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Scott Hall comes to St Louis April 30th
Posted by flairwhoooooo on March 14, 2011
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St Louis fans one of the original NWO members, Scott Hall will be in St Louis for a wrestling spectacular that you will not want to miss on April 30th.
Scott Hall has been a former AWA Tag Team Champion with Curt Hennig, and then exploded at the WWE as Razor Ramon. As Razor Ramon he would be a prominent figure during the Attitude era.
He would go on to defeat Shawn Michaels at Wrestlemania in a Ladder match, in what many still consider the standard for that type of match to this day.
During the Monday Wars it would be Scott Hall who would invade WCW along with Kevin Nash and Hulk Hogan as the NWO changing wrestling as the world knew it.
Since then you have seen him at TNA Wrestling, Juggalo Championship Wrestling and host of the his very own internet show Last Call with Scott Hall .
You will not want to miss a true rebel of Pro Wrestling on April 30th .
The Midwest Sweetheart Santana G making her way back home from thrilling fans in Flordia. One of the most popular young wrestlers in Florida she has been improving with each match while taking on many of the best in the sport including Becky Bayless(Cookie on TNA) MsChif, Roxxie Lottalove, and Jessika Haze.
Fans of the big men will love the massive monster known as Rick Fuller. Fuller has been in the ring with Hulk Hogan, Booker T and Jeff Jarrett.
A man who defies gravity is the man Jonathan Gresham. Gresham is one of the most exciting young stars in the game today. Recently seen on Ring Of Honor on DirectTV on HDNet.
The bad boys of the Midwest the Kansas City Killers will be in the house as Mark Sterling and Jeremy Wyatt are always worth the price of admission.
St Louis's own The Lumberjacks Abe and Gabe have been looking for someone to step up for some time now. Who will be that team to take on one of the most decorated tag teams in ST Louis's history ?
Brandon Espinosa has impressed the fans from city to city and will look to pick up a huge win at VFW Pro Wrestling Showcase.
Dave Vaughn "The wrestling machine" had a great 2010 and been heating up in 2011. Vaughn will be in action with his no nonsense
The powerhouse known as Nation will be coming to St Louis. Trained by former WWE Superstar MR Hughes, you will not want to miss Nation tear it up on April 30th.
Wrestling fans this event is shaping up to be a great one, Mark your calendar to meet one of the best ever in Scott Hall along with the top young stars of the Midwest on April 30th.
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Body Dryer Finally, Someone Is Disrupting The Towel
Showering is great, I'm a big fan. But drying off? Laaaaammmmmeeee. All that towelling, it's enough to make you need another shower, am I right? New York-based startup The Body Dryer realizes this, and they've created a device to help you skip the towel and get dry a better way.
The Body Dryer dries you from the ground up, using a device that resembles a bathroom scale but that shoots air up to rid your body of all that excess water. The whole point of the thing is supposed to be to get rid of bacteria that can accumulate and grow on towels, which are apparently a breeding ground for that kind of thing (who knew).
The Body Dryer uses forced "ionized air" which can be set to blow either hot or cold, and the company wants to make them not only for home use, but also for commercial installations in gyms and other high traffic shower zones. At retail, this thing is supposedly going to sell for $250, but backers can secure a pre-order for just $125 while the Indiegogo campaign is going on. Already $30,000 of the $50,000 the company needs to hit production has been raised.
I didn't include the video up top like I normally do for these projects because it includes the shameless use of scantily-clad women, which is completely unnecessary and frankly a bit stupid, but I still really do want to stop using towels and lighten my laundry load, despite any questionable marketing choices the company may have made.
As for drying time, the project's creators claim around 30 seconds from start to finish, though this will vary slightly depending on your height – shorter people will dry faster, as they're closer to the source of the outgoing air. Shipping on the devices is expected to take place in September, and so long as Dyson doesn't come up with a competitor in the meantime, color me interested.

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Summer Heat Wave Means Poor Air Quality Predicted in New England for Monday and Tuesday
Release Date: 08/17/2009
Contact Information: David Deegan, (617) 918-1017
(Boston, Mass. – August 17, 2009) – Unhealthy air quality is predicted in most of New England both today and tomorrow (Aug. 17-18, 2009).
Elevated levels of ground-level ozone are predicted today, Monday Aug. 17 in the following areas: southern Connecticut; Providence and Kent counties in Rhode Island; central and eastern Massachusetts; southern New Hampshire; and the southern coastal sections of Maine. Areas in northern Vermont are also expected to experience unhealthy levels of fine particulate matter.
Unhealthy air quality is expected tomorrow, Tues. Aug. 18, throughout much of southern New England and coastal areas north of Boston. The forecast of hot weather is also expected to cause the demand for electricity in New England to reach high load levels which can further increase emissions to the air that reduce air quality.
"With high summer heat, we are expecting to see unhealthy air quality in much of New England during the early part of this week," said Ira Leighton, acting administrator of EPA's New England office. "Although we have made great progress in our battle against air pollution in New England, we continue to see days when the air is unhealthy, especially on these hot and humid days. When air quality is poor, EPA and the medical community suggest residents limit strenuous outdoor activity."
EPA's ground-level ozone air quality health standard, which was revised in 2008, is set at 0.075 parts per million (ppm) on an 8-hour average basis. Air quality alerts are issued when ozone concentrations are expected to exceed this new standard. Prior to revision to the ozone standard, EPA issued air quality alerts when 8-hour average ozone levels were at, or predicted to be at, 0.085 ppm or above. Due to the mild and wet summer this year, there have only been 7 days in New England when ozone concentrations have exceeded the new 2008 ozone standard. (A preliminary list of this summer's unhealthy readings can be found at https://www.epa.gov/region1/airquality/o3exceed-09.html).
The current fine particle standard is 35 micrograms per cubic meter. Air quality alerts are issued when fine particle concentrations are expected to exceed this standard.
Exposure to elevated ozone levels can cause serious breathing problems, aggravate asthma and other pre-existing lung diseases, and make people more susceptible to respiratory infection. Exposure to elevated particle pollution levels can increase the likelihood of respiratory symptoms in sensitive individuals, aggravate heart or lung disease, and may cause premature mortality in persons with cardiopulmonary disease.
Due to tomorrow's forecast of hot weather, the demand for electricity in New England is forecast to reach high load levels. Given the air quality and high load forecasts, EPA is asking homeowners and employers to make a special effort to reduce their electricity consumption. EPA asks employers to consider asking their employees to dress casually and turn their air conditioning to a higher temperature setting and turn off any unnecessary lights and computers when not in use. Homeowners also are urged to turn their air conditioner to a higher temperature setting, turn off unnecessary lights and appliances, such as televisions, computers, or lights during the day, and to defer household activities like laundry until later hours.
Ozone forms when volatile organic compounds and oxides of nitrogen interact in the presence of sunlight. Cars, trucks and buses give off the majority of the pollution that makes smog. Fossil fuel burning at electric power plants, particularly on hot days, emits smog-making pollution. Gasoline stations, print shops, household products like paints and cleaners, as well as lawn and garden equipment also add significantly to the ozone smog. Ozone is particularly likely to reach unhealthy levels on hot sunny days. Major sources of fine particle pollution are factories, coal and oil-burning power plants, trash incinerators, motor vehicles, construction activity, and fires.
When air quality is forecast to be unhealthy, EPA asks the public to take action. The public can help reduce air pollution by:
- Using public transportation, car pooling and/or combining trips;
- Refueling cars at night to reduce gasoline vapors getting into the air during the daytime when the sun can cook the vapors and form ozone;
- Avoiding the use of small gasoline powered engines, such as lawn mowers, chain saws, and leaf blowers;
- Avoiding outdoor wood burning.
More information:
- Real-time air quality data and forecasts (www.epa.gov/ne/aqi)
- Sign up to receive free air quality alerts by e-mail (www.epa.gov/ne/airquality/smogalrt.html)
- Preliminary list of 2009 unhealthy air quality readings (www.epa.gov/region1/airquality/o3exceed-09.html)
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i'm a lover but i'm in it to win
It was an epic week. By midmorning Monday, I was sure it was Thursday. I had something going on after work every night this week and was at school until nine or ten last night and the night before. It was 80 degrees early in the week, and then the temperature plummeted 30 degrees overnight and I turned on the heat for the first time.
On Tuesday, I voted on a pool table in the same youth center where I voted for Barack Obama in 2008. I still have my ballot stub from that election, but it was this one that felt like the most important election of my lifetime. Never have I felt like so much was on the line and never have I seen an outcome that good. Not only was Obama reelected, Prop 30 passed (avoiding draconian budget cuts to an already destitute school system), Democrats won a two-thirds majority in the California state legislature, and a couple of states legalized pot and gay marriage.
I went to a Cat Power concert the night of the election, which I would say was the weirdest day I can imagine seeing a concert except I went to a show on September 11th, 2001 (Belle and Sebastian at the Roseland in Portland–it was weird). Although the reactions to Obama's win were more subdued than four years ago, car horns blared again in Berkeley and Oakland as the networks started to call his victory and revelers poured gleefully out of the bars around the Fox. My friend and I got there during the second opening act's set to find most of the audience in the lobby watching TV.
I was at a party recently where some of the guests had kids. They started talking about babies and someone said, "You can't have two good babies in a row," meaning if your first child doesn't cry too much, your second one will cry all the time and never sleep. I would riff on that to say you can't see Cat Power twice and have a good show both times. I saw her in 2004 and it was wonderful. She was at the piano most of the time and just put on a lovely performance without any of the weird onstage behavior she's known for. Though I do remember being in the front row at Great American Music Hall that night and her asking the entire audience to sit down on the floor before she played, insisting in her Southern drawl, "I think y'all might be more comfortable if you sat down." I thought about this and looked up reviews of the Sun tour the night before the show, and they were decidedly mixed. It was certainly one of the worst sounding concerts I've ever been to. Her beautiful voice was drowned out by two drummers (why?), and she played songs I couldn't even recognize under the constant overpowering thump. The audience was half fanatical and half not paying attention. There was a guy in a head-to-toe LION SUIT, dancing around until he obviously got too hot and ran out of the crowd like he was about to pass out or throw up. Chan Marshall put the mic down halfway through a song to autograph a record someone handed her from the front row. Instead of an encore, she came back on stage, took a picture of the audience, and waved. Instead of applauding, I waved back.
We listened to a rebroadcast of Obama's victory speech on the car radio afterward and drove stunned into silence by the power of his hoarse voice. I got goosebumps thinking what a close call this election was and how deflating a loss would have been to liberals, to young people, and to people of color. I almost wonder if we could have withstood it. "Hope" is just a word and people are right to probe any message for the substance behind its language, but do not underestimate the weight of hope itself. It's not just because of Obama that I've been more engaged in politics the past four years, but he is part of it. I don't want to expect too much from a president who faces an unpleasant Congress and who leads within an economic system that promotes a lot of values that run counter to democracy, but I have hope. On Wednesday, I woke up in a world where I truly believe that justice and goodness are not only possible but inherent in the air we breathe.
The role of citizens in our Democracy does not end with your vote. America's never been about what can be done for us. It's about what can be done by us together through the hard and frustrating, but necessary work of self-government. That's the principle we were founded on.
This country has more wealth than any nation, but that's not what makes us rich. We have the most powerful military in history, but that's not what makes us strong. Our university, our culture are all the envy of the world, but that's not what keeps the world coming to our shores.
What makes America exceptional are the bonds that hold together the most diverse nation on earth.The belief that our destiny is shared; that this country only works when we accept certain obligations to one another and to future generations. The freedom which so many Americans have fought for and died for comes with responsibilities as well as rights. And among those are love and charity and duty and patriotism. That's what makes America great….
And tonight, despite all the hardship we've been through, despite all the frustrations of Washington, I've never been more hopeful about our future.
I have never been more hopeful about America. And I ask you to sustain that hope. I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadblocks that stand in our path. I'm not talking about the wishful idealism that allows us to just sit on the sidelines or shirk from a fight.
I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting.America, I believe we can build on the progress we've made and continue to fight for new jobs and new opportunity and new security for the middle class. I believe we can keep the promise of our founders, the idea that if you're willing to work hard, it doesn't matter who you are or where you come from or what you look like or where you love. It doesn't matter whether you're black or white or Hispanic or Asian or Native American or young or old or rich or poor, able, disabled, gay or straight, you can make it here in America if you're willing to try.
I believe we can seize this future together because we are not as divided as our politics suggests. We're not as cynical as the pundits believe. We are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions, and we remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. We are and forever will be the United States of America.
And together with your help and God's grace we will continue our journey forward…


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S.S. Badger Coal Ash Discharge to Lake Michigan to Cease by End of 2014 Sailing Season
Release Date: 03/22/2013
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CHICAGO - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced the lodging of a proposed consent decree that requires Lake Michigan Carferry Service, Inc. (LMC) of Ludington, Michigan, to eliminate the discharge of coal ash into Lake Michigan by the end of the 2014 sailing season.
In 2013 and 2014, the ferry will reduce its discharge of coal ash and LMC will pay a $25,000 civil penalty for violating mercury water quality standards in 2012, according to the proposed consent decree.
"This consent decree offers the fastest and most certain path available to EPA to stop the discharge of coal ash from the Badger into Lake Michigan," said EPA Region 5 Administrator Susan Hedman. "The enforcement agreement reduces the discharge of coal ash more quickly and with greater oversight than would occur during the appeal of a decision to issue or deny a permit – a process that often takes several years."
The S.S. Badger was authorized to discharge coal ash under the 2008 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Vessel General Permit. A permit provision authorized that discharge until December 2012. The S.S. Badger is the last coal-fired ship operating on the Great Lakes.
Last year, LMC applied for an individual NPDES permit to allow the S.S. Badger to continue discharging coal ash into Lake Michigan. In light of the settlement announced today, EPA does not plan to make a decision on that permit application.
DOJ and EPA will accept and consider comments on the proposed consent decree during a 30-day public comment period, to be announced shortly in the Federal Register. The proposed consent decree is available on the DOJ website at http://www.justice.gov/enrd/Consent_Decrees.html. Additional information about the S.S. Badger is available at https://www.epa.gov/region5/water/npdestek/badger/.
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HIV self-testing: Is it for the greater good?
|Friday, 30 November 2018 - Friday, 30 November 2018
|Off campus
NICD, PRF Auditorium, 1 Modderfontein Road, Sandringham
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The National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) will host this panel discussion ahead of World Aids Day on 1 December 2018.
Panellists include:
- Dr Francois Venter, Deputy Executive Director of the Wits Reproductive Health and HIV Institute who leads multiple antiretroviral treatment optimisation studies and has an active interest in public sector access to HIV services;
- Dr Yogan Pillay, Deputy Director-General at the National Department of Health responsible for the HIV & AIDS, TB and Maternal, Child and Women's Health programmes;
- Professor Adrian Puren, Head of the Centre for HIV and STIs at the NICD and his area of interest is in virology and HIV specifically;
- Dr Linda Ncube-Nkomo, Chief Executive Officer at LoveLife, responsible for ensuring stakeholders engage with issues affecting South African youth and for finding solutions to reduce HIV infection among young people.
Laura Lopez Gonzalez, Deputy Editor of the Mail & Guardian's Bhekisisa Centre for Health Journalism will facilitate the discussion. Wear something red! HIV testing services will be available on the day.Add event to calendar


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Motor oil is often one of the most popular topics in my car care column, especially around the times when the American Petroleum Institute (API) changes its classifications. Folks also get an itch for this topic whenever the car manufacturers lower the viscosity requirements. And they all seem to do this within a model year of one another. I have a stock answer I give to everyone: Use the grade and viscosity of oil that the owner's manual calls for, regardless of what your Uncle Charlie uses in his car. Modern engines and modern oils are engineered simultaneously for long engine life, good fuel economy and proper emissions requirements. If you have an older car, using the API grade of oil (currently SM for gasoline engines and CJ-4 for diesels) is fine--they're designed to be compatible. But stick with the viscosity rating originally specified by the manufacturer.
But oil viscosity isn't really what I want to talk about here. I'm looking to set the record straight on that old chestnut: synthetic oil. It's a confusing topic, and there's a lot of rhetoric, largely because some manufacturers and peddlers of synthetics have made a lot of inaccurate and self-serving claims over the years. Some, actually a lot, of this rhetoric is pretty strident and opinionated.
Briefly, there are two types of "synthetic" oils on the market. Group IV oils consist of molecules that are synthesized from simpler chemical compounds. This lets the chemical engineers "tune" the characteristics of a lubricant to exact specifications. These oils flow more freely at extreme low temperatures and don't break down at very high temperatures. As a side benefit, they generally can be specified one or two grades lighter than a mineral oil, which consumes less energy as friction inside the engine and saves fuel. These are superior products, and command a premium price. Mobil 1 is a good example of a high-end Group IV. Group III lubricants are made from reprocessed petroleum products normally left over after making crude oil into gasoline, diesel fuel, heating oil and other products. They're more modestly priced, and have many of the desirable characteristics of the higher-priced spread. In much of the world outside the USA, Group III-based lubricants are not permitted to be marketed as "synthetic." Castrol Syntec is a good example of this type.
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Want to use a synthetic--but experiencing sticker shock? You have two options: Hunt for sales and buy a case at a time, or use one of the synthetic "blends." With a substantial proportion of mineral oil in the mix, these are priced more affordably. They also provide only a proportion of the desirable characteristics of full synthetics.
Conventional mineral oils are simply one of the fractional distillation products from a barrel of crude, occasionally cracked from more viscous products in the refining process.
So, should you use synthetic oil? Depends. Some high-performance and high-end cars come factory filled with synthetic, and you should stick with it. If you live where it gets really frigid in the winter, you might be better off with a synthetic for its superior cold-weather starting. If you tow a trailer and your oil temperature is consistently above 200 F, you should use a synthetic oil and install an auxiliary oil cooler. I use mineral oils in my wife's car, but the race car and the motorcycles use synthetics. It's even more complicated than that--the race car gets a race-specific lubricant, with an additive package not intended for more than a few hundred miles between changes and not for very many cold starts. My Ducati, with its carbon-fiber-based dry clutch, uses an automotive-grade synthetic, while my wet-clutch Triumph uses a motorcycle-specific oil without friction modifiers. Wet-clutch bikes share the engine oil sump with the gearbox and clutch, so the friction modifiers used in auto-type oils might make the organic materials on the clutch plates too slippery and prevent good clutch lockup. If your driving cycle or your vehicle is more average, you probably can drive your car well past 200,000 miles without needing major engine work by using the proper grade of conventional mineral oil and appropriate change intervals.
But don't assume that if a synthetic is so good (read: very expensive) that you don't need to change it as often. The base lubricant may well be better, but the additive package, which can be as much as 25 percent of the volume of product in the bottle, can still become exhausted. And unburned fuel, partially burned hydrocarbons, atmospheric dirt, metal wear particles and blowby carbon particles will build up just as fast in a synthetic-lubricated engine as in one laved in petroleum-based oil. The only way to remove this stuff is to drain and replace the oil. I've always recommended 3000-mile oil changes, but I'm rethinking that. The air cleaners, the compression and oil-control rings and positive crankcase ventilation (PCV) in modern engines are better than ever. The air cleaners admit less abrasive atmospheric dirt, and closely fitted rings keep blowby and particulates above the piston and out of the oil. Sophisticated PCV systems are better at purging water vapor and partial hydrocarbons from the crankcase and burning them off in the engine, so I'm leaning more toward 5000 miles for most people with cars newer than about 1990 or so. As always, your mileage may vary.


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World Series of Fighting continues to fill out the card for its next show, WSOF 3 next month in Las Vegas.
Chris Gruetzemacher (11-1) will meet Jerrod Sanders (11-1) in a featherweight bout, while Carson Beebe (13-2) takes on Joe Murphy (6-0) at bantamweight. WSOF officials on Wednesday announced the new fight pairings. All four fighters will be making their WSOF debuts.
WSOF 3 takes place June 14 at Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. The main card airs on NBC Sports Network. The main event is a welterweight bout between former UFC title challenger Jon Fitch and fellow UFC vet Josh Burkman.
Gruetzemacher is riding a 10-fight win streak, including eight finishes. The Arizona-based fighter hasn't lost in more than four years. Included among his 10-fight win streak is a Strikeforce Challengers TKO win over Ryan Diaz in August 2010. In 2012, he picked up wins over WEC vet Frank Gomez and UFC and Bellator vet Roli Delgado, both by TKO.
Sanders is on a lengthy win streak of his own with nine consecutive victories, six by stoppage. The Oklahoma City-based 145-pounder went 4-0 in 2012 with three stoppages, but he didn't fight after July of this past year. The lone loss of Sanders' career came to Jeremy Spoon at Bellator 37.
Beebe, brother of former WEC bantamweight champion Chase Beebe, will be looking to get back in the win column after having a seven-fight win streak snapped this past November at Tachi Palace Fights 15. Before that, along with wins for regional promotions, Beebe's resume included a win for Legacy Fighting Championship. Beebe made the cut on Season 14 of "The Ultimate Fighter," but was submitted by eventual semifinalist Johnny Bedford in his preliminary fight to get into the house.
Murphy has had a perfect start to his career. The California-based fighter has five submissions in his 6-0 start. When he makes his WSOF debut next month, it will be his first fight in 14 months.
With the addition, the latest WSOF 3 card now includes:
MAIN CARD (NBC Sports Network, 11 p.m. ET)
- Josh Burkman vs. Jon Fitch
- Steve Carl vs. Tyson Steele
- Brian Cobb vs. Justin Gaethje
- Rolles Gracie vs. Dave Huckaba
PRELIMINARY CARD (Untelevised, 8 p.m. ET)
- Lyle Beerbohm vs. Jacob Volkmann
- John Gunderson vs. Dan Lauzon
- Kendrick Miree vs. Krasimir Mladenov
- Chris Gruetzemacher vs. Jerrod Sanders
- Carson Beebe vs. Joe Murphy
For the latest on WSOF 3, stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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How Cancer Survivors Are Picking Themselves Up And Moving Past The Worry
Thank God television and movie script writers are starting to "get it." Cancer, "The Big C," doesn't always kill people, or maim them, or steal their dreams. Lately there have been new TV shows acknowledging cancer as part of life that many can live through. There's a new movie coming called 50/50 about a young adult man with cancer (important to acknowledge it in this age group!). I hope he doesn't die in the end. But from the preview, it's clear he talks to people about it – including young women he is trying to date. It's a comedy. On Showtime on cable TV there's a series, The Big C, where actress Laura Linney plays a teacher with melanoma and a year to live. The good news is they had a second season!
My point is there are now nearly 12 million cancer survivors. Three of work them at Patient Power (one is me, almost 61, one is in her 50's, one is just 18). More and more of us do not have just months or a year to live. We are true survivors. We have to start watching our cholesterol and taking baby aspirins, we have to watch our weight, plan for retirement or manage a fixed income. For the young one, it's plan for college. We have to think about who we might vote for in the next election. We are LIVING! Maybe for a full lifespan, maybe not, but living each day with purpose.
Yes, it's true there could be "another shoe" that drops, Read more »
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One of West Coast Equipment's recent sales was to do a recondition reach forklift project and get it back to proper working condition and appearance. Our client was ready to make their first purchase of a Gradall reach forklift for their roofing business. They chose to go with a pre-owned Gradall 544D model that West Coast Equipment had in stock and available for sale. With its 55 foot of reach and 10,000 pound capacity the Gradall 544D was the perfect choice for their application. This Gradall had recently been re-powered by West Coast Equipment with a Tier 3 Perkins engine along with most of the hydraulic system hoses being replaced, it was a perfect machine for the project. It was then decided that a fresh paint job with new decals and company logo were in order for the appearance our customer wanted to present out on the job site. Along with the paint job West Coast Installed new 1400 x 24 Solideal E3 Rock Lug tires for proven long life use on the job. Equipped with a 100 degree swing carriage and work light kit this Gradall turned out great and looks as good as it did when it was new.
Before the recondition process West Coast Equipment re-powered this Gradall with a new Tier 3 Perkins engine to help meet SCAQMD off-road compliance.
The beginning of the recondition process started out with a 1999 Gradall 544 D. This machine was a trade in and a perfect candidate to restore it back to good as new, work ready condition.
To get this machine ready to go back to work it first it made a trip through the West Coast Equipment shop for a 115 point inspection to check all mechanical functions and safety related issues. Service manager John Robidoux and his team in the service department provided their expertise in making sure this machine was ready to go.
After the West Coast Equipment shop crew did their pre paint services, the Gradall was then ready to head out to New Image paint in Orange California . Tommy and his staff of painters prepare the Gradall for paint by taking the paint back down to the steel and get a good primer base coat on and ready for the factory JLG paint. Its Gradall blue again but nice and shiny ! Back to West Coast Equipment for the final touches before delivery, new factory decals, new seat and belt, load charts and a fresh set of treads. Custom boom decals by ZLT MXID and this Gradall is ready to work.
The newly reconditioned reach forklift by West Coast Equipment is ready for delivery to our roofing customer. For more information about this process contact the West Coast Equipment service department and ask for John. Scissor lift , boom lift and reach forklift reconditioning is one of our specialities.


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Traverse City Events: Traverse City native Dr. Terrie E. Taylor will present "One Michigander Making a World of Difference in Southern Africa" at the next International Affairs Forum lecture at 6 p.m., November 15 in Milliken Auditorium.
Taylor is a distinguished professor of internal medicine at Michigan State University's College of Osteopathic Medicine. For the past 25 years, she has spent half of each year leading a team of physicians battling the scourge of malaria in the African country of Malawi and is currently leading a $9.1 million effort there. Among her numerous awards, she was the 2011 recipient of the American Medical Association's International Award for Medicine.
The eight-part IAF series brings diplomats, policy makers, journalists and others from all over the globe to Milliken Auditorium. All programs begin with a reception in the Sculpture Court of the Dennos Museum Center at 5:15 p.m. and are followed at 6 p.m. by the lecture and a discussion period in Milliken Auditorium.
Subscribers and patrons receive 16 tickets that can be used by the member and guests at any of the eight lectures in the 2012-2013 series. Patron members also receive public recognition at each lecture for the additional support that has been essential in sustaining the IAF lecture series for 17 years.
Individual lecture tickets are $10 and available at the door. All current educators and students are admitted free. For memberships or more or information, call NMC Extended Educational Services at (231) 995-1700.
For more information on the IAF series, including a complete 2012-2013 speaker schedule, visit nmc.edu.


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Assuming I have a OpenCL driver / environment in which the function clGetPlatformIDs() returns more than one cl_platform_id:
Is it possible to create a create a context including devices from different platforms?
I tried to find an answer in the OpenCL specifications but didn't found any definitive answer. There are some passage in section 4.3 which makes me think it is not possible but I'd like to be sure on this one.


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DESCRIPTIONThis module acts as a class to provide a number of utility methods whose exact behaviour may depend on the type of OS it is running on. It is provided as a class so that specific kinds of operating system can override methods in it.
As well as these support functions it also provides a number of constants, all with names beginning "HAVE_" which describe various features that may or may not be available on the OS or perl build. Most of these are either hard-coded per OS, or detected at runtime.
The following constants may be overridden by environment variables.
True if the "fork()" call has full POSIX semantics (full process separation). This is true on most OSes but false on MSWin32.
This may be overridden to be false by setting the environment variable "IO_ASYNC_NO_FORK".
True if "ithreads" are available, meaning that the "threads" module can be used. This depends on whether perl was built with threading support.
This may be overridable to be false by setting the environment variable "IO_ASYNC_NO_THREADS".
$family = IO::Async::OS->getfamilybyname( $name )
Return a protocol family value based on the given name. If $name looks like a number it will be returned as-is. The string values "inet", "inet6" and "unix" will be converted to the appropriate "AF_*" constant.
$socktype = IO::Async::OS->getsocktypebyname( $name )
Return a socket type value based on the given name. If $name looks like a number it will be returned as-is. The string values "stream", "dgram" and "raw" will be converted to the appropriate "SOCK_*" constant.
( $S1, $S2 ) = IO::Async::OS->socketpair( $family, $socktype, $proto )
An abstraction of the socketpair(2) syscall, where any argument may be missing (or given as "undef").
If $family is not provided, a suitable value will be provided by the OS (likely "AF_UNIX" on POSIX-based platforms). If $socktype is not provided, then "SOCK_STREAM" will be used.
Additionally, this method supports building connected "SOCK_STREAM" or "SOCK_DGRAM" pairs in the "AF_INET" family even if the underlying platform's socketpair(2) does not, by connecting two normal sockets together.
$family and $socktype may also be given symbolically as defined by "getfamilybyname" and "getsocktypebyname".
( $rd, $wr ) = IO::Async::OS->pipepair
An abstraction of the pipe(2) syscall, which returns the two new handles.
( $rdA, $wrA, $rdB, $wrB ) = IO::Async::OS->pipequad
This method is intended for creating two pairs of filehandles that are linked together, suitable for passing as the STDIN/STDOUT pair to a child process. After this function returns, $rdA and $wrA will be a linked pair, as will $rdB and $wrB.
On platforms that support socketpair(2), this implementation will be preferred, in which case $rdA and $wrB will actually be the same filehandle, as will $rdB and $wrA. This saves a file descriptor in the parent process.
When creating a IO::Async::Stream or subclass of it, the "read_handle" and "write_handle" parameters should always be used.
my ( $childRd, $myWr, $myRd, $childWr ) = IO::Async::OS->pipequad; IO::Async::OS->open_child( stdin => $childRd, stdout => $childWr, ... ); my $str = IO::Async::Stream->new( read_handle => $myRd, write_handle => $myWr, ... ); IO::Async::OS->add( $str );
$signum = IO::Async::OS->signame2num( $signame )
This utility method converts a signal name (such as ``TERM'') into its system- specific signal number. This may be useful to pass to "POSIX::SigSet" or use in other places which use numbers instead of symbolic names.
( $family, $socktype, $protocol, $addr ) = IO::Async::OS->extract_addrinfo( $ai )
Given an ARRAY or HASH reference value containing an addrinfo, returns a family, socktype and protocol argument suitable for a "socket" call and an address suitable for "connect" or "bind".
If given an ARRAY it should be in the following form:
[ $family, $socktype, $protocol, $addr ]
If given a HASH it should contain the following keys:
family socktype protocol addr
Each field in the result will be initialised to 0 (or empty string for the address) if not defined in the $ai value.
The family type may also be given as a symbolic string as defined by "getfamilybyname".
The socktype may also be given as a symbolic string; "stream", "dgram" or "raw"; this will be converted to the appropriate "SOCK_*" constant.
Note that the "addr" field, if provided, must be a packed socket address, such as returned by "pack_sockaddr_in" or "pack_sockaddr_un".
If the HASH form is used, rather than passing a packed socket address in the "addr" field, certain other hash keys may be used instead for convenience on certain named families.
- family => 'inet'
- Will pack an IP address and port number from keys called "ip" and "port". If "ip" is missing it will be set to ``0.0.0.0''. If "port" is missing it will be set to 0.
- family => 'inet6'
Will pack an IP address and port number from keys called "ip" and "port".
If "ip" is missing it will be set to ``::''. If "port" is missing it will be
set to 0. Optionally will also include values from "scopeid" and "flowinfo"
keys if provided.
This will only work if a "pack_sockaddr_in6" function can be found in "Socket"
- family => 'unix'
- Will pack a UNIX socket path from a key called "path".
LOOP IMPLEMENTATION METHODSThe following methods are provided on "IO::Async::OS" because they are likely to require OS-specific implementations, but are used by IO::Async::Loop to implement its functionality. It can use the HASH reference "$loop->{os}" to store other data it requires.
IO::Async::OS->loop_watch_signal( $loop, $signal, $code ) IO::Async::OS->loop_unwatch_signal( $loop, $signal )
Used to implement the "watch_signal" / "unwatch_signal" Loop pair.
@fds = IO::Async::OS->potentially_open_fds
Returns a list of filedescriptors which might need closing. By default this will return "0 .. _SC_OPEN_MAX". OS-specific subclasses may have a better guess.
AUTHORPaul Evans <[email protected]>


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Monday, June 04, 2007
Mondays with Maida - Cracker-Barrel Raisin Cookies
Page 226 in the old book / page 252 in the new book
Just out of the oven, these cookies had a nice little crunch on the outside and were soft on the inside, but a day later that nice contrast of textures had disappeared and what was left was a dryish, soft cookie. Happily, lots and lots of soft raisins add moisture and chewiness to what otherwise might have been a rather unremarkable cookie.
There are two ways to shape these cookies. Since this is the "Hand-Formed Cookies" chapter, I went with the first method: chill the dough, roll it into balls, then make crisscross markings with a fork. However, if I were to make these again, I think I'd use the alternate method - drop the dough (without chilling it), then press with a fork. This second method would certainly save time and having seen the results of the first method, I don't think the extra effort is necessary.
Here's the panel...
Suzanne: "Cathy tried in vain to pick out the cookie with the least amount of raisins for me since she knows I'm not a raisin fan. I do like raisins if they aren't cooked. I think I've figured out why I don't like raisins in cookie. Somehow they loose their sweetness and become bitter tasting. Even though I like a crunchier cookie, I didn't mind the soft texture of this cookie. Rating - 2.0"
Laura: "Moist and yummy cookies. Very plump raisins, with a hint of lemon in the cookie. Rating - 3.5"
Denny: "These were OK. Not crunchy enough for me, raisins were a little too plump for my taste. That suggests to me that someone might even really like these a lot, just not me. Minus one for lack of chocolate, so I rate them a 2.0. Rating - 2.0"
Terri: "These cookies are definitely for raisin lovers! Each cookie has about 6 raisins and they remind me of a raisin bran muffin. I like the slight lemony taste - they may be a bit dry, but very tasty with morning coffee! Rating - 3.0"
Overall rating by the panel - 2.6
Next week - Austrian Walnut Crescents
Nutrition Facts
5 comments:
Someday, Cathy, you should tell Denny that there was chocolate in the cookie even if there wasn't. Those cookies look great. Do you know the origin of "Cracker Barrel"? I don't. I see it here and there and feel a little silly that I've never bothered to figure it out...
- June 09, 2007 2:10 AM
That certainly looks yummilicious. In fact all your cookies in your blog looks fantastic and yummy.
- June 10, 2007 12:23 PM
- Cathy said...
Hi Mari! I'm not sure he'd be easily fooled, but it might be worth a shot :)
You know, I hunted around last week to try and find some background on that without much luck. Most references to that phrase refer to the restaurant, and I'm sure there were cracker barrels long before there was a Cracker Barrel restaurant.
Hi cooking ninja - thanks so much!
- June 10, 2007 8:55 PM
Your blog is delicious...I feel very hungry for cookies now--LOL! Happy Days! :o)
- June 13, 2007 6:41 AM
- Cathy said...
Hi Tracy - thanks so much!
- June 13, 2007 9:40 PM


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So Aaron and I have been friends of Justin's for a while, and while there's no question in our minds that he completely adores the Phish from Vermont, it's become increasingly obvious over the years that he doesn't quite know the whole deal. Now we're not calling him a newb by any stretch of the imagination, but let's just say that whenever I ask him about certain shows of legendary status (The Bomb Factory, for instance), he can only shake his head in ignorance and shame.
A few weeks back at High Sierra, Aaron and I were talking about this peculiar phenomenon, and how Justin could desperately use a history lesson. And with that, we decided that it was time to bring back one of Live Music Blog's most popular columns, Phish Friday — not only for the benefit of LMB's loyal readers, but also the Editor-in-Chief himself. Thus, we present to you our first of hopefully many entries that will school and humble our fearless leader:
The Top 15 Shows Justin Needs to Listen to Immediately**
** Note: These shows are not ranked in any order other than chronological. Thankfully, Justin has already heard Big Cypress, the '98 Island Tour, New Years '95, 12.11.97, the Halloween shows, and a couple other key LivePhish releases (2.20.93, 6.22.94, 7.16.94, 12.14.95, 12.7.97, etc.) so these did not need to be included. But if any of you readers out there have neglected these shows, go get 'em now!
17.14.91 – Townshend Family Park, Townshend, VT
Phish was in the midst of a two week jaunt with The Giant Country Horns when they dropped this stellar three set show. A noteworthy period of early 90's Phish, it's great to hear some of Trey's early compositional classics get the mini-orchestral treatment he always envisioned in his head. Plus, you get to hear Fish sing "Touch Me."
24.18.92 – Wilbur Field, Stamford University, Palo Alto, CA
Here's one where we can just let the 2nd set speak for itself: Glide, The Oh Kee Pa Ceremony > Suzy Greenberg, Rift, Manteca, Bathtub Gin, Manteca Reprise, The Lizards, Mound, Lllama, TMWSIY > Avenu Malkenu > TMWSIY, Dinner and a Movie, Harry Hood, Cold as Ice > Love You > Cold as Ice, Rocky Top. E: Contact, Big Black Furry Creature From Mars. The bread and butter is the Harry Hood, which contains not only some stellar machine-gun Trey (which to this day on every re-listen makes me want "that tone" back), but Linus & Lucy teases all throughout. If it doesn't put a smile on your face, well f*** it. Your face, that is.
35.6.93 – Palace Theatre, Albany, NY
While the Reverend Jeff Mosier "bluegrass period" wasn't until a full year and a half later, this Albany show features Dick Solberg on violin for the second half of each set. The band blows through such standards as Why You Been Gone So Long, Tennessee Waltz, I Been To Georgia On A Fast Train, Rocky Top, and That's Alright Mama, and the rest of the show ain't bad either.
48.20.93 – Red Rocks, Morrison, CO
You knew that Phish was going to bring the heat for their first ever show at the hallowed Red Rocks. Famous for Trey's story during "Harpua" about the giant iguana trapped in the rocks and subsequently turned to stone by everyone's favorite cat, Poster Nutbag.
55.7.94 – The Bomb Factory, Dallas, TX
Tweezerfest, The Bomb Factory, whatever you want to call it… the fact of the matter is that this show absolutely KILLS, and I don't think anyone could ever get sick of it. Once the band drops into Tweezer early in the second set, they don't stop weaving in and out of songs until they reach Tweezer Reprise over seventy minutes later. Thankfully, this is a Live Phish release so you can listen to it in all it's soundboardy goodness.
66.17.94 – Eagles Ballroom, Milwaukee, WI
The OJ Show. Fews recordings can capture the band's manic energy and the "anything can happen at any moment" feeling like this one does. Enough said.
712.1.95 – Hersheypark Arena, Hershey, PA
As one would expect from one of the best months in Phishtory, the band started December '95 off with a bang. Honestly, pretty much any show from this month is a must hear (I wavered between including this show or December 7th). The highlights are undoubtedly the Col. Forbin laden with references to the Rhombus, King of Prussia, and chocolate (they were in Hershey, after all), and the first ever Mike's to segue directly into Weekapaug (something that also happened on 12.7.95). Pure Fall 95 hose.
812.6.96 – The Aladdin Theatre, Las Vegas, NV
Fall 96's tour closer, and recently released as "Live in Vegas". This show is famous for its 30 minute Harpua encore with Les Clapool, Larry LaLonde, some yodelers, and 4 Elvis impersonators running around stage, but really it's the two sets that precede this madness that boast all the musical highlights. Check out the 35 minute Simple -> Hood in the middle of a Mike's Groove sandwich, or the Peaches > Poor Heart > 2001 > Llama > YEM in what I hesitate to call the "first" set. OK, nevermind, just listen to the whole damn show.
97.1.97 – Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands
"You wanna know where you are"? "You're on the back of the worm!". I'll let the tapes speak for themselves on this one. Trust me, you'll be hooked as soon as the 1st set opener Ghost starts up, and then you'll want to grab the next night as well. Something was clearly in the air during this Amsterdam run.
1011.22.97 – Hampton Coliseum, Hampton, VA
Mike's Groove followed by Hood, and that's just the FIRST set opener. Beginning with a jammed out Halley's Comet (oh how I yearn for the days when Halley's was more than 6 minutes long), this show boasts one of my favorite second sets of all time. Why Phish decided to officially release Hampton '98 instead of '97, I will never know. This is honestly what dreams are made of.
1112.6.97 – The Palace at Auburn Hills, MI
Often overshadowed by the following night's bust out laden show, this is yet another Fall 97 show that demands to be heard. The second set starts off with what Mr Miner has repeatedly gone on record as stating is his "go-to jam": Tweezer -> Izabella. The seguefest actually continues with a stellar Twist -> Piper, while the first set is no slouch either. A ripping Golgi > Antelope combo kickstarts the show, while a beautiful Gin flawlessly segues into Foam just a few minutes later.
1212.30.97 – Madison Square Garden, NYC
Last '97 show, I promise. This one is famous for the band playing a ridiculously long second set that featured Tom Marshall singing "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" in the middle of the "pentagram Harpua", and an extended AC/DC Bag. In fact, the second set was so long that the band had already broken curfew by the time they left the stage. In classic Phish fashion, Trey took the stage and said "since we're already over curfew, we might as well play til midnight, and that way we'll play TWO New Year's shows". Hence the insane 30 minute encore, which featured the first ever stateside Carini. Oh, and let's not forget the first Sneakin' Sally in over 900 shows.
139.14.99 – Boise State University Pavilion, Boise, ID
The "snooze and you lose" show of Fall '99. After hitting Portland and the Gorge the weekend before, a lot of folks skipped this Tuesday night show in Boise, Idaho and headed straight down to the San Francisco Bay for the upcoming 4 night California run. But as anyone true head knows, you miss a Phish show at your own peril. The second set simply reads: Peaches en Regalia > AC/DC Bag > Gumbo, Down with Disease > Frankenstein, but trust me on this one — it's a keeper and then some.
146.14.00 – Drum Logos, Fukuoka, JP
The whole Japan 2000 run is worth listening to, as Phish was clearly stoked to be playing to some of the smallest rooms in ages, but this night is the undisputed highlight. Anytime you have a four song second set, you know there'll be some interesting band interplay, but this truly is a set that's unlike any other. Another top notch show that has luckily been commemorated by Phish.
158.5.10 -"Ride Captain Ride" opener. Kangfirmed.
Okay, so we just threw #15 in to see if you were paying attention. As for the rest of the list, these are must-hear shows and we're holding our Editor's feet to the fire to get these shows listened to in the next two weeks. He'll have to make up about a show a day to get the list finished in time for the Greek.
What shows do you think we missed? Drop some comments on @livemusicblog us so we know what to include for Justin's "after Greek" homework assignment…
Stay tuned for next week's lesson: the top 20 jams that Justin (and/or any of your novice friends) haven't heard yet.


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I Am Much Too Alone in This World, Yet Not Alone
by Rainer Maria Rilke
Translated by Annemarie S. Kidder
I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone enough
to truly consecrate the hour.
I am much too small in this world, yet not small enough
to be to you just object and thing, dark and smart.
...Read the rest here at Poets.org
...or read and listen to it as translated by Anita Barrows here. I have Barrows and Macy's book Rilke's Book of Hours; Love Poems to God and every once in a while I sink into them. It's been that kind of week.
The Poetry Friday round up is here this week! Share your post in Mr. Linky and be sure to leave a comment. Then come back later to enjoy what everyone else is posting this weekend.
ETA: Someone in the comments asked how to find the Friday Poetry roundup schedule and that reminded me that for new comers it's a bit confusing. Let me point you to the article by Susan Tompson of Chicken Spaghetti at the Poetry Foundation that explains Friday Poetry. Kelly Harold organizes the schedule of hosting and posts it in the sidebar of her blog Big A, little a. She puts out a call for volunteers several times a year. Anyone can join anytime of course! If you enjoy poetry jump in!Click around to read some great poetry:
1. Wild Rose Reader (Three Original Poems about the Sounds of Summer)
2. Blue Rose Girls (A Poem by Richard Brautigan: Gee, You're So Beautiful That It's
3. Kelly (an original poem about Little Sioux Scout Camp)
4. Gregory K. (end of the school year, Hello Summer!)
5. Michele (W B Yeats)
6. Stacey (Sea Joy)
7. writer2b (Silence)
8. Sara Lewis Holmes (riff on a quote from Robert Frost)
9. Jama Rattigan (celebrating Father's Day with two poems: D. Nurkse and Edgar Guest)
10. Laura Salas (15 Words or Less Poems)
11. Laura Salas (Billy Collins poem)
12. Mary Lee (Poe and a review)
13. MotherReader (Our Deepest Fear)
14. Shelf Elf (Tap Dancing on the Roof)
15. Jules, 7-Imp (Choose Your Own Adventure)
16. Kimberly @ lectitans (The Mermaid in the Hospital)
17. Little Willow (Tarts and Evidence from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland)
18. msmac (Janet Wong's Night Garden: Poems from the World of Dreams )
19. Sylvia (Father's Day poems)
20. Laurel Snyder (a poem about surfing and youth, by Mark Jarman)
21. Tricia (Summer Days)
22. Picture Book of the Day (Blackberry Banquet)
23. Karen Edmisten (Basho, Henry Timrod and an interesting connection to Bob Dylan.)
24. John Mutford (The Poem I Turn To)
25. Linda ("a sestina I wrote for my grandfather")
26. Tiel Aisha Ansari (an original flood poem)
27. Lisa Chellman (Peter, Paul & Mary)
28. Semicolon (Caedmon)
29. Kelly Fineman (So We'll Go No More a-Roving)
30. Becky (Surrender Tree review)
31. Ruth (where we are)
32. Liz in Ink (with Louise Gluck)
33. Chicken Spaghetti (poems about superstitions)
34. Marie DeVries (a poem about listening)
35. LisaC (AA Milne)
36. Charlotte ( In For Winter, Out For Spring)
37. Sarah R. (Cowboy Vernacular)
38. Suzanne :: Adventures in Daily Living :: (Mist by Tom Robinson)


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Last night I had the chance to go to the temple, and I grabbed it. For those of you who are not Mormon, the temple is not a place for our weekly services, but is instead a special "House of the Lord" where we go for additional teaching, learning and to perform services for our ancestors. It's a place we hold sacred and its somewhere we can retreat to when we are needing guidance, answers to prayers, or just to feel closer to God. Not all Mormons go to the temple, but a great many of us do- myself included- and I love living close enough to one that I can pop in on a few moments notice.
Each temple has a Celestial Room, which is a room for us to gather when we are done with the services we participated in, and where we can sit, meditate, pray privately, talk quietly with friends or family, or just hang out because it feels good to be there. The room is different in every temple, but it's always incredibly beautiful and peaceful.
Last night, I found myself alone in the Celestial Room. This doesn't happen often- people always filter in and out- so I sat down on the plush sofa, curled my knees up beneath myself, and let my mind roam. Uninterrupted time is a rarity for me, and to sit, alone, in a lovely, quiet room and have time stretch before me was a such a beautiful luxury- the soaring ceilings, leaded windows, sprays of flowers and twinkling chandeliers all drew my mind up and out and opened me- and that was the whole point. Of course God can be found anywhere and is everywhere… but sometimes removing oneself from the chaos of life for a tiny bit helps quiet the mind and allows one to find spaces where we can hear things we need to hear.
As my mind wandered, I found myself looking at the giant spray of spring roses filling a vase on a table. Each flower was so beautiful- and yet when I looked closely, each petal was unique, different- bent here or there, a curl in the edge, a tiny ripple in the textured leaf, a frill here, smooth simplicity there- yet the imperfect petals, when placed in the context of being a flower, became perfect roses. And each rose, a collection of imperfectness, then was part of a greater bouquet which in turn became a breathtaking masterpiece.
It think this is what we all are- Imperfect Petals. We are made perfect is what and how we put ourselves in God's hands and allow him to do with us what he wants. When we beat ourselves up for having bent our petal, or for our edges not being as smooth as the petal next to us, we are devaluing the beauty and perfection that lies beyond ourselves. I don't think God cares so much about the marks on us nearly as much as we do- because he sees the whole rose, and knows if the petals were all perfect, the rose would not be so beautiful, not so perfect as a finished masterpiece. It's the differences and so-called flaws that create the beauty.
Life is going to mark us. We are going to be bruised, torn and scarred by what happens here. But it doesn't matter- not one bit. The bend of my petals is what makes me useful to God, what makes me unique, and precious. God does not need- nor want- me to be like anyone else, perfect copies of each other; indeed, such an idea is an affront. We only have to trust, and know that we are loved, and hand ourselves, flaws and all, over to God, in order to be made perfect.
See what happens when a mama gets a little time alone?


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Donna's Make-Ahead Mashed Potatoes
These potatoes are wonderful. Even when made days ahead of time, the potatoes taste like you just made them. Good to keep on hand in the refrigerator for a quick warming whenever you are in the mood for great mashed potatoes. The white pepper is an essential ingredient.
5 large russet potatoes (2 ½ pounds), peeled and quartered 1/2 cup fat free milk 1/2 cup fat-free sour cream 3 ounces fat-free cream cheese 1/8 teaspoon white pepper salt to taste
In a large saucepan, boil potatoes in salted water until tender. Drain. In a large bowl, combine potatoes, milk, sour cream, cream cheese, and white pepper. Using an electric mixer, beat until fluffy. Add extra milk if needed for a smooth light consistency. Add additional pepper and salt to taste. Transfer potatoes to a lightly buttered casserole dish. Cover and refrigerate.
On the day of serving, bring to room temperature and heat potatoes in 350 degree oven until hot – about 30 minutes. Time will depend on the size of the casserole dish. The potatoes can also be reheated in a microwave.
Serves 6
Nutritional Information per serving:
Calories 150 Fat, gm.: 0 Protein, gm.: 6 Carb. gm.: 30 Cholesterol, mg.: 5 Fiber, gm.: 2.3


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Our friend Kim at Seven Thirty Three has a great tip for you this week on how to prevent your personal photos from being pinned on Pinterest.
See Blogger Tip of the Week.
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Have a great week!
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Hope you have a great day!
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Good Morning!
This week I shared another little-bother recipe - cinnamon swirl oat bread. So delicious with a smear of butter!
I also shared an article I wrote explaining how flour can go sour, and how grain bugs get into our food.
Have a great week!
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The Battle of Alberta will also be for top spot in the CFL's standings.
The Calgary Stampeders host the Edmonton Eskimos on Monday to kick off their annual Labour Day home-and-home series. The two teams meet again Saturday night at Commonwealth Stadium with much more on the line than just bragging rights.
Calgary and Edmonton are tied atop the West Division with league-best 7-1 records. The Eskimos' lone loss was 26-22 to the Stampeders on July 24.
The Labour Day series could also determine the final West Division standings given the tie-breaker is head-to-head record. And that's also an important factor for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (6-3) and Saskatchewan Roughriders (6-2), who'll also play consecutive games after the Riders won the first meeting 23-17 on Aug. 7.
The Labour Day results are also important to the B.C. Lions (5-4), who are fifth in the West and visit the Ottawa Redblacks (1-7) on Sept. 5 following their bye week.
There's not much separating Calgary and Edmonton. They boast the CFL's top-scoring offences (Calgary first at 27.9 points per game, Edmonton next at 26.8) and their defences are 1-2 in fewest points allowed (15.1 for Calgary, 17.8 for Edmonton).
The Eskimos lead the CFL in interceptions (14) while the Stampeders are tied with Saskatchewan for second with nine. Edmonton's defence is second overall in sacks (29) while Calgary stands fourth (25).
A big difference between the two is ball security as Edmonton has 20 turnovers, twice as many as Calgary. But the Eskimos' defence has registered 24 takeaways - tied with Saskatchewan for tops - compared to 21 for the Stampeders.
Calgary's offence was bolstered last week by the return of running back Jon Cornish. The CFL's outstanding player in 2013 had missed much of the season with concussion symptoms but rushed for 74 yards on 16 carries in a 32-7 victory over Ottawa. And now, receiver Maurice Price (hand) is poised to come back.
A hand injury sidelined John White for Edmonton's 41-27 home win over Toronto on Saturday, but Kendial Lawrence still ran for 91 yards and a TD.
Edmonton also lost starter Mike Reilly (hand) against Toronto but he's expected to play against Calgary. Backup Matt Nichols was 15-of-28 passing for 178 yards and a TD versus the Argos but also threw two interceptions.
Once again, Edmonton's defence shone. Odell Willis had two of the unit's five sacks and an interception that set up the first of linebacker Dexter McCoil's two TDs on a lateral.
Calgary is 16-5 versus Edmonton since 2008, having won the last nine head-to-head matchups.
Pick: Calgary
Ottawa Redblacks versus Montreal Alouettes, 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday night.
A crucial game for both teams, who despite having just one win apiece remain tied for second with Hamilton (1-6) in the East Division. Montreal (1-7) has dropped six consecutive games while Ottawa (1-7) has lost five straight. And a lack of offence has been a big problem for both. Ottawa is eighth overall in points scored, averaging 15.8 per game, just ahead of Montreal (15.6). The Alouettes have managed a league-low seven TDs but the Redblacks have scored just two more. Ottawa would appear to have a huge edge in experience at quarterback with Henry Burris, in his 17th pro season. But Burris has completed just 58.3 per cent of his passes with more interceptions (six) than TDs (five). He was also yanked against Calgary, then backup Thomas DeMarco suffered a season-ending knee injury. Alex Brink and Jonathan Crompton shared quarterback duties in Montreal's 24-16 loss to Winnipeg on Friday night. Brink started and was 5-of-7 for just 14 yards while Crompton finished 18-of-29 passing for 266 yards but had three interceptions. The Als have committed 24 turnovers -tied with Winnipeg for second-most - but Ottawa's defence has the second-fewest takeaways (15) while allowing the most points (28.9 per game) so something has to give.
Pick: Montreal
Winnipeg Blue Bombers versus Saskatchewan Roughriders, 4 p.m. ET, on Sunday
Saskatchewan boasts the CFL's top rushing attack (143.9 yards per game) while Winnipeg's defence is ranked sixth against the run (113.3 yards). The Riders rushed for more than 200 yards in last weekend's 20-16 win over B.C., and establishing the run is important considering the defending Grey Cup champs are ranked second-last in passing (204.1 per game). Quarterbacks Darian Durant and Tino Sunseri combined for just 190 yards through the air versus the Lions. Durant suffered a hand injury in last weekend's win, Saskatchewan's league-best fifth straight. Winnipeg lives - and dies - by the pass with the CFL's second-ranked aerial game (264.1 yards per game) and boasts the worst ground game (72.9 yards) despite having CFL rushing leader Nic Grigsby (489 yards, 4.2-yard average). Winnipeg faces a challenge protecting quarterback Drew Willy against the CFL's top pass rush (32 sacks, including league leader John Chick with 12).
Pick: Saskatchewan
Toronto Argonauts versus Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 1 p.m. ET on Monday.
This game is supposed to mark the long-awaited opening of Tim Hortons Field, although questions remain if or when that will happen. Regardless, this is the first of three important head-to-head matchups. Despite losing two straight, Toronto (3-6) sits atop the East Division four points ahead of Hamilton. With Dan LeFevour (knee) out, quarterback Zach Collaros (concussion) has come off the six-game injured list and is expected to face his former team. Receiver Chad Owens (leg) likely won't play but running back Steve Slaton (stinger) and safety Matt Black (arm) are expected to suit up while slotback Andre Durie (clavicle) might also return. Another familiar face would certainly be good news for Ricky Ray, who remains the CFL passing leader despite an abundance of injuries to the team's receiving corps. However, a pressured Ray threw two picks against Edmonton. Getting to Ray is a key to success against Toronto, something Hamilton hasn't done consistently (CFL-low 14 sacks).
Pick: Toronto
Last week: 4-0
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Former Rep. Gabrielle Giffords gave the opening statement at the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence. Speaking slowly but clearly, Giffords, who was shot in the head in a Safeway parking lot in Tucson, Ariz., in January 2010, told the Senate panel the time to act was now, to prevent gun violence because "too many children are dying."
Okay. Thank you for inviting me. This is an important conversation for our children, for our communities, for Democrats and Republicans. Speaking is difficult but I need to say something important. Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something. It will be hard, but the time is now. You must act. Be bold, be courageous. Americans are counting on you. Thank you.


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For the first time in 44 years, the Palo Alto Police Department will turn out Thursday for a memorial at the gravesite of Lester H. Cole, the first of its ranks to be killed in the line of duty.
Cole, a reserve officer, was run over and killed the night of Jan. 31, 1969, while setting up flares to guide traffic around an accident scene near the intersection of Alma Street and Churchill Avenue.
Reserve Officer Dennis Neverve has spent the past six months helping coordinate the memorial. He said members of the police department routinely travel to the gravesites of the city's other fallen officers, Gene Clifton and Theodore Brassinga, but for some reason, Cole slipped through the cracks.
"It's not like we feel guilty. It's that he's been overlooked and he never should have been overlooked," Neverve said in an interview at The Daily News. "We want to not only make amends, but every year from now on, he'll be remembered."
Neverve shares a special connection to Cole. The two worked at Lockheed Martin in Sunnyvale during the mid-1960s. Neverve was an assistant lead man in the paint shop and Cole kept track of parts.
"I would tell Lester, 'Yeah, the part is here. You know there's a Coke machine around the corner and if you just happened to go over there and get me a Coke, it could be ready in a couple of hours,'" Neverve said with a laugh.
"He would come back in about 10 minutes with a Coke and I would say, 'It's already in the drying room.'"
Cole, a reserve officer at the time, knew about Neverve's interest in police work and encouraged him to apply in Palo Alto. In July 1967, Neverve joined the department as a rookie officer.
The two men occasionally saw one another in uniform but worked in different divisions of the police department.
Neverve was patrolling downtown on foot when he learned that his friend and colleague had been struck.
"I heard the radio traffic," Neverve recalled. "They said it was major injuries. They took him to Stanford Hospital and a couple of hours later they put it out over the radio that he was deceased."
The loss left him shaken.
"I was married at the time. I had two young kids — 2 and 4 years old. I was thinking about if it was me what would happen with them," said Neverve, his eyes moistening.
"There was shock and awe. But I had to think, yeah, we know this is a tough job. We all understand that we can be shot or killed, we all take that responsibility and we accept it. I had to accept it. The next few days were awful trying, but I still had my shift to work and my family to think of. I was the breadwinner for the family, so I had to work. I couldn't fall apart."
Neverve couldn't attend Cole's funeral because it conflicted with his work schedule. But his current assignment is providing some closure.
"After all these years, the word got out that I was the only one who knew him and worked with him. I was asked to take on this role of honoring him, which is long overdue," Neverve said.
The memorial service at Alta Mesa Memorial Park in Palo Alto is open to the public and will begin at 11 a.m. Thursday, Lt. Zach Perron said. Police Chief Dennis Burns and Neverve will speak, and members of Cole's family are expected to attend.
Perron said he believes the event will resonate with current members of the police department.
"For all the officers that are working now, when they see tributes like this they know that if anything were ever to happen to them that they're not going to be forgotten by their partners," Perron said Tuesday as he stood in front of three bronze plaques that bear the names of the city's fallen officers at the police station.
Cole's death while directing traffic also underscores the inherent dangers of police work, Perron said.
"That's something that our officers do on a daily basis," Perron said. "That kind of brings it home for the newer officers. Bad stuff can happen even in a circumstance you might not think would be that dangerous."
Alta Mesa Memorial Park is located at 695 Arastradero Road. Cole's gravesite is near the intersection of Mulberry Way and Oak Grove Drive.
Email Jason Green at jgreen@ dailynewsgroup.com; follow him at twitter.com/jgreendailynews.
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WHAT: Memorial service for Lester H. Cole, the first Palo Alto police officer killed on duty, in 1969.
WHEN: 11 a.m. Thursday
WHERE: Alta Mesa Memorial Park, 695 Arastradero Road, Palo Alto


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JENKS, OK – What was supposed to be a magical night for a group of high school students turned out to be less than perfect!
Prom night is what thousands of students can't wait for from the first day they arrive at high school. Every detail is carefully planned in the hopes of creating memories that will last for years. For one group of high school students, their memories weren't exactly of the good kind.
Landon Wiland and his friends rented a limo from Galaxy limo. Everything seemed fine until a man that was not the driver got into the limo and drove off.
"Our limo is getting carjacked, what's going on," was Wiland's first reaction.
His parents quickly got in their car and followed the limo and called 9-1-1 while in pursuit. When the police arrived on the scene, that's when everything got straightened out.
Jim Nicolotti, owner of Galaxy Limo, said there was a miscommunication between his lender and the repossession company. Apparently he and his bank had worked out their issues, but the bank did not tell the repp company to cancel the job. The owner plans to offer a partial refund or a free future rental to the customers affected.
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When once upon a time I was a DM for the game we then called AD&D, I invented in my campaign a magic item called the pants of sloth (and I italicize according to Wizards of the Coast style). These magical pants were a tartan pair of what are now commonly called pyjama pants and they increased the natural healing rate of a character as long as this person did nothing but veg out.
Because I was (am?) an anal-retentive DM, I kept track of things like long-term healing and these pants came in handy in my campaign, even though when I submitted them for inclusion in Dungeon magazine, the editor I was working with (Dave Gross) replied with "Oh, I don't think so…." It may have been the name.
They say that truth is stranger than fiction, and I would have loved to see Dave's comment were I to submit for consideration a real pair of magical pants I just learned about.
The Icelandic nábrók, or necropants, will grant you everlasting wealth as long as you don't mind digging around in a(nother) man's scrotum for coins. Here's the transliteration of the audio track available at the Strandagaldur Museum of Icelandic Sorcery and Witchcraft.
One of the most difficult feats mentioned in Icelandic grimoires and folk tales is undoubtedly the nábrók, literally "necropants". This is another tool to gather wealth by supernatural means.
To begin with, the sorcerer has to make a pact with a living man and get his permission to dig up his dead body and skin it from the waist down. The skin must be completely intact with no holes or scratches. The sorcerer then steps into the skin, which will immediately become one with his own.
A coin must be stolen from a poor widow either at Christmas, Easter, or Whitsun and kept in the scrotum. It will then draw money from living persons and the scrotum will never be empty when the sorcerer checks.
However, his spiritual well-being is at risk unless he gets rid of the necropants before he dies. If he dies with the pants on, his body will become infested with lice as soon as he passes away. The sorcerer must therefore find somebody that is willing to take the pants, and put his leg into the right leg before the sorcerer steps out of the left one.
The pants will keep on drawing money for generations of owners.
The audio does not mention that in addition to the coin, the sorcerer must place the nábrókarstafur sigil in the scrotum.
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