themed beach bag and pink folding chair. "We go to the beach, we get sandwiches."
They are not alone. Since opening in 2012, at 44 West Park Avenue, Brand's Deli has become an essential stop for locals and day-trippers seeking lunch to go before staking out a spot near the water.
Just don't expect beach-inspired menu items, or décor, at this deli by the sea. Here, it's all about ice hockey. Brand's specialty heroes carry the nicknames of National Hockey League players.
The Dominator (chicken cutlet, melted Cheddar, bacon, blue cheese dressing, hot sauce) is the most popular sandwich at Brand's, a tribute to the great Czech goalie Dominik Hasek.
The Messiah (roast pork, mozzarella, gravy, duck sauce, garlic bread) honors Mark Messier, who in 1994 led the New York Rangers to their first Stanley Cup victory in more than half a century. The Albanian Assassin (hot pastrami, fried bologna, grilled onions, Swiss cheese, mustard) is a nod to Messier's onetime teammate Tie Domi.
Ashley Makuh ordered the Mr. Hockey (salami, pepperoni, ham, provolone, lettuce, tomato, onion, oil and vinegar), hold the ham. The sandwich is a tribute to the Hall of Famer Gordie Howe.
Mr. Hockey is also the moniker by which the deli's owner, Joe Brand, is known around Long Beach. For more than two decades, he has coached Long Beach High School's hockey team, the Marines.
The 10:42 train from Penn Station brought another wave of customers. They joined a man with a sand-castle kit waiting beside the Rangers banner and the three lifeguards with tanned feet and no shoes huddled near a painting depicting a Rangers-Detroit Red Wings game.
Amy Coyle-Larson of Island Park, N.Y., walked in with her daughters, the 11-year-old twins Keira and Emma and 7-year-old Lilabelle. "As crowded as it looks, it's faster than any other place and your order is always right," she said. "Anywhere else — my kids are picky — nothing's ever right."
From the back counter, Mr. Brand announced a ready order: "A Big Cuban!" (in honor of Al Montoya, a goalie for the Montreal Canadiens). Three of Mr. Brand's children — all hockey players — were among the seven workers out front. Joseph, 23, operated a meat slicer. Kevin, 21, packed bags. Erin, 22, scribbled phone orders.
Brand's delivers to the beach in summer. From his perch at an umbrella-and-chair-rental stand, Nick Garibaldi, 19, called in an order. Forty minutes later, Vinny Frankini, 20, his co-worker, dashed across the hot sand to meet the deliveryman.
The breeze was briny. Frequent blasts of a lifeguard whistle punctuated the steady thrum of crashing surf. Lunchtime.
"How is it?" Mr. Garibaldi asked.
Mr. Frankini, toes curled in the sand, gripped a Dominator with both hands.
"Amazing," he said.


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Comment There hasn't actually been a new policy statement, but Apple has clearly made a change in the eReader side of its business - one that immediately affects Sony, which has brought the issue to light.
It is likely that the change will also affect Amazon (it can't really affect one and not the other) and Barnes and Noble with its Nook eReader application, and it is either going to put Apple into the middle of an anti-trust suit or lose huge market share to Google's Android.
The issue is about selling ebooks online. Apple says it's fine as long as the purchase is either made from its iBookstore or more likely made as an in App purchase from the stores of Sony and anyone else, which would mean Apple getting 30 per cent of the transaction price. At present Amazon has a Kindle application which makes the iPad and the iPhone behave like a Kindle and purchase eBooks from the Amazon store, but this must surely change in the coming days and weeks if the policy is to be consistent (which knowing Apple it may not).
This is Apple continuing its policy of wanting to sell you a device and still wanting to be able to tell you what you can do with it after the purchase. This is a Walled Garden approach which cannot work over time. Apple eventually failed to keep Adobe Flash from its devices, and this may only be a holding action, while it develops a lead in eBooks on its own devices. Perhaps Apple could get away with doing this for, say a year, and then capitulate to market or regulator pressure.
In the past on Faultline we have strongly resisted the idea that Apple can be caught up in an anti-trust action over such a move, insisting that its position in smart phones is marginal when considered globally and it would need to ship a whole lot more iPhones before it could be considered any kind of market distortion. But with the iPad and its billions of App downloads, that's changed.
The iPad can be considered to have a dominant market share in the freshly arrived world of tablet computers, and we would argue (as we demonstrated in our recently published Tablet report), that Apple will continue to hold this type of dominance for some time to come, and will remain the comfortable market leader for the next five years. With the Apple App store now having passed 10 billion downloads since it opened three years ago, it shows Apple to have dominance in App stores as well.
Tablets can't really be considered a mature enough market to distort quite yet. They would have to be defined and that market would have to be tested, shown to be separate from other device markets, including eReaders themselves, and Apple shown to be dominant, before any kind of successful anti-trust action could be brought.
So that's a couple of years away. If, during that time, Android market remains open and these applications are allowed to buy direct from Amazon, Sony and Barnes and Noble and other eReader stores, and it comes to take considerable market share (more than half), then perhaps Apple won't find itself on the end of an anti-trust mishap, but it will still have lost the App Store war. But right now, having seen this market develop for three years, it could be said to be sufficiently stable to bring a suit against Apple right now. That could be done as a commercial anti-trust suit, a public one from the US Justice Department or the European Commission or even a user class action might be brought.
This week there is already one user class action being brought against the iPhone because of overcharging for data that appears to have been proven by an independent consultant, on the AT&T network, when used with iPhones.
The tighter a market stranglehold, the more likely that such things will bring Apple under more serious scrutiny.
Apple may decide that in-app purchases are not necessary for select partners like Amazon, in which case Sony would have a fairly easy time proving that it is being discriminated against by a dominant marketplace entity, for reasons purely of across the board competition. So we don't think that will happen, and it is only a matter of days before this new policy is clarified across the App Store and a bigger fuss emerges.
Apple allows video programs to be downloaded directly from remote servers for TV Everywhere services and from Broadcaster web sites. While this may not involve a transaction, Apple is not getting any of the Comcast subscription revenue that conveys this privilege nor is it getting any of the TiVo service revenue for TiVo programs that are viewed on an iPad. It would be fairly easy to prove that Apple is both currently dominant and that it is only going after manufacturers of eReader applications, because the iPad competes with their devices.
If the customer backlash doesn't get Apple here, the anti-trust man will, and fairly soon, at that.
Apple insists that none of this is a new policy but has been misunderstood previously in its existing policy and that the spat with Sony has just "clarified its stance".
Sony admitted that its current version of the Sony Reader for iPhone will now be pulled from the app store, saying that it had opened a dialog with Apple, but reached an impasse.
This entire fuss comes as a number of recent reports highlighted that the iPad had made little or no dents in the sales of specialist e-ink eReaders, which may be no coincidence.
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Compliant bistable micromechanisms have been proposed for use in applications such as switches, relays, shutters, and sensing arrays. Unpublished laboratory testing suggests that off-axis forces may affect the bistable nature of fully compliant bistable micromechanisms (FCBMs). The actuation forces required to snap the FCBM from one stable equilibrium position to another can be altered if the off-axis forces are applied to the mechanism during transition between stable positions. Understanding the three-dimensional characteristics of these mechanisms and the effect of eccentric loading conditions would be helpful in design and analysis of FCBMs. Two 3-D FEA models were developed for analysis and validation purposes. The 3-D solid element model includes great detail regarding the geometry and boundary conditions of the FCBMs. Including fillets, residual stress, and anchors proved to generate more accurate results. The 3-D beam element model is greatly simplified, and primarily used to validate the results produced by the 3-D solid element model. Both models were validated through comparison to experimental data. A test suite of FEA runs was constructed to better understand the 3-D behavior of FCBMs. A chief discovery provided by the test suite results was the existence of two phenomenon conditions, defined as Phenomenon 1 and Phenomenon 2. Phenomenon 1 tended to occur when smaller off-axis forces were included in the model. When comparing the two phenomenon, larger pitch rotation, smaller out-of-plane motion, larger reaction forces, and a more consistent bistable mechanism was associated with Phenomenon 1. Phenomenon 2 tended to occur when larger applied forces were included in the model. Once this phenomenon was generated, the FCBM tended to remain in this condition. Reduced reaction forces, larger out-of-plane motion, and a tendency of non-bistability were characteristics of this phenomenon. The FCBMs could experience much larger in-plane applied forces before transitioning to Phenomenon 2. In contrast, relatively small out-of-plane forces caused the same transition. The FCBMs proved to be well behaved when being pulled into their alternate stable position rather than being pushed. A pushing motion caused the shuttle to roll, pitch and yaw in an inconsistent manner.
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Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology; Mechanical Engineering
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Cherry, Brian B., "Characterizing the Three-Dimensional Behavior of Bistable Micromechanisms" (2008). Theses and Dissertations. 1318.
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compliant, bistable, MEMS, micromechanisms, sensors, acceleration, sensing array, FCBM, FCBMs


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Notepad++ with the TextFX plugin makes it quick and easy to remove duplicates, remove blank lines and sort data in one operation. This is a typical case where Excel does the job, but as I always have Notepad++ open it is fast and easy to get the results I want in just a few seconds.
remove duplicates, remove blank lines and sort data in one operation
1. Paste the text into Notepad++ (CTRL+V).
2. Mark all the text (CTRL+A). Click TextFX → Click TextFX Tools → Check +Sort outputs only UNIQUE (at column) lines (if not already checked).
3. Click TextFX → Click TextFX Tools → Click Sort lines case insensitive (at column)
4. Duplicates and blank lines have been removed and the data has been sorted alphabetically. (The first line that may appear empty contains a space, which is regarded as a character and is included in the list of unique data.)


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Virtually all recent news stories about the New York Medicaid system include a reference to the program's troubling financial problems. This weekend Lower Hudson News explained how last year alone the state paid $53 billion on Medicaid services–the highest figure in the country. The budgetary concerns have been exacerbated as of late as demand continues to increase. There were 46,000 new enrollees in the program in the four-month stretch from April to July alone. The cost of the program is leading policymakers at all levels to propose alterations to protect its long-term viability. Most of those proposals include changing the way that payments are made, limiting those who qualify for the program, and shrinking the services available to participants.
Our New York elder law attorneys are well aware of the impact that Medicaid changes may have on many residents. Medicaid is the only option for most elderly patients who do not have insurance to pay for nursing home costs which average over $120,000 a year. Unfortunately, many families fail to plan ahead for these situations, ultimately ending up on Medicaid when they discover that a loved one is in immediate need of long-term care. On top of that, many families are forced to spend down their assets in order to qualify, because they fail to utilize a New York Medicaid Asset Protection Trust to shelter their property ahead of time.
The need to maintain personal assets may become even more important for local families as cuts to the services provided mean that residents will need to pay for supplemental care on their own. A state task force known as the Medicaid Redesign Team will apparently soon enact managed care and spending caps. The task force has reportedly saved the state over $100 million as of August through various efforts, and many more changes on the horizon. For example, one popular initiative seeks to transition some residents out of institutional care and into community-based services.
In addition to spending caps, price controls, and expanded managed-care programs, local lawmakers are also seeking to ease the Medicaid burden on county governments. Local property taxes in many areas are skyrocketing because counties are on the hook for billions of dollars in Medicaid costs with little flexibility in how that money is spent. Several state lawmakers were actually in White Plains yesterday drumming up support for a proposal which would slowly shift Medicaid costs entirely onto the state. New York Medicaid changes will likely remain a top priority for area legislators for the foreseeable future.
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Cosponsors in the 115th Congress (44): Boyle, Brownley, Cárdenas, Cartwright, Clark, Cohen, Connolly, Costa, Crowley, Cummings, DeFazio, DeLauro, Eshoo, Grijalva, Hastings, Huffman, Kelly (IL), Kennedy, Kildee, Kilmer, Langevin, Lipinski, Lowenthal, Lujan Grisham, Lynch, McCollum, McGovern, Meng, Moore, Napolitano, Norton, Pallone, Pascrell, Quigley, Sarbanes, Schakowsky, Scott (VA), Smith (WA), Speier, Swalwell, Tonko, Tsongas, Velázquez, Yarmuth
Cosponsors in the 114th Congress (129): Aguilar, Bass, Beatty, Beyer, Bishop (GA), Blumenauer, Boyle, Brown (FL), Brownley, Butterfield, Capuano, Cárdenas, Carson, Cartwright, Castor, Castro, Cicilline, Clark, Clay, Cleaver, Cohen, Connolly, Conyers, Cooper, Costa, Courtney, Crowley, Cuellar, Cummings, Davis (CA), DeFazio, DeLauro, DeSalaunier, Deutch, Dingell, Doggett, Doyle, Duckworth, Edwards, Ellison, Engel, Eshoo, Esty, Farr, Foster, Fudge, Gallego, Grayson, Green (TX-29), Grijalva, Gutiérrez, Hastings, Higgins (NY), Hinojosa, Honda, Huffman, Israel, Jackson Lee, Jeffries, Johnson (TX), Johnson (GA), Kaptur, Keating, Kelly (IL), Kennedy, Kildee, Kilmer, Kind, Kuster, Langevin, Lee, Levin, Lewis (GA), Lieu, Lipinski, Lofgren, Lowenthal, Lowey, Lujan Grisham, Lynch, Maloney (NY-12), Maloney (NY-18), McCollum, McDermott, McGovern, Meng, Moore, Murphy (FL), Nadler, Napolitano, Nolan, Norton, O'Rourke, Pallone, Pascrell, Payne, Pelosi, Perlmutter, Peters, Pingree, Pocan, Polis, Quigley, Rangel, Ryan (OH), Sablan, Sarbanes, Schakowsky, Scott (GA), Scott (VA), Sherman, Smith (WA), Speier, Swalwell, Takai, Takano, Thompson (MS), Titus, Tonko, Tsongas, Vargas, Veasey, Velázquez, Visclosky, Walz, Wasserman Schultz, Watson Coleman, Welch, Yarmuth
Dear Colleague:
Prior to his confirmation, Justice Neil Gorsuch was bound by a code of ethical conduct, but upon his swearing in as associate justice of the Supreme Court, he was relieved of any obligations under such a code. The nine justices of the Supreme Court are, in fact, the only federal judges not bound by a code of conduct.
To correct this discrepancy and to restore the public's confidence in the Court after a string of ethically dubious behavior by the justices in recent years, I have once again introduced the Supreme Court Ethics Act (H.R. 1960). This straightforward bill would require the justices to adopt an ethical code based on the five canons of the Code of Conduct for United States Judges. NBC News ran a story about the bill earlier this week.
Over 151,000 Americans have signed a petition asking Congress to pass the Supreme Court Ethics Act, and the bill was included in Common Cause's Democracy Scorecard last year.
If you have any questions or would like to become a cosponsor of the bill, please contact Nick Semanko on my staff firstname.lastname@example.com at 5-3615.
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The Mississippi State University EcoCAR team has been working diligently over the past few months to reduce the overall mass of their vehicle. The mechanical/powertrain group has been redesigning and building new aluminum motor and engine mounts to replace the older steel mounts. Just before the holidays, the team dropped the entire powertrain to make the improvements. While the powertrain was out of the vehicle for a few days, the team also made some upgrades to the electrical wiring and mounted a new sway bar.
In addition to the aluminum mounts, MSU is also working on other options for lightweighting the vehicle. The team is currently partnering with aircraft manufacturer, Aurora Flight Sciences, to build carbon fiber components for their EcoCAR. MSU team members continue to research additional options that will decrease the overall mass of the vehicle, thus improving the vehicle's braking, acceleration, and fuel economy.
Is your team focusing on lightweighting your vehicle? Post your stories and document your progress in the comment box below, we'd love to hear from you!
With the first semester of the third and final year of EcoCAR: The NeXt Challenge under their belt, Mississippi State University's EcoCAR controls team has been hard at work applying what they learned from the Winter Workshop at The Mathworks headquarters in Boston, MA, to their vehicle control systems. Not only has the controls team updated their Hardware-in-the-Loop simulator to match their championship competition vehicle, but will soon begin the optimization process using super-computers.
MSU is part of the High Performance Computing Collaboratory. As such, the MSU EcoCAR team is excited to leverage these resources to produce a controller strategy that is optimized for energy management. Thanks to the support of dSPACE and The Mathworks, the MSU controls team will be optimizing using the latest versions of MATLAB® & Simulink®, which will help keep MSU on top of the competition.
"We are very fortunate to have access to some incredible resources here at Mississippi State University, and as a competition team, we are very excited to use super-computing to push the boundaries of our control systems," said team leader Matt Doude. "We like having a competitive edge, and we like that edge to be sharp."
As the team moves forward in the competition, they will also be utilizing other cutting-edge technologies, including a four-wheel chassis dynamometer and 3D virtual environment simulations.
The Mississippi State University EcoCAR team had an exciting summer as they coordinated and attended several events throughout the state to spread the word about the EcoCAR competition and MSU's work. Keeping the momentum from Year Two, the student engineers also made several improvements on the vehicle and are proud to have driven more than 500 miles since competition.
As eager students recently arrived on campus, the team held an interest meeting to give new students the opportunity to get involved and become a part of the team. The meeting took place the second week of classes and more than 100 interested students attended to learn more about the EcoCAR competition and the immense range of opportunities it offers.
The team is thrilled by the response, and looks forward to adding new team members and accomplishing great things in Year Three!
The Mississippi State team was thrilled to take home top honors at EcoCAR's Year Two Finals, and it appears they're not the only ones feeling proud. The attention on MSU and their fellow top finishers, Penn State and Virginia Tech, has been non-stop. This week, they reached an impressive milestone: 100 articles written about their win in one month. Local and university media support was boosted by recognition from national publications including The NewYork Times, Wired and CNET's Car Tech Blog.
To see the entire list of 100 articles, check out MSU's blog post, "Four Weeks, 100 Media Articles." Congratulations!
MSU recently had the pleasure of hosting Mississippi Senator Alan Nunnelee on its campus. The senator lead a candid discussion with political science and business students, as well as members of the EcoCAR team. Nunnelee spoke about the benefits of hybrids, MSU's participation in the EcoCAR program, and political attitudes toward hybrid adoption.
Regarding political attitudes toward hybrids, the senator talked about the benefits of hybrids in relation to the economy and environment. He also touched on some of the ramifications for the state's budget. A current example of those ramifications is the state tax on every gas purchase that goes to the building and repair of roads in the state; if hybrids became widely adopted in the area, cars would still wear on the roads, but purchase significantly less gas. This would compel the state government to find new ways to make up for the shortage of gas revenues.
It was inspiring to hear the influential viewpoint of Senator Nunnelee and his enthusiasm about the EcoCAR program!


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Z Score Training is a gentle protocol for training deregulated brain wave activities, through the processes of operant conditioning, or learning by repetition with a real time reward feedback; examples such as, learning to ride a bicycle, driving a car, etc.
The procedure is simple. A cap with sensors inside is placed on the participant's head and each of the sensors are filled with a small amount of conductive gel. The gel connects the signal that is coming from the brain to the EEG-BIOFEEDBACK equipment, which in return measures the brain waves against the settings set in the software for the exercise. When readings match a reward is given; this may be a sound, a game response, etc. The brain quickly identifies what the reward means and what is required to get it.
Why is it called Z Score Training? Z Score is a mathematical measurement which looks like a bell; so it is referred to as "the bell curve." Its use in neurofeedback is to determine the degree of dysregulation in a various number of situations and to train the dysregulation toward the -0-.


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Define brocialism then, numbskull.
"Brocialism and manarchism are umbrella terms for sexists within the radical left. Specifically used for those who believe that the creation of a socialist, Marxist, or anarchist system will inevitably bring about gender equality and that therefore no measures need to be taken other than the destruction of the hierarchy imposed by class."
When did I say this?
"Brocialism is the political, social, and economic ideology of those who claim to have Socialist or Communist leanings, but whose behaviour or beliefs are hypocritically sexist. A brocialist will probably even claim to be a feminist, and actively supportive of women's equality, sometimes in the same moment that they treat women like dirt."
At what point have I treated women like dirt?


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Over the years we've come across some creative offerings from Pizza Hut. You guys remember the Cheeseburger Stuffed Crust Pizza? Or the Hot Dog Crust and Shrimp Tempura Pizza? Yeah, well the latest creation has the company stuffing tiny Meat Pies in the crust. Pizza Hut Australia is partnering up with Four'N Twenty, and they've announced this new venture with a series of tongue-in-cheek jealous tweets describing a romance gone wrong, and the birth of a lovechild, the Four'N Twenty Stuffed Crust Pizza. We don't know how long this will last, nor if it'll ever be exported to Pizza Huts outside of Australia, but we like the way the company is thinking. Because who hasn't thought "gee, I'd really like some meat pie with this pizza."? Amirite?
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Feb. 4 through 8
Elementary Schools
Monday -- Breakfast: Pancakes and sausage with syrup. Lunch: Beef nachos or chicken pot pie, garden salad, apple slices, milk.
Tuesday -- Breakfast: Country gravy on open-faced biscuit. Lunch: Chicken rings and a roll or hot ham and cheese, ranch potatoes, tangerine, milk.
Wednesday -- Breakfast: Baked granola with yogurt. Lunch: Chicken teriyaki nuggets or country fried steak and gravy with rice pilaf, california vegetables, sliced peaches, milk.
Thursday -- Breakfast: Breakfast bagel. Lunch: Corn dogs with potato triangle or baked ziti with garlic bread, lima beans, apple, milk.
Friday -- Breakfast: Ham little. Lunch: Early release: Sack lunch, turkey and cheese hoagie, white popcorn, carrot sticks with dip, kiwi, milk.
Middle and High Schools
Monday -- Lunch: Chicken sandwich or chili with cornbread, whole kernel corn, baked potato, spiced apples.
Tuesday -- Lunch: Country fried steak, gravy and roll or taco wraps, black beans and rice, green peas, chilled peaches.
Wednesday -- Lunch: Hot dog with optional chili or chicken alfredo with bread stick, french fries, steamed broccoli, pineapple chunks.
Thursday -- Lunch: Chicken rings with roll or ravioli with roll, oven roast potatoes, california vegetables, fruit cocktail, crisped rice treat.
Friday -- Lunch: Beef and cheese nachos or grilled cheese and tomato soup, green beans, pears, apple-walnut crisp.
In addition to breakfast menu, a choice of cereal, toast, juice and milk will be offered. In middle and high schools, a smoothie entr�e will be offered. A pre-plated salad or salad bar is offered daily in elementary, middle and high schools. In middle and high schools, mega pizza, double cheeseburger or a deluxe chicken sandwich is available Monday through Thursday and a large chef salad, a bag lunch, assorted juice, fresh fruit and a variety of milk are available each day. In elementary school, students may also choose from a salad plate or peanut butter and jelly sandwich. Students may choose one entr�e and two vegetables daily.
Universal Breakfast is free to all students. Lunch is served with a choice of fresh fruit, juice and a variety of milk everyday. A salad bar, baked potato and sandwiches are available daily in elementary middle and high schools.
Monday -- Breakfast: Blueberry pop tart. Lunch: Chicken fajitas, beef taco with lettuce and tomato, spanish rice, steamed broccoli, corn, pears.
Tuesday -- Breakfast: Sausage biscuit. Lunch: Vegetable beef soup with cheese toast, hot ham and cheese, broccoli, scalloped potatoes, breaded squash, chocolate cake.
Wednesday -- Breakfast: Strawberry waffle bites. Lunch: Salisbury steak, turkey with noodles, whipped potatoes, corn on the cob, sliced peaches, sun butter cookie.
Thursday -- Breakfast: Strawberry pancakes. Lunch: Hot dog with chili, chicken fillet sandwich, green beans, macaroni and cheese, fruit mix.
Friday -- Breakfast: Muffin. Lunch: Pizza, hamburger, peas and carrots, breaded squash, tossed salad, applesauce.
Milk choices: Skim, low fat white, low fat chocolate and whole white. Breakfast includes the main item plus juice or fruit and milk choice. All menus include peanut butter and jelly sandwich as an extra choice.
Monday -- Breakfast: Waffles with syrup. Lunch: Spaghetti and meat sauce and whole grain roll, tossed salad with dressing, fruit salad, milk choice.
Tuesday -- Breakfast: Yogurt and cereal bar. Lunch: Barbecue chicken and biscuit, whipped potatoes, buttered carrots, milk choice.
Wednesday -- Breakfast: Cheese toast. Lunch: Pizza, tossed salad with dressing, chilled fruit, sherbet ice cream, milk choice.
Thursday -- Breakfast: Scrambled eggs, grits, toast. Lunch: Corn dog, baked beans, veggie dippers, spiced apple slices, milk choice.
Friday -- Breakfast: Cereal with milk and cereal bar. Lunch: Chicken fillet on grain bun with trimmings, baked fries, milk choice.
Middle and high schools
All entr�e selections are accompanied by a variety of fruits and vegetables and a milk choice.
Monday -- Breakfast: Waffles with syrup. Lunch: Deli sub or tuna salad with crackers, potato wedges, tossed salad with dressing chilled fruit.
Tuesday -- Breakfast: Hashbrown and sausage. Lunch: Chicken fajita or fish on grain bun with tartar sauce, green peas, veggie dippers, applesauce, chocolate chip cookie.
Wednesday -- Breakfast: Yogurt and cereal bar. Lunch: Chef salad or lasagna with meat sauce and grain roll, green beans, gelatin with fruit.
Thursday -- Breakfast: Muffin. Lunch: Hot dog on grain bun with chili or oven baked chicken, whipped potatoes, coleslaw, fruit cup.
Friday -- Breakfast: Ham biscuit. Lunch: Chicken nuggets with dip or hamburger on grain bun with trimmings, corn cobbette, fruit crisp.
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The Wonderland collection is a set of six "winter" colored nail polishes. It has a nice range of finishes from cremes and metallics to glitters!
Let's get started....
Frostbite is a beautiful metallic silver creme. It had a great formula and only took two coats to be opaque. I have a hard time with metallics as they generally look really streaky on me. Unfortunately, this one did too, though not nearly as bad as a few others I've tried. I always recommend people with this issue, sponge on their last coat as this takes the streaks away. Did I take my own advice...no. Why? I don't know..haha! Either way, it is a gorgeous color.
Neve is a gorgeous creme white, packed full of an amazing golden shimmery flash, which is super apparent in the macro! So pretty! This formula was awesome! Two coats plus topcoat! No streakiness and the formula was super smooth!
Winter Blue is a gorgeous, sort of dusty, teal creme. The formula on this one was awesome as well! The first coat didn't look very good, but the second smoothed it out perfectly! I think this will be a great color for spring and summer too!
Sparkling Pine is an amazing full coverage glitter! It is a green colored base packed full of different shades of green and golden glitters! It is gorgeous! For my photos I did a tape mani by applying one coat over Frostbite! Loving these two together! (I made a video tutorial for this one; you can view it here)
Bubbly Rose! oh....Bubby Rose is so beautiful! It is another full coverage glitter that starts with a slightly pink tinted base and is again, jam packed with shades of rosey pink, gold and silvery glitters! This is seriously gorgeous! For my photos I started with a base of Neve, then stamped a flower image using Winter Blue. I finished it off by sponging Bubbly Rose onto just the tips of my nails!
New Year's Eve is the last polish and full coverage glitter in the collection. It is clear base loaded with different shades of gold (and silver I think) glitters! So gorgeous! For my photos I used Winter Blue as my base and stamped a tribal image using Neve, then added a subtle glitter gradient of New Year's Eve!
Now, I know these are full coverage glitters, but I feel like I haven't seen them used in any nail art yet. I've only seen the full coverage swatches, so I wanted to step outside the box and show you how you can use them with the other polishes in the collection.
I really loved all of these and was really impressed by the formulas! I like that they can all be worn alone, mixed with other colors and some of them can be used to stamp with! Triple threat? haha!
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NIRVANA frontman Kurt Cobain was working on a solo album when he committed suicide in 1994, a former guitarist for the band of Cobain's widow said in an interview with music TV channel Fuse.
"That's really what he was going towards, a solo album but working with different people," Eric Erlandson - who played with Hole, a band founded by Courtney Love - told Fuse TV.
Erlandson said Cobain was writing and producing songs that transcended his previous work.
"It would have been his White Album," he added, referring to the celebrated Beatles work.
"I was really excited about some of the stuff he was working on. I got to see him play it in front of me. That's why I was really sad [when he died]," Erlandson said.
Erlandson spoke with Fuse last week after publishing a book about his relationship with Cobain, entitled "Letters to Kurt."
An album of Cobain's rough demo recordings could still be released, he said.
"I've heard someone is compiling [songs]," Erlandson said, "I'm not in control of things. I just wish something would come together."
Cobain committed suicide at the age of 27, near the height of his grunge-rock band's success.


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Many Real Bread bakers use lower salt levels already but the Real Bread Campaign urges all bakers to reduce the amount of salt they use.
In very small amounts, sodium plays a part in a number of functions in the human body but many people in the UK consume far too much of it.
As part of our work in finding ways to make bread better for us, better for our communities and better for the planet, the Real Bread Campaign urges all bakers to see if they need to reduce the amount of salt they use.
Bakers listing their loaves on The Real Bread Finder are invited to note which meet the Food Standards Agency's 1% salt reduction target.
Though many Real Bread bakers' loaves meet the Food Standards Agency's 1% target for salt, the Real Bread Campaign calls for:
The overwhelming evidence is that a diet high in common salt (sodium chloride) contributes to high blood pressure (hypertension) which increases your risk of a number of health conditions, in particular heart disease and stroke.
Studies have also linked a high salt diet to cancer of the stomach, kidney disease, osteoporosis, kidney stones, obesity, and to exacerbating the symptoms of Meniere's Disease, Alzheimer's Disease and diabetes.
For these reasons, the Real Bread Campaign supports the work of Consensus Action on Salt & Health (CASH) and Salt Awareness Week in drawing attention to these risks and finding ways to reduce the amount of salt in our diets.
Current UK governmental advice is that adults should counsume no more than 6g of salt per day.
No. Next question?
Claims that sea salt or rock salt 'tastes saltier so you use less' or are 'healther because they contain other minerals' are just nonsense. Some salt is iodised* in an effort to counteract a deficiency in some people's diets, but there are plenty of healthier sources of iodine, such as fish, seafood, seaweed, milk and other dairy products.
For more information on this, click here.
That said, industrially produced salt might contain additives that you want to avoid, such as the anti-caking agent sodium hexacyanoferrate (II).
You might want to choose salt produced by a small, independently-owned business that provides more skilled work for local people per pack than an industrial producer does. You might also find certain brands have processing methods (e.g. sun-drying of sea water) that use less energy and generate lower negative environmental impacts.
* Though the Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition (SACN) notes that: '...iodised salt is not widely available in the UK or used in manufactured products.'
In Real Bread and industrial loaf baking salt in small quantities helps to:
*This is especially useful in industrial loaf production that doesn't allow enough time for the dough to 'ripen' and develop flavour naturally.
Many industrial loaf makers, and even some traditional bakers, allowed salt levels in their products to creep up to unecessarily high levels and their baked goods became a major contributor to salt in our diets.* The Federation of Bakers (which represents many of the country's wrapped/sliced loaf producers) gives the figure as about 17% of the salt we consume in the UK.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) set a (sadly voluntary) target for bakers to reduce the levels of salt in their Real Bread (and other bread-like industrial products) to 1g of salt per 100g of baked loaf by 2012.
Adverse publicity over the years has helped to persuade many industrial and craft bakers to lower the salt levels of their loaves and other baked goods, which are reaching the target gradually. Now we want to ensure that all bakers follow suit.
FSA research has shown that reducing salt in bread is easy and acceptable to customers, with no discernible effect on taste. In the FSA study bakers reduced the level of salt in their bread by 25% over six weeks and customers did not notice the difference. Not only that, the quality of bread baked in commercial premises, under different conditions, using different recipes remained high.
The Campaign urges all Real Bread (and other) bakers to look at the salt level you are using in your loaves, and to lower it if you exceed the 1% of loaf weight target.
NB The 1% target is based on finished loaf weight, not dough weight or baker's percentage based on flour weight.
* As at February 2012, industrial loaves still appeared to be the largest source of dietary salt in the USA.
Unless you're making pane Toscano, you'll probably want to use at least some salt when baking bread.
We urge all bakers to reduce the amount of salt they use to meet the FSA's target. We also call for:
To help professional bakers reduce salt levels, in 2010 the FSA worked with the National Association of Master Bakers and Norfolk County Council to create an online salt calculator and guide to Reducing Salt in Bread.
We are trying to find out upon what level of hydration the calculation is based, but here's one example recipe of our own for a basic tin loaf of white Real Bread at 60% hydration:
580g stoneground white bread flour (baker's % = 100%)
350g water (60%)
9g fresh yeast (1.55%)
8g salt (1.38%)
= 947g total dough weight
Once baked and cooled, this should weigh 800g, or just over, and so will have 1% salt, or just under.
Things to bear in mind:
Perhaps the simplest guide is to start from the weight you know your loaves to be once cooled and work backwards to calculate 1% of that as the maximum amount of salt to use. So, if you are baking loaves of the old standard weights of 800g and 400g, you should be using no more than 8g or 4g of salt per loaf, respectively.
Campaign supporters have access to The Real Baker-e, an online forum for asking questions and sharing ideas and advice, for example on ways to reduce salt.
Here's an example recipe for a basic tin loaf of white Real Bread:
500g/ml stoneground white bread flour
300g/ml water
8g fresh (or 4g dried active - not instant/fast acting) yeast*
6g salt (a level 5ml teaspoon of salt should weigh around 5.5-6.5g)*
= total 814g
When baked, this loaf should weigh about 650g or just over, and so should have a salt content of 1% or less.
So, if you see a recipe based on 500g flour that asks for 2tsp, 10g or more salt - that is way too much!
* For more conversions, click here.
For factory loaves, wraps, crumpets etc. always read the label!
An aside from the health issues related to salt.
In salt rising bread the leavening agent (i.e. the thing that produces the gas that makes the dough rise) is a halophytic (salt-loving) bacterium, yeasts or chemicals such as baking powder.
Here is an abstract of a West Virginia Medical Journal article entitled Microbiology of salt rising bread by Juckett et al:
'Salt rising bread (SRB) is an Appalachian traditional bread made without yeast, using a starter derived from flour, milk and potatoes. The "rising agent" has been identified as Clostridium perfringens, not salt, and is presumably derived from the environment. Although no cases of illness have been attributed to SRB, C. perfringens type A is a common cause of food poisoning from meats and gravies. Other C. perfringens isolates may cause enteritis necroticans (pig-bel disease) and gas gangrene. Past research documents that pathogenic strains derived from wounds may be used to produce bread and that bacteria isolated from this bread retain their pathogenicity. SRB starter samples were cultured at the University of Pittsburgh and abundant C. perfringens, type A grew out of all samples. However none of the cultures were positive for enterotoxin and thus would be unlikely to cause human food borne disease. While this does not preclude the possibility of other starter mixes containing enteropathogenic strains, the baking process appears to reduce bacterial contamination to safe levels and SRB has not been implicated in causing any human disease.'
Salt: the facts - NHS
Salt and your health - CASH
Salt and Health - Scientific Advisory Committee on Nutrition
Many bakeries changed their recipes in the wake of these news stories, but some of the information is still of interest.
The Daily Telegraph - 30 October 2008
Warburtons bread 'has highest salt content'
BBC - 1 March 2007
Warning over bread salt content
The Daily Mail - 1 March 2007
Salty bread 'is putting 7,000 lives a year at risk'
The Daily Telegraph - 1 March 2007
Some bread still has too much salt, finds study
British Medical Journal - 18 May 1996
Salt - overwhelming evidence but still no action: can a consensus be reached with the food industry?


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Your eyebrows are one of your most important assets as they structure and proportion your face and are the framework around your eyes. Your eyebrows can instantly lift your features and take years off you.
Now lets talk about your lashes! We offer a range of bespoke lash treatments to suit individual needs. By far the most popular now is the LVL Eyelash Lifting which gives you fuller, longer looking lashes without the use (and maintenance!) of lash extensions.
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PLEASE NOTE: A patch test is required at least 24 hours before you have the treatment. Please pop in to the salon at any time for this.
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Add Emojis to your Wunderlist
Emoji, emoji on the wall, who's the of them all? Is it or maybe ...mmm, chocolate... One thing's for sure, using emojis in our lists makes getting stuff done, more fun. We're super to announce that when you put an emoji in front of your list name, it will now become your list's icon! What'll have you , is that it's available right now on Wunderlist for iPhone, iPad, Mac, Android, Windows 7, Chrome, and the Web.
How to emojify your Wunderlist
It's a piece of (nom, nom, nom). When you create or rename a list, just type your emoji first, add a space, and then continue typing your list title.
Instead of seeing the standard list icon, your emoji of choice will take it's place. Whether it's your Movies to Watch, Travel list or Household To-dos, Wunderlist's new emoji icons help make your lists easier to read and more personal. Oh, and if you're wondering how to bring up the emoji keyboard on your computer - just type control+command+space bar on Mac, and on Windows 10, click or tap the Touch Keyboard icon, then the icon.
Pro Tip: As they say, an emoji is worth words. When you're collaborating with shared lists, keep the conversation going by using emojis in your Comments.
So what lists will you be giving the emoji treatment? Snap a screenshot of your Homeview and tweet us @Wunderlist, post it on our Facebook page or tag us on Instagram - @Wunderlist, or simply post it in comments below, we'd love to see what you come up with! Here's some of our favorites below…


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China's Xi to visit PH before end 2018 – Palace
China's President Xi Jinping will visit the Philippines before the end of 2018, making it his first trip to Manila under the administration of President Rodrigo Duterte, Malacañang confirmed on Tuesday.
"There is an impending visit after the Apec in Papua New Guinea. After Apec in November," Presidential Spokesperson Harry Roque said in a Palace briefing.
Xi is expected to attend the regional economic forum in Papua New Guinea mid-November.
Duterte has visited China thrice as President after his administration has sought warmer ties with Beijing despite our maritime dispute at the West Philippine Sea.
Roque said the visit of Xi to the Philippines has long been planned.
"Matagal na talagang pinaplano kasi hindi pa nakakarating si President Xi as President, although parang nakarating na siya dito. He was mentioning nakarating na siya once in connection with Asean ata or Apec but not on a one-on-one visit, so he was really looking forward to visiting the Philippines," he said.
"And I remember in China, the President even invited him not only just to come to the Philippines but to come to his house and have dinner in his house in Davao," he added. /muf
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Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts
The museum was founded in 1912 by professor of Moscow University Tsvetayev and was supported by private donations. Its building was constructed in 1895–1912 and was first known as Alexander III's museum.
It is the largest museum in Russia after the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg. It has a fine collection of Western European Art. Ancient Greece and Rome are also well represented though mostly by copies. The pride of the museum is the collection of ancient Egyptian art collected by Golenishev, as well as famous Fayoum Portraits of the 1st–4th centuries A.D.
One of the most significant and valuable sectors of the museum's collection is that of the Western European art of the 17–18th centuries. The leading Italian, Spanish, Flemish, Dutch and French schools are widely represented in the museum.
The collection of French art of the 18–20th centuries is fully represented and illustrates different schools and trends such as "barbison" school, impressionism, postimpressionism, cubism and so on.


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AVAILABLE IN STORE ONLY. The Wren 2 wheelchair from Karma Mobility is a high quality, lightweight, aluminium chair that can be adjusted for comfort or performance and is reasonably priced.
The Wren 2 is easy to manoeuvre for a user or an attendant and benefits from features such as progressive slowing brakes when faced with hills or slopes. Additional features of this wheelchair include flip back armrests for easy side transfer, adjustable castor angle and micro cellular, quick release rear wheels. The seat to ground height is adjustable from 19″ down to 16.5″ on the self-propel model, the lowest seat to ground height allows the user to propel the wheelchair with their feet (subject to suitability).
Available in Transit and Self Propel models with three seat widths available.
Width: 68cm
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Seat Width: 20" (50cm)
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oes it matter if Dave's family were good for a few quid, or that Ed's dad was a prominent academic, or that Nick didn't go to the comprehensive down the road? As far as many on the right are concerned, it really doesn't – and if it does, you must be one of those envious losers who hate success. But there are many on the left who don't think background matters that much either. Tony Benn (formerly known as Viscount Stansgate) didn't think his privileged upbringing was any impediment to his role as a leading socialist.
It's a persuasive argument: it's not where you're coming from in life that counts, but where you're going and whose side you're on. But you won't hear many people from poor backgrounds in politics, or public life generally, who will agree. They know better. Because where you come from certainly does matter.
Sayeeda Warsi, following her resignation as a government minister, hit back at David Cameron's inner circle after their whispering campaign suggesting she wasn't up to the job. "I don't hold [against them] the fact that they haven't had the breadth of experience that some of us who didn't go to public school have had," she said. She reminded them that, as a working-class woman, she had been hearing similar comments all her life. Well, tell me about it – and they are not always whispers either.
Yet Lady Warsi's concern that the narrow social base at the top of the Conservative party was electorally damaging didn't necessarily help. That kind of talk suggests it's all about the swings and votes. We keep being told that we need a House of Commons that looks like Britain and accurately represents the whole country. Indeed we do. But there's another and equally pressing reason why we need more working-class voices in parliament, and it's particularly relevant to the Labour party.
There are many men, whites and straights in our society who are disgusted by sexist, racist and homophobic abuse and passionately want to see it ended. But no matter how profoundly they experience that disgust, it will never be in the same way as those who have felt it across their own backs. When you have lived through prejudice and its consequences, it gives your response a personal edge that marks you out from those who haven't.
And what is true of gender, ethnicity and sexuality is also true of class. All over Britain, there are communities and individuals who have had their lives blighted or even destroyed by economic forces over which they feel they have no control. There's a lot of anger and despair around, much of it nihilistic and self-destructive and for which there is no political outlet.
The traditional vehicle for the angry working class in this country is the Labour party. In 1948, Aneurin Bevan famously called the Tories "lower than vermin". Today, he would be forced to apologise, but such venom was rooted in his own experience and that of the community from which he came. He didn't "give a voice" to others' anger but to his own, which he shared with the people he represented – and that will always be powerful and effective.
Now that this demographic has been progressively stripped out of the Labour party, it's not surprising we are left with too many nice people with their artfully phrased "offers" to the voters. Niceness is all very well, of course, but no one's going to the barricades for it. Margaret Thatcher didn't do nice and her supporters lapped it up. But then Thatcher, like Bevan, came from a social background where straight talking was the way.
Being working class is, of course, no guarantee that a politician won't bend in the wind or wilt in the sun. It's not even a guarantee that they will support the rights and interests of their own people. Plenty of idealistic working-class men and women have made their way into the political establishment and decided that it suits them after all and they're running with it. But at least they have backgrounds, experiences and relationships with their own voters to betray in the first place. The problem with too many members of our political class today is that they don't. And that means politics is rooted in thinktanks, lobbyists and focus groups and not in the lived experience of the people it's actually meant to be about.
Dreda Say Mitchell is a crime novelist and education consultant


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Remember the 80's? All that bold colour and graphic pattern not to mention the shoulder pads, flicked hair and Duran Duran – or was that just me?! This design is a little salute to Missoni and their trademark colourful chevron knits and here's one of my hilarious 'fashion drawings' that shows where the idea began – note the Nick Rhodes hairdo . My sketches are designed to get the idea 'down' rather than be a work of fine art and you can tell from it that I did textiles.
Knitted ( by my very good friend June )in Noro Kureyon sock yarn it's worked from cuff to cuff in a combination of rounds and rows with columns of vertical lace holes travelling across the back whilst the deflected stitches create a zig zag effect at both cast on and cast off edges. The stripes are knitted by alternating two balls of the same shade of the Noro, each at diifferent points in the colourway, in order to make the stripe effect more obvious and I've emphasised these edges with Debbie Bliss Rialto 4ply. Once the main body of the shrug is complete and all the ends have been sewn in, use a scrap of contrast yarn to sew a line of running stitch along the sleeve edge in order to mark where to pick up for the cuff
the pointed edges can then be 'set' by pinning in place and blasting with a steam iron a few times before allowing them to cool
Once cool the stitches can be picked up for the cuff which is worked in the Rialto 4ply to pick up the contrast of the cast / cast off edge. . .
A very shallow rib is added to the opening neck edge to finish off which was flattened with a blast of steam to take the elasticity out of it.


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Rustic Loom
This listing is for pillow cover only, we sell inserts separately here
Gold Maize Thin Stripe Lumbar Toss Pillow
Regular price $ 72.00
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Gold Maize Thin Stripe Lumbar Toss Pillow
Perfect for boho home decor!
Measures 12 x 24" (approx)
This listing is for pillow cover only, we sell inserts separately here
Color: Gold, Yellow, Natural White
Machine wash cold
Gold Maize Thin Stripe Pillow
This pillow cover is sourced from a nonprofit organization in India who employs disadvantaged women to sew items, and works with traditional ikat weavers who hand weave cloth.
Ikat fabric is a laborious and intricate craft whereby artisans tie and dye warp (yarns on a loom) threads to create the pattern, then weave fabric by hand on the loom.
By buying this product you are supporting sustainable, ethically sourced products! Amazingly soft fabric, great hand feel, and beautiful in your home.
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Undrafted rookie free agent Lane Taylor is one of three players on the Green Bay Packers' roster that plays guard only. Unfortunately for him, the other two are entrenched starters T.J. Lang and Pro Bowler Josh Sitton. Lane's primary competition for a backup role on the Packers will come from two players with more experience and versatility: second-year guard/tackle Don Barclay and second-year guard/center Greg Van Roten.
The former Oklahoma State Cowboy brings great size to the guard position. As a candidate for a backup role, his lack of versatility does not bode well for his chances to unseat the veterans ahead of him — the Packers historically ask their backup offensive linemen to fill in at more than one position.
What does help Taylor's chances is their planned re-commitment to the run game. With the newly-stocked backfield, the Packers figure to need a road grader or two to help get the tough yards. Size and strength are his forte, mobility is not. Taylor can excel in small spaces, but may struggle with stunts and blitz pickups. If he can prove his worth as a big body that can move defenders and adequately defend Aaron Rodgers, he will find a role.
Lane Taylor fast facts:
Age: 23
Size: 6-foot-3, 324 pounds
College: Oklahoma State
Jersey: No. 65
Twitter: @lanetaylor65
Bio: Taylor played in 50 games during his career with 47 starts. He earned first-team All-Big 12 honors as a senior from both the league's coaches and media. He started 24 games at right guard over his final two seasons and did not allow a sack over that span. Taylor also earned honorable mention All-Big 12 recognition as a junior.
Chances of making the Packers roster: Low — The Packers seem to like their backup guards, but Taylor is the heaviest of Green Bay's offensive linemen. If he can be the run specialist, he could carve out a niche.
Practice squad eligible: Yes.
Julian Rogers is an NFL writer for RantSports.com. Follow him on Twitter (@mrturophile), or connect with him on Facebook and Google.


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Image by trondmyhre4 from Pixabay
This is a Crooked Creek Conservancy Society of Athabasca checklist of the 55 local species.
Don Pattie and Chris Fisher, Mammals of Alberta Edmonton: Lone Pine, 1999
Olaus Murie, A Field Guide to Animal Tracks. Boston: Houghton Mifflin and Company. 1974
Ian Sheldon and Tamara Eder, Animal Tracks of Alberta. Edmonton: Lone Pine Publishing, 2001
Hugh C. Smith, Alberta Mammals: An Atlas and Guide (Edmonton, The Provincial Museum of Alberta, 1993) This indispensible reference book is out of print but available in libraries and at Amazon.ca.


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Meet Ample Media's new Social Media Manager.
Natasha obtained a BA in Communication Science via UNISA in 2013, whilst working for a small publishing company. Her passion for writing, specifically in the digital realm, led to her work as a freelance copywriter, which she still does successfully to do this day.
Her growing fascination with the world of social media and digital marketing prompted her to complete a Social Media Application and Best Practice course with the Red and Yellow School in 2014. Natasha put this knowledge to good use by offering social media management as another of her freelance services, whilst garnering numerous clients, including a popular pharmaceutical company.
Today Natasha works at Ample Media as a social media manager. She assists Roné with the managing of clients' social pages, creating and scheduling of content, and design work.


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Vladimir Putin: Time Magazine's #1 most influential person in 2015, has shown a remarkable talent throughout his early life and political career for 'getting the job done'. His authoritatively democratic regime has carried out policies that provides a new lease of life to traditional Russian values (such as Russian Orthodox Christianity) which has seen his popularity continue to soar to 82% over the past 16 years.
After graduating with a degree in Law from St Petersburg State University in 1975, Putin joined the KGB in the German Democratic Republic (DDR), where he rapidly climbed to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. This, combined with a passion for martial arts from a young age, is likely to have moulded him into the hardened militaristic leader that we see on the global stage today, portraying the Russian leadership as morally and militarily superior to the West.
Following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Putin began his political career as an advisor to his former university tutor and then Mayor of St Petersburg, Anatoly Sobchak, where he served as Head of the Committee for External Relations specialising in international relations and trade investments. However, following the mayor's failed election attempt in 1996, Putin was appointed as President Yeltsin's Deputy Chief of Staff. By 1999, he had impressed Yeltsin to the extent that he was made one of Russia's three Deputy Prime Ministers with responsibility for the government of the Russian Federation. His remarkably rapid climb from Mayor's aide in 1996 to Prime Minister by 1999 gives a clear psychological insight into the determination and ambition of Putin that has attracted vast admiration from the Russian people indicated by his cult-like following of young, committed supporters and range of products and commercial advertising using Putin's image as a selling point.
Mr Putin's first term as President from 2000 until 2008 was characterised by his tireless effort to turn the Russian economy around. Increasing GDP per capita from US$1,771 in 2000, to US$11,699 by 2008 showed the Putin administration to be economically responsible, but this economic prosperity was largely resource dependent and thus was reliant upon stable global commodity prices. After taking a backseat from the Presidency between 2008 and 2012, Putin once again took office, this time his administration prioritised security and defence policy. Putin's wars have brought about a renewed sense of Russian superiority and a renewed opposition to US hegemony (but not necessarily a call for Russian hegemony). Actions in Syria and the Ukraine have surprised NATO commanders due to the rapid expansion and technological advancement of Russian forces over recent years and their successes against both Assad's enemies (including Daesh and the Kurds) and Ukrainian forces during the annexation of Crimea. The conclusion of the Syrian civil war along with the future of President Bashar Al-Assad (whatever it may be) and the demise of Daesh will inevitably be determined by Putin, making him one of, if not, the most significant figures in International Relations.
Putin sees himself as the personification of the Russian Federation: all-powerful, firm, virtuous, and a permanent leading influence in global affairs. Although he shows little desire for returning Russia to its former Soviet-self, he represents a continuing opposition to the status quo of international affairs which is currently shaped by a weakening US hegemon. The West's failure to address conflicts in Syria and the Ukraine means that we are likely to see more nations look towards Moscow and Putin for leadership and direction instead of Washington and Brussels. Putin is evidently ambitious, and this combined with an upcoming General Election in 2018, means that he is set to remain firmly in the throne of the Kremlin for quite some time to come.


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TURKU, FINLAND — I have gone to the four corners of the Earth to drive electric cars, so it's not surprising that I find myself in far-off Finland this week. In the pine forests (it looks like Michigan) is nestled a sleeper of a company called Valmet Automotive that, in addition to assembling high-end Porsches, also produces a tiny electric car called the Think City. And it will soon be on American roads.
The two-seat Think City is a cheerful little slice of eco-friendly Scandinavian design, with fully recyclable plastic body panels and a Zebra battery pack (EnerDel for the American market). Finnish-made cars will arrive in the U.S. by the end of the year, but Think has signed a deal to build Citys in economically challenged Elkhart, Ind. (once the "RV Capital of the World"). With incentives, you'll be able to buy a City for about $30,000, and you can make that $25,000 if you live in California.
You don't want to see sausage made, but it's fine to see Think Citys on the assembly line. Fitting the Finnish temperament, the process is slow, exacting and completely non-mechanized. The only robot in sight was installing windshields in the Porsche Boxsters and Caymans. The lab-coated workers were putting the cars together with hand tools, then testing every component.
CEO Richard Canny said he will roll out an all-new Think City in 2012, but it won't be moving upscale. Think is concentrating on the same urban audience that is the target of BMW's Project i. The car is highly maneuverable and operates for 2 cents a mile.
I was able to pilot the Think City around the port city of Turku, and aside from a minor brake problem (a fuse popped), it felt fully ready for the market. A car I drove in Detroit had heavy steering but that has been addressed with nicely balanced power steering that will be in all U.S. market cars (they also get slightly elevated power and 70-75 mph cruising on the highway).
You can now buy the Think City in the car's home country of Norway (still the best market, because of really great incentives there), Austria, Holland, Spain and Switzerland. It's also coming to France and Belgium. Think technology is also in a neat program in Japan, installed in Mazda2s that fast-charge at a local grocery chain.
This is not the first go-round for the Think City, by the way. The company was owned by Ford from 1999 to 2003. When Ford bailed out, it planned to crush the orphaned Citys, but the automaker was spared a Who Killed the Electric Car? scenario because Greenpeace picketed Ford headquarters in Oslo. Instead, the Citys were rescued and sold as used cars on the Norwegian market. Some of them are still on the road, too.


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Modern interior paint colors reflect current trends in decorating and fashion. Stylish wallpaper patterns, interior paint colors, decorative fabrics and home accessories in light purple color make modern interior design feel cool and intimate, tender and attractive.
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How To Train Your Church Story Group
Among my acquaintances, friends and interwebz connections, I believe I've spotted a trend: More people are getting discouraged about promoting the reading, writing, and publishing of Christ-influenced fantastical fiction. I've recommended one way to fix this: We can't skip over Jesus's appointment of His institutional Church of churches to get His mission done — as if we need only individuals and the internet for the calling/ministry of fantastical stories.
Also, yes, many local churches are terrible, not because they're too focused on their mission but because they confuse made-up stuff with God's mission.1
Now — after some delay — it's finally time to deliver on what I promised before:
Geeky fans sometimes do find a place in a local church and can begin to share the stories they love. It happened to me, anyway, and I hope to share some of my own story.
Intro: my local church
From spring 2007 to November 2013, I was an attender and then a member of Providence Community Church in Lexington, Ky.2 As a church "wanderer" before then (because reasons), I was finally able see a biblical local church born and grow and start maturing as a vibrant body.
Providence was (and is) a great option for a church home. Its teaching pastors3 explore Scripture book-by-book and verse-by-verse. They teach the biblical Gospel without moralism and without basing the "sermons" on joyless-cautionary or fluffy-inspirational anecdotes. As for the people, they are friendly and diverse in backgrounds and ages. You get the small families and large families, older empty-nesters and younger college students, and hardcore Southern Baptist Reformed theologian types and folks who care little about the "isms" and prefer reading other things.
Turns out there was plenty of place for me there: someone who enjoys studying the "isms" and semi-thick theology books, but also loves to explore and share fantastical fiction.
Both enjoyments can glorify God, though in a church you'd think theology books would get more traction. However, I was convinced that if fantastical fiction is a gift that a redeemed saint can use to worship Him, then why not worship Him together using such a gift? Was there any way to do that? I started thinking about a "new" kind of church activity …
SpecFaith goes live
Some years before Providence, my family and I attended another church: Tates Creek Presbyterian, also in Lexington. This was during the Lord of the Rings films' theatrical releases. And two folks at that church4 were hosting a groundbreaking (for me) study about a book other than the Bible: the actual The Lord of the Rings by the actual J.R.R. Tolkien.
The class was amazing. I remember learning so much about Tolkien along with a more-diverse class than most Sunday schools: older folks right down to middle-school kids.
Surely those fond memories inspired me to try the same at Providence. But I hadn't done anything like this before — something you'd think a fantastical fan would not be intimidated to try.5
Yet try we did. We started with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, following the same homemade syllabus you can still find right here at SpecFaith. Next we moved to The Hobbit, timed quite well for the first film's release date. That summer we shifted to movies, starting with the original Star Wars trilogy and then also watching and discussing The Princess Bride, WALL-E, and one of my favorites, the underappreciated The Spiderwick Chronicles.
How to train your story group
Here's how we organized the church story groups.
- We met weekly or once every two weeks at the church. For the reading groups we met on Saturday afternoons. The final movie groups were on Sunday afternoons.
- We encouraged participants to read book chapters in advance.
- We also read chapters — or chapter selections — aloud during the reading group.
- Fun voices are optional. Acting your character is encouraged. Trade narrators often.
- Celebrity impersonations: mandatory (at least for myself, such as constantly calling dibs on the role of Aslan as he could have been portrayed by Sir Patrick Stewart).
- Don't be awkward. No aw-shucks or nervousness! If you love these stories and know that you can use this love to help worship God with others, then show it. Even "fake" that confidence until it becomes real. And suddenly you realize you've leveled up.
- Prepare in advance. No I'm-just-a-nerd nervousness! If you love these stories and know you can use this love to worship God with others, then show it. Even "fake" the confidence until it becomes real. Suddenly you've leveled up as a Christian and a fan.
I'm no longer a member of Providence, only because in late 2013 my wife and I moved to Austin, Texas. One of these days I'll try to start another church story group — or find new ways to encourage others to attempt starting story groups in their local churches.
Maybe then we can encourage Christians to see fantastical stories in a biblical light. Maybe then we can view them just as joyfully-seriously as we should view other gifts of God.
And maybe then — much further down the road, and further than we would have liked — we can also build up more desire among Christians for stories that beautifully and truthfully explore the fantastical wonders of God, realistic people, and amazing worlds.
Would story groups work in your church?
- If you struggle in a church that is unbiblical or ungracious, I would like to pray for you, maybe even in the comments. ↩
- Let's name names, getting real specific and incarnational — not just "my church," in that vague sort-of-anonymous-internet way, but with skin and proper nouns. ↩
- Biblical churches should best have more than one pastor. The role is also called a "shepherd" or "elder" in the New Testament texts. ↩
- A brainy organist and a friendly English teacher. I wish I could recall their names. ↩
- I also had limited experience leading groups or teaching classes. ↩
I'm going to share this link with my pastor and perhaps a few others.
I'm not sure I'm ready to lead — or the church has enough interest for — a group like this. However, after reading Kerry Nietz's post about a friend's copy of his book being thrown away, I was reminded of fellow Christians' doubts about fantastical tales in general and my stories in particular. Even my mother, who is one of my biggest fans (of course 😉 ), has doubts. After all, doesn't a dragon symbolize the devil in Revelation? And ghost hunters — doesn't researching and writing about them invite demonic spirits?
But God is greater than those fears. I don't want to miss the adventure through the forest merely because someone else is afraid of the shadows under the trees.
I would love to do something like this. It seems like being an introverted Christian geek is a recipe for cultural isolation precisely because my primary interests of books, movies, games and writing are things that are not shared by anyone else I know on a personal/real-life level.
I go to a mega-church (Harvest Christian Fellowship in So Cal) so, at least from a statistical standpoint, I know I can't possibly be the only one who's oriented as I am, but the mega-church brings a great deal of challenges all it's own. We have no shortage of space or resources but starting a group or getting permission to do something like this isn't as simple as calling the head pastor.
My original idea several months ago was actually to start a writing group, but this seems like something that may be more feasible. I suppose my biggest hang-up with it at the moment is that I don't feel like I'm ready or qualified to lead something like this, even if it's only 5 people. In addition, while I love to read and explore stories, I don't know that I'd be able to come up with a syllabus that wasn't terrible.
I don't know. It would be awesome, but I'm not convinced of my qualifications or (frankly) motivations.
Introverted geek Christian is a very rough combination. Any two is bad enough on its own (though I'm not sure if there is 'extroverted geek Christian'), but I second Ty.
My church (attendance 120ish) has been between pastors for over a year and a half, so that presents its own problems, but I am so tired of the only things in the church bulletin being youth events and marriage-support things.
"Mawwidge. Mawwidge is what we all muwst desire most fewewentwee."
I'm with Ty. I am blessed with a very "geeky" church, we have Trekkies, Whovians, comic nerds, Ringers, Narnians, Disneyites, and probably more, but I could imagine under the right leadership, something like this could be great.
About the closest thing that my congregation has ever put on is an anual "Sportsman's Banquet" for hunting enthusiasts. One big difference is that inviting non-Christian family members and friends to come and hear the gospel from a guest speaker is a huge part of it. I don't think my church would ever consider an event without outreach and evangelism, and the gospel would have to be explicitly presented.
I guess I'll go ahead and ask — how did you work out talking to the leadership and getting approval?
Maybe I should email my pastor with a link to this post. I want to own my words and attitudes wherever I express them, even when I'm not proud of them. But pastors probably get lots of casual complaints disguised as small talk from people wanting things to be run differently.
It would be so much easier just to do something like this informally with your Christian friends, if you have any. But part of the benefit of church as a formal institution is that you don't have to go through the burden of making friends in order to be part of something.


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From The Best of Mayberry: The Best of the Best, Home Economists Tested Recipes. From Aunt Bee's Mayberry Cookbook. From Aunt Bee's Delightful Desserts.
Archive for July 3rd, 2012
Recipes from the collection in honor of Andy Griffith.
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Remembering Andy Griffith: The Lost Colony Loses its Sir Walter and Mayberry, its Sheriff
Posted in From the Stacks, History, Just A Bite, On This Day, Tar Heelia, Tar Talk on July 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Former UNC President William C. Friday is confirming that Andy Griffith died this morning at his home in Dare County. The Mount Airy native was 86. Griffith's rise to stardom began at UNC, where he appeared in several Carolina Playmakers productions, including Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado. Griffith also played Sir Walter Raleigh in The […]
Need a menu plan for your July 4th barbecue?
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From High Hampton Hospitality. From Soup to Nuts: a Cook Book of Recipes Contributed by Housewives and Husbands of Alamance County and Other Sections of State and Country. From Good Eatin' from Duke Memorial United Methodist Church, Durham, North Carolina. From Favorite Recipes. From Kitchen Kapers. From High Hampton Hospitality. From Columbus County Cookbook II. […]
Can You Identify This Yearbook Photo?
Posted in DigitalNC, Tar Heelia on July 3, 2012 | 1 Comment »
It's time for another round of "Can You Identify This Notable North Carolinian from their Yearbook Photo?" I've got just one photo this time. If you think you know who it is, post your answer in the comments. Also, if you know where I could get a pair of glasses like those, put that in […]
'White residents know little about 1898 coup'
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged n + 1 magazine, occupy wilmington, peter c baker, wilmington 1898 on July 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
"My impression after living in Wilmington for 16 months is that a significant proportion of white residents know little about the 1898 coup, let alone its deep connection to the current character of the city. "At [an Occupy Wilmington meeting] the week before the encampment was supposed to start, someone raised the possibility of using […]


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Ahhh summer. Time to explore the city by foot, to eat outside as often as you can, and to experiment with this season's trending apparel (rompers get a pass, but I'll skip the crop tops thank you). Adult onesies aside, summertime is just plain good for the soul – And theres nothing better than finding yourself in the middle of a perfect summer moment while suddenly being filled with gratitude for it.
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Free ~ July 2015 Desktop Calendar
Well friends, we're officially half way through 2015 – Time flies! And to be honest, I usually have mixed feelings about this, come the 1st of July. On the one hand, summer has finally arrived, and in Canada we usually spend the better part of January – April in serious anticipation of these warmer days. Yet we also come to the realization that a new year is approaching, and we only have the two to three months ahead to fulfill a years worth of summer-time resolutions.
We've been a little aggressive with our weekend/holiday planning this year, and despite feeling like we're always on-the-go, I don't think I'll regret it one bit. So, with July's Free Calendar, I'm also sharing our summer bucket list below!
The Rather Luvly Bucket List of Summer 2015!
- Go camping at Sandbanks Provincial Park
- Pet the manta rays at Ripley's Aquarium
- Buy peonies at the Toronto Flower Market
- Attend the Gatsby Garden Party at the Spadina Museum
- Celebrate Canada Day with Beaver Tails in the Capital
- While away the hours In The Country with family & friends
Tropical Style
Ahh… the pineapple! This lovely fruit is enjoyed fresh, cooked, juiced, and preserved all over the world. And of particular importance over the summer months, we have the pineapple to thank for the piña colada!
Fun Fact: The pineapple is a "true fruit" made up of lots of little "multiple fruits" (aka. coalesced berries). Basically each pineapple grows from a cluster of fruiting flowers which fuse together into singular pineapple! Who knew?
So, besides being delicious (and botanically fascinating), this funky fruit also adds a tropical twist to your summer wear. Here are my favorite Pineapple Picks for some rather luvly pool-side lounging. Cheers!
Blooms in the City
If you've managed to make it this far in the season without buying a single bouquet of fresh blooms, I invite you to visit the Toronto Flower Market and try to resist. I guarantee it will be nearly impossible not to covet a lovely bunch (or two, or three) before you leave!
Toronto Flower Market 2015
Summer is in full swing and that means gorgeous gatherings of flowers are absolutely everywhere! From patio boxes, to store-bought bouquets, the options are endless and the hues are just heavenly. If, like me, you take the beloved idiom "stop and smell the roses" to heart, you're going to want to check out this years' Toronto Flower Market, where growers and florists gather to bring you the best blooms of the season.
The Flower Market is open once a month – since May and until October – so you can get your fill of fresh Ontario flora. I fully encourage buying flowers for no particular reason other than they will undoubtably make you happy every time you look at them. For this reason they also make a wonderful gift – just because.
If you'd like to follow the local flower frenzy, you can find the #TorontoFlowerMarket on Facebook, Instagram & Twitter. Read more below to see info about location, dates, and times.
Free ~ June 2015 Desktop Calendar
Today is hot and sunny, and I couldn't be more thrilled! People about-town are sporting their shorts and flipflops, sunhats and shades. I am sooo ready to feel the sun, sit on the patios and drink the fruit cocktails!
This months water colour themed calendar is inspired the sunniest fruit there is – the pineapple! And simply because I'm celebrating summer (and digging the pineapple trend), I'm sharing a bonus wallpaper!
Sending tropical vibes you way,
Free ~ May 2015 Desktop Calendar
We are days away from the month of May, and a 3rd of the way through 2015 which seems unreal. We're beginning to revisit the patios, rediscover picnics, and frankly remember what sunshine feels like! The Springtime is also a great time to travel, when off-season prices are still in effect and the heatwaves of summer are still at bay.
This time last year my husband, Mano and I took a two week vacation to France, starting in Paris and ending in Provence. So, not only is this month's calendar Francophile inspired, but our posts for the month of May will be as well! Quelle joie!
Free ~ April 2015 Desktop Calendar
We're already a week into April (and a quarter into 2015 – yikes), but I really wanted to offer you a free downloadable desktop calendar for this month! Expect a new watercolor themed calendar every month for the rest of the year.
Click on the calendar image to open it in a new window. Simply save the image and use to personalize your desktop. Enjoy!


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Answer: A lot of scarves.
Anna Maria Horner's Figure 8 scarves for Christmas gifties.
The result is a super silky scarf. I used voile on both sides so it is not particularly warm and snuggly -more a fashion scarf. That works well because most of my recipients live in the tropics where it is always nice and warm. Great for them (sarcasm).
This is what it looks like wearing one scarf:
This is what it looks like wearing 16 scarves:
What a neck workout!
This pattern gave me lots of practice on my hand stitching. I think it is improving.
All the fabrics are little folks voile. I bought 4 yards each of the magenta and orange and two yards of each of the four prints. I modified the pattern a bit cutting the fabric 12" wide instead of 18" based on some feedback by other crafters who had made them.
Linking up with Fabric Tuesdays. Normally I would link up with WIP Wednesdays too but I don't have any WIPs from the last week that I can photograph.