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Friday, April 17, 2015
The Best Teachers Teach from the Heart! - Free Printable
I am a true believer that the BEST TEACHERS teach from the HEART. The right teachers will make a world of a difference in your children's lives. I created this printable for my kiddies teachers that always go the extra mile for them. I am extremely grateful for all their love and support.
With teacher appreciation week coming up I am offering this FREE printable to all Tini IG and FB followers.
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Alan Cox, iContact Product Manager
iContact has a development team (we call ourselves "Q-Branch" as an homage to James Bond's Research and Development division) that spends a lot of time behind the scenes, building parts of our application you rely on, yet rarely see. Recently, the Q-Branch significantly improved how iContact processes opens and link clicks for each email.
During iContact's growth the past few years, we've been monitoring how efficiently we handle opens and clicks. A few months back, we noticed we were running out of runway – we would need to make changes to how we process opens and clicks, or risk potential performance issues. Performance issues would be unacceptable, so we set out to rewrite this part of our application.
On April 10th, 2010 (at 3:30AM, even), we released our changes with no fanfare, which was exactly what we were aiming to do. Still, we're proud of the work we did, and wanted to share a little bit of what's going on behind the scenes.
Then and Now: Our Changes
First, let's spend a moment looking at how we had been handling clicks and opens, and what could have happened if we didn't come up with a new solution. Figure 1, which represents the old process, shows a user trying to login to iContact but being unable to, because the database was handling lots of simultaneous opening of messages. Each time a contact opened a message, this caused the database to use one of a limited number of "connections," and someone logging in would also need to use a connection to the database. Without an available connection, the iContact user would be temporarily unable to access their account.
Figure 1 - If we made no changes, at some point our users may have had a hard time accessing their account.
Sometimes (in the middle of the afternoon, for instance), lots of contacts may be opening messages. At other times (when its night in the United States), far fewer contacts are opening messages. Most of the time, we would have had very little chance of experiencing performance issues; however as our customer base grew, we were getting closer to having intermittent issues. This is what we wanted to avoid.
Our goal was to design and develop (and test, test, test) a way to make it so our customers would never have performance issues caused by our system processing lots of opens and clicks. The solution was to insert a new component in front of the database.
Figure 2 shows the new component, called the "Message Queue", that intercepts each open or click, and then inserts them into the database. When we're at peak load, the Message Queue will "hold on to" opens and clicks to keep from overwhelming our databases. They would then get processed as soon as the database is ready.
Figure 2 - The solution adds a new component in front of the database.
The Impact to You
When we started this project, we knew we'd need to make sure these changes would have little to no effect on you and your use of iContact. Granted, during times of high open and click load, it is possible that you won't see an open or click register immediately – but our testing shows that, when there is a delay, it is usually no more than a couple of seconds.
In Conclusion
Q-Branch (and all of iContact) is really excited about the changes we've made to how we process opens and clicks. As always, we're dedicated to ensuring that you always have access to iContact, so that you can continue to create, send and track the email your business relies on.

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Give Run Away Angel a spin - it's a new offering from Kevin McCall. It was dropped on Tuesday, September 3rd, 2013. Kevin McCall's rap artistry continues to improve with every release, something which is most definitely evidenced on Run Away Angel. His ever-expanding catalogue is definitely better for it, and we're looking forward to the next piece of the puzzle - aren't you?
Check out Kevin McCall on Cold Hearted, featuring Gucci Mane. Check out Kevin McCall's profile page for the most recent info, news, songs, and mixtapes. Follow Kevin McCall on Twitter, if you aren't already.
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Happy November to all!!
I am making this month a month filled with
Grateful, Thankful and Blessings
To start I have decided to create handmade
home decor
to make our holidays special...
I would love to share with you this adorable
pumpkin candlestick!
Which will be placed on our Thanksgiving table center piece,
I am going for a white decor this year...
(don't get me wrong I love the beautiful bright rusty colors)
I am trying something new and keeping it all
creams, naturals and white color!!
I used a dollar store candle stick, paper doily
a paper mache' pumpkin
gesso for painting it white
Create a junk bow with a rolled muslin flower,
for the topper
is a Christmas ball (tiny) that I pushed down
through the stem of the pumpkin.
Last I sprayed some beautiful glimmer
Ranger's Perfect Pearls Mists in Biscotti
Thanks for stopping by,
Have a Blessed Day!
Peggy Lee
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paper mache' pumpkin
trims and lace
Christmas tiny balls
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Sargassum Called a Serious Threat to LA's Coastal Waters. But There's an App For That.
LA Waterkeeper's scientific divers plunge into the Palos Verdes Peninsula to survey plots for algae removal
December 21, 2016
Sargassum horneri was brought to LA's waters in 2003 on shipping vessels. Known as devil's weed, it's causing concern for kelp forests, in particular, because local groups did an intensive effort from '97 to 2015 tor restore kelp habitat.
A new research effort by LA Waterkeeper (based in Santa Monica), NOAA and UCSB is tracking the spread of it (using a phone app!) and examining effectiveness of removal strategies. It's launching from recent "vacuum" efforts reducing sargassum around Catalina by 25%.
Dive Team Heads Underwater to Begin its Investigation of Controlling Invasive Species
LOS ANGELES, November 23, 2016- Today, marine watchdog group Los Angeles Waterkeeper alerts all beachgoers and coastal enthusiasts to look out for its team of volunteer scientific divers in the water. LA Waterkeeper's Dive Team is conducting an investigation into the effectiveness of removing invasive algae to restore habitats along the Palos Verdes coastline.
The investigation specifically studies the non-native algae species Sargassum horneri. In 2003, Sargassum horneri was introduced to Long Beach Harbor in the form of biological pollution from commercial shipping vessels. Commonly called the "devil weed," sargassum originates from Japan and Korea, but it has spread as far south as Baja, Mexico and north to Santa Barbara.
The introduction of non-native species is one of the greatest threats to our coastal marine environments. The US Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a major funder and partner of LA Waterkeeper's study, has designated kelp forests as a habitat area of particular concern, citing their value to fishery management and susceptibility to degradation by human activity. In fact, kelp forests are among the most productive ecosystems in the world, providing food and shelter for over 700 species.
"Since 1911, 76 percent of the region's kelp forests were lost due to a number of factors, such as pollution and overfishing," says LA Waterkeeper Dive Program Manager Ian Jacobson. "Overfishing along the coast led to the reduction of natural sea urchin predators and competitors for resources, enabling sea urchins to overpopulate and overwhelm our kelp forests."
LA Waterkeeper's dedicated team of volunteer divers worked tirelessly from 1997 to 2015 as part of a collaborative kelp restoration effort, but the kelp forests now face the challenge of invasive species.
In response to this growing threat, LA Waterkeeper has reshaped its dive program to focus on tracking the spread of Sargassum and to test various removal strategies. Added Jacobson, "We need all hands on deck to help us better understand how this invasion is impacting our native coastal ecosystems."
LA Waterkeeper's study, which will run from October 2016 through March 2017, draws on the past success of a joint effort from NOAA and University of California, Santa Barbara that used a vacuum device to reduce Sargassum horneri around Catalina Island by 25 percent in experimental plots relative to un-cleared areas. In addition to funding from NOAA, LA Waterkeeper is also receiving support from the Edgerton Foundation and the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation.
For more information on LA Waterkeeper's Dive Program, visit: https://lawaterkeeper.org/diveprogram.


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With a recent revelation that IE 11 may be dangerous, it is advisable to move away from using this outdated technology and instead use other more modern, open source web browsers.
Internet Explorer 11 is in fact used only by about 7% of Windows users and the perils of remaining a part of that tiny group have just been brought into sharp focus.
In a recent article in Forbes, Security researcher John Page warns: "Microsoft's Internet Explorer has a critical security flaw that allows hackers to spy on you and steal personal data from your PC."
A move by Microsoft to use Chromium technology in its latest 'edge' browser at the back end of 2018 further strengthens the point that IE11 is becoming redundant as a specialist browser and that Chrome is a safer option that provides a better user experience.
The dangers of IE11
Even if you don't intentionally use Internet Explorer, you may still be exposed to hackers. For example if someone were to send you a malicious .MHT file (perhaps disguised as a download link or an email attachment), Internet Explorer would be the default application to open it.
According to Page, once a user opens this malicious .MHT file, the vulnerability is created there and then even though it may not be exploited straight away. The specific flaw in the code relies on the user to first issue certain keystrokes or specific print commands.
At that point, an external attacker can gain remote access to a PC. This shows how careful you need to be about security and why web developers may now feel the need to drop IE 11 from their design thoughts.
An Exception to the rule?
However, there may still be one reason to keep IE 11 relevant, and that would be when it comes to designing Intranets. This is because intranets are generally blocked from public view and Microsoft introduced a new Internet Explorer group policy to restrict IE11 usage to only sites on the Enterprise Mode Site list.
BBI Brandboost's highly skilled operations team can work with you to set up or redesign an intranet that works with the IT infrastructure of your business. If you have a company-wide IT policy that defines the operating system and browser to be used across all PC's, we can design and build the right intranet for your business, whether the specified browser is Internet Explorer, Chrome, Firefox or anything else!


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Are you struggling with self identity and being your whole self within relationships, family, work and life?
Do you believe someone else will make you whole? Are you the mirror of society's expectations?
How do we touch other people's lives? The importance of integrating the male and female sides of ourselves.
This interview is part 2 on The Ultimate Purpose of Honing the Muscle of Feminine Self Worth. Although it is focused on major transitions in life it is not just about women. It also includes men being able to claim and hone their muscle of feminine self worth within. Men and women have both masculine and feminine aspects within their being and makeup and learning to live with them each in harmony is essential.
Ophelia did this interview with Andree Morgana of The Hayehwatha Institute in Mount Shasta, CA. www.hayehinstitute.org
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Best Places for LA Celebrity Sightings
Admit it- every time you visit a big city you have a secret yearning to have a casual run-in with a celebrity. Whether it's standing in line for Starbucks with Denzel Washington or shopping with Jennifer Lawrence (you just KNOW she would tell you if you can pull those harem pants off), it's definitely a bit of a fantasy. Nowhere is that more true than in Los Angeles. You might think that strolling through Hollywood gives you pretty good odds to catch a celebrity sighting, but even in LA you have to be strategic.
Celebrities aren't always like the rest of us, but one place they are is the baggage terminal. If you fly into LA, hang around terminal 3 for a bit and you might just get lucky. If not, there are always cool art shows to pass the time.
If you're in LA to shop, stop by Kitson for eclectic gifts and eclectic clientele. You can find an awesome t-shirt and then turn around and have your favorite celeb autograph it for you.
This sushi restaurant was co-founded by Robert DeNiro, if that tells you anything. You'll pay a pretty penny for your California rolls, but you'll see a few A-Listers on your way to the restroom on any given Saturday night.
Runyon Canyon
If just the idea of seeing Ryan Gosling work out has you in a sweat, head to Runyon Canyon, where celebrities get serious about getting in shape. Work off your vacation calories and see your favorite celebrities chisel their abs or work off their baby weight.
Studio City Farmers Market
If you're hoping for a viewing of a favorite celebrity baby, check out the farmers market, featuring a petting zoo and pony rides that famous mamas can't resist.
This is one of few celebrity dining hangouts that isn't ridiculously expensive, which is a testament to how good the food is! We recommend the gnocchi- take a bite and you won't care if you have sauce in your face in every photo!
M Cafe de Chaya
If you can stomach kale salad and quinoa for lunch, this cafe is a great place to spot celebrities sticking to their fad diets. The food is super healthy (but still delicious!) and a patio spot by the parking lot will have you front row to the comings and goings of Hollywood's Elite.


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Learn about our technology
Aperiomics uses the latest technology in shotgun metagenomic next-generation sequencing. What was once hundreds of millions of dollars per genome in 2001 has fallen to more affordable rates today.[15] Unlike older and far more expensive sequencing methods, today's sequencing paints a fuller, more vibrant picture of all genetic information at the microscopic level. The massive amount of information gained is incredibly difficult to work with, however, as even some of today's computers struggle to work with some of the processing power and memory needed to tackle more complicated questions. [Aperiomics' services use highly sophisticated algorithms specifically tailored to deal with this massive influx of data. These algorithms, technical infrastructure, and our massive library of parasites, fungi, bacteria, and viruses, make us one of the most cutting-edge services in the field.
"Sustainable solutions based on innovation can create a more resilient world only if that innovation is focused on the health and well-being of its inhabitants. And it is at that point – where technology and human needs intersect – that we will find meaningful innovation." – Franz Van Houten
Culture-based techniques were revolutionary when they first started use in diagnostics settings. Finally, doctors had methods to detect the microorganisms causing tuberculosis, pneumonia, and other deadly diseases.[14] In the subsequent years, more impressive methods such as antigen testing and PCR became effective tools in pathogen identification.[10][4]
Excellent as these methods were initially, all three methods have serious limitations in the scope of their detection.[4] In 1953 Watson and Crick made the discovery of DNA and to date we still have difficulty taking full advantage of this information. In 1977, Carl Woese wrote a paper shattering the known tree of life into 3 pieces looking at the DNA sequences of Eukaryotes, Archaea, and Bacteria.[16] Unfortunately, this information could not be used in a shotgun approach finding EVERY species at once. Every test had to be individually tailored towards a couple species at most for any given test. NGS is the answer to doctors and researcher's guesswork and frustration. In 1992, the very first NGS like technology was created by Lynx Therapeutics, which would later be acquired by Solexa and eventually Illumina.[1]
This technology was not actually useful in research until the early 2000s and, as shown above, cost hundreds of millions of dollars…
In the last few years, this technology is finally at our disposal, instead of $20-$300 per species using culture we can search the totality of the sample to find the pathogens for pennies per tested species as shown below. It is this cusp of the cutting edge that Aperiomics technology stands.
Aperiomics Core
The Sequencing
Shotgun metagenomic sequencing is a process by which all the genetic information contained within the cells of an organism are processed and turned into a file containing combinations of the four nucleotides, A T C G, that make up all living organisms DNA. The DNA is chopped into pieces of some length depending on the type of sequencing. In some sequencing methods like Illumina these sections are then split and recombined with nucleotides that have a letter specific tag on them. When these millions of sequence reads are recombined letter by letter the tag is removed and creates a fluorescent signal which is read by the machine. Some other sequencing technologies like IonTorrent use a digital chip for reading the particles that come off in recombination. This data is then sent to our lab for the hard part.
One of the hardest parts of this step is trying to eliminate any kind of foreign DNA from being introduced into the sample.[9] For fecal samples this is less an issue due to the high amounts of bacterial DNA present. All samples types must have a specific collection procedure and DNA library kit preparation in order to maximize efficacy and reduce contaminate DNA.[12]
The Software
The uniqueness of Aperiomics services lies not just in the sequencing, but in our analytic algorithms and software Xplore-PATHO℠. In order to make sense of the sequencing information, there needs to be a way to compare every single one of the millions of DNA fragments to tens of thousands of organismal or viral genomes. Software that does this is commonly referred to as a bioinformatic metagenomic pipeline. There are many different approaches to this problem such as the k-mer approach, which a few of the prominent experimental pipelines use.[5] Xplore-PATHO℠ uses a unique method, but you can see some of the similarities and differences in the result in the benchmark. Due to the complexity and common elements shared between different species, the alignment is not straightforward and very computationally taxing.
Aperiomics software has been concentrating resources on this problem with some of the brightest minds in bioinformatics since our inception and continues to make strides towards the highest quality service to the health benefit of our patients.
The Database
The Aperiomics analytic algorithms and software Xplore-PATHO℠ must run on a curated database in order to run smoothly. The database formation is integral to running the software and the detailed maintenance gives our services the precision and depth you can't find anywhere else.[8] If you have a genetic library full of tens of thousands of broken, disorganized, or simply incorrect genomes, you won't be able to find out what series your collection of DNA belong to. It is not enough to simply have the largest library, you need to have the largest high-quality library.
If you do not have a properly curated database, you can bias the algorithms and obscure the true microbial representation in the sample.[7] Trying to accurately pull out the most efficient, correct, yet comprehensive database takes a lot of thorough testing. The Aperiomics Microbial Database™ has been taken from a variety of sources and is constantly being scoured for accuracy.
NGS processes
PCR, 16S NGS, or Deep Shotgun Metagenomic NGS . . .
Not all NGS are created equal
There are many different methods clinicians have at their disposal these days in the diagnosis of pathogens. Culture and antigen-based methods are a fraction of the cost yet far less sensitive than methods using PCR.[4][10] PCR, despite its sensitivity and accuracy, is typically limited to 8-20 species based on the panel size. Doctors, patients, and insurance providers deserve more widely applicable, cost-effective, and reliable testing.
Next Generation Sequencing is the future, but the different NGS types are near incomparable. While 16S is handy for discovering present bacteria by their 16S ribosomal sections, there is more to research and diagnosis.[3] If the test claims to use "NGS" and only does bacteria, this is most likely 16S sequencing technology. 16S sections of the genome are less than .01% of the total genome, which can lead to a lot of information missed.[13] Some species have 16S sections too similar to determine the differences between them. In order to analyze sample specific genes and appropriate treatment, you'll need to look deeper.
Shotgun metagenomic sequencing is able to look at all that 16S is able to find in addition to viral, human, fungi, and parasite DNA.[6] If you have high amounts of Zika virus, a brain-eating amoeba, or rare fungi in the sample you won't be able to find it using 16S. That isn't to say it is not useful, but the field is slowly shifting away due to a lack of complete information provided as better technology gets cheaper.[17][15] Shotgun metagenomics is the future of pathogen detection in both research and medical diagnosis due to the amount of information gained. Instead of looking at one small section of one type of microorganism, shotgun sequencing looks at a sampling of all DNA present. The greatest strength and drawback to Shotgun Metagenomics is its sensitivity. If there is a small amount of E. coli contamination from seemingly insignificant mishandling of the sample like a doctor or researchers finger touching the top of the vial, that bacterial species is going to throw off the analysis. This also means that if kept without any contamination, the power to determine the sample contents is very strong.
Pathogens per test*
*Percentage calculated looking at an older, but highly cited information. True numbers are difficult to ascertain with fluctuating NGS databases.
Testing Benefits
16S rRNA
Metagenomic Shotgun
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- Caliendo, A. M., Gilbert, D. N., Ginocchio, C. C., Hanson, K. E., May, L., Quinn, T. C., Tenover, F. C., Alland, D., Blaschke, A. J., Bonomo, R. A., Carroll, K. C., Ferraro, M. J., Hirschhorn, L. R., Joseph, W. P., Karchmer, T., MacIntyre, A. T., Reller, L. B., Jackson, A. F., Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) (2013). Better tests, better care: improved diagnostics for infectious diseases. Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, 57 Suppl 3(Suppl 3), S139-70.
- Carlos, N.,Tang, Y.,Pei, Z. (2012) Pearls and pitfalls of genomics-based microbiome analysis. Emerging Microbes & Infections 1(e45).
- Chen, Derrick J et al. "Utility of PCR, Culture, and Antigen Detection Methods for Diagnosis of Legionellosis" Journal of clinical microbiology vol. 53,11 (2015): 3474-7.
- Compeau, P. E., Pevzner, P. A., & Tesler, G. (2011). How to apply de Bruijn graphs to genome assembly. Nature biotechnology, 29(11), 987-91. doi:10.1038/nbt.2023
- Couto, Natacha et al. "Critical steps in clinical shotgun metagenomics for the concomitant detection and typing of microbial pathogens" Scientific reports vol. 8,1 13767. 13 Sep. 2018, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-31873-w
- Florian P. Breitwieser, Jennifer Lu, Steven L. Salzberg(2017); A review of methods and databases for metagenomic classification and assembly, Briefings in Bioinformatics, bbx120.
- Haft, D. H., DiCuccio, M., Badretdin, A., Brover, V., Chetvernin, V., O'Neill, K., Li, W., Chitsaz, F., Derbyshire, M. K., Gonzales, N. R., Gwadz, M., Lu, F., Marchler, G. H., Song, J. S., Thanki, N., Yamashita, R. A., Zheng, C., Thibaud-Nissen, F., Geer, L. Y., Marchler-Bauer, A., … Pruitt, K. D. (2017). RefSeq: an update on prokaryotic genome annotation and curation. Nucleic acids research, 46(D1), D851-D860
- Head, S. R., Komori, H. K., LaMere, S. A., Whisenant, T., Van Nieuwerburgh, F., Salomon, D. R., & Ordoukhanian, P. (2014). Library construction for next-generation sequencing: overviews and challenges. BioTechniques, 56(2), 61-4, 66, 68, passim. doi:10.2144/000114133
- Khot, Prasanna D and David N Fredricks. "PCR-based diagnosis of human fungal infections" Expert review of anti-infective therapy vol. 7,10 (2009): 1201-21.
- Mancini, N., Carletti, S., Ghidoli, N., Cichero, P., Burioni, R., & Clementi, M. (2010). The era of molecular and other non-culture-based methods in diagnosis of sepsis. Clinical microbiology reviews, 23(1), 235-51.
- Rhodes, J., Beale, M. A., & Fisher, M. C. (2014). Illuminating choices for library prep: a comparison of library preparation methods for whole genome sequencing of Cryptococcus neoformans using Illumina HiSeq. PloS one, 9(11), e113501. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0113501
- Shelton, S.(2018) 16S sequencing vs. Shotgun metagenomics: Which one to use when it comes to microbiome studies. https://blog.genohub.com/2018/04/12/16s-sequencing-vs-shotgun-metagenomics-which-one-to-use-when-it-comes-to-microbiome-studie/ Accessed 11/29/2018
- Uruburu F. History and services of culture collections. 2003. International Microbiol. 6:101–103
- Wetterstrand KA. DNA Sequencing Costs: Data from the NHGRI Genome Sequencing Program (GSP) Available at: www.genome.gov/sequencingcostsdata. Accessed 11/27/2018
- Woese, C. R., & Fox, G. E. (1977). Phylogenetic structure of the prokaryotic domain: the primary kingdoms. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 74(11), 5088-90
- Zhou, Jizhong et al. "High-throughput metagenomic technologies for complex microbial community analysis: open and closed formats" mBio vol. 6,1 e02288-14. 27 Jan. 2015, doi:10.1128/mBio.02288-14
How can Aperiomics services with our comprehensive list of known pathogens help with your testing needs?


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I had to chuckle at the brouhaha stirred by New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini recently with his ambitious attempt to rank the Top Ten Classical Composers Ever. (In case you haven't heard, JS Bach was #1.)
Lists of this sort are an old journalistic standby--subjective, outrageous, infuriating, and a marvelous device to spark debate and spur readership.
You have to love the guy, who died at 31, ill, impoverished and neglected except by a circle of friends who were in awe of his genius. For his hundreds of songs alone -- including the haunting cycle "Winterreise," which will never release its tenacious hold on singers and audiences -- Schubert is central to our concert life... Schubert's first few symphonies may be works in progress. But the "Unfinished" and especially the Ninth Symphony are astonishing. The Ninth paves the way for Bruckner and prefigures Mahler.
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See my first attempts at No-Knead Bread here. The 2nd batch was much better than the first. Have just started on my 3rd batch, will let you know if I'm improving.
This bread is very easy – once you understand about yeast temperatures which I dare say many of you already know. And it tastes great, even when you don't get it quite right. Am looking forward to getting the hang of it so I can introduce some rye flour.
Does anyone know how to make the basic sourdough – from scatch? I want to do the whole thing, not start with a piece of the previous dough.
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Out of Continues Ep 298
I'm joined by Kevin this week as we talk about over saturation in the gaming industry. After that, news on Ubisoft, Injustice 2, Harry Potter, Walking Dead and more! Stafa http://media.techpodcasts.com/outofcontinues/p/outofcontinues.com/assets/audio/OOCep298.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:44:56 — … Continue reading
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#hirestafa This week I'm with Ali and Kevin as we talk about games that we started off liking, but ultimately ended up hating. After that, news on Lionhead, Radiant Entertainment, Plants vs Zombies, Hearthstone, E3, and more. –Stafa http://media.techpodcasts.com/outofcontinues/p/outofcontinues.com/assets/audio/OOCep226.mp3Podcast: Play … Continue reading
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This week, Adam and I talk about the worst objectives and levels in games. After that, we go over some news topics including: Young Conker, Skylanders, EA, Steam, Xbox, Star Wars and Marvel. #hirestafa –Stafa http://media.techpodcasts.com/outofcontinues/p/outofcontinues.com/assets/audio/OOCep225.mp3Podcast: Play in new window … Continue reading
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On May 12, 2011, at 14:17 , Dan Brickley wrote: <snip/> > >>> 2. Authoring format: Mediawiki markup, or HTML5-with-<sections>. This >>> includes how the bibliography is done. >> >> HTML5. > > I'd like to stick to an XML-friendly subset if we can. Most of HTML5 > is in the Javascript APIs anyway, ... don't imagine we'll be using > those? The fact that it is HTML5 is because it is HTML with some additional tags that are not HTML4, essentially <section>. If we choose to use XHTML5, that would work just as well. The only thing an editor has to do is to fill some data (title and editors and dates and those kind of things) in an embedded Javascript code and, otherwise, the average document editor has nothing to do with Javascript; it is all done behind the scenes by Javascript. It is just HTML editing as far as I am concerned... Ie: I guess I do not understand your arguments... Ivan > > (or maybe we should embed a query engine in the primer? > http://www.w3.org/1999/11/11-WWWProposal/rdfqdemo.html ) > > Dan > ---- Ivan Herman, W3C Semantic Web Activity Lead Home: http://www.w3.org/People/Ivan/ mobile: +31-641044153 PGP Key: http://www.ivan-herman.net/pgpkey.html FOAF: http://www.ivan-herman.net/foaf.rdfReceived on Thursday, 12 May 2011 12:34:25 UTC
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Get on the New Domain Train and Join the .Party
Growing demand for web addresses has forced ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) to consider worldwide proposals for new top-level domain extensions. For a period of six months, anyone could submit an application (for the small fee of $185,000). ICANN started to accept these ngTLD (new generic Top Level Domain) applications in January of 2012. By the June 2012 deadline, ICANN received a total of 1,930 applications.
After a process of deciding the most worthy extensions to proceed, ICANN decided to first launch four ngTLDs with non-Latin characters in mid-2013, before introducing ngTLDs with Latin characters in November 2013. The early ngTLDs, such as .guru and .club, had the advantage of grabbing domain buyers' attention, especially with the newly introduced, and occasionally quirky, extensions, like .pizza, .ninja, and .beer, just to name a few. But .xyz quickly took over the competition, with now over one million domains in just one year of existence.
More websites now embrace the ngTLDs for their website addresses (for example, 3.4% of these users have the .party extension). And good news for the people who decide to use more obscure extensions — Google announced they will treat all ngTLDs like other gTLDs (including .com, .net, or .org) in their search systems equally. Google even started using an ngTLD domain name (abc.xyz; please note the perfect symmetry of that domain name) for their newly-formed holding company of Alphabet. Likewise, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's Townhall Q&A was even streamed live through a .xyz domain name.
VeriSign recently published the Q2 2015 Domain Name Industry Brief, showing that 5.86 million ngTLDs had been registered as of June 30, 2015, with over 200,000 domains ending in .party (we can only assume their owners are ready to party!). ngTLDs contributed to about 2 percent of total domain name registrations for the period. Based on the VeriSign report, .xyz took almost 14% of overall ngTLD domain name registrations.
Through the August newsletter, we conducted a short customer survey to ask how much they knew about these ngTLDs, with over 1,500 responses. In the survey, we asked our customers if they had registered any ngTLD domain names — select "Yep" or "Nope." Users who selected "Yep" would select which ngTLD extensions they had registered.
The results show 10% have registered at least one ngTLD domain name. This isn't too bad compared to the VeriSign report that states ngTLDs contributed about 2% of total domain name registrations as of June 30, 2015. The top five ngTLDs that our customers registered are .club, .news, .ninja, .rocks and .xyz (in alphabetic order).
On this note, if you are one of the 90% who has yet to register a ngTLD, then it's not too late to find your awesome, fresh, new domain name! In conjunction with our weeklong celebration of DreamHost's 18th birthday, we have partnered with the .xyz registrar and are offering the .xyz extension with the cheapest price on the planet — get yours now for only $1.00!
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I think before anyone plans to get a new gTLDs domain name, domain investors have already grabbed the good ones. They are smart people as they know how much a domain name worth can be if sold properly during resell. I think new ngtld's are good step by ICANN as it was getting hard to get a good domain name in dot com or .net. The chances are that people can still find great domain names in new gTLD's before this market again gets crowded like .com or .net.
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Wyn Wiley Photo Shoot
A huge thank you goes out to Wyn Wiley Photography for coming out and shooting some excellent photos of our new location in Omaha! You can view some of the photos in the gallery below. Be sure to check out more of Wyn's amazing work on his website.


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Some eat to live, I live to eat. You know when you bite into something that's SO good you can't help but say "Oh my gaddddd" or "mmmmmmm" or literally any other comment during that moment of pure bliss? This is it. The most amazing dessert for those who love a sweet cheesecake, apple pie filling, and a delicious bottom crust. I had apple pie filling in my pantry and in an effort to use it, I decided to just put it on top of my cheesecake recipe. The results? Try it for yourself!
Apple Cheesecake Bars
Bottom Crust:
2 cups flour
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 sticks of butter, soft at room temp and cut into small chunks
2 8 oz packets of Philadelphia Cream Cheese
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 dash of ground cinnamon + few sprinkles for topping
Apple topping is 1 jar of apple pie comstock/preserves
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Lightly dust a 9×13″ pan with flour or baking spray. In a medium bowl, combine crust toppings and use your fingers to combine flour, sugar, and butter until crumbly. Be patient and keep working at it until it gets the right consistency. Try to break apart pieces of butter if there are any large chunks. Press evenly until the bottom of the pan and bake for 20 minutes or until lightly browned. Meanwhile, mix to combine cream cheese packets, sugar, 2 eggs, vanilla extract and cinnamon. Place into fridge for 20-30 minutes to set while the crust is baking. Once done, pour over crust and distribute evenly. Top with apple topping and spread out. Sprinkle the top with a little bit of ground cinnamon and bake for 45 minutes or until the middle is no longer jiggly. Allow to cool, cut and serve. Enjoy!


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- In order to make a group reservation on Hostelworld.com it is necessary to pay a deposit. The balance is due directly to the hostel according to their payment conditions.
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- Please note that any cancellations must be notified directly to the hostel at least 24 hours in advance of your scheduled arrival date, unless otherwise stated in the hostel's conditions.
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The following group types are not accepted by this hostel: Holiday with Friends, Junior / Primary School, High / Secondary School, College / University, Business Trip, Stag/Hen/Bachelor Party, Sports Group, Cultural Group If you have misrepresented the type of group you are booking for, your booking may be cancelled by the hostel."
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Folklore Hostel Manali is located right in the heart of Old Manali, the hub of backpackers. In search of peace and breathtaking views of the mountains, we went off-road and built the hostel in the village of Old Manali. The hostel also houses Street café, which serves authentic Local and Continental Cuisine.
Every day with us is going to be happening and worth remembering. We have ears for your travel void. Chill out with like-minded people from around the world and travel without hassles and share laughs and experiences.
Our informative and vibrant staff will make your stay worth remembering by helping you explore more of Manali and its culture.
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2. Check in from 12:00 to 23:00.
3. Check out before 10:30 noon.
4. Payment upon arrival by cash. Credit card isn't accepted.
5. Reception working hours 09:00-23:00.
6. Age Restriction:18+.
7. Taxes not included. 1000-2499 INR, 12% tax; 2500-7499 INR, 18% tax; over 7500 INR, 28% tax.
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Great minds work together!
With many opportunities for collaborative, hands-on learning, the North Country Children's Museum welcomes school or group visits at a reduced rate. Available Wednesday to Sunday, bring your school or group to the museum for play and discovery.
School Groups
$6/student – One Free Chaperone per 10 students
Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
Spend an hour learning in the museum's permanent exhibits and an hour of special hands-on programming run by one of our educators. School group programs can be tailored to supplement topics your class is currently covering.
Please contact us to book your class trip and personalize your experience.


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324 Lafayette Street
New York, NY 10012
GATO is Chef Bobby Flay's expression of Mediterranean food, drink, and design. The NoHo location is a 100-year-old building, and GATO is the first restaurant to reside there. GATO combines its NYC roots with a European sensibility and has a casual approach, a bustling environment, and a dedicated passion to its cuisine.
*Photo courtesy NY Times


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Stikeman Elliott's student program is as supportive as it is empowering. We are committed to helping you develop all the skills you will need for a long and rewarding legal career.
This comprehensive training program will give you an excellent grounding in core legal skills that you'll use as an associate and in the future. Beyond that, your mentors and colleagues will also provide business-savvy advice and show you how we work together as a team to serve our clients.
Our broad and comprehensive formalized CLE program is delivered in a variety of formats. In-house seminars are taught by subject-matter experts, including Stikeman Elliott partners and invited guest speakers.
A tradition of mentorship is deeply woven into the firm's culture and forms one of the cornerstones of our student program. You will find that there is always a helping hand to coach you while you "learn by doing."
We place great emphasis on offering timely and constructive comments (both formal and informal) throughout your work period. This regular feedback means that you won't be left to wonder how you're doing; you'll always have a good sense of your progress.
Reviews are based on comprehensive input from all of the lawyers you have worked with and are intended to assist with your continued development as a lawyer. In addition to formal reviews, you can also expect to receive ongoing informal feedback from the other lawyers on your team.


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Picasso, Leonardo, Van Gough are all epic names associated with classical art. Likewise, there are certain designs among kitchen faucets that will always be tagged as retro or classical. For instance, anything with a rusted brass finish naturally looks rustic and traditional. Personally, I don't have much inclination towards retro styling but I hear that it is slowly making inroads into an otherwise function and style driven world of kitchen faucets.
Return Of The Classics
I find more homeowners asking me about retro fittings and fixtures. From the bathroom to the kitchen, retro is making its way back. Brass, chrome finishing, polished nickel are a few favorite finishes that folks want their retro fittings to have.
Vintage style bridge faucets and wall mounts remind me of the days when there wasn't much difference between the toilet and kitchen plumbing. Things were so simple back then. Functionality beat style any day and if something wasn't necessary, it was never purchased. Well, today retro isn't necessary but the demand is certainly there. With under-mounted sinks growing in popularity, the need for bridge faucets has risen. Together it definitely speaks boldly of ancient fashion while maintaining a decent amount of functionality.
Definitely not meant for a streamlined look, retro faucets are more of a style statement than anything else. Today's modern-traditional faucets thankfully are much easier to clean and maintain while having all modern day marvels such as single handle function, pull-out wands and even ceramic or diamond sealed valves.
The Downside
A few highly ornate neo-classical designs can be difficult to maintain. Unless you are truly a retro lover, these faucets can be difficult to clean and use. Alternatively, if you want something retro but aren't willing to compromise on functionality you could go with traditional designs that have all the functionality but are finished in a retro look with warmer materials and classical styling. Thankfully, many of the current retro faucets are actually a blend between contemporary and tradition. Basically retros today are a refreshing change from the modern and sometimes bizarre designs.
The Allure Of Old World
Old world faucets had one thing in common – every single piece was handcrafted and authentic in its design. Unlike the retro look, vintage collections are actually more about sticking with the past 100 percent. They give me an impression of living in a country farmhouse or out under the Tuscan sun. The only modern trend among old world faucets is that they use greener products with natural materials and wooden hues taking precedence.
These timeworn classics are typically darker with oil-rubbed bronze being a perfect example. Then there are antique copper and wrought iron pieces that bring out the patina over time gracing these fixtures with a time worn truly natural and aged look. Such a style is more organic and natural than today's contemporary designs and it is such designs that truly catches my fancy than faucets painted in a rusted hue. When properly maintained such vintage faucets can exaggerate a traditional kitchen like nothing else. Couple it with a copper or stone sink and you have made history stop and salute you.
The Downside
Quite naturally, the truly rustic designs that oxidize or age with time such as wrought iron can lose its appeal if it isn't maintained properly. Moreover, you will have to use a lot of stained wood or natural products in your kitchen to co-ordinate with such faucets, something that few homes retain from the past. Beware, if you fall in love with a classic design you may just have to redo your entire kitchen in a rustic style.


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Audit the Fed
The year 2013 marked the 100th anniversary of the year that tyranny got its foothold in America. This was the year that the 16th and 17th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution was ratified and the year that the Federal Reserve Act was passed.
The Federal Reserve (which is neither federal nor does it have a reserve) is the chief culprit behind the economic crisis. Its unchecked power to create unlimited amounts of money out of thin air has brought us the boom and bust cycle and caused one financial bubble after another. Since the Fed's creation in 1913 the dollar has lost more than 96% of its value, and by recklessly inflating the money supply the Fed continues to distort interest rates and intentionally erode the value of the dollar.
For the past 20 years, patriots like Ron Paul and Bernie Sanders have worked tirelessly to bring much-needed transparency and accountability to the secretive bank, but now, Congressman Ron Paul is gone and there's no one to champion. In 2009 Congressman Paul's unfaltering dedication showed astonishing results: HR1207, the bill to audit the Federal Reserve, swept the country and made the central bankers shudder at their desks. The bill passed as an amendment both in the House Financial Services Committee and in the House itself.
But the usurpers of America's future won't take it lying down. They don't want their secrets exposed and their magic money machine put under close scrutiny. At this very moment, they are working frantically behind the scenes to quietly derail all efforts to open up the Federal Reserve independent audit.
A handful of Fed-loving U.S. Senators led by Chris Dodd rewrote the Senate version of the Financial Reform Bill to strip out the "Audit the Fed" amendment and actually expand the Fed's power over banks, lending and money.
With such reckless antics and unchecked funneling of money inflating the money supply and being kept secret in the hands of a privileged few, we need to audit the Federal Reserve and we need to end the Federal Reserve and restore those duties to Congress where monetary policy will be transparent and fair for all to see!
According to the Constitution Party Platform:
"The Constitution Party recommends a substantive reform of the system of Federal taxation. In order for such reform to be effective, it is necessary that these United States:
* Return to the money system set forth in the Constitution;
* Repeal the Federal Reserve Act, and reform the current Federal Reserve banks to become clearing houses only; and
* Prohibit fractional reserve banking.
I would actually like to see the Federal Reserve abolished due to its unconstitutional nature. I believe the first step towards doing this is to "AUDIT THE FED" so that people can really see what has been going on behind the scenes. I believe transparency in all areas of government would help the people see what has been perpetrated against them.


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Beginner Bike Maintenance - Sep20
This clinic covers everything you wanted to know about looking after your bike, but were afraid to ask. Great for anyone who's new to riding. It combines the most useful beginner topics in a single session. This clinic was created to give members a knowledge of bike parts and their function as well as how to diagnose basic maintenance issues. You'll also be coached on the most vital skill when you're out on the road: how to fix a flat.
By the end of the clinic, participants will:
· Be able to recognise mechanical issues
· Know what basic care and maintenance looks like, and how to provide it
· When it's time to see a professional
Important notes
Please leave your own bike at home, where you can practice your new skills on it later. We'll use demo bikes and gear in class to show you how it's done.
Who's teaching the clinic?
Our clinics are taught by friendly MEC staffers who are ready to answer any questions and share all the stuff they love about being outside. Everyone's welcome!


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6 March
1521 – Ferdinand Magellan discovered Guam. The Chamorros, Guam's indigenous people, first inhabited the island approximately 4,000 years ago. The island has a long history of European colonialism, beginning with Ferdinand Magellan's Spanish expedition. The first colony was established in 1668 by Spain with the arrival of settlers including Padre San Vitores, a Catholic missionary. For more than two centuries Guam was an important stopover for the Spanish Manila Galleons that crossed the Pacific annually. The island was controlled by Spain until 1898, when it was surrendered to the United States during the Spanish–American War and later formally ceded as part of the Treaty of Paris.
1779 – The US Congress declared that only the federal government, and not individual states, had the power to determine the legality of captures on the high seas. This was the basis for the 1st test case of the US Constitution in 1808.
1820 – The Missouri Compromise, enacted by Congress, was signed by President James Monroe. This compromise provided for the admission of Missouri into the Union as a slave state, but prohibited slavery in the rest of the northern Louisiana Purchase territory. The compromise was invalidated in the 1856 Scott vs. Sanford case.
1822 – USS Enterprise captures four pirate ships in Gulf of Mexico.
1831 – Philip Henry Sheridan, Union Army General and hero of the Battle of Cedar Creek, was born.
1831 – Edgar Allan Poe failed out of West Point. He was discharged from West Point for "gross neglect of duty." His parade uniform was supposedly incorrect.
1835 – Charles Ewing (d.1883), Brig General (Union volunteers), was born.
1836 – The Alamo fell after fighting for 13 days. Angered by a new Mexican constitution that removed much of their autonomy, Texans seized the Alamo in San Antonio in December 1835. Mexican president General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna marched into Texas to put down the rebellion. By late February, 1836, 182 Texans, led by Colonel William Travis, held the former mission complex against Santa Anna's 6,000 troops. At 4 a.m. on March 6, after fighting for 13 days, Santa Anna's troops charged. In the battle that followed, all the Alamo defenders were killed while the Mexicans suffered about 2,000 casualties. Santa Anna dismissed the Alamo conquest as "a small affair," but the time bought by the Alamo defenders' lives permitted General Sam Houston to forge an army that would win the Battle of San Jacinto and, ultimately, Texas' independence. Mexican Lt. Col. Pena later wrote a memoir: "With Santa Anna in Texas: Diary of Jose Enrique de la Pena," that described the capture and execution of Davy Crockett (49) and 6 other Alamo defenders. In 1975 a translation of the diary by Carmen Perry (d.1999) was published. Apparently, only one Texan combatant survived Jose María Guerrero, who persuaded his captors he had been forced to fight. Women, children, and a black slave, were spared.
1857 – The United States Supreme Court issues a decision in the Dred Scott case, one of the most important cases in the court's history. In the ruling, the court affirmed the right of slave owners to take their slaves into the western territories, negating the doctrine of popular sovereignty and severely undermining the platform of the newly created Republican Party. At the heart of the case was the most important question of the 1850s: Should slavery be allowed in the West? As part of the Compromise of 1850, residents of newly created territories could decide the issue of slavery by vote, a process known as popular sovereignty. When popular sovereignty was applied in Kansas in 1854, however, violence erupted. Americans hoped that the Supreme Court could settle the issue that had eluded a Congressional solution. Dred Scott was a slave whose owner, an army doctor, had spent time in Illinois, a free state, and Wisconsin, a free territory at the time of Scott's residence. The Supreme Court was stacked in favor of the slave states. Five of the nine justices were from the South while another, Robert Grier of Pennsylvania, was staunchly pro-slavery. Chief Justice Roger B. Taney wrote the majority decision, which was issued on March 6. The court held that Scott was not free based on his residence in either Illinois or Wisconsin because Scott was not considered a person under the Constitution–in the opinion of the justices, black people were not considered citizens when the Constitution was drafted in 1787. According to Taney, Dred Scott was the property of his owner, and property could not be taken from a person without due process of law. In fact, there were free black citizens of the United States in 1787, but Taney and the other justices were attempting to halt further debate on the issue of slavery in the territories. The decision inflamed regional tensions, which burned for another four years before exploding into the Civil War.
1861 – Provisionary Confederate Congress established Confederate Army.1862 – USS Monitor departed New York for Hampton Roads, VA.
1865 – The last Confederate victory of the Civil War occurred at Natural Bridge crossing near Tallahassee, Fla., when the forces of Union Gen'l. John Newton were routed by entrenched southerners.
1886 – The 1st US alternating current power plant started in Great Barrington, MA.
1918 – US naval boat "Cyclops" disappeared in "Bermuda Triangle."
1927 – Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr. (d.2004), USAF astronaut (Mercury 9, Gemini 5), was born in Shawnee, Okla.
1932 – Marine Band leader John Philip Sousa died at age 79 in Reading, Pennsylvania.
1943 – Three American cruisers and seven destroyers bombard Japanese airfields at Munda and Vila. Little damage is done. Two Japanese destroyers, however, are sunk in an encounter engagement.
1944 – US heavy bombers raid Berlin for the first time. A force of 660 bombers is sent and 69 are lost.
1944 – On New Britain, the US 1st Marine Division is sent to land on the east side of Willaumez Peninsula with the objective of capturing Talasea. Japanese resistance is weak but the terrain is difficult, so the advance inland is slow.
1945 – The US 9th Army has reached the Rhine all along its front. To the south, US 1st Army is fighting in Cologne and driving toward Remagen farther south — the US 9th Armored Division leads the advance. Farther south, units of US 3rd Army are making a rapid advance toward the Rhine at Koblenz.
1946 – Ho Chi Minh signs an agreement with the French which recognizes the Democratic republic of Vietnam as a free state within the (as yet unformed) Indochinese Federation and the French Union. The new state is not precisely defined and the French leave details to be decided by future agreement. French forces are permitted to land in the north. Bao Dai, to eliminated his becoming a rallying point for opposing nationalist groups, departs on a 'goodwill' mission to China. Criticized by some Vietnamese for compromising, Ho Chi minh supposedly retorted, 'It is better to sniff French dung for a while than to eat China's all our lives.'
1951 – The trial of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg begins in New York Southern District federal court. Judge Irving R. Kaufman presides over the espionage prosecution of the couple accused of selling nuclear secrets to the Russians (treason could not be charged because the United States was not at war with the Soviet Union). The Rosenbergs, and co-defendant, Morton Sobell, were defended by the father and son team of Emanuel and Alexander Bloch. The prosecution includes the infamous Roy Cohn, best known for his association with Senator Joseph McCarthy. David Greenglass was a machinist at Los Alamos, where America developed the atomic bomb. Julius Rosenberg, his brother-in-law, was a member of the American Communist Party and was fired from his government job during the Red Scare. According to Greengalass, Rosenberg asked him to pass highly confidential instruction on making atomic weapons to the Soviet Union. These materials were transferred to the Russians by Harry Gold, an acquaintance of Greenglass. The Soviets exploded their first atomic bomb (and effectively started the Cold War) in September 1949 based on information, including that from Greenglass, they had obtained from spies. The only direct evidence of the Rosenberg's involvement was the confession of Greenglass. The left-wing community believed that the Rosenbergs were prosecuted because of their membership in the Communist Party. Their case became the cause celebre of leftists throughout the nation. The trial lasted nearly a month, finally ending on April 4 with convictions for all the defendants. The Rosenbergs were sentenced to death row on April 6 to death row. Sobell received a thirty-year sentence. Greenglass got fifteen years for his cooperation. Reportedly, the Rosenbergs were offered a deal in which their death sentences would be commuted in return for an admission of their guilt. They refused and were executed.
1958 – Form letters from Pres. Eisenhower to 6 civilians appointees provided for them to take office in the event of a national emergency. The group met in 1960 with the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization to discuss staffing for their agencies. Pres. Kennedy relieved the group of its duties in 1961.
1962 – US promised Thailand assistance against "communist" aggression.
1965 – The White House confirms reports that, at the request of South Vietnam, the United States is sending two battalions of U.S. Marines for security work at the Da Nang air base, which will hopefully free South Vietnamese troops for combat. On March 1, Ambassador Maxwell Taylor informed South Vietnamese Premier Phan Huy Quat that the United States was preparing to send 3,500 U.S. Marines to Vietnam. Three days later, a formal request was submitted by the U.S. Embassy, asking the South Vietnamese government to "invite" the United States to send the Marines. Premier Quat, a mere figurehead, had to obtain approval from the real power, Gen. Nguyen Van Thieu, chief of the Armed Forces Council. Thieu approved, but asked that the Marines be "brought ashore in the most inconspicuous way feasible." The Marines began landing near Da Nang on March 8.
1967 – Lyndon B. Johnson announced his plan to establish a draft lottery.
1967 – Muhammad Ali was ordered by selective service to be inducted.
1971 – Operation Lam Son 719 continues as reinforced South Vietnamese forces push into Tchepone, a major enemy supply center located on Route 9 in Laos. The base was deserted and almost completely destroyed as a result of American bombing raids. The operation, begun on February 8, included a limited incursion by South Vietnamese forces into Laos to disrupt the communist supply and infiltration network in Laos along Route 9, adjacent to the two northern provinces of South Vietnam. The operation was supported by U.S. airpower (aviation and airlift) and artillery (firing across the border from firebases inside South Vietnam). Observers described the drive on North Vietnam's supply routes and depots in Laos as some of the "bloodiest fighting" of the war. Enemy resistance was light at first as a 12,000-man spearhead of the South Vietnamese army thrust its way across the border into the communists' deepest jungle stronghold toward Tchepone. However, resistance stiffened in the second week of February as the North Vietnamese rushed reinforcements to the area. On February 23, the big push bogged down around 16 miles from the border after bloody fighting in which the communist troops overran two South Vietnamese battalions. The fierce fighting continued into March and the South Vietnamese finally reached Tchepone. However, fighting near the Vietnam border intensified and in the second week of March, South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu gave the order for his troops to withdraw as casualties soared on both sides. However, withdrawing the ground task force under heavy North Vietnamese pressure was a difficult task. The South Vietnamese fought for two weeks to get back inside their own border and losses were heavy. The South Vietnamese suffered some 9,000 casualties, almost 50 percent of the force. In supporting the South Vietnamese, the U.S. sustained 1,462 casualties and lost 168 helicopters.
1973 – President Richard Nixon imposed price controls on oil and gas. 1980 – Islamic militants in Tehran said that they would turn over the American hostages to the Revolutionary Council.
1985 – Mexican authorities found the body of US drug agent Enrique C. Salazar.
1990 – Ed Yielding and Joseph T. Vida set the transcontinental speed record flying a SR-71 Blackbird from Los Angeles to Virginia in 64 minutes, averaging 2,124 mph.
1991 – Following Iraq's capitulation in the Persian Gulf conflict, President Bush told a cheering joint session of Congress that "aggression is defeated. The war is over."
1998 – The Army honored three Americans who risked their lives and turned their weapons on fellow soldiers to stop the slaughter of Vietnamese villagers at My Lai in 1968.
1998 – It was reported that Panama hired a Canadian Indian tribe, the Tsuu T'ina, to clean out unexploded bombs and shells from an area of Empire Range, which US military forces abandoned.
2002 – US commanders in Afghanistan committed an additional 300 troops to the battle zone in the Shah-I-Kot mountains. Taliban and al-Qaeda forces were reported to have swollen by as many as 500 fighters.
2002 – Astronauts successfully replaced a power-control unit on the Hubble space telescope.
2003 – President Bush held a new conference and warned that he was prepared to go to war soon in Iraq with or without UN backing.
2003 – The United States ratified a treaty on cutting active U.S. and Russian long-range nuclear warheads by two-thirds.
2003 – The US military announces that US-British warplanes have fired at a mobile surface-to-air missile system and an anti-aircraft artillery site in southern Iraq in response to hostile fire.
2006 – Five United States Army soldiers of the 502nd Infantry Regiment, raped the 14-year-old Iraqi girl Abeer Hamza al-Janabi, and then murdered her, her father, her mother Fakhriya Taha Muhasen and her six-year-old sister. The soldiers then set fire to the girl's body to conceal evidence of the crime. Four of the soldiers were convicted of rape and murder and the fifth was convicted of lesser crimes for the involvement in the war crime, that became known as the Mahmudiyah killings.
2007 – NATO-led forces launch Operation Achilles against the Taliban in Helmand province. Operation Achilles was a NATO operation, part of the war in Afghanistan. Its objective was to clear Helmand province of the Taliban. The operation began on March 6, 2007. The offensive is the largest NATO-based operation in Afghanistan to date. NATO officials reported that, contrary to previous operations, Taliban fighters were avoiding direct confrontation in favor of guerilla tactics. It was led by British ISAF forces and focused on the Kajakai Dam and the towns in the area, which is a major power source for Afghanistan that had not been functioning for a number of years. One part of the mission was Operation Volcano, where British Royal Marines successfully cleared a large Taliban complex near the Kajakai Dam, as well as Operation Kryptonite which actually saw the clearing of the dam by allied forces.
2008 – A bomb causes minor damage to the door of a U.S. military recruiting center in Times Square, New York City. An unknown individual placed a small bomb in front of a United States armed forces recruiting station in Times Square, located in Midtown Manhattan in New York City. There were no injuries. A security camera shows the bomber riding a bicycle as he approaches the station, dismounting the bike and planting the bomb, and then speeding off shortly before the blast. New York City police has yet to identify the bomber. Because of their similarities, investigators have suggested the bombing may be linked to two prior and one subsequent New York City bombings done in front of the Mexican Consulate in 2007, the British Consulate in 2005.
2011 – United States Navy commandos from the destroyer USS Bulkeley capture four Somali pirates who boarded the Japanese oil tanker, the MV Guanabara. The tanker was attacked by 4 armed Somali pirates, 3 PM 5 March, 2011. The crew of 24 hid in a safe room, and summoned help from the USS Bulkeley and the Turkish TCG Giresun. The pirates were captured without a fight. Three of the pirates were indicted in Japan, the fourth was turned over to juvenile authorities, as it was determined that he was a minor.
2012 – Law enforcement agencies in the United States, United Kingdom and Ireland arrest alleged senior members of the computer hacking group Lulz Sec, including a member of the FBI.
2015 – The United Kingdom's National Crime Agency arrests a man as a suspected hacker in western England in connection with a June 15, 2014 cyber attack on the messaging service used by employees at the U.S. Department of Defense.
2015 – Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director John O. Brennan announces plans for a major restructuring and reorganization, including a focus on digital espionage (through the creation of the CIA Directorate of Digital Innovation). The plan will end some longstanding divisions, and create ten new centers that team analysts with operators, fostering collaboration and focus on a range of new security issues and threats, and replacing geographic division offices with hybrid mission centers modeled on the CIA Counterterrorism Center.
2015 – NASA's Dawn spacecraft enters orbit around the dwarf planet Ceres.
Congressional Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken this Day
Rank and organization: Landsman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1842 Rochester, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As landsman on board the U.S.S. Magnolia, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March, Lann served with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and throughout this fierce engagement made remarkable efforts in ass1sting transport of the gun. His coolness and determination in standing by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1843, Maine. Accredited to: Maine. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As seaman on board the U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865, Mack served with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and, throughout this fierce engagement, made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun. His coolness and determination in courageously standing by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As seaman on board the U.S.S. Magnolia, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865. Serving with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and throughout this fierce engagement, Pyne, although wounded, made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun, and his coolness and determination in courageously standing by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1840 Cambridge, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No. 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As seaman on board the U.S.S. Magnolia, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865. Serving with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and throughout this fierce engagement, Read made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun, and his coolness and determination in courageously standing by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
Rank and organization: Coxswain, U.S. Navy. Born: 1833, Ireland. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As coxswain on board the U.S.S. Hendrick Hudson, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865. Serving with the army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and throughout the fierce engagement, Schutt made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun, and his coolness and determination in courageously remaining by his gun while under the heavy fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1838, England. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.. 59, 22 June 1865. Citation: As seaman on board the U.S.S. Magnolia, St. Marks, Fla., 5 and 6 March 1865. Serving with the Army in charge of Navy howitzers during the attack on St. Marks and throughout this fierce engagement, Smith made remarkable efforts in assisting transport of the gun, and his coolness and determination in courageously standing by his gun while under the fire of the enemy were a credit to the service to which he belonged.
Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy, River Squadron 5, My Tho Detachment 532. Place and date: Mekong River, Republic of Vietnam, 6 March 1967. Entered service at: Boston, Mass. Born: 13 June, 1944, Newton, Mass. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. As the forward machine gunner on River Patrol Boat (PBR) 124, which was on patrol during the early evening hours, Seaman Ouellet observed suspicious activity near the river bank, alerted his boat captain, and recommended movement of the boat to the area to investigate. While the PBR was making a high-speed run along the river bank, Seaman Ouellet spotted an incoming enemy grenade falling toward the boat. He immediately left the protected position of his gun mount and ran aft for the full length of the speeding boat, shouting to his fellow crewmembers to take cover. Observing the boat captain standing unprotected on the boat, Seaman Ouellet bounded on to the engine compartment cover, and pushed the boat captain down to safety. In the split second that followed the grenade's landing, and in the face of certain death, Seaman Ouellet fearlessly placed himself between the deadly missile and his shipmates, courageously absorbing most of the blast fragments with his body in order to protect his shipmates from injury and death. His extraordinary heroism and his selfless and courageous actions on behalf of his comrades at the expense of his life were in the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service.


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There are few things I love more than cheese. Not many, but a few. The Husband, the cat, shows about people who are ardently readying themselves for doomsday, dreaming I can fly (it only happened once but it was awesome) and, on that note, sleeping late. Actually, take the apocolypse show off the list. I definitely prefer cheese to watching people build underground bunkers in preparation for the inevitable alien invasion. If I were to do that, I know what I would take. Cheese. A lot of cheese. Probably not the best idea in the event of said aliens cutting all power, but you get the gist.
Brie is also known as "the King of Cheeses" and was believed to have been a tribute paid to French kings. I mean, if it's good enough for royalty.
There are many ways to eat this cheese but this is by far my favourite. The sweetness of the caramelized onions perfectly compliments the gooey creaminess of the Brie. I use a medium (180ml/cup) muffin tray which gives me six mini quiches but you can use small pie dishes too.
Crustless Mini Quiches with Caramelized Onions and Brie
Servings: 6 Prep time: 5 minutes Cooking time: Caramelized onions 40 minutes + 25 – 30 minutes for quiches
- 125g Brie cheese
- 2 onions, peeled, halved and sliced
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 250 ml cream
- 2 large eggs plus 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon cracked black pepper
- 1 teaspoon salt
- Non-stick spray
Peel, halve and slice the onions. Don't slice them too thinly, you don't want them to burn. Usually for caramelizing you would slice the onion whole, however, the quiches are too small for this.
In a large frying pan, heat the olive oil on medium high. Once the oil is hot, add the onions and butter, stirring to spread the butter.
Spread the onions evenly across the pan. Fry for 5 minutes on medium high, stirring to prevent onions from sticking, then turn the heat down to medium low and saute for another 10 minutes.
Add the brown sugar, balsamic vinegar and salt and saute for 30 minutes.
Preheat your oven to 180°C (350°F) and spray non-stick spray in the muffin tray cups, making sure you cover the sides too.
Brie is too soft to grate so cut it into small pieces, keeping a quarter aside for the topping.
Whisk the eggs and yolks and add the cream, stirring until thoroughly combined. Add the onions and Brie to the egg and cream mixture, stir and pour into the muffin tray, filling each cup ⅔'s full.
Bake for 25 – 3o minutes until golden brown on top. Allow to stand for 5 minutes before gently lifting the quiches out of the muffin cups.


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Ameritrade For Active Traders: Good Idea or Bad Idea?
Using the right tools as a day trader could mean the difference between just breaking even and actually being profitable. If you want to make your way to financial freedom, you need to learn the proper ways to be good a day trading, so you need to learn the ins and outs of trading with different platforms. Ameritrade is one of the best known online brokers for investing and trading, but it is it right for high frequency traders?
Ameritrade has been around for a long time. It has been facilitating online trading for people around the United States and the world since the mid 1990s. That long experience in Internet trading gives the company the institutional knowledge and authority to be a leader in the industry. It is just that the company is best suited for casual investors rather than day traders.
The Thinkorswim platform, which Ameritrade owns and supports for traders is a valuable piece of online real estate. High frequency traders can use the customizable interface to add hotkeys and help speed up the execution of trades, giving the platform the sheen of being excellent for traders. But the cost of commissions can be prohibitive for traders that make moves multiple time per day. With each trader costing $6.95, many active traders see the platform's fees eat into their profits. Still others see it as money well spend, because Thinkorswim has such great research to offer its traders, no matter the account size or trading volume.
Part of that research and data package is the real-time streaming of prices and financial news, along with advanced technical charting that can feed an active trader need for information. Plus, the Thinkorswim feature that may be the best for novice traders is the On Demand feature that allows for real-time paper trading. That means that traders can test out strategies in real time and without the risk of actually making the trades.
The stock scanners that Ameritrade offers can be extremely valuable to active traders. Being able to search for hot stocks without leaving your platform is a great advantage for plugged in traders. Day trading is all about timing. You need to be able to capitalize on stocks that are spiking quickly, without missing a beat.
There is also an active trading community that allows traders of all levels and experience to mingle in chat rooms and work their way through advice and tips. Traders share watch lists and dissect the financial news of the day, in time building relationships that can be beneficial to everyone's bottom line. Traders on the go can use the Thinkorswim mobile platform to access almost all of the features that the desktop program has. That allows traders with family responsibilities or other jobs to be on the network at all times and stay on top of their positions.
The bottom line is Ameritrade can be better than most online platforms, but with the expensive commissions cannot measure up to the best day trading platforms on the market.


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I'd like to point out that the home of Mambo is actually at http://www.mambo-foundation.org, mamboserver.com is more or less a fan site at this point.
The upcoming 4.7 release improves standards compliance quite a bit, which in turn does help SEO efforts since search engines are basically blind users.
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'Showbiz Tonight' Flashpoint: Should J.Lo stay single?
A lot of people are shocked that Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony are splitting up. So as J.Lo's career continues to soar with her album release and her judging duties on "American Idol," we are asking tonight: Should J.Lo stay single?
Lopez is no stranger to high profile relationships, and had two marriages before tying the knot with Anthony in 2004. Her first marriage in 1997 was to Ojani Noa, who we know more recently as the ex who tried to release an alleged sex tape of Lopez. Following that marriage, Jennifer had a romance with Sean "Diddy" Combs that we can't forget – remember that infamous green, low-cut dress and the New York nightclub gun frenzy?
Next, J.Lo married her former back-up dancer Cris Judd, who she met while filming her music video for "Love Don't Cost a Thing."
When that marriage ended, Lopez followed it up with another high profile relationship and engagement to Ben Affleck, which led to the reign of "Bennifer" and the disaster that was "Gigli." Briefly following her break-up with Affleck, J.Lo married Marc Anthony on June 5, 2004, four days after Anthony's divorce from his previous wife, Miss Universe Dayanara Torres, was finalized.
Now as J.Lo and Anthony have announced this "difficult decision" and come to an "amicable conclusion on all matters," we're asking if Lopez should stay single post-breakup.
I think J.Lo's career is at an all-time high right now and she should continue to focus on that. She's gained back many fans through "American Idol," she's collaborating with top artists like Pitbull and Lil Wayne on hit songs and she's still continuing her reality show "Q'Viva," with her soon-to-be ex.
Do you think J.Lo should stay single or do you have an idea of someone she should date next? Let us know what you think below. Be sure to watch our big debate on this today on "Showbiz Tonight," exclusively at 11 p.m. ET/PT on HLN!
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The Clarets' record signing participated in his first training session on Monday after his move to Turf Moor late last week.
And the 24-year-old admits he is still pinching himself after a whirlwind couple of days that have changed his life.
Andre Gray at his first press conference
Gray said: "I've had a warm welcome from all the lads here. Everyone seems very grounded and humble.
"I've seen that already in a few days and that says a lot.
"Monday was my first day of training and not one player was off the mark at any point. You can see how the club has been where it has, through the hard work and quality that comes with that.
"The environment feels right and with the experience the manager has, I always knew I wanted to come here after I heard of their interest."
Gray recalled a manic 24 hours after Burnley, long time admirers of the former Brentford striker, finally made their move on Thursday evening.
And it led to a surprise opportunity to say a farewell to the Bees' squad on the eve of their Championship game at Turf moor.
"It's been a surreal couple of days to be honest," he laughed.
"It's pretty scary how quickly it all happened. I got a phone call around seven-o-clock on Thursday night and pack my stuff and get up here.
"On Friday I ended up staying in the same hotel as Brentford, so I ended up bumping in to everybody in a Burnley tracksuit, which was weird.
"But I guess that's part of the game and I do believe this is the best place for me to develop and kick on.
"I know I will have to adapt to the way Burnley play because they play a little differently to Brentford, but as soon as I settle into that, then I'll be fine.
"I still have a lot to learn because I'm nowhere near the finished article. That was a massive part of me coming here; to learn.
"I want to follow in the footsteps of other great strikers who have been here and I think it's possible if I keep my head down and keep working.
"But I definitely think I can give the team as much as they can give me.
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Why little boys like gross things is a mystery I'll never understand. While as a mom of a boy it's something I have to deal with, that doesn't mean I can't find my son cute but still gross stuff. Like The Grossery Gang by Moose Toys!
Note: This is a sponsored post in partnership with KidzVuz and Moose Toys. While I received product sample for review purpose, any personal views expressed are always 100% my own
We received a nice Grossery Gang package to introduce us to this collectable toy line that has captured the imagination of children around the world. With a range of over 450 characters released to date, some of the "rotten" but lovable characters include Garbage Mouth, Dirty Danish and Slop Bucket.
We couldn't wait to open our package and meet The Grossery Gang.
Ironically The Grossery Gang aren't as gross as I thought they would be. They come in themed packs with some fun names and designs. I also expected them to hard but some of them are soft and squishy. Which made for fun playtime. I confess there were a few I wouldn't mind collecting myself.
For my son's part he LOVED that they came in "secret" garbage cans and you had to discover which one were inside. He didn't think they were gross at all and enjoyed trying to match each figure to it's group. I can see him trading with friends to get complete sets.
Now that we've discovered the toys, we're looking forward to more The Grossery Gang. So I was excited to learn that there's a youtube movie!
Moose Toys' The Grossery Gang has announced the release of their first ever film, Putrid Power: The Grossery Gang vs. The Clean Team. The film premiered with a green carpet event in LA, before being opened to the global audience with an online release on YouTube.
According to Moose Toys, the Australian toy company behind the global phenomenon Shopkins, the decision to release the 33-minute film via YouTube was a logical step for the brand to allow kids across the world to get their gross fix on the big screen.
"We created this film to take our fans on an epic adventure with their Grossery Gang friends.
Moose is famous for our innovation and following the success of the short form cartoon series, webisodes and the app, this feature is really taking the Grossery Gang to the next level as one of our premier brands!" said Co-CEO, Paul Solomon.
In Putrid Power, fans will be treated to a gripping story of The Grossery Gang taking on the new evil force known as the Clean Team. With Cheap Town now under the terrible threat of being cleaned up for good by the evil Vac Attack and his team of clean freaks, Putrid Pizza, Dodgey Donut and the rest of the gang must band together to fight the power of clean; to save themselves from getting mopped up by the baddies.
Epic action images and ready-to-print home premiere packs are now available on The Grossery Gang website with a number of Series 3 Putrid Power Action Figures hitting the shelves this week.
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Bentley Continental Auto Repair at Bentley Palm Beach near Stuart 34994
When your vehicle is in need of exceptional auto repair, you can trust Bentley Palm Beach near Stuart 34994. From major replacements such as a new transmission to minor repairs such as fixing a broken taillight, rest assured that the Bentley Palm Beach Service Department will provide quality care in a timely manner.
Trying to purchase parts and fix your vehicle yourself can often lead to more damage, as well as taking up your precious time. Instead, trust your vehicle in the hands of our certified technicians who will quickly assess the problem and get to work. With every new model year comes new mechanical updates, but your Bentley Continental will receive the correct parts whether it is fresh off the lot or a few years old. They'll use their knowledge of your make, model, and year to get the job done efficiently and effectively.
If you are worried about the expense that comes along with auto repairs, come to Bentley Palm Beach near Stuart 34994. Our auto repair process includes preventative measures, so you don't have to keep coming back and have a major part replaced at a high cost. Our commitment is get you and your Bentley Continental back on the road without breaking the bank, so make an appointment to come in as soon as you detect a problem.
Our Bentley Palm Beach website makes utilizing our service center easier than ever. Take a look at our hours of operation, service specials, and even schedule a service appointment, all without having to pick up the phone. Once you've found a time that suits your schedule, you'll be able to sit back and relax knowing your Bentley Continental is in great hands. If your vehicle needs to stay at the shop, we will work with you to get you a temporary replacement so you don't have to put your life on hold.
Finding an honest auto repair shop can be difficult, but with the Bentley Palm Beach service team you can expect a knowledgeable staff that has the experience and the dedication to fine-tune your vehicle back to its proper condition. Whether it's the engine, transmission, brakes, or air conditioning, even a minor issue can cause dangerous problems if left untreated. Instead of hoping the "check engine" light goes away, bring your vehicle to Bentley Palm Beach near Stuart 34994. We look forward to serving you!
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Man I've seen a lot of doctors. Here I'm able to remind myself who said what. I won't list the ones I find completely useless
Dr. Q & Dr. B
Recurrent miscarriage specialists at New Clinic, focusing on the lining of the womb. Diagnosed me with "super fertility" and elevated uNK cells
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Diagnosed me with anti cardiolipin antibodies syndrome and raised thromboelastogram (blood clot disorders)
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Diagnosed me with LAD deficiency and raised NK cells
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So I've written before about how much I hate my Awful Coworker but since my office only has 7 people, she's hard to avoid.
I'm taking probably far too much glee that in the hour and a half, we've been here all of her suggestions have been shut down. From what I can glean it seems like everyone else is just out of patience and trying to shove her out the door.


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A week after the Archdiocese of St. Louis suggested that local Girl Scout troops should not be a part of its parishes, the Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri have raised a record amount of money as part of its annual fundraiser.
Spokeswoman Aurrice Duke-Rollings says the organization's annual event, held Thursday in St. Louis brought in more than $350,000 from 500 guests.
A week prior to the event, St. Louis Archbishop Robert Carlson urged Catholic priests to sever ties with the organization, saying their values are not in line with the church. The letter specifically mentioned the scouts support of Planned Parenthood but likely include the groups firm stance on equality for gay scouts and their unwavering support of transgender scouts.
"We must stop and ask ourselves — is Girl Scouts concerned with the total well-being of our young women?" Carlson wrote in the letter. "Does it do a good job forming the spiritual, emotional, and personal well-being of Catholic girls?"
In reality, the scouts are better off without the Church that would rather see LGBTQ scouts turned away and fight to remove the girls rights to women's health clinics as they get older.
Either way, the Girls Scouts won here and the community in Eastern Missouri really stepped up for the girls.


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McKINNEY (Aug. 23, 2013) — On Tuesday, Sept. 3, the Courtroom Theater in the McKinney Performing Arts Center (MPAC) will be restored to its original courtroom configuration for night court with Justice of the Peace Paul Raleeh. Proceedings in the civil cases are open to the public and will begin at 6 p.m. For guests unable to attend and experience night court, the facility will also be open to the public for viewing from Friday, Aug. 30 through Sunday, Sept. 1.
The performance stage will temporarily be removed in the cozy and intimate 427-seat courtroom to uncover the restored original layout for court proceedings, complete with judge's bench, witness box and juror's bench.
"This will be a site for our community to see as it reflects the old courtroom setting, allowing those present to take a journey back into our history. The original judge's bench and other courtroom trappings invoke a scene straight from To Kill A Mockingbird," said Ty Lake, MPAC Director.
McKinney Performing Arts Center is located at 111 N. Tennessee Street, in the center of Historic Downtown McKinney. Administration hours are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Monday through Friday. MPAC administration phone number is 972-547-2650.
For more information about night court, please call 214-544-4630 or visit mckinneyperformingartscenter.org.
About McKinney
McKinney, Texas, is unique by nature. As one of the fastest-growing cities in the United States, McKinney has a current population of nearly 141,000. Incorporated in 1848, the city is located 30 miles north of Dallas and is the county seat of Collin County. McKinney offers rolling hills, lush trees, a historic downtown square and unique neighborhoods and developments. The city ranks No. 2 on the Money Magazine Best Places to Live list for 2012. Visit the city's website at mckinneytexas.org.