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The new logo follows the same style, and has the same golden flare as the new Hotmail logo (still #NoHotmailYet for me).
There is no saying as to when we will see this new logo on the actual service. Perhaps when Windows Live Essentials W4 comes out of beta?


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Pulling my hair out here. Just finished a TBI swap in my 86 K20. ECM is wired to 12v constant, and 12v on key/crank. Engine will crank, injectors pulse, distributor sparks, but will not fire. Doesn't even try. No spit, no sputter, just cranks. Advancing and retarding the distributor a few degrees changes nothing. If I hold my foot to the floor while cranking, it will sputter a bit and occasionally backfire through the TB and at least try to start. Seems like dist is 180° out, but I've checked four times, and I'm reasonably certain I'm on the money.
For sake of argument, this is how I checked for TDC/distributor position: Pulled plug #1 (drivers side front), finger over the hole, bumped starter until compression was felt, crawled under truck and rotated flexplate until timing mark and balancer were aligned at 0°. Rotor on distributor was pointing at cyl #1. Rotated dist until rotor was aligned with plug #1 on dist cap. Harness and coil inputs are facing the firewall, slightly towards the driver's side. Reinstalled cap and double checked plug wire routing.
One thing I'm not certain on; the HEI dist had one pink wire providing 12v to the coil. I used that wire to power the TBI coil. However, on the modular plug for the coil, there is a pink wire and a white wire. My understanding is the white wire is only used for a tach signal and is not needed for anything else. Am I correct?
Really frustrated. Hoping someone has some insight.


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|Gustave Ferbert
|File:Gustave Ferbert.jpg
|Biographical details
|July 22, 1873
Cleveland, Ohio
|January 15, 1943 (aged 69)
Cleveland, Ohio
|Playing career
|Halfback, end
|Coaching career (HC unless noted)
|Head coaching record
College Football Data Warehouse
|Accomplishments and honors
1 Western Conference (1898)
Gustave Herman Ferbert (July 22, 1873 – January 15, 1943), nicknamed "Dutch,"[1] was first a player (1893–1896) and then the head coach (1897–1899) for the University of Michigan American football team. In 1898, his Michigan team went 10–0 and won the first Western Conference (now known as the Big Ten Conference) championship in the school's history. He left the University of Michigan in 1900 and spent nine years prospecting for gold in Alaska, finally striking it rich off claims he discovered in 1908 and 1909.
Early lifeEdit
Ferbert was born in 1873 to John C. Ferbert and Caroline Stlbbinger at Cleveland, Ohio.[2]
University of Michigan football playerEdit
Ferbert played quarterback and right halfback for the University of Michigan from 1893 to 1896.[1] During the four years Ferbert played, the Michigan team compiled an overall record of 33–4–1. In his senior year, 1896, the team went 9–1, winning its first nine games by a combined score of 256 to 4. In a 20–0 victory over Minnesota, Ferbert scored two touchdowns. However, the team lost the final game of the season to the University of Chicago, 7–6, in a game played indoors at the Chicago Coliseum. The newspapers reported that Pingree was the "whole thing" for Michigan in the first half, though Ferbert took his place in the second half and was "equally effective."[3] The game was played in front of 15,000 enthusiasts in the same building in which William Jennings Bryan had been nominated for the presidency just five months earlier, and the game was "one of the most desperately contested games ever played Chicago."[3] Neither team resorted to trick plays, "both relying on straight, hard foot ball."[3] Toward the end of the second half, it got very dark, and "the spectators were treated to a novelty in the shape of foot ball by electric light."[3]
In December 1896, Febert was unanimously selected as the captain of Michigan's 1897 football team. one newspaper reported on the selection as follows:
"'Dutchy,' as Ferbert is almost universally called by his college fellows, has been as popular as any man who ever played on one of Michigan's teams, and his election meets the favor of every one. Ferbert began his career as a football player in the Ann Arbor high school team ... He began playing on the varsity in '93 at end, but in the Purdue game of that year, on account of an injury to one of the regular backs, Ferbert was put in back of the line, and no one has been able to run him out of his position. During a majority of the time he has played on the team he has acted as field captain, and his splendid judgment has been largely instrumental in Michigan's success on the gridiron."[4]
University of Michigan football coachEdit
After his graduation, Ferbert was named as Michigan's head football coach at age 22.[1]
The 1897 season and the first Ohio State gameEdit
In 1897, Ferbert's team was 6–1–1 and finished third in the Western Conference. Ferbert's team played to a scoreless tie against an Ohio Wesleyan team coached by Fielding H. Yost.[1]
Ferbert was Michigan's head coach in the first match in The Michigan-Ohio State Game. On October 16, 1897, the teams met at Regents Field in Ann Arbor, where Michigan won, 34–0. The Michigan Daily reported: "Michigan had no trouble in defeating the Ohio State University representatives in Saturday's game. Two halves of 20 and 15 minutes respectively were played and the score was 34-0." [5] All the scoring took place in the first half, and the score would have been much worse if Ferbert had wanted to run up a higher score.[6]
"Champions of the West" in 1898Edit
The 1898 Wolverines went 10–0 and won the Western Conference (now known as the Big Ten Conference) championship. The first great Michigan football team, the 1898 group outscored its opponents 205 to 26.[7] In the first meeting with what would become Michigan State, Michigan prevailed 39–0, and they also shut out Notre Dame, 23–0. The team finished the season traveling to Chicago for a final game against Amos Alonzo Stagg's University of Chicago team on November 24, 1898. Led by All-American center, William Cunningham, Michigan came out on top, 12–11, for its first Western Conference championship.
A newspaper account described Michigan's victory this way: "The western football championship goes to Michigan. On a field that was simply perfect for fast football, and before a crowd of 12,000 the maroons of Chicago went down before the maize and blue of Michigan today by a score of 12 to 11. . . . The Michigan line, in which big holes were torn by the light Northwestern team, was simply impregnable today, with the exception of about ten minutes in the second half, when the Chicago men pushed their opponents aside with an apparent ease."[8]
Another article noted: "Michigan, with the exception of one or two double passes, relied almost altogether on straight football, line bucking and runs around the end. Chicago, on the contrary, used trick plays throughout but the team work was of a high order, as shown by both teams."[9]
During Ferbert's three-year tenure as Michigan's head football coach, his teams were 24–3–1, a winning percentage of .875. From 1898 to 1899, his Michigan teams had a 16-game winning streak.
Head coaching recordEdit
|Michigan Wolverines (Western Conference) (1897–1899)
|National championship Conference title Conference division title
Gold prospecting in AlaskaEdit
After his coaching career at Michigan, Ferbert went to Alaska to search for gold.[10] In May 1900, amid the Klondike Gold Rush, newspapers reported that Ferbert had left Ann Arbor for Seattle, where he planned to join "High" Allen and "Count" Villa, described as "two other prominent Michigan football men."[11] Ferbert, Allen and Villa intended to "proceed to the Alaska gold fields," leaving unsettled the question of who would coach the Michigan football team in 1900.[11]
For a considerable period of time, Ferbert was out of contact in the Klondike, but he emerged on the Seward Peninsula.[1] An article published in 1909 after his return reported that Ferbert had struck it rich. The article stated: "Eight years ago, with the determination to come back rich or not at all, 'Dutch' Ferbert, old Michigan coach and one of the most famous football players, left Cleveland for the Klondike. For eight years he has toiled over endless snows, fought fierce hardships, endured everything in his battle to win his word -- to come back home a rich man. And now he has made a strike and is coming back to civilization. He sailed from Nome and is rushing homeward with $1,000,000 as his reward."[12]
Another article reported on Ferbert's $1,000,000 "Touchdown in the Arctic."[13] The article reported that Ferbert's parting words were that he would return rich or not at all. Ferbert made a "killing," the report continued, near Doering City in the Candle Creek region in 1908 and 1909, and "it is reported that his claims are valuable enough to put him in the millionaire class."[13] Before striking it rich, Ferbert spent several years prospecting in several districts with "slim success." He worked part time in restaurants and stores, but he finally located some of the best claims in the region and "panned out more gold than he had ever dreamed of and became a bonanza king overnight."[13]
Modern historians however are not necessarily convinced of these claims. James Tobin in particular argues that the claims of mining success may have been vastly overstated.[14]
Later lifeEdit
When Ferbert returned from Alaska, he practiced as a mining engineer and consultant until his retirement in 1928.[10] In a draft registration card submitted in September 1918, Ferbert indicated he was living in Seattle, Washington, and was employed as a carpenter.[15] At the time of the 1920 United States Census, he was living in Whittier, California, and his occupation was listed as a miner in a private mine.[16]
His brother A.H. Ferbert was the president of the Pittsburgh Steel Co.[17] Ferbert moved to Cleveland, Ohio in approximately 1942, where he lived with his brother. Ferbert died of a heart ailment (coronary thrombosis) in Cleveland on January 15, 1943 at age 69.[18]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Madej, Bruce (1997). Michigan: Champions of the West. Sport Publishing. p. 3.
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 "One Point Ahead: Was Chicago University in the Game with Michigan: Great Battle of the Gridiron". Waterloo Daily Courier. 1896-11-27.
- ↑ "Ferbert Is Elected: He Will Captain the Michigan Eleven Next Year". The Minneapolis Journal. 1896-12-09.
- ↑ "Varsity Takes A Brace: Ohio State University Defeated by a Score of 34-0". The Michigan Daily. 1897-10-18. http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/umosu/1897game.htm.
- ↑ Park, Jack (2003). The Official Ohio State Football Encyclopedia, p. 20.
- ↑ "University of Michigan 1898 Football Team". The Regents of the University of Michigan. 2007-03-31. http://bentley.umich.edu/athdept/football/fbteam/1898fbt.htm.
- ↑ "Michigan Wins: Wrests Western Gridiron Championship From Chicago". The Lincoln Evening News. 1898-11-25.
- ↑ "On Football Fields: Western Championship Carried Away From Chicago By Michigan Boys". The Galveston Daily News. 1898-11-25.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 "Ex-Michigan Coach Stricken by Death". The Nevada State Journal. 1943-01-16.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "Half-Back for Alaska: 'Dutch' Ferbert of Michigan Going to Hunt for Gold". Daily Iowa Capital. 1900-05-02.
- ↑ "Finds Wealth in Klondike: Famous Athlete Coming Back Home After Making a Rich Strike in the North". Coshcocton Daily Tribune (Ohio). 1909-10-23.
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 13.2 "His Touchdown in the Arctic: How Former Football Star Made Good In Venture in the Frozen North, His Bulldog Courage". The Billings Daily Gazette. 1909-11-09.
- ↑ Starved, Drowned, or Chased Down by wolves [2]
- ↑ Draft registration card for Gustave Herman Ferbert, born July 22, 1873. Ancestry.com. World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 [database on-line]. Registration Location: King County, Washington; Roll: 1991649; Draft Board: 1.
- ↑ Census entry for Gustave H. Ferbert. Ancestry.com. 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Census Place: Whittier, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_120; Page: 13A; Enumeration District: 631; Image: 408.
- ↑ "Heart Ailment Fatal". The Piqua Daily Call (Ohio). 1943-01-15.
- ↑ "Gustave H. Ferbert: Mining Engineer, Once Michigan Football Star and Coach at Michigan". The New York Times. January 16, 1942.
External linksEdit
- Profile at Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan Athletics History
- Gustave Ferbert at the College Football Data Warehouse


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Saturday, 22 June 2013
Today's Card is for a male friend who loves dogs.
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Alfaxalone is a neurosteroid anesthetic agent used clinically to induce general anesthesia in a variety of species including dogs and cats. Although alfaxalone is classified as a steroid, it has not been shown to have glucocorticoid or mineralocorticoid activity. Like many other intravenous hypnotic agents, including propofol, etomidate, and thiopental, alfaxalone produces it's sedative effect through interaction with the GABAA receptor. Older formulations of the drug (e.g. Saffan®) caused histamine release and other adverse reactions due to the use of a castor oil surfactant (Cremophor EL) to solubilize the alfaxalone. New formulations solubilized in 2-hydroxypropyl beta-cyclodextrin (Alfaxan®) do not have that effect and have been approved in the US for intravenous use in dogs and cats. Alfaxan® comes as a clear, preservative- free 1% solution (10 mg/ml) and is currently scheduled as a class IV controlled substance.
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In cats, clinically relevant doses of 2 – 5 mg/kg IV given over 1 minute in unpremedicated cats also cause dose-dependent cardiopulmonary depression. The decrease in arterial blood pressure is related to a decrease in systemic vascular resistance, with minimal changes in heart rate or cardiac output. A dose-dependent decrease in respiratory rate is the most common side effect. A decrease in PaO2 unrelated to changes in ventilation has been noted and supplemental oxygen should be provided. Occasional excitement in the recovery period has been reported in cats.
Alfaxalone is commonly used for short-term sedation or induction of anesthesia. As with most anesthetic drugs, alfaxalone may be given in combination with other sedative or anesthetic agents including opioids (butorphanol, methadone, hydromorphone, oxymorphone), benzodiazepines (midazolam, diazepam), and/ or alpha-2 agonists and the dose should be adjusted accordingly (1-2mg/kg (dogs); 2-4 mg/kg (cats) with the alfaxalone titrated to effect). In smaller patients, the alfaxalone may be diluted 1:1with sterile saline to allow more accurate dosing.
Although not approved for intramuscular use in the US, alfaxalone is clinically effective when given by this route and may be especially helpful in handling fractious or stressed cats (1-2 mg/kg when given in combination with an opioid and benzodiazepine) to allow physical examination and i.v. catheter placement. The volumes of drug required in larger dogs somewhat limits its usefulness in those patients. Alfaxalone does not provide analgesia when given alone, but may act synergistically with other analgesic agents, such as opioids. Recent reports comparing Apgar scores after Caesarian section in dogs, show improvement in scores in puppies after alfaxalone induction relative to propofol induction. In addition, alfaxalone has proved an effective anesthetic in other species including iguanas, turtles, rabbits and marmosets.
Submitted by: Sandra Z Perkowski, VMD, PhD, Dipl ACVAA
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Doebeli A, Michel E, Bettschart R, Harnack S, Reichter IM. Apgar score after induction of anesthesia for canine cesarean section with alfaxalone versus propofol. Theriogenology 2013: 80(8): 850-854.
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While most Moroccan tagines are served with Moroccan bread for dipping in and scooping up meat and sauce, this particular dish is traditionally offered with rice, which yields a presentation similar to kabsa. Since ample sauce is desired for serving the meat over rice, a conventional pot or pressure cooker is usually the cooking vessel of choice.
Crunchy, nutty fried almonds are often used to garnish Moroccan dishes, but here blanched almonds are stewed with the meat, yielding a soft texture and milder flavor. If you prefer more crunch, the almonds may be fried or toasted instead; see the tips at the end of the directions.
Cooking time is for a pressure cooker. Allow two hours or more if cooking conventionally.
- 2 pounds, 3 ounces/1 kilogram lamb (or beef, cut into 2- or 3-inch pieces)
- 2 large onions (grated or very thinly sliced)
- 3 cloves of garlic (pressed or finely chopped)
- Optional: 1 teaspoon ginger
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon saffron threads (crumbled)
- 1/2 teaspoon turmeric
- Optional: 1 or 2 pieces of cinnamon stick
- 1/3 cup butter (or vegetable oil)
- Small handful of cilantro sprigs (tied into a bouquet)
- 1 cup/100 gram almonds (blanched and peeled)
- Optional: 1 to 2 tablespoons honey
- 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
- 2 cups medium rice (or long-grained)
- 4 1/4 cups water (or part or all broth)
- 1 to 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons salt (reduce or omit if using broth)
- Pepper to taste
- Ginger to taste
- Optional: several saffron threads
- Optional: 1 teaspoon sugar
Steps to Make It
Cook the Meat and Almonds
In a large pot or pressure cooker, mix the meat with the onions, garlic, spices, and butter. Brown the meat for a few minutes over medium heat, stirring occasionally.
Add 2 1/2 to 3 cups of water, the cilantro, and the almonds. You can omit cooking the almonds and serve them as a garnish instead. See the note at the end of these directions. Over high heat, bring the meat and liquids to a fast simmer.
Pressure Cooker Method
If using a pressure cooker, cover tightly and continue cooking over high heat until pressure is achieved.
Reduce the heat to medium, and cook with pressure for 50 minutes.
Release the pressure and check to see that the meat is tender enough to break apart with a fork.
If it isn't, add water if necessary and cook with pressure for another 10 minutes.
When the meat is cooked, discard the cilantro and cinnamon stick. Add the sugar and ground cinnamon (if using) and reduce the sauce, uncovered, until it is thick.
Taste and adjust seasoning.
Pot Method
If using a pot, cover and simmer the meat over medium heat for two to two-and-half hours, until the meat is very tender and breaks apart easily with a fork. If necessary, add water during cooking to prevent the meat from scorching.
When the meat is cooked, discard the cilantro and cinnamon stick. Add the sugar and ground cinnamon (if using) and reduce the sauce, uncovered, until it is thick.
Taste and adjust seasoning.
Cook the Rice
Prepare the rice while the meat and almonds are stewing. Place 4 1/4 cups water or broth in a pot. Add the salt, butter, sugar, and rice and bring to a boil. Stir, cover the pot and reduce the heat to low.
Cook the rice, undisturbed, for about 25 minutes or until the rice is tender and the liquids are absorbed.
Remove from the heat and keep covered to hold warm until serving time.
To Serve
Toss the rice with a fork and arrange it into a mound on a large platter.
Make a well in the center and add the meat.
Spoon the almonds and sauce over the meat and rice and serve immediately. Moroccan tradition is to gather communally around the serving dish, with each person eating from his own side of the platter.
- If you prefer a crunchy texture to the almonds, you can fry them or toast them in a 350 F (180 C) oven for 10 to 12 minutes, until lightly colored. This can be done a day in advance or while the meat is cooking. Scatter the almonds over the meat and rice just before serving.
- For extra flavorful rice, use broth from the meat. Plan for this by adding an extra 4 cups of water and double the seasoning to the meat. Interrupt the cooking of the meat after 30 minutes of pressure cooking (or after an hour to hour-and-a-half of conventional cooking) to ladle out the broth needed for the rice. Continue cooking the meat until tender and the remaining sauce has reduced.
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Raising Leaders – Watoto Children's Choir
As a photographer, I always wanted to contribute back to the society for how the society have helped me to become who I am today. The Watoto(Uganda) Children's Choir is in Singapore recently and I am happy to be able to get up close and personal with this group of kids which are doing a world tour to raise fund for thier unfortunate peers back in Uganda. This choir is a group of ophan who have lost their parents to AIDS (HIV) and war. Each and every one of them have their own story and a faith of hope for a better tomorrow. I am happy that I can contibute my small effort in capturing honest photos of them to raise fund for this tour.
The Watoto Childrens Choir will be performing live at The Esplanade on 6 August 2010. Check out www.sistic.com.sg for more information. For more information of the Watoto project, you can check up www.watoto.com.


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Oscar Thoughts ~More on the "Selma" Mess. They Should Have Waited.
I wrote the following in Awardsdaily.com's comment section And I'm cutting and pasting(and polishing) it up here.
It makes me soooo angry, as it does Sasha Stone, the great writer and editor of http://www.awardsdaily.com
So here's what I said (spelling and typos corrected) (I HOPE!) I get so angry about things like this. As does Sasha, as does everyone.
"The reason all this debacle that happened to "Selma" was that it wasn't finished or "fixed" in its' final edit til too late for screeners to be made, which evidently is a much longer and complicated process than people realize.
I blame the producers for jumping the gun on this, an unfinished film, of tremendous import, culturally, racially, artistically.
But it missed it's Oscar Nomination deadlines.
People in the guilds, for instance, are MIFFED when they don't get sent their screeners. The Academy did get theirs and the DID nominate "Selma" for Best Picture. But if the producers had WAITED TIL NEXT YEAR(It's already 2015), and released it THIS year coming up, they would I think would've won everything under the sun.
There are certain rules to play this game, and it is a game. It's a business, and it's a game. But if you have a great work of art, a great film like "Selma" you don't RUSH IT INTO THE MARKETPLACE BEFORE IT'S TIME!!!!!!
This year is so great because you've got a film that was released in MARCH "The Grand Budapest Hotel" doing so well(9 nominations for a Wes Anderson film!)
If they had only waited on "Selma,"and treated it, with the respect and care it deserves, they would've gotten EVERYTHING under the Awards' sun. Because it deserves everything.
And Oprah, you just jumped the shark with this one. So sad, so sad.
And I bet there's a HUGE slate of diverse acting nominees NEXT year..
You can bet on it.
And one thing you can say for the Hollywood Foreign Press, they're PRESS, so they see ALLLLLL the movies, all year-long. The Academy members don't. But they all had PLENTY O'Time to see, "Grand Budapest Hotel." And just FYI, the HFPA are as diverse as diverse can be. All 80 of them. They're as diverse as the Academy is not. Clearly.
Maybe now they'll stop the insane pattern releasing everything on Christmas Day nonsense. It's counter-productive. Awards-wise, anyway. But then they don't care about awards anyway. They just care about money. Paramount you REALLY messed up.
And Warner Bros. who are releasing "American Sniper" are laughing all the way to the bank.


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Most European history and art textbooks claim that oil painting started in the 15th century in Europe. Experiments performed at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility (ESRF) show that the Bamiyan paintings were made of oil, hundreds of years before the technique emerged in Europe.
"This is the earliest clear example of oil paintings in the world, although drying oils were already used by ancient Romans and Egyptians, but only as medicines and cosmetics," said researcher Yoko Taniguchi.
The paintings are probably the work of artists who traveled on the Silk Road, the ancient trade route between China, across Central Asia's desert to the West. However, there are very few studies about this region, and due to political reasons, research on paintings in Central Asia remains scarce.


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Absolutely not, says Sarah Coakley.
Coakley is a celebrated academic theologian. She is also a committed churchwoman, ordained as a priest in the Church of England.
Recently she sat down with Duke's Faith & Leadership blog for an interview later titled, provocatively, "Ministry Is Not Easier than Theology." In it she confronts the worrisome gulf — hardwired, she argues, in how modern seminaries are structured — between pastoral (or practical) theology on the one hand and other theological disciplines, like systematics and biblical studies, on the other.
It highlights a larger conversation that is ongoing in the evangelical world about what a seminary education should look like in the first place.
I invite you to peruse the interview and then tell us what you think. In your experience, is Coakley right? Is pastoral theology devalued in seminary?
And if you want to read more of Coakley, note that we have more than a few of her works in our collection at Rolfing, and even more in our I-Share network.


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The man who tipped off authorities and led them to a former Tennessee teacher accused of kidnapping his 15-year-old student said today there were "clues" that made him suspicious of the pair.
Griffin Barry came across Elizabeth Thomas and her alleged abductor, 50-year-old Tad Cummins, at a gas station in far northern California this week.
Cummins told Barry, a caretaker on a property that includes the gas station, that they needed money for gas, food and a place to stay. Cummins said their names were John and Joanna and that the teen was 24, Barry told ABC News today.
Barry said he paid to fuel up their car, gave them an extra $40 in cash and set them up in a nearby cabin on the remote property in Cecilville, a rural area near the Oregon border with little to no cellphone service. Barry is a resident on the same property.
Cummins and Elizabeth stayed inside the tiny cabin for two nights, he said, with no running water or electricity.
During that time, Barry said, he didn't talk to the pair much but he noticed Cummins tried to "keep her away."
"The girl wasn't really looking at me or anything and he was always dominating the conversation. That kind of clues people in," Barry said today on ABC News' "Good Morning America."
"I had a photo of him that was the Amber Alert and I was like, that's definitely the guy, and then we saw the car as well and it matched up," he added.
After realizing who they were, Barry said he immediately called 911.
Elizabeth had been missing since Cummins allegedly kidnapped her on March 13. A day after they disappeared, he was fired from his teaching job at Culleoka Unit School in Culleoka, Tennessee, where Elizabeth had been a student in his forensics class.
Cummins was wanted on allegations of aggravated kidnapping and sexual contact with a minor. The former teacher was also added to Tennessee's 10 most wanted list. Meanwhile, an Amber Alert had been issued for Elizabeth.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) public information officer Josh Devine said they received a call to their tip line about a possible sighting of the duo around 11 p.m. local time Wednesday. The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department in California had received a similar tip, Devine said.
After investigators located a Nissan Rogue, they were able to confirm through its vehicle identification number that it belonged to Cummins. The car was then kept under surveillance for several hours.
Authorities from the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department found the pair at the isolated cabin early Thursday morning, nearly 2,500 miles away from their homes in Tennessee. Deputies set up a perimeter around the cabin and elected to wait until the morning to arrest Cummins as he exited the residence, according to the sheriff's department.
As daylight broke, Cummins surrendered without incident and Elizabeth was safely recovered by law enforcement officers, according to the TBI. Two loaded handguns were found in the cabin, according to the sheriff's department.
"Our intelligence analysts and agents have worked tirelessly since issuing this AMBER Alert to process more than 1,500 leads from all 50 states," TBI director Mark Gwyn said in a statement Thursday. "What happened in California this morning, however, proves it only takes one person to lead to a successful end. We are extremely thankful the hard work of all partners in this search has paid off. We're also grateful for the public's support and vigilance throughout this search effort."
Speaking with "GMA" on Friday morning, authorities from the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department said it was "an intense situation."
"After we placed them into protective custody, she was laughing, she was crying. She was kind of an emotional roller coaster, as you can imagine," Lt. Behr Tharsing said.
Tharsing told "GMA" that Cummins made some "spontaneous statements" after his arrest, telling law enforcement officers he was armed but not dangerous and would fully cooperate. Cummins also told authorities he was "relieved" the incident had come to an end, Tharsing said.
Sheriff Jon Lopey credited Barry for his role in securing the arrest, saying it was a "great partnership" between a citizen and law enforcement.
"We may not have detected Mr. Cummins had he not brought his presence to our attention. He helped us tremendously," Lopey told "GMA."
"Griffin definitely was pivotal in this event."
Authorities had initially said Cummins was arrested at a commune in rural Siskiyou County but later clarified that the arrest occurred at a cabin.
A worker at Black Bear Ranch told ABC News that Cummins and Elizabeth had tried to stay at the commune but were turned away because of "all kinds of indications" that something was off about them. Cummins became angry when they were rejected, the worker said.
Efforts to reunite Elizabeth with her family remain ongoing. Authorities said a TBI aircraft that traveled to California will bring Elizabeth, who was in FBI custody in Redding, California, home to Tennessee.
In an interview with "GMA" this morning, the Thomas family said they had not yet spoken with Elizabeth but were "very relieved" she was found safe and unharmed.
"We didn't get an opportunity to speak to her last night, but we're looking forward to that this morning when they fly her back," the teen's father, Anthony Thomas, told "GMA."
"We're very happy we're going to be able to see her again," he added. "I want her to know that I love her."
The father said he believes Cummins brainwashed his daughter. He said it will take plenty of time and therapy for Elizabeth and the family to heal from the ordeal.
"It's going to take some working with her for a while," Thomas said. "Because we love her so much, we're going to be patient with her and we've got to get her the help she needs."
The attorney representing the Thomas family, Jason Whatley, told "GMA" in the interview today that they are "absolutely" considering filing a civil suit.
"That's something that we've been exploring. We're looking at all of our options right now," Whatley said. "Obviously, our focus has been on getting Elizabeth back. Right now, we're focused on getting the help she needs."
Cummins is charged with aggravated kidnapping and sexual contact with a minor, according to Brent Cooper, the district attorney general for Giles, Lawrence, Maury and Wayne counties in Tennessee.
The U.S. State Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee has also filed a federal charge of transportation of a minor across state lines with intent of having criminal sexual intercourse against Cummins, according to U.S. attorney Jack Smith. The charge carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years in prison.
It could take several weeks for Cummins to be extradited to Tennessee, Smith said.
Cummins remained in the custody of the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department without bond Thursday while he awaits extradition, according to the TBI. The Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department told ABC News that Cummins would be arraigned today.
Cummins also faces charges in California's Siskiyou County for kidnapping and possession of stolen property, according to the Siskiyou County Sheriff's Department. Those charges are pending review by Siskiyou County District Attorney Kirk Andrus.
Cummins, a married father and grandfather, researched teen marriage online, specifically the age of consent, eight days before he allegedly took Elizabeth. Three days before the alleged kidnapping, Cummins did an online search about his car "to determine if certain features could be tracked by law enforcement," according to the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.
Cooper, the district attorney for Giles, Lawrence, Maury and Wayne counties in Tennessee, said Cummins also did an online search for "what size mattress will fit in the back of a Nissan Rogue."
"He was certainly putting a lot of planning into disappearing," Cooper told ABC News in an interview earlier this month.
Investigators have discovered email draft messages between Elizabeth and Cummins, which authorities said show a romantic relationship between them. According to authorities, after one of them would write a message, he or she would save the message as a draft, and the other person would log on, read the message and delete it.
One of Elizabeth's schoolmates reported seeing her and Cummins kiss in his classroom Jan. 23, according to a school district investigative report, but both denied the claim. A school report from January reads that neither one "admitted to behaving inappropriately towards the other."
Investigators obtained images from surveillance cameras at a Walmart in Oklahoma City showing Cummins and Elizabeth on the afternoon of March 15, two days after he allegedly abducted her. But there had been no other credible sightings.
The surveillance images showed Cummins "with an altered appearance to darken his hair" and indicated that "Elizabeth may currently have red hair," according to the TBI.
The surveillance footage showed them entering the store together, where Cummins used cash to buy food. He didn't buy "anything else of significance," the TBI said.
At the time, investigators were still trying to determine in what vehicle they were traveling.
The Maury County district attorney told ABC News last week that Cummins was on medication to control his blood pressure and should have neeed a refill. Pharmacists were asked to be on alert for customers who look like Cummins or Thomas.
Cooper also told ABC News that Cummins left a note for his wife the morning he vanished. Cooper didn't provide details on what was in the note but said it appeared to have been a diversion to throw investigators off the trail.
A lawyer for Cummins' wife, Jill Cummins, said she has filed for divorce after 31 years of marriage.
"Jill will attempt to move forward with her life," attorney Michael Cox said in a statement provided to ABC News March 31. "Jill continues to pray for the safe return of Elizabeth Thomas and for a peaceful resolution to this ordeal."
ABC News' Elisabeth Bognar, William Gretsky, Michael Edison Hayden, Katie Kindelan, Dee Morales, Lauren Putrino, Glenn Ruppel, Emily Shapiro, Jason Volack, Nery Ynclan and Robert Zepeda contributed to this report.


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Gideon and the Crimson Samurai by R.L. Baxter
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Title: Gideon and the Crimson Samurai
Author: R.L. Baxter
Genre: Fantasy / Adventure
Gideon Joust is your average twelve-year-old boy, with all the growing insecurities one would expect, following the mysterious disappearance of his father. On one fateful day, the boy's world is turned upside down – leading to a chance encounter with a brash child warrior: Kibishi the Crimson Samurai.
Kibishi: I still stand by what I said. We will part ways once we reach Valero. I cannot allow Gideon to follow me any further. He'll only end up dead.
Albion: I understand. However do you still stand by the other thing you said? The thing about: "Whoever said you and I were friends?" You didn't honestly mean that – did you?
Kibishi: No... I didn't mean that. I just don't want Gideon to trust in me – that's all.
Albion: And why would you not want somebody to trust you? Friendship is based on trust after all?
Taking a moment to think about his reply, Kibishi bites his lips together while Albion awaits his answer.
Kibishi: When you trust someone... you expect much from that person. You rely on them and look to them for help. I am not capable of doing any of those things, hence why I am not suitable to be Gideon's friend. If something ever happened to him, I would never forgive myself.
Albion: Hahaha, you and Gideon are so similar. You both are burdened with this cloud of doubt and self-pity. However, if there is one thing that I would criticize about your friendship, it's that you both assume Gideon to be weak when he is in fact more capable than anyone here.
With a suspicious expression, Kibishi glares upon Albion for many moments.
Kibishi: What are you trying to say?
Albion: Come now, Crimson samurai. You mean to tell me that the thought did not cross your mind, at least once? Gideon is the son of the famous "Miracle Gunman". Why are you treating him as a weak comrade? That is not a good sign of a friend. Real friends
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November saw the release of Chromebit: a computer not much larger than a memory stick running Chrome OS. It's only mini but it's a great piece of kit for mobile working, and one that has begun to create waves in the market.
In the past we've assumed we'd all replace computers with our phones, which to some extent has happened. We use them for email, video, social networking and with Google Apps we can even open up and edit docs and sheets. A huge amount of work can be done from our phone, so why the need to champion a wholly new device?
Well there's always been a lot of love for miniature hardware so we can see why stick PCs would pique people's interest. By comparison have you seen the iPhone 6? You could surf on it! Rather than size however, we posit that the interest surrounding Chromebit is about cost, as it so often is with such things. Consider big organisations like schools and universities; how many leftover monitors are there sitting in storage? Without the funds to update to a swish, new system, they're left to take up space. That is until Chromebit which revitalises old monitors by simply plugging in to an HDMI slot, adding a keyboard/mouse and you've got yourself a ChromeOS computer. While it might not challenge Macs or Dells in terms of speed and storage, they're perfect for organisations looking to utilise the Cloud where the budget just isn't there for significant IT spend.
In the same way imagine the potential for these devices in developing countries. Lightweight and portable, the fact that they cost south of $100 means they can easily travel to startups and organisations learning on their feet without masses of financial support. Easy access to Chrome allows them to interact with other businesses and compete in an arena that would otherwise be out of reach. A vote for Chromebit is a vote for equal opportunities!
So Google for Work allows us to work at any time and in any place, right? Then essentially Chromebit is built for purpose, just with the extra mouse weight shaved off. Still some detractors have taken issue with this lack of equipment, deeming access to the Cloud not enough to make the stick PC relevant. However, as the team at C Net so succinctly put, 'the argument for the utility of an online-only computer is a persuasive one'. For the price, access to Chrome seems enough of a win.
We can't yet call it but we're fascinated to watch the trajectory of USB-based OSs.They'll either be the future of the modern workforce or gone in a year's time. Place your bets now.


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I had no idea where to post but the Fireball accident at the Ohio State Fair in 2017 has claimed another victim. My local news is reporting it as we speak.
I know rides can be dangerous at a fair or amusement park but as a park visitor I have trust that the secured locks/restrains will work. I know when I was at Kings Island a few weeks ago there was a kid let on a ride that he was obviously to short to ride. I don't remember which rode but O was shocked they let him on.
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Unlike you, I have absolutely no faith and do not trust temporarily set-up fair rides in the United States.
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I'm kinda not sure how to feel about this, I don't want to be negative and ruin something I like so much for myself, but all I can think is how it came out that the ride operator literally painted over a crack in the ride's arm to hide it instead of fixing it. I'm sure, of course, most aren't like that, but unless there's a way for riders to know who's taking care of their rides and who are pulling this crap...well...shit.
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This is just such a terrible tragedy.
As an avid carnival ride fan, I still won't shy away from them. These rides get inspected even more so than the permanent ones, and it really bugs me that something like this was either overlooked or ignored. The only thing good coming out of this awful situation is it will change the way inspections are done and the way rides are built.
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Terrible news. I think what this accident taught us was that even with established rides and ride companies, if they're just sold to some crappy carny that isn't doing the maintenance required, anything can happen. I wonder what happened to some of the other injured. IIRC there were some gnarly leg injuries.
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^ The thing is, is Amusements of America was one of the biggest, safest, respected and sought-after amusement companies in the country... it was no means a little carny company... that's was makes this situation so much worse.
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^Respected Carny is an oxymoron to most!
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This is where I'm at. I think, however, that my aversion to fair/carnival/FEC rides also partly stems from the time I peed myself on one when I was like 3 (it was those little cars that go in a circle).
Germany is the only place I could see myself going to a carnival/fair type operation to do anything other than eat/drink, should I ever make it out for an Oktoberfest.
Been you to have any spike, man?
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Agreed. Saying you're a respected carny is like saying you're the tallest dwarf. While I very rarely ride these types of attractions, I always pick and choose very carefully any ride I will board at any US carnival or fairground because I simply do not think that any of them are remotely "respectable" in any way.
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Would you say the same about Europe out of interest? I know its a lot more regulated here especially Germany and the Netherlands
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Northcote Motor Lodge
309 Main North Road , Christchurch NZ
Northcote Motor Lodge has 16 quiet (double glazed), clean, comfortable and affordable units (studio/1-bedroom/2-bedroom/spa/access). We are located on the northern side of the city, just 3km from the north/south bypass. Northcote Motor Lodge has both standard and deluxe quality accommodation.
All units are non-smoking and self-contained with kitchen facilities, Sky TV with 3 channels, wireless internet access, telephone, heating and electric blanket. Some units have king-size bed, hairdryer, iron and ironing board. Coin-operated guest laundry is available on-site. Porta cot is available on request.
We are 1km to Northlands Mall, Hoyts cinemas and 24hrs supermarket, 5km to city centre and airport, 7km to QEII, Burwood Hospital and Golf Course, 200m to St Bedes College, restaurants, library, church and park, 50m off main road with on-site parking and 10m to bus stop.
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NEW YORK (April 22, 2016) — Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA), the largest nonprofit, nonpartisan organization representing post-9/11 veterans and their families, today announced the receipt of a $15,000 grant from the Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) Foundation.
The grant, presented to IAVA by MDRT Foundation Board Member David Bailin, will help IAVA further its mission to connect, unite and empower post-9/11 veterans.
"The MDRT Foundation and David Bailin have been longtime supporters and friends to IAVA," said Paul Rieckhoff, IAVA Founder and CEO. "We are honored that David recommended our organization for this incredible support. The MDRT Foundation's ongoing generosity is having an incredible impact on the lives of our members across the country, and we are so proud to call them a partner in our mission."
The grant from the MDRT Foundation comes at a critical time as IAVA and its 425,000 members are in an all out effort to protect veterans education benefits from cuts to the Post-9/11 GI Bill. Since IAVA launched the #DefendTheGIBill campaign in March 2016, IAVA members have sent more than 17,000 letters to Congress asking representatives to oppose any cuts to the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
IAVA led the passage of the Post-9/11 GI Bill in 2008 and in championing upgrades in 2010 and 2014. These upgrades simplified and improved tuition benefits, expanded eligibility to the National Guard, included vocational programs, and made nationwide in-state tuition rates a possibility for new veterans beginning this year.
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Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (www.IAVA.org) is the leading post-9/11 veteran empowerment organization (VEO) with the most diverse and rapidly growing membership in America. As a non-profit founded in 2004, IAVA's mission is to connect, unite and empower post-9/11 veterans. Celebrating its 11th year anniversary, IAVA has connected more than 1.2 million veterans with resources and community, and provided more than 5,800 veterans with personalized support from IAVA's Master's level social workers.


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January 20, 2012 In Weekend Tunes
Weekend Tunes: Chet Faker
OH MY GOODNESS, how good is this cover?!! The original track I love anyhow, but lordy, it's a more grown up version I can listen to and feel like I'm 13 inside. Chet is based in Melbourne, here is his website, he has an amazing beard.
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Cherry certainly has been doing her fair share of radio sessions at the moment, so here's another one for you to enjoy. Cherry and Max were in session last Saturday night (28th June) at BBC Introducing on BBC 3 Counties Radio where they had a chat with presenter Gareth Lloyd and performed two songs from the new album live.
You can listen right here and it's 6mins 40 in.
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It's amazing what can be accomplished when a community bands together. The Macomb Vigilante's are one such community. They've been quietly having monthly fundraisers for good causes. It's time we expand the support and community. This month's fundraiser is for Donna Neal's kidney transplant. We're going to let Donna win your heart.
I cannot begin to express my gratitude and appreciation to all the people that have opened their hearts and their wallets to help me. I'm in AWE at the hard work and creativity of the organizers and supporters of this venture. There are people that I don't even know that are making a major difference in my quality of life. How does a person express the overwhelming emotions that something like this elicits? All I can say is THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart! Unless you have lived with a debilitating disease like PKD, you would have no idea what this means to me. I thank you, and my family thanks you. My children will get their mother back, my husband will have his wife back, and my brother will have his sister back. I can travel again and see people that I haven't been able to visit for years. I can swim again. All of this because of the kindness of strangers. My sincerest thanks!!! Donna Neal
If's it like the last one, it's money well spent. Patrolled parking, food, music, raffles. And a lot of cool people gathered together for a good cause.
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IS FUNDAMENTALISM SPECIFIC TO ANY PARTICULAR RELIGION? For a vast majority, the term "fundamentalism" evokes images of hostage crises, embassies under siege, hijackings, and suicide bombers. But these images hardly present a comprehensive picture. People in the west associate fundamentalism with Islam, this is indeed a mistaken belief. Fundamentalism is defined as " the affirmation of religious authority as holistic and absolute, admitting of neither criticism nor reduction; it is expressed through the collective demand that specific creedal and ethical dictates derived from scripture be publicly recognized and legally enforced ." (Lawrence) Therefore the essence of fundamentalist belief is doctrinal confirmity, of not only oneself but the conformity of the rest of society too .While some try to reach their goals through violence, the majority work through political parties within the electoral process. People like Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda network are only at fringes. Even if fundamentalism is to encompass such aberrations, such brand of fundamentalism is a characteristic of all (Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism) ...read more.
Though has model was logically coherent and later accepted to be valid, they were persecuted by the Catholic Church because their system was in conflict with the Bible. In addition, crusades epitomize Christian fundamentalism. Crusades were a series of military campaigns, sanctioned by the Catholic church that took place during the 11th through 13th centuries. Originally, they were Roman Catholic endeavors to capture the Holy Land from the Muslims, but some were directed against other Europeans, such as the Fourth Crusade against Constantinople, the Albigensian Crusade against the Cathars of southern France and the Northern Crusades. People were forced to convert to Christianity, if they refused, they were put to death3.Thus Crusades were in part an outlet for an intense religious piety which rose up in the late 11th century. Yet another example is the attempt, by some Christian fundamentalist groups to shut down, by force, abortion clinics. Some have even gone to the extent of threatening and intimidating employees, and even murdering the doctors working these clinics. ...read more.
Moreover, muslim fundamentalists in Iran, Sudan, some parts of Persian Gulf and lately Afghanistan, have amalgamated with the political forces to institute a particularly harsh set of rules as political law Called the Sharia or the Islamic law. In Light of the above mentioned examples it is extremely important to realize that that fundamentalism is not synonymous to terrorism or violence, but rather people who harbor fundamentalist beliefs are so committed to their dogma they can go to any extent (from mere activism to violence) to eradicate any exceptions to their dogma. It is all but natural to encounter such people in all the religions. What is interesting is the reason why people from all the religions harbor such tendencies? Probably because it offers an easy way out - a fundamentalist need not think deeply about a doctrine or be highly educated in it; as one Mormon leader once said, "Don't think for yourself. The thinking has already been done."6 1 http://www.historylearningsite.co.uk/bombing_of_the_king_david_hotel.htm 2 http://www.facingthechallenge.org/copernicus.htm 3 http://www.wikipedia.org/ 4 http://www.wikipedia.org/ 5 http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/19E6EA5A-8207-4F06-958F-8DD77A05DC27.htm 6 http://www.bidstrup.com/religion.htm ?? ?? ?? ?? 1 ...read more.
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Tuesday, May 6, 2008
Cancer, 7 Wonders of America
Today's Seven Wonders of America showed us the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska which is approximately the size of South Carolina. If you want to see a series of wonderful pictures click here and then scroll down to Seven Wonders of America. Apparently there are thousands of barrels of oil under the area but so far, they have not been touched although the oil companies say they won't damage the area. Apparently an instance was quoted where, in Alberta, Canada, 500 birds, mostly ducks, were killed because they landed in a tailings pond. The pond lacked gunshot-sounding noise-makers to deter wildlife required under provincial rules between spring and fall. To see birds mired in oil and unable to survive is one of the saddest sights I can imagine. I wonder why they can't clean up these ponds anyway. I really hope Alaska can keep the oil companies out of their Reserve.
There are pictures of Caribou, Polar Bears and Musk Ox all of which live in the area together with Black Bears and Arctic Foxes and I am certain many other species. Polar Bears are very much endangered anyway because of the melting of the ice. It would be so sad to lose such a wonderful animal. I am a big supporter of the World Wildlife Fund who are doing all they can to save the animals and habitats of the world but they can do little without our help.
We had our last bowling for the winter league yesterday, it was fun. We played bowling bingo, never done that before. You get a sheet with various things like strikes, spares, 3, 10, 13 and so on and your team has to bowl all these and cross them off the sheet just as you would in normal bingo. It was all done as quickly as possible but I'm afraid my team didn't win. We did a couple of others types of bowling too. Later to kill time whilst the caterers were setting up names were drawn and each person called had to do something, I got bowling with my other hand, I kind of froze, I couldn't seem to think how to step forward with the ball in the wrong hand. I ended up with a gutter ball. Prizes were given out for the year and much to my surprise Matt and I got most improved bowler in our teams. We got $5 a piece for that. We then had our banquet and after headed home. When we got home I immediately phone the alley and said we had decided to join the summer league. It only goes from May 12 to July 14 with another banquet on the 21st. No bowling at all in August.
As it was so early for us to eat, I had to have a snack again later as it would have been too many hours to breakfast time for my diabetes. I ended up having tomato toasts which is one of my favourites.
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1 or 2 slices bread,
a clove of garlic
a tsp olive oil per bread slice
a ripe tomato, thinly sliced
Salt and Pepper
Toast the bread and while still hot rub the garlic all over the toast really well. Then spread the toast with a little olive oil. Layer slices of tomato on it and season to taste. Eat and enjoy.
If you wish you can add slices of the cheese of your choice and broil the whole until the cheese melts for another taste sensation, I prefer Havarti for this, but any melting cheese would be good.
Have a great day.
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Aaargh, you've done it to me again. I am wandering into the kitchen to make tomato toast...ReplyDelete
I agree re the tailings - sad. They say that even when you clean birds after oil contamination, something like 90% because they have ingested too much of it.
I couldn't get the link to the Alaska page to work, Jo. Maybe it's just down because of a lot of hits! The oil people sure have a lot to answer for. And now we have so many farmers growing bio-fuel crops that there is a food shortage in some 3rd world countries. Bigger food shortages than usual, that is. When will we learn that we can no longer use fuel with the same gay abandon as before?ReplyDelete
The link seems to be fixed now Satima, not sure what I did wrong yesterday.ReplyDelete
I didn't know that percentage Glenda, how dreadful.
Hope you enjoyed the tomato toasts.
Thanks, Jo - working now! Wonderful pics! But I'd be terrified of the heights at the Grand Canyon. No way in the world would I walk out on that horseshoe thingy. Pay $25? They'd have to pay me $250 to set foot on it and probably $250k to walk around it. And then I'd need a person on each side to hold me upright and talk me though it!ReplyDelete
I agree, it does look pretty scary doesn't it? They are supposed to be going to build a restaurant there too.ReplyDelete
Re Breast cancer. Here in France the state medical service 'invites' all women over 50 every two years for a free mammography. Similarly, all over 65s receive an invitation for a free flu jab in October. I've often wondered whether this is because 'they' care so much about us or whether it is all about the money.ReplyDelete
Re Seven Wonders of America. Jo, the trick is when you find a paradise don't tell anyone because before you can say 'return ticket please' the place will be covered in hamburger wrappers and soft drink cans.
We have social medicine in Canada, Marilyn, they give older people flu shots every year. Mammograms are free too of course.ReplyDelete
You are so right about the hamburger wrappers in Paradise.
Yes, it's the same here in Oz. In fact, the government has just announced free bowel cancer screenings for everyone over 50, too.ReplyDelete
Trouble is if you went for all these screenings and tests, you would be forever at the hospital or clinic. Its bad enough when you know something particular is wrong, you are forever going for tests. However, if you live in a country without social medicine, you sure need as many free tests as possible. My time in the States showed me that.ReplyDelete


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Our restaurant, formally known as the PRATA SHOP was not the first of our business. Our story goes way back to the 1950s. We are the fourth generation of the family coming into the business.
In the 1950s my great-grandfather used to run a restaurant together with with my great-granduncle. At the age of 20 my grandfather came to Singapore to join his dad in business. He learned the skills at a very fast phase.
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Welcome to Casuarina Curry Restaurant
In the 1950s my great-grandfather used to run a restaurant together with with my great-granduncle. At the age of 20 my grandfather came to Singapore to join his dad in business. He learned the skills at a very fast phase.
When my great-grandfather left to India, my grandfather started his own restaurant at Tanjong Pagar named "RAMAKRISHNA VILAS". He went through many hurdles back then. In 1983 the restaurant location was claimed by the government and he started "NEW INDIAN" restaurant at Maxwell Road the very same year. That too did not end up well for him; he suffered losses which forced him to sell his landed property to settle debts.
He then started another restaurant at Jalan Kayu. My eldest uncle Ramanan who just finished his national service also joined the family busines. This is when our business picked up and became promising. Unfortunately, in the 1990s that area was claimed by the government too. The restaurant was then shifted to Sembawang and subsequently to Ang Mo Kio.
On 1st January 1993, CASUARINA CURRY opened its doors at 126 CASUARINA ROAD. If you have been wondering about it why we have that name, you know it now! We then shifted to the currently situated 136, 138 Casurina Road.
Casuarina Curry has been the pride of our family. We have been recognized by the media including the Straits Times and Mediacorp. We have also represented our nation for "Singapore Day" which has been celebrated in countries like New York, China and London. We have also made Pratas for our previous and current prime minister during the swearing-in ceremony.
We now have 5 restaurants run by our family members including the newly opened outlet at 187 Macpherson Road. Together with the help of my uncles and the partnership of


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A few years back, I looooved a magazine called Monitoring Times. It was awesome, and stood out among radio hobbyist periodicals for how well-written, relevant, and content-rich it was every month. I had the pleasure of interacting a couple of times with Bob Grove, an absolutely wonderful gent and man behind Monitoring Times. I even wrote for him a couple of times- here's a scan of one of my Monitoring Times articles.
Bob retired himself and the magazine in 2013. He shut down Grove Enterprises, and I hope him and wife Judy are doing well after all they've given to the radio community. I went through withdrawal when Monitoring Times went out of circulation, I was such a radio nerd… Since then, I've found some sporadic content that came close on occasion to the type I liked in Monitoring Times- but never really found a replacement.
Until now.
Here's the rub- a decent follow-on came out RIGHT AFTER my old favorite went away, yet somehow I missed it. I missed the 2013 announcements that Monitoring Times' Managing Editor Ken Reitz was publishing a PDF-based magazine called The Spectrum Monitor. I feel like a bit of an idiot!
Well, late than never, says I. Now that I have found it, The Spectrum Monitor already feels like an old friend. I subscribed, I bought back issues, and I'm in my glory. Ken has done a fantastic job keeping the essence that worked so well in the old rag, and has built well on it with the new.
If you're a radio nerd or aspire to be one, I highly recommend filling your preferred reader app full of The Spectrum Monitor.


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