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Penne with Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto Recipe (http://www.foodnetwork.co... ) http://foodnetwork.sndimg...

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This was a pretty good use for leftover sun-dried tomatoes. - John B. - -

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Www, that looks really yummy! - Cincia - -

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Snowy grove (https://www.flickr.com/ph... ) https://c2.staticflickr.c...

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USWNT push for new deal and make clear: we are not playing on artificial turf | Football | The Guardian (http://www.theguardian.co... ) https://i.guim.co.uk/img/...

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"US Soccer does have a history of putting matches for the men’s national team on grass, even when they play at venues with artificial turf. In some cases, the men and women have played in the same venue recently, yet the men played on temporary grass while the women played on the turf. A US Soccer spokesman declined the Guardian’s request for comment, but the federation has previously denied that there is an agreement for the men to only play on grass. US Soccer president Sunil Gulati suggested the men may play on artificial turf this year, even though the federation hasn’t put a men’s match on artificial turf since at least 2005." - John B. - -

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Snowstorm aftermath (https://www.flickr.com/ph... ) https://c2.staticflickr.c...

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We got a bit of snow yesterday. - John B. - -

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I'm in New Jersey, USA. - John B. - [ 1 ] -

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Union focus on defense in draft (http://mobile.philly.com/... ) http://media.philly.com/i...

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"Already armed with the No. 3 and 6 picks in the first round, the Union acquired the No. 2 selection from the Colorado Rapids for general allocation money and a player to be named later. Then, the Union selected three defenders among their four picks, hoping to fortify a defense that allowed 55 goals during a 10-17-7 season. The final two rounds of the draft are to be Jan. 19. The Union selected Georgetown defenders with their first two picks, center back Joshua Yaro at No. 2 and right back Keegan Rosenberry at No. 3. At No. 6, the Union drafted Creighton's Fabian Herbers, who is listed as a midfielder but has more experience at forward, a key need for the Union." - John B. - -

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Sort of like when they had a player named "Wenger." - John B. - -

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This spring my chorus will be singing Orff's Carmina Burana, and the rehearsals for it started tonight.

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It's a version arranged for small chorus and simplified instrumentation. - John B. - -

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Talking about Carmina Burana, this is one of my favorite Classical/Lirical FlashMob. https://youtu.be/PJNp5UKR... - Xabaras - [ 4 ] -

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Sky Blue grabs Hermann winner Rodriguez at No. 2 (http://equalizersoccer.co... ) http://equalizersoccer.co...

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"Sky Blue FC used the No. 2 pick in Friday’s NWSL draft to take Hermann Trophy winner Raquel Rodriguez. Earlier, Sky Blue rustled the women’s soccer world with the early-morning announcement that they had acquired the second pick in exchange for the No. 3 pick and the rights to forward Nadia Nadim. In addition, 2017 picks also changed hands with Sky Blue getting a 1st and 4th rounder and the Thorns a second rounder." - John B. - -

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I think the Thorns were involved in a bunch of trades at the top of the draft, so it's a little confusing. - John B. - [ 1 ] -

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The Philly Soccer Page – Official: Union acquire Walter Restrepo, loan Michael Lahoud (http://www.phillysoccerpa... ) http://www.phillysoccerpa...

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"Philadelphia Union announced today the acquisition of 27-year-old American-born Colombian midfielder Walter Restrepo from New York Cosmos. In exchange, the Cosmos receive midfielder Michael Lahoud on a one-year loan and an undisclosed transfer fee." - John B. - -

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I'd guess it depends on how it goes. I've seen a lot of the players on loan come back if they've made whatever progress the coaches are hoping to see, or if roster space is better. It feels more like a leverage move right now, when they don't have a lot. - Jennifer D. - [ 1 ] -

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Spanking, dehydration and ignorance of concussions: New details about Peter Nowak's Union tenure (http://mobile.philly.com/... ) http://media.philly.com/i...

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"Throughout the three-and-a-half year duration of former Union manager Peter Nowak’s wrongful termination lawsuit against the team, many key details about just why Nowak was fired have been kept sealed. The desire to keep the juicy stuff out of public view was shared by both sides in the dispute, the arbitrator who was tasked with casting the ultimate verdict, and the federal judge who took the case when Nowak’s side filed it in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Last summer, however, the case was reassigned to a new judge – and last month, that judge made it clear that he had a different view of all that secrecy. On December 18, the judge ordered that a huge trove of information be unsealed, redacting only players’ names and private correspondence between players and the MLS Players’ Union. " - John B. - -

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Hopefully it puts an end to that case. - John B. - [ 1 ] -

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I made an account on another FF clone: https://mokum.place/dendr...

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So far, I think I like frenf.it better, but if I see people I knew on FF becoming active there, I'll keep checking in. - John B. - [ 2 ] -

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I did get the sense that I'm sort of late to the party there. - John B. - -

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Some kind of animal dispute going on outside.

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It's not a party until you have to break up a raccoon fight! - Jennifer D. - [ 2 ] -

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Now it's the squirrels having a standoff. - John B. - [ 1 ] -

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Merry Christmas to all!

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Thank you! - John B. - -

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Thanks! :-D - John B. - -

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I don't think I'll make it to midnight, so have a happy new year and see you in 2016!

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Happy New Year! - Jennifer D. - -

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Happy New Year, John! - vicster - -

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Today is your LAST CHANCE to donate before we ask you to donate again.

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My community chorus had its fall concert this evening. It went very well, and the audience seemed to enjoy it (and had a chance to sing with us at the end).

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The music featured more languages than in most of our past concerts, including Slovak, a language I hadn't sung before. - John B. - [ 2 ] -

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Luckily when wou sing you won't have to bother with stressed syllables! - .mau. - -

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Still too wired from chorus rehearsal to get to sleep. :-/

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Super intense rehearsal or really good music? (Or, best of both?) - Jennifer D. - [ 1 ] -

A bit of both. It was the last regular rehearsal, so we ran almost everything and got out a bit late. - John B. - [ 3 ] -

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There’s a Philly Sign Language Accent | Smithsonian (http://www.smithsonianmag... ) http://thumbs.media.smith...

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Researchers based at the University of Pennsylvania are documenting Philly ASL and asking exactly what makes it special. Leading the effort is linguistics lecturer Jami Fisher, who has a unique connection to the language: Her parents and her brother are all deaf, so she grew up signing in Philadelphia. She says she doesn’t sign with her hometown's accent, but she does understand it. "When most people talk about a dialect, in spoken languages and sign languages too, a lot of what they center on are lexical differences, differences in words," Fisher tells PRI. "For example, the sign for hospital is exceptionally different from what standard ASL would be, among other things." She says that someone from another part of the country wouldn’t recognize some of the signs used by Philly ASL signers. - John B. - -

"This striking difference comes from how sign language came to the United States, the researchers suspect. Before 1814, there was no standard American Sign Language. That started to change when a Connecticut minister, Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, helped found a school now known as the American School for the Deaf. The co-founder of the school, Laurent Clerc, came from a school in Paris, so ASL is heavily influenced by French Sign Language. Another school for the deaf opened in Philadelphia in 1820, with Clerc serving as one of its first principals. The school was popular enough that it expanded to a 33-acre campus at Mt. Airy, where it remained for 92 years, providing schooling as well as room and board for its students. It was that immersive, isolated environment that gave rise to the Philly ASL dialect, the researchers suspect. The dialect is strongest in the older members of the Philadelphia deaf community, many of whom attended the school. "We think that these older signers are signing in a way that is pretty similar to how it was longer ago, in the late 1800s and early 1900s," Fisher says." - John B. - -

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In some ways, missing setting a new record for futility by one game seems more futile than actually setting it.

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I think they've already set the record for longest losing streak (spanning end of last season to now), they just failed to also set a new record for longest losing streak to start a season. - Andrew C - [ 2 ] -

The Lakers were just too much to overcome. - John B. - -

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Rutgers women's soccer advances to Final Four with PKs win (http://www.mycentraljerse... ) http://www.gannett-cdn.co...

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"Continuing the winningest season in program history, Rutgers advanced to the Final Four for the first time Friday by upsetting No. 1-ranked powerhouse Virginia, 7-6, on penalty kicks, after a scoreless regulation and two overtimes. In a battle of arguably the best offense in the nation (Virginia) against arguably the best defense in the nation (Rutgers), the style of play favored Rutgers for 110 minutes of action. "The effort that the 11 players put in on the defensive side of the ball and how hard they worked," Rutgers coach Mike O'Neill said, "it was inspiring to watch." Fittingly, Rutgers goalkeeper was the star of penalty kicks. Bridgewater native Casey Murphy made the victory-sealing save and also started an improbable Rutgers comeback with the first of seven straight conversions on the shooting side." - John B. - -

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This is definitely much cooler news :D - Jennifer D. - [ 1 ] -

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I really dislike the trend of newspapers coding their pages so that side arrows go to a different article.

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So many times I try to push the down arrow and accidentally push a side arrow and end up on a different page. - John B. - -

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You just reminded me; I have the MS Natural 4000 keyboard with the rather useless zoom thingy in the middle and I found a registry hack somewhere that converts it to an up/down scroll instead, but I never use it. TBH I use the spacebar to scroll most of the time. - Andrew C - [ 2 ] -

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World peace looks pretty good at the moment.

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I can't believe I have my windows wide open at midnight in November.

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It's that warm today (and tonight). - John B. - -

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The weather finally feels like fall around here. Finally. - Steven Perez - [ 2 ] -

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Thanks to past me for stashing some candy in a cabinet I don't normally look in.

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That is totally the best. Hurray for past you! :D - Jennifer D. - [ 1 ] -

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Union Get it Right With Hiring of Sporting Director Earnie Stewart « CBS Philly (http://philadelphia.cbslo... ) https://cbsphilly.files.w...

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"Earnie Stewart is the Philadelphia Union’s very first “Sporting Director”. It took the team 11 months to make the hire, but they got it right in the end. This is a former United States international midfielder who played in World Cups, won cups, and guided a European club to sustained success over the course of a half-decade. Stewart will be tasked with overseeing all soccer operations, from first team player decisions to academy direction, youth development, and everything in between. The Union have never had a dedicated, “general manager” type of executive but identified the need for the addition last November at a press conference called by chairman and majority owner Jay Sugarman." - John B. - -

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Yeah, especially since it sounds like AZ Alkmaar had a similar financial situation to the Union. - John B. - -

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A raccoon tries to sneak into Giants-Eagles game | Pro32: Head to Head (http://pro32.ap.org/artic... ) http://binaryapi.ap.org/0...

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A furry little raccoon got caught sneaking into the stadium to see the Giants-Eagles game on Monday night. The raccoon was captured by a worker in the stands at Lincoln Financial Field before kickoff. It was carried off in (Giants) blue netting. There was no word on where the raccoon went after it got the boot. The Eagles (2-3) already have a mascot. - John B. - -

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Who could have predicted that getting rid of a team's starting quarterback, running back, wide receivers, and guards would result in a bad offense?

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dunno, who? - Ondatra iSkoolicus - -

The Eagles didn't. - John B. - - [ 2 ]

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