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TRAVEL PHOTO THURSDAY Just to check to see if my own travel fascination follows the path of Making An Exit, the book I discussed yesterday, I dug through my photos to see what mementos I could find. It turns out that I seem to have a lively interest in visiting the dead. Funerary sculptures, memorials, cemeteries and souvenirs from many places around the world. And on a personal note, here’s the tomb of my great-grandfather who was a Civil War soldier. A visit to my home state generally includes a visit to the graves of relatives and ancestors. One of the graves with the Civil War designation in that small town Ohio cemetery, contained the remains of a fourteen-year-old boy. My, the amazing things you can discern in a graveyard! I can think of so many more possibilities. There are the candles lit for souls in churches around the world, the saints preserved in glass coffins and VIPs buried under church floors. I’ve seen an ossuary at Meteora in Greece, cemeteries with the deceased photograph in Spain, ancient carvings representing the dead in both Greece and Italy. In fact, I can’t pass a rural church’s graveyard without stopping for a look. Have you ever thought about how much of your travel is devoted to checking out the culture of death? This photo essay is part of Travel Photo Thursday, and if you want to see more of lively pictures from around the world, go to Budget Traveler’s Sandbox. Here is a great collection of visits to cemeteries from various photographers on Jim O’Donnell’s site. Beautiful photos.
Indonesian carrier Lion Air (JT) has selected the Boeing 787 over the Airbus A330 for its new premium carrier Batik Air. Batik 787. Courtesy Boeing Indonesian carrier Lion Air (JT) has selected the Boeing 787 over the Airbus A330 for its new premium carrier Batik Air. Boeing confirmed the carrier has made a commitment to order five 787-8s. In February, JT firmed a commitment made in November for 201 Boeing 737 MAXs and 29 737-900ERs in a $22.4 billion contract that is Boeing’s largest ever. JT also acquired purchase rights for a further 150 737s (ATW Daily News Feb. 15). Subscribe to Access this Entire Article "Lion Air signs Dreamliner commitment for premium carrier" is part of ATW Plus, our online premium membership. Subscribing will provide you access to exclusive news, carefully researched airline financial, fleet and traffic data, plus the option to receive our popular, award-winning print magazine. To learn more, click here. If viewing via ATW Mobile, please login and click "Read web article" to view fully. Questions? ATWPlus@penton.com.
Maggie GyllenhaalTop 99 Women Why is She famous Early on, Maggie Gyllenhaal's career consisted mainly of appearances as a teen in projects such as Waterland (1992) and A Dangerous Woman (1993). It was her penchant for taking on new and risky projects, however, that catapulted her into stardom. From 2000's The Pornographer: A Love Story to 2002's Secretary, Maggie is taking Hollywood (and the rest of us) by storm. Maggie Gyllenhaal Quote " I do seem to have a bit of a predilection for movies that say something transgressive." 75 Sex Appeal Standing at 5'9", Maggie Gyllenhaal exudes a sexy charm that harkens back to a more glamorous era of Hollywood leading ladies. Additionally, her spunky attitude toward life and her desire to partake in some of the more "scandalous" films in recent memory make her one of the sexier actresses out there today. Though she's steadily gaining more notoriety in the public eye, Maggie Gyllenhaal still has a way to go before she can truly be classified as a "megastar." True, she has appeared in high-profile films like 2001's Donnie Darko, 2002's 40 Days and 40 Nights and 2003's Mona Lisa Smile, but she still hasn't completely shed her "indie" actress label. This is partly her own doing, as Maggie Gyllenhaal has tried to make more cerebral and political movies in recent years, such as 2003's Casa de los babys and 2005's The Great New Wonderful, not to mention that her breakout role was the indie favorite, Secretary (it was nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards, including Best Female Lead for Maggie, and won the award for Best First Screenplay).
Taylor Swift has been reportedly dating Conor Kennedy since the summer, but for the first time she is commenting on their relationship after Entertainment Tonight alleged that she had “kidnapped" him. The country music star was said to have flown Kennedy to Nashville and essentially abducted him, but Swift explained that’s impossible because he’s a grown man. "You can't kidnap a grown man," Swift responded to the claim to the Huffington Post. "These are serious accusations, now! It's an interesting way to spin something into a story. See, this is why I don't read this stuff." Swift, 22, and Kennedy, 18, have been photographed holding hands and kissing numerous times since the summer near Kennedy’s family home in Hyannis Port, Mass., just a few months after his mother, Mary, committed suicide. While Swift was dispelling the rumors, she also opened up at “crashing” Kennedy’s cousin’s wedding over the summer when she spoke to Rolling Stone. Reports said that the country crooner was asked to leave by the bride’s mother, Victoria Gifford Kennedy, after the singer “angered” the family. Swift attended the wedding without notice and distracted attention from the newlyweds, the Boston Herald wrote. "I have no idea what happened there," Swift told the magazine shortly after the wedding had taken place. "I think that story was based on the biggest misunderstanding, 'cause I would never knowingly show up somewhere that I thought I wasn't invited to. And I would never want to upstage anybody." The “Love Story” singer began to hint about love within her assumed relationship with Kennedy. "The way I look at love is you have to follow it, and fall hard, if you fall hard,” she explained. The singer could have been referring to her four-year age difference from Kennedy since she has been criticized because for it in the tabloids. "You have to forget about what everyone else thinks," continued the pop star. "It has to be us-against-the-world mentality. You have to make it work by prioritizing it, and by falling in love really fast, without thinking too hard. If I think too hard about a relationship I'll talk myself out of it … I have rules for a lot of area of my life. Love is not going to be one of them," she told the magazine. Swift is on the October cover for Rolling Stone and her new album “Red” is expected to drop on Oct. 22. To contact the editor, e-mail:
The woman who broke Britain's gold medal "drought" at their home Games became an Olympian by answering an ad in the paper. In 2008, Helen Glover was a pretty good runner and in Britain's fringe hockey squad, but was not heading toward any Olympic team. That was until Steve Redgrave called for anyone over 5ft 9in who wanted to try rowing under Britain's Sporting Giants scheme. The PE student sent her letter off, fudging the fact she was half an inch short, was identified as a potential talent, put in a boat for the first time and was taught how to row. Four years later, Glover won an Olympic gold medal when she and Heather Stanning beat Australia's Sarah Tait and Kate Hornsey in the women's pair. Their win set off Britain's rush of 29 gold medals which put them third on the overall table behind sporting giants the US and China. They were also among five Britons to beat Australia into silver in the lopsided Olympic Ashes. Glover epitomises Britain's meticulous, scientific and well-financed approach to their sport which has transformed the nation from a world laughing stock to powerhouse in a little more than a decade. If Australia's Olympic turning point came with no gold medals in Montreal in 1976, Britain's was in Atlanta 20 years later when Redgrave and Matthew Pinsent won the country's only gold in the coxless pairs. Both men were subsequently knighted for their rowing exploits, but the honour could well have been for putting a torch under British sport. Since then, Britain unashamedly borrowed many ideas from Australia, establishing institutes of sport, importing the best overseas coaches, sports scientists and, in many ways, the Australian attitude. They won 11 gold in Sydney in 2000, nine in Athens and then came the big jump with 19 in Beijing in 2008. When asked the difference in British sport between Atlanta and London 2012, British Olympic Association (BOA) chairman Colin Moynihan did not hesitate to produce a one word answer: "Funding." Britain's enormously successful national lottery injects STG100 million ($A149m) a year into sport, a figure that has steadily increased since the scheme started in the late 1990s. The core sports of athletics, cycling, rowing and sailing receive STG26m ($A38.7m) each over a four-year period. Between them, those sports won Britain 17 gold medals at the London Games. In 2010, the Australian government injected $195.2m into all sport for four years, $120m of which is for high performance. Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) president John Coates says Australia needs to be wiser in how it spends its money. Coates admits that, after educating the British about sport, Australia now needs to learn from them. But the lessons can't be applied in funding. A national lottery will not work in Australia. The state governments have authority over lottery licences and make too much money out of them for their own purposes to relinquish any to sport. Although Coates is satisfied with the level of funding, there's obviously no way Australia will ever match its arch-rival again while that massive discrepancy remains. Moynihan says the lottery has transformed British sport over the last 10 years. As well as allowing the BOA to contract the best coaches for four-year periods, apply the latest science and develop the institutes, it's also funding talent identification programs like Sporting Giants. The worrying thing for Australia is that Moynihan believes Glover is just the start. "The talent is out there, the key is identifying that," he said. "There's many more out there, we need to roll that out into schools, rolled out nationwide. It could prove more successful." The British also mastered the art of performing at the right time, another area in which they comprehensively outdid Australia. Last year, 45 per cent of British medals won in world championships and equivalent events were silver. In London 2012, 45 per cent of their medals have been gold, compared to 20 per cent for Australia. "It was about peaking at the right time," said Britain's chef de mission Andy Hunt. In contrast, many of Australia's gold medal favourites, including James Magnussen and his 4x100m freestyle team and the men's hockey team failed to deliver in London. And several of Australia's highly-rated gold prospects, such as the men's fours rowers and men's team pursuit cyclists, won silver after losing ground to their British rivals who peaked with perfection. Britain's big guns thrived under pressure - Chris Hoy, Bradley Wiggins, Mo Farrah, Jessica Ennis, Ben Ainslie, Alistair Brownlee all lived up to the hype. The AOC's benchmarking figures based on 2011 world championship results predicted 15 gold to Australia and 14 for Britain. Australia ended up with seven, Britain with 29. Britain's cyclists are a prime example of targeting the Olympics at the expense of other events. After winning one gold medal at the 2011 world track championships compared to Australia's six, the British won seven in the London velodrome while Anna Meares was the only Australian winner. The spread of sports has also exchanged. Australia won medals in 19 sports in Sydney, but only eight in London. Britain won medals in 15 different sports, taking gold in 11, including first time victories in taekwondo and triathlon. Moynihan has no doubt the confidence which grew when Glover and Stanning won on the fifth day went "viral" through the team and was only enhanced by the massive home crowd support. "Many silvers became gold," he said of the influence of confidence and home crowd. Prime minister David Cameron acted quickly to exploit Britain's new found optimism in difficult economic times by announcing on the last day of the Games that funding will be extended to STG125m ($A186m) a year through to the Rio Games in 2016. While Coates says Australia will find it "very, very difficult" to bounce back in Rio, Britain is looking at a bright future. "I think the face of British sport will be transformed," says Moynihan. Games organising chief Sebastian Coe says Britain is now perfectly placed to take advantage of the legacy he promised the Games would leave. "Infrastructurally we're better than we've ever been. The national lottery has changed the landscape for sport," he said. "There's been a sea change, but we can't take the foot off the pedal." He says Britain's national sporting bodies are "smart enough to know the red carpet has been rolled out in front of them." And they're going to walk it all the way to Rio.
June 6, 2011 Taiwan Johnson names favorites Manvel (Texas) defensive end Taiwan Johnson now holds 21 scholarship offers and has formed a list of five favorites. Johnson, 6-3, 230, 4.79, plans on making some visits this summer, as well. Find out what he is looking for in a college, how he plans to go about the recruiting process and a whole lot more. ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now for a FREE Trial
March 3, 2008 Hearing from the Pokes? One of several offensive line prospects that are likely to be courted by Oklahoma State in 2009 is Lexington, Texas native Michael Brown. The former Texas A&M commitment recently talked with OSI about where his recruitment is at as well as if he has any vested interest in the Cowboys program. Get our full report inside ...More... To continue reading this article you must be a member. Sign Up Now for a FREE Trial
Jonathan Palmer, a redshirt junior who filled in as a starting guard earlier this season in Auburn’s victories over Ball State and Kentucky, has proven to be a versatile performer for the Tigers. The 6-5, 320-pounder out of Cedar Grove High in Decatur, Ga., has shown that he can be an effective blocker at center, guard and tackle. The Tigers needed Palmer to get the job done at center because starter Joe Cope injured his ankle at Georgia the previous week and wasn’t full speed yet for the Iron Bowl matchup. A senior who had been pushing Cope for the number one job, Steven Ross, has seen very little action this year due to a pair of hip injuries so Palmer was the pick to play the very important center position and call the line blocking assignments vs. the Crimson Tide. Making his first start at center, Palmer says he enjoyed the intensity of the intra-state rivalry game as Auburn physically whipped Alabama on line of scrimmage on the way to a 28-18 victory. “It was really fun,” he says. “I am not from Alabama, but I have heard about all of the hype about the Iron Bowl since I came to Auburn. I wanted to see these seniors on our team go out with a perfect record against Alabama so I knew I had to play hard. I think I did pretty good making my first start at center against a team like Alabama.” Palmer says he is particularly pleased that fellow junior Kenny Irons was able to run for more than 100 yards against the Tide defense and keep his spot as the SEC’s leading rusher this season. “We don’t get too much credit for anything else on the offensive line, but when you see a running back rush for 100 yards you know that somebody was getting whupped out there,” Palmer says with a big smile. “Against Alabama, we were doing some whupping.” Palmer says he went into the game expecting the Tide’s defense to offer a challenge, which it did. “Their goal was to stop the running game and they stacked the box, but Cox (quarterback Brandon Cox) did a good job of passing the ball and scoring touchdowns.” Like Auburn, Alabama was playing without its starting center, who was out of the Iron Bowl game due to an injury. However, unlike Auburn, the Tide's center struggled early and often trying to block the opposing defensive front. Tiger noseguard T.J. Jackson, who had a dominating performance in his final game at Jordan-Hare Stadium, helped set the tone for the game early by controlling the line of scrimmage. The victory improved Auburn’s record to 9-2 overall and 7-1 in the SEC. When and where Palmer and his teammates will play next won’t be determined until Friday when Arkansas plays at LSU. If Arkansas defeats LSU, Auburn will be back in action a week from Saturday in the SEC Championship Game in Atlanta for a rematch vs. the Georgia team the Tigers defeated 31-30 in Athens. If LSU wins, it will have a 7-1 league mark like Auburn, but the head to head tiebreaker for the spot in the championship game will go to LSU because of its overtime victory against Auburn in Baton Rouge. Palmer came to Auburn in the same signing class with starting senior tackle Marcus McNeill, who is one of three finalists for the Outland Trophy as the nation’s top interior lineman. McNeill is one the most athletic linemen to play for the Tigers and position coach Hugh Nall notes that Palmer is a good athlete, too. “There is no doubt that JP has the ability to be a really strong offensive lineman,” Nall says. “The key thing for him to get more playing time is to become more consistent.” McNeill, who has played next to Palmer since their high school days, says that his friend is one of the most talented players on the Auburn football team. “Coach Nall would be the first to tell you that he is the most naturally talented offensive lineman we have,” McNeill says of Palmer. “With his body, his size and his great footwork he looks like an offensive lineman, plays like an offensive lineman and he has great athletic ability at the same time.” If Auburn isn’t able to return to Atlanta to defend its 2004 SEC title, the next game for the Tigers will be at their sixth consecutive bowl game. A trip to Orlando for the Capital One game is the most likely destination this year in a matchup that pits a team from the SEC vs. an opponent from the Big 10.
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Aunt Lute Celebrates 30 years: Dangerous Voices While many of our authors express ideas that challenge patriarchal culture’s view of propriety, some of our books have been actively suppressed and censored. For our final week, it is these books that we honor. Even though these books, including Borderlands/La Frontera, have attained respect in certain circles of the academy, it is important to remember that their revolutionary ideas still hold the power to offend. In fact, just this year in Arizona, Borderlands was among many books banned from the high school curriculum. This list reminds us of how much the world has changed—as well as how fragile our gains can be. By standing against institutional powers and continuing to challenge racism and patriarchy, these Dangerous Voices remind us of the real cost of standing up for one’s beliefs, and this final week we would like to especially honor the bravery of these women for doing so despite the risk. Alice Walker: Banned is a comprehensive look at how and why Walker’s provocative work was censored as well as lauded. It has been removed from curricula, libraries and tests, yet retains its power to confront complacency. And it is that strange mix of fear and respect that is so confusing in Walker’s and other cases of censorship; even as she was accepting an award from the California governor, that state’s school board was removing her work from their tests. In reviewing the flimsy accusations and what perhaps lay behind them, Alice Walker: Banned offers a broader critique of censorship of any work. Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, recently reprinted with the contributions of our supporters through Kickstarter, was also banned when it came out—and remains controversial today, as it was recently banned from high school curriculums in Arizona. Yet the impassioned response to this most recent censorship shows how far we have come when compared to the silencing Anzaldúa experienced early in her career: from her youth in Texas where speaking Spanish could be punished with physical violence to her doctoral school’s refusal to let her study Chicana literature. In an era of culture wars, when conservatives lobbied for a constitutional amendment to make English the official language, Gloria Anzaldúa’s Borderlands bravely forged forward in hybridity, refusing to rank oppressions or pit gender against race. Teacher at Point Blank takes on yet another aspect of oppression through a personal discussion of Jo Scott-Coe’s experiences as a teacher. Through this lens, she reveals the impossible expectations placed on “pink collar” workers and the sexualization teachers experience with no support from their administrations. The work is a deeply uncomfortable look at the ways the suburban school system is flawed not only in terms of developing high-achieving students in place of disgruntled drop outs, but in the way it reinforces the worst aspects of patriarchy. Scott-Coe reveals this underbelly of teaching at exactly the time when we need most to have an honest discussion about what is and is not working in American schools.
Austin >Dan Baird - State Farm Insurance Agent Have been with them since 1993. Dan and his office are wonderful to work with kind and conscientious. Have both business and personal coverage with them. Now that they've added financial services they have even more to offer. On the occasions when we've had claims they have held my hand through the process. Now that one of my children is grown she has her insurance with Dan too! Is there a better vote of confidence... Have been with them for years. Dan Baird bought out my old State Farm auto agent and I stayed with them. Later I switched from my State Farm homeowners' agent - whom I had inherited when I bought my house (and who lived in Taylor). Consolidating the two made sense, and I chose Dan Baird since he was in town. The staff has been great - I've never seen any disorganization - but I'm very disorganized and they've been very helpful and cheerful when I've come to them in a dithering frenzy. I've felt like I was on my own when I've made claims - I hear there are agents who actually help you negotiate with the company. That had not been my experience with Dan Baird. I had minor home owner claims with my previous State Farm agent (the Taylor one) and those claims were processed more smoothly, but that was 30 years ago and times are different now, so who knows for sure if it was the agency, State Farm, or the industry. I'm in the middle of a claim now, and depending on how much longer it takes, I might begin looking for a different agent. I live by another State Farm office, and have been tempted to stop and talk to them, but haven't so far. Late-breaking news - I just heard from the newest inspector after a call to John at the Dan Baird office - they seem to think that they will have this in the works sooner than the Main Office in Dallas would commit to. So.....they just got another star - I was thinking about giving them three, but this makes it a 4. Great Service, very nice people. This location works very well for me because I find myself frequently running to north Austin for errands and business. It is right across the highway from the neighborhood H-E-B and the Domain. I have had a great experience with the staff and Dan. The staff takes great care to make me feel comfortable and go over which options are best for my needs. I have received valuable information and suggestions from Dan and I feel like it is very rare to receive the kind of attention and customer satisfaction given in his office. It is a comfort to me and my family knowing that we are insured with such a great business and agent. Somewhat Unorganized Office. I get the feeling these people do not know entirely what they are doing. When I went in to take out an auto policy, I worked with a middle aged woman who acted as if I was the first auto customer the office ever had. It was disheartening to say the least. She had to keep stopping to get help from the receptionist I believe. Thanks goodness she was there or this could have taken all day. The saving grace is that State Farm is a great company. Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Facebook to see what your friends are up to!
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Just as I was thinking being a graduate student is pretty tough financially, here’s someone who had it even worse: After Debbie and I married, I was still in college and we were dirt poor. We moved to the edge of a country town. There was an open field across the road and a railroad track ran for miles out of town. I bought a shotgun and began to hunt for rabbits, squirrels, and pheasants. Thatís how we survived until I graduated. I’ve seen wild turkeys in my Boston neighborhood, so maybe this has potential. But there’s probably some law or another banning hunting in the city.
Oh mothers, they’re the women who bear everything their children do from the moment they hear their baby’s first high-pitched scream and change diapers without a slight trace of a wince and who with love and care watch each of their child’s every step. With the day celebrating these super women fast approaching, Latinitas hosts a Día de las Madres essay contest to honor the women who have inspired and influenced us. Through an essay or another creative outlet, girls’ ages 9-19 years have the opportunity to describe how their mother or mother like figure such as an older sister, grandmother, stepmother is a role model. Nine-to-12 year olds need to submit a 300-word essay or an original piece of artwork while girls 13-19 years have to write a 500-word essay or can create a two-minute video on the same topic. Latinitas will choose two winners from each age category whose entries will be featured on the website and names will be announced at an Austin City Council meeting in May. Prizes include a dinner for two at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse, movie tickets for two at the Alamo Drafthouse, and two tickets to Six Flags Fiesta Texas and Seaworld San Antonio. All entries are due by Monday April 30 and can be submitted electronically at email@example.com or mailed to Latinitas, 1107 S. 8th St. Austin, TX 78704. As usual, Latinitas, the non-profit webzine for and by young Latinas, provides another opportunity for girls to express themselves and gain confidence. The contest is an additional outlet the organization uses to empower young Latinas through media and technology using media enriching programs, summer camps and after-school programs. Learn more about Latinitas below:
Body Art explores the many different ways, both temporary and permanent, in which people modify, change, decorate and adorn their bodies. It covers the what, why, how and where of 'body art'. One of the oldest forms of body art. Body adornments radically alter the silhouette or shape of the body. Involving an endurance of pain, it is often a rite of passage or ritual. Of all body art forms, body painting is the most temporary. +612 9320 6000 6 College St Sydney, NSW 2010 Australia Become a Member for free admission, a quarterly magazine and more. Subscribe to our newsletters for the latest events, offers and information.
Cooray, Asantha (2002) Weak lensing of the cosmic microwave background: Power spectrum covariance. Physical Review D, 65 (6). Art. No. 063512. ISSN 0556-2821 http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:COOprd02e See Usage Policy. Use this Persistent URL to link to this item: http://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:COOprd02e We discuss the non-Gaussian contribution to the power spectrum covariance of cosmic microwave background (CMB) anisotropies resulting through weak gravitational lensing angular deflections and the correlation of deflections with secondary sources of temperature fluctuations generated by the large scale structure, such as the integrated Sachs-Wolfe effect and the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect. This additional contribution to the covariance of binned angular power spectrum, beyond the well known cosmic variance and any associated instrumental noise, results from a trispectrum, or a four point correlation function, in temperature anisotropy data. With substantially wide bins in multipole space, the resulting non-Gaussian contribution from lensing to the binned power spectrum variance is insignificant out to multipoles of a few thousand and is not likely to affect the cosmological parameter estimation with acoustic peaks and the damping tail. The non-Gaussian contribution to covariance, however, should be considered when interpreting binned CMB power spectrum measurements at multipoles of a few thousand corresponding to angular scales of few arcminutes and less. \|Additional Information:\|\|©2002 The American Physical Society. Received 11 October 2001; published 28 February 2002. We acknowledge support from the Sherman Fairchild Foundation and from the U.S. DOE Grant No. DE-FG03-92-ER40701.\| \|Usage Policy:\|\|No commercial reproduction, distribution, display or performance rights in this work are provided.\| \|Deposited By:\|\|Archive Administrator\| \|Deposited On:\|\|21 Jun 2008\| \|Last Modified:\|\|26 Dec 2012 10:07\| Repository Staff Only: item control page
Bee Smart Baby Vocabulary Builder 1 The First video in the Bumblebee Series, Vocabulary Builder Volume 1. This video was a 1999 Parents’ Choice Award Winner and recipient of an “A” rating from Parenting Magazine. This vocabulary builder is designed to boost your child’s language development. The subtle soft sounds and the visually stimulating pictures help Autistic or Speech Delayed children Baby Einstein – Baby MacDonald This Baby Einstein catalog is its integration of puppets, toys, and live farm footage. The Puppets and highly visual video helps all children, especially the Autistic to focus on the names and sounds around the farm. As always, the spoken language is minimal, sticking to the main words to help ease confusion. This DVD is divided into barns and equipment, animals, planting crops, and harvesting. Background music ranges from “Old MacDonald” to Schumann, Has many puppet shows and entertaining music. This is a great for associating plastic barnyard or farm toys to real life pictures. Helping to develop a more dimensional point of understanding. Baby Babble – Speech Enhancement DVD Another great DVD for learning sounds and words. This video was developed and designed by speech therapists. Most Autistic or Speech Delayed children need repetition to finally develop and understanding. It has a lot of sensory movement which is vary appropriate for our any child on the spectrum. The visualization of sounds by the therapists is quite advantageous. Children become fixated on their mouths and will try to mimic their lips. Use the words as well as the enunciation used in the video to practice with your child. Hold an object using the proper enunciation before allowing your child to get the toy. Easy to copy and follow at home when playing with your child Leap Frog – Talking Words Factory By far the most entertaining vocabulary builder DVD. Building words becomes an exciting and empowering experience for young children with Autism. When young Tad wants to nominate his Dad for a “Best Dad” contest he solicits the help of his siblings. The three frogs go to The Talking Word Factory and become involved in making new words for the factory. Tad quickly discovers that vowels act as the glue that sticks letters together. This DVD his very good for Phonemic awareness, vocabulary building, and rhyming. The animation is visually stimulating as well as entertaining. Easy to model prompt as well as mimic, Leap Frog hits a home run with this one. This DVD can be used to pair all of the wonderful Leap Frog products to create an fun play environment just like the DVD. Get the magnetic Word Whammer and practice just like TAD!
American Honda Motor Co., Inc., announced the all-new 2006 Honda Civic Si Coupe is debuting today at dealerships nationwide with a suggested retail price of $19,990. New features on all 2006 Si models include: The Civic Si Coupe is available with a Honda Satellite-Linked Navigation System with Voice Activation for the suggested retail price of $21,740. High-performance summer tires are also available as a factory option, bringing the suggested retail price to $20,190 ($21,940 on vehicles with navigation). Recently, the all-new Honda Civic earned Motor Trend magazine's prestigious 2006 Car of the Year award, extending to the entire Civic Sedan and Civic Coupe lineup including the Si and Hybrid models. Destination and handling charges for all 2006 Honda vehicles are $550. * SAE Net (revised 8/04) ** Use for comparison purposes only. Actual mileage may vary.
Tell us what you think... The community thinks... WT? I thought it's a Toyota.... by Andy From the Northwest on 03/16/2012. Trim: 1990 Toyota Camry DLX, Owned more than 10 years. Pros: Paint still good after 22 years, all exterior, interior still good after all those years! Almost like day one. Decent comfort for a mid-size car (I personally drive SUV) Acceleration/break is very good. Cons: Unexpected reliability issues. MPG is not as good as what I expect from a mid-sized car. (about 20~21mpg when I did 80% of the driving on freeway) Overall review: This is my relative’s car but I am the guy who everyone called because I am an engineer…..(I know very few things about the cars cause I am no mechanic but they expect me to give them advises….) Anyway, this is a car own by a 70-year-old lady since day one. (1 owner) she drive less than 4000 miles /year. The transmission had to replaced at ~ 70K mile, and at 80K mile, the car is having problem “moving” it will start but when step on Gas it won’t move. So we did the Oil change/oil filter change/fuel injection cleared (5 times) spark plug replaced, still same issue. Strange thing is that it will only happend sometimes but not always. Now I get to “test drive” this car (again) for the next few days. We’ll see what happen…. Review ID: #556645 Is this review offensive? Rest in Peace by Doug on 05/10/2005. Trim: 1990 Toyota Camry LE V6 Sedan, Owned more than 10 years. Pros: For its time, it had a very comfortable ride with plenty of power available. It wasn't the most exciting car on the road, but it was completely trouble free for the first 4 years. A larger than stock air filter, double tipped spark plugs, and heavier wiring helped the car to accelerate quicker and tires just one size up from stock improved handling immensely. The sunroof was a nice addition and it worked right up until the car's last day. This day, unfortunately, demonstrated how well the Camry was engineered to survive a serious collision (in this case with a telephone pole). I walked away with a bruised rib and the car was able to be driven onto the flatbed tow truck. Cons: The first four years were trouble free, but it wasn't the case with the last three. Five years into the car's life, the transmission had to be completely replaced, to the tune of $2,500. Another recurrent and frustrating issue was that the brake light would tend to stick, leaving the brake lights on even after the car was shut down. This drained the battery more than once. And like many power antennas in its day, mine went bye-bye. But that's all I disliked about the car. Overall review: I am confident that if I hadn't wrecked the car, it would still be roadworthy and running strong today. There was never a time where I didn't like driving that car. I miss it a lot. If you can get your hands on one, take it to a delaer, have them look it over, and if they don't find anything, enjoy driving it for at least another 100,000 miles. Review ID: #469617 Is this review offensive? FASTEST LITTLE CAR AROUND by SPEEDRACER on 05/17/2001. Trim: 1990 Toyota Camry LE V6 Sedan, Owned 2 years. Pros: (No data provided) Cons: (No data provided) Overall review: NICE INTERIOR, SPOTLESS EXTERIOR, FAST, HANDLES GREAT! Review ID: #136753 Is this review offensive? Toyota Camry LE/V6 Family Tank by An MSN Autos Consumer on 08/25/2012. Trim: 1990 Toyota Camry LE V6 Sedan, Owned more than 10 years. Pros: Our Camry LE took us all over the United States on vacations. It had almost 300,000 miles when it was totaled in an accident. It made it though some very tough driving conditions such as snow storms and gravel roads, took some hail damage when a tornado got a little close. Kids called it the "Tank" because it could handle Iowa farm fields as well as the smooth open road. We went through 3 radiators (gravel road hazards), 6 mufflers, one set of shocks, 6 containers of Slick 50 spaced across almost 100 oil changes, and 7 sets of tires. No engine problems, transmission was just fine. Maintainence schedule was kept up. I have never owned such a dependable vehicle. Cons: After 15 years the air conditioner didn't work too well, dispite having it serviced several times. But with a moon roof and power windows we just switched to the 4-60 air conditioning (4 windows down going 60mph). Overall review: The Toyota Camry cost less than $1000 per year to own. How can anything beat that? Review ID: #563596 Is this review offensive? 1990 Toyota Camry CS (Australian) by Tim on 08/13/2011. Trim: 1990 Toyota Camry Base, Owned more than 10 years. Pros: Excellent fuel economy with a comfortable ride and a fair amount of power. The camry has only had one problem out of the 18 years we owned it (rubber tube under the bonnet got a hole) and a tiny bit of rust no bigger than a thumb nail apart from that, it;s a fantastic little car that lasted us for almost 2 decades until we sold it. Cons: Nothing, the camry never missed a beat Overall review: Amazing, strongly recommended for anyone looking for a speedy, reliable, economical small car. Review ID: #553831 Is this review offensive? Information or opinions expressed in these reviews are not endorsed by Microsoft Corporation nor MSN Autos. Have comments about MSN Autos' User Reviews? Send us an email.
If new schools and water mains are supposed to represent all that is good with the Lambert administration, perhaps nothing better symbolizes it's woes like Maureen Glisson. When Mayor Lambert appointed Glisson as the Board of Elections Commisioner in August of 2002, he said he wanted the office to move in a "slightly different direction". He said he wanted an emphasis on voter registration and census counts. Glisson said she would "hit the ground running". But the Mayor's choice generated criticism from the get go, especially in light of Ruth Medeiros having applied for the position and having more than 20 years experience in the office. In the end, Glisson was confirmed by the council with a 6-3 vote. The Mayor stressed that voter registration was key part of the job and a big reason why Glisson was hired. In 2001 the number of registered voters was 50,146, in September of 2003 the total was down to 49,766. In 2004 the number 'swelled' to 49,809 but was down to 47,010 in 2005. Apparently that number didn't change much in 2006 but dipped again in 2007 to 46,950. If Maureen generated little controversy in her first 4 years, it would also seem she generated little enrollment. In 2007 Ed Lambert's name would not appear on the election ballot and much interest was generated in the mayoral election. With 3 City Councilors deciding to run for Mayor, the City Council race heated up. In 2007 the city election would take center stage. Things started off badly when City Council candidate, Gus Suneson, discovered his name printed out of order on the preliminary election ballot. Glisson's office was shorthanded with Ruth Medeiros out on leave and some people might have started questioning just who kept the office running smoothly. It took three weeks before Glisson admitted the mistake was that of her office. It was the events of the preliminary election night that caused the most concern. Glisson announced that Nathan Amaral was the 18th finisher in the City Council race the next morning she reversed herself and said it was Michael Canuel who had finished 18th. It would take several days before the Elections office could provide the official results. Suddenly their was serious doubt about the city's ability to conduct it's own elections. The Mayor asked the state to provide oversight and the City Council called Glisson to come before them and explain what happened. Maureen Glisson found herself as the center of controversy. The Mayor, the City Council, the newspaper and radio station all expressed criticism over her handling of the election. There seemed to be little sympathy for Maureen Glisson. Really, this should have been the end of the story. It had passed the point where Maureen could redeem herself. She had made mistakes and tried to cover them up. She should have been fired but was instead left out to dry. She was urged to resign by the public but instead chose to weather the storm. Mayor Correia waited only as long as he had to. Once the city's special election for his vacated Rep. seat was completed Maureen's chain of events came to an end. There was no question that Maureen would be fired, the only question was when.
Yesterday was a day devoted entirely to pet battling. My goal was to finish off some pet trainers and open up more dailies. In the process of defeating the Cataclysm pet trainers, I came to Deepholm, and to my surprise I realized there were all kinds of battle pets there! I knew that at my current pet number (378, I think) I would not reach my goal finishing my last Pandaria zone – Jade Forest. So seeing all those new pets was exciting! So now I am up to Pandaria, with the trainer in Jade Forest down. I did that while capturing pets. With only the Gilded Moth and Silkbead Snail remaining, I flew around and around the area that the Gilded Moth was said to be. Nothing. What the heck? When I stopped being stubborn and read further, I realized it seemed more likely to catch one in the Vale of Eternal Blossoms. That convinced me to go grab the Jade Forest other pet. Bam! The Silkbead Snail was 400! Venus seems very similar to my Crimson Lasher, Fleur, who I am quite fond of (and she is pink, second only to blue heh). We will have to see which I like better.
Nasalot and South Turkana National Reserve These reserves lie on either side of the main highway about halfway between Kitale and Lodwar. Neither is well endowed with game but Nasalot is dominated by a rugged mountain of the same name that overlooks the Turkwell Gorge, the site of Kenya's latest hydroelectric power scheme. There is no accommodation on either reserve. Special thanks to the Kenya Association of Tour Operators for helping GORP develop Kenya parks information. Details mentioned in this article were accurate at the time of publication
Beat Cancer Boot Camp and Ginny L. Clements Breast Cancer Research are teaming up to present an educational forum, Hope – Surviving Cancer and Beyond, Saturday, Feb. 9, at 8 am at St. Gregory College Preparatory School. The forum is free and open to the public. Hope – Surviving Cancer and Beyond will feature a morning of hope, inspiration, camaraderie and knowledge for cancer survivors and anyone touched by cancer in their lives. The forum will kick-off with a fun Beat Cancer Boot Camp workout, led by Anita “Sarge” Kellman. The forum will be moderated by Allison Alexander of KVOA News 4 Tucson. The speakers include: Ginny L. Clements, founder, Ginny L. Clements Breast Cancer Research. Ginny Clements will share her inspirational cancer journey and hope for the future of cancer research. Lana Holstein, MD. Dr. Holstein will discuss “Sexuality after Cancer.” Anita “Sarge” Kellman, founder and executive director of Beat Cancer Boot Camp. She will discuss “The benefits of exercise during and after the fight to beat cancer.” Rocky LaRose, deputy director of UA Intercollegiate Athletics. Rocky, a cancer survivor and motivational speaker, and will share her story. *Joyce Schroeder, PhD, associate professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology; co-leader, Cancer Biology Scientific Program, University of Arizona Cancer Center. Dr. Schroeder will discuss the future of cancer research. For additional information, contact Beat Cancer Boot Camp at 520-546-1601 or firstname.lastname@example.org. About Beat Cancer Boot Camp Based in Tucson, Beat Cancer Boot Camp (BCBC) is an exercise and support program that empowers and inspires cancer survivors to take charge of their health, while conditioning their minds and bodies for healing. The 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization was created to encourage and support survivors to engage in physical activity throughout the many stages of fighting cancer. In addition to meeting for exercise, BCBC programs provide support, education and camaraderie for cancer survivors, their families and friends.
\|Azure Jane Lunatic (Azz - bolt of blue - infovore) (azurelunatic) wrote,\| @ 2012-04-18 11:55 pm UTC In the last 24 hours, I posted the following to Twitter: Follow me on Twitter. - Tuesday, 2355: @oakandsage Reblogging things. Shiny things. Porn. I recommend "sexisnottheenemy". Fannish squeeing faster than LJ. - Wednesday, 0108: AAAA PSYCH YOU ARE BREAKING MY HEART. ALL MY SHIPPY FEEEEEEEEELS. - Wednesday, 0110: AWW YEAH GUS SAVES THE DAY. - Wednesday, 0134: @oakandsage YOU SHOULD. SLPEE. #slpee - Wednesday, 0136: @oakandsage It's to be used in combination with sithin, but you have to #include force.h - Wednesday, 0139: @oakandsage Isn't it fun when something's hung or crashing enough that you can paint the screen by moving a dialog box? - Wednesday, 0153: @oakandsage "now happening on my desk" is another word. - Wednesday, 0217: @loopylisa93 Because starvation is a "Right, let's store up all the energy we can because clearly there's a famine" signal? - Wednesday, 0803: Weird dreams about a chili nachos holiday, and trying to get Grant's attention on Twitter to spread the spicy word. - Wednesday, 0809: @chagrined Rt @trixieleitz: @azurelunatic If you'd like to use the magic of CSS to make them go away, try this: http://news.livejournal.com/141929.h - Wednesday, 0811: Cranky about thinking I heard door knocking, which contributed to waking me. - Wednesday, 0815: Apropos of a friend's experience: offering to meet someone in their home to put them at their ease may do no such thing. #a11y - Wednesday, 0817: Face to face meetings are stressful for introverts; more so for introverts with low energy. #a11y - Wednesday, 0820: Inviting the person to select a convenient location (home or elsewhere) can help lessen stress of f2f. #a11y - Wednesday, 0822: Saying "we can visit" w/o alternatives is inviting yourself over in the rudest way. You jackass. #a11y - Wednesday, 0826: RT @semanticist: @azurelunatic If PEOPLE are in my HOUSE then I have nowhere I can retreat to. 90% of the time that's fine, but it's a n ... - Wednesday, 0838: @maureenjohnson assumes the position retreats leg muscles fail collapses - Wednesday, 0838: RT @ifonlyella: TUMBLR IS AN AWFUL PLACE FOR FIC - Wednesday, 0857: RT @timoreilly: The Mac really is a cult: Australian Artists Create Perfume That Smells Like Brand New MacBook Pro http://www.cultofmac.com/161226/austral - Wednesday, 0900: RT @D_Nye_Griffiths: My response to Chrome struggling with how many tabs I have open should not be to reach for another computer. - Wednesday, 0901: @D_Nye_Griffiths I've started using temporary-bookmarking tools, but sadly that leads to lots of opened tabs and a giant queue. - Wednesday, 0903: RT @sctld: @amillerchip "Threatening and aggressive misogynists wanted. 5 years experience destroying furniture + PHP required. Guitar ... - Wednesday, 0906: I get around some of the weird looks by finger-spelling instead of saying aloud: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 - Wednesday, 0917: @oakandsage Madman's had a flaky hd for at least a month. Exciting times. Plus Madman's been a bit ... eccentric ... in general. - Wednesday, 0924: @oakandsage Mostly I need a new OS, as a) can't find my XP install, b) I could borrow from the guys b/c I have my key, but EOL soon... - Wednesday, 0925: @oakandsage and c) I was discussing with @xlerb that I could try some nix when I realized: Scrivener. So I'm thinking Windows 7. - Wednesday, 0946: @jai_dit I've been using it at work and it has so far failed to irritate me in several ways it could have done. I'm counting that a success. - Wednesday, 0955: Tired brain is making cheerful little tunes out of the weird harmonics from the leafblowers. - Wednesday, 1011: Personal jargon: "hep": the "help" you get, as from a toddler. "I hep!" mess all over* Yes, you certainly did. (via @zarhooie, I think) - Wednesday, 1020: I do not like pain. It hurts. - Wednesday, 2127: @D_Nye_Griffiths Read It Later List, hooked in through If This Then That into a few fun things. Follow me on Twitter.
On Lead generation: Insist on lead quality over quantity Under increased pressure to help drive revenue in this challenging market, many of us are tempted to throw as many leads as we can to our sales team. We can tell ourselves that more leads are better because it lowers the cost-per-lead and gives the sales team more activity. But don’t be one of those lulled by this false sense of security. If you really want to make a difference in your company’s sales, dig deeper. Focus on metrics that go beyond cost-per-lead, and more importantly, focus on quality first then quantity. Do you know how many of your leads are actually impacting the sales pipeline? I’ve done numerous lead qualification programs that have shown that as little as 5 to 15 percent of all inquiries turn out to be truly sales-ready opportunities. And while there are other influences such as sales training and refining the lead handoff process, lead quality stands out as the single largest factor driving the real ROI of our lead generation programs. The only way to ensure quality is to make sure that all leads, regardless of their source, meet the standards set by the universal lead definition. At its most basic definition, a lead is a potential customer who wants to learn more about what you have to sell and that has acknowledged they have a business problem you can help solve. Couple this definition with elements from the ideal customer profile and you have the beginnings of a meaningful lead definition. However, for the lead definition to be useful, it must be applied to all leads whether they are received from a webinar, a website, or from teleprospecting. Creating the universal lead definition is a collaborative effort. When working with clients the first thing we do is facilitate meetings and bring marketing and sales leaders together. A universal lead definition (ULD) begins to take shape as we ask ourselves a few basic questions including: What makes a good sales lead? What are the job functions/titles of economic buyers/influencers? What information is necessary in order to qualify a prospect etc.? I’ll write more about this in a future post. Once we’ve agreed on the Universal Lead Definition, we can begin to efficiently weed through the inquiries in order to discover the fruitful leads. Then and only then, can we begin to measure the cost of our efforts. But don’t get caught up with the cost-per-lead. Dig deeper. Cost-per-lead budgets are irrelevant unless you can first measure cost-per-opportunity or cost-per-lead-pursued by sales. Programs may generate many low-cost responses, but they don’t turn to opportunities at the same rate, making opportunity a critical metric. Creating a lead qualification process that works is challenging, but don’t shortchange your sales team by focusing too much on cost at the front end of the demand generation cycle. You’ll fail to measure the impact on the generation of real opportunities. Closed loop approaches where marketers focus on optimal spending at each stage of the sales cycle minimize the frustration factor and save time, ultimately saving lots of valuable dollars. Focus on quality and make sure that all leads meet up to your sales’ departments standards and then… start nurturing!
For the party your kids will always remember. Volcano Birthday Cake - 3 cups flour - 2 cups sugar - 2 teaspoons baking soda - 1 teaspoons salt - 4 tablespoons cocoa - 3/4 cup vegetable oil - 2 tablespoons white vinegar - 2 teaspoons vanilla extract - 2 cups cold water Pre-heat oven to 350°F. Grease 10 inch cake tin. Mix flour, sugar, baking soda, salt and cocoa. Once combined, add oil, vinegar and vanilla. Watch the batter fizz before your eyes! Add cold water. Pour into cake tin and bake for 1/2 hour or until cooked.
Tough-love advice on how to cook for kids It’s not magic, the whole dinner thing, but you can’t get around the cooking part. You can reduce the time spent cooking to 20 minutes if you plan ahead, but you can’t reduce it to zero. You need to make some time for it. I would argue – and for 20 years I’ve been arguing – that you can cook a simple meal that takes less time than microwaving a hot pocket or heating up a Mac & Cheese. If the problem is time – if you’re getting home at 7 and want to put the kids at 8, I don’t know what to say. If you want the night to be a bath and a book, that’s up to you. But to have dinner, you have to decide to make the time. If you don’t know how to cook or are a beginner at organizing family dinner, set realistic goals for yourself. It’s nice to have family dinner be social time – when everyone is making dinner and sitting down together – but if you’re not a cook, you need to focus on the art of just making something halfway decent. What it ends up being might not exactly reflect life in Tuscany as we imagine, it but it’s probably going to be better than your kids eating one thing and you two glasses of wine and leftover something else. People set aside time to learn how to do all sorts of things that they want to do. They learn yoga; they learn skiing; they learn how to drive cars – which I think is pretty darn complicated! Why not set aside some time to learn how to cook? Unlike most other pursuits, this is unarguably worth it. You can do it every day and enjoy the benefits for the rest of your life. Again, it’s not magic. A little upfront investment will be worth it. I could say go buy How to Cook Everything, but I can’t make you use it. You have to decide that. It’s like a gym membership; just signing up for one is not going to get you in shape. You have to actually make sure you get yourself there. Think of it as a job. You don’t have to talk to kids about food, and you don’t have to be preachy about it; you just have to control their diet – it’s your job as a parent. Having dinner as a family allows you to control their diets in the most effective way; you are leading by example. You’re not saying “eat more vegetables,” you’re actually making vegetables and you’re sitting down to eat them yourself. In my daughters’ minds, I was some sort of ogre who sent them to school with whole wheat bread and natural peanut butter when everyone else was getting white bread and the sugary kind. But I saw it as my job to determine their diets. And they can’t argue with the results. They are both adults now, and their diets are naturally better than mine was at their age (I grew up eating potato chips and Mallomars after school every day), because of the way I fed them. All of us who struggle with our diets now know that we are struggling with the patterns that were set in our childhoods. Take Advantage of New Resources. People’s schedules may be busier now, but technology is responding to that. The How to Cook Everything app (out now) and the Vegetarian How to Cook Everything (due out around Christmas) let you decide what to have for dinner wherever you happen to be thinking about it (except while you’re driving!). When you head into a supermarket after a busy day without a plan and see a lamb shank, you can type in lamb shank to see every recipe that is available, then pick one and generate a shopping list for it. That helps take a lot of the pressure off. And the HTCE app not only helps with lamb shank – it helps with rhubarb, odd fruits, fish, lentils, brown rice, tofu, all the things people are learning how to cook now and ingredients that most Americans are not inherently familiar with. The technology is unbelievable to me. All the recipes on the app come right from my book – and unlike a lot of apps with huge recipe archives, I can vouch for every single one of them. Don’t plead busy. Do not tell me you are too busy to cook and then settle in to watch an hour of TV. You can cook after the kids go to bed for the next night, then reheat it if that’s what it takes. There has to be about an hour (including shopping) built into the day where preparing food matters. If you can do that you can get family dinner on the table. If you can’t do that, I don’t know what to say. It’s a question of priorities.
I've blogged about Restaurant Sun Ming recently about their roast meats. The roast duck was so-so and I still think Restoran BBQ Kong Meng serves better roast duck in Cheras region. Since I grew up in Kepong, we were fed roast ducks from Onn Kee since young on special occasions. Those days, Onn Kee is amongst the first push cart stall that sells roast duck by the road side along Jalan Kepong Baru, where they're situated currently. I should know better when my primary school is just a skip and a hop away tee hee... Anyway, we dropped by for lunch with my brother recently and I'm glad that the roast meats here are still going strong. Instead of push carts, the stalls have gotten permanent roof over their head now. Since it was around 1 o'clock, there were vast amount of choices available. We opted for 1/4 roast duck, 1/4 sesame seeds roast duck and a plate of siu yoke (roast pork) and char siu (bbq pork) for 2 person. With 3 plates of rice and 2 cups of chrysanthemum tea, all these cost us RM47 only. Seems reasonable to me. Price aside, the most important factor is the taste. At least the duck is flavourful, not bland at all. The sesame version have extra crunch on the skin which lend a nutty bite and taste. My favourite! Whilst the glistening char siu stood out for not being sickly sweet, the siu yoke is just all right. Smooth with crispy skin but lacked the flavour of 5 spice powder and salt. If you can read Chinese, you can see the prices. Click on the photo to view a larger pic. Onn Kee's stall is located by the road side, a stone throw away from KTZ Kepong and don't get confused over another roast duck stall which is operating side-by-side. If you sit long enough, you'll be able to see which stall has more customers :p and they are opened for lunch till all roasts are finish around afternoon. Lot 209 Jalan Kepong Baru Tel: 03 6258 5227 / 019 311 6616 / 012 619 6202
Ciaran Kelly discusses Jose Mourinho on the back of last week’s epic finale against Manchester City in the Champions League. Posts Tagged ‘Marcelo’ Ciaran Kelly looks at the fallout following Brazil’s loss in the Olympic Games Final against Mexico. Tom Pyman looks the 2011/12 incarnation of Real Madrid and wonders whether they can finally knock Barcelona off their perch at the summit of La Liga. Barcelona finally slipped up in La Liga with a draw against Sporting Gijon, and Joseph Sexton brings us details from that game as well as the best of the rest from La Liga.
Richard Page (Ringo Starr's All Star Band and Mister Mister) Interview By: Thom Jennings Wednesday, June 27, 2012 Richard page is best known as the singer songwriter of the multi platinum band Mr. Mister who had number one hits with "Broken Wings" and "Kyrie,"but this is only part of the story. As a songwriter page had his songs recorded by such diverse artists as Madonna, Tupac, Josh Groban, Leona Lewis, Celine Dion, Chaka Khan, Kenny Loggins, Al Jarreau and many more. as a singer he recorded with Elton John, Michael Jackson, Ringo Starr, Barbara Streisand and Elvis Costello. In addition he's produced songs for Etta James, Olivia Newton-John and The Rembrandts, among others. Now starting his second consecutive US tour with Ringo Starr and the All Star Band, Richard has a lot to b thankful for and shares his thoughts touring with the most successful driver alive. The road that I must follow leads to Richard Page for this one on one interview... We would like to thank Jennifer Murphy from the Fallsview Casino for setting up the interview with Steve. For more information on the Ringo Starr All Star Band, please go to: Ringo Starr All Star Band.. For more information on Richard in general, please go to: Richard Page.
Click any pictureto see it larger My pictures on 500px Tagsarchitecture bricks bronx brooklyn businesses central park close-up colors coney island england flowers fog france gloucester great britain history hurricane kings highway london manhattan massachusetts new york new york city night paris photography postaday postaday2011 postaday2012 queens rain rust sandy signs staten island street scene subway sunlight sunset texas texture travel uk united kingdom weekly photo challenge Tag Archives: rust It takes a large line to moor a cruise ship. Anchor and waterline markings on HMS Bounty, lost in Hurricane Sandy. A ring for tying up boats in a wall along the Seine River in Paris. Locks as symbols of love decorate Paris’s Passerelle Léopold-Sédar-Senghor. It may be rusty, but it still does its job. An uninhabitable house and an unusable truck in Talpa, Texas. An old dairy crate. A rusted wall on Rocky Neck in Gloucester, Massachusetts. A rusted wall and chain in a Greenport, New York, boatyard. A rusted quarrying artifact at Halibut Point State Park, Rockport, Massachusetts.
April 5, 2006 Yep, those "Darwinian Gaps" them Fundies are crying about, wind up showing up more and more with each and every fossil find, yuppims. I like this particular find because it comes from the Great White North, and I know, that as a member of Ontario blogs, that I have a quasi-commitment, to have some Canadian content every now and then. This particular find occurred in the Canadian Arctic and it is extremely important because, "fossil records showed a gap between Panderichthys, a fish that lived about 385 million years ago which shows early signs of evolving land-friendly features, and Acanthostega, the earliest known tetrapod (four-limbed land-living animals) dating from about 365 million years ago." This pre-Canadian creature, the Tiktaalik Roseae(sounds like a wine), was predicted, and voila, was finally found. 'The creature shares some characteristics with a fish; it has fins with webbing, and scales on its back. But it also has many features in common with land animals. It has a flat crocodile-like head with eyes positioned on top and the beginnings of a neck - something not seen in fish. "When we look inside the fin, we see a shoulder, we see an elbow, and we see an early version of a wrist, which is very similar to that of all animals that also walk on land," said palaeontologists Professor Neil Shubin, from the University of Chicago. The scientists think the creature lived in the shallows "Essentially we have an animal that is built to support itself on the ground." The scientists believe the position of the creature's eyes suggest it probably lived in shallow water.' Update (thanks to an anonymous reader): A short video of the findings can be found here. Isn't science wonderful. Here we have a theory called evolution, and a find is made. And the find fits in perfectly with what the theory predicted. Of course, the literal bible made no such prediction or even prophecy about this find. OK, lets ask the three top Fundy scientists about the find: Professor Hearn Oevil: "Those bones can't be more than 6000 years old, just look at them. Anything older than that of course didn't exist, because God didn't create diddly until then. But scientifically speaking, anything 6000 years old would be dust by now, the fact it aint dust means it can't be too old." Professor Seeno Evil: "What a wonderful carved stone you have there. Must have been done by one of those Nanookian Eskimos you got up there in Canada. Great work, I didn't even know they had the tools to carve those things." Professor Spea Knoevil: "Ah, you found another relic that God put on this glorious planet when he created it around 6000 years ago. Just like all the oil He put in the ground so that we can drive our cars all the way to heaven when the Rapture comes. I don't know for sure, because God works in mysterious ways, but I think He put all these so called fossils on this earth so that we wouldn't have that much traffic on Rapture day. Only us pure Christians get to drive to heaven. God bless you, I will pray for your soul."
Book 1 of Sandman Slim series Free download from Kobo (no longer available as a free download) AH’s Review – 4 skulls – B+ Sandman Slim is the story of James Stark. Stark has quite a chip on his shoulder: He was sent to Hell at age 19 and has languished there for 11 years. Stark is out for revenge and wants to kill those responsible for his time “Downtown.” Told from Stark’s point of view, the narrative voice combines a wicked sense of humor with irreverence, snark, and the need to get even with those who wronged him. Stark is a complex character: He is still grieving the death of his first love Alice. At the same time, there doesn’t seem to be a car in L.A. that cannot be hotwired by Stark. Stark is adept at all kinds of weapons use. He is also a magician, but he hesitates to use his magic for fear of attracting the attention of the Hellions. Stark is also difficult to kill, a definite asset in his world. The world building is quite extensive and the use of L.A. and its’ seedy side adds a dark, urban feel to this book. Stark’s memories of his time in Hell and his descriptions of the various factions at war there add color and texture to the narrative. I was also impressed by the variety of different paranormal creatures. While there were the usual angels, demons, and vampires, there were also the Kissi – a freaky kind of fallen angel. One of my favorite characters was a Jade – a kind of vampire with shark teeth. The eclectic mix of characters makes this book very interesting. I loved Vidocq, Stark’s old friend and companion. Allegra, the Goth video store clerk was a surprising character. Candy the Jade was a perfect partner for Stark. The story is well paced and there are some fantastic action sequences that kept me on the edge of my seat. Stark and his friends like their guns and know how to use them. My only criticism of this book is that there were absolutely no chapter breaks. I never really could tell where I could stop and take a break. Not a big problem; I finished the book fairly quickly. So far there are 3 books in the series with a 4th book to be published at the end of August. - Sandman Slim - Kill the Dead - Aloha from Hell - Devil Said Bang – August 28, 2012 “Now you are thinking like a thief. Fewer guns and more exits. We’ll cure your cowboy ways yet.” “We’re monkeys in trees one day and the next we’re monkeys with dental hygiene and cell phones. Best of all, we don’t throw shit at each other anymore.” © 2012, Badass Book Reviews. All rights reserved Please do not copy reviews or content from this site
but Tina won't like me on this one... January Took new scarf back to store because it was too tight. February Fired from pharmacy job for failing to print labels ..."duh"... bottles won't fit in typewriter!! March Got excited ... finished jigsaw puzzle in 6 months ... box said "2-4 years!" April Trapped on escalator for hours ... power went out!! May Tried to make Kool-Aid ... 8 cups of water won't fit into those little jackets. June Tried to go water skiing ... couldn't find a lake with a slope July Lost breast stroke swimming competition ... learned later, other swimmers cheated, they used their arms!! August Got locked out of car in rain storm ... car swamped, because top was down. September The capital of California is "C" ... isn't it? October Hate M&M's ... they are so hard to peel. November Baked turkey for 4-1/2 days ... instructions said 1 hour per pound and I weigh 108!! December Couldn't call 911 ... "duh" ... there's no "eleven" button on the phone. WHAT A YEAR!! I am in trouble now !!!!
I'm sure it's been asked before, but I got a 'big daddy' or 'big momma' strop, and it came with felt. I already have a balsa strop with red and green CroX. Should I get some diamond paste for the felt, or is it just worthless? I got my first coticule last week, did some work on a razor that was still sharp but needed to be freshened up. Just kept working it on the stone until the feedback felt like the razor was.....I dunno, "sharp"? Then 20 on red, 40 on green and 100 on leather, and my cheapo $30 razor from the b/s/t shaved nicer then the MUCH more expensive TI i've been using. So i'm now officially the greatest honer on the planet, right????? :P
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- Baking Bites - http://bakingbites.com - Mardi Gras Cupcakes Posted By Nicole On March 4, 2011 @ 4:08 pm In Cakes - Cupcakes,Holidays,Recipes \| 18 Comments There are lots of traditions surrounding Mardi Gras, but one of my favorites is King Cake. King cake is a braided pastry made with a rich yeast dough that is filled with a sweet cinnamon mixture and topped with brightly colored gold, green and purple icing. The recipe varies from place to place, but the overall effect is quite like a large danish or cinnamon bun (flavor-wise, at least). I’ve made both more traditional and less traditional versions of king cake. This year I wanted to play with those bright colors a little bit more and decided to make a batch of brightly colored Mardi Gras Cupcakes. These cupcakes start out with my favorite buttermilk cupcake recipe and get a splash of food coloring to brighten them up. The cake is moist and tender, with a flavor that is a good combination of vanilla and butter. It’s also not too sweet, so it goes well with just about any kind of frosting. I used the same technique that I use for zebra cake, layering colored batter inside of my muffin tins to get striped cupcakes. Gold, purple and green make for a very festive, Mardi Gras themed finished product! I used a classic vanilla buttercream on these cupcakes, partly because I like vanilla and partly because I wanted a neutral color that wouldn’t draw attention away from the colorful cake. A quick vanilla buttercream would work very well, too. Brightly colored pearl sprinkles would be a nice garnish here and look like mardi gras beads, if you have some. If you don’t want to use regular food coloring, keep in mind that there are some natural food coloring options out there. And if you want to skip the food coloring step altogether because you’ve run out of it, you can bake the batter as-is (no layering and no coloring) and top the cupcakes with colorful sanding sugars in gold, purple and green. Mardi Gras Cupcakes 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour 1/2 tsp baking soda 1/2 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt 1 cup sugar 1/4 cup butter, room temperature 1 large egg 1 tsp vanilla extract 1 cup buttermilk yellow, green and purple food coloring Preheat oven to 350F. Line a 12 cup muffin tin with paper liners. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, baking powder and salt. In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and the vanilla extract. With the mixer on low speed, gradually incorporate one third of the flour mixture followed by half of the buttermilk. Add another third of the flour mixture, followed by the remaining buttermilk and the last of the flour. Mix just until no streaks of dry ingredients remain. Place just less than 1 cup of batter in each of 2 small bowls. Add yellow food coloring to one, green to another and purple to the batter remaining in the mixing bowl. Stir in food coloring until batters are uniformly dyed. Divide yellow batter evenly into prepared muffin cups, then evenly divide the purple batter on top of that. Do not attempt to spread the purple batter, just drop a dollop on top of the yellow. Evenly divide green batter on top of purple, again not spreading the green batter, just dropping it down. Bake for 15-17 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Turn cupcakes out onto a wire rack to cool completely before frosting. Quick Vanilla Buttercream Frosting 1 cup butter, softened 2 1/2 tsp vanilla extract 4 tablespoons milk 3-4 cups confectioners’ sugar Cream butter with an electric mixer until soft. Add vanilla and milk, then gradually blend in sugar until frosting reaches a fluffy, spreadable consistency. The amount of sugar necessary will vary according to the weather and season, so you might need a bit extra if it’s humid out and a bit less if its dry. Article printed from Baking Bites: http://bakingbites.com URL to article: http://bakingbites.com/2011/03/mardi-gras-cupcakes/ Thanks for visiting Baking Bites! Enjoy this recipe and don't forget to check back to the original posts for comments from other readers who have tried it!
No, I didn't misspell dish towels. These are small glass dish 'tiles.' You will be seeing these throughout my future posts. Aren't they cute! They were a birthday gift from a friend who knows I love to bake. A set of these tiles and a dry erase pen, and I'm ready to bake. You simply write, place, enjoy, (photograph), and erase. It's that simple. And, they are ready for the next dish. They could actually be used to identify anything - cheese, wine, dinner guests place settings - but "as for me and my house," I plan to use them with my food photography. "My Friend A" made these! Wouldn't they be a great Christmas, birthday, just any day gift for someone you know? Comment on this blog post and I'll help you contact "My Friend A" if you are interested. They are soooo cute...
The situation of Soka Beach is very beautiful scenery, bordered by dibagian western hills continued to be one with Gunung Batukaru to the north. In the eastern part of Mount Agung and look Batukaru Mountains and south of the Ocean Indonesia where dimly visible in the distance Blambangan (Banyuwangi) on the island of Java. Besides its natural beauty, Soka Beach is also harbored a myriad of natural wonders with ancient tales. There was a rock surrounded by sand and sea water, measuring approximately 3 m, is called “Payuk Kebo Iwa.” Payuk means pot, so it is a pot of Kebo Iwo. On the western side, adjacent to Pura Luhur Serijong, there are rocks just like a native kitchen, measuring approximately 1 x 20 m. Kebo Iwa here that uses pot to cook with it.Viewed from the eyes of laymen, it is very reasonable. A large pot and Kebo Iwo supposedly, according to legend was a young Balinese with a high body size large, robust and powerful.
Raymonda in 2004 Posted 25 March 2003 - 12:54 AM According to the blurb on Ms. Holmes on the contributor page of the April/May issue of Pointe Magazine, she will mount the production on American Ballet Theatre in 2004. ABT's Le Corsaire was set on the company by Holmes. Personally, I think this is great news. ABT had Nureyev's production of Raymonda about 20-something years ago and I didn't think it did the company's ballerinas justice (RN rechoreographed it so the man had the best parts). I can think of several excellent potential Raymonda's in the company right now In addition, we haven't seen the ballet in New York in quite a while. Editing to add that further into the magazine, it says the ballet is a "Finnish National Ballet/American Ballet Theatre co-production." The last co-production ABT was involved with was Kudelka's Firebird (with NBoC and Pennsylvania Ballet, which will show it this Summer). Firebird was to have been shown last Met season in New York, but was cancelled due to budget cuts. Posted 25 March 2003 - 06:10 AM Posted 25 March 2003 - 08:49 AM The only Raymonda I have in my head is Balanchine's Raymonda Variations. Posted 25 March 2003 - 09:48 AM It originally had chorography by Petipa to the most glorious music by Glazanov, which Balanchine loved and choreographed to several times with the feeling (but not literal) of Petipa. It has lots of Hungarian character dancing and typical Petipa "dream ballet" or white act. The part of Raymonda, at least the only other production I've seen other than the old ABT version, is very large and contains several solos. And the ABT managment will love that it has two big male parts. Posted 25 March 2003 - 04:19 PM Posted 26 March 2003 - 06:38 AM 0 user(s) are reading this topic members, guests, anonymous users Help support Ballet Alert! and Ballet Talk for Dancers year round by using this search box for your amazon.com purchases:
Archive for Instructions Learn how to make a balloon Stegosaurus Dinosaur. This is a simple two balloon design that is perfect for line work. If you would like to buy the balloon Dog Logo shirt I am wearing, you may purchase on at http://www.zazzle.com/blamoballoons Every Balloon Twister needs a quick balloon Bike. Ever since the movie Wedding Crashers came out, the demand to “make me a Bike Clown” has been tossed out as a challenge to anyone who is brave enough to make balloons. With this quick and impressive design, you will not only be able to make any [...] Many people have trouble when it comes to tying a balloon. If you are using a wrong method, tying a balloon can take several minutes and you can end up with sore red fingers. This video shows how to tie a balloon quickly with little wear on your hands. The method shown can be use with [...] This is a basic one balloon giraffe. It is perfect for those who are just starting to make balloon animals. The video below will walk you through how to make a giraffe out of only one balloon. Need to learn a quick two balloon horse? This short video will show you how to twist a horse out of two 260 balloons. This is one of the most popular balloon designs that I use. Look out, here comes a Shark!!! It is my new and improved balloon Shark. This three balloon shark is guaranteed delight. It looks great and can be made quickly for line and restaurant work. From the mind of MBFloyd, a three balloon guitar sure to make you a Rock Star. Learn how to make a quick and simple three balloon Guitar. This “Air Guitar” not only looks great, but it is also quick enough for line work. Everyone loves monkeys. They are the most popular of all the balloon animals. This is a quick and easy one balloon monkey. It is perfect for line and restaurant work. Learn how to make a basic two balloon flower. This design is perfect for line and restauran work. You can use any colors you like, but please, keep the stem and leaves a shade of green. For additional twister points, make three flowers of different colors and attach then together to make a bouquet. Learn how to make a one balloon heart. A one balloon heart is the most widely used heart design. Hearts are a very popular reuest among young girls, and couples. It is easy because it is one balloon and only have one twist. It is also very difficult because the balloon needs to be shaped into a [...]
Grant, Morley, Newaygo, Tri County & White Cloud School District Levy Renewals, 5 (May 2010) All five of these measures were approved - YES 340 - NO 100 These five measures were the same, they sought to renew the 18 mill levy on non primary residential property within the district areas for a further four years. The money generated from these tax renewals will go towards general operational costs in the district. Residents were encouraged to approve these tax renewals, mainly becuase most will not have to pay for them and also because without these renewals the state would end up taking away funds to the districts.
Orioles reschedule FanFest Last workout day, event to be held on April 1 at Camden Yards BALTIMORE -- The Orioles have rescheduled their FanFest, which was postponed because of a conflict with the NFL playoffs, to April 1, which coincides with the team's last workout before Opening Day. The practice and FanFest will both take place at Camden Yards, whetting appetites for the home opener on April 9. The Orioles also plan to hold other fan-friendly events in the next few months, but the organization held off on an announcement of those plans. For now, the only clear part is the itinerary for FanFest. "Combining FanFest with a team workout gives Orioles fans the opportunity to welcome the 2007 squad home," Orioles director of communications Greg Bader said in a press release. "Fans will experience the same personal interaction with players that makes FanFest so popular, and also have the added bonus of seeing them work out on the field. "This is the perfect way to send the team off to Minnesota to start the season." Tickets for the originally scheduled event will be accepted, but additional tickets will go on sale Feb. 1 on www.orioles.com. Season Plan holders will be allowed into the stadium at 10:30 a.m. ET for a "State of the Orioles" address. Camden Yards will open an hour later for general admission, and the workout will run until 1 p.m. Fans will be allowed to sit in box seats down close to the action, and some of the team's broadcasters will conduct interviews from the field with players and coaches. Those interviews will be audible throughout the stadium. When the workout is done, the assorted players will interact with fans and sign autographs for the next few hours. Much like the regularly scheduled FanFest -- which normally happens at the Baltimore Convention Center -- there will be a host of games and interactive events for younger fans. This year, they'll take place on the main concourse and on the Club Level. Concessions will also be available throughout the day. The Orioles will also host question-and-answer sessions with front-office executives and media members. The mascot with pose for photos, as usual, and the team will also hold a sale for memorabilia and collectibles. Spencer Fordin is a reporter for MLB.com. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
I was so struck by this... ...art journal page by one of my absolute FAVORITE art journalers, Judy Wise. I'm hoping to take a class with her someday soon. I keep peeking at her teaching schedule and hoping that the stars will align. In the meantime, I've been playing in my art journal and thought I'd share a few photos: Here are some eye-candy links to other art journals:
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NEWPORT, Maine — An ordinance to ban the use of fireworks in Newport was overwhelmingly denied by voters on Tuesday. Newport residents voted 996-604 against a measure that would ban the use of fireworks in town. In August, noise complaints and concerns about safety prompted several residents to voice their concerns at a Newport Board of Selectmen meeting. Town Manager James Ricker said he received 47 signatures from residents who wanted a ban on fireworks use in town. A month later, the board voted to place the issue on the ballot.
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I think this says something along the lines of: lift muzak, please shut up. Relaxed shopping available at Blu Win. That's the general gist of it, although a German speaking user might help us out a little more! As for the banner, it's not all that and I'm not sure it's enough to make a user click. Then again, here it is out of context and difficult to judge how well it would work. Not a favourite of mine, though. Posted by:purplesimon on November 15, 2006 11:20 PM Translation: Shut up, elevator music! The banner comunicates the benefit of online homeshopping vs. real malls. Posted by:Jan on November 28, 2006 3:27 AM tung o migj qysh je une jom xoni thirr n telefon Posted by:bajram on December 2, 2006 8:05 AM hej kallzom a t erdh mesazhi se prej int Posted by:bajram on December 2, 2006 8:07 AM
Nov. 1-30, 2012, Cocoa Beach Public Library, Cocoa Beach Florida "Portrait of Port Canaveral". Located on Florida's East coast near the Kennedy Space Center, Port Canaveral serves cruise, cargo, and casino ships, tugboats, yachts, fishing boats, and submarines. For the first time, Barbara Marhoefer's more than 20 paintings will be hung together, showing the business, people, excitement and beauty of the busy deep-water port. Books by Barbara Marhoefer: Tyaskin, Maryland, In Photos and Documents Each copy is $30 ($25 plus $5 shipping). Download the order form here.
I was milling about on Twitter (as is my wont) the other day when I came across this article. I’ve never really put much thought into the matters of being vocal in bed, but for you, my dear reader, I shall. Because you know, this stuff is interesting and all that. I’ve not been blessed when it comes to matters of privacy. In fact, if you remember, I only moved out of my parents’ house in the middle of last year. And still, I wasn’t exactly in the right situation to have loud and proud sex, having shared a flat and a house (with ten other people, this). It wasn’t until I read the aforementioned article that I considered the fact that loud sex may be of order in this new place. But only at certain times, considering we’re still sharing a place. When it comes to being vocal in bed, I’m probably one of those people who doesn’t see loud moans and cries of ecstasy as a sign of Doing it Right. I haven’t decided on the matter though. But I must say that I do get immense joy from hearing my partner’s moans and groans and hitched breaths. Sounds are impossibly sexy, and as Barbara Carrellas says (in her book Luxurious Loving) they an inseparable part of sex. “When you close your eyes, you are making love in your own personal erotic soundscape.” I think that’s a very decent way of putting it. Dirty talking, moans, little whispers…. they all make up said erotic soundscape. You can close your eyes and hear sex. And what is sex if not a good soundtrack to life? Barbara suggests using sound mindfully to build the erotic charge between you and your partner, even to a point of having a “soundgasm”. The idea of a soundgasm interests me. To me (if I understand correctly) it basically is really getting into the sounds you’re making, letting them reverberate throughout your body until you start feeling different (light-headed, giddy, almost orgasmic, hence soundgasm). It’s an intriguing thought, and I’ll be looking into the many kinds of -gasms in the coming weeks, for sure. Anyways. My conclusion (because there is one). Don’t let your partner’s vocal habits in bed be a barometer for how well you’re doing. If they aren’t into making noise, they aren’t into making noise. Simple as.
The 500,000 pound GoogleGorilla in the room has gobbled up more of the competition. According to TechCrunch, Google has bought out (hired away?) the founders of the Israeli web-based spreadsheet company called iRows. I have preferred ZohoSheet over iRows as my web-based spreadsheet of choice, but I feel like my choices are being reduced on an almost daily basis. At least it's not Microsoft. Although, if pink is the new black, is Google the new Microsoft?
Covering the Front and Back Pages of the Newspaper December 25, 2004 PATRIOT GAMES: Not Just A Fantasy Eighth in a series of reflections on sports by "Andy Tollhaus," an Army officer currently serving in Iraq. Thursday, December 23, 2004 The Red Sox have been World Champions of the World for almost two months. I just keep visualizing Pedro Martinez and Curt Schilling reenacting that scene from the end of Top Gun. You know… the one where Maverick and Ice Man make up and say, “You can be my wingman anytime!” Only this time, they’re on a baseball diamond in St. Louis instead of on an aircraft carrier in the middle of the Indian Ocean. “Petey, you’re still dangerous, but you can be my Ace anytime!” “BS, Curt! You can be mine!” Ah… if it were only that simple. As it turns out, Pedro would never offer to be the number two starter…anywhere. Oh well… all that really matters is the first sentence I wrote. Since October, I’ve spent a lot of time realizing that other sports actually do exist. There have been plenty of other sports to follow, sometimes whether you like it or not. Mike Ferlazzo, the satin jacket hater from Long Island, jokingly got upset with himself for knowing that Ty Willingham had been fired. He prides himself in not following sports, but around here, you really can’t help it. Since sports are almost always on TV in the Dining Facility, people who never cared about basketball now know that Ron Artest is producing an R&B album and Peyton Manning has a little brother playing in New York. It’s comical when someone doesn’t want to watch football and attempts to change the channel to an old sitcom rerun or news program. Even if it’s a replay of a meaningless game, to turn football off is practically un-American. Sporting events, football games especially, seem to really take people home. Not only do they help pass the time, but they get people thinking about home and where they normally would be to watch these games. And when the TV’s not on, there’s plenty of sports conversation going around. It’s hard not to know who claims the Cowboys or Eagles as their favorite team and it’s almost impossible not to know who’s in a Fantasy Football league. Fantasy Football brings us a few “home games.” Among a group of my friends, Fantasy Football has loomed on the horizon since early August. In order to get the draft done this year, we knew it would take some effort. A live draft was out of the question. The “Reverse Cowgirls” owner worked during the day, while another owner usually flew in the middle of the night. The owner of “Kuwaiti Danish Dairy” (named after the ice cream supplier in our mess hall) was at another base, with minimal internet access. Last year ten of us got together at someone’s house with some German beer for the draft. This year, 12 of us drafted over the course of 5 days. Since no one has internet where they work, it was a constant series of word of mouth picks that the “Grumpy Old Geezers” just selected Anquan Boldin (or some other guy who’s probably out for most of the season) and it’s now “Blonde Ambition’s” pick. When someone checked the net and found that we were waiting on someone, every effort was made to track that owner down. Often, four or five of us would end up at the internet zone at the same time, talking trash and offering bogus advice to the guy trying to make his pick. For one pick, the owner of “it’s discovietnam” (no capital letters) was found in the front seat of an Apache about to launch for a mission. Since we knew he’d be gone for a couple of hours and the draft would be waiting on him, I called him from our TOC over the secure radio. As soon as he heard my voice, he knew what I wanted and offered up “Drew Bledsoe” as the first quarterback ever to be drafted from an Apache. Of our ten league members from last year, two moved to Korea in the offseason, which made their participation difficult. All eight of the others came back to play in our aptly named “Needs of the Army” league. Adding four more here was pretty easy, since there were plenty of sports fans looking for new ways to pass the time. Marking time as it passes is by far the most compelling reason to play fantasy football this year. The NFL season is set up brilliantly for that. Weeks are numbered and treated as proper nouns as if they’re months. When a number follows it, the word “Week” gets capitalized so that no one misses the fact that another week has passed. For Fantasy Football participants, the passing of each week means a victory or a loss and a step closer to or further away from the playoffs. Fantasy also breeds interest in just about every game of the NFL season. We get about 5 or 6 games each week on AFN and, almost always, there’s a receiver or even a kicker who’s success or failure affects your team. Week 15 wrapped up our Playoffs and our season. The winner, “Left is Easier” was the Stop Loss Division champ and our strongest team all year. His worst-to-first turnaround was definitely aided by some extra spare time… and, of course, by the Indianapolis Colts. What’s great this year about our league is that even those that didn’t win realize that the end of the season means it’s almost time to go home. Most of us are bigger college football fans than NFL fans, but only 5 or 6 games a week on TV makes it pretty hard to follow the action. So again, we’ve created our own action. With a Playstation game, NCAA Football, we’ve got a “Dynasty” going where six of us control different teams from one conference. The season is saved as it progresses and when you’re not playing one of the other players, you play against the computer. The season goes on with Top 25 polls and a Heisman Trophy race discussed in mock issues of Sports Illustrated. After Josh Burton took Kansas State to three consecutive Big XII titles and finally a BCS National Championship, we switched conferences to allow two new teams to start on a level playing field with the Big Ten. John Manfra returned glory to Penn State with an undefeated Big Ten Title and National Championship. A bonus for those of us not making the title games was the opportunity to rag on the few poor saps that actually were fired from their coaching jobs. We got this idea from my friend Fish in another unit. Fish and his buddies split up some NFL teams and played seasons of John Madden Football on Playstation. They even have a bookie who establishes point spreads and over/under lines. Only the two who are playing don’t know what the spread is and the crowd roots according to their $2 or $3 bets. While I was visiting, I watched Fish win the AFC Championship among a crowd that numbered close to ten. Our college game allows us to play for all of the traveling trophies in college football. The Big Eleven has a lot of these, from the “Old Brass Spittoon” to “Paul Bunyan’s Axe.” You can also play games outside of the “Dynasty” for any of the other traveling trophies in Division IA, such as the “Keg of Nails” and the “Jeweled Shillelagh.” We even made up some of our own trophies. When I beat my roommate, I win the “Rotten Watermelon” and we record the score on it with a marker. This watermelon was a gift from one of the Iraqi Red Sox fans from the picture posted earlier. (Don’t worry, we actually threw the watermelon away when it got rotten, but we replaced it with a replica.) When I beat Chris Visosky, I win the “Old Jar of Fatness,” a gallon sized plastic jar that holds pretzels, or Oreos, or peanuts -- whatever we have handy at the time. Football, real or imagined, is a little piece of America that gets piped into us here. And other than some time zone issues, it arrives pretty much unchanged. As the season winds down, the NFL Playoffs and the NCAA bowl season bring new interests to follow, and for us, it marks the beginning of the end of our year in Iraq.
By Samantha Carr Anyone who has ever purchased a piece of furniture and then couldn’t fit it through a door in their house knows that how you picture something isn’t always how it turns out. So on Thursday, a group of curators, exhibit designers and exhibit installers met on the third floor of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum to view a mockup of an interactive display that will appear in the One for the Books exhibit opening May 27-28 in Cooperstown. The process is called prototyping. Essentially, the process includes using a placeholder for a piece of an exhibit to see what it will be like when the real thing arrives. This week, the curators created a panel that was the same shape and size with similar graphics as a new interactive display that will explain top 10 record holders in the exhibit. “We can have great ideas on paper, but there is no substitute for bringing the ideas to the exhibit space and working out the details,” said Tom Shieber, senior curator at the Baseball Hall of Fame. “We have to make sure that something like this, that is interactive, functions but also attracts people, is useful to the user and for other visitors in the room.” One for the Books will celebrate the sacred records of baseball and the stories behind them. The exhibit will be the most technologically advanced permanent exhibit in the Museum’s 71-year history. It will feature an interactive visitor experience with multi-media elements and be located on the second floor of the Museum in the Hank Aaron Gallery. For the first time in the Hall of Fame’s history, the Museum is inviting fans to help support an exhibit by honoring their favorite record holder. Whille the Hall of Fame’s curatorial team prepares for the exhibit opening, design and aesthetic elements are very important. The process of prototyping allows the curators to see how an exhibit will interact with the space, lighting, and shape of the room. For instance, in the case of this interactive, some of the lighting trusses that attach to the ceiling and lights the exhibit will hang too low over the interactive and be in the way. The team will have to remove the grid directly in front or find another solution. Many times this practice will not change the substance of an exhibit, like the artifact or information in it, but it can change how the artifact is presented. Everything from colors, lighting, shadows and pillars need to be taken into account so that the curators can determine how a visitor will see the exhibit best. “This is really an easy, early way to get a feel for problems you may encounter in the exhibit,” said John Odell, curator of history and research at the Hall of Fame. “We can look at something on paper, or on a computer, but being in the space makes a big difference.” Samantha Carr is the manager of web and digital media at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Baseball's Greatest Weekend to Celebrate Newest Hall of Fame Electees, July 23-26, in Cooperstown Baseball's greatest weekend will celebrate the careers of three new Hall of Fame inductees while introducing a new lineup of family-friendly activities, as Hall of Fame Weekend 2010 will take place July 23-26 in Cooperstown, N.Y. Eight-time All-Star outfielder Andre Dawson, long-time umpire Doug Harvey and six-time division-winning manager Whitey Herzog will join the roster of baseball's all-time greats on Sunday, July 25, as they are inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. The addition of Dawson, Harvey and Herzog brings to 292 the number of men and women elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Hall of Fame Weekend 2010 will take place July 23-26 in Cooperstown. The Induction Ceremony will begin at 1:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, July 25 at the Clark Sports Center in Cooperstown. Admission is free and open to the public. The Ceremony, which will also be televised on the MLB Network, lasts approximately three hours and will feature the induction speeches of Dawson, Harvey and Herzog. Also during the Ceremony, two awards will be presented. Bill Madden of the New York Daily News will receive the 2010 J.G. Taylor Spink Award for meritorious contributions to baseball writing. Jon Miller, voice of the San Francisco Giants and ESPN's Sunday Night Baseball, will receive the 2010 Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting. The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum will maintain special hours of operation during Hall of Fame Weekend 2010. Friday, July 23 -- 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, July 24 -- 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday, July 25 -- 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, July 26, -- 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. *Members get an special extra early hour in the Museum Friday, Saturday and Sunday of Hall of Fame Weekend at 7 a.m. The best way to experience Hall of Fame Weekend 2010 is to become a Museum member, which provides a host of benefits, including free admission to the Museum, special hours to access the Museum starting at 7 a.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday during Hall of Fame Weekend, opportunities to attend special programs and free shipping and 10 percent off retail purchases from the Museum store on the Web.
Here in San Diego is so cold and raining that the best way for me to keep the house warm is baking. This is a versatile bread that can be used to accompany both savory and sweet dishes, they all love it and now we're so close to the holidays that will be part of the tradition in any home. Enjoy this delicious dish that must be present in your home. 1 can sweet corn 432g 1 can condensed milk 1 cup pancake mix 1 teaspoon vanilla 1 stick butter, melted Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking dish 8x8 inches (20x20 cm). In a blender or food processor, place all ingredients, blend or process well. Pour in the mold and bake for 35 minutes. Bread is done when a cake tester comes out clean. Let cool thoroughly before cutting. Depending on how big you cut it gets 12 bits. Versión en español CLICK AQUI
\|Portrayed by:\|\|Lennie Weinrib (Voice)\| \|Appearances:\|\| "A Sweet Joke on Gotham City"\| "A Bat Divided!" (cameo) Sweet Tooth is a villian created for The New Adventures of Batman. He commits crimes with a candy motif, and he appears to be addicted to eating candy and sweets. He wears a purple sweater and a yellow hat, and is clearly overweight. He uses children as henchmen who enjoy his gluttonous need for candy. He is voiced by Lennie Weinrib impersonating Paul Lynde. He was also played by Jeff Blim in "Holy Musical B@man". Sweet Tooth appeared in only one episode in where he tries to change Gotham's water supply into chocolate and blackmail the city for five million dollars which he doubles to ten million after Robin makes a pun about his weight. Sweet Tooth like almost all Batman rogues from that era rely on gadets, and weapons that fit their motif, Sweet Tooth always uses candy to either escape or attack Batman and Robin. His plot to blackmail Gotham into paying for their water back is foiled when Robin infiltrates Sweet Tooth's organization. Then Batman along with Batgirl find Sweet Tooth's water locking device and have him trapped along with his gang in his own taffy wade with his candy cannon. Sweet Tooth orders his henchmen to try and eat their way out, but the kids who cannot eat anymore give up. Batman then comments on sending Sweet Tooth to jail, and taking the children to the dentist and then to juvenile detention centre. In Other MediaEdit - Sweet Tooth made a cameo appearance in Batman: The Brave and the Bold episode, "A Bat Divided!" among several other third-rate villains at the "8 Bar", a known haunt for second-stringer Batman rogues in Gotham City. Sweet Tooth was glimpsed sitting at the bar counter eating a lollypop and a bowlful of candy, when the hero Firestorm and three atomic counterparts of Batman crashed the bar, looking for action. Along with King Cobra, the Brand, and Calendar Man, Sweet Tooth abandoned his bowl of candy at the bar and huffed toward the Batman, still clutching his pink lollypop in one hand. Unfortunately, Signalman made a lunge for the Batmen at the same time, missing the heroes but crashing into a rack of billiard cue sticks, which scattered across the floor of the bar. Sweet Tooth slipped on the cue sticks, tripped, and then slid across the room before crashing head-over-heels into a nearby wall. One of the Batmen then claimed the villain's abandoned bowl of candy at the counter. - Sweet Tooth served as the main villain in Team Starkid's musical "Holy Musical B@man". The show was performed live in Chicago at the Center on Halstead in March of 2012, recorded and put on youtube on April 13th 2012 for the enjoyment of their fanbase. The character appears here as a homage to and parody of The Joker, including his green hair (Sweet Tooth has blue hair), his constant laughing, and his abused sidekick Candy (a parody of Harley Quinn). He plots a scheme to force Batman to decide between a person he loves (in this case Robin) and the interests of Gotham, which parodies the ethical dilemma that the Joker posed in The Dark Knight.
Well, yes, in fact! I have a buddy who is involved in Qoop, a very cool new company that makes print editions of online content. It’s still very much in beta, but one day he came ambling down my stairs with a big, bound copy of Searchblog, with all the posts from 2004 inside of it. It was really cool to see, and he asked if I would be something of a test case for his company. Why of course I would, I replied. So here you have it (I put a link to this on the left side of the page, it’ll stay there for as long as folks click on it). The price is a bit steep (a bit under $30 – I get about a third of that), but it has something like 100K words, all of them exceedingly wise, of course, and it’s an excellent example of one-off printing – no inventory, no backend warehouses, it’s online to print, and it’s direct. Think about this plus Google Print, for example. Or Flickr. Whoa. In that perspective, I’m honored to be a test case. Long tail, ho!
You are currently browsing the daily archive for July 23, 2010. For the RAF, fighting the Kanalkampf wasn’t what Fighter Command had really prepared for. The expectation had been that the enemy would be flying over the coast and trying to penetrate the mainland. The radar had been deployed so that enemy aircraft could be intercepted as they crossed the coast. The same applied to the Observer Corps, who were to detect their passage over land. But in this first phase of the Battle, enemy aircraft were being intercepted over the sea so that the convoys of coastal ships could be defended. The RAF hadn’t invested in Air Sea Rescue Services, but the Germans had. This meant that when one of our pilots got shot up by an enemy fighter and had to bail out he was at serious risk of falling into the sea and drowning. Whereas, a German pilot in the same predicament would have been provided with, for example, a solid block of dye which, when chucked into the sea, would spread a large stain of vivid colour visible for miles, enabling the downed pilot to be found. Secondly the pilot stood a good chance of being picked up by German sea planes, usually He59s which were deployed for the task. British pilots just had to rely on luck that they would be seen by a fishing vessel or a coast guard cutter if they were to be saved from drowning. Losing pilots who would have survived being shot down over land, but because they fell into the sea risked drowning, was a serious concern to Keith Park AOC of 11 Group. Eventually, in late July, he managed to obtain the use of a dozen Lysanders, a light aircraft used in army cooperation, to help rescue pilots in the war. But, it was not until the following year that a committee was set up in the Air Ministry to deal with the issue of air sea rescue; too late for the Battle which was now over. Weather: another day of mixed weather in the Channel. Fighter Command Serviceable Aircraft as at 0900 hours: - Blenheim – 62 - Spitfire – 243 - Hurricane – 282 - Defiant – 12 - Total – 599 A relatively quiet but successful day. 2 enemy aircraft were shot down in combat over convoys but this was without loss to the RAF. PO DH Wissler – Diary, 23 July We went over to Martlesham and did a hell of a lot of flying. Two patrols one of 1.05hrs and one of 1.45hrs, at about 7pm we were told to take off for Debden, but having got half way home we were recalled and brought to readiness again. Eventually we were released at 9.15 and arrived to make a dusk landing. I shall sleep very well tonight, given half the chance. (Reproduced with kind permission of the Imperial War Museum and Copyright holder)
“Why Should We Save Coastal Louisiana?” Marsh lands. Swamps. Bayous. Barrier Islands. Cypress Tress. Alligators. Estuaries. Seafood. Wildflowers. Beautiful birds. Phenomenal sunsets. Unparalleled Culture and Heritage. Louisiana is beautiful. Let’s save coastal Louisiana to preserve it’s beauty. What’s your reason? Send your submission to email@example.com. And, don’t forget to check out the other submissions at Bayou Grace’s photo gallery. Bayou Grace is always on the lookout for local residents interested in volunteering their time and talents to create positive change in our beloved 5 bayou communities. If that sounds like you or someone you know, let us know as we’ve got a great opportunity to partner with Hands On New Orleans for a Volunteer Leader training on Friday, January 28th from 1-6 pm. If you are interested in participating in this unique opportunity, feel free to contact us at 985.594.5350. Thank you and we are excited to hear from you!
Hiring: Integrated Producer for BBH London 2nd August 11 Posted in People Author: Louise Ablewhite, HR Manager, BBH London Who we’re after The ultimate T-shaped Producer. Someone with an in-depth knowledge of a production discipline (film, interactive, print, mobile, content, AFP, events/experiential, gaming, publishing), with broader knowledge across at least one other specialism. You’ll be responsible for working with the Creative Department to realise their ideas through development and craft – and to manage the process through to delivery / first release and beyond. What you’ll be like Fearless and fun to work with, passionate about the work and a great communicator – able to build great relationships with Strategy and Team Management, be client facing and campaign aware. Above all, you’ll be happiest collaborating with multiple partners and stakeholders (both internally and externally). Challenges and unknowns must be embraced and relished. - Be able to demonstrate excellent creative and editorial judgement - An appetite to learn and develop further is a must, with a passion for new ways of working and outputs - Comfortable & confident with unknown territory/never been done before projects & able to navigate through it - A keen an eye for detail and a strong background in managing complex project and budgets - Confident in managing clients directly - Able to manage complex legal negotiations with several parties - Entrepreneurial: actively seek new revenue generating opportunities & business models - In-depth knowledge of how other brands & media owners are operating in this space - Good people skills and ability to build relationships across all disciplines and with third party partners - Other key attributes: Hardworking, energetic, collaborative, good organisational skills, sound production and cultural knowledge. If this sounds like your kind of job, we want to hear from you. Please send a cv/resume, details or link to firstname.lastname@example.org.
Yorkville renews leases for riverfront businesses By Steve Lord email@example.com March 14, 2013 4:28PM Updated: April 16, 2013 4:13PM YORKVILLE — Three of downtown Yorkville’s newest businesses have signed new leases with the city that will keep them there for at least two more years. Aldermen this week approved extending the leases for River City Roasters, a coffeeshop, Whitewater Ice Cream, an ice cream shop, and Geneva Kayak, an outdoor store that rents equipment and holds outdoor recreation classes. The three businesses are in city-owned buildings between the Fox River and Hydraulic Avenue, near the whitewater park along the Fox River. The leases, which will all run to about halfway into 2015, are the same, although the new lease for Geneva Kayak will cut the amount the company pays the city on adjusted gross receipts for instructional programs, rental and guided tours from 20 percent to 15 percent. The company also will take down the Geneva Kayak sign and replace it with one that says, “Yorkville Outdoor Center.” The rents for the facilities are: $250 a month, or $3,000 a year, for Geneva Kayak; and $200 a month, or $2,400 a year, for River City Roasters and Whitewater Ice Cream. The companies also pay a 5 percent concession tax, in addition to regular sales taxes. According to city officials, the concession taxes for the past year were: $10,000 from Geneva Kayak; $2,300 from River City Roasters; and $100 from Whitewater Ice Cream.
Entries in Trayvon Martin Tragedy (5) So much for a post racial society that the presidency of Barack Obama was supposed to display. It's these types of white people who are also saying, "We got a n^%$a in the White House." Horrible, despicable, repulsive and outright evil! Is "Trayvonning" really a trend? According to Global Grind, the new Internet craze, in keeping with the theme of Tebowing and Planking, involves putting on a hoodie and posing with Skittles and Arizona Iced Tea as if you've been shot in the chest. some miseducated and misguided Black peopple may display foolish "ghetto" behavior at times, but anybody looking can see the dominance of ignorance as the root of those actions, but this display here is has nothing to do with ignorance, but much to do with pure hatred. Yeah, here's what they think about you. Spending her first Mothers’ Day without her son must be very difficult, buy Sybrina Fulton is not only thinking about her loss, but the loss of all mothers who have lost their children to senseless gun violence. “I know it will be hard, but my faith, family and friends will pull me through. On Sunday I’m going to say a prayer for other mothers across America who share this unbearable pain. Just like me, 30,000 mothers lost their children, this year, to senseless gun violence. Nobody can bring our children back, but it would bring us comfort if we could spare other mothers the pain that we will feel on Mother’s Day and every day for the rest of our lives.”
The Bears made what seems like a minor move on the surface but has gotten a lot of buzz on the interwebs – they signed wide receiver Andy Fantuz from the Canadian Football League. Here’s a blurb from the Trib’s writeup on the deal: The 6-foot-4, 220-pound Fantuz caught 87 passes for 1,380 yards and six touchdowns this past season for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and was the first Canadian-born player to lead the league in receiving since 1995. According to the Trib, he turned down similar offers from the Steelers, Patriots and almost-Canadian Buffalo Bills to sign with the Bears. Something about the depth chart and ability to make the roster. There’s just on thing about the five year pro who seems to offer everything you might want in a wide receiver. Check it out after the jump. He’s white. And slow. From what I’m hearing, he ran about a 4.79 40 yard dash. That’s slightly better than Brandon Manumaleuna-type speed. Here’s a little highlight clip of the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ leading receiver: Fantuz is sort of a folk hero in Canada, thus the cereal bearing his likeness. He seems to be pretty fan friendly too. You can follow him on Twitter and welcome him to Chicago. Somehow I can see him fitting in great with Cutty and Olsen. Just a hunch.
Washington University Football Announces 2012 Schedule St. Louis, Mo., January 4, 2012 – A season-opening match-up at home against the three-time defending NCAA Division III national champion University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and a home game with national quarterfinalist Wabash College highlight the 2012 Washington University in St. Louis football schedule, as announced by head coach Larry Kindbom. Wisconsin-Whitewater visits Francis Field on Friday, August 31, for the 2012 season opener at 8:30 p.m. The Warhawks enter the contest with Washington U. riding a 45-game winning streak. The Bears also host Coe College (Sept. 15), Kenyon College (Sept. 22) and No. 7 ranked Wabash (Oct. 13) during the non-conference season. Washington U.’s non-conference road schedule features trips to Rhodes College (Sept. 8), DePauw University (Sept. 29) and Denison University (Oct. 20). The Bears open University Athletic Association (UAA) play on Saturday, Oct. 27, against Carnegie Mellon University, and then close the season with road games at Case Western Reserve University (Nov. 3) and the University of Chicago (Nov. 10). All five home games will be broadcast live on Bears TV at: http://client.stretchinternet.com/client/wustl.portal. Seven of the 10 opponents recorded .500 or better seasons in 2011, with UW-Whitewater (15-0), Wabash (12-1) and Case Western Reserve (9-1) winning nine or more games and all capturing conference titles. Washington University finished the 2011 season with a 6-4 overall record and placed second in the UAA with a 2-1 record. The Bears have recorded winning seasons in 20 of 23 seasons under Kindbom.
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I have been on a hunt for a darker shade of lippy at the moment as all I seem to wear are pale colours, for example MAC Plink!, MAC Politely Pink, Bourjois Sweet Kiss Shine or just Models Own lip balm Ballet Pink. So I have wanted to branch out and try some darker colours and would really like to wear something like Kimberley Walsh in the photo below. Now with my colouring I'm not sure this is possible.So my hunt begin with Rimmel Vinatge Pink frtom the Moisture Renew Lippies. I know what your thinking it is not particularly dark. But this is very dark for me, I thought it was best to work my way up to a darker colour. I am not fully convinced of this colour on me but I have really been trying to love it, but I don't think I can! The colour is a little too matt or my liking (I much prefer sparkles), and even though its from the Moisture Renew lippies its a bit dry on my lips. I would need to wear it with gloss over the top! It really has a plumy tone on my lips so not sure whether to try something a bit more red/blue toned. All help would be appreciated!
There comes a time in every girls’ lifetime when she opens her closet and thinks to herself “holy crap, I can’t wear any of this anymore.” It can vary depending on lifestyles – maybe you’re 16, 19 or even 25. You’ve been collecting trendier pieces for so long that you have finally accumulated a decade’s worth of stuff that is impractical and unwearable. It’s not even old enough to be considered “vintage” yet. Flipping through magazines over the past several years, you can see the evolution in the way designers and stylists view trends and fashion at that current moment. What was trendy in 2003 is practically unthinkable in 2012 (think velour tracksuits with the word JUICY written in rhinestones). Despite the changes that occur and the various pieces that have rotated through your closest, there are some pieces that should and will always remain in your possession. Classic pieces are the items you’ll be wearing season after season – usually in neutral colours, which makes it easier to pair them with more on-trend pieces. While some of these items are available to be purchased at really low prices at Wal-Mart, it’s usually advisable you invest a little more in them. It pays off spending more money on several good quality clothing items that will last years, rather than repurchasing that item ten times a year. Also, keep in mind the fit for many of these items. You can either look stunning or uncomfortable depending on how that clothing item is tailored on you. This is no official list by any means and can vary depending on your personal factors. It’s just a list of things I feel would flatter a wide spectrum of girls and is still versatile enough to mix with more colourful and fun items. 1. Black blazer. A casual black boyfriend blazer is not just a business ensemble – I often wear mine casually with a floral print top and skinny jeans. Yet, it still comes in handy for when I have an interview or any event in a professional setting. Make sure to shop around for a blazer, because getting a good fitting blazer is the most important thing. You don’t want to look frumpy or have it be skin tight! 2. Dark denim skinny jeans. Skinny jeans were considered a trend when they first exploded circa 2007-ish. Magazines and blogs warned girls about owning “too many” because they were only going to stay around for a season or two. Now, a vast majority own skinny jeans or jeggings (which are more on the jean than legging side). Dark denim is flattering on all figures – you don’t need to have skinny jeans necessarily. It can be a straight or boot leg too! Skinny jeans are just easier to tuck into boots and look nicer when worn with flats, in my opinion. 3. White short-sleeved t-shirt. White t-shirts are one of the few items you can get away with buying at a lower cost and in bulk most of the time. A great layering piece that can be worn casually or dressed up a bit, it should be a staple in everyone’s closet. 4. Black long-sleeved t-shirt. Another great layering piece, I find a black long-sleeve t-shirt looks much classier when layered under a dress than a white or coloured t-shirt. 5. Camis/tanks in neutral colours. Black preferably, as they can be dressed up or down in any occasion. I sometimes wear a black cami or tank top with a pair of jeans when I’m going out and it’s perfect. They can be dressed up or down, and you will always need them in your drawers. If you’re going to choose a neutral that isn’t black, go with nude over white. 6. Cardigans in neutral colours. The range of neutral colours for cardigans is wider than with the camis. Don’t stick to just Black and white – go with shades of grey, brown, creme colours, baby pinks, navy blues … you get the point. Cardigans are great alternative to wearing a baggy sweatshirt while still looking cute. Longer ones that hit right at the hip are the most flattering. 7. Ballet flats. A simple pair of flats are my go-to shoe. Look for one with a comfortable sole that isn’t going to cause your feet to be in pain after a shopping trip. Again, a simple pair in a neutral colour is what you should be looking for in order to match most of your outfits. Investing in a good pair of flats that will last you a while is more worthwhile than buying a cheap pair from Wal Mart that will rip your feet apart. 8. White button-downs. Get one that’s cotton and another made of a silkier materiel. Button downs are like blazers – you can wear them casually and make them look great for a trip into town, but you can also look smart and wear them in a professional setting. Button downs that are more fitted are easier to tuck into your pants but also look good when you keep it out. 9. Black versatile boots. So no thigh high platform boots. These are boots you can wear in cooler months that are comfortable yet stylist. A pair of knee/calf high slouchy leather boots are my favourite, but a pair of booties with a comfortable heel are a good option too. Suede isn’t the option if you’re living in wetter climates or somewhere where it snows often. 10. Pencil skirt. A black pencil skirt that grazes at the knee is the perfect length and classic style. They’re flattering on all shapes and are a great alternative to dull black dress pants. If you have an interview at a more fashion-forward setting, a pencil skirt with a trendier top and great heels keeps you looking professional but not boring. There are several other items that can also be included in this list such as the LBD, a beige trench coat, black pea coat, etc. The key with most items that are long-term is to keep them in the neutral family and make sure it fits comfortably. If you feel at all awkward in a piece of clothing, it will show. What are some of your favourite classic wardrobe essentials that are or aren’t mentioned?
Let’s face it; this perennial heat wave has been doing some irritable damage to your skin. Especially those with skin irritations like eczema and psoriasis, do you ever find it difficult to find products that can help alleviate skin irritation and flare-ups? “To alleviate skin irritation, avoid products with alcohol because they can be too drying. Look for products with ingredients such as essential oils: evening primrose, lavender, sweet almond; which soothe, moisturize, and protects skin,” explains notable dermatologist, Dr. Dennis Gross. Check out these tried and tested products that not only have the proper ingredients to soothe your skin but prevents from any further damage. Donna Kim is a multimedia lifestyle journalist, on-air trend expert, and professional makeup artist. Her work has been featured on NBC’s “The Today Show”, “New York Live/LXTV,” Racked.com, Huffington Post Style, Kmart Fashion, QVC, “The Village Voice,” Shecky’s Media, to name a few. She has a Master’s in broadcast journalism from Columbia University and a Bachelor’s in media, culture and communication from NYU. Follow her on Twitter @DonnaDaily and to check out her work, visit her blog www.DonnaDaily.com.
A couple of weeks back, I revealed that TomGirl finally admitted to having a boyfriend. I was even able to score a conversation with the dude and ask him if he'd put his grimy lips on my stepdaughter, I mean ever tried to kiss her. Well as quickly as it began I'm sorry to say it ended. Last week TomGirl called to say she'd made honor roll (and this is B-I-G as she'd previously had a report card w/all but one F but I digress). "Marc and I slow danced together at the school dance" she said after we'd whooped it up about her academic success. "Aww, I said "Did you have a good time?" "No, it was only,like, for 2 minutes" she said "and then it was just weird". "Oh, did he get a boner mid dance which grossed you out and forced you to end the dance?" I'm kidding. I would never say that to my 14 year old but I sure was thinking it. She never would elaborate on why it was weird but Friday night when she came over one of the first things she said is "Marc told me not to like him anymore" "Huh, " I said. "What's that supposed to mean ? " realizing that was his 15 year old way of breaking up. "I dunno" she says "He's just being weird, he kinda says he doesn't like me anymore". "Are you ok ?" I asked emphathetically "Yeah, I don't care" she deadpanned "Ok, well I'm sorry that happened" With that she headed towards her room but seconds later she comes back and says "You know what you should do, you should call him and yell at him" Ha, I knew it, of course she cares. She really kind of fell for this kid. Ahhh, first loves. Of course , if memory serves and middle school drama is like it was when I was there they'll be back together this week. Well, either that or he'll be dating her best friend.
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Laboratory evaluations of insecticide product efficacy for control of Cimex lect(1 post) Has anyone else read this? I hope by copying and pasting I did not break any rules. Laboratory evaluations of insecticide product efficacy for control of Cimex lectularius. Moore DJ, Miller DM. Department of Entomology, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. A susceptible, laboratory strain of bed bug, Cimex lectularius L., was used to determine the efficacy of insecticide products labeled or possessing a site label for bed bug control. Field strain bed bugs also were used to evaluate one insecticide product. The lethal time (LT),, values calculated for the laboratory strain bed bugs indicated that all of the pyrethroid products killed significantly faster than chlorfenapyr (0.5% [AIl; Phantom: BASF; LT50 = 10 d and 9 h). lamda-Cyhalothrin (0.03%; Demand CS; Syngenta) was the fastest acting insecticide (LT50 = 20 min), followed by bifenthrin (0.02% [AI]; Talstar One, FMC; LT50 = 53 min), deltamethrin (0.06% [AI]; Suspend SC; Bayer; LT50 = 61 min), and permethrin (0.05%; Dragnet SFR; FMC; LT50 = 88 min). The field strain bed bugs exposed to deltamethrin had an LT50 value of 14 day 8 h, indicating that the field strain was significantly less susceptible to deltamethrin than the laboratory strain. Chlorfenapyr exposure did not prevent the laboratory strain bed bugs from mating and laying eggs, nor did it prevent the eggs from hatching during the 2-wk exposure period. Surprisingly, none of the insecticides tested, including the pyrethroids, were repellent to laboratory strain bed bugs. Bed bugs rested on pyrethroid-treated panels and remained in contact with the panels until they died (2 h). Chlorfenapyr was also not repellent to bed bugs, but it caused no mortality during the 2-h test period. This study suggests that although pyrethroids were effective for controlling laboratory strain bed bugs, there is the potential for significant resistance in field strains. This study also determined that pyrethroid products were not repellent to bed bugs and would not cause bed bug aggregations to scatter or avoid treated surfaces. PMID: 17195676 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] You must log in to post.
Auditions Set for Spring 2013 Theater PresentationsDec 20th, 2012 \| By admin \| Category: Entertainment Auditions for the Arkansas State University-Beebe 2013 spring theater productions will be held Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013 and Thursday, Jan. 17, 2013 at 7 p.m. at the Owen Center Theater on the Beebe campus. The spring theater productions will include Ubu Roi by Alfred Jarry. Directed by Don J. Eller, the event will be performed Feb. 22, 23 and 24, 2013. This stylized burlesque premiered in 1896 and is a precursor to the Theatre of the Absurd and Surrealism. In Ubu Roi, Jarry satirizes power, greed and complacency. The Who’s Tommy by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff, will be held April 12, 13, 14 and 15, 2013. Directed by Bruce Cohen, musical direction will be by Dr. Timothy Bartlett, and choreography by Michelle Dutasaca. The classic ’60s rock opera by The Who was translated to the stage by theatrical wizard Des McAnuff into a high-energy, one-of-a-kind theatrical event. Everyone is welcome to audition and being a theater major is not a requirement. Those who wish to audition may perform a prepared monologue, or readings from the script will be provided. Those auditioning for singing roles in Tommy should bring 16 measures of rock ‘n’ roll style music. An accompanist will be provided. Sheet music must be marked with clear beginning and end points. All transposition must be provided, as the accompanist will not transpose. Pre-recorded accompaniment, or singing acapella is also an option. Call-back auditions for Tommy will be held Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 at 7 p.m. Dance auditions, if needed, will be held as a call-back. For more information, contact Bruce Cohen, assistant professor of theater, at (501) 882-8925 or view the ASU-Beebe website at www.asub.edu.
We have the dates for your favorite beer festival! May 19th- May 28th, Seattle will showcase the best in the world’s beer. If you were lucky enough to live here the past two years, you probably know all about Seattle Beer Week. Its a 10 days celebration of all things barley, hops and yeast. Last year’s celebration included visits from Port Brewing’s Tomme Arthur, Trappiste Rochefort’s Gumer Santos, and Patrick Rue of The Bruery, among many others. The 2010 variety also included a menagerie of mind bending events, such as 5 Guys, Burgers and Fries – featuring the creations of Sam Calagione, Rob Todd, Tomme Arthur (P, Dick Cantwell (Elysian) and Christian Ettinger (Hopworks). We expect nothing but the best from the SBW crew. These guys are some of the most important people in the Seattle beer industry; their hard work has made Seattle Beer Week a huge beer destination. Stay tuned to their website. We expect updates on the first set of events shortly. Also, there has been some chatter that they are meeting with the SBW brewer this week. The past two years, Pike (09) and Hales (10) have created a Double IPA to commemorate the week. We are very curious to see who has been selected to make this delicious grog this year! Time to start thinking about Strange Brewfest 2011! This festival is a celebration of the unique spirit that the now-closed Water Street Brewing once encompassed. Strange Brewfest is a chance to see the creativity of Washington’s wonderful brewing community. If this is the first time that you ever read this blog, you might not know about our affinity for a former brew house known as Water Street Brewing. The iconic pub once ruled the streets of Port Townsend, Washington, with incredible food, heartwarming charm and of course – excellent beer. If you need to catch up on why we loved (and still love) it so very much – read this post. Of course, many of us were concerned that Water Street’s closing spelled the end to this event. But Nina and Mark, the committed owners of the former pub, have made sure that Strange Brewfest continues on! The event will span across three days this year and be held down the street from the original location at the American Legion Hall. The event will no longer be a Water Street Brewing event, but Nina and Mark will serve as consultants, to ensure that the festival does not lose it luster. So, book your hotel for January 28-30, 2011. There are a list of suggested hotels on the Strange Brewfest website. Be sure to peruse the rest of their website to find out more info on the event. If you are a brewer and want to showcase your exotic grog at the festival, please complete this Brewer’s Application and have it submitted by January 14, 2010. Submission instructions are included in the form and you can contact the festival crew at firstname.lastname@example.org with any questions. Check in with the Water Street Facebook page to learn more about the event as we inch closed to the big date. On November 15, 2010, you can enjoy some of the most amazing, and limited, beer produced by the California brewer. We were ecstatic to see that they will be bringing Life & Limb back to Seattle! Here is the post from Brouwers’ website. Don’t miss out on the toast at 6 PM: The Beer Line-up is looking good for the 30th Anniversary Party on Monday the 15th. Fritz & Ken’s Imperial Stout Charlie, Fred, & Ken’s Bock Jack & Ken’s Barleywine Our Brewers Reserve Oak-Aged Ale Life & Limb Strong Dark Ale Organic Estate Ale The Nationwide toast is at 6pm, this Monday, November 15th. Big Wood is coming. Don’t say we didn’t warn you. There is no secret that we are utterly obsessed with Brouwer’s Cafe’s Big Wood beer festival. Last year, we launched this site in the midst of Big Wood 2009. This year, we are giving you a 3 week “head’s up.” Big Wood will be held on December 2, 2010. If I remember correctly (but I might stand corrected), Big Wood begins in the afternoon, sometime around 4 PM. The event is officially one day, but the beers will pour for several days afterwards. What is Big Wood? Guess. Big Wood showcases wood-aged beers on more than 40 taps. Typically, you will see a plethora of massive scale beers pouring, including some of the most complex beers you will ever taste. Last year – Hair of the Dog dominated. From beer nerds to beer newbs, Hair of the Dog shocked and awed the crowd. Alan Sprints delivered Fred from the Wood, Michael (Flemish Red), Matt (Bottleworks 10th Anniversary) and BOB (a barrel-aged lambic). Read our review of the event by following this link. Brouwers has yet to release a list of this year’s beers. They will slowly begin to trickle in but we have already seen them announce that Midnight Sun is sending a keg of Berserker and heard, through the grapvine, that New Belgium is bringing something special! Last week we published an article about Washington Beer Festival, which begins tomorrow at Brouwers Cafe. Brouwers will be clearing every single tap in the house for Washington brewers and matching the exquisite beer offerings with some locally sourced food options. If you want to check up on the event as it develops, check out Brouwers’ website. But, the bar released its initial version of the tap list. We are speechless. Anacortes Tenth Anniversary, AnacortesBig Al Alt Bier, SeattleBig Time Big Dance, SeattleBirdsview Cardiac Arrest Strong Brown Ale, ConcreteBlack Raven All Washington Fresh Hop, RedmondBoundary Bay Imperial Oatmeal Stout, BellinghamChuckanut Pilsner, BellinghamDer Blokken Sacred Hop IPA, Bremerton (fairly sure this is their first visit across the Sound)Diamond Knot Whip Ale, MukilteoDick’s Bottleworks RyePA, CentraliaElliot Bay Mashing Pumpkin, Seattle / BurienElysian The Great Pumpkin, SeattleEmerald City Dotties, SeattleFlyers Proptoberfest, Oak HarborFremont Harvest Saison, SeattleGeorgetown Choppers, SeattleHales Super goose, SeattleHarmon ESB, TacomaHood Canal Dosewallip, KingstonIron Horse Fresh Hop, EllensburgLaht Neppur Piper Canyon Scotts Ale, WaitsburgLazyboy Big Double Trouble, EverettMaritime Bosuns Black Porter, SeattleNaked City Fresh Hop Saison, Seattle (have yet to try; got to love the creativity)New Belgium Trip VI, Seattle / Fort CollinsNorth Sound Brewing Hop Chops IPA, Mount Vernon (loved the first few things i had from them)North Sound Brewing X-batch Single Hop IPA, Mount VernonNorthern Lights IPA, SpokaneOdin Smokey Bacon, Seattle (people have loved this!)Palouse Falls Crimson Pride Amber, PullmanParadise Creek Dirty Blonde, PullmanParadise Creek Over the Hop, Pullman (ummm? who?!)Peaks Trainwreck, Port AngelesPike Double IPA, SeattlePort Townsend Green Tea Golden, Port TownsendRam Northgate Locavore Fresh Hop, SeattleRed Hook Eisbock, WoodinvilleRiver Port BullseyePA,Clarkston (again, who?!)Rogue Issaquah CASK Belgian Pale, IssaquahRogue Issaquah Wet Frog , IssaquahSchooner Exact CASK Cascade Dry-Hopped 3 Grid, SeattleSchooner Exact Fresh Hop, SeattleSeven Seas Ballz Deep, Gig HarborSilver City Blonde, SilverdaleSilver City Fat Bastard, SilverdaleSkaggit Black Jack Lager, Mount VernonSkaggit Gospel IPA, Mount VernonSkookum Mule Strong Ale, Arlington (loved the few things ive had from them; strong = interesting)Snipes Two Fresh, SunnysideSnoqualmie Belgian Wit, SnoqualmieThree Skulls Coconut Porter, Seattle (every coconut porter i’ve had has killed) Two Beers Pumpkin Spice, SeattleTwo Beers Summer Hop, SeattleYakima Brewing Ipa 1, Yakima
I need the perfect beer for the opening weekend of March Madness. It's gotta compliment the spicy snacks but also be low enough in alcohol so that it can be consumed all day.Anon, you're a (wo)man after my own heart. As the non-sporty among you don't know, the next four days will present basketball fans with an orgy of non-stop excitement. Forty-eight games spread across vast, time-gobbling stretches in which a person's hand will naturally reach for food and drink. But in all things you must pace yourself--you can't bust out a case of Fred and hope to make it to halftime of the first game. So which beers? Come on beervana, this is THE best weekend of the year. I need your help and so does everyone else who will be calling out sick the next two days to watch the madness unfold! Patrick recommends Full Sail Session--always a reliable choice. Soggy Coaster gets seasonal with newly-released Cinder Cone. Personally, I like variety. If the day is grim and harsh, I might start with some Black Butte Porter. It's roughly the same alcohol as FS Session, so you're still going to stay alert. Similarly, you could grab an Irish Stout, apropos of the season. I would suggest Beamish, but if you go to a regular store, you will be looking at Guinness. I would definitely have some BridgePort IPA in the fridge as something a little special for celebrating. It's not a true IPA, and at 5.5%, you're just barely above the Session and Black Butte. If the weather's good, on the other hand, you might give the new Widmer Drifter a try. It's probably too early to get into the real sunshine beers, but you could do worse than picking up a sixer of traditional Czech pilsner--Urquell or Czechvar (aka Budvar) would be tasty and hearty enough to keep you interested. If you really want to knock your socks off, head to Belmont Station and grab a few Bluebird Bitters from Coniston. We were talking about wonderful session ales earlier, and this English beer is one of the best sessions made in the world. A great time to try something new. After that, well, just make sure you get your cheer down. It goes something like this: "Stand tall you Badgers!" Variants include, "Go Zags!" and "For God's sake, it's Xavier, you can beat these chumps, you mighty PSU Vikings!"
Mary Beth: Memorial Day weekend on Block Island was a busy one and if it hadn’t started to rain I’d still be out there. The reason I was so busy was that this is the year Ray and I decided to come up with a real solution to the deer problem — well, I decided and Ray graciously offered to help make it possible (encouraged no doubt by my promise of delicious home-baked goodies). In years past I’ve relied on some temporary netting and deer repellant spray made from a recipe I learned in my Master Gardener training. These tactics deterred the deer most of the time, but I was so tired of re-spraying the veggies after watering them and of the deer trampling the plants while trying to find something that didn’t taste bad. Plus I like eating the cherry tomatoes off the vine and it grossed me out to think about the rotten raw eggs I’d sprayed on them. We’d talked for years about a more permanent solution and a few weeks ago we finally ordered the supplies for a deer fence. Ray found some untreated Atlantic White Cedar that he had milled by a one-man shop in Massachusetts. The mill trimmed out twenty-two 4” x 4” x 8’ rough-cut posts which we set into 2-foot deep holes. We compacted the soil around the posts and then stapled 7’ black PVC 2” x 2” fencing to them. Once we got it all set up, the posts were about 6’ tall and the PVC fencing stood at about 5’ 8”. The black fencing is great because when you look at it straight on it’s almost invisible. Ever the perfectionist, Ray decided the fence needed to be “prettied up”, so he beveled the tops of the posts. And he was right; it’s amazing how a small detail can make such a big difference. I confess that when I first saw those honkin’ big posts in the ground I had my doubts, but it looks really nice and the fence is attracting lots of attention and more than a few compliments. (Hopefully it’ll attract some new clients for Ray as well.) We still need to add finishing touches like gates, but the hard part is over and, with luck, I won’t have to use a posthole digger anytime soon! Best of all, it will be so nice not to wake up in the morning worrying about the damage the deer inflicted on the vegetable garden. Not that I’m wishing ill on my neighbors, but I hope the fence discourages the deer enough that they will take our property off their list of places to munch. Another benefit of the fence came as a pleasant surprise. As you know from previous posts, I’m a bit of a freak and another thing I’m freaky about is feeling confined. I was a little worried that I might not like working inside the fenced area. What actually happened was the fence made me focus on the task at hand! I’m pretty distractible and if I notice something in the periphery, I’ll wander over to it and lose track of my original task. Now I can’t do that anymore. I wonder if I can apply this technique to other areas of my life? Small portable fencing anyone? In addition to the fence project, I decided to plant out half of my tomatoes. They were getting quite large and I wasn’t sure when I’d get back into the garden. (Between the persistent rain and the backlog of clients that are eager for me to begin the season’s work in their gardens, it may be a while till I can tend to my own.) I spread out the lettuce plants in between the tomatoes and it felt great to see everything coming together. I also planted some plants I bought for the bees: scabiosa, white salvia, baptista, more lavender, Joe Pye weed and lemon balm. Next I found the 37 dahlias that I’d stored away this winter in the cellar and put those in the ground. Then I fertilized all the roses and gave everything a dousing of fish emulsion with EM-1 mixed in. I was cross-eyed with exhaustion and shocked that it was 7 pm when I finally made it into the house. Yup, I’m so glad I took two days off from work! The Block Island Bee Report My bees are generally doing well, but there was some weird thing going on with one of the frames. For the second time the bees had built a comb that bubbled out in the lower brood box and they’re able to get behind it. I took the last one off, but this one was bigger. It had lots of larvae and they seemed to really be busy on it so I didn’t have the heart to pry it off. The bees were edgier than usual and seemed to be pissed off — maybe it was the storm that was brewing, so I closed up everything and let them be. I’ve decided to let the whole thing play out and see what happens. The bees had really loaded up the bottom brood box. The second brood box was coming along too and they had 3 frames built out with comb. Another frame was loaded with a different color pollen. Pretty neat! Overall, I noticed there were a lot more bees. Because it was so crowded, I didn’t see the queen this time, but she’s clearly been very busy laying eggs. I got two new tools last week and they made it easier to handle the frames. One tool is a frame perch and the other a pry and grip tool. I recommend both of them to the beekeeping readers. Flowers that are blooming this week: clematis, rosa rugosa, rhododendron, iris, columbine, clover, buttercups, amsonia, allium, red honeysuckle, purple salvia, blueberries and wisteria. Summer’s almost in full swing! Southern California News Barbara: Traveling and work demands have left a big gap in our blog, but I’m happy to be back with some time to catch up. There’s not a whole lot happening in the garden. Our weather has been pretty gloomy between “real” clouds and the persistent marine layer. My natives seem fine, but I think they’re sulking about the lack of sunshine. They’re bound to start growing when the sun returns. Of course, by then the heat will be blasting, and I’ll have to remember to be sure they get enough water this summer. Mary Beth tells me that the number one reason drought-tolerant plants fail to make it in the first year is that they don’t get enough water because these plants aren’t truly drought-tolerant until they get established. Of course, the number two reason they don’t make it is because of too much water. I’ll just need to pay attention and get this mix just right. This weekend I went to the nursery determined to stick to just returning something I didn’t need. How may of you want to guess what happened next? Right. I came home with more plants. Sigh. At least I was a little more selective than usual. I have a little atrium where I decided to try to grow herbs for cooking and garnishing. The nursery had a nice selection of organics that should do well in part shade and I chose plants that bees like. I bought lemon balm, lovage, German chamomile, purple sage, and onion chives. I’ll also plant two “bee pots” — containers of plants that bees love — in a sunnier spot. For those, I got hyssop, which smells amazing, and borage. That should make the little wild foragers here in Irvine happy. Read Full Post »
At Moistworks, Alex Abramovich and Emily Barton discourse at great length on the 1982 pop song “Nasty Girl” by Vanity 6, a Prince side project. (They even digress into a discussion of Bessie Smith’s gloriously vulgar “I Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl” vs. Nina Simone’s more staid version.) Highlights include this, from AB . . . Weird, too, is Vanity’s idea of what a “nasty girl” might be: I don’t think she means “nasty” as in “yellow teeth, and a cha-cha that smells like a hot day in Chinatown.” But neither does she mean “nasty” in a totally funky get-down-on-the-get-down (preferably on my limousine floor) sort of way—and not just because (I.) whorish Madonnas are sexier than pure-hearted prostitutes, and (II.) the nastiest girls often turn out to be librarians on vacation. In fact, the more I think about the nasty girl under discussion, the safer she comes to seem. There’s so much distancing involved—the mask, the mystery girl, Vanity channeling a Prince who’s imagining what it’s like to be a woman imagining a man imagining her as a nasty girl—that, dirty-minded or not, Vanity might as well be wearing a chastity belt. And this, from EB . . . I like your reading—that she’s Vanity channeling Prince imagining what it’d be like to be a woman imagining a guy imagining her as a nasty girl—but I also want to ask, do you really think she wrote this song? Because if she didn’t, then it’s more like Prince channeling Vanity imagining Prince imagining what it’d be like to be a woman imagining a guy imagining her as a nasty girl. If we were in college, this is the point at which I’d write, “And so, as you see, the text literally deconstructs itself;” and the point at which our TF would make a little red exclamation point in the margin.
Catalogue: Traditional Program: These are programs in accounting and dance. The courses can be used as credit toward a degree. All hours for certificate programs must be earned at Belhaven University. Certificate programs are approved for veterans training by the state approving agency and are the equivalent of a college major except where noted.Accounting: 36 hours The required classes are: ACC 217, 313, 314, 337, 411, 412, 413, 421, 424, 430, 490, BUS 415. Students who have already taken one of the required accounting classes will be required to select a substitute from an upper division business elective course. Prerequisites to the Accounting Certificate consist of 27 hours: MAT 101 or 110 (202 in the adult program), 201(BBA 345), ACC 213-214 (BBA 320-321) with a grade of C or better within the last seven years or a proficiency exam, ECO 205 (BBA 330), BUS 305 (BBA 350), BUS 363, BUS 414, and BUS 418. Students who have not already had BUS 418 must take ACC 418 instead. Students who have earned a BBA or BS in Business from Belhaven University will already have taken all of the prerequisites and will be qualified to take the CPA exam after completion of the Accounting Certificate. Students who have earned a BBA or BS from another accredited college or university will need to consult with an advisor in the School of Business to determine if they lack any prerequisites. Students can transfer up to nine hours in accounting courses with permission of the chair of Accounting Studies.Dance: 21 - 24 hours The certificate in dance requires 21 - 24 credit hours and takes two consecutive semesters (beginning in the fall) to complete, with some flexibility to facilitate appropriate substitutions. This program is not the equivalent of a major in dance. The fall semester should include DAN 133 or higher, DAN 125 or higher, DAN 170, DAN 151 (Pilates), DAN 370, and DAN 147. The spring semester should include DAN 134 or higher, DAN 126 or higher, DAN 270, DAN 251 (Pilates), DAN 371, and DAN 148.
A beautiful way to know love on Valentine's Day: Dance and Rise for One Billion Rising with local Nia dance and movement instructors! ONE BILLION RISING Nia Seattle teachers and community members will gather to join One Billion Rising in a global effort to join forces, dancing together to end violence against women and girls globally. We will gather and dance in solidarity. We will gather and dance the commonality of our struggles. We will gather and dance to show our power in numbers and to express our refusal to accept violence against women and girls. We will gather and dance to celebrate a new time and a new way of being. This event is FREE! PLEASE REGISTER HERE: http://www.onebillionrising.org/page/event/detail/w8l For more info about Nia, visit www.niaseattle.com or www.nianow.com Date: February 14, 2013 Time: 2:00-3:00 p.m. Location: Crossroads Bellevue Shopping Center, at the Market Stage in The International Food Court, 15600 NE 8th Street, Bellevue, WA 98008 Connect with One Billion Rising event page on Facebook
Voidable transactions: payments made by receivers when trading on A discussion of a Wellington High Court decision in the first New Zealand case dealing with the issue of who a receiver acts for when it makes payments of pre-appointed unsecured debts and when liquidation follows receivership. Retention of title and the trans-Tasman supply of goods This article considers the effect of the different security regimes in New Zealand and Australia on supplies of goods on retention of title terms. Anti-money laundering and countering terrorist financing This article updates readers on the progress of the regulatory reforms for countering money laundering and terrorist financing, and reassures the legal community about the government's approach to potential compliance costs. Companies Act scores own goal This article criticises the Companies Act's directors' duty of care requirement that use of derivatives by companies be monitored. Mortgage frauds prompt calls for system changes Major changes to the electronic land registration procedures have been called for following mortgage frauds. Are high-yield debentures as safe as houses? This article discusses the growth of, and risks associated with, investment in debenture offerings for mezzanine lending. Comfort letters - a fresh look? A comparison of the American and Australian approaches to the enforceability of letters of comfort. Age discrimination and bank lending This article considers implications of the prohibition on age discrimination contained in the Human Rights Act 1993 for bank lending. Smart card technology rejected Smart card technology rejected because "there is nothing wrong with cash". For more information on any of the cases, articles and features in Financial Services Quarterly, please email Rachel Gowing or call on 64 9 916 8825. This publication is necessarily brief and general in nature. You should seek professional advice before taking any action in relation to the matters dealt with in this publication.
By Bay City News MARTINEZ (BCN) - Opening statements are scheduled to begin Monday in the retrial of a Vallejo woman charged with killing her son's father. Jennell Wright, 42, was tried last year for murder of Andrew Le'Mar Green, who was shot dead in a Pittsburg apartment complex on Feb. 23, 2010. However, the trial ended in a mistrial after the jury deadlocked on a murder charge, according to attorneys. At issue for the jury was whether Wright intentionally killed her ex-boyfriend, who fathered her toddler, that night and whether the shooting was planned, attorneys said. Attorneys attempted to address those lingering questions by delivering a rare second round of closing arguments, to no avail. Opening statements were scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Copyright © 2013 by Bay City News, Inc. -- Republication, Rebroadcast or any other Reuse without the express written consent of Bay City News, Inc. is prohibited. Do you subscribe to the Benicia Patch newsletter? It brings our latest stories, blogs, announcements and the day's calendar events to your inbox early each morning. Do you have opinions, experiences and views to share? Consider becoming a Benicia Patch blogger!
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The City’s code enforcement officer is charged with ensuring that properties are maintained in compliance with the laws adopted by the City Council. If you have a question about a particular property or the status of a complaint: - call 248-658-3320; or - email email@example.com All calls are anonymous and all complaints will be investigated. Property Code Enforcement Quick Facts: Grass and Weeds. Berkley City Code prohibits residents and businesses from maintaining grass, weeds, or other ground cover to a height greater than 8 inches. More information here. Bushes and Shrubs. Berkley City Code requires that bushes and shrubs be trimmed to a maximum height of 3 feet so they do not cause a sight obstruction at corners or along driveways. Also, bushes and shrubs must be trimmed so that they do not encroach on the City sidewalk. Shoveling of Snow. Businesses and apartment buildings are required to clear the sidewalks when snow accumulation exceeds 2 inches. The snow must be removed within 12 hours after the end of the snowstorm. Snow cannot be piled in the street. More information here. Compost piles can only be located behind the house and must be at least 15 feet from any house and one foot from the rear lot line. Compost piles cannot exceed 4 feet by 8 feet or 8 feet in diameter. Compost piles must be maintained to prevent the attraction of rodents, pests, and unpleasant odors. Local law prohibits any condition that will provide harborage for rats, mice or other vermin. For example, trash must be placed in plastic bags. To prevent burrowing, rat walls are required for all construction that is over 36 square feet in size. Firewood, yard waste, or construction materials must be stored at least 18 inches above the ground. Broken windows must be repaired. Pet food should not be left outside. Yards should be free of trash and pet droppings. Lawns must be maintained to a height less than 8 inches. Junk and Debris. Building materials may not be stored outside unless a building permit has been issued. Junk or trash cannot be stored or accumulated on property. Vehicles must be licensed, registered, and operative. Vehicles must be parked or stored on concrete or asphalt.
Jonas Alber conducts the Staatsorchester Braunschweig in Franck’s D Minor Symphony—a Podcast.(Comments Off) Some months ago an email discussion arose among our writers and friends about César Franck’s D Minor Symphony. Steven Kruger, who heard the Chicago Symphony play the work under Riccardo Muti on a West Coast tour in February, was surprised to learn from Alex Ross’s review of their New York series in October (The New Yorker, Oct. 22, 2012) that the old warhorse, once performed at Carnegie Hall seven or eight times in a season, had become a rarity, played there only four times since 1988. Kruger observed: “I think senior conductors serve a function in recycling music that was popular forty-five years ago—in the same way that fashion does this. I’ve always noticed that sixty-five-year-olds in positions of power in the fashion industry see to it, perhaps unconsciously, that the styles they saw at age twenty make a return appearance. It is no accident that the women today look the way they did when I was 20. Somebody my age on “Seventh Avenue” is seeing to it that they do. Similarly, I’m delighted to have Muti bring us back to the pieces of our youth…” Ross quoted Muti, who said, “This fantastic symphony by Franck, it was played everywhere in Italy when I was young. Then, suddenly, it vanished. Why is this?” Ruth Reichl, Ellen Doré Watson, Patty Crane, Francine Prose, and Elizabeth Graver respond to Walker Evans’ “Kitchen Wall, Alabama Farmstead” now posted on the new Gastronomica online..with interviews with Darra Goldstein and Hannah Fries As part of the second annual Berkshire Festival of Women Writers, Orion and Gastronomica co-hosted a reading featuring renowned food writer Ruth Reichl, poets Ellen Doré Watson and Patty Crane, and fiction writers Francine Prose (finalist for the National Book Award) and Elizabeth Graver. Their contributions have now been posted on the new Gastronomica site as a Web exclusive. Interview with Judy Grunberg and Yehuda Hanani – PS21 presents the 7th Annual Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert , Saturday, June 16, 7.30 pm: Yehuda Hanani, cello; Emma Tahmizian, piano Saturday, June 16, 7:30 pm 7th Annual Paul Grunberg Memorial Bach Concert Yehuda Hanani, cello Emma Tahmizian, piano All Bach Program: Viola da Gamba Sonatas, Suite for Unaccompanied Cello, French Suite. Yehuda Hanani’s charismatic playing and profound interpretations bring him acclaim and reengagements throughout Europe, North and South America, Asia and his native Israel. Tahmizian’s international career was launched when she won the grand prize at the1977 Robert Schuman International Competition. She went on to win prizes in the Tchaikovsky, Leeds, Van Cliburn and Montreal competitions. She tours throughout the US and Europe in a wide variety of appearances. On the day following her amazing recital with Katherine Chi at Jordan Hall, Paula Robison and I met at the house she shares with her husband, Scott Nickrenz, with its bird’s eye view of Frederick Law Olmsted’s house and garden. In the hour or so we talked we covered a lot of ground: the concert, her preparations for it, and some of the music she played…we talked about Sidney Lanier, the poet, linguist, and self-taught flute virtuoso, who died at 39 of tuberculosis contracted as a Confederate prisoner of war, and Charles T. Griffes, who died at 35 of the same disease, leaving behind a remarkable body of exploratory compositions, Paul Taffanel, the founder of modern flute playing and the teacher of Ms. Robison’s teacher, the great Marcel Moyse. More in this category - Heavenly lengths…yeah! Paul O’Dette and Stephen Stubbs discuss Steffani’s Niobe and the future. - Between a Barn and Bayreuth: Francesca Zambello discusses her plans for Glimmerglass. - An Interview with Yehudi Wyner - Gil Rose talks to Michael Miller about contemporary music, BMOP, and the Opera Boston premiere of Madame White Snake
Review: The Islands of Divine Music Lazaro and Eleonora Cara immigrated from Italy to New York with their daughter Rosari. Eleonora battled mental illness and when she was found dead, Lazaro and Rosari decided it was time to start over, so they moved to San Francisco. There, Rosari married Guiseppe Verbicaro and they had 6 children. Guiseppe worked hard and they led a fairly normal life. When Guiseppe was 79, he left Rosari for a young, pregnant prostitute. Her son, Jesús, would change this family forever. The Islands of Divine Music by John Addiego is more like a series of short stories (about different members of the family) than a novel, and this concept didn’t really work well for me. While Addiego’s writing is beautiful, I found parts of the book rambling and redundant and there were so many characters I found myself wondering who I was reading about at times. The beginning and the end of the book meshed well for me but a lot of the middle just seemed unnecessary. I received this book as part of the Library Thing Early Reviewers Program. Here’s some other opinions:
“The Noah rule: Predicting rain doesn’t count; building arks does.” – Warren Buffett 5″ x 7″ Watercolor If you haven’t tried it, a whiskey transfer is a lot of fun! You start with an ink jet print. Turn it face down onto your watercolor paper. Liberally brush whiskey onto the back. The whiskey will transfer the ink to the paper. Then, just paint! (well, let it dry first) Remember to reverse the image in your computer before you print it, or it’ll be backwards. Have fun! About Warren Buffett Warren Buffett, the legendary American financier known as the Oracle of Omaha, is the world’s richest man. He was born in Nebraska in 1930. As a youngster, he sold six-packs of Coke for a profit and first invested in the stock market at age 11. His first limited partnership reaped dividends up to 30 percent. He follows the simple but powerful principle that you should learn about the intrinsic value of a company before you invest. He is now the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, a diversified holding company.
The novice fish keeper often has no previous experience with caring for fish. A few facts may have been picked up over the years, hearsay that may or may not be true, but that is all the knowledge the novice may have upon walking into a pet store to begin the fish-keeping hobby for the first time. More often than not, the first choice of a fish is one that is easiest to care for and/or requires little expense in comparison to the rest. This typically narrows down the beginner hobbyist’s choice to one of two starting fish species: goldfish and Betta splendens. Unfortunately, neither species is well represented for their true needs. Both are commonly misunderstood and have a variety of rumors surrounding their care that are endorse by popular culture, word-of-mouth, and inappropriate products pushed onto the consumer. There are many choices for the novice aquarist and when the choices become confusing or overwhelming, who is better to turn to than the friendly pet store employee? The answer: the internet. \|Photo from Flickr.com\| It may seem surprising to some but a quick internet search with essential keywords is often more reliable than the knowledge passed along from a pet shop worker. This is because the average pet shop employee typically knows as much as the consumer does. Yes, the employee has gone through training and probably has read a care or two relating to the animals in his or her department. However, the information provided through training by pet shops such as Petco or PetSmart is often based on the incorrect myths of fish keeping in order to sell more products. Petco, for example, cites on its care guide that Betta splendens can thrive in 0.4 gallon (1.51 liters) tank. This is untrue for a variety of reasons. In short, Betta splendens require no less than 1 gallon (3.78 liters) with regular, twice-weekly, water changes. Why would pet stores purposely provide in correct information to their employees and consumers? To sell more products. More often than not, the novice fish keeper is not willing to pay the true cost of owning a Betta fish. These fish are thought of as cheap, costing no more than $20 with supplies. Even then, many beginners are not willing to pay such an amount of money for what they see as no more than a colorful piece of interactive décor. And the employee, knowing this and having been trained to take advantage of this, will push the idea that these animals are cheap and do not require a lot of work or dedication. This results in an easier sale. There are more people willing to spend a few dollars on the aquarium hobby than there are people who are willing to spend a lot of money for it. Quick, cheap, sales end up as a larger profit than rare, expensive, sales. It is not uncommon, as a result, to be told that Betta splendens are more likely to thrive in low water volumes, do not need heaters, and do not need to be fed that often. The beginner fish keeper may not even be told about the necessity of water conditioners or even what the differences between them are. The pet fish industry relies on the selling and reselling of fish species. It is a sad cycle of death and/or pain for the living creatures involved because business is telling consumers that these animals do not need what is required for their care and that they live shorter lives than their actual potentials. Novice fish keepers would be better off finding reliable sources on the internet. Although correct information is hard to come by in a world full of fish myths, more often than not it is easier to find life-saving information through online communities, forums, and websites. Even better is when information from multiple, non-related, sites begins to match up and when trust worthy sources are cited in claims. Benefits of researching online are greater than the risk of following pet store advice blindly. While some websites are better than others for advice, there is a lot of correct information out there. Many of those websites or official sources are cited on this blog and its Facebook page. True facts are out there. It may take some time, and some research, but all animals deserve to be cared for in a way that will allow them to thrive. Taking the time to fact-check pet store employees can vastly improve the quality of life for Betta splendens at the least and save their lives at best.
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Once again, the Better Hearing Institute (BHI) is participating in National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month in November by highlighting the importance of hearing health to people with Alzheimer's disease and their caregivers. Alzheimer's disease is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time, becoming severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. Today, an estimated 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s, and they are supported by nearly 15 million caregivers. Alzheimer’s disease is now the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. (Source: Alzheimer’s Association) There is strong evidence that hearing impairment contributes to the progression of cognitive dysfunction in older adults. Studies also have shown that the use of hearing aids can help individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease. At the same time, research shows that although a significantly higher percentage of people with Alzheimer’s disease may have hearing loss than their normally aging peers, they are much less likely to receive attention for their hearing needs. For these reasons, BHI is encouraging hearing health professionals across the country to join us in raising awareness of this heart-wrenching disease, its early warning signs, and the related implications of unaddressed hearing loss. It is extremely important that a comprehensive hearing assessment be part of any Alzheimer’s diagnosis and that the hearing health community advocate for such an assessment on these individuals’ behalf. We also urge caregivers of people with Alzheimer’s disease to address their own hearing health, recognizing the negative impact that untreated hearing loss can have on their own quality of life and emotional well-being. There are several ways you can participate in National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. Here are just some ideas: - Organize a hearing screening in your community, perhaps at a local nursing home or senior center, in recognition of National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month. - Host an Alzheimer’s informational session for your patients. - Disseminate Alzheimer’s and hearing health information within your practice and local community. - Use various tools available from the Alzheimer’s Association to raise awareness about Alzheimer’s in your community. www.actionalz.org/AEDAChampions/brochure.asp - Include an article on Alzheimer’s disease in your practice Newsletter or on your website. http://www.actionalz.org/AEDAChampions/articles.asp - Publish one of BHI's customizable articles on Alzheimer’s disease. This would include either a press release or opinion editorial (see 2011 Alzheimer's Awareness Month Campaign). - Send information through listservs. - Hang posters in prominent locations such as your office, library, local mall, or church. http://www.actionalz.org/AEDAChampions/poster.asp For more information, please go to www.alz.org.
EPL Betting: Are Reds coming good at right time? Liverpool's rearguard has been unexpectedly leaky in recent weeks, not keeping a clean sheet in any competition since mid-March's defeat of Everton. Lee Dixon thinks a Steven Gerrard-powered reinvigorated Liverpool will have too much for Fulham at home. These two teams experienced hugely contrasting weekends, with Liverpool winning handsomely at Norwich shortly after Fulham had been embarrassed at Goodison Park. With Liverpool 1.68 to win, the odds say there'll be more of the same on Tuesday, but the Merseyside giants have not it all their own way at Anfield this year and Fulham have shown themselves capable of pulling off the odd big win. Let's see if we can pick out some solid bets ahead of this Tuesday nighter under the Anfield floodlights... As I mentioned, it's not been the finest season for Liverpool but Kenny Dalglish will be looking to round out a tricky campaign in style with wins in the league's remaining fixtures and more importantly next weekend's FA Cup final. For me, Liverpool's problems this season stem from the midfield where recent signings have disappointed and key performers have been injured. Charlie Adam, now out for the season, has not performed while Stewart Downing simply hasn't done enough. Jordan Henderson is a good player, and I think he'll be a success, but he's sometimes looked overawed. So, the Liverpool faithful must be delighted to have Steven Gerrard back now and they will be praying that Lucas Leiva comes back repaired and ready for next season. Gerrard's return, and the fact that Fulham have never won at Anfield in the Premier League (thanks for that stat, Opta!), gives me enough confidence to get behind Liverpool for a second win in four days. Under 2.5 Goals Luis Suarez's hat-trick at Norwich was a thing of beauty, but apart from him few of the men in red look like having goals in them - the Paraguayan has scored five of Liverpool's last eight. I don't think we're in for a hatful and I will be taking odds-against on under 2.5 goals accordingly. Liverpool Clean Sheet Liverpool's rearguard has been unexpectedly leaky in recent weeks, not keeping a clean sheet in any competition since mid-March's defeat of Everton. That must make Saturday's shutout of Norwich even sweeter, especially considering the Canaries have been regular scorers at home in their first season back in the Premier League. I like the look of the Liverpool back four and I think another clean sheet can be secured against Martin Jol's outfit.
!!! I love that whale....Betty, seriously, I would buy that fabric. How washable is it? I have a thing for whales. Fantastic! You did a great job! Love the whales too. Oh Betty you creative girl, you. I could see this stretched on canvas or pillows. WOW! Oh, it's so well done, looks professional. I wonder how you get the paint to be so smooth? Love, love, LOVE these whales! You've done it again! The whales are awesome!!! What do you plan to do with the fabric? Hopefully something adorable, because it should not go to waste. Have you considered selling your hand-painted fabrics on Etsy? cute whales! I love freezer paper stencilling, but i wish they were more re-usable. I think my next printing venture will be the potato prints from Lotta's book. Have you done any of those yet? Hi everyone! Thanks for the comments as always. I couldn't track down everyone's info to reply back to them. Leslieanne: Thanks! It is fabric paint (non-puffy kind, in a jar I think called Jacquerds) so it paints on very smoothly. Although it isn;t perfect. You can definately "feel" the paint. I am going to try silkscreen paint next which i think lies smoother. That is absolutely gorgeous! What a pretty blue. I like how the whales are close together, so they kind of interlock! The shape is great! LOVE it!! what a lovely cushion cover it would make... the whales are very cute , and the colours are just beautiful together. As Leslie said a cushion cover would look really nice. abcgirl- I haven't tried the potato print yet. I just ordered some cutters so maybe next week. :) I too am loving these whales. They are a great mix of whimsy and Escher-like geometrics. Wow! This is so pretty. This is good. So good. What a great, summery design. wow! This is gorgeous! that whale pattern is so classic! Love the whales!!! i love that whale! i know a certain little boy of mine that would love a print in his bedroom. such a talent you have!love, lindsay Ditto what Shannon said! You've inspired me. I went to buy that Lotta book at B&N and all their copies were missing the patterns in the back! Rotten thieves. Anyway, I seriously love those whales. Great work! hahaha. this is so great!!! i want a whale dress made out of this fabric. i love how the whales look like flowers all together--and freezer paper stencil? impressive! Post a Comment
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Giving to Boys & Girls Club of Nassau County FoundationThank you for your desire to support young people of Nassau County. With your assistance, we can help numerous young people reach their full potential. There are several ways you can give and help our youth. Your financial support is essential to our continued success. Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County Foundation, Inc. is a registered not-for-profit 501(c)(3) corporation. All contributions are tax-deductible in accordance to IRS rulings. Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County Foundation, Inc. is registered with the State of Florida and is in good standing with regard to its Solicitation of Contributions registration (#SC-12662). Here's how you can help right now: By clicking here. We accept Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express. 3. Commemorative Honor Walkway Brick Program 4. Give in Honor or Memory of a Special Person Remember a loved one or honor a special person dear to you in a tribute by making a gift from $25 to $10,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County Foundation, Inc. in her/his name. For example, you could also buy a commemorative brick in their honor. Guardians pledge to sponsor kids at our Boys & Girls Clubs for multiple years. Attendance at our Clubs costs $1,000 per kid If you would like to make a Guardian Pledge Payment using a credit card, please contact the Foundation Office at (904) 261-8666 or firstname.lastname@example.org. A Guardian Pledge Payment cannot be made online. Estate gifts provide countless opportunities for you to support the Boys and Girls Club of Nassau County Foundation, Inc., regardless of the amount. Gifts can be unrestricted or designated for a specific program or club. Planned Giving is the best opportunity for donors to maximize their gifts to the Foundation while maximizing their tax and personal You CAN make a difference in the future of the Foundation. Mail your tax-deductible contribution to: Boys & Girls Clubs of Nassau County Foundation, Inc. P.O. Box 16003 Fernandina Beach, FL 32035 Phone: (904) 261-8666 Attend events like our annual Benefit and others supporting the Boys & Girls Clubs. We also accept donations of stock and in-kind items (cars, boats, merchandise, etc.). Contact the Foundation Office at (904) 261-8666 or email@example.com further details._______________________________________________________________ Ways to Give Gift of Time The Boys and Girls Club of Nassau County Foundation (the Foundation) volunteers provide time and invaluable assistance to numerous children. Thousands of hours are donated annually by volunteers who give unselfishly of their time and talents to help children. These volunteers also raise significant funds to offset the cost of children’s services. Learn more about Volunteering for the Foundation. Gift of Money Charitable gifts help the Foundation meet our current goals and reach even farther in the future. By giving wisely, you can achieve the same outcome, too. Your gift can take multiple forms and can help you address a variety of personal financial goals. Do you want to make a significant gift during your lifetime, or would a gift as part of your estate work better? Do you have a particular asset that you are thinking of donating? Click here to see what options would work best in your particular situation. Bequests are the most common form of a planned gift. Simple wording in a will or trust adds a charitable estate. The value of the gift at death serves to reduce estate taxes. (Click here to download a fill-in bequest form) A donor designates a charity as beneficiary of his or her life insurance policy. A donor may also transfer ownership of a policy to the Foundation. If the charity also owns the policy, any future premiums you pay for the policy are tax deductible. As with gifts of appreciated securities, real estate that has increased in value can be an excellent “tax-wise” way to make a gift to the Foundation. It may allow you to claim a charitable tax deduction as well as avoid any capital gains tax liability. One way to make a gift of real estate is to give it outright to the Foundation. Another way is to arrange to remain in your home and agree to have it come to the Foundation at the end of your life, or upon the death of your spouse or children. This is called a Life Estate Agreement. With a Life Estate Agreement, you, your spouse, and your children may retain the right to use the property for the rest of your lives, and it will ultimately be given to the Foundation. You and/or your family will be responsible for paying taxes, insurance, and other maintenance expenses during your lives until the property transfers to the Foundation. You would receive a charitable deduction in the year that the contribution is made and that asset would be effectively removed from your probate estate. Gifts of real estate can be more complex than other gifts, and there are many factors to consider. Please contact us if you are considering a gift of real estate, and we will be glad to discuss it with you personally. The balance remaining in your retirement account after your death is subject to double taxation if it passes to your heirs: It is taxed both as income and as an estate asset. The result, over 75% of the account value may go to taxes. It is a better plan to designate the remainder of your account to the Foundation, and then use other assets for gifts to your family. 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Things are starting to heat up in Verizon land and CDMA-hugging BlackBerry addicts just got one step closer to seeing the highly anticipated Storm become a reality. The FCC just posted fairly secretive approval documents for an unnamed handset from RIM. Oh you crafty government workers. A quick glance at the image above pretty much instantly eliminates all mystery – the button placement, the form factor, the SIM slot for when you need to get your international roaming on… Yes, it’s the Storm. Now that the FCC is out of the way we can all sit back, relax and wait for RIM’s touchy feely handset to drop next month. Woo!
Ezra 9:6 and said, "I am ashamed, my God. I am embarrassed to look at you. Our sins have piled up over our heads, and our guilt is so overwhelming that it reaches heaven.Psalm 40:12 Countless evils have surrounded me. My sins have caught up with me so that I can no longer see. They outnumber the hairs on my head. I have lost heart.Psalm 65:3 Various sins overwhelm me. You are the one who forgives our rebellious acts.
\|New International Version (© 2011)\| He sent the ark of his might into captivity, his splendor into the hands of the enemy. King James Bible And delivered his strength into captivity, and his glory into the enemy's hand. American Standard Version And delivered his strength into captivity, And his glory into the adversary's hand. Young's Literal Translation And He giveth His strength to captivity, And His beauty into the hand of an adversary, Psalm 78:61 Additional TranslationsTreasury of Scripture Knowledge his strength. That is, the ark, where his power and glory were displayed. Psalm 132:8 Arise, O LORD, into your rest; you, and the ark of your strength. Judges 18:30 And the children of Dan set up the graven image: and Jonathan, the son of Gershom, the son of Manasseh... 1 Samuel 5:1,2 And the Philistines took the ark of God, and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod... 2 Chronicles 6:41 Now therefore arise, O LORD God, into your resting place, you, and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O LORD God... Psalm 24:7 Lift up your heads, O you gates; and be you lift up, you everlasting doors; and the King of glory shall come in. Exodus 40:34 Then a cloud covered the tent of the congregation, and the glory of the LORD filled the tabernacle. 1 Samuel 4:21,22 And she named the child Ichabod, saying, The glory is departed from Israel: because the ark of God was taken... Psalm 78:61 Parallel CommentariesAdversary Adversary's Ark Beauty Captivity Delivered Enemy Enemy's Foe Glory Hand Hands Hater Oppressor Power Prisoner Splendor StrengthAdversary Adversary's Ark Beauty Captivity Delivered Enemy Enemy's Foe Glory Hand Hands Hater Oppressor Power Prisoner Splendor StrengthTHE HOLY BIBLE, NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica®. Psalm 78:61 Mobile Bible Psalm 78:61 Bible Suite Psalm 78:61 Biblia Paralela Psalm 78:61 Chinese Bible 1 Samuel 4:17 The man who brought the news replied, "Israel fled before the Philistines, and the army has suffered heavy losses. Also your two sons, Hophni and Phinehas, are dead, and the ark of God has been captured." Psalm 63:2 I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Psalm 132:8 Arise, LORD, and come to your resting place, you and the ark of your might. Jeremiah 26:6 then I will make this house like Shiloh and this city a curse among all the nations of the earth.'"
This is a really good question. I think many of you know how important it was in all ancient cultures to provide hospitality. It was a responsibility and a duty to offer hospitality to the stranger. These actions were based on a specific protocol. Among them is that the stranger must be transformed into an ally by the offer of hospitality. This offer can only be made by the male head of the household or the male citizens of a town. It usually involved a statement about the duration of hospitality, but this could have been mutually extended. The stranger had the right to refuse, but this would obviously have been an affront to the host's honor and oftentimes would lead to serious conflict or attack. Once the guest accepted, more rules came into play: the guest could not ask for anything; the host provided the best of what he had; the guest responded with words of good news or appreciation for what the host had done; the host could not ask personal questions of the guest. The guest remained under the protection of the host until he actually left the zone of protection established by the host. So, let's see how this all plays out in the case of Jael and Sisera (Judges 4-5). Beginning with Sisera, he left the battlefield in defeat. He was already in a state of shame and, no doubt, sought refuge in the encampment of an ally (Heber's encampment). However, he went to Jael's tent, not her husband's. In so doing, Sisera had already violated the rules of hospitality by robbing Heber of the opportunity to provide it. This would bring dishonor to Heber and additional shame to Sisera. Some think that Sisera deliberately approached Jael's tent because it would have been the one least likely to be searched. They know that even though Heber would have protected him under the tent of hospitality, Sisera's enemies could have waited for him to leave and then attacked him. But by going to Jael's tent, Sisera also dishonored her. Approaching and entering a woman's tent when she is alone would have led to possible adultery charges for both of them. This would not bode well for Jael. Once there, he started making requests. He asked for water. Then he asked Jael to be on the lookout to make sure no one accidentally stopped by while he was there. Both of these requests impugn the integrity of the host; under the rules of hospitality, the guest cannot make any demands – even polite ones – because in a deep way, it reverses the position of host and guest. His requests of Jael could have been perceived by her as threats that could very well be considered hostile made against her by a stranger. On the one hand, it makes her actions more justifiable. On the other hand, she also violated the rules of hospitality. She had no right to offer it in the first place. She reassured Sisera that he had nothing to fear. As Heber's wife, Jael had a duty to uphold and support Heber's alliances. This would, however, be null and void if the stranger had threatened her safety. Some people might have trouble with Jael's actions. She welcomed a stranger into her tent, and then killed him. Those actions are inexcusable on so many levels. But one thing needs to be taken into account, which is simply that she might have been acting on divine impulse. The Spirit of God drove her to take this action. She was praised for this. Let's consider the alternative for a moment. Perhaps, if she had refused him hospitality, he would have been able to escape. How would that have been part of God's plan? She had to entice him; she had to make him believe he was safe. She didn't know that Barak was also on his way to her tent. And, if Barak had found him alive, Sisera might have suffered many worse indignities. He would have had to pay for the years he had been oppressing God's chosen people. His ultimate fate would have been the same. He would have been killed. We don't know if Jael knew about Deborah's prophecy – that Sisera would be killed by the hand of a woman. But Jael surely knew about the oppression. She knew about the raging battle. She knew what was at stake. Perhaps as soon as he found his way to her door, she knew she had been chosen for this task. And she did not shirk from her opportunity. If she had hesitated, he might have also harmed her. There is no telling what he would have done. So she acted, and that is why she was blessed by the angel of the Lord.
15 Now, brothers and sisters, I want to remind you of the gospelw I preached to you,x which you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2 By this gospel you are saved,y if you hold firmlyz to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. 3 For what I receiveda I passed on to youb as of first importancea: that Christ died for our sinsc according to the Scriptures,d 4 that he was buried,e that he was raisedf on the third dayg according to the Scriptures,h 5 and that he appeared to Cephas,b i and then to the Twelve.j 6 After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of the brothers and sisters at the same time, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.k 7 Then he appeared to James,l then to all the apostles,m 8 and last of all he appeared to me also,n as to one abnormally born. 9 For I am the least of the apostleso and do not even deserve to be called an apostle, because I persecutedp the church of God.q 10 But by the gracer of God I am what I am, and his grace to mes was not without effect. No, I worked harder than all of themt—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me.u 11 Whether, then, it is I or they,v this is what we preach, and this is what you believed. 12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,w how can some of you say that there is no resurrectionx of the dead?y 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised,z our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.a But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.b 18 Then those also who have fallen asleepc in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.d 20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,e the firstfruitsf of those who have fallen asleep.g 21 For since death came through a man,h the resurrection of the deadi comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.j 23 But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits;k then, when he comes,l those who belong to him.m 24 Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdomn to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.o 25 For he must reignp until he has put all his enemies under his feet.q 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.r 27 For he “has put everything under his feet.”c s Now when it says that “everything” has been put under him, it is clear that this does not include God himself, who put everything under Christ.t 28 When he has done this, then the Son himself will be made subject to him who put everything under him,u so that God may be all in all.v 29 Now if there is no resurrection, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them? 30 And as for us, why do we endanger ourselves every hour?w 31 I face death every dayx—yes, just as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord. 32 If I fought wild beastsy in Ephesusz with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, 35 But someone will ask,f “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”g 36 How foolish!h What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.i 37 When you sow, you do not plant the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or of something else. 38 But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.j 39 Not all flesh is the same: People have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another and fish another. 40 There are also heavenly bodies and there are earthly bodies; but the splendor of the heavenly bodies is one kind, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is another. 41 The sun has one kind of splendor,k the moon another and the stars another;l and star differs from star in splendor. 42 So will it bem with the resurrection of the dead.n The body that is sown is perishable, it is raised imperishable;o 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory;p it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.q If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”f;r the last Adam,s a life-giving spirit.t 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.u 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth;v the second man is of heaven.w 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.x 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,y so shall weg bear the image of the heavenly man.z 50 I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blooda cannot inherit the kingdom of God,b nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.c 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery:d We will not all sleep,e but we will all be changedf—52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. 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- Bikes & Gear - Training & Nutrition - Ride Maps I wasn’t a great rider. I never made an actual break, even though I covered many. Over the course of the year I went back to the car for countless numbers of bottles, rode at the front for more miles than I can remember. What I can recall: almost every time I got dropped and rode through the cars. (I used to joke that sooner or later the organizers were going to have to assign me a caravan number, and I can still remember the license plate of Michel Cornelisse Vacansoleil Blue Volvo, since he saved my ass so many times over the year.) I don’t offer this summary for pity. I say it because it’s the truth. Before I left my job as the Associate Publisher of Bicycling last year, I was the man. Everybody knew me and when important, high-level stuff needed to get done I was the guy who got it done. One of the things that appealed to me about becoming a bike racer for the Cervelo TestTeam was the anonymity. I wanted a chance to be the guy who did whatever job he was asked to do then disappeared from everyone’s thoughts once the really good guys took over. There were people who didn’t understand what I was doing—who seemed to act as if what I’d achieved was an insult. And my story—working stiff gets second shot at his dream of racing pro—got enough attention in the cycling and mainstream media that I wasn’t quite anonymous. But I was close enough, especially in among the other riders, and the moments I enjoyed the most were when my legs were empty and I was rolling backwards after working hard for the team and came in with the last group. I have so many great memories from the season that posting any sort of comprehensive recap is impossible. I went through so much. In the first stage of my first race, I remember looking at the two guys who jumped away just 10k into that stage and thinking, “That’s the break.” Little did I know that was going to be the best chance I’d ever have to get into an actual move. I was right there, but I was under strict orders not to cover anything, to just make it through the race. Nobody knew if I could even finish one. I did. I dropped out of a lot, too. And I crashed—once into an ambulance. One of the toughest days for me was in the Tour of Poland, when I got dropped in Stage 6, just one from the end. My daughter had come to see me race, and the day she got there I didn’t finish. People often ask what it’s like to get dropped. For me, for most of the year, it was just like your body shut down. It was usually in sections where things weren’t going hard. The race would be steady, but your body just couldn’t go deep enough anymore. It was like that in Poland that day. The race wasn’t on at that moment. But the legs stopped producing power. If you’re going uphill at that moment, you’re gone. I look back and think about my teammates a lot. Throughout the year I brought bottles up, and throughout the year I had bottles brought to me. Guys like Heinrich Haussler woul go back and bring bottles for the team. You didn’t see that many places. That camaraderie is what I miss the most. I did a lot of races with Inigo Cuesta, Joaquin Novoa, Oscar Pujol, Ted King, Marcel Wyss, Theo Bos, Stefan Denifl and Davide Appolonio. Joaquin, Oscar and I spent a lot of time at the front working for Theo. And Theo won. I also rode in races with Carlos Sastre, Xavier Tondo, Thor Hurshovd, Andreas Klier, Brett Lancaster, Jeremy Hunt and Roger Hammond—the stars of the team, and they were all studs on the bike and great guys off it. I know people want to hear the bad stuff, but I’ve got none. I wonder about the staff, about Tex who rubbed my legs so much in the early season I’d fall asleep in the massage table, about Christian and Marc who did the same throughout the year, Yvonne and Sander who would bring me Hagel Slagt from Holland so I wouldn’t steal it from the Rabobank food box anymore, Marc our French mechanic who put up with all my jokes about him being French. These were people who rose early and went to bed late and in the middle managed to smile most of the time. This goodbye sounds a little dark, but that’s not how I feel when I think back on the season. The moments that will stick with me until I die are the countless little moments of pure, simple happiness on the road—the times when I was pedaling and pedaling and pedaling just like in the dream we all have, the start of my day’s at Paolo’s coffee shop in Lecchi in Chianti and the countless hours of solitary riding in those beautiful roads. I don’t feel like I can announce my retirement, because I don’t think I really had a career. I had a great experience, and was part of a great team. When it got hard I did it for my team. But I also got my inspiration from the people who were following me. I was the guy in the office who one day found himself in Europe. I was living your dream, and I was afraid of letting you down. So I rode as hard as I could and as long as I could. You deserved that.

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