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The Guardian presents Le Havre/Mark Pagel, London
What has a Finnish-made film about illegal immigrants in France got to do with a renowned evolutionary theorist? Or the Guardian? The film in question is Le Havre, by Aki Kaurismäki, a gentle yet robustly political parable set in the French coastal town of the title, with a similar tone to a previous film, The Man Without A Past. Pagel, meanwhile, is an evolutionary theorist who operates on every scale, from genetic codes to language, culture and the history of human co-operation. That gives you a clue to his take on the movie, but the post-screening discussion could lead anywhere, especially since you can watch the film on the Guardian website, submit questions, read the live blog and watch the film any time in the next two months.
Curzon Soho, W1, Fri
Young People's Film Festival, Leeds
This is the type of festival that the Easter holidays were made for, and it manages to cover all bases. For the very young, there's the Octonauts on the big screen, with added treasure hunt. In the middle, there's a selection of quality international children's movies and animation from Michel Ocelot's gorgeous Tales Of The Night to Spain's Morph-like Capelito The Magic Mushroom. Teens will go wild for the twisty The Cabin In The Woods by Buffy The Vampire Slayer creator Joss Whedon. Parents can relive their youth with retro fare Labyrinth and Oliver! And hearts of all ages will melt with the uplifting Muppet documentary Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey.
Hyde Park Picture House, to 5 Apr
Made In Britain, London
The complaint that women are underrepresented across the film industry in the UK is likely to hold up for decades to come, but there's surely never been a better time for role models. This season reminds us of how far we've come just in the past decade, and how many of Britain's brightest film-making talents are women. Andrea Arnold, Lynne Ramsay, Joanna Hogg, Carol Morley, Lucy Walker, Clio Barnard – they've taken British film to the Oscars, Cannes and everywhere else, and more importantly, they've produced some of the defining films of the era, from Morvern Callar to Fish Tank, Dreams Of A Life to Unrelated, all of which feature in this season. That's surely progress?
BFI Southbank, SE1, Mon to 30 Apr
Titanic, Belfast
What better place to mark the centenary of the almighty maritime disaster than the Belfast docks from which the ill-fated liner was launched? And don't say, "on the sofa watching Julian Fellowes's TV version." Beside the Titanic dry docks there are screenings of the Titanic-themed 1958 classic A Night To Remember (Mon) and the new Irish-made Saving The Titanic, which focuses on the heroic engineers (Tue). And that's just the tip of the … er, sorry. And next week there's a Titanic-related pop-up cinema at Belfast City Hall. In London, meanwhile, the BFI presents Titanic movies from EA Dupont's 1929 obscurity Atlantic to a troubled Nazi propaganda version, and Hitchcock's attempt to film the story in Hollywood – which unfortunately ended up meeting a similar fate to the ship itself. Not to mention James Cameron's recent, glitzy, 3D-ified Titanic, at the BFI IMAX and elsewhere.
Various venues, Mon to 28 Apr, visit belfastfilmfestival.org and bfi.org.uk


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If you are looking for some nice classic VW Scirocco, maybe a GT, now is the time.
The last-of-the-line manual GT has 75,000 miles on the clock and comes with a fresh MoT. It's incredibly rare, but remember, the 1.8-litre model isn't fast by modern standards, and the annual road tax bill comes to a hefty £185.
A group 14 rating also makes insurance expensive, although the £1,295 price means you should have some cash to spend on running costs. Its rarity – plus the reappearance of the Scirocco badge on a new VW product – means its value is unlikely to drop any further. So, this is a good potential investment for the future.
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Ximba Radio: Developing a GTK+/Glade GUI to XM Satellite Radio
The use of global variables is not the only issue experienced developers might take with my methodology. Another is my choice of using a deprecated GTK+ widget: the CList, also known as the columned list widget. Deprecated implies that the widget, while still part of the current distribution, is no longer being developed actively and may be removed from the GTK+ distribution in the future.
The current replacement for the CList widget is the Tree and List widget. Ximba Radio requires list entries to be added and removed dynamically on a frequent basis. Neither the CList nor the Tree and List widget were helpful with this requirement. However, because the CList was designed specifically for handling lists and not expandable trees, I found it the less complex of the two choices. By definition, prototypes require getting an application up and running quickly with a standard or typical interface. CList support in Glade makes this possible without having to learn the complexities of the Tree and List widget. The trade-off will come later when I have to deal with the eventual disposition of the CList.
Ximba Radio makes heavy use of lists. All channel, category and favorites information is kept in columned lists. While the complete channel listings and the favorites are static lists that never go completely away, the category lists are dynamic. Users can enable or disable them from the display, making it easier to find stations based on their own preferences. To manage the dynamic nature of the category lists, I made use of GLib's doubly linked list, the GList. Few applications of any complexity can avoid the use of linked lists, and GLists are extremely easy to use. A one-way link list option exists, the GSList, but it costs little to have the two-way links in a GList, and reserving the option to travel in both directions in a list is worth any extra weight a GList might add.
One other pitfall to avoid comes with testing your application if you use pixmaps. Ximba Radio uses a logo pixmap in several places. The pixmap is not found if you run the application from the default src directory unless you first do a complete build:
./configure --prefix=<install directory> make make install
This process copies over pixmaps to a pixmap directory under the install directory prefix. For example, if <install directory> is set to /usr/local/ximbaradio, the pixmaps are installed in /usr/local/ximbaradio/share/ximbaradio/pixmaps. Once installed, the compiled program finds the pixmaps correctly. If the pixmaps are updated, the make install step needs to be rerun. Switching to compiled logos—that is, making them part of the binary so relocation issues are not relevant—is possible with modifications to the support.c file. I've done this for previous applications, but the technique is beyond the scope of this article.
I managed to get the complete application written in approximately 30 hours of total work. Most of that was spent on core code. UI code was completed in perhaps ten hours of total work. The application matches the Windows UI in all major features and the Preferences are easy to manage. The UI code is independent of the core code, although some dependency on the callbacks.c file still is present.
Development of Ximba Radio continues. Plans include adding audio control options and a GStreamer-based reflector. The reflector, Ximba Radio and OpenXM will combine to allow remote access to PC-based XM Radio satellite service.
Glade 3 is under development, and it's expected that the code generation feature will be removed. Because this upcoming release has been long in development and its release does not appear to be close to the horizon, working with generated code remains a viable option for Glade-built prototypes for the near future. That said, prototype development does remain fast and painless with GTK+ and Glade.
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Is it possible to download the sourcecode for Ximba? I'm a current subscriber to XM Radio for my car and would like to have this for my PC in the future. Thanks!!
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Try going to the Authors website
Usability and design of Gnome Applications
some suggestions on how to make your application fit in better with other Gnome applications.
a menubar with only two top level menus is a waste of prime real estate
if at all possible add in some more menus like perhaps
an edit menu with undo, redo, cut, copy, paste, select all, preferences
a view menu, with ...
a Radio menu with ...
a row of buttons! you really should use a real toolbar.
not only will it look better but it will allow users to choose to have text labels or not
the Ximba Radio graphic is nice but wouldn't it be better to save it for the About Dialog rather (with useful version and author information) than having such loud branding?
good luck
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Umar Farook, a priest from Lahore, Pakistan, with Muslim students during Eid celebration at Lautoka Jame Masjid. Picture: JAI PRASAD
LOVE and togetherness are two of the foremost values associated with the celebration of Eid-Ul-Fitr by millions of Muslims across the globe.
Here at home, nearly 3000 people gathered at the Lautoka Jame Masjid to celebrate the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Priest Haji Hafiz Musa Patel said Muslims around the country had fasted for a month and conducted the mandatory five prayers a day without fail.
"People also gave selflessly to the poor and needy.
"They also took out 40 per cent of their pay and donated it to the poor. They did not only give the poor monetary assistance but food items and clothes," he said.
He said they offered prayers for all citizens of the country.
"This was to spread peace and happiness to all. It is very important for people of our country to be united and live together in harmony."
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Matt was born in northeastern Ohio in 1983, but later move to Alanta, Georgia when he was eight years old. In high school, he spent much of his time playing sports including baseball, football, and golf. His love for baseball led him to a position as a batboy with the Atlanta Braves.
While studying at the University of Georgia, he was selected as a competitor in the 2004 reality television series Manhunt: The Search for American's Most Gorgeous Male Model. Believe it or not, Matt did not win the competition, however, he did succeed in making in the show's top 10 (bless). Some people suggested he was not 'uber-ripped' enough to win the competition as a male model, I have no objection with that, but at the same time you cannot dismiss the fact he is indeed beautiful. I like that he has a 'normal' guy's body, not too chiselled, just normal and toned, and a cute pretty face is always a bonus!
After the competition, Matt decided to move to Los Angeles to follow his dreams of making acting a career. It didn't take this athletically built, blue-eyed hunk long to find work, and after a handful of TV guest appearances, he landed the plum role as the President's son Horace Calloway in the ABC television drama Commander in Chief in 2005. Rumor has it (and for now, it's just a rumor) that Matt's character might 'come out' at some point in the series. The hot First Son of US is a homo? The president will definitely get my vote!
Click HERE to watch the exclusive interview of Matt commenting his role in Commander in Chief. He is so drop dead gorgeous!
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Our thoughts are with the family and friends of former Kent steward Robert 'Bob' Deveson who has died.
Bob worked for the club in the HRGO Harris Room for over 15 years until his 'full' retirement several years ago.
Bob was born in 1928 and spent his whole life in Eastry. He left school at 14 and joined his father's bakery and took the business over in the mid-1960s and ran it until his retirement in the 1990s.
Honorary Curator David Robertson said: "Bob was more than just a popular Steward in the Harris Room. He went about his duties in a quiet, discreet and dignified manner – sometimes not an easy task especially towards the end of a day's play!
"Always smartly dressed, he had a welcoming smile for everyone, he knew many of the Harris Room visitors by name and went out of his way to make sure that everyone had an enjoyable day.
"He was a great lover of Kent cricket and following his retirement was warmly welcomed in the Harris Room and around the ground."
A Memorial service will be held at St Mary's Church in Eastry on Monday 6th March at 2.45pm, all are welcome to attend.


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7 Key Things to Keep in Mind Before Designing Your Website in 2016
When it comes to web designing, there are so many things to implement and keep it in mind that it is actually pretty tough to jot down the top 7 key points or things about web designing. But, still, in this article, we will try to make a list of 7 key things that one should keep in mind while designing for their website in this year 2016.
I talked about the year 2016, for only one reason. It's because Web designing is all about latest trends and being in parity with your contemporaries in terms of attracting new visitors and also content and aesthetics.
A website, also written as web site, is a collection of related web pages, including multimedia content, typically identified with a common domain name, and published on at least one web server. A web site may be accessible via a public Internet Protocol network, such as the Internet, or a private local area network, by referencing a uniform resource locator that identifies the site. All publicly accessible websites collectively constitute the World Wide Web, while private websites are typically a part of an intranet.
However, in the field of web designing, every now and then trends keep on changing and thus making it quite difficult for the web designers to keep track of all the latest trends and changes.
However, without further wasting any time and space, let us get down to the task of making a list of 7 key things to keep in mind while designing our websites in the year 2016.
7 Key things to keep in mind before designing your website in 2016:
- An interactive web design: Irrespective of the time or the area to be precise in which you have been assigned the task of web designing, an interactive and responsive web design is always in trend and also in demand. One of the best and basic example of a responsive and interactive web designing is having a mobile version as well as a desktop version of your website along with a strong communicating platform / feedback for the users/visitors.
- Website resolution and branding: One of the important trends to keep in mind while designing your website is to use high quality, high definition original image. Websites with high resolution images and with attractive fonts contribute towards 50% more conversion rates.
- Aligning the appearance of your homepage more with the interest of target audience and your company's/website's key performance metrics also goes a long way when you are thinking to design your own website.
- Navigation: We are in 2016 and in a time where we all are used to everything fast right from cars to web browsing. So, keeping your navigation options in your website easy to use and understand is another key thing you should keep in mind before designing your website.
- Before you start designing your website make sure to design the contact page with proper details and in a very prominent way. This increases your website's conversion rate by 20%.
- Another web designing key thing to keep in mind is to create high quality and catchy content. A well written with facts and figures intact goes a long way in increasing your website's visibility as well as the conversion rates.
- Active blogs, videos, call to action tabs, functionality & usability are few other key things one should keep in mind before designing your website in 2016.
Keeping in mind all the points listed above should help you in designing your website effectively and efficiently.
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Simon Hopes is a renowned author and social media enthusiast. But, it may be not so tough if you and I, the designers stay focused and be clear about our requirements and priorities regarding the designing, says dataperk, who are one of the leading experts in the field.


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I just finished Wonder Trading a box full of Adamant/IV-bred/Bulletproof Chespins. There were plenty of nice people giving away other good Pokémon tonight - examples are Bulbasaur, Charmander, Skarmory, and Zoroark. Each time someone sent a nice Pokémon, I nice'd them and gave them Hatching Power 3. I was going to do the same to the guy who sent Zoroark, but his profile message was something insulting about women and/or gardening equipment (I can never fully understand such people), so I can't honestly describe him as nice.
Also I received a Bunnelby nicknamed "R4pe." Some folks just like to ruin things for the heck of it, eh?


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"It wasn't because of my 'advanced' age that my ankle broke."
— New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, 38 and out until at least the All-Star break, scoffing at the question of whether he ponders his baseball mortality.
"I thought David Ortiz's choice of words was outstanding."
— Commissioner Bud Selig, on Ortiz's "This is our [bleeping] city" oratory before the Red Sox played their first home game after the Boston Marathon bombings.
"I was engaged in discussions in the world about pictures, as in paintings, not pitchers, guys who can or can't paint the strike zone."


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|Reviews for Give me a number, brand me a name
| JJR Meerraf chapter 1 . 4/21/2004
Good work, definately a genre not everyone tackles, but you did it masterfully. I liked how everything rhymed with "name" Good job!
| jsullins chapter 1 . 4/11/2004
Hm... I somewhat like it, although it could be better. You may wish to work on the flow of the piece. I think your strongest point of the poem is the last couple lines. "You can always kill a life, but beliefs you can never drain." That is such a powerful statement. I love it. Well done.
-Niniane, Lady of the Lake-
| Nerf chapter 1 . 3/23/2004
the beginin and d end r my favourite part, reli strong poem well done.
| IHJ chapter 1 . 3/9/2004
Powerful and I adore the message behind it. It's brought out well.
Izzy J.
| LastUnicorn4life chapter 1 . 3/3/2004
Wow...I don't know what to say, so... dunno! I couldn't really say I liked it... I liked the words, not the facts
See you
| simpleplan13 chapter 1 . 2/22/2004
aw very sad goiod job tho.. powerful and cool rhymes
| kitty chapter 1 . 2/22/2004
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From The Chronicle's Bruce Jenkins, at the game in Philadelphia:
We're now 1 1/2 games into the Philadelphia series, and the fans' reaction toward Barry Bonds has been relatively tame — especially for this city. I put a lot of it in the ballpark. The old Veterans Stadium was a rotting, dingy place that seemed to attract the dregs of the earth. There were nights when it seemed that everyone in the building was a hardened criminal — or wanted to be. Citizens Bank Park, now in its third season, is a veritable playground of a stadium, charming and wonderful in every sense (save the dimensions, if you happen to be a pitcher), and it feels more like Southern California than the East Coast. The crowd's mood is decidedly softer, the attitudes kinder. Of course, that's only throughy 1 1/2 games. Tomorrow night is a Sunday ESPN game, so maybe the lunatics are saving their best torment for national television . . .
One of the park's most interesting features is the bullpen setup beyond the fence in deepest right-center. The Phillies' relievers are camped out right behind it, and the Giants are one level up. Which makes one wonder: If a fight breaks out, and the Phillies sprint immediately to the scene, do the visitors have to take an elevator? Do they miss out on everything because some catering crew is delivering carrots and shrimp to the concession level above? They make it easy for one player to get down to field level, but a mass stampede would seem to be unwieldy. OK, it's a reach, but what else are you gonna say when a sorry-looking Giants team is down 3-0 in the sixth inning? . . .
One thing about trying to see both sides of the Barry Bonds issue: You wind up being hated by just about everyone. Rightly or wrongly, I've been a harsh critic of Bonds' attitude and arrogance, especially during last season, when he wasn't on the field and embarrassed himself in press conferences and his dismissal of the Giants' medical crew. Consequently, a lot of readers have stamped me as a Bonds hater, a racist — basically someone who should be subject to a public stoning. Now, when Bonds comes to the plate, I forget all that. I love to watch the man hit, because his genius goes way beyond steroids, and I'll feel that way until he hangs it up.Just the other day, when Bonds homered off the Mets' Billy Wagner, I praised him to the skies. So in certain quarters, I'm a pitiful apologist and should, well, be subject to a public stoning. Happy hatred, everybody! I'm just trying to be objective.


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|Reviews for A New Life
| rmpcmfan chapter 1 . 2/25/2014
Just stumbled upon this story. Fantastic, so well written, I hung on every word.
| Guest chapter 1 . 7/30/2012
Please do another chapter where the team find out about her kid
| Babi Baker chapter 1 . 7/27/2012
Woah! I really like this chapter, a little sad, but hey! Life isn't all about happiness and you express it really well! I agree with you is a Tuscan Ville not some place in france! I would like a second chapter! Please give it a shot!
| miaa29 chapter 1 . 12/1/2011
Great story and I definitely would love a story about the present day and the team finds out about the child. I also look forward to your story where she keeps the baby. This Emily/Ian stories rock ! Good going.
| Cat and NCIS Obsessed chapter 1 . 11/25/2011
These are good people, true white knights, and maybe a few years with them would clean some of the black from her soul.
But then, her soul is clean.
She's Emily Prentiss, career FBI agent.
Love your last few lines.
You know, if you are writing all of these other stories, you should write one where she is pregnant and stays with Doyle (or at least a story about her seriously considering it). I do like the sound of your other stories and I'm glad to see you're writing more Prentiss/Doyle stories.
| Whiitewolf chapter 1 . 11/22/2011
I think this is nice as a stand alone and leaves room for mystery. I really adore this and the writing is great.
- April
| Lindsay chapter 1 . 11/22/2011
I haven't read the prospective companion but I love this as a stand alone. Your writing of detail is brilliant. You make me want to fall in love with this show all over again.
Your Australian friend,
| pagetftw chapter 1 . 11/20/2011
Omfg yes! Do both! Pretty pleaseeeeeee :D
| JohAnna chapter 1 . 11/20/2011
This should stay a stand alone. The other chapter could easily become a chapter story in it's own right. Much better story wise then trying to uplift a story that calls to be sad.
| Jamnut chapter 1 . 11/20/2011
Never thought about her having a baby by Doyle. Interesting. Hope to see another chapter.
| sarahb2007 chapter 1 . 11/20/2011
I would love to see more from you. Is it possible to do one where she keeps the child but also stays with Doyle? Please...
| FashionableRaid chapter 1 . 11/20/2011
Ummm YES to the first question about adding another chapter to this story. and EEEP! so excited to hear about your next story!
and PS. yes I also noticed she was speaking French, even though I dont speak french, but i recognized it and was also confused. If you watch the youtube video of the "behind the scenes" type stuff of season 6. The producers do say that Lauren Reynolds is supposed to be French, so maybe thats why? idk really though.. lol
| manu29 chapter 1 . 11/20/2011
I like so much your stories!
| bree chapter 1 . 11/20/2011
Amazing... more please!
| Nancy J. Lisse chapter 1 . 11/20/2011
Really really sad, but really really good, as always.
Yay for a second chapter!
And yay for a story where she keeps the baby!
Thank you!


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: Other People by Emmeline
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She went on to marry James Potter: Quidditch Captain, fellow Order member, and all-around Gryffindor. He lived out the rest of his brief life in the service of Lord Voldemort. But for a few months in her sixth year, they were friends, or something like itnot that it matters now. All that has been forgotten. Regulus/Lily
Genres: Drama, Romance Era: Marauders Characters: James, Lily, Lupin, Pettigrew , Regulus, Sirius Pairings: Other Pairing, James/Lily
Advisory: Mild Language, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2009.07.17 Latest Chapter: 2009.07.31 Updated: 2009.07.31 Status: COMPLETED (5626 words)
: Pick Your Own Mistletoe by Emmeline
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The man, viewed up close, was a pathetic sight: thin, straggly white hair fanned out around his haggard face as he gazed over the steaming teacup he clutched in one bony hand. He had a distinctly despondent air; it would almost have been comical had he not been so miserably alone.
Xenophilius spends his first Christmas Eve without Luna.
Entry in the New Year's 2008 Writers Duel, Boxing Day category.
Genres: Drama, General, Angst Era: Hogwarts Characters: OC, OtherCanon Pairings: OC/OC
Advisory: Contains Spoilers
Published: 2008.02.11 Latest Chapter: 2008.02.15 Updated: 2008.02.15 Status: COMPLETED (1910 words)
: An Apple Cleft In Two by Emmeline
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One face, one voice, one habit, and two persons! . . . An apple cleft in two is not more twin / Than these two creatures. 5.1.226. Sebastiana has always lived in the shadows-both of the castle's corridors and of her well-loved sister, Viola. In her fourth year, the flames of a burning goblet draw visitors from all over the world to Hogwarts, but they also gather the darkness. Ana's world is being changed this year, and she must change with it.
Genres: Drama, General Era: Hogwarts Characters: Draco, Harry, Hermione, Luna, Neville, OC, OtherCanon, Ron
Advisory: No Warnings
Published: 2006.11.29 Latest Chapter: 2007.08.04 Updated: 2007.08.04 Status: WIP (2963 words)


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We've got a new craft beer advocacy group in town and tonight they're hosting something we have yet to experience: a craft beer and cigar pairing.
This is Yeast Priests' first event (put on with the help of Butch Hoffer's and Giglio Distributing) and we're pretty excited about it. They'll have craft beer from Boulevard, New Belgium and Abita and will pair the beer with various cigars. Also on hand will be Ted's Cigars new HOPZ Craft Beer Cigar, a stogie seasoned with Centennial hops. The cigar's makers call it "a worthy complement to the great craft beers available today."
Even better: Butch Hoffer's has plenty of potential gifts if you've yet to pick up something for Father's Day. Come have a beer, a cigar and get something for Dad while you're at it.
When: 5:30 p.m. tonight
Where: Butch Hoffer's at Parkdale Mall, 6155 U.S. 69, Beaumont
Cost: Free
Online: Yeast Priests on Facebook


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This has been all over the news the last 24 hours or so, but the video is dated 1 year ago so I guess it's only just come out.
As someone who really struggles with heights – I find it hard to look at! It reminds me a bit of that wonderfully good documentary – Man on Wire, that I blogged about a couple of years ago.
Still amazed at just how high this building is. Also shocked by the light pollution, but that shouldn't come as a huge surprise in a city of 8 million people.
More pictures on Silent's website here.
As mentioned in a previous blog post of two years ago, I am not a massive fan of the Shard (primarily because of its location, rather than the building itself).


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Alex, yes, both incidents were reported. By the time of the second incident, the details of the first one had apparently been lost. I don't think they were particularly interested. I should add that in addition to the divorce, my sister sought a divorce from him and also a restraining order on the basis of the physical abuse she had suffered during the marriage. Following the divorce, he tried (unsuccessfully) to make a claim on her NHS pension and later made a series of allegations of serious professional misconduct which were found to be untrue (she is an NHS ward sister). My wife gave a witness statement in support of some aspect of my sister's case and I assume he is aware of this.
Ok - what do you want to achieve? Have you got CCTV?
Alex can we pick this up again please? I do have CCTV but it didn't capture the incidents ( I only installed it after the first incident and it had an error condition at the time of the second incident. In terms of what I'm trying to achieve, I would like to put on record what I think is happening in case it should happen again or otherwise escalate. The police response has been underwhelming - on the second occasion they suggested (over the phone) that a tree branch had probably come through the window, despite the two lumps of concrete on the floor. Does this constitute an emerging pattern of harassment and if so, what should I be doing?
But can you identify WHO is causing the harassment?
The problem you have is this - evidence.
It may be circumstantial but if it went to Court you would need to prove it.
I will outline the procedure but you need to be aware of that.
To apply injunction to stop any form of direct or indirect harassment you need to complete forms N1
And N16a
The Court will list the matter and see whether the injunction is contested.
If it is the matter will see whether the matter is contested and if so, give directions and set the matter down .
In the meantime the Judge will decide whether to make an interim harassment order.
If there is an injunction and is breached then they will be in contempt of Court. They could be warned, fined or sent to prison
Can I clarify anything about this today please?
Whilst acknowledging that I don't have direct evidence, is there any downside to pursuing it other than its unlikely to succeed?
Costs. If you lose then you would be asked to ask the other sides legal costs.


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Originally posted by NeeJ49er:
'Gentlemans Agreement" ??? WTF ???
I have never heard about opposing coaches talking "strategy" with each other, thats what game film is for ...Payton is such a baby, pop another vicodin and STFU
Jim should call him and say "well , we are going to pound on you and hit you guys hard .,.what about you"
Actually I have heard of coaches talking during pre season. I remember back in the day something along the lines where one coach asked the other coach to run a certain play against a certain player so he could see how he reacts. I wish I could remember


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FL - Michelle Parker, 33, Orlando, 17 Nov 2011 - #18
Michelle (Shelly) Parker has been missing since November 17, 2011. She dropped off her twins with their father, who she is not married to and no one has seen her since.
She last had contact with her brother on November 17, around 4:30pm. It was a text she was in Waterford. A search is underway. Her cellphone powered off at 8:08pm 11/17.
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Thanks to the birthday release of information, we now know that Michelle's phone was pinging along Hoffner Rd, moving west from Semoran Blvd in the evening, on the 17th. Interestingly, YS says LE said the Hummer was on Hoffner, "pinging," indicating to me (MOO) that she believes that the iPhone and Hummer were together at the time.
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I don't see that anyone posted about Lauren & attorney Matt Morgan being on HLN last night before the birthday celebration. I wish I had taken better notes to share more, but here's a paraphrased version of the interview based on my memory only: (I believe the show was Prime News w/Vinnie Politan, I know for sure it wasn't on JVM or NG, but before their shows)
He asked them to tell more about how/why they decided it was important to search 66 miles away from Orlando area in Palm Bay. Lauren said that "they were told" there was a likely connection between there & MP disappearance and that there's a construction site where "someone" worked at that should be checked. Then Lauren was asked if LE was sharing details with them and Matt, the attorney jumped in to say that no, they do not but do guide them to help in search efforts as needed.
Above is based on MOO of my recollection of the TV segment seen yesterday, 1/20 on HLN.
I tried to look today on web to see if any site is reporting this TV appearance with more transcribed details, but I can't find anything yet.
Edited to correct date of show from 11/20 to 1/20
( which, IMO, is probably why she was at that particluar KFC, maybe it's close to where-ever it is that their salon purchases their products from.)
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According to Google there's a Sally Beauty Supply not far down the road from the KFC. I didn't see any listings for professional beauty stores though. I had a question and maybe it has been discussed. In the article about the KFC visit it mentioned that it was found by following up on a tip. She paid by credit card so wouldn't they have found this on their own, early on, by looking at her cc activity?
We know for a fact, today, that Hoffner is a place that her cell-phone was on at about 4:30 in the afternoon on November 17th," said Stewart.
Read more: http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news...#ixzz1kEDNjqDJ
OK can we make the case that this could be the location of the 4:26 text Waterford
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Great, captdj! Thank you. It's good to have a link.
I do think it's very possible that this could include the Waterford text. Only problem is that Hoffner is about five miles long, so we'd still have to make assumptions about the location.
GrammaMaybe said something about the pings moving on Hoffner west of Semoran, which helps narrow it down kind of, but I don't think I read that in the links you provided. Would be great to have a link that added in that info.
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Come out of the condos, head North on S Goldenrod, turn left at the 1 st major intersection which is Hoffner, head West on Hoffner, cross S Semoran (436) follow Hoffner, cross the Hoffner Bridge (Lake Conway) (Belle Isle) continue on to Orange Ave., turn left on Orange, next intersection is Oakridge and Orange. Turn right (Jesse Blacks) and Wa La you are now on Oakridge Rd.#prayfororlando
That looks like the route going to DS2 home and then the Nela bridge route back maybe
Other than Crimeline have you seen anything saying from her phone recordsshe was in the area of Sand Lake and Orange.
Other than us using that information... its interesting that this hasnt been picked up by MSM....I can see getting the 4:15 wrong because information in the beginning had the information Dale gave of her arriving at 4PM.
But to say they got infor from her phone....meant LE gave that info..
(this report is dated 11/18/11. so either they( LE }was being really vague about this area or crimeline was told something that LE hasnt told anyone else....(that I can find anyway.}
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It definitely sounds like a trail of pings! And I agree with your route, Sparky. No proof of this, but sounds to me like he was avoiding Lee Vista, maybe avoiding the intersection with the camera, so he could have exited out the north exit from the condos and made a u-turn at the next divider break, and headed north on Goldenrod to Hoffner.
Maybe he took the north road from his condo unit instead of the south road that had a couple of surveillance cams mounted on condos. Wonder if that north road had some surveillance cams too.
Strangely the same time Dale says he is in route to his Parents home..
Do you think he told police he travelled that route or do you think he would make up another route....If he had his cell phone ON then he cant lie his way out of that.....
I have to say again if he had Michelle Phone and his phone on all night carrying both around.......he deserves a spot on Worlds dumbest criminials.
Dale could be doing this right now
Coming home that way in 5 pm traffic is a bear!
ETA I wanted to add Hoffner is only two lanes all the way from Goldenrod to Orange Ave.
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Very interesting about her cell phone pinging close to the condo at about 4:30pm. So we know DSJr was lying about the time MP got there and the time she left at the very least. (Well we knew that anyway from the video) But if her phone was pinging near the condo at around 4:30pm and his alibi about being at his parent's house at that time and an unrelated witness saw him was airtight, he never would have been named a suspect IMO.
If no one other than a family member is vouching for him being at the parents at 4:30pm that opens up a huge window of opportunity. I wonder how a seasoned attorney like MN would get caught up in that timeline if it's just a family member vouching for him being there?
And if he was 100 percent there by an independent witness, who wasn't there?
There has to be at least one witness siting of either the Hummer or the red truck on this route. I can't believe he travelled all that way without anyone noticing...especially if it was the Hummer. And if there are none, maybe neither of these vehicles were on this route with MP's phone?
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Puck Previews: Hunter, line one; Lightning, Wild in trap-off
Preview: Tampa Bay Lighting at Minnesota Wild, 7:30 p.m. EST
Two of the NHL's most notorious trapping teams go head to head in a game that's sure to be one of the trippiest, trappiest affairs of the NHL season. The neutral zone will be anything but. That said, don't think this one won't be entertaining -- both teams are on the precipice of three-game streaks. The Lightning are riding high right now, having won two straight over the weekend, and the Wild are in the midst of their first rough patch of the season, having surrendered five goals in each of their last two games, both losses. Big game for both sides.
Preview: Dallas Stars at Colorado Avalanche, 9:00 p.m. EST
As if things couldn't get any worse for the Stars, their current 2-6-1 streak has been compounded by the loss of Kari Lehtonen, who will miss at least three weeks with a groin injury. Andrew Raycroft gets the start for the Avalanche, which is a little concerning, since he's 0-7-0 in his last seven appearance with a 4.53 GAA. But that just means he's due.
Preview: San Jose Sharks at Los Angeles Kings, 10:30 p.m. EST
Dale isn't the only Hunter having a good day. Trent Hunter gets his shot on the Kings' top line tonight, playing with Anze Kopitar and Dustin Brown. It's the long kind of shot, but the Kings have struggled to create offense all season and have only 7 goals in their last 4 games, so it definitely can't hurt to try. They'll have to be sure they don't open up in order to create chances, however. The Sharks are second in the league in shots, and their offense is clicking just fine.
Evening Reading:
• Entrepreneur Danny Crossman, a British army vet, has developed a sensor that alerts people when a player suffers a severe blow to the head. This could render hockey blogs obsolete. [The Globe & Mail]
• Two members of an Edmonton midget hockey team are in the hospital after the team bus hit a slippery patch and crashed. [CBC]
• Glen Gulutzan on Kari Lehtonen's groin: "It's not a 'high groin pull' it's kind of a low strain, a low pull, so those tend to heal a little bit better." Dude really knows his groin pulls. He's like a groin whisperer. [Defending Big D]
• On the Nashville Predators' struggle generating and preventing shots. [Copper & Blue]
• Stathead Cam Charron on which teams are due for a regression. [Backhand Shelf]
Puck Buddy Comment of the Day: I enjoyed this anonymous comment, on new coach-speak:
does any coach, when questioned about style, not say 'up tempo", "attacking", or "aggressive". I want a coach that says i'm played lethargic, laid back and casual.
"We're gonna wait for the play to come to us and hope for the best."
Bold prediction: Trent Hunter gets two goals in a Kings' win over the Sharks.


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Hasselblad Announces New Cameras and New Backs
H2D digital camera, Ixpress CF and CFH backs, plus H2 cross-platform camera.
All the new products are fully compatible with Adobe's RAW image format (DNG), and files produced now carry a full set of metadata. The new cameras also offer an optical format larger than 35mm (37 x 49 mm), and Hasselblad's FlexColor image-processing software, which can run on Mac as well as Windows formats. Using RAW DNG-generated files, the newest version of the software allows photographers to manipulate color temperature and compare image details across multiple images for precise image selection. FlexColor also now includes a color engine to produce reliable out-of-the-box color.
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The H2D is a 22-Mpxl, single-shot, auto-focus digital camera that is designed around the company's H2 medium-format camera (see below). The H2D features a capture rate of 1.5 sec/image, a 2.2-in. OLED display, and image sizes up to 132 MB in 16-bit RGB. Shutter speed range is 1/800 sec to 32 sec
The camera is compatible with Hasselblad HC lenses with integral leaf shutter and lenses from the V system with optional CF lens adapter. The H2D's modular design also allows easy access for cleaning of the sensor. Image storage can be via CF card, external FireWire, or tethered. Price: $26,995.
Custom-designed to be compatible with the new H2 single-shot camera, the 22-Mpxl Ixpress CFH digital back features a 2.2-in. OLED display, and produces 16-bit RGB files up to 132 MB. In addition to the H2, the Ixpress CFH is compatible with all view cameras via the Hasselblad H system adapter. Image storage can be via CF card, external FireWire, or tethered. Price: $24,995.
The Ixpress CF line of backs comprises the single-shot Ixpress CF 132 and the single/multi-shot Ixpress CF 528. Both are 22-Mpxl backs with the Hasselblad open camera interface, and the i-Adapter that allows photographers to use the back with a variety of professional SLR and view cameras. The color resolution of captures can be increased by means of the 4*Res module, resulting in maximum resolution and moire-free images; the 4*Res module is standard with the 528 and optional with the 132. Price: $24,995 [I think this is the price of the 132, but the 528 is closer to $30k, according to info I found on Galbraiths' site, check with hasselblad]
The medium-format, dual-platform H2 builds on the company's H1 camera introduced in 2002. Capable of handling digital and analog capture, the SLR-type H2 is compatible with all Ixpress, Ixpress CF, and Ixpress CFH backs as well as some third-party backs (and film magazines). New features include integral supply of power to the new Ixpress CFH digital back, functions that support the Ixpress CFH's digital back, plus additional meta-data stored in the image file. The camera is compatible with Hasselblad HC lenses with integral leaf shutter and C-type lenses from the V system with optional CF lens adapter. Price: $2808 (body only). (Hasselblad: www.hasselbladusa.com)


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1902 American Steam Fire Engine, manned by Blaze the Dalmatian. Photos courtesy of Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance.
Following a growing trend among concours organizers of recognizing vehicular beauty in more than just Full Classics, luxury, and sports cars, the Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance this year dedicated an entire class to pre-war fire engines and awarded top honors in that class to the 1902 American Steam Fire Engine owned by Dave Hubert of Coto de Caza, California.
Built by the American Fire Engine Company (predecessor to the American-LaFrance Fire Engine Company), the American Steam rig was purchased by the city of Reno, Nevada, for $5,353 in 1902. Assigned to Engine Company 1, registration number 2823 required a team of two horses to pull its 9,000 pound weight and served the citizens of Reno until its retirement in 1922. A few years later, the rig was acquired by the Southern Pacific Railroad, where it was used to extinguish snow shed fires along the Donner Pass until roughly 1930. Found in a California barn in 1991, the Hubert family restored the steam engine to its original glory; for the past 16 years, the rig has toured California to promote fire safety education.
Though it seems counter-intuitive today, steam fire engines quite literally used fire to fight fire. Capable of spraying water from an onboard tank or from an external water source, the big disadvantage to steam fire engine design was the time it took to raise steam from a cold boiler. In an 1897 operations manual from the American Fire Engine Company, fire departments are advised that, "the engine should at all times be kept ready for immediate service, with plenty of shavings and kindlings, in the fire box, and as much kindlings and coal in the fuel pan as can be conveniently carried." Waiting for the boiler to reach an operating pressure of 90 PSI must have been an exercise in frustration for firemen of the era, although many departments were slow to embrace the advantages of the internal combustion engine as an alternative technology.
Best of Show 1925 Hispano-Suiza H6b Laundolet DeValle Town Car, owned by Donald Nichols of Lompoc, California.
Though more conventional, the Palos Verdes Best of Show-winning 1925 Hispano-Suiza H6b Laundolet DeValle Town Car, owned by Donald Nichols of Lompoc, California, is no less impressive. Built for the family of Andrew Mellon, then the third-wealthiest man in the United States, the Hispano Suiza boasts a 402.6-cu.in. inline six-cylinder engine, producing an estimated 135 horsepower. Gifted to the family's chauffeur upon his retirement, the car remained in the same family until discovered in a Florida alley by its current owner in 1970. Stored until 2003, the car was then subjected to a frame-up restoration, completed earlier this year. Nichols's 1925 Hispano Suiza H6b Laundolet DeValle Town Car is no stranger to Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance glory, either; at the 2010 event, the car earned second place in its class and also captured the "Most Elegant" award.
For a complete listing of 2013 Palos Verdes Concours d'Elegance winners, visit PVConcours.org.
What a beautiful Pumper and well mannered Dalmatian.
Here is a similar machine with a Christie Front Drive added:
Very cool, but it would have made much more sense at a horse/carriage show.
Actually, those old pumpers were fairly quick to get up a head of steam. Often, with the guy on the back stoking the boiler while the run was under way, they were ready to start throwing water in short order.
Only TWO horses to pull that 9000 lb. monster? Amazing, being an old farm boy, it seems to me it would have required a four horse team and a very skillful driver to handle it all!! I've driven one horse [to a buggy], two, three and four horse teams pulling various farm pieces of equipment. Didn't enjoy any of it much but had to do it to help Dad out with the usual farming jobs. I couldn't wait to to gat old enough and big enough to run the Farmall tractor….
I wonder if it is in working order. Those old steam pumpers even as far back as the Chicago fire actually were at least as powerful as modern ones and could throw as much water just as far.Large cities had boilers in the basement of firehouses to keep steam in the engine's boiler constantly, with a quick detachable arrangement for the line so that they could go into service instantly with a full head of steam.
Hi-all, I am the owner of the steamer and can give you the correct anawers…
This type of steam Fire engine was kept hot at the fire house through the use of a station heater that circulating the water through the boiler.
No, not two horses, this engine needed Three horses to pull & stop it…They were Morgan/ Percherons
Yes, this is a functional steam fire engine, Boiler must be inspected and approved by the State of Calif every year…
Thank you Dave, and congratulations on your best in class!
Hey Uncle Dave,
One of my co-workers get this publication and seen this artical. I have told him about the steamer and he remembered and forwarded this to me. Congratulations on best in class. Tell Aunt B I said Hi and love too all.


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Player of the Week nominees: April 7-13
Is it conference championship week already? For some of the area's spring sports teams it was, as several track and boys tennis events to see who would advance to regionals were held last week. Along with that action, there were plenty of rivalry showdowns as well. Several players came up big, but who among them was truly the best. Check out the nominees for this week's Player of the Week honor and make sure to vote for your favorite at… Read More »


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First, great thoughts on YSL! You've expressed my mental impressions of this house as well. They have some very unique, and of course, controversial scents. Yet I find them all "wearable." I'd say there's a good chance they are my favorite "designer" house.
As far as my favorite overall, that's a more difficult question to answer. Right now I'd have to say Serge Lutens. I am just amazed at the quality of nearly every scent I smell from this house. I am also amazed at the range this house has. I get a real chuckle every time I read someone write that Serge Lutens makes only thick, sweet orientals, or that all his scents "smell the same." When I read that, I know that they have only tried Chergui, Fumerie Turque, and Ambre Sultan, and then only once or twice.
All his frags seem to have unique character, great development on my skin, and superb longevity. They all bring to mind an image or a story: a place, a time, and characters. Cuir Mauresque is one of my favorite leathers, if not my favorite. Ambre Sultan is my favorite amber scent. Fumerie Turque is one of my favorite tobacco scents. Vetyver Oriental is the most unique vetiver scent I've run across, and my favorite. Miel de Bois is the most astoundingly unique honey frag I've encountered. Borneo 1834 is about the only chocolate scent I like. It's also one of the only strong patchouli scents that I like, or would consider wearing. Encens et Lavande reminds that this house can also do ethereal, streamlined scents. Chene takes me back to childhood, walking in the woods in spring and summer. You want something weird? How about Tuberose Criminelle. Masculine? How about Gris Clair. Extreme animalism? How about MKK. Florals? He's got those covered too. The range is unreal and the quality is always high.
For second favorite, I'd say Malle, maybe MPG, or Villoresi, or Montale...there are so many to mention. But, Serge Lutens hits the most right notes for me.


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You may not like hearing this, but the Cleveland Browns are inching their way toward being good again. Well, toward being somewhat competitive again. Sorry, I got a little bit ahead of myself there for a second. Browns fans won't like hearing this, either. I've been saying for a few years now, and I'll keep saying it no matter how much they dislike it. The Browns won't be truly competitive again until they pick a quarterback, a head coach and a system and stick with them for more than one year. Today I was pleased to learn that Browns returner extraordinaire Josh Cribbs agrees with me. Frustrated after yet another loss last week to the Broncos, Cribbs vented his feeling about nearly everything: the organization, the fans, and the perennial changes. Here is an excerpt of his comments from Cleveland.com. "I hate that we rebuild every year," he said. "You gotta teach guys how to play special teams because, in college, you don't take special teams to heart. Guys don't pay a lot of attention to it. They don't know how important it is. Every year is a constant rebuilding process, every year. Coupled with that and the turnover and the regime [change] constantly happening, you know I'm not on the field by myself. . . . It's not a good recipe for successful football." His frustration is completely understandable. The one thing that the team needs most is stability. And it's the one thing their front office refuses to give them, forgetting that the quick path to success is neither easy to find nor long-lived. Here is a suggestion for Cribbs. Since you are a free agent after Sunday, give Marvin Lewis a call. You'd be a heck of an upgrade over Brandon Tate. And you'd get to play for a team that is building the right way, slowly winning back the fans in the process. Plus, best of all, you can rub it in to the Browns twice a year! Success and happiness are just phone call away.
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The new chairman of Fenland District Council has unveiled his new cabinet following a major shake-up to bring about a change in the authority.
John Clark has vowed a new "open and transparent" way of running the council after beating Chris Seaton in the recent leadership race.
His new cabinet features "old and new faces" as he tries to bring about a change to the council.
In a letter to councillors Mr Clark, who held his first full council meeting on Thursday last week, said: "I am well aware of the challenges that local authorities face during these uncertain economic times, and I am looking forward to working with all of you to ensure that this council continues to perform to the best of its abilities and actively pursue any future opportunities during these difficult periods.
"I am committed to ensuring that the council's actions are open and transparent, and that all members are kept fully informed of all relevant information and decisions through a variety of communication channels."
He also thanked members of the previous cabinet for their work.
The new cabinet includes Ralph Butcher as portfolio holder for Localism and Transport.
Mike Cornwell will be taking over Communities while Peter Murphy will receive the Environment role.
The community safety portfolio holder is now David Oliver, with Chris Seaton taking on finance. Will Sutton has been given neighbourhood planning responsibilities.
Michelle Tanfield will be taking on the Leisure and Children portfolio and Fred Yeulett looks after growth and young people.
Mr Clark added in the letter: "There are both 'old' and new faces, and some changes to the previous cabinet responsibilities, but I hope that, like me, you will support them in any way you can to ensure that they help the council to perform at its best."
The council also has a new chairman after Ken Mayor was elected. His deputy is Carol Cox.
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The election was held after the resignation of Phil Hatton, who was the planning committee chairman.


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On Tuesday, June 22, 2010, Anaheim Ducks defenseman Scott Niedermayer announced his retirement after 18 seasons in NHL. Niedermayer was one of the best defenseman of the millennial years and will definitely be a first ballot hall of famer.
Scott Niedermayer is only 36 years old and it looked like he still had some good years left in him. Sadly, Niedermayer decided to call it quits on Tuesday, in a move that one can not help but respect.
You see Niedermayer did something that so few athletes do in this day and age; retire on top before their game begins to fade away. Most guys stick around long past their prime and do not know when enough is enough (i.e. Chris Chelios). When they do this, watching them struggle to play the game like they used to is very difficult to watch and it is very sad.
What athletes fail to realize is,that by continuing to play the game when you are long past your prime you can damage your image. Instead of being remembered for being an outstanding athlete, people will remember you for not giving up the game when maybe you should have.
Niedermayer did the right thing Tuesday, and in many ways he really did go out on top.
Scott Niedermayer broke into the NHL in 1991, as a 19-year-old rookie defenseman for the New Jersey Devils. He only played in four games in the 1991-1992 season and registered just an assist, but the next season he would go on to become a starting defenseman.
In his first full NHL season, Niedermayer scored 11 goals and 29 assists totaling 40 points. He was also able to establish himself as an effective weapon on the power play by scoring 5 goals and 14 points. From this season on, Niedermayer would be one of the best power play players in the NHL.
When he hung up the skates on Tuesday, Scott Niedermayer ended his career with 90 goals and 245 assists on the power play, which are some pretty impressive numbers. He was always the man on the point during the power play and if you want to see what a good point man is supposed to do on the power-play go back and watch how Niedermayer did it. He was like a quarterback when he was out there on the power play and his career numbers showed just how good he was.
After Scott Niedermayer became an everyday starter for the Devils, the team's success began to grow. They began to make the playoffs consistently and in the 1993-1994 season the team came just a game away from the Stanley Cup Finals.
In the 1994-1995 season, Niedermayer alongside fellow great defenseman Scott Stevens, Ken Daneyko, Bruce Driver, and Tommy Albelin, the New Jersey Devils captured the Stanley Cup after sweeping the Detroit Red Wings in four games. The Stanley Cup victory was the first in franchise history and the first of Niedermayer's career. Many consider this to be Niedermayer's breaking out, and the most memorable event of the series was Niedermayer's incredible end-to-end goal in Game 2.
From here on out, the Devils were a team that would become known for their ability to win games and for their great defense. In the following seasons, Scott Niedermayer would continue to grow as an outstanding defenseman with some offensive ability as well. He would also go on to be an alternate captain for the Devils and he played with that title for years, behind captain Scott Stevens.
In 1999, Brian Rafalski joined the New Jersey Devils' defense and it would create two of the best defensive lines in the NHL; Scott Stevens & Ken Daneyko and Scott Niedermayer & Brian Rafalski. The solid defense of the Devils was one of the main reasons they made three Stanley Cup Final appearances from 2000-2003.
Niedermayer and the Devils won the Stanley Cup in 2000 and 2003, and they fell to the Colorado Avalanche in the 2001 final.
Niedermayer had an outstanding playoff performance in 2003 en route to the championship. He shared the most playoff points in the league with 18 that year alongside teammate Jamie Langenbrunner.
In the season following the 2003 Stanley Cup victory, Ken Daneyko retired and the Devils watched Scott Stevens and Brian Rafalski fall to injury and it was up to Niedermayer to carry and lead the young and inexperienced defense. Niedermayer did a great job in doing so and he was even named captain that season in Steven's absence. He put up 50 points for just the second time in his career and he was awarded the Norris Trophy at the end of the season for being the leagues best defenseman.
Sadly, after the lockout Scott Niedermayer decided to leave the New Jersey Devils after spending 12 seasons with the Devils. Niedermayer left the Devils to go play in Anaheim alongside his brother Rob. The Ducks signed him to a four-year $27 million deal in 2005 . The Ducks also decided to name him the team captain at the start of the season.
Niedermayer would continue to shine in Anaheim and he finally got the opportunity to show the world his offensive abilities in addition to his outstanding defense. In his first season as a Duck he put up 63 points and the following year he put up 69 points. These were numbers he could not put up in New Jersey due to their commitment to a defensive style of hockey. A style they proved to be successful.
In Niedermayer's second season as a Duck they added Chris Pronger, and him and Niedermayer would help lead the Ducks to their first Stanley Cup in franchise history.
It was Niedermayer's fourth Stanley Cup in his career and he had yet another excellent post season. A post season where he had such a great performance and displayed such a tremendous amount of leadership, that he earned the Conn Smythe trophy for being the playoff MVP.
Niedermayer thought about retiring after the cup and it appeared that he did, but then in December of 2007 he announced he would return and play the rest of the season. He would go on to play two more seasons with the Ducks, before announcing his retirement on Tuesday.
Not only was Niedermayer an outstanding NHL player, but he also displayed his talent at the international level while playing for team Canada. Niedermayer was two gold medals while playing for Canada in the Olympics in 2002 and this past February. He was also the team captain for the 2010 Canadian team. He was also part of the Canada team that won the World Cup in 2004 and the World Championships in the same year.
It is very sad to think we will no longer be able to watch this great defenseman play anymore. I watched him play for most of his career and I have to say that I'm proud he was a New Jersey Devil and it was in many parts thanks to him that the team was as successful as it was. Other players looked up to him and he was a great role model to young players. Niedermayer was never one to let his teammates or the fans down.
When all was said and done this week, Niedermayer finished up his career with 172 goals and 568 assists, totaling 740 career points. These are some impressive numbers, especially for a defenseman.
Niedermayer will always be remembered for his tremendous amount of skill as a defenseman, leadership, ability to win, and before I forget to mention it, his talent and speed as a skater.
Niedermayer was one the fastest hockey players in the league during his time and it played a role in what made him great at defense. He made it look so easy by the way he skated so smoothly and calmly. Most guys would try with everything they had in them to go full speed, but he did it using very little effort. His skating ability was put on display at several All-Star weekend skills competitions, where he often won the fastest skater.
When Niedermayer called it quits Tuesday, it got me thinking a lot about the past Devils teams and how they never really were the same after he left. Neidermayer brought a different element to the team and it was an element they still have not replaced defensively and in the locker room.
His track record speaks for himself. The guy is a flat-out winner and always has been. Even with the way he went out Tuesday, he went out a winner and at the top of his game.
Thanks for the memories Scott. You are and always will be one of the best defenseman and hockey players to ever play the game. I can only hope that one day the Devils organization does the right thing and raises number 27 to the rafters, as it is beyond well deserved. I mean let's be honest here. Niedermayer is going to be a first ballot hall of famer.If Daneyko and Stevens are up there already it just would not be right to leave out the guy who is just as good, if not better than the two jerseys already hanging up there.
Happy retirement Scott Niedermayer. Number 27 forever.


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Aaaaah... David Cameron wants to know how happy we are! Just like your average concerned dad, he wants (at a cost of £2m) to find out how we're feeling about life. The measure of our nation's success, he says, is not only about its GDP – it's also about our quality of life. And in order to improve upon it, he first needs to gauge where we all are right now in the happy stakes.
Three words spring to mind: brave, barking and mad.
Cynics have been chucking about words such as "woolly", "impractical" and "airy fairy", not to mention suggesting it's a smokescreen to distract from all the spending cuts and changes to benefits.
Now, I'm not against the idea of it – in a way it's applause worthy to consider the success of the country using a yardstick other than cold, hard GDP. But what is Cameron expecting to find, and is he prepared for it? More to the point, are we? When the results come out in 2012, will any of us really want to see, in black and white, just how miserable we all are?
Shadow Cabinet Minster Liam Byrne said: "It is a great irony that a government doing so much to spread pessimism...is going to start measuring wellbeing." You can't argue with that really can you? Even if they did inherit the problems they're now trying to sort out, we have massive unemployment, hundreds of thousands of redundancies in the public sector, slashes in benefits and funding, sky high education fees, long NHS lists... oh, and banks that are still paying huge bonuses and not sticking to their side of the deal. I could carry on but it makes me feel a bit depressed.
Cameron is not the first political leader to entertain the notion of course. Bhutan has been using its Gross National Happiness index for decades and French president Nicolas Sarkozy last year said that GDP alone was insufficient and the people's wellbeing should also be quantified. Even Tony Blair tickled the underbelly of the idea when he considered life satisfaction seminars – but he dropped it when he decided that fish was just too slippery.
Cameron is pushing ahead though, despite the taunts and jeers of his critics, and despite the fact that internet message boards are littered with scathing comments. I wonder if he caught this one by HW [my abbreviation]:
"Will he be fulfilled when a million plus of us march up Whitehall, occupy parliament and and all government buildings? All on the day of the royal wedding... sweet dreams 'Dave'..."
Crikey. Don't worry Kate, I'm sure it won't happen. Everyone will be too busy working the bank holiday trying to keep their job.
First task for the Office for National Statistics is to find out what we all value most (using a voluntary survey on their website) and the results will help them devise the measures they'll then use to gauge our wellbeing. Nice and simple, with little tick boxes, it asks participants to rate by importance issues such as income, distribution of wealth, health, education, crime, relationships with friends and family and the environment.
Well that's flawed from the start! The people least satisfied with life are so incensed that Cameron's even doing this, they're more likely to pick up their keyboard and whack him over the head with it than spend the 10 minutes it takes to contribute their opinions on what would make for a happier country. I bet HW hasn't done it.
The insane difficulty of defining happiness is unlikely to be helped by asking us to define it ourselves because we don't even know what would make us happy, apparently. We might think pots of cash would do it, but statistics tell us that after a certain amount of earnings, happiness levels off. Studies actually show that after an average income of £10,000 per capita, richer nations are no happier than poorer ones. If you think having children makes you happy, wrong! Research tells us the opposite is true. Married people are happier than unmarried people – but only if their partner is not neurotic (a trait associated with anxiousness and depression). We might think we all want loads of free time, but science says that overworked people are happier than underworked people. It's all about balance of course.
I don't know. As much as I like the idealistic notion of a government being concerned about our wellbeing and happiness, I keep coming back to the fact that it seems obvious what they should be doing and what we should be doing. It stands to reason that a society with low crime, a great education system and an efficient health service will make for happier people – and it's the government's job to do that. Perhaps we'd be less begrudging of higher taxes if they actually achieved it. When it comes to family ties, relationships and a sense of purpose in life, only we can make those decisions. Can central government promote a sense of community without our own individual willingness to participate?
Time will tell I guess. But he'd better not make us all too happy – we might start living longer and I'm not sure the nation can afford it.
By: Pip Jones


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Relations: A Very beautiful word, with in-depth meaning, reason to live & reason to cry, still very complicated.
It's all how we take it, but depends on circumstances, human nature and their mental growth.
(- ve): Some relations are based on materialistic things but not all, in today's world; our own choice/liking/thinking is always on upper hand which set the level and intensity of the relations. We do make our relations for money/status/contacts; generally it has become trend now. Money decides value of a person, strange isn't? Bundle of papers make man and also devalued him. Money breaks blood relations and also bring together strangers. Yes now a day's money play important role to set the levels of relations.
(+ve) All the relations are not materialistic, even today there are some relations which has no name but more precious than any other thing. Inner satisfactions, peace of mind are the words which bring together two souls and set new human relations, our conscious indeed require this but we don't follow it.
It has been nicely describe by this Hindi song KITNE AJEEB RISHTE HEIN YAHAN PE
(-ve) We do love the person who matches our ideology, it's our set parameters, make the ladders of love, and if doesn't match the standard we don't consider it either, do we love some one? Or we love ourselves, as we want to see reflection of ours within that individual. Even love has become biased, but this is not applicable to everyone, today there must be some "Laila and Majnu" exists in this world, difference is only that they have not become legend as they are still living, and we praise dead once and criticize living individuals.
(+ve) This world has not been empty from people who love unconditional, care and help others without any return. There is always negative and positive factor runs parallel to each other but negativity spreads at faster speed than positively, this system is just to check our will power. This makes us humane.
Our parents; who loves us unconditional but not all the time, when we grew up they do expect return of what they had given us, is it right??? But this is part of human nature we cannot be neutral all the time. West is opposite from us, no give and take system.
Friends, our maximum time of life revolve around them, times comes when even this relations get saturated due to changes in life's pattern, addition of new relations push back to elderly.
Have we ever thought why we like/love someone? What make us to love him/her? Why we hate someone? Why hatred is more powerful than love? Why our ego is so high? Why we can't forgive any one?
Life cycle goes on, faces changes, names changes, remain the same stories and same emotions, it is very easy to accept the privilege with open heart likes; money, power, fame, pride, relation/s, but difficult to withdraw from them. At times criticality of relations does take away the reason to live. We understand depth of words only when we actually face such situations.
Apart from this comparison; Relations are still beautiful and no life can imagine without it so don't confuse just live up with "Relations & make the strong relationships".
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Tuesday, 22 May 2012
saturday's makeup and a new lipstick colour
22 comments:
- Tinacious Me said...
you are so gorgeous! love your hair color & lip color!
Tina @ www.tinacious.me
- 22 May 2012 at 22:35
- ro said...
I love it!
- 22 May 2012 at 22:39
- esme and the lane way said...
Tinacious: sweet! :)
ro: thanks!
- 22 May 2012 at 23:17
- ConstantlyAlice said...
Very pretty! That color looks wonderful on you. (And I envy your hair color..I tried to go red from black a little while ago and ended up going back to black because it faded so quickly!)
- 23 May 2012 at 00:24
- LITTLE KESS said...
Ah, I've not been around for a while...BUT YOU WENT GINGER!..looks pretty hawt.
I used to be obsessed with orange lipstick, but man oh man does it show the chappedness of my lips!
- 23 May 2012 at 00:44
- Georgia said...
Your hair looks beautiful!
- 23 May 2012 at 01:08
- ScatterrBrained said...
you are so beautiful, you can suit any lip colour!!
rebecca x
- 23 May 2012 at 02:54
- retroolivia.com said...
Absolutely gorgeous! You look spectacular with that orange lipstick.. I'm inspired to get one in that type of colour myself. Always considered orange a difficult colour but I think I will have to change my mind now. :)
/ Olivia
- 23 May 2012 at 05:11
- retroolivia.com said...
Absolutely gorgeous! You look spectacular with that orange lipstick.. I'm inspired to get one in that type of colour myself. Always considered orange a difficult colour but I think I will have to change my mind now. :)
/ Olivia
- 23 May 2012 at 05:12
- esme and the lane way said...
ConstantlyAlice: oh, getting black out of hair can be so hard! I still want to be lighter. And thank you x
LITTLE KESS: haha I did it back in February! Why does the orange show chap-ness more than other colours on you?
Georgia: thank you! Big curls day :)
ScatterrBrained: ha if only!
retroolivia.com: it's much easier to wear than I thought it might be... :D
- 23 May 2012 at 07:52
- Monica said...
It looks great! It really compliments your hair and your eyes!
- 23 May 2012 at 07:54
- sweet harvest moon said...
Looking lovely!
- 23 May 2012 at 08:07
- Harlow Darling said...
Love this coral shade with your red hair!!! Have you ever tried Lime Crime's eye shadows? I really want to try them and thought to ask you because you know so much about makeup! All of that Lime Crime stuff looks so good, I just wish they had it at the Myer makeup counter!
- 23 May 2012 at 08:38
- Rusty Hoe said...
Love the first picture. Very Marilynesque.
- 23 May 2012 at 15:11
- Meg Eileen Carroll said...
I love this orange. I've been meaning to find one but just haven't got around to it. The blue and orange are perfection together.
- 23 May 2012 at 16:01
Your curls look fabulous!! How did you curl them here?
- 23 May 2012 at 16:10
- Miss Tallulah Porkchop said...
From that first pic on my bog reader, I thought you were Elsa Bilgren. Divine.
- 23 May 2012 at 16:44
- Ula said...
What a gorgeous colour. I have been on the look out for a coral / salmon lip colour for so long. It works so beautifully with blue!
- 23 May 2012 at 16:58
- esme and the lane way said...
Rusty Hoe: thanks but hahaha I was just trying to find somewhere that wasn't too dark to take a not-blurry picture, and the mirror helped! :D
Meg Eileen Carroll: thanks! It's hard to find oranges, isn't it?
Laura: thanks! Pin curls, over night :) I used conditioner for a change when I washed my hair beforehand, so maybe that's why they're so massive!
Miss Tallulah Porkchop: hehe that's quite the compliment! I dunno, I think I look like I'm about to sneeze ;)
Ula: thanks! I do like this one. I want to try it with some 1930s makeup looks, as I think it would work well for that :)
- 23 May 2012 at 17:26
- lulumus said...
Just discovered you blog via another blog, and I absolutely love it. I have to admit too, you look stunning with red hair and matching lips. You look straight out of Mad Men. Possibly even better! You've got yourself a new follower!
- 25 May 2012 at 07:08
- Jessica Cangiano said...
Very, very pretty hue. I've played around with corals and oranges over the years, but have yet to find the perfect one (they did to clash with the pink undertones in my skin). I'm tempted by this one though, especially seeing how beautiful it looks on you, a fellow red haired gal.
♥ Jessica
- 25 May 2012 at 07:45
- Mara said...
I love your hair SO much. It's beautiful! And that lip color is fantastic on you!
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(Just look at Siskel and tell me that dude wasn't giving out mad mustache rides)
Roger Ebert lost his voice to salivary-gland cancer in 2006 (yet Tyra Banks continues to speak — thanks, God), but thanks to a Scottish company called CereProc, he now has a computer program that can speak what he types in his own voice. You can read Ebert's own rundown of the process here, but the gist is that they created an automated voice program using his commentary tracks from old DVDs.
The new voice, which Ebert calls "Roger Jr.," will be heard predicting Oscar winners on a segment of "The Oprah Winfrey Show" airing Tuesday.
"Yes, 'Roger Jr.' needs to be smoother in tone and steadier in pacing, but the little rascal is good," Ebert wrote. "To hear him coming from my own computer made me ridiculously happy." [Yahoo]
Cool story, but honestly, I don't see what the big deal is. If you had the choice of any voice in the world, would you really choose your own? I'd much rather see Roger Ebert vs. Stephen Hawking in a Yo Mama-joke battle using the voices of James Earl Jones and Don LaFontaine. Hell, I can talk perfectly fine, and I'd still like to have the Iron-Man voice from Black Sabbath available for when I order Chinese food. Iiii want mooo goo gai paaaan….


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Colin Newell , WSDOT project engineer, 360-740-8600
Project on schedule as crews shift northbound I-5 traffic tomorrow, May 15
CENTRALIA – Construction crews demolishing the old southbound Interstate 5 bridge over Reynolds Avenue in Centralia made good progress during the first week of work, bringing down more than half of the narrow, 60-year-old structure.
Since May 8, Washington State Department of Transportation's contractor, Scarsella Bros. Inc., has closed Reynolds Avenue at I-5 each weeknight and around the clock over the weekend. The closures allowed crews to crunch up the concrete and steel that once formed a bridge over the city street.
"We're on track as we head into the second week of demolition," said WSDOT Project Engineer Colin Newell. "Thursday evening we'll shift northbound I-5 traffic to the new southbound bridge over Reynolds. By the time drivers head out for work and school Friday, everyone will be on the same bridge – temporarily."
The new southbound bridge over Reynolds Avenue was completed last fall. At 58 feet wide, it has enough room to accommodate four 11-foot traffic lanes, median barrier and narrow shoulders.
"We built the new southbound structure knowing we'd have to put all lanes of I-5 on it during the final phase of construction," said Newell. "There's plenty of room, which is good, because everyone will share that bridge for more than a year while we build the new northbound bridge."
Before crews can start construction on the new bridge, they have to get the old ones out of the way. Scarsella is scheduled to start demolishing the old northbound I-5 bridge next week, which requires continued closures of Reynolds Avenue.
Week two closure schedule
• 6 p.m. Thursday, May 15, to 5 a.m. Friday, May 16
• 6 p.m. Friday, May 16, to 5 a.m. Monday, May 19
• 6 p.m. Monday, May 19, to 5 a.m. Tuesday, May 20
• 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 20, to 5 a.m. Wednesday, May 21
• 6 p.m. Wednesday, May 21, to 5 a.m. Thursday, May 22
• 6 p.m. Thursday, May 22, to 5 a.m. Friday, May 23
Crews will also close the northbound I-5 on-ramp from Harrison Avenue, the next interchange south of Reynolds, from 9 p.m. Thursday, May 15, until 5 a.m. Friday, May 16. Closing the on-ramp helps facilitate the I-5 traffic shift.
The best way for travelers to get up-to-date closure information is to email WSDOT at email@example.com and request to be added to a closure-notification list. WSDOT staff will provide 24-hour notice of closures through this email account.
Drivers in the vicinity of I-5 and Reynolds Avenue can tune to 1580 AM, WSDOT's highway advisory radio, for the latest closure information. Social media users can follow updates on Twitter.
Project information
WSDOT is overhauling 4 miles of I-5 in Centralia. The I-5 Mellen Street to Blakeslee Junction project constructs new collector-distributor lanes, a couplet system at Mellen Street, safety improvements north of Blakeslee Junction, congestion relief at the Mellen Street and Harrison Avenue interchanges, and a new local travel option via the Louisiana Avenue-Airport Road connection.
The project is funded through the 2005 gas tax and is the last in an eight-year-long, $168 million effort to improve safety and congestion on I-5 in Lewis and south Thurston counties.