Veggies get starring role in Modesto cooking class
Inter-Faith Ministries of Greater Modesto wants to bring back home cooking. Twice a month, the nonprofit holds a cooking class for parents, showing them how to fix fast and cheap but nutritious and tasty foods for their families.
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Asheville chef teaches CSA subscribers how to cook seasonally
Mark Rosenstein practices cooking with local produce. The founder of The Market Place is now focusing his energies on culinary classes. / Mark Rosenstein
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Hunting, fishing classes offered for women, kids
MAYVILLE The Horicon Marsh Sportsmans Club and WAYSE (Women and Youth Sporting Education) will host a summer learning event on July 9 at the Mayville Gun Club, located just north of Mayville at W2868 Farmersville Road.
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SCS plans summer classes, concert series
Statesville Christian School is offering a summer program — Statesville Summer Adventures — which includes adult classes and a Christian concert series.
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What’s Cooking at NW SolarFest?
The 8th Annual NW SolarFest, a renewable energy & sustainable living fair, July 16 at Shoreline Community College, will feature solar cooking demonstrations with Graham Kerr, long known as the Galloping Gourmet. Though he’s cooked practically everything under the sun, Kerr just recently discovered the joy of solar cooking. NW SolarFest will be his first public demonstration of his new craft.
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Kelapo Virgin Coconut Oil Reveals New, Daily Cooking Blog
Kelapo Virgin Coconut Oil proudly unveils their daily foodie blog, www.wearecoconuts.com featuring food and restaurant reviews, gourmet recipes and how-to’s, and expert commentary with top chefs and food artisans.
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Fishing from a kayak
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Allegany State Park, New York

Students to help teach fishing
Learning to tell fishing tales isn’t part of the program, but it might be the only thing that isn’t.
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Bader Park to hold second ‘Moonshell’ River Race/Float
Bader Park near Chapman will hold its second annual “Moonshell” River Race/Float Saturday.
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Computer Technology Fortune
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This is a real fortune I got in some Chinese take-out here at work the the other week: "You would do well in the field of computer technology."

Wikileaks Grand Jury to Interview Computer Expert, Friend of Manning Today
David House, a computer expert and employee of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, is to appear before a U.S. grand jury in Virginia investigating the publication of classified government documents by the website WikiLeaks, according to a federal subpoena.
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Analysis: Computer security attracts venture capitalists
Silicon Valley venture capitalists are betting big on new technologies to protect computer networks, hoping they will profit from a spate of high-profile cyber attacks on corporate and government bodies.
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Director Robert Rodriguez: A technology geek
At a launch event in Seattle on Tuesday night, chip-maker AMD introduced a line of computer processors. It was probably the last place anyone would expect to find film director Robert Rodriguez. But it turns out Rodriguez is a technology geek at heart, and he talked on stage about his use of high-end computing.
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Southeast Computer Solutions Earns Top 100 VAR Status
Southeast Computer Solutions announced today that it was listed on Bob Scott’s Insights Top 100 VARs. The ranking of the Top 100 mid-market reselling firms is based on revenue for 2010.
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More Game Addiction Controversy as WoW Blamed for Divorces – News
(31 May 2011) Unhappy relationship leads to ‘addiction,’ leads to divorce. Games are to blame?
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Community Links
A listing of local community groups and events. Reach your community and publicize non-profit, community, or club activities here and on the Internet, at www.langleyadvance.com.
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Computers track cholera in Zimbabwe
GAINESVILLE, Fla., June 2 (UPI) — Researchers say mathematical models of a cholera outbreak in Zimbabwe are providing insights into effective vaccination strategies against future outbreaks.
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Rebooting the Cosmos: Is the Universe the Ultimate Computer? [Live Event]
As computers become progressively faster and more powerful, they’ve gained the impressive capacity to simulate increasingly realistic environments. Which raises a question familiar to aficionados of The Matrix –might life and the world as we know it be a simulation on a super advanced computer? “Digital physicists” have developed this idea well beyond the sci-fi possibilities, suggesting a new …
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Cooking, computers and hacking: school accused of global scam
Depending on your perspective, Lanxiang vocational school in Jinan in eastern China is either the heart of a secretive global hacking conspiracy or a second-rate educational factory that is best known for churning out hairdressers and cooks.
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Contact us: Got camp cooking tips?
Are you the designated cook when your family or friends go camping? Do you have special cooking gear you only use for camping? Does your family have a favorite recipe they enjoy eating only while camping?
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Cooking classes: from making cheese to choosing a lobster
If you are interested in cooking classes for children, Sage Culinary Studio offers cooking classes six days a week for children ages 3 to 17.
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New ‘ThoughtWorks Learning’ Roadshows, Training and Knowledge Help Accelerate Agile Adoption and Success
ThoughtWorks Studios , a global leader in enterprise Agile development products and services, today announced ThoughtWorks Learningâ¢, a comprehensive offering of private and public workshops, and rich resource materials that have been developed during the past decade by industry experts at ThoughtWorks and ThoughtWorks Studios.
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Sterling Sliver 3D Slots Launches a New Dimension in Online Gaming at JackpotCity.com
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Local Company Acquires Las Vegas Resort
There’s a new sheriff in town for one Las Vegas Resort, and the resort’s new owners are based in our region.
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Study Finds Violent Video Games Reduce Brain Response To Violence And Increase Aggressive Behavior
Scientists have known for years that playing violent video games causes players to become more aggressive. The findings of a new University of Missouri (MU) study provide one explanation for why this occurs: the brains of violent video game players become less responsive to violence, and this diminished brain response predicts an increase in aggression. “Many researchers have believed that …
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What The (Game) Papers Say – May 2011, Pt. 2
[Gamasutra contributor and video game magazine critic Kevin Gifford takes a look at what's going on in the print magazines this month -- the pre-E3 period he calls "the most awkward time of the year".] Welcome to Mag Roundup for what’s always the most awkward time of the year for print magazines — that period in spring just before and right after E3. Game mags always have the disadvantage when …
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Sony: 25M More Playstation Accounts Hacked
Sony says 25 million more accounts hacked in security breach .
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Morning Tech Wrap: Sony, Apple, RIM
Sony has hired cyber security firms to help investigate the recent massive security that affected more than 100 million user accounts. The company has hired Protiviti, an internal audit and consulting firm, and Guidance Software and Data Forte, computer forensics firms.
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Sony data breach may lead to “spear phishing’ scams
San Diego-based Sony Online Entertainment took down its network after a breach was discovered.
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Wynn Offers Perspectives On Internet Poker, Macau, President
Steve Wynn remains skeptical about business opportunities available online and the role the Internet will play within the gaming industry. Even with an estimated billion to billion wagered in the U.S. annually on online poker, Wynn, who has opposed
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Inside Poker: 5/1/2011
By Steve Rosenbloom The key to pulling off a bluff is a betting pattern that convinces your opponent you have the hand you’re representing.
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Michael Ignatieff to step down as Liberal leader
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff is stepping down from his position as party leader, after suffering a historic defeat in Monday’s election that halved the size of the Liberal caucus.
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U.S. Attorney General Calls Online Poker Crackdown Appropriate But Doesn’t Know If Poker Is A Game of Chance or Skill
Eric Holder folds on a key issue underpinning the Justice Department’s position that online poker vi
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Lawyer: Web poker indictments not anti-gambling
A defense lawyer known for handling complex financial and corporate crimes cases is telling a gambling industry group that indictments targeting executives at three top poker companies aren’t attacks against gambling itself.
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Casinos sense opening in online poker indictments
The indictments that led to three major online poker companies shuttering U.S. operations have provided an opening for American casinos to cash in on an industry worth an untold billions of dollars.
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Top-10 responses to Black Friday
It’s been just over two weeks since the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments accusing the owners of PokerStars , Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and UIGEA violations.
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FDLE honors its only fallen officer
Amanda Dobson was 8 years old when her father, Florida Department of Law Enforcement Special Agent J.B. Dobson, became the first and only officer in the agency’s 43-year history to die in the line of duty.
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Music Review: On 7th CD, J. Lo rebounds and scores
Jennifer Lopez, “Love?” (Island Def Jam Music Group)
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Gaming N ews
It’s been just over two weeks since the U.S. Department of Justice unsealed indictments accusing the owners of PokerStars , Full Tilt Poker and Absolute Poker of bank fraud, money laundering and UIGEA violations.
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Battling suicide’s stigma
Above all else, Supervisor Shirlee Zane remembers her husband for giving others the emotional comfort that eluded him. She talks about his January suicide and the importance of a public dialogue.
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What’s on: Monday’s picks
Events listings for Monday, May 2
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My Book Studio II review: So much capacity, so little time
CNET reviews Western Digital’s My Book Studio Edition II external hard drive.
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Easter Decorations from Newfrescreensavers.com
NewFreeScreensavers.com offers to get into the Easter mood with free attractive Easter screensavers. London, UK (Vocus/PRWEB) April 20, 2011 NewFreeScreensavers.com, a website dedicated to safe and free screensavers, specially for Easter has opened a separate screensavers category, featuring spring, flowers, butterflies, bunnies and of course colorful eggs. Easter is one of the holiest Christian …
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Google’s Eric Schmidt Gets Big Raise to Go with 0 Million Sock Award
Eric Schmidt took home a pay package worth 3,219 in his final full year as CEO of Google. Now that he’s executive chairman, Schmidt is getting a .25 million salary, a bonus up to million and a 0 million stock package.
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Cooking up food knowledge
The North Platte Telegraph Guy Klinzing is a foodie. The Chicago based culinary specialist with Taste of Home Cooking School grew up in northern Michigan where his father grew organic blueberries and raspberries.
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Easter Recipes Feature Dinner & Dessert by Martha Stewart, Rachel Ray
When it comes to Easter recipes, many households will be relying on tried and true homemade specialties for the 2011 holiday. However, there will be families in need of the right meal for their holiday . . .
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Recipes: Asparagus with Bread Crumb-Fried Eggs and Creamy Scrambled Eggs with Fines Herbs
Here are two egg recipes that work for dinner as well as brunch.
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Volunteers/Donations Needed, 4/17
El Paso County Office of the Clerk and Recorder Volunteer positions are available in the four statutory departments, Elections, Recording, Motor Vehicle, and Clerk to the Board, and in Information Systems, at the El Paso County Office of the Clerk and Recorder.
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Police will use computer program to track officer misconduct
A new software program will allow the Glendale Police Department to better track officer misconduct reports as the command staff continues to carry out Chief Ron De Pompa’s zero-tolerance policy. The internal affairs tracking system — part of larger software…
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Michael Jackson The Experience: A Well-Rounded Performer That Falls Short Of The King Of Pop’s Greatness
When Ubisoft released Michael Jackson The Experience last holiday on Wii (check out our review ), it allowed fans of the pop icon to jam out to classic tracks using the remote-waggling dance mechanic featured in the publisher’s money making franchise Just Dance. With the Kinect version, Ubisoft Montreal uses the sensor’s body and voice tracking capabilities to give users a more faithful …
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Bethesda bumps Brink up a week, now coming May 10
You probably don’t need us to tell you how rare it is for a video game release to be moved one week earlier than its original target, as opposed to, you know, twenty weeks later . Still, that’s the case with Splash Damage’s upcoming, multiplayer-centric shooter Brink — its May 17 release date in North America and May 20 release date in Europe have been bumped up seven days, to May 10 and May 13 …
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Silicon Gallies – Next Generation Glass Tile Pendant – Black Laptop Computer Key – CTRL Z Necklace
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Next

Generation Computer Key necklace

fully modernizes the glass tile

pendant.

Capitola Girl Jewelry announced its release of the next generation in glass tile pendants, the Silicon Gallies collection. These modernized glass tile pendants run on an 18" silver and black beaded chain, and incorporate a silver plated hook-and-eye clasp to make closure security a real snap.

Designed to ensure that clients remain highly satisfied, computer keys are spaced on-center to provide style, precision and accurate placement around the neck.

Specifications:

~ Upcycled laptop computer keys (black)
~ 48mm x 24mm handcut glass tile
~ Large sterling silver Aanraku bail
~ 18" silver seed bead and black bugle bead chain
~ Silver plated hook and eye clasp

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Silicon Gallies – Next Generation Glass Tile Pendant – Laptop Computer Key Necklace by Capitola Girl Jewelry is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License.

Absolute Software Helps Consumers Prevent Identity Theft During Tax Season and Beyond
Security Best Practices Combined with Laptop and Data Protection Software Help Keep Social Security Numbers & Tax Information Secure VANCOUVER , April 13 /PRNewswire/ – Absolute ® Software Corporation (“Absolute” or the “Company”) (TSX: ABT.to – News ), the leading provider of endpoint security and management solutions that reduce IT costs, prove regulatory compliance, respond to computer theft …
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School laptops delayed: Federal monitor concerned over campus break-ins
Specialty projects staff Joe Meno arranges some of the 100 computers inside the Technology classroom of Astumbo Middle School in Dededo in this October 2008 file photo.
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Vt. store loses 22 laptops in ‘professional hit’
BRATTLEBORO, Vt. (AP) — The owner of a Vermont computer store that had 22 laptop computers stolen is calling the crime a “professional hit.” Patrick Brown of Brown Computer Solutions in Brattleboro says the people who broke into his store on Friday were disguised and well organized.
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Police: Teens preyed on unlocked cars, houses
Two suburban teens allegedly went on a weekend burglary spree in Libertyville that netted them laptop computers, iPads and iPods, but they didn’t get to enjoy the fruits of their labors for long.
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