I am trying to use the schedule feature to run a report called RunAll with a * in the Profile. It creates an individual report for each profile. Is there a way to consolidate all profiles into just one report? For example, I would love to see number of users per site on one page.
The program cannot create a report on multiple profiles. What you can do is to create another profile with just the "Virtual Domains" report enabled and set it to analyze logs for all sites. It will work if you have the virtual domain field enabled in the log files. However, in this case the program will need to read logs for all sites again to create this report.
Thanks Michael, I'm trying to set that up to see what it looks like, can you be a bit more specific on how to set that up or point me to an article.
@ at the beginning means that the program will analyze files in the subfolders too.
You should also disable all the reports except the "Access Statistics > Virtual Domains" one in "Profile Properties > Report > Custom report contents".
Michael, thanks for all your help. I think I'm closer now, I can tell it is reading all the logs with the @ symbol. However, when the report comes back it shows nothing other than the content header. I am selecting only virtual domains in reports/customize. Nothing in filters and tracking.
It seems that your log files either don't include information on virtual domain or require a special configuration (if you use Apache log files). If you send us a sample log to support@weblogexpert.com I'll check what could cause the problem and how it can be fixed.
Thank you, I've received the log. The problem is that the virtual domain (cs-host) field is missing in the log, so the program cannot report on virtual domains.
Perfect, thank you so much Michael for your help on this!!!


TUCSON, Ariz - January 17. If Sunday nights Bill Cheesbourg Memorial, the finale of the 4th Annual Wild West Shootout at USA Raceway, is a harbinger of the coming 2010 season, Jimmy Mars has put the dirt late model fraternity on notice. Starting from the pole, Mars captured the season's first high dollar event when raced his BSB Manufacturing / Keyes Chevytown / Deppe Enterprises / Wiles Driveshafts / Baileigh Industries / Pro Power Racing Engines / MB Customs chassis to victory lane to bookend his season opening win from one week ago.
For Mars it was his fourth career Wild West Shootout win, equaling him with Billy Moyer and Steve Francis for second on the all-time list. The series all-time winningest driver remains Terry Phillips, who extended his total to nine earlier in the week.
Heckenast, Jr and raced three wide down the backstretch for third. Payne grabbed the spot on the high side as Kirkpatrick went fourth and Korte rounded out the top five. Heckenast, Jr was now sixth followed by Dean Moore, Steve Drake, Mike Balcaen and Mike Kirby.
The races only caution would appear on lap two for a ten car mêlée in turn two which included Clay Daly, Chris Shannon, Jack Sullivan, Billy Moyer, Will Vaught, Lance Matthees, Pat Doar, Billy Moyer, Jr, Eddie Kirchoff and Rylan Long. All drivers were able to continue, however, under the yellow second place runner Rob Mayea would retire from the event.
When the green reappeared for the Delaware double file restart, Mars again grabbed the lead as Payne slotted second and the scramble was on throughout the top ten. Korte would take third from Kirkpatrick, Heckenast, Jr would get past Moore for fifth and Steve Drake jumped past Balcaen for sixth as the field clicked under the flagstand to complete lap five.
Mars was in firm command as he put a comfortable distance between himself and Payne, while the later also had opened a significant margin on the rest of the field. Balcaen and John Anderson would jump to the high side and begin charging to the front as Balcaen moved from seventh to fourth and Anderson from ninth to fifth. Two other drivers on the move, 16th starting Darrell Nelson and 22nd starter Billy Moyer, Jr would run ninth and tenth respectively with ten in the books.
Mars would begin to experience the back of the field on lap 11 as the shuffling within the top ten remained fluid lap after lap. Mars continued to stretch his lead by lap 15 as Payne remained a comfortable second. Korte would race third, Kirkpatrick fourth and Anderson would round out the top five. Sixth through tenth was occupied by Balcaen, Drake, Moyer Jr, Heckenast, Jr and Moore.
Anderson and take fourth on lap 16 from Kirkpatrick, but Moyer, Jr found the bottom grove to his liking and jumped from eighth to fifth, while the elder Moyer rallied from the tail of the field to run eighth at the half-way point of the 40 lapper.
Moyer, Jr was not done as he cruised past Anderson on lap 21 and Korte just one circuit later to now run a distant third to Mars and Payne. Trouble would begin to set in for Kirkpatrick as he would backslide out of the top ten by lap 25. With 15 to go Mars advantage was half a straightaway plus multiple lap cars over Payne, Moyer, Jr Korte and Anderson, who were followed by Drake, Moyer, Heckenast, Jr, Kirchoff and Balcaen.
Korte and Anderson would resume their high-low battle for fourth with Anderson taking the spot for good on lap 27. The best fight on the speedway as another high-low affair between Drake and Moyer. The two would trade sixth multiple times per lap over the course of ten trips around the 3/8th mile with Drake finally winning out on lap 35. With just five to go, Mars had lapped well into the top fifteen and was quickly approaching tenth running Balcaen.
On this night, no one had anything for Mars as he would lap up to ninth place in a dominating performance to capture the $10,000 Bill Cheesbourg Memorial winners check. Payne settled for second in his best run of the week, while Moyer, Jr. also came home with his best finish of the week in third.
Calvin Catlin raced from the outside of the third row to the lead early in the Factory Stock feature and outran Sherman Barnett for his second consecutive feature win in his #6c car tonight. However, in post race inspection, illegal suspension parts were discovered, stripping Catlin of the win and handing the win to second finishing Sherman Barnett.
Hermitage, Missouri racer Eric Turner climbed into Jeff Sires' #02 Modified tonight and raced from the pole to lead every lap of the 25-lap UMP DirtCar feature event to become the sixth different winner in the six nights of the 2010 Wild West Shootout. Darrell Nelson, Corky Thomas and Pat Doar raced in a tight three-car pack for second with Paul Banghart and Bumper Jones also in a tremendous battle for fifth. As Turner cruised to the win, Thomas stole second from Nelson with Doar and Bumper Jones rounding out the top five.


Well just so you know A.M. Robin is not the author of a book...that is the Robin who begins singing EVERY morning between 3:45-3:55am. churpdlddelchurp.
I can sleep through phones ringing, alarm clocks, the former tenant upstairs who I thought had a pony, but I wake for the Robin's song.
Yes I can and do fall back to sleep for a few more hours. I've decided I will just smile when it sings.


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"Be More" is the twenty-eighth episode of the fifth season of the American animated television series Adventure Time. It was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard, from a story by Patrick McHale, Kent Osborne, Pendleton Ward, Rebecca Sugar, Herpich, and Wolfhard. It originally aired on Cartoon Network on July 22, 2013. The episode guest stars Aziz Ansari as DMO, Paul F. Tompkins as the SMOs, and Chuck McCann as Moe.

The series follows the adventures of Finn (voiced by Jeremy Shada), a human boy, and his best friend and adoptive brother Jake (voiced by John DiMaggio), a dog with magical powers to change shape and grow and shrink at will. In this episode, BMO, Finn and Jake's sentient computer game, accidentally deletes a core system driver, forcing Finn and Jake disguise to sneak into the MO factory and fix BMO. However, the three are pursued by security guard SMOs (voiced by Tompkins); Finn, Jake, and BMO eventually run into Moe Giovanni (voiced by McCann), the ancient and benevolent human-cyborg creator of the MOs, who explains BMO's backstory.

"Be More" was originally intended to have been produced during the series' third season, but was later moved to the series' fifth season, by which time it had changed substantially. It was viewed by 2.67 million viewers and received a 0.7 rating among adults between the ages of 18 and 49. The episode received largely positive critical reviews, with Oliver Sava from The A.V. Club applauding the extrapolation of BMOs backstory, as well as its potential for narrative expansions. The episode was later nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Short-format Animation at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, but lost to the Mickey Mouse episode "O Sole Minnie".

Plot
While deleting files, BMO accidentally deletes its core system drivers. Finn and Jake decide to accompany BMO to the Mo Factory so that BMO can get the drivers re-installed; BMO cautions Finn and Jake that its memory will be erased, so the trio disguise themselves as FMO and JMO and successfully sneak past DMO (voiced by Aziz Ansari) and infiltrate the facility. Once inside, they find the factory derelict and abandoned. DMO and the security SMOs (voiced by Paul F. Tompkins) soon catch onto Finn, Jake, and BMO's scheme and give chase. The three evade security and sneak into the SMO lounge.

BMO hacks into one of the SMOs and learns the location of the core system driver installation deck. Once again, the SMOs give chase until Finn, Jake, and BMO reach the heart of the facility. There, the three meet Moseph "Moe Mastro Giovanni" (voiced by Chuck McCann), the ancient and benevolent cyborg creator and leader of the MOs. Moe explains BMO's backstory, revealing that BMO was created to take care of and have fun with Moe's son; however, Moe never had children and so he released BMO into the wild to find another family. Moe updates BMO drivers, and introduces it to his "family" of MOs.

Production

"Be More" was written and storyboarded by Tom Herpich and Steve Wolfhard, from a story by Kent Osborne, Pendleton Ward, Patrick McHale, Rebecca Sugar, Herpich, and Wolfhard. Art direction was handled by Nick Jennings, whereas supervising direction was helmed by Nate Cash. The episode was originally intended to have been produced during the series' third season, thus the reason that Sugara former storyboard artist on the show who had left after working on the earlier episode "Simon & Marcy"was credited for having co-written the episode's story. However, the entry was pushed back until it was finalized during the latter part of the fifth season; according to both supervising producer Adam Muto and Rebecca Sugar, by the time the episode was being developed during the fifth season, it had substantially changed.

The character of Moe was designed by Wolfhard, and was based on actor Jamie Farr. The original ending featured Moe telling Finn, Jake, and BMO to leave because he has to use the bathroom; Wolfhard noted that this was "wisely vetoed" by Herpich and Muto. Comedian Aziz Ansari plays the part of DMO. In 2011, Ansari had previously been invited by Ward via Twitter to voice a character on the show. Chuck McCann voices Moe. According to storyline writer Jack Pendarvis, series creator Pendleton Ward asked him to be in the show after seeing one of his performances. The episode also guest stars Paul F. Tompkins as the security guard SMOs. Tompkins had previously voiced an unrelated character in the fourth season episode "Ignition Point".

Reception
"Be More" aired on July 22, 2013 on Cartoon Network. It was watched by 2.67 million viewers, and received a 0.7 rating in the 18–49 demographic Nielsen household rating. Nielsen ratings are audience measurement systems that determine the audience size and composition of television programming in the United States, which means that the episode was seen by 0.7 percent of all 18- to 49-year-olds at the time of the broadcast. The installment was the 31st most-watched cable program in the 18–49 demographic on the night it aired. The episode first saw commercial release as part of the 2014 The Suitor DVD, which included 16 episodes from the series.

Oliver Sava of The A.V. Club awarded the episode a "B+". He applauded it for its exploration of BMO, its opening of new narrative opportunities with the introduction of Moe. Furthermore, he complimented both Ansari's and Tompkin's voice acting, noting that the "actors hired by this show have speaking voices that are immediately distinct, and that natural personality helps flesh out bit roles and make them memorable." Furthermore, Sava wrote that the entry's climax, featuring Moe explaining that BMO was built to understand fun was "an interesting insight into the philosophy behind this series" because the "childlike mentality of fun and play is an enlightened state in Adventure Time, and BMO reaches that every day with Finn and Jake."

The episode was later nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award for Short-format Animation at the 66th Primetime Emmy Awards, but lost to the Mickey Mouse episode "O Sole Minnie".

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2013 American television episodes
Adventure Time (season 5) episodes

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A busy Gloucester road will be closed for four days in the build up to Christmas.
The road works are part of on-going improvements to Calton Road in the Tuffley and Linden area, part of the county council's £150million investment in Gloucestershire's highways.
Calton Road will be closed from December 18 to December 22, between 7.30am and 5.30pm.
There will be no on-street parking available during these hours.
Councillor Pam Tracey, county councillor for Hempsted and Westgate, said: "I am grateful for all the improvements Gloucestershire County Council and Amey have carried out in the last 12 months to improve the roads in Gloucester. The scheme on Calton Road continues that excellent work.
The planned works will focus on repairing large areas of the road and see a total of 244 tonnes of tarmac spread on the busy stretch of road. The road was selected because it was deemed to have come to the end of its useful life.
Another closure between Stroud Road and Linden Road will also be in place during the same period.
Work on Linden Road to Tuffley Avenue, outside of Calton Primary School, will not happen until the school has closed for the holidays. It will start on December 20 and be complete by the December 22.
There will be a diversion in place along the Stroud Road (B4072) during the works and Amey will be writing to residents with information on how to access their properties during the work.
Additional no parking signs will be in place to inform residents on restrictions and Amey will make every effort to cause as little disruption as possible.


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Europe: Four countries in 17 days
by Wêreldwyd | May 31, 2018 | Blog
We couldn't wait for 23 March, our Europe trip. When we boarded the aircraft, I said to my boyfriend it's odd to be sitting in row 13 because most airlines don't have a row 13. It's a superstition, because 13 is not a lucky number. But it doesn't worry me at all. In...
Shorter filing season will put pressure on taxpayers
by Amanda Visser | May 28, 2018 | Migration news, News, News flash
The South African Revenue Service (SARS) has indicated that the filing season will be three weeks shorter this year to allow SARS more time to verify information supplied to them and to finalise audits. According to the SARS website, the deadline for electronic...
Worldwide brings "Afrikaans is Lekker" to Australia and New Zealand
by Wêreldwyd | May 24, 2018 | News flash
Worldwide will again be joining forces with South African Events to bring South African entertainment to South Africans in New Zealand and Australia, by acting as the main sponsor of the Afrikaans is Lekker 2018 tour. Afrikaans is Lekker is an annual South African...
Internet discoveries for May
Mrs Ball's Chutney, Ouma rusks, All Gold tomato sauce, Rooibos, Niknaks, biltong and droëwors. These products are as proudly South African as Sarie Marais or a barn dance on a Saturday evening. World Wide's World Guide is the place where you can shop around in your...
[INVITATION] Colloquium: "Expropriation without compensation": comparing politics and property rights in Zimbabwe and South Africa
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South African Monitor would like to invite you to a colloquium on expropriation without compensation in Zimbabwe and South Africa. Date: Thursday, 7 June 2018 Time: 19:00 for 19:30 Venue: Mirror Room, Parkhotel Den Haag, 53 Molen Street, The Hague, The Netherlands...

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Clean off the re-loading bench and dust off that rifle scope that you no longer need. Its time to swap your cool stuff for the other guy's stuff.
Saturday April 13, 2019 from 10 am to 3 pm at the clubhouse on Grey Mountain Road.
Coffee pot will be on. Be prepared to help set up and clean up.
Remember that all regulations regarding the transportation, display and the sale of firearms and ammunition apply.


With fuel prices rising, and the environmental impacts of fossil fuels becoming a pressing concern worldwide, there's never been a better time to switch to a Rapid Electric Vehicle.
Motorists considering going electric will be pleased to know that charging stations for Rapid Electric Vehicles will soon be available every 75 kilometres across New Zealand's state highways. This is great news as long as you know where the nearest one is! The answer to that question is now at your fingertips, thanks to EVRoam, a location intelligence solution developed by Traverse, in collaboration with NZTA.
In line with their primary objective of ensuring an effective, efficient and safe land transport system for the New Zealand public, NZTA are taking steps towards future-proofing by laying the groundwork for a projected increase in the use of Electric Vehicles. In 2016 the Government announced its electric vehicle uptake package, a cross-government programme that aims to accelerate the uptake of electric vehicles in New Zealand to reach 64,000 vehicles by the end of 2021, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Part of this effort involves defining a vision for a nationwide public charging infrastructure. To this end, NZTA worked closely with local and government agencies, power companies, technology providers, and the motor industry, aiming to provide rapid DC charging stations every 75 kilometres across our state highways.
This is where Traverse comes in. We worked with the NZTA to produce EVRoam, a live database and API of New Zealand's electric vehicle charging infrastructure. The goal is to maximise the profile of available charging infrastructure through dozens of existing apps and maps, letting drivers know where to find operational stations so they can plan journeys.
A live database doesn't just benefit motorists – it improves the reliability of apps and maps developed by companies such as ChargeNet, AA, and YooGo by ensuring they are presenting their users with accurate and reliable charging information, and provides NZTA with a clear picture of how and where New Zealand's electric vehicle charging network is developing. EVRoam is also beneficial for operators of charging stations – even one-off installers such as shopping malls can be promoted through dozens of channels using EVRoam.
A key to the success of this collaboration was our approach to delivering projects. We began by leading a discovery workshop with NZTA and industry stakeholders which produced a clear understanding of the challenges, opportunities, and interests of all involved. We learned that EV infrastructure is expected to grow significantly in the coming years – so EVRoam needed to scale affordably from very low usage to very high usage without the costs and risks of making major ad-hoc modifications to the whole system.
The information we gained from discovery meant we could enter the solution design phase with a detailed project plan. CEO of Traverse, Sam Drummond states "our philosophy is to leverage existing software platforms rather than reinventing the wheel – we stand on the shoulders of giants by designing solutions that build on the success of world-leading platforms." With our goal of seamless scaling and flexibility in mind, we designed EVRoam as a fully cloud-based platform, leveraging Microsoft Azure, Esri ArcGIS and Safe Software FME.
We use an agile implementation approach to deliver our projects on time, on budget, and above expectations. When implementing EVRoam, Traverse started each iteration with a brief in-person workshop clarifying tasks, roles, responsibilities and timeframes. With these aspects clearly defined, we were able to work remotely to deliver functionality, and co-ordinate testing. As a result NZTA had monthly access to fully tested, production-ready functionality throughout the implementation process.
Having successfully delivered and tested our new product, Traverse have now moved into an ongoing support phase. We host and manage EVRoam to ensure NZTA and Electric Vehicle drivers have confidence in the platform's ongoing reliability and accessibility.
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Researchers Develop a Structure Capable of Long-Term Storage and Controlled Release of Mechanical Waves Without Energy Loss
Posted on August 30, 2019 in ASRC News, Photonics Initiative
Their proof-of-concept experiment may have broad implications for efficient harvesting, storing, and control of energy flow for mechanical and optical applications
The findings may facilitate improved technology for monitoring the structural integrity of bridges and other structural components
The discovery may also lead to improved methods for energy harvesting and storage, wireless charging of electric vehicles, and may also have applications in quantum computing and ultralow-energy photonics
NEW YORK, August 30, 2019 — Light and sound waves are at the basis of energy and signal transport and fundamental to some of our most basic technologies — from cell phones to engines. Scientists, however, have yet to devise a method that allows them to store a wave intact for an indefinite period of time and then direct it toward a desired location on demand. Such a development would greatly facilitate the ability to manipulate waves for a variety of desired uses, including energy harvesting, quantum computing, structural-integrity monitoring, information storage, and more.
In a newly published paper in Science Advances, a group of researchers led by Andrea Alù, founding director of the Photonics Initiative at the Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center, CUNY, and by Massimo Ruzzene, professor of Aeronautics Engineering at Georgia Tech, have experimentally shown that it is possible to efficiently capture and store a wave intact then guide it towards a specific location.
"Our experiment proves that unconventional forms of excitation open new opportunities to gain control over wave propagation and scattering," said Alù. "By carefully tailoring the time dependence of the excitation, it is possible to trick the wave to be efficiently stored in a cavity, and then release it on demand towards the desired direction."
"Typically storing energy in resonant cavities is inefficient, but with our proposed method all the energy can be efficiently stored in these cavities," said Younes Ra'di, an ASRC Photonics research professor involved in the research.
Experimental setup, consisting of a waveguide bar with cavity and side channels. The excitation of elastic waves traveling along the bar is provided by piezoelectric actuators placed at the two ends of the system. Credit: Giuseppe Trainiti, Georgia Tech
To achieve their goal, the scientists had to devise a way for changing the basic interaction between waves and materials. When a light or sound wave hits an obstacle, it is either partially absorbed or reflected and scattered. The absorption process entails immediately converting of the wave into heat or other forms of energy. Materials that can't absorb waves only reflect and scatter them. The researchers' goal was to find a way to mimic the absorbtion process without converting the wave into other forms of energy and instead storing it in the material. This concept, introduced theoretically two years ago by the ASRC group, is known as coherent virtual absorption.
To prove their theory, the researchers reasoned that they needed to tailor the waves' time evolution so that when they came in contact with non-abosorbing materials, they wouldn't be reflected, scattered, or transmitted. This would prevent the wave impinging on the structure from escaping, and it would be efficiently trapped inside as if it were being absorbed. The stored wave could then be released on demand.
During their experiment, researchers propagated two mechanical waves traveling in opposite directions along a carbon steel waveguide bar that contained a cavity. The time variations of each wave were carefully controlled to ensure that the cavity would retain all of the impinging energy. Then, by stopping the excitation or detuning one of the waves, they were able to control the release of the stored energy and send it towards a desired direction on demand.
"While we ran our proof-of-concept experiment using elastic waves traveling in a solid material, our findings are also applicable to radiowaves and light, offering exciting prospects for efficient energy harvesting, wireless power transfer, low-energy photonics, and generally enhanced control over wave propagation," said Ruzzene.
This study was funded by the the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Science Foundation, and the Simons Foundation.
Air Force Office of Scientific Research, the National Science Foundation, and the Simons Foundation
The Advanced Science Research Center (ASRC) at The Graduate Center, CUNY is a world-leading center of scientific excellence, which elevates scientific research and education at CUNY and beyond through initiatives in five distinctive, but broadly interconnected disciplines: nanoscience, photonics, neuroscience, structural biology, and environmental sciences. The ASRC promotes a collaborative, interdisciplinary research culture where renowned scientists advance their discoveries using state-of-the-art equipment and cutting-edge core facilities.
The Graduate Center, CUNY is a leader in public graduate education devoted to enhancing the public good through pioneering research, serious learning, and reasoned debate. The Graduate Center offers ambitious students more than 40 doctoral and master's programs of the highest caliber, taught by top faculty from throughout CUNY — the nation's largest public urban university. Through its nearly 40 centers, institutes, initiatives, and the Advanced Science Research Center, The Graduate Center influences public policy and discourse and shapes innovation. The Graduate Center's extensive public programs make it a home for culture and conversation.


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WYD Lisbon 2023: Pope Francis sends message to youth
>News >WYD Lisbon 2023: Pope Francis sends message to youth
With World Youth Day Lisbon 2023 approaching and with only seven months left before the big gathering, Pope Francis has sent another message to all the young people who have already registered.
In a video, Pope Francis greeted the 400,000 young people who have already registered for WYD Lisbon 2023, saying, "I rejoice that so many young people are coming because they need to participate."
For Francis, the young people who have already registered "thirst for horizons", and need to "participate, to share, to tell their experience and receive the experience of the other", he concluded.
Also during his message, the Pope challenged all young people to "look at the horizon, with the eyes of the heart," so that in this way they may get to know other young people and other cultures, who will also come to this World Youth Day.
Pope Francis, who signed up for WYD Lisbon 2023 on October 23, 2022, during the recitation of the Angelus in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican (Rome), was the first pilgrim to register for WYD Lisbon 2023, the largest gathering of young people from around the world.
The Salesian Youth Movement (SYM) will also be present in this great feast of Catholic youth. Register now through WYD DON BOSCO 23, the organisation of the SYM responsible for the gathering and participation of young people from various Salesian environments around the world in WYD Lisbon 2023.
If you have not yet registered, you can do so here.
Photo: Photo Service/Vatican News
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My name is Theresa Garcia. I have 5 children all of whom either already graduated or are still students in St. Therese School. January 2015 marked my 15th year as secretary of St. Therese School. I have had the pleasure of meeting and working with many great families and I look forward to working with many more.


This amazing story speaks about how a small action could change entirely a life. It was 5:30 am when a teen girl and her mother haply took a different way than they usually drive to a swap meet in Illinois.
The teen immediately noticed skinny frame of Sonny, then she directly deduced that Sonny was not going to fit in the trailer attached to the car of her mom. Without hesitation, the brave teen walked the emaciated horse the whole 9 miles back to her home and nothing could stop her from helping Sonny.
Even though Sonny and Kelsey arrived and wiped from the long and hard journey after 4 hours, Sonny needed to be nursed immediately and back to health.
The caring teen was totally dedicated to her patient, so she slept in the creaking barn for 5 nights in a row to make sure Sonny was pleasant and was healing duly in his new home. Time passes, and Sonny was able to eat more, run longer, and enjoy the time in the grazing land.
Kelsey took Sonny's recovery process very seriously and they formed a nice bond. That will surely continue forever! Watch the video above to have more information.


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L'chaim! In the Spirit of Yom Tov
September 21, 2018 | Gamliel Kronemer
L'chaim—to life—is the traditional toast one gives, particularly when toasting with distilled spirits. Spirits were historically viewed to be life imbuing (hence the term 'spirits') and indeed many names for common types of liquor—whiskey, eau de vie, aquavit--merely mean "water of life." While modern medical science may no longer believe that distilled spirits are a panacea for all of life's ills, a nice dram can still warm one's innards, and enliven one's mood. So as you get ready to celebrate Sukkot in the spirit of toras chaim, why not enliven the occasion by toasting "l'chaim" with one of the growing number of kosher spirits now available.
Cognac, the famous brandy of southwestern France, is generally considered to be the best brandy, and one of the best distilled spirits, in the world. Cognac is made from primarily Ugni Blanc grapes which are crushed and fermented, before being distilled twice in copper pot stills, and aged for no less than two years in French-oak barrels. What makes Cognac such a great brandy, is its unique ability to truly capture the essences of the original fruit and terroir.
Louis Royer's Kosher XO Cognac has long been one of the best kosher Cognacs on the market. Rich and heavy, this supple and sweet 12-year-old, dark-walnut colored brandy has flavors and aromas of caramel, figs, baked apples, roasted hazelnuts, allspice and star anise. It is a treat on any occasion. Louis Royer's more affordable, but still delightful, VSOP Cognac is a smooth, medium-bodied blend of 4-to-6-year old brandies, which has flavors and aromas of caramel, mocha, figs, cinnamon, cardamom and allspice.
A more recent but very welcome addition to the kosher cognac market is Godet's kosher Fine de Cognac. The Godet family has been making kosher cognac on and off for almost a century, and this new bottling is their first kosher release in over a decade. This tawny-caramel colored, brandy has a nose of apples (both stewed and raw), apricots, cloves, sultanas, and white pepper. The flavor is dry and herbaceous at the front of the palate, moving towards apples and raisins mid-palate, and a touch of caramel on the finish.
Whisk(e)y is one of the most popular spirits in the world. In the most basic of terms whiskey is distilled beer, and is it made in a variety of different styles throughout the world (and it has a variety of spellings—in America and Ireland it is spelled with an 'e', and in Canada, India, Japan and Scotland it's spelled without.) In the highlands of Scotland whiskey is most often double distilled (as with Cognac) in pot stills, while in Tennessee and Kentucky it is far more commonly distilled in column stills. Here are two kosher whiskies to try.
Boondock's American Whiskey is one of a small handful craft-distillery whiskies which are now produced under kosher supervision. Distilled by Dave Scheurich (formerly Master Distiller at Woodford Reserve), Boondock's is a creamy-smooth, sweet, 11-year-old tawny colored whiskey. The bouquet is redolent of honey, fennel, and rye spice, while the taste is dominated by corn sweetness, with a touch of rye spice, and a toffee note on the finish.
Tomintoul Tlàth is one of the most recent kosher bottlings to come out of Scotland. Tlàth means gentle in Gaelic, and this is certainly a very gentle, easy to drink, single-malt Speyside whisky. This dark-copper colored whisky has flavors and aromas of malt, herbs, fresh churned butter, toffee, leather, citrus and lavender, with a lighter than typical touch of peat.
Eau de Vies
Eau de vies—un-aged fruit brandies—are made by fermenting crushed fresh fruit, and double distilling the resulting fruit wine in a copper pot still. In the kosher world, unfortunately, there are only a handful of eau de vies on the market, and one of the very best is Bokobsa's Boukha Cuvee Prestige. Made from figs, this clear eau de vie has a rich, oily, mouthfeel, with a light flavor and aroma of dried figs, a touch of earthiness, and an intriguing hint of butterscotch.
Liqueurs are sweet spirits made by infusing a spirit base—usually a neutral spirit, but sometimes a brandy, rum or whisky—with fruits and or herbs, and then sweetening with sugar. A growing number of liqueurs now have kosher supervision. Here are two worth trying.
Montell Orange Liqueur reminds me a bit of the Sabra Liqueur, that onetime ubiquitous Israeli spirit, which was first distilled 56 years ago, and which remains both a duty-free staple at Ben Gurion Airport, as well as a fine after dinner dram. The Montell is however accentuating the flavor of the delightful Israeli oranges even more. This bronze colored liqueur is rich, smooth, and just as billed—redolent with flavors and aromas of dark chocolate and candied orange peels. While sweet, the liqueur is well structured with the bitterness of the orange balancing the sugar.
Zachlawi's 10th Anniversary Limited Edition Fig Arak is both unique and charming. Made in New Jersey, this barrel aged, copper-colored liqueur has a unique profile more reminiscent of a French pastis than an Israeli Arak. Look for aromas of anise, licorice root and allspice with a whiff of earthiness. The flavor has elements of stewed figs, black licorice, star anise and mocha, with hints of mint, oak and vanilla.
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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Linq;
using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
using Bagombo.Data.Command.Commands;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Bagombo.EFCore;
using Bagombo.Models;

namespace Bagombo.Data.Command.EFCoreCommandHandlers
{
  public class SetBlogPostCategoriesByStringArrayEFCH : EFCHBase, ICommandHandlerAsync<SetBlogPostCategoriesByStringArrayCommand>
  {
    public SetBlogPostCategoriesByStringArrayEFCH(BlogDbContext context) : base(context)
    {
    }

    public async Task<CommandResult<SetBlogPostCategoriesByStringArrayCommand>> ExecuteAsync(SetBlogPostCategoriesByStringArrayCommand command)
    {
      if (command.Categories.Count() == 0)
      {
        return await Task.FromResult(new CommandResult<SetBlogPostCategoriesByStringArrayCommand>(command, true));
      }
      else
      {
        try {

          var bpcts = await _context.BlogPostCategory.Where(bpc => bpc.BlogPostId == command.BlogPostId).ToListAsync();

          _context.BlogPostCategory.RemoveRange(bpcts);

          await _context.SaveChangesAsync();

          foreach (var category in command.Categories)
          {
            // find the category
            var cat = await _context.Categories.Where(c => c.Name.ToLower() == category).FirstOrDefaultAsync();

            if (cat != null)
            {
              var bpc = new BlogPostCategory
              {
                BlogPostId = command.BlogPostId,
                CategoryId = cat.Id
              };

              _context.BlogPostCategory.Add(bpc);
            }
          }

          await _context.SaveChangesAsync();

          return new CommandResult<SetBlogPostCategoriesByStringArrayCommand>(command, true);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
          return new CommandResult<SetBlogPostCategoriesByStringArrayCommand>(command, false, ex);
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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Compress images retroactively. Will also regenerate any thumbnail sizes. Very useful!
Install the Winsite Image Optimizer Plugin either via the search option inside the WordPress plugins page (located in the toolbar of your admin page), or by uploading the files to your server (in the /wp-content/plugins/ directory).
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The plugin worked good and I've been using it for two years. Some of it's functions are basic and it does rename images, which has been a nuisance for me. I had to use another plugin - Media file rename to remove wsi-imageoptim- prefix from filenames (Google uses image filenames for indexing). But there is a saying: you don't look in teeth a horse which was given to you for free. Therefore three stars.
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Although the intention of this plug-in is excellent (i.e. make ImageOptim image optimisation available within WordPress), the implementation has huge room for improvement. For example, if you use the "Regenerate Retroactive" button (the only button it has) there's no way to stop the process, or be selective about it, and it gives no data on what it's achieved with each image. Let's call it "Very very basic.". Too basic, for my liking. The sum total of what the user is presented with is, There are no options to selectively optimise images in the Media library. As far as I can tell, the only functionality it has is the above mentioned one-click does them all.
installed this plugin to try it out, decided that it doesn't help me, since i had my images already compressed, so no reduction in size, therefore i had it uninstalled. problem is all images are not reversed to the originals. yes, i kept the originals, but the paths doesn't change to originals.
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Tiruchirappalli, Thanjavur, Kumbakonam, Pudhukkottai, Nagapattinam.
Tiruchirappalli International Airport (IATA: TRZ, ICAO: VOTR) is an international airport serving Tiruchirappalli in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located on National Highway 336, about 5 km (3.1 mi) south of the city center. The airport is ISO 9001:2008 quality certified and was declared an international airport on 4 October 2012. It is the third-largest airport in Tamil Nadu in terms of total passenger traffic next to Chennai and Coimbatore. The airport is served by three Indian and four foreign carriers providing direct connectivity to 3 domestic and 5 international destinations.The airport covers an area of 702 acres.
This airport was established by the British during World War II and was primarily used by the British Airforce during the world wars. Warplanes were brought to the airport and taken to a workshop in Ponmalai, 2 km away for repair and maintenance. The airport was given permission for civilian operations after the war ended.
The first known history of flight landing at the airport dates back to 1936 when the first airmail for Colombo from India was carried by the TATA's "Goodwill Flight", piloted by H.D. Barucha on 23 December 1936, which took off from Bombay for Colombo after stopping at Hyderabad, Madras and Trichinopoly. Commercial flights on the Bombay—Trivandrum—Tirchinopoly route was operational during 1941. After Ceylon government seeking permission to operate flights between Colombo and Trichinopoly in 1947, Indian government improved the aerodrome for full functioning and allowed flight operations to Colombo in 1948. After that Air Ceylon inaugurated a regular weekly commercial service between Colombo and Karachi on 3 December 1948, using a Dakota flight with passengers through Tiruchirappalli and Bombay.
After Air Ceylon (Sri Lankan Airlines) began operations to Sri Lanka in the late 1940s, Indian Airlines started services in the 1980s. The airlines operated flights from Trichy to Colombo through Jaffna. This was a Customs Airport until 4 October 2012, when it was given an International Airport status by the Ministry of Civil Aviation.
The airport has two adjacent terminals. The integrated passenger terminal is used for both international and domestic air traffic. The old terminal has been converted into an international cargo complex. The 4,000 m2 (43,000 sq ft) cargo complex was commissioned for operations on 21 November 2011.
The new terminal has two lounges, VIP lounge managed by AAI and commercial important persons (CIP) lounge also managed by AAI.
The old terminal was converted into an international cargo complex at a cost of Rupees 10 million. The 4,000 m2 (43,000 sq ft) cargo complex was commissioned for operations on 21 November 2011. Out of which Export wing occupies 2,193 m2 (23,610 sq ft) and 1,750 m2 (18,800 sq ft) for Import wing. The Central Board of Excise and Customs had earlier approved and notified the airport as an air cargo complex. The one-time holding capacity of the cargo terminal is 250 metric tonnes The airport is the gateway for foreign export as there is no easy way for export from the central region of Tamil Nadu.
On 12 July 2013 the ministry of finance has notified Trichy international airport for international courier cargo movement. But the facilities for the same are yet to be set up by AAI.
On 11 October 2013, a five-metric ton capacity cold storage facility was inaugurated at the cargo section. This facility will be helpful during flight delay, flight cancellation, advance booking and holiday bookings of cargo.
On 21 April 2017, a dedicated Import Cargo facility has been created on 190 m2 (2,000 sq ft) at a cost of ₹20 lakh (US$28,000) to encourage more imports through the airport. At present the imports are very minimal as compared with the exports.
On 1 July 2017, EDI facility has been introduced at the Cargo Terminal. With this facility speedy and electronic clearance of Freight is assured eliminating the manual process, making the export process more simple. This is expected to pave way for additional commodities being exported from the airport.
Tiruchirapalli Airport has been undergoing expansion since 2004. The runway was extended from 1,829 m (6,000 ft) to 2,480 m (8,136 ft), apron expanded to hold 7 aircraft, fire station upgraded, a new taxiway and integrated passenger terminal were constructed.
The proposed Phase 2 expansion on 210 hectares (510 acres) by AAI includes extending the runway to 3,810 m (12,500 ft), construction of a modern air traffic control (ATC) tower, additional building complex and other works. The state government has agreed to provide land free to AAI for the expansion.
Trichy is one of the non-metro airports selected for ₹200 crore (US$28 million) city side development on public-private partnership model.
Due to the consistent increase in the air traffic, the integrated passenger terminal building with a total floor area of 11,777 m2 (126,770 sq ft) to handle 470 peak-hour passengers has become insufficient. Initially it was planned to expand the existing integrated terminal by 180 meters on both sides, by constructing an additional 17,920 m2 (192,900 sq ft) area to increase the passenger handling capacity to 1075 peak-hour passengers, but later the Ministry of Civil Aviation initiated the construction of a new two-level passenger terminal at the cost of ₹897 crore (US$120 million).
The new terminal building is of size 67,500 m2 (727,000 sq ft), with capacity to handle 3.43 million passengers per year with a peak-hour handling capacity of 2,200 international and 500 domestic passengers. It will be constructed as per GRIHA (Green Rating for Integrated Habitat Assessment) Four Star standards. The terminal is to be constructed on the existing airport land available on the south side, for which a new four-lane elevated access road is to be created from the National Highways passing besides the airport. AAI has engaged a French company, EGIS, in partnership with the English architects Pascall+Watson, as the project managers has completed the design and plan for construction by March 2018. The tender for construction has been awarded to ITD Cementation India Pvt Ltd by August 2018, the construction works are expected to begin by November 2018 and last till September 2021.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone for the new integrated passenger terminal at Tiruchi International Airport through video conferencing from Tiruppur on 10 February 2019.
As part of phase 2 expansion the runway is planned to be extended to 3,200 m (10,500 ft) initially from the existing 2,480 m (8,136 ft) and later to 3,800 m (12,500 ft). AAI has sought land to the state government and once land sought for the expansion is available the extension would take place. The district administration has expressed its willingness to pay the market price for the land to be acquired. But the extension of the runway is pending for a long time due to delays in acquiring Land.
The AAI has sought around 510 acres of land for the current expansion. Of the total about 188 acres are dry land, 116 acres wetland, 164.68 acres defense land, 40.59 acres wasteland and 5.80 is with Hindu religious and Charitable Trust. To facilitate fast process on airport expansion on Jan 2012 a joint technical advisory committee involving the departments of agriculture, public works department and revenue had been formed chaired by P. Kumar, Trichy MP. The district administration has formed a special team comprising the airport director, revenue divisional officer, joint director of agriculture, officials of Public Works Department, and other agencies concerned to expedite the land acquisition process.
In the joint advisory committee meeting on June 17, 2017 it was announced that the State government has given administrative sanction for acquisition of land required for the proposed expansion of the runway. The State government has provided administrative sanction to acquire nearly 345.62 acres in May 2017, including dry and wet lands, besides 40 acres of poromboke land. It has been decided to form a team to work on the exercise of land acquisition and payment of compensation. During December 2017 The Deputy Director General Defence Estates has provided in principle approval for providing 337.7 acres of land to the AAI in lieu of land of "equal value" from the State government. The District Administration is also in process of acquiring residential buildings. With this the airport expansion has gained momentum.
AAI has gone for the extension of existing apron with construction of third Aero Bridge and ramp equipment area measuring 2,800 sq.m. at an estimated cost of ₹2.25 crore (US$310,000). The apron and Aero bridge is under trials for three months starting August 2018. Ministry of Civil Aviation initiated plan to expand the apron to provide two more aircraft bays, increasing the bay count to nine, but this was dropped as part of new terminal construction which included additional apron with size of 15,580 sq.m for parking up to 10 code C aircraft type along with One Isolation Bay and GSE area including Taxi tracks, tenders was initiated during November 2017, and works started by August 2018, expecting to be completed in 1 year.
Air Works has line maintenance facility to conduct transit checks on Airbus A320 type aircraft, which is the second one opened by them next to their Bangalore facility. It was opened on behalf of Singapore-based Scoot for its aircraft maintenance.
The low-cost carrier Air India Express has an engineering stores complex for service and repairs of its aircraft. It would help quick turn around. Repair works could be carried out here. Initially four licensed engineers and eight technicians are posted to meet the service and repair requirements of the aircraft. The stores would have adequate spares and equipment.
On October 11, 2018, Air India Express Flight 611 to Dubai hit the ILS system and a boundary wall while taking off around 1.30 am. The plane diverted to Mumbai and landed around 5.35 am, with no one sustaining any injuries. The fuselage had considerable tears and cracks. Both pilots involved have been derostered.
After the death of the former President of India A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, there have been requests made to rename the airport as Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam International Airport.
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Airport information for VOTR at World Aero Data. Data current as of October 2006.


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It happens on Benjamin Franklin Parkway. There's also amusement rides, interactive activities and food and drink. The Made in America dates are Aug. 31 - Sept. 1, 2019.
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Bloodymania was a professional wrestling event produced by Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW), which took place at midnight on August 12, 2007 at Hog Rock in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois. Professional wrestling is a type of sports entertainment in which theatrical events are combined with a competitive sport. The buildup to the matches and the scenarios that took place before, during, and after the event, were planned by JCW's script writers. The event starred wrestlers from JCW's SlamTV! internet wrestling show, as well as guest wrestlers from the independent circuit. The event was the first produced under the Bloodymania name.

Eight matches were held on the event's card, which featured a supercard, a scheduling of more than one main event. The first of these matches was an 8 Team Tag-Team Elimination match for the JCW Tag Team Championship, which was won by Mad Man Pondo and Necro Butcher. The second main event match was a Hardcore Match for the JCW Heavyweight Championship that featured the champion, Corporal Robinson, defeating Scott Hall to retain the title. The third was a Six Man Tag Team match which saw the team of Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) and Sabu defeat Trent Acid and The Young Alter Boys. Featured matches on the undercard included a Louisville Slugger Match between 2 Tuff Tony and Bull Pain. A match between CJ O'Doyle and Kamala was also scheduled, but never occurred.

The event had an attendance of 5,800, and was released on DVD on October 30, 2007. The video, SlamTV! Part 2 (featuring episodes 10-15 including East Side Wars and Bloodymania), also featured the second half of the first season of SlamTV!.

Background
Bloodymania featured professional wrestling matches that involved different wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds, plots, and storylines that were played out on SlamTV!, Juggalo Championship Wrestling's (JCW) internet program. Wrestlers were portrayed as either a villain or a hero as they followed a series of events that built tension, and culminated into a wrestling match or series of matches. The event featured wrestlers from JCW's SlamTV!.

The predominant rivalry for the show was a confrontation between the team of Insane Clown Posse (Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope) and Trent Acid, rooted on the first episode of SlamTV!. Trent Acid, the self-proclaimed "Savior of JCW", debuted in the promotion by cutting a promo against the Juggalo fanbase, the company, and Insane Clown Posse (real-life owners of JCW). While continuing to badmouth the company in the following weeks, Acid had confrontations with several heroes of the company and friends of Insane Clown Posse. On the final episode of the season, Shaggy 2 Dope announced that he would return to wrestling after being out for 15 months due to a legitimate neck injury which required surgery. Shaggy stated that he, Violent J, and friend Sabu would team up to take on Trent Acid and The Young Alter Boys (Alter Boy 1 and Alter Boy 4) in a Six Man Tag Team match at Bloodymania.

Corporal Robinson came into SlamTV! as JCW Heavyweight Champion, and began the season searching for a worthy contender for his championship. In the fourth episode, Trent Acid won a 10 Man Battle Royal to become the number one contender for Robinson's championship. At West Side Wars, Acid pinned Robinson after using the championship belt as a weapon, and became the new JCW Heavyweight Champion. Corporal Robinson received a rematch at East Side Wars in a Steel Cage Match, and regained the championship after performing a Diving leg drop through a table off the top of the cage. On the final episode of the season, it was announced that Robinson would face off against WWC Universal Heavyweight Champion Scott Hall in a hardcore match at Bloodymania.

On the first episode of SlamTV!, Insane Clown Posse (owners of JCW, and then-Tag Team champions) announced that they had stripped themselves of the JCW Tag Team Championship due to the titles not being defended in over a year. The vacating of the titles caused several tag teams to emerge. Mad Man Pondo and Necro Butcher dominated competition all season, establishing themselves as top contenders for the vacant tag team titles. Newcomers Zach Gowen and Human Tornado formed the tag team the Pimp & Gimp Connection and made an immediate impact, earning themselves a spot in the title match. Later, it was announced that the championship would be contested in an eight team tag-team elimination match featuring tag teams of the past and present. Other teams announced for the match included The Bad Breed (Axl and Ian Rotten), The Original Dream Team (Brutus Beefcake and Greg Valentine), The Headshrinkers (Samu and Alofa), Team All Japan (Brute Issei and Akira Raijin), The Basham Brothers (Doug Basham and The Damaja), and Tito and Jorge Santana.

Nosawa was a main veteran hero with considerable success in JCW. However, he started off SlamTV! with a string of losses, losing all of his first five matches. After receiving a letter from his storyline mentor The Great Muta, stating that Muta was coming to check up on his pupil, Nosawa gained confidence and began a winning streak. At "East Side Wars", Muta teamed with Nosawa to help him defeat the team of Mad Man Pondo and Necro Butcher. Nosawa continued his winning streak into episode 14, where he was assaulted after his match by Justin Credible. On the following episode, Nosawa interfered in Credible's match by spitting Asian mist into his eyes. A match was then set for Nosawa and The Great Muta to face Justin Credible and his mystery partner at Bloodymania.

2 Tuff Tony had been involved in a scripted rivalry with Tracy Smothers when, as part of the storyline, Smothers was arrested and forced off the rest of the tour. The following weeks saw Tony taking on various opponents. At "East Side Wars" he was attacked after his match by Bull Pain, who hit him multiple times with a metal baseball bat. After the assault, Pain placed Tony on a table and proceeded to leap off stage, driving Tony through the table. While Tony was out injured as part of the storyline, Pain continued to beat opponents mercilessly using the metal baseball bat he called Brother Pain. On the final episode of the season, it was announced that 2 Tuff Tony would take on Bull Pain at Bloodymania in a Louisville Slugger match, where it is legal to use baseball bats as weapons.

Event

Preliminary matches
The first match that occurred was a standard match between Último Dragón and Jimmy Jacobs, who was accompanied to the ring by Scott D'Amore. At one point, D'Amore interfered in the match and Jacobs attempted to suplex Último. Dragón reversed the move and hit a spinning back kick to Jacobs' gut. He then pinned Jacobs after performing his finisher Asai DDT, a move in which he applied a three-quarter facelock on Jacobs, performed a backflip, then landed in a kneeling position, driving Jacobs' head back-first down to the mat. The next match was a Triple Threat featuring Pogo the Clown, Jake Roberts, and Abdullah the Butcher. After knocking Abdullah unconscious outside of the ring, Pogo reversed Roberts' finisher DDT by ramming him into the corner. Pogo then landed an Elbow Drop and pinned Roberts for the victory.

2 Tuff Tony and Bull Pain then fought in a Louisville Slugger match. When Bull Pain climbed to the top rope, Tony punched him and wrapped his legs around Pain's head then performed a backflip, forcing Pain into a somersault. During a brawl outside of the ring, Tony threw Bull Pain through a table that was held up by members of the audience. After laying Pain onto another set up table, Tony climbed to the top rope and dove toward him, spinning 360° before landing stomach first across Pain, breaking him through the table. Tony gained the pinfall after he hit The Meteorite, a move in which Tony poured alcohol on his right glove, lit it on fire with a lighter, and punched Pain in the face.

In the following tag team match, Justin Credible and 2 Cold Scorpio took on Nosawa and The Great Muta. When Nosawa attempted to deliver a running knee to Scorpio's head, Scorpio blocked the move and hit Nosawa with a spinning kick to the face. After knocking Muta off of the apron, Scorpio kicked Nosawa in face, then Credible lifted Nosawa upside down and knelt down to drop his head to the mat with That's Incredible!. Scorpio hit a diving moonsault for the pinfall. After the match, Muta spit Asian mist in Nosawa's face and delivered his finisher Shining Wizard. In the final preliminary match, Tracy Smothers challenged any wrestler in the company. Ron Killings answered the challenge, running to the ring and hitting Smothers with a corkscrew flying forearm smash. Killings then finished Smothers with a corkscrew scissors kick for the win.

Main event matches
The first main event of the night was an 8 Team Tag-Team Elimination match for the JCW Tag Team Championship. Early on, Necro Butcher pinned Greg Valentine with a Sunset flip, eliminating The Original Dream Team. Following a series of tags, Samu and Alofa hit Axl Rotten with a Double falling headbutt for the pin. Quickly after, Tito Santana pinned Samu with a Schoolboy. Later, Damaja hit Zach Gowen with Brain Damage, then Doug Basham landed a Diving headbutt and pinned Gowen, eliminating Pimp & Gimp Connection. After another series of tags, Brute Issei eliminated the team of Tito and Jorge Santana following an STO on Jorge. Issei then agreed to a partnership with The Basham Brothers, but Doug quickly turned on him and landed the Last Impression to eliminate Team All Japan. In the final minutes, Doug attempted a Sunset flip on Mad Man Pondo, but Pondo counted and hit him with the Stop Sign Smash for the victory.

The second main event featured JCW Heavyweight Champion Corporal Robinson defending the title against Scott Hall. Hall took early control of the match with pokes to Robinson's eyes and slaps to his head. The match continued in Hall's favor for several minutes until Robinson rolled out of the ring and performed a rope-aided jawbreaker. As Hall was down, Robinson brought a tray full of thumbtacks into the ring. Hall attacked Robinson from behind, then placed him on the top turnbuckle and performed a super back suplex. He then attempted to hit his signature Razor's Edge by placing Robinson's head between his thighs, but Robinson countered with a forearm to the groin. After another attack to the groin and an eye poke, Robinson locked in a Cobra clutch and hooked his foot behind Hall's leg before throwing himself backwards, forcing Hall backwards into the tray of thumbtacks for the win.

The final main event was a Six Man Tag Team match between Insane Clown Posse and Sabu and the team of Trent Acid and The Young Alter Boys, who were accompanied by Annie Social the Nun. Shaggy 2 Dope wrestled for the first time in 15 months, delivering multiple stiff punches to Alter Boy 4 and performing several moves. When Sabu was tagged in against Trent Acid, he bounced off of the ropes and wrapped his leg around Acid's head. He set up a chair and attempted to jump off of it onto the ropes, but Acid tripped Sabu with his foot, causing Sabu to hit the chair head first. Later in the match, Violent J was kicked in the face by Acid. Both Alter Boys proceeded to attack Violent J with punches and clotheslines. Sabu entered the ring and threw a steel chair into Acid and both Alter Boys' faces. He then began smoking a legitimate blunt called the "Magic Blunt." After Violent J smoked the blunt, he became revitalized and clotheslined Acid and both Alter Boys. Sabu slammed Acid down to the mat, while Violent J climbed to the top rope and hit a diving moonsault. Shaggy 2 Dope then delivered a diving leg drop from the top rope before Sabu delivered another diving leg drop with a steel chair and pinned Acid for the victory.

Aftermath

Along with Violent J, Corporal Robinson and Scott Hall formed the Juggalo World Order at Evansville Invasion. In the proceeding months, Shaggy 2 Dope, Nosawa, 2 Tuff Tony, Kevin Nash, Sid Vicious, and Diamond Dallas Page were all inducted as members. At Bloodymania III, the group continued the rivalry between Insane Clown Posse and Trent Acid, and defeated him and The Alter Boys in a 10-man Tag Team match. Mad Man Pondo and Necro Butcher held the JCW Tag Team Championship for half a year, but Butcher left the company for Ring of Honor, forcing the company to book a title change. Breyer Wellington replaced Necro Butcher, and he and Mad Man Pondo lost the titles to Violent J and 2 Tuff Tony at Evansville Invasion. The titles were later vacated, and the company held the "SlamTV! Tag Team Title Tournament" during the second season of SlamTV! to find the top two contending teams. At Bloodymania II, the Bloody Brothers (Ian and Lane Bloody) defeated Human Tornado and The Weedman to become JCW Tag Team Champions.

The rivalry between 2 Tuff Tony and Bull Pain halted, and Tony continued his staged rivalry with Tracy Smothers. The two battled throughout the second season of SlamTV!, and met in a tag team match at Bloodymania II where Tony and Boondox defeated Smothers and Bull Pain. Nosawa's rivalry with Justin Credible also ended, as Nosawa soon began working full-time for All Japan Pro Wrestling. Scott D'Amore continued to bring in new wrestlers in a storyline attempt to reform the company. During the second season of SlamTV!, he managed Kowabata and Conrad Kennedy, and at Bloodymania III he managed Jacobs again in a loss to Ken Shamrock.

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Paid leave for public service during pandemic cost $623M, well above estimates: budget watchdog
The new estimates are well higher than projections provided by the Treasury Board earlier this week, which pegged the cost at $439M over the same period
Parliamentary Budget Officer Yves Giroux. Photo by Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press/File
OTTAWA — The federal government spent well over $600 million on paid leave for public servants in the first few months of the pandemic, and is set to spend more as bureaucrats remain home from work, according to the federal budget watchdog.
In a report on Friday, the Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO) estimates that Ottawa spent $623 million on paid leave for public servants between March 15 and May 31, when governments first shifted the economy into lockdown mode. Ottawa likely spent another $80 million to $140 million in June, according to the PBO.
The new estimates are well higher than projections provided by the Treasury Board earlier this week, which pegged the cost at $439 million over the same period. In response to a CBC story on Wednesday, Treasury officials estimated that 76,804 public servants had taken advantage of a "leave with pay" provision known as pay code 699.
The 699 provision is typically reserved for exceptional circumstances like natural disasters, long-term illness or work limitations, and was extended to public servants in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Higher projections for paid leave is largely a result of incomplete Treasury Board estimates, which accounted for just 62 out of the 88 federal public service organizations. The PBO estimated the cost by extrapolating data from those 62 offices.
Perhaps surprisingly, officials at the Canada Revenue Agency accounted for 70 per cent of total public servants who have used the paid leave provision, even as the agency administers major federal programs like the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) and Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS).
Taxpayers spent $311 million covering paid leave for CRA officials alone, over 40,000 of whom accepted paid leave. The next largest cost was for employees at Correctional Service Canada ($33 million), the Canada Border Services Agency ($15 million) and Employment and Social Development Canada ($14 million).
Researchers at the PBO suggested the high proportion of CRA officials is possibly a result of tighter reporting requirements at the agency, which would in turn suggest that current data "is likely an underestimate of the number of hours of work lost during that period," suggesting that true costs could be higher still.
Aaron Wudrick, director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation, said costs for paid leave could reach the $1 billion marker by the time the pandemic has run its course, which he says underscores the overly generous nature of public extended leave.
"The 699 was not designed to cover indefinitely for massive numbers of people," Wudrick said. "And so going forward, when they're negotiating with the unions, the government needs to put some parameters around this."
Both Wudrick and the PBO suggested that similar leave provisions did not exist in the private sector. As of July 12, more than eight million Canadians had applied for the $2,000-per-month CERB program, after private businesses went through successive rounds of widespread layoffs.
"The PBO was not able to find a leave policy of a similar scope in the private sector," the report said.
Feds lay out guidelines as public servants prepare for return to workplace
Thousands of federal employees to receive paid vacation since they can't work from home
Some provincial public servants have received similar pay provisions. Employees with the Ontario Professional Employees' Union (AMAPCEO) who do not provide "critical services," for example, will remain on paid leave until at least September 2020, the PBO report said.
Public servants in Quebec have been given time to take care of children while accepting full salaries.
Early data provided by the Parliamentary Budget Office also runs counter to recent claims made by public sector unions, who suggested that most federal servants were taking time off primarily for childcare duties.
In an interview with CBC, Chris Aylward, president of the Public Service Alliance of Canada, said the uptake for pay code 699 was largely from "employees who are parents." The widespread shutdown of schools and daycares "left thousands of parents with full-time caretaking duties that made their work … impossible to perform," he said.
The PBO report instead found that "the most common reason for taking leave was due to work limitations," similar to those cited by the CRA.
Even so, childcare remains among the larger reasons cited for paid leave, and costs for covering public salaries is expected to decline as the economy gradually reopens. Already costs for paid leave have tapered off sharply, falling from 67 per cent of all working hours in late March to 11 per cent in the beginning of June.
Wudrick also questioned the inability of the Treasury Board to provide paid leave information for all 88 federal public service organizations, saying it points to a lack of public transparency.
"If you're running a department, how can you not know how many of your employees are not working? I really would expect that they would be able to provide that information relatively easily," he said.
Meanwhile, the federal government in recent weeks signed two new agreements with PSAC, the main union for public employees, to provide pay raises for a combined 94,000 bureaucrats.
The tentative contracts come after years of negotiation, and the salary increases of 6.64 per cent over three years is lower than initial requests by the union, and was reduced in order to account for Ottawa's current fiscal situation, according to one person familiar with the discussions.


Review: Fracture's uttered many a word of wisdom over the years, but this is perhaps his clearest manifesto to date: "Big Up The Ladies" is a schizoid rave jam with more twists than a wook's hairline and more turns than a driving test. It sets the tone for the rest of the exceptional EP; "Percussion Sweet" is a total turbo Berghain power jam, all vicious 4/4s and outrageously sharp stabs, "Verhoeven" is a slamming breakbeat cut with a bassline like treacle while "Sci-Fi Tramp" pays homage to your dad with more stampy kicks and a menacing sense of techno grunt. Outstanding stuff, as ever from Astrophonica's commander in chief.


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Inside the Battle for Showbiz Pizza's Rock-afire Explosion Band
Its creator sold off of his singing animal robots. Fans had them sing Usher hits on YouTube. Then things got weird.
By Peter Rugg
Picture rolling into a Showbiz Pizza as a kid in the '80s — long before the internet let you find manic wonders with just a few keywords, back when a quarter was real money — and seeing the bounty set before you. There was probably a ball pit entangled with slides and mats. The proto arcade games like Donkey Kong and Qbert were probably there, already a little stale. Or you could pump tokens into Skee-ball or dome bubble hockey or some other campy game that, even as a 9-year-old, you knew was hopelessly kitschy. Not that it mattered. You were, in all likelihood, delirious with sensory overload, hopped up on redemption tickets and flickering lights and Pepsi and pepperoni as any intoxicated high roller staggering down the Vegas Strip right now, unsure of where he left his belt.
One of the the unheralded — and, as it turns out, beleaguered — fathers of this stripe of American childhood is named Aaron Fechter. I wrote about him recently for Popular Mechanics because he's something of a warped genius, the Alexander Graham Bell of the kiddie casino. Depending on whose version of events you believe, Fechter was likely the creative force behind the classic Whac-a-Mole cabinet game. But because this wasn't enough for one lifetime, he also developed the Rock-afire Explosion, the animatronic house band for roughly 200 Showbiz Pizza restaurants in the 1980s. They were the centerpiece, in fact, of a trip to Showbiz. Imagine three coordinated stages of various person-sized robot animal musicians jamming out on keyboards and guitars every few minutes. It was quite literally the weirdest mass experience kids could have in a lot of little towns dotting America.
But my time with Fechter was also a reminder of the Catch-22 that faces any artist — George Lucas, Stan Lee, hell, Harper Lee — who engenders a rabid fanbase, no matter how tiny. That to make something people react to passionately is to lose control of it. There's a reason doctors used to consider nostalgia a debilitating mental illness.
Certain that the band could land film and television deals beyond the arcade, Fechter refused to give up the characters' rights after the bankrupt pizza chain merged with Chuck E. Cheese. That fame never bloomed, and today the group's continued existence is largely split between ironic curiosity and the fond memories of aging fans. Every few months, one of those kids who grew up spending Saturdays in the Showbiz Pizza showroom makes the pilgrimage to Fechter's Creative Engineering warehouse in Orlando, Florida, and Fechter gives them a tour through what remains of the business where he remains as sole employee. The centerpiece is a full Rock-afire concert. The shows have always been programmed with an Apple II desktop computer just like the one displaying lime green lines of coding at Fechter's control station. Upgrade the software would be too expensive, at least so long as a new computer costs $50 on eBay. He has stacks of back-ups, file-cabinets brimming with floppy disks the color and dimension of a graduation cap.
"I wrote this show myself. It's one of the newest songs," he tells me on my visit to his headquarters. Almost all the voices are performed by Fechter. "It's sort of about how I feel as I get older, and how the Rock-afire feels."
After a warbling, minor key intro Beach Bear begins to croon:
"Ahhhh what's happening to me? What's this happening to my body? Time, she's slipping away…"
To understand the pull the Rock-afire has for some fans, talk to David Ferguson. In the '80s, at the band's height, Ferguson looked like just about any kid in the arcade except for the tape recorder. Twice a week he asked his family to drop him off at the Indianapolis Showbiz, but this way on the days he was stuck in his room he could have a little of Rock-afire with him. It was one of those 12-inch grey bricks of plastic from Radio Shack, and he kept his hand on the handle in the front row, recording his bootlegs onto reel-to-reel cassette.
It wasn't that his parents used it the place as a form of daycare, or that they wanted time to themselves. Ferguson begged to go. His dad was an electronic engineer, and with a little guidance he started to build his own version of the band in the garage.
The faces in the crowd were almost as good as the ones on stage.
"Everyone looked amazed. Just in total awe," says the now 37-year-old defense contractor. "I wanted to be able be part of doing something that would make people look like that. I wanted to inspire that joy."
Then one day, the band disappeared.
He guesses most kids forgot about them. No surprise there. His friends always thought he was a little weird about his fandom.
When he got to college, Ferguson did some searches online on a whim. Like so many other people at the dawn of the internet searching for things they thought were uniquely special to them, it turned out he wasn't alone. By 2001 he was able to buy his first real Rock-afire pieces on eBay, some incomplete Fatz Geronimo gorillas being auctioned off by Fechter himself.
Fechter at home with the Rock-afire
Pair Chris Thrash's childhood Rock-afire experience with Ferguson's and a pattern emerges. Now a roller skate rink DJ in Alabama, Thrash would tell people that when his mother worked on weekends she'd drop him off at Showbiz with a fistful of quarters. When that ran out, he'd sit in the dining room watching show after show, and when she came back he'd ask her to wait for one or two more. (Thrash did not respond to multiple interview requests. His story, however, has been detailed in a short documentary on the Rock-afire released to modest viewership in 2008, failing to garner even a single review listed on Rotten Tomatoes).
When the two found each other online, Thrash had already purchased a set directly from Fechter, and Ferguson was sending a contemporary software program for shows to Rock-afire acolytes. But until Thrash came along everyone was using it to recreate the shows they remembered from childhood. Thrash was the first person to decide the Rock-afire needed a contemporary set list.
The first video Thrash uploaded to You Tube was set to Bubba Sparxxx's "Miss New Booty." All the elements were there for an internet hit. For kids who'd never heard of Showbiz there was an uncanny valley weirdness about it all, for thirtysomething ironic nostalgia. It got 80,000 views. A second clip set to Usher's "Love in This Club" pulled in over a million. Encouraged by the reaction, Thrash opened his own restaurant, Showbiz Pizza Zone, in 2008 in Phoenix City, Alabama.
When Fechter saw what was being done with his creations, he hated it, accusing the fans of tarnishing innocent characters with R-rated content.
There is a unique validation in knowing that not only have you built something people remember years after it vanished, but that their love remains so strong they would spend thousands of dollars just to recreate the experience. The irony was that the fans saving the Rock-afire from obscurity were able to accomplish the one thing no corporate restaurant chain could. They had taken control of the characters out of Fechter's hands.
Fechter says the software created by Ferguson infringes on his rights to the characters. Ferguson argues the software keeps the show alive by letting fans play in the sandbox. Words were exchanged (Ferguson admits to calling himself the "future of the Rock-afire" in one heated argument) and viral videos were challenged. The current upload of the Usher video begins with a disclaimer that the YouTube channel is under attack.
Fechter has softened somewhat, though not in regards to Ferguson (who he vows to smash like another surfacing mole if he shows himself again). So many Rock-afire spins were popping up, he'd hardly have time to chase them all. In 2014, Five Nights at Freddy's, a game about being trapped in a kid's entertainment complex with animatronic robots, became a surprise indie survival-horror sensation owing a major debt to Fechter's concepts if not using the character's actual names.
"I've learned the definition of creepy because people have been telling me it's creepy since the '80s," Fechter says. "It's so lifelike, but yet it's not alive, that it creeped some kids out. It convinced them there was more to it than rubber."
Meanwhile, Fechter started fielding tour requests from fans discovering the man behind their childhood obsessions and selling off the remaining Rock-afire's that had been waiting in their shipping containers. (Today he retains one final full Rock-afire band in its original wrapping as something of a nest egg. He says this set will cost the right buyer upwards of $150,000, or it'll stay with him.)
And Fechter has learned to embrace the possibilities that he has more than one audience.
"You know Ron Jeremy, the adult film guy? He's in everything now! He's in all these movies and he's on reality shows," Fechter says. "The Rock-afire should have the exact same versatility. But it's going to be even easier for us because we didn't start out adult."
For now, Fechter has begun developing his own material to take Rock-afire to the next level, including this song about modern sexual mores:
Perhaps Fechter was the perfect fit for Reagan's America, with the explosion of arcades into every shopping mall and small town and the accompanying demand for new games to keep customers coming. Fechter, like everyone in the business, knows that in all but the rarest cases games have a small window to prove themselves, and even the best lose their novelty quickly. How many times does the biggest arcade fanatic feel the urge to play even his favorites? The biggest games, your Street Fighter IIs and your Pac-Mans, might move hundreds of thousands of units but for every one of those there's a dozen Burger Times collecting dust in some back room.
"Timing matters a lot," says former employee (and briefly girlfried) Kat Quast. "People at Creative Engineering were using email regularly before anyone knew what it was. He was working on machines to check your email in the 80s. He was on the right track, just the wrong time. If he hadn't lost so much of that business, he would've developed it more. He was a step out of sync. People know Bill Gates and Steve Jobs but not Aaron Fechter. And it's a shame."
Today there's even fewer places to sell a game and fewer homes for a robot band. For the most part, gaming is a home experience now. The boardwalks are closing, the shopping malls are dying. It's hard to build a business one quarter at a time. And while nostalgia arcades offering craft beer and unlimited Tetris still bring in the customers, a new game by definition will lack that sentimental glow. Still, Fechter hopes that his next game, Bugy Bash, will find a home. In his new creation, you try to squash a monster cockroach with a shoe.
"I don't need it to be that big," Fechter says. "The market's changed but I just need a few of these a month. I have to believe there are people out there who still want this. If the game is good enough, they'll come. I believe that."
As for Thrash, we can only guess how he feels about the future of his childhood obsession. The face of the Rock-afire's second act did not respond to interview requests, and the players quoted in this story have not spoken to him in years. The available facts are discouraging (Showbiz Pizza Zone closed in 2010), the rumors worse.
"He's shied away from people," Ferguson says. "I think he's gone through some hard times. After the restaurant closed, I heard he lost his house. I don't know kids today wanted to hang out and watch those shows like we did. And we're all getting a lot older now."
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New Zealand Impacted By World Affairs
Teamster / December 31, 1999
To misquote John Donne – "No island is an island", New Zealand isn't as remote from world affairs as you may think.
From Wikpedia.com
Rayed Mohammed Abdulla Ali and the Sept 11 Attacks, Anvar Kadyrov and the KGB
"Rayed Mohammed Abdulla Ali is a Saudi Arabian student pilot who was deported from New Zealand in 2006 for having links with at least one of the September 11, 2001 attakcs hijackers. Ali entered New Zealand in February 2006 on a student visa, saying his dream was to become a commercial airline pilot and that he needed an English language qualification to assist. He then moved to Auckland to learn English and then moved to Palmerston North to fly at the Manawatu Aero Club. He told the Palmerston North flight school that he had obtained his private pilot's certificate in the United States and spent several years there before returning to Saudi Arabia to work in his father's textile business. He wanted to pass the International English Language Testing System (IELTS) exam so he could return home to train for his commercial pilot's license.
On May 29, 2006, New Zealand authorities raided Ali's Palmerston North home, and on May 30 he was deported back to Saudi Arabia under escort. On June 10, 2006 the New Zealand government released a statement saying that Ali was deported because he "posed a threat to national security" and confirmed that he had lived and trained in Phoenix, Arizona, with fellow Saudi Hani Hanjour in the months leading up to the September 11, 2001 attacks."
A Democratic Underground discussion about Mr Ali
Trento's Column. Using passengers as bait to catch Al Qaeda
"It was only the second time that section 72 of the New Zealand Immigration Act has been used to deport someone. Its use requires the consent of the Governor-General, and there is no right of appeal. It was used for the deportation of Soviet spy Anvar Kadyrov, a former KGB operative who was apprehended by New Zealand authorities in 1991 while attempting to obtain a New Zealand passport using a copy of a birth certificate of a deceased. Section 72 provides that where the Immigration Minister certifies that the continued presence in New Zealand of a person constitutes a threat to national security, the Governor-General may, by order in council, order that person's deportation."
Alexander Kouzminov
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Johann Friedrich von Wrisberg (* 6. August 1783 in Lanken, Herzogtum Sachsen-Lauenburg; † 16. April 1859 in Pokrent) war ein deutscher Verwaltungsjurist und Gutsbesitzer in Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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Wrisberg studierte Rechtswissenschaft an der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen, der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg und der Universität Rostock (1802/1803). Dort schloss er sich Corps von Mecklenburgern an, der Vandalia Göttingen und der
 Vandalia (I) Heidelberg. Am 14. Mai 1808 stiftete er das Corps Vandalia Rostock.

Er war Drost der Ämter Gadebusch und Rhena. Verheiratet war er seit dem 22. September 1815 mit Henriette Thießing (1789–1853) aus  Gorow. Seine Tochter Auguste (Elisabeth Dorothee) (1817–1875) war ab 1856 verheiratet mit dem Schweriner Domprediger und Superintendenten Hermann Karsten (in dessen zweiter Ehe).

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Corpsstudent (19. Jahrhundert)
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Thinking back to our wedding day, dairy promotion could have been written into our wedding vows since it has been an ongoing part of our marriage and life on the farm. When Ryan and I married in 1984, dairy promotion was known as the voluntary nickel program. Ryan contributed a nickel per hundred pounds of milk produced on the farm. The National Dairy Checkoff program (http://www.dairycheckoff.com/) was created in 1985 by dairy farmers, for farmers and is funded by America's dairy farm families---and only by dairy farmers. Today each dairy farm family contributes 15 cents per one hundred pounds of milk produced on each farm. Dairy check0ff money is used for programs at the national and state/regional levels. We have witnessed a phenomenal evolution of not only how our product is promoted but the development of products to meet the health and wellness needs of consumers. More than fifty percent of the checkoff budget is allocated to advancing dairy health and wellness efforts that are consistent with the Dietary Guidelines of Americans. Products such as reduced-fat cheese,reduced-sodium cheese and reduced-sugar flavored milk were developed with dairy farmer funding to meet consumer need. Dairy farmers are currently investing in the overall health of children by the most recent in-school Fuel-Up to Play 60 program that aims to help children's health by bringing healthy eating and physical activity to more than 64,000 schools. Partnering with the NFL for the Fuel-Up program and working with other food companies allows us to make the most of every dairy farmer dollar. Providing a nutritious product that meets the consumer's need is what dairy promotion is all about! I invite you to visit the Midwest Dairy website for a sampling of useful consumer dairy information compliments of dairy farmers like me--http://www.midwestdairy.com. I'm thankful to be celebrating twenty six years of marriage and dairy promotion during this Thanksgiving week. In 1984, we didn't have dairy promotion in the vows but we did serve milk,cheese, and crackers at the reception!


Made by Lee Kum Kee, a well-known, modern producer of high-quality products. Wow--we Love the wonderful aroma of this sauce! A ready-to-use all natural sauce made from selected black peppers.
Use as a gravy for your favorite steaks and as a condiment for stir-fries and marinades. Sample recipe: Black Pepper Steak. Heat oil over medium heat, pan-fry a 6 oz steak for 5 minutes or until done. Heat 1/4 cup Black Pepper Sauce and pour over steak, serve with jasmine rice and enjoy.
Packed in a glass jar. Ingredients: water, sugar, soy sauce, tomato paste, salt, black pepper, dried garlic, modified corn starch, soybean oil, caramel color, citric acid, oyster extractives. Product of Hong Kong.