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Am new to K.
Just downloaded adblock plus and unzipped it. Then, based on comment in a forum post, put the dll file into the k-meleon directory.
But nothing shows up as it being installed. I see where others comment on seeing the icon, indicating it is active, but no directions could I locate; such as the installation file ... exe.
What else do I need to do to activate adblock plus ... and yes I rebooted when I put the dll file in the directory.


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Nov. 7, 2012 09:04 AM
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Another west coast playoff contender has been dealt a big blow, the Oakland A's will be without Bartolo Colon the rest of the way has he has been suspended 50 games. Per Tim Brown of Yahoo sports, Colon has tested positive for testosterone.
Numbers from MLB Trade Rumors:
The veteran right-hander has pitched to a 3.43 ERA with 5.4 K/9 and 1.4 BB/9 in 24 starts and 152 1/3 innings for the Athletics this season after signing a one-year, $2MM contract. After missing all of 2010 and most of the 2006-2009 season, the 2005 AL Cy Young Award winner resurfaced with the Yankees last season and posted a 4.00 ERA in 164 1/3 innings.
I guess stem cells weren't the only reason for his resurgence.
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If I were signed into my Xbox Live profile, I would've hit the "bookmark" button after that match. I was proud of how our team dominated, and by bookmarking this match, I would've been able to revisit it in the game's theater mode. There, I could've let the game create a "Highlight Reel" automatically. While I had a great time playing Black Ops 2 multiplayer, it's clear that many of the tweaks made to this year's game are just that--tweaks. The core gameplay has still remained the same, and replacing kill streaks with score streaks isn't really the most profound innovation. (It is still much-appreciated, as it rewards being a team player.) One of the new maps I played "Express" also has a moving train that speeds through it occasionally, introducing an environmental hazard players should be mindful of. It's a nice twist, but also not particularly game-changing. Given Treyarch's long history with the franchise, it should be no surprise that Black Ops 2 multiplayer feels incredibly refined. The changes made to this year's game are all welcome additions, even if they'll do little to sway cynics and lapsed fans. It's more Call of Duty done right, and fans will undoubtedly be sated.
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I actually enjoy horror movies (I grew up on them, so they aren't really scarry to me). Just to prove how much I was into them, I had one of those movie stand-ups of Leatherface in my room, weird right?
Jason, Freddie or Leatherface never really bothered me, I found Freddie Kruger pretty funny & laughed more at the Nightmare on Elm Street movies more then ever.
I think the best movies were:
The Hellraiser Series
The Saw Series (they are actually my favorite)
I think that the movies that Rob Zombie made (House of 1000 Corpses & The Devil Rejects) are demented but I can't help watching them.
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STRATHDALE-Maristians' opening batsman Cameron Taylor's red-hot form in the Bendigo District Cricket Association continued on Saturday when he made his third century in as many games.
Taylor finished unbeaten on 102 in the Suns' nine-wicket win over Bendigo at Atkins Street.
It was the second game in a row Bendigo had been on the receiving end of a Taylor ton.
The previous week against the Goers Taylor smashed 113, while the game before that, he made 127 against Strathfieldsaye.
It's the first time since Eaglehawk's Jeremy Brown made scores of 100, 108 and 101 in rounds four, five and six of the 2003-04 season that a BDCA player has struck three centuries in as many games.
Taylor – the reigning Cricketer of the Year – now leads the BDCA in runs at the mid-season break, with 436 at an average of 87.2.
Taylor's rich vein of form comes after what had been a quiet start to the season when he made just 41 runs from his first three innings, including twice being dismissed for two.
"We've been lucky to have played on some good wickets over the past few games, and the guys I've been batting with have been batting well, so that helps to take the pressure off," Taylor said yesterday.
"I've had a bit of luck over the past few games, but that's cricket... you've got to take it when it comes your way."
With Saturday's win over Bendigo, the Suns have reached the mid-season break with a perfect 8-0 record and sitting 10 points clear at the top of the ladder.
They can't be better placed for a tilt at a third-straight premiership when the season resumes on January 12.
While the Goers were beaten by the Suns for the second week in a row, it was a much better effort.
Having failed to reach 100 in either innings of their outright loss the previous week, the Goers made 7-215 batting first off their 45 overs.
The experienced Mark Ryan led the way, scoring 71, while Brett Andrews (25), Alex Pearson (23), Nathan Fitzpatrick (22) and captain Marcus McKern (20) all chipped in with contributions.
The best partnership of the innings was the 78 put on by Ryan and Fitzpatrick for the fifth wicket.
Suns' paceman Ben DeAraugo had another good day with the ball, picking up 3-39 off nine overs to follow on from his 11-wicket haul against the Goers a week earlier.
In reply, the Suns (1-216) lost just one wicket in chasing their target down and extending their win-loss record against the Goers since 2000 to 18-2.
As well as Taylor's unbeaten 102, Jono Davidson made 87 not out, with the pair sharing in an unbroken stand of 182 for the second wicket.
The batsman dismissed was Travis King (14), who once again fell victim to his most common mode of dismissal – caught behind – off Fitzpatrick (1-32) with the score on 34.
It has been a tough fortnight with the ball for the young Goers against the might of the Suns, who in their two games against Bendigo scored 2-395 off 71 overs.


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|2011-12-01, 19:53
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Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: Normandy SR-2
Age: 23
Thanks for the suggestions, ZGoten and Seishin!
I've been liking heavier rock for a while but it was mostly J-rock (abingdon boys school, Nightmare, GazettE, those types) until recently, when I first started listening to Maiden and Kamelot (so sad about Roy Khan's departure D: ). But yeah, as you guys already know I really love the epic and moving qualities of symphonic/power melodies! I did try a bit of Nightwish already but they didn't appeal to me as much as Epica did, however I will definitely go back to them since that's how I first felt about Kamelot too (NO idea why). I'll also check out those others, Seishin!
As for black/death metal, I can't say that I'll be getting into it anytime soon. But I'm still open to the genres, since I found myself liking Nevermore's Born a lot, even if it has quite a lot of growling, as well as the Dark Empire stuff ZGotez posted! I might be able to ease myself into heavier things as time passes... would you say black and death metal are acquired tastes? Cause I feel like the more I listen, the more I get used to it and the more I keep coming back to it.
I think another thing I like in metal is relatively clear and soaring vocals, like Maiden, Kamelot or Stratovarious. Which is probably why black/death metal was initially just like WHOA for me
|2011-12-01, 20:43
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Oh, I apologize then, but thanks for representing metal on the female front as well.
Well, black metal especially was hard for me to get into, and I am still staying away from the most aggressive stuff. For me, music has to be either melodic, atmospheric or technical. Many black metal bands are neither of those, which is why I've probably come to the end of my journey through more and more extreme stuff. There are definately people who start with fairly accessible genres such as power metal and can slowly ease into the darkest depths of black metal, however, I wouldn't call the genre 'acquired taste', just because it sounds so polite. Lyricswise, there is a lot of crap in black metal and still bands with extreme views or ideologies that are probably not even allowed to be discussed on this forum. In death metal, you don't encounter as many political extreme bands, but just like in black metal, there is quite som trash, that some people think is good, just because it's death metal, but it's not. There are many gems in black/death metal, but to find them, you have to work through a lot of crap. That's at least how I see it. Or you are lucky enough to know sites such as MetalStorm.net that are great places to inform yourself about all kinds of metal. However, there are certainly other people here on Animesuki with more insight on the subject matter, since I, like I implied earlier, am not that deep into death and black metal.
You have to be careful, though. Try to get into it, if you want, but don't force yourself. Some people can appreciate the style more as time passes, and some don't. If you are one of the latter persons, don't try to convince yourself that you like it. There are a lot of elitists stating that death/black metal are the only 'true' metal genres, which is why some people can fall into that trap, that they think they have to listen to that kind of music. I think that's stupid, though. I love some bands of the genres, but I love other bands just as much, and they are just as much 'metal'.
|2011-12-03, 16:26
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Location: The Netherlands
Age: 41
Hm, did I never specify which bands I like? Must correct that then.
A (relatively) small selection:
Big Three of Teutonic Thrash Metal
Agent Orange
In War And Pieces
Final Curtain
Hate Is My Fuel
Enemy of God
Impossible Brutality
Stratovarius (Finland, power metal)
Black Diamond
Under Flaming Skies
Rhapsody of Fire (Italy, symphonic power metal)
Emerald Sword
From Chaos to Eternity
Luca Turilli (Italy, symphonic power metal)
The Ancient Forest Of Elves
Mother Nature
Note: Solo project of Rhapsody of Fire's (former) lead guitarist
Sabaton (Sweden, power metal)
Screaming Eagles
Alestorm (UK, folk metal/"True Scottish Pirate Metal")
You Are A Pirate
Evile (UK, thrash metal)
Eternal Empire
Iced Earth (USA, power metal)
Sons of Liberty (USA, power metal)
Jeckyll Island
Indentured Servitude
Note: Side-project from Iced Earth's rhythm guitarist Jon Schaffer. VERY politically charged!
Helloween (Germany, speed/power metal)
I Want Out
Paint A New World
Trans-Siberian Orchestra (USA, progressive metal)
Christmas Canon Rock
Mozart And Memories
Note: Anyone who's seen Christmas lights displays probably heard at least one of their songs
Razor (Canada, thrash metal)
Evil Invaders
Aneurysm (Italy, post-thrash/"cyber metal")
The Clear Obscure
Methedras (Italy, thrash metal)
Symphony X (USA, progressive metal)
The Odyssey
|2012-03-01, 16:02
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Guys, if there are any fans of Nightwish here, of the old Nightwish with Tarja, you just have to listen to Xandria's new record, 'Neverworld's End'. On that album, they sound very much like Nightwish and extremely good. I haven't listened to any other release of this band, yet, in fact I just found out about them very recently. However, from what reviews and votings say, it seems like this is their best album by far, yet. And I can see that totally being true. I was expecting something 'meh' going into it, but the record just blew me away. Their new vocalist especially is really amazing. If you're not entirely convinced yet, check out this song:
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|2012-03-01, 16:47
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How did you not mention Metallica? :P
|2012-03-03, 11:02
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Age: 23
Revisiting this thread cause I haven't for a while I can safely say my tastes still haven't changed much... I still like Symphonic the most and haven't found much else to listen to for a while... I've went through most of Rhapsody of Fire's songs and am just replaying Gargoyles, Angels of Darkness over and over again, same thing with Blind Guardian It's annoying cause I can only really find a couple songs per band that I like unless it's Kamelot or Maiden. And I desperately wish for a new Dark Empire release.
ZGoten, what is it with you and posting awesome music? Xandria is awesome! I think I even like Blood on My Hands better than some of the stuff in Nightwish's Oceanborn album! This is like, the fifth time I've felt like going scrambling for the mp3's of whatever you shared here
Edit: Kay, after listening to more of Xandria's Neverworld's End, I can safely say that I'm loving it! Beautiful stuff. So thanks again ZGoten.
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|2012-03-03, 19:16
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No problem, oh and btw. Dark Empire are releasing a new album this month, called 'From Refuge To Ruin'. ^^
You can probably find a track or two on Youtube, but they have changed their sound quite a bit. Not sure if you'll like it that much anymore.
|2012-03-04, 21:25
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@ZGoten: Sadly, you were right (as usual ) and a new track from Dark Empire didn't really appeal to me But I'm enjoying some Xandria now, heh heh.
But on the topic of symphonic metal, are there any bands (or specific songs) that sound like Kamelot's Forever, Karma or any of their stuff from Black Halo (my favourites from there were Memento Mori, The Haunting, When the Lights Are Down and March of Mephisto)? I'm dying for more music like that right now but so far have been unable to find much.
I'm also going to go back in this thread and visit Metalstorm and check out some other sub-genres, I've been too stuck in symphonic and power for a while ^_^"
edit: just listened to the Fleshgod Apocalypse song you posted earlier on the previous page and I actually kind of liked it, especially towards the end. I definitely like the instrumentals but I guess it's still the growling vocals that's putting me off a little.
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|2012-03-06, 17:59
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I have been listening to allot of galneryus recently. The new album is decent, I think that bashout is the best song of of it.
When sho tries to sing the old songs his english is terribad, kinda painful to listen to if I am honest.
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|2012-03-08, 12:56
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Sorry, but I don't know a single band that sounds even closely like Kamelot. The are my favorite band for a reason.^^
I'm glad there's someone who likes the new Xandria record as well, though.
|2012-03-08, 15:33
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Location: New England
Age: 34
I don't like much for metal. But I could try out more metal bands. Some of it is pretty good stuff, but some of it is more morbid than I care for.
I like Type O Negative. They are metal and goth. I like some Metallica every now and then. I have their second, third, fourth, and fifth albums. I'd like to get into some Megadeth and Slayer. I have Paranoid by Black Sabbath, which is a cool album. I have some Ozzy songs.
Other than that, I don't think I have any more metal. So I'm a small time metal fan compared to everybody else in this thread. As you can tell, I don't know much about metal beyond some of the fundamental metal bands (all the ones I mentioned except Type O Negative).
|2012-03-10, 21:10
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Huge fan of progressive metal, probably my favorite genre of music. Couple bands I've been into lately:
Animals as Leaders (previously mentioned):
Between the Buried and Me (this band is beyond incredible. I bought their album Colors, listened to it a couple times, and shelved it because I was young. Came back to it about 6 months ago, and I haven't been able to stop listening to them since then. EVERYTHING the write is pure gold.)
Beautiful: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAs1aTFLl2M
Heavy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNdRh...eature=related
Opeth - of course
Chimp Spanner - instrumental, extremely high production quality, just great music.
|2012-03-11, 21:45
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So I've poked around this thread a few times, figured I might as well actually say high. I can't call myself a true metalhead, since I'm more of a hard rock/borderline metal guy... but there are quite a few bands that technically classify as metal that I love, with Metallica being at the top of the list. In fact, I'm a huge fan of the old 80's metal, also loving Pantera, and I heard a piece from what I think is a relatively obscure band called Meliah Rage. As for more current stuff... well, the list is huge, and I'm not sure just how much is really more hard rock than metal, but to give a small idea:
Five Finger Death Punch, Avenged Sevenfold, All That Remains, Mudvayne, Trivium, Devil Wears Prada, Nightwish (okay, so I'm really liking their latest album, which i understand that "true fans" despise due to it being a new singer), and the somewhat unknown band Taking Dawn. And I'm also starting to get hooked on Xandria.
|2012-04-05, 22:46
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Age: 23
I think I'm starting to kind of like Septic Flesh! I'm listening to the album Communion right now and I'm finding it surprisingly ok I'm enjoying The Great Mass, too! I think I find it a bit catchier than the former, actually. I tried branching out a bit more recently but it wasn't hugely successful... I think the furthest I got from my usual symphonic/power metal fixes is Candlemass, I quite liked Epicus Doomicus Metallicus (particularly A Sorcerer's Pledge).
And ZGoten, I can't say I wasn't a bit startled when I found guest reviews by you while browsing through Metalstorm, although I really should've been expecting it, considering your expertise XD It's a pity there're no other bands that sound like Kamelot, I did look at a lot of other symphonic/power bands and it was so true Ah well, time to go listen to The Black Halo again, then...
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Gallery: 10 Spots For Platonic Lady-Dates
The holiday season is a great time for romantic dates, because everything is just such a goddamn winter wonderland. But maybe you don't want romantic dates. Maybe you want more female friends. Female friends who might give you Christmas presents.
Maybe you want to have a pack of friends like the girls on that TV show. The one with all the sluts. You know. Golden Girls.
If that's the case, we have planned some excellent lady-dates for you to invite female acquaintances on, so that they will love you, and buy you a scented candle for Christmas.
(If you are a lesbian, you should do all of these, but replace the word "platonic" with "sexy")[ITPGallery]


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As Americans across the nation paused at 8:46 a.m. to observe a national moment of silence, there were several events across Eastern Carolina where neighbors remembered the lives lost in the terror attacks side by side.
Jacksonville: the Onslow Civic Affairs Committee started a service at 8:15 a.m. Wednesday at the 9/11 Memorial on Camp Johnson, near the Beirut Memorial. Those in attendance honored the 8:46 a.m. national moment of silence ending in a chorus of sirens from local first responders. A part of the Second Marine Division Band, the Jacksonville High School Cardinal String Ensemble and the Northside High School Choir was also on hand.
New Bern: A luncheon honored local first responders about 11:30 a.m. at the New Bern Fire Rescue Department at 1401 Neuse Boulevard. Ceremonies included bagpiping, a pledge of allegiance, and lunch. Chick-Fil-A meal cards were provided for local emergency responders.
Havelock: Neighbors gathered at the 9/11 Memorial site on Highway 70 to join the national moment of silence at 8:46 a.m.
Kinston: Service at 10 a.m. in Pearson Park.
Seymour Johnson Air Force Base: Ceremony began at 8:30 a.m. with a 21 gun salute, a photo slide show of events from 9/11 attacks, and speakers from the 4th Civil Engineer and Security Forces Squadrons. The Air Force base also hosted a 24-hour race around the Three Eagles Golf Course.
Nearly 3,000 lives were lost after the terror attacks on September 11th, 2001.
Four planes were hijacked by al-Qaida extremists that morning.
The first plane, Flight 11, crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City at 8:46 a.m.
Flight 175 hit the South Tower at 9:03 that morning.
A third flight crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia.
The passengers on Flight 93 fought back to gain control over the attackers on board and crashed the plane into an open field in the western part of Pennsylvania.
In 2012, al-Qaida linked militants attacked the U.S. Consulate in Benghazi, Libya killing the U.S. ambassador and three other Americans.
This year, another blast hit the same coastal city in Libya, damaging Libya's Foreign Ministry building and the Libyan Central Bank.


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November 3, 2009
Pennsylvania's Low-Income Home Energy Assistance program (LIHEAP) opened for the 2009-10 heating season on November 2.
LIHEAP operates by providing cash grants to help low-income households pay for home heating fuel and crisis grants to address heating emergencies.
During the 2008-09 heating season, approximately 547,000 families were helped through "cash grants" and more than 202,000 families received "crisis assistance" through LIHEAP.
For the upcoming heating season, the crisis portion of the program will open on January 4.
Cash grants are based on income, family size, type of heating fuel and region. Crisis grants are provided to resolve heating emergencies, such as furnace failures or unexpected fuel shortages. In addition to proof of income and household size, applicants must provide a recent bill or a statement from their fuel dealer verifying their customer status and the type of fuel that they use.
Applications will be available at county assistance offices, local utility companies and community service agencies, such as Area Agencies on Aging or community action agencies. Applications for LIHEAP cash grants will also be available online at http://www.compass.state.pa.us. Residents can also contact the Allegheny County Department of Human Services, (800) 851-3838
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SAN ANDREAS - A month ago, a solid majority on the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors signaled it was ready to crack down on unruly vacation rentals that neighbors say make life miserable around Lake Tulloch. But somehow the ordinance never was adopted.
SAN ANDREAS - A month ago, a solid majority on the Calaveras County Board of Supervisors signaled it was ready to crack down on unruly vacation rentals that neighbors say make life miserable around Lake Tulloch. But somehow the ordinance never was adopted.
Instead, for the past two meetings, various supervisors have asked for changes that have pushed back any possible adoption date. That has Supervisor Darren Spellman, who formerly represented the area, worried it is all really a strategy to put off any crackdown until after rental owners have another year of raking in thousands of dollars a week from renting the lakefront homes. The most expensive on the lake rents for up to $3,000 a night.
"This is something that has been plaguing the Tulloch area for many, many years," Spellman said.
On Jan. 22, the board voted 4-0, with Board Chairwoman Merita Callaway absent, to introduce an ordinance to crack down on the vacation rentals. If it had been formally adopted at a subsequent meeting, then the ordinance would have required vacation rental owners to get a permit and to risk losing it if unruly renters violate limits on noise, occupancy or parking.
Instead of adopting the measure at a later meeting, however, supervisors began asking for changes. Callaway, who was absent when it was first introduced, is particularly hostile to the proposed regulations.
Callaway's district on upper Highway 4 also is home to large numbers of vacation rental homes. Although the Tulloch ordinance was written to regulate only houses with access to the popular lake near Copperopolis, Callaway said she doesn't like the precedent it would set.
"Why do we say it is a business in Lake Tulloch and not in the rest of the county?" Callaway said, questioning the idea that vacation rental owners would be required to get a business permit in some locations but not others.
Callaway also said that homeowners associations have the power, if they wish, to limit vacation rentals.
Calaveras County Planning Director Rebecca Willis said Tulloch is different because the huge lakefront parties involving drunken boaters create unique problems.
"This is really about safety. This is really about protecting our residential neighborhoods," Willis said.
Supervisor Debbie Ponte, whose district includes Tulloch, and all the other supervisors except for Callaway indicated they still support the ordinance.
But Ponte led an effort to have revisions made that would give vacation rental owners more flexibility to justify filling the houses with more than the two people per bedroom proposed in the initial ordinance.
Staff will make that change and others before bringing the ordinance back for a reintroduction March 12. If successfully reintroduced and adopted later in March, the ordinance could still take effect before the next lakefront party season gets rolling in May.
Contact reporter Dana M. Nichols at (209) 607-1361 or email@example.com. Visit his blog at recordnet.com/calaverasblog.


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Now let's see how we are going to create a link for your Application to App-Store, Iphone stroe.
First, Open the Game editor program and click "Add Actor" put your name.
In this case, I used "btnLink" ,then click "Add Actor".
Next, Import your image for your button.
in Actor Control, Add animation >> File >> (select your image) >> ok.
Third, add action for your button Link.
in Actor Control. Event section click,
Add >> Mouse Button Down >> Script Editor.
Then use function " openURL" and put your link in the box.
Beware!!!, you must put the " " for your link. If not, the link will be note as "script".
Now let's run "Game mode".
when click on the Button it will automatic open your web browser.
If you use this "openURL" function on the iPhone, iPhone will automatic open "AppStore" and link the page to your APP.
as the below images.


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Update: Brandon Boyer has reached his $110,000 goal on Gofundme. Currently, Boyer's Gofundme account has raised $110,120, and that number is still rising. You can continue to give donations to Boyer by heading here.
Yesterday Boyer offered this tweet thanking everyone for their help in this time of need.
ok basically thanks for also proving that the internet and also 'games culture' sometimes isn't just a wretched hive of scum and villainy
— Brandon Boyer (@brandonnn) March 7, 2014
ok basically thanks for also proving that the internet and also 'games culture' sometimes isn't just a wretched hive of scum and villainy
Boyer also offered this gratitude on Twitter a few moments ago.
so, like, just thanks isn't enough, but *thank you* & i am thinking now more than ever about how to channel this good will to others like me
— Brandon Boyer (@brandonnn) March 8, 2014
so, like, just thanks isn't enough, but *thank you* & i am thinking now more than ever about how to channel this good will to others like me
Original story:
Brandon Boyer has been a part of the video game community for a decade, contributing to Edge and Gamasutra before striking out on his own. Currently, Boyer serves as the chairman of the Independent Games Festival and runs a website called Venus Patrol that helped launch the Horizon indie festival during E3 2013.
In 2013, Boyer suddenly underwent emergency treatment for cancer, which had been previously undiagnosed. His health insurance company, Humana, denied his claims for pre-existing condition reasons (Boyer admitted to a doctor that he had previously had stomach aches).
This left him with over $100,000 in unpaid medical bills and no recourse. The United States health insurance reforms only protect patients from pre-existing exclusions as of January 2014, leaving him unaffected by the reforms.
Boyer is asking for assistance via Gofundme, and the development community has come together to support him. Throughout the day, journalists and developers have been sharing Brandon's story via social media and helping erode the mountain of debt.
If you are interested in learning more about Brandon, you can read his full story on the Gofundme page. You can also check out his website, Venus Patrol, which is dedicated to finding and promoting the beautiful things about video games.
Update: Devolver Digital is also doing its part to support Boyer with a new humble bundle. The publisher is pairing five games and five independent films. At the "pay what you want" level, you'll get:
If you donate $10 or more, you'll get another group of games and movies.
You can purchase the Humble Bundle here.
Puts smile on my face when I read things like this
It's ok guys obamacare will save him.
I'm glad to hear the community has been successful in helping Mr. Boyer out. Stories like this are great because they remind you of all the good people in the world. I hope he does well and gets better as soon as possible!
He could have moved to Ontario lol you only have to be a resident in Ontario for three months to receive full health care coverage lol
This makes me hate our country,
and a big fat *** yourself to you HUMANA


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Saturday, May 23
Thrift find of the week: Monogrammed glasses
2 comments:
- Lori said...
Zoe! I love that you got glasses that have a "C" on them and yet it has no meaning to you. They are pretty though!
Love your blog babe! xo
- May 24, 2009 at 11:03 PM
- Mrs. L said...
C for cool...great find!
- May 27, 2009 at 2:18 AM
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Pepperoni and Sausage Pizza Soup Recipe
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Anyone who likes pizza will love this soup. My sons, Nathan and Tyson, help themselves to big bowl when they get home from college in the evening.—Donna Britsch, Tega Cay, South Carolina
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- 1-1/4 cups sliced fresh mushrooms
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 teaspoon canola oil
- 2 cups water
- 1 can (15 ounces) pizza sauce
- 1 cup chopped pepperoni
- 1 cup chopped fresh tomatoes
- 1/2 cup Johnsonville® Ground Mild Italian sausage, cooked
- 1/4 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- In a large saucepan, saute mushrooms and onion in oil for 2-3 minutes or until tender. Add the water, pizza sauce, pepperoni, tomatoes, sausage and Italian seasoning. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Before serving, stir in Parmesan cheese. Garnish with mozzarella cheese. Yield: 4 servings.
Originally published as Pizza Soup in Quick Cooking May/June 1998, p22
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Reviewed Dec. 18, 2014
"Delicious soup. Made this a few times and I omit the pepperoni and I use 1 cup of sausage. We liked it much better that way. I also put it in the crock pot for 6-7 hours on low. I always double the recipe."
Reviewed Jan. 24, 2014
"Really hits the spot on a cold winter day. You can adapt this recipe and add your favorite toppings."
Reviewed Jul. 13, 2012
"Love this soup. If you're serving more than 2 you really should double this recipe."
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"Very good, my son loved it. Used hot Italian sausage and a little more pizza sauce."


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Skip to comments.Police: We dont expect election day riots
Posted on 10/17/2012 4:33:07 AM PDT by markomalley
Police departments around the nation are not anticipating civil unrest on Election Day despite arguments between liberals and conservatives over whether President Obamas defeat could spark riots.
In 2008, police departments in Oakland, Chicago, Detroit and Philadelphia revealed they were taking special precautions in case public reaction to the election spiraled out of control.
Tensions were running high four years ago after the disputed results of the 2000 presidential election and long lines at polling places in poor urban areas in 2004.
James Carville said a month before Obamas historic victory in 2008 that it would be very, very, very dramatic out there if Obama lost, a statement that some commentators interpreted as predicting riots.
Police departments appear much less concerned about this years election.
Spokesmen for the Detroit and Philadelphia police departments said no special measures would be deployed for Election Night.
Were not anticipating civil unrest on Election Night, said a spokesman for the Detroit police department who did not give his name. Were going to collect the ballots like we usually do. If a situation arises and we need to respond, well respond to the scene and assess.
In 2008, James Tate, then the second deputy chief of the department, told The Hill that extra manpower would be assigned on Election Night and noted that police had to control rioters who vandalized cars after the Tigers won the 1984 World Series.
Spokesmen for police departments in Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cleveland, Columbus, Miami, Houston and Los Angeles likewise said they were not aware of any special preparations for civil unrest.
Civil rights leaders say they are concerned about disputes over who is allowed to vote and warn there could be a loud public response if poor and minority voters feel they are being disenfranchised.
I think there are some people that are deeply concerned that we may have something more akin to the shenanigans we experienced in 2000, said Hilary Shelton, Washington bureau director of the NAACP.
But they do not anticipate rioting.
I think you could see people demonstrating and raising concerns, as we do in our democratic process when something doesnt go right, when we feel were being short[changed] or otherwise cheated, Shelton said. I think weve seen these things happen in very nonviolent ways. If your question is about moral outrage, I think there would be a demonstration of moral outrage if we experience anything like the shenanigans of 2000.
Tensions have mounted between conservative-leaning groups on the lookout for voter fraud and liberal-leaning civil rights groups concerned that citizens could be unfairly turned away or intimidated.
There is a concern that if left unchecked, some of these practices could result in thousands of votes being denied or not counted, said Wade Henderson, president and CEO of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.
Henderson and allied advocates are concerned about poorly trained poll workers who mistakenly turn away voters for not having photo identification in precincts where they are not required by law; they are worried about third-party challengers who arbitrarily question the rights of Latino and African-American citizens.
Henderson said True the Vote, a voter-fraud group that grew out of the Tea Party movement, have in effect said theyre going to target certain states and precincts with the sole purpose of intimidating voters who might otherwise cast votes unfettered.
But Henderson said he would not venture down that path when asked whether civil unrest or riots could break out if there was a widespread perception that the election was stolen.
The American people are more thoughtful than these I think somewhat specious predictions of disruption would seem to suggest, he said. This is not the 2008 election; an African-American is currently the president. I think people expect that when citizens cast their vote, those votes will be counted fairly.
Even so, the Leadership Conference and other groups have requested that a European-based international group send monitors to oversee the U.S. election next month.
Civil rights groups met with representatives from the Organization of Security and Cooperation in Europe on Tuesday to discuss the monitoring of those states that have witnessed fierce disputes over election law.
Data released Tuesday by Public Policy Polling showed a majority of Republicans and Democrats in several swing states believe the other party will engage in fraud.
In Ohio, 62 percent of Republicans think Democrats will use fraudulent tactics to ensure Obamas reelection, while 50 percent of Democrats thought Republicans would resort to voter fraud.
In Florida, 60 percent of Republicans and 55 percent of Democrats suspected the opposing party of illicit manipulation, while in North Carolina, 69 percent of Republicans and 51 percent of Democrats expected fraud.
If its a close election, its safe to say its going to get ugly, Public Policy Polling stated in a memo accompanying the surveys.
Speculation about civil unrest and possible rioting following the election is a sensitive and charged topic that has sparked accusations on both sides.
The liberal website ThinkProgress.org on Wednesday accused the conservative-leaning website Infowars.com of fanning fears of riots in minority communities if Obama loses.
The Drudge Report, Mitt Romneys favorite website, is stirring up another race-baiting conspiracy theory, ThinkProgress.org wrote after the Drudge Report linked to an Infowars article that reported, Obama supporters continue to threaten to riot if Mitt Romney wins the presidential election, raising the prospect of civil unrest if Obama fails to secure a second term.
Conservative author Ann Coulter said in a recent interview with Foxs Sean Hannity that liberals are themselves spreading panic about post-election riots.
The threats to riot and the claim that abortion will somehow miraculously be illegal in places like California and New York is not going to swing the undecided voters here, Sean, Coulter said, though I will note that white liberals are always threatening black riots whenever theyre about to lose an election. Al Gore did it in 2000.
Nope, it won't be election day violence. Nothing more than an extremely coincident series of non-hate crimes...a fluke, nothing to do with the election.
You can bet the police are now trying to figure out where they don't want to be election night. Meanwhile "ima kill whitey" twits (tweets?) are spreading like wildfire.
Either way. I'm ready. Lock and Load. MOLON LABE!
They forgot the photo.
And America's
Peaceful Transfer of Power
Goes under the bus.
It will be the next day.
I expected problems in Charlotte. The riots did not happen.
Perhaps the masses have already discounted and accepted the probability of an Obama loss. Perhaps there is no desire to continue to support the Messiah
Let's talk it up...maybe we'll reach some idiots who will get some ideas.
"'Were not anticipating civil unrest on Election Night,' said a spokesman for the Detroit police department who did not give his name. 'Were going to collect the ballots like we usually do. If a situation arises and we need to respond, well respond to the scene and assess.'"
I thought at first he said "asses," which would be more realistic in their situation if there is rioting.
A quote from Communist Insurgency 101: "Do not start a race war if you are the minority population, as things could go very, very bad for you."
I don't think anything is going to happen when Obama loses, but, that said, I happened to dip into the general twitter feed last night during the debates and I was stunned to see the amount of violent thug talk going on.
Has every ghetto rat in the world learned to tweet on their Obama phone? It was bizarre. They can't seem to do anything else, but they've sure mastered social media ( if you call spewing strangely spelled obscenities and threats "mastering", I guess).
"Were not anticipating civil unrest on Election Night, said a spokesman for the Detroit police department who did not give his name"
Because it'll be business-as-usual for the usual suspects who can't afford to quit their day jobs as murderers, drug pushers, rapists, carjackers, home invaders, bank robbers, illegal gun dealers and addicts. No reason to expect anything out of the ordinary...
I'm with you on the twitter thing. The language is horrible and the threats of harm towards Romney are not funny at all. Why do people turn on their "smart" phone and end up being total jerks? Who teaches that language to people???
But if we have a repeat of Bush vs. Gore with the final result delayed for days or weeks then all bets are off. We should all be prepared for it, just in case.
I expect riots to begin late Tuesday night and to fully explode when and if the Kenyan concedes or the election is called for Romney. I live so far off the grid only a few urban rats could find my home and they'll be so riddled with my neighbors' .308 and 00 shot by the time they get to my house I expect to be giving then first aid, purely as an act of kindness.
My daughters however live in Manhattan, Hartford and New Haven. I've invited them to stay the night here. I expect real trouble that will continue past the inauguration. Of course if Romney loses, no riots.
Just yet...
my thoughts exactly.....it will be the day/days following the election. takes awhile for stuff to sink in....
Exactly. There will be no clear winner until after midnight, at least on the east coast.
Maybe not election day, but the day after. And it will be looting more than rioting. Always is.
"Spokesmen for the Detroit and Philadelphia police departments said no special measures would be deployed for Election Night."
I wonder if the hard-working, tax-paying citizens of Detroit and Philadelphia who pay the police departments salaries have been told they are expendable?
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Manchester United starlet target Viktor Fischer is close to signing a new contract with Ajax, according to reports.
The 18-year-old Dane, who recently received a call-up to his nation's U21 side, has drawn comparisons with Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo in the past, with Denmark U19 coach Thomas Frank happy to build-up the player.
"Fischer is special. He can be just like Messi or Ronaldo," said Frank, according to Metro.
"He has their ambition and talent, and he always wants to score. He is hungry, always hungry, even if he has scored two or three times."
The same publication claimed Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson was keen to sign the player in a £5 million move, but reports in Italy, Holland and Denmark now claim a new deal with the Eredivisie champions is close.
Fischer is currently contracted to the Amsterdam Arena until 2014, but the Godenzonen are eager for one of their rising stars to commit for a longer period with the club.
"We've given him a good offer for a contract that runs until 2016. Ajax is very positive about Viktor's development, and he is now considering the offer," sports director Marc Mars told De Telegraaf, acording to JV.dk.
Fischer has played just once for Ajax this season, featuring in the Dutch Super Cup – a prelude to the new season - as a substitute against PSV Eindhoven.
Manchester United were always unlikely to offer the player first team football at Old Trafford however, with Wayne Rooney, Robin Van Persie, Danny Welbeck and Javier Hernandez all vying for places.
And, with that in mind, it appears a move to join the Red Devils is now out of the question, with Fischer set to continue his development in the Netherlands.
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Upon its opening a decade ago, the CPV Light Rail C Line made Denver the first city in the nation with one light-rail line serving all the major professional sports venues. The CPV Light Rail Line C spur includes the 10th/Osage Station, Auraria West Campus Station, Sports Authority Field at Mile High Station, Pepsi Center/Elitch Gardens Station and Denver Union Station.
The Central Platte Valley extension was the first example of a private-public partnership used by RTD to build a rail line. The implementation of the CPV C Line was made possible through the collaboration of Denver Regional Council of Governments (DRCOG), City and County of Denver, RTD and Private stakeholders (Broncos, Rockies, Six Flags/Elitch Gardens, Lower Downtown, Auraria, Pepsi Center, and Trillium). The CPV extension also necessitated an expansion of the 16th Street Mall Shuttle service from Market Street Station to Denver Union Station to allow transfers between the light-rail line and the shuttle.
The CPV extension was the third consecutive light-rail project RTD completed on time and within budget.
In November of 2006, the CPV extension welcomed the E line, which was part of the opening of the Southeast Rail Line.


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After Columubus' Mike Blunden took some liberties with Boston Bruins goaltender Tuukka Rask in the third period last night, Chuck Kobasew stood up for the rookie netminder.
Separately, Shawn Thornton then decided to send a message to Blue Jackets tough guy Jared Boll. Here's an up-close-and-personal look at the bout that earned Thornton a game misconduct, courtesy of Sharon Bradley Photography:
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…because they can't dress for sh*t.
The National TV awards are the biggest waste of time, and no I didn't watch it, I watched the fungal infection on my toe grow instead. It's voted for by the public, which is even worse because as has been proved, the public don't know anything. The type of people who vote for these things are generally old, or very young, lonley and care far too refer to Bruce Forsyth as "Our Bruce".
Now, the TV 'stars' in the UK can't dress to save their life. You'd think they'd heard of the word STYLIST. Step away from the Vicky Martin dress, ladies, this is national television, not a night out at Mecca.
Let the thrashing begin!
It's Myleene first. This is just ugly and frumpy. I hope it was from Marks & Spencer, if it is and she had to wear it because of her endorsement deal, then I forgiver her.
Is Danni Minogue even human anymore? Check out the face. It's had so much botox and check out how wonky her nostril is – too many nose jobs? I hate dresses with all that detail at the front too.
In a Herve, how unimaginative, Rachel Stevens. I have nothing against her although I think she's dull and tries really really really hard to be sexy. There's some pictures of her floating around of when she was in her early 20s and let me tell you – fake tan and an eyebrow pencil have made all the difference. Oh, and also her small chi chis are far too flat and low in this dress.
Abigal Clancy! Also unimaginative in a Herve. She's the girlfriend of an extremely tall unattractive foodballer called Peter Crouch. She's also a cocaine sniffing modeland is a scouser – she doesn't excude any kind of grace, wit or intelligence so why she gets to present a fashion show is beyond me. WAGS don't have natural style they just go into an expensive store and say "Give me all yous pra-dah and kucchis"
I recognise this girl, I think she played or plays a character called Mandy in the worst show in the world, Hollyoaks. I remember thinking she is naturally quite beautiful but this dress is wrong wrong wrong. The straps, the cut – she is defacing my beloved green.
Ok this girl plays Stacey in Eastenders – she's quite cute although this dress is awful and makes her look like super chunk around the middle.
This girl is in Corrie – I've seen her about a few times she's gigantic and has unusually wide features….nice colour but the top of the dress is hideous! It doesn't even fit snugly under the bust!
I think this one is from Corrie. This dress is like J-Lo 2001, yawwwnnnn!I'm sure pub landlords all around the country think that she's a "stunna" though.
I like this dress actually but I hate Tess Daly more than life itself, so I just can't say anything good about it.
Don't know who she is but her face is like the moon. On second glance I actually think the dress is quite cute but maybe there's a tad too many ruffles?
Any my best dressed of the night is:
CHERYL COLE! Isn't she lovely when you can't see her smug face? This dress is super cute, I love the bright green around the bottom and I love the grecian one shoulder look. It's nice to see Cheryl give up Bay Trading now and again – see ladies? STYLIST.


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Hot-cross buns! Hot-cross buns!
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot-cross buns!
If you have no daughters,
Give them to your sons,
One a penny, two a penny,
Hot-cross buns!
But if you have none of these little elves,
Then you may eat them all yourselves.
So goes the nursery song, describing the traditional English spiced buns that were eaten on Good Friday. (For a bit more history, check out my last year's hot cross buns post here.) Reading between the lines, it appears that if you have any hot cross buns, you are supposed to give them away. The preferred recipients appear to be any daughters that you might have. Failing that, hand the buns over to your sons. No children? You get to eat the buns yourself!
I baked a big batch of buns this year, and by chance my daughters were visting home this week! I sent most of the buns home with my older daughter to share with her Easter weekend guests.
n.o.e.'s notes:
- Hot cross buns are a kind of celebration bread, filled with fruit and spices. The smell of this dough reminded me of some of the celebration breads that I've baked in from The Bread Baker's Apprentice.
- The recipe for these hot cross buns is from Dan Lepard, part of his "How To Bake" weekly series for The Guardian. I love to check the site each Satuday to see what Dan is baking up. Ingredients for these buns include stout, tea, raisins, spices, and candied citrus peel. It sounded like an intriguing combination of ingredients, so I was very eager to see how the buns would turn out.
- This is the first time that I've followed a Dan Lepard recipe that employs an overnight pre-ferment; in this case stout, yeast, some of the flour, and the spices are mixed together, covered and put aside overnight.
- In a separate bowl, the raisins and peel soak in black tea for the same length of time. I ran out of regular raisins, so I measured out a combination of raisins, golden raisins, and currants.
- A big bag of homemade candied citrus peel (lemon,lime, tangerine, orange) was resting in my freezer and I was very excited to find a great use for it. (I posted about the candied peel recipe that I use here)
- The next day, the dough is mixed in typical Dan Lepard style: combine all ingredients, rest briefly, knead for 10 seconds every 10 minutes (3 cycles) then shape, rise, bake.
- I had run out of bread flour (it happens, even to bread bakers!), so I combined 2/3 all purpose flour with 1/3 high gluten flour (approximately).
- I measured out 100g for each bun, and ended up with 20 1/2. If I'd been a little more thoughtful when I was working, I could have avoided that half roll, but warm from the oven the little bun made for a great taste test for my daughter.
- Last year's buns featured a piped cross made from icing, but the crosses on these buns are a flour and water paste. After the buns come out of the oven they are brushed with a sugar glaze.
- I'm submitting these buns for Bread Baking Day #28. The theme this month is "Bread Buns" and is hosted by Rachel of Tangerine's Kitchen. Rachel will be posting a roundup, so be sure to check back to see the wonderful bun-ny bread!
The happy little half-bun, in bad artificial light!
After the rolls had mostly cooled, my daughter ALE tasted the little half roll. Here's her reaction: "yum. That's good. (pause) That's really good." After a few more bites, she gave a more complete assessment: "I like the glaze. I can taste the stout. I usually don't like fruit in breads, but I'm dealing with it. That candied peel is good."
She shared the buns with her friends, and reported that they made a big hit. Her boyfriend loved the peel and the complex variety of flavors.
Wishing a blessed Easter to all who observe the holy day.


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Alex Cuthbert, Leigh Halfpenny and replacement prop Craig Mitchell all crossed for second half tries but it was Ireland who went home with a 22-30 win.
France suffered an altogether more surprising defeat as they were beaten 23-18 by Italy in Rome on Sunday and Edwards knows Philippe Saint-André's side will be desperate to bounce back.
"France are a pretty determined team and you expect them to be at their best at home," said the Wales defence coach.
"They are obviously a big team, very physical and very powerful.
"They are very good on turnover ball and have good half backs. They are pretty much an all-round team and have huge numbers of players.
"They will be up for it on Saturday but so will we."
France are set to be without captain Pascal Papé this weekend after he was forced off in the defeat to Italy with a back problem. Toulouse wing and regular try scorer Vincent Clerc will also be absent while Wales could be boosted by the return of two key men from the Ospreys.
"We are a bit healthier than we were last week. Ryan Jones and Richard Hibbard should both be available," Edwards added.
Despite the loss of Clerc and Papé, the former Wigan great says Wales will be expecting a tough test against Saint-André's team.
"They are very, very strong and I'm sure someone of equal ability will come in," he said.
"We need to go to France with our A game for the full 80 minutes.
"Every person in modern rugby has to be a leader. We have to come out and meet passion with passion."
You can follow all of the action for France v Wales at http://www.wru.co.uk/live


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That review is just brilliant! Very funny, and insightful. Many thanks for the link.
This is so frickin' old that I've gotten over saying "get over it".
Um... this story is not about how much Phantom Menace sucks balls. It's about the review, which was posted seven days ago.
Just like the prequels, this review is completely unwatchable - this guy sounds like a depressed Joe Lieberman, waggling his jowels in imitation of Jar Jar's leader (whatever the hell it's name was.)
I'm interested in hearing what he has to say, but there's no way in hell I can sit though an hour of that - is there a transcript somewhere?
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- If you are receiving any financial aid other than a Board of Governor's fee waiver (BOG), dropping classes could result in the student repaying federal funds already received or could reduce future financial aid funding. It is recommended that you contact the financial aid office before dropping classes.
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January 2012Happy New Year!
Media Highlights
New data provided by the Florida Department of Education illustrates that individuals who participate in school music experiences achieve higher academic success in the classroom and higher scores on the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT). The new data provides a clearer more comprehensive report of the influence of K-12 music education experiences in the overall academic success of Florida public school students than any data previously examined.The data also shows that participation in school music education activities can benefit ALL students, not just the "talented" few, thereby contributing to the future of all Floridians. No other aspect of the school curriculum provides a cultural diverse experience while stimulating the cognitive processes involved in preparing students to achieve higher levels of academic achievement than school music education programs.
Edited from "2007-2008 12 Grade Cohort & Fine Arts Enrollment Comparison," by Steve Kelly, Ph.D.
Experts Make Case for Adding Arts to STEM
The acronym STEM—shorthand for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—has quickly taken hold in education policy circles, but some experts in the arts community and beyond suggest it may be missing another initial to make the combination more powerful. The idea? Move from STEM to STEAM, with an A for the arts.
Federal agencies, including the U.S. Department of Education and the National Science Foundation (NSF), are helping to fuel work in those areas. The NSF has provided research grants and underwritten a number of conferences and workshops around the nation this year, including a forum hosted by the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design, titled "Bridging STEM to STEAM: Developing New Frameworks for Art-Science-Design Pedagogy."
Arts Education Committee
PURPOSE: To expand access to arts education occurring in community-based settings. WHO MAY APPLY: An individual artist or community-based educator living within Broward, Miami-Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, or Martin County who has conducted an arts educational, community arts, and/or community design project in the year immediately preceding the date of application, and who is collaborating with one (1) or more eligible entities (non-school, Broward County- based public entities and non-profit organizations).; and/or The School Board of Broward County, Florida, or the Broward Education Foundation, Inc., or another agency(ies) recommended by the Broward Cultural Council.
REQUEST/AWARD SIZE: Non-School Board applicants may request no less than the minimum award of $2,000 and no more than the maximum award of $7,000. Visit the Broward Cultural Division website for continued updates on this new incentive program.
2012 Broward County Arts Teacher of the YearApplication Deadline Extended!
The NEW deadline to apply for Broward County's 2012 Arts Teacher of the Year is Friday, March 2, 2012, at 5:00 p.m. Broward County public and charter school principals and teachers are invited to nominate arts teachers for this honor. Arts teachers may submit applications.For 26 years the Arts Teacher of the Year Program has showcased the artistic excellence of students and faculty in Broward County schools, by honoring one outstanding arts teacher each year for his/her contribution and dedication to arts in the classroom. The recipient's success is celebrated during a ceremony at the Broward Center for the Performing Arts in the fall. They receive a check for $2,500, a scholarship contribution by Nova Southeastern University, a Tiffany crystal apple, an assortment of gifts from arts organizations and businesses, an inscribed brick on Riverwalk and a $500 contribution to the arts department at their school."This award celebrates the important work of arts educators, and the magical impact of arts education in our schools," says Mary A. Becht, Director, Broward Cultural Division. "One outstanding teacher is selected each year to represent the teaching excellence that exists in the school system."For more information contact Grace Kewl-Durfey at 954-357-7869; or visit the Broward Cultural Division website for the application form and further details.
Networking with the Arts Education CommitteeProfile: Sharon Brooks
Sharon Brooks combines her passion for education and her love of the arts as Director of Education for the Broward Center for the Performing Arts. She retired from the Broward County School system with 33 years of service including 18 years as a music and fine arts teacher. In 1991 she was selected by the school district to develop and implement a new Arts in Education program. She served as the coordinator of the nationally award-winning, Student Enrichment in the Arts (SEAS) Program, which brought more than 2 million school children to the Broward Center to attend special professional performances with strong educational content that integrated learning tools into the classroom curriculum. The SEAS program has received two national awards: The Magna 2001 Award from the American School Board Journal and the National Award from the John F. Kennedy Center Alliance for the Arts Educational Network and National School Board Association.
Brooks has been recognized as Broward County Arts Teacher of the Year; Woman of the Year in Fine Arts by Women in Communications; Outstanding Elementary Teacher of America; and was a recipient of a Fullbright Scholar's Teacher Exchange Award. She is a graduate of Duquesne University where she attended on full scholarship.
She is the co-founder of the Arts for the Future Scholarship Program, the largest arts scholarship program in the State of Florida. More than $750,000 in scholarship funding has been raised to date, which has enabled more than 700 students to continue their visual, technical and performing arts Post-Secondary Education. Her past professional performance career includes soloist with the St. Louis Ballet, St. Louis Municipal Opera and Broadway Road productions. She has served as Artistic Director and Choreographer for "Young Peoples Concerts and the YOUTH Symphony Dancers sponsored by Broward Community College. Married to Maestro James Brooks-Bruzzese, Artistic Director of the Symphony of the Americas, Brooks enjoys traveling with her husband as he conducts major symphony orchestras and festivals throughout the world. They have one daughter, Denyse, who has also had an active career in dance both on the national and international scene. She also enjoys spending special time with her two grandsons Austin and Christian."I am proud to have been a member of the Arts in Education Committee for the past 20 years. During this time I have had the opportunity to participate in the cultural growth of our students in Broward County. The focus and support of the Cultural Division for Arts in Education has allowed the committee to actively support teachers, artists, arts organizations and millions of students to appreciate and learn through the arts."
Florida Alliance for Arts Education (FAAE) holds2012 Arts Integration Symposium
"Arts Education isn't another problem that policymakers have to address, but a solution they need to embrace."
South Florida Cultural Consortium Selects Arts4Learning Miami to Consult on Teaching Artist Certifications
JazzSLAM supports teachers' efforts to raise student FCAT and other standardized test scores by teaching academics through the Aural, Visual, & Tactile (multiple intelligence) benefits of music. Students participate in a "Rhythm Orchestra" and come to new understandings of fractions and percentages through subdivisions of a whole (note) as they clap, stomp, sing and dance with a live, intergenerational, multicultural jazz quartet. JazzSLAM students soar out of their everyday world into a swinging world of pulsating rhythms and melodies.


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Meeting Avital Sharansky
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What an incredible woman!
(7) Sue, May 18, 2011 5:14 PM
Avital Shavansky spotlight changed. Her spotlight being in her family. In the driving seat of blessings to her husband and family. No backseat, Avital Shavansky being front seat with the people that matter the most, her loved ones. Her rising in public view for a short time, served a purpose for her husband and others. Her husband being the motivator factor to rise up and be seen and heard by the world. Whether love takes us to a few or for many, it's love that rises us up. When the mission is over for many, love is still there. Love never quits.
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I came as a 11-year old child from Kiev in 1977. Few years later Mrs. Scharansky was in Denver and I had an honor to speak in front of her and a large audience of people, talking about the anti-semitism in the USSR from a child's perspective. I still have a photograph from that event. I remember Mrs. Scharansky and her speech and how she devotedly talked about her husband and the fight to get him out of the Soviet jail. All I can say is that she is a courageous woman and I am honored to have met her so many years ago.


text: Leon de Magistris and his son Dante — Mitt Romney's hometown hair stylist and chef, respectively — were invited to be on Wednesday's "Anderson Cooper Live" if the Republican candidate won the presidency. So Leon and Dante wound up in the audience, but not on the air. If it's any consolation to them, Cooper's daytime talk show is being canceled. . . . The UK's Sky News crew broadcast the Romney portion of its election coverage from the pool deck of the Revere Hotel, with Dermot Murnaghan handling the on-screen duties. . . . Washington Wizards star John Wall dined at Nick Varano's Strega Waterfront while in town to play the Celts.


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Yogurt: one of the many things Alan Sailer has blown up
These are the incredible images created by a photographer who uses a loaded weapon and explosives to blow up anything from a banana to a bottle of beer.
Photographer Alan Sailer created the dramatic images by blasting food and household objects with a rifle or firecracker, capturing the moment of impact on a homemade camera in his garage.
The 57-year-old bought parts off Ebay to create the £185 camera - which is based on the design of Harold Edgerton - and sets the shutter speed at a one second delay.
He uses then pulls the trigger on an air rifle, firing a bullet into his target at a speed of over 200 metres per second. As the bullet is fired it passes through a sensor which triggers the flash at the exact moment the bullet hits the object.
Alan also uses firecrackers to blow up objects and over the last four years he has shot around 10,000 objects, from fruit and vegetables to ornaments and cameras.
He said: "I love the surprise of high speed photography, of seeing something that you can't see without a fast flash.
"It doesn't happen every session, but it does keep coming up, that "Oh wow" feeling when you peek at the camera display.
"I get many ideas of objects to blow up, I go to garage sales every weekend, to grocery and discount stores and look at things wondering how they would look as targets.
"In my opinion targets that are wet inside and brittle on the outside look the most interesting. I am going for contrast and colour, so if the inside is different than the outside, this helps."
But Alan said each image takes a lot of precision and with the clean up taking longer than the shot it's important to get it right first time.
He said the explosive shots also come with a risk and he often finds himself dodging bullets.
"Shooting things for me is always stressful, I don't much like the noise and mess. The worst, though, is setting up a unique piece to be shot, pulling the trigger and getting a complete failure, no flash. All that work and set-up to get a blank frame and no chance of a re-do.
"Capturing the precise moment is harder, the timing has to be exact. It's trial and error and over time I have got better at it. But anytime I change to a different projectile from a bullet to say a marble, I have to start experimenting with the timing again.
"It is fairly dangerous. The marble has enough energy to kill, but it's not like a bullet. Bullets are fairly small, so they can go through some pretty thick targets. The marble is big and slows down fast when it hits something. I wear a face protector but have not had any worrisome rebounds.
"Luckily I've only had minor injuries so far, I shoot a lot of glass so I can and do get the odd splinter. I protect my eyes very carefully.
But despite it's disadvantages, Alan said he enjoys the element of surprise high-speed photography gives him.
"It's a thrill. I would say that I shoot about five objects to get an image that I am happy enough to post.
"Of these, about one in five is pretty good. Of those about one in ten are really great. I have shot about 10,000 things in the last four years. I have about 20-30 really great pictures.
"Not bad odds for photography."


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The California condor once soared over large parts of the southwest in great numbers. But by the early 1980s, less than 25 remained. A 30-year effort to re-introduce the bird has been largely successful - about 400 live in northern Arizona, southern Utah and parts of California. But they still face danger from something that almost led to their extinction. Lead poisoning.
A study released recently by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reported that the endangered California condor continues to be threatened by an "epidemic" of lead poisoning. The birds of prey scavenge carcasses, many of which are full of lead bullets and shot. Some of the lead-filled carcasses were left behind by hunters, others by poachers. Some are even left behind by otherwise well-intentioned rural residents who, as a way of life, dispose of varmints and wounded animals by shooting them.
Wildlife officials have been trying to get hunters to voluntarily use other forms of ammunition, with mixed results. They report high rates of compliance in Arizona and California, but not in southern Utah. Only California has an outright ban on lead ammo in areas where condors thrive.
Environmental groups such as the Tucson-based Center for Biological Diversity want a ban like California's extended nationwide. The center and six other groups filed a lawsuit in early June to try to force the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate lead-based bullets and shot.
Hunters and firearms enthusiasts responded by contacting their lawmakers. The Sportsmen's Heritage Act (HR 4089) passed the U.S. House in April with a bi-partisan majority. The Senate added the act as an amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill, which passed 64 to 35 recently.
The issue is complex, as we learn when we talk separately to Jeff Miller of the Center for Biological Diversity and Chris Parish of The Peregrine Fund. Miller and Parish both agree the lead-poisoning is a grave threat to the condor. But they disagree on how to reduce lead-based ammunition. Parish works with the birds, helping to raise them in captivity, release them into the wild, and monitor their behavior post-release. He's also a hunter. He argues passionately for continued education programs, where he's seen widespread compliance. He fears the litigation and legislation will ultimately lead to less compliance, and ultimately more poisoned birds.
Miller, meanwhile, says lead-based ammunition is dangerous to both condors and hunters.
More resources:
Read The Sportsmen's Heritage Act - HR 4089:
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EPA's Toxic Substances Control Act
National Rifle Association
U.S. Sportsmen's Alliance
National Shooting Sports Foundation


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My son is now at Rice and the college system still thrives there. However, family style meals have given way to the food court style servery. There are lots of choices and the food is definitely tastier than when I was a student.There is no set dining time. Unfortunately, such a dining style is not a new experience for most of the students. They did not grow up in homes where you turn off the television and the computer, close the books, and gather at the table for a meal. Catching a meal on the run is the only way they know to eat. Perhaps this makes sense in the college setting. It makes no sense for families.
Study after study illustrate the benefits of family meals. There are fewer behavior problems, higher SAT scores, and better eating habits in children who have family meals at least three times per week. In many households, this can seem daunting. I promise you the benefits are worth the effort. Dinners do not have to be fancy. Grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup are a favorite around here.
You will have to look at your family and see what is flexible and what is not. During the early years of our family, both my husband and I worked full time as Air Force officers. We had three children under the age of four. There is no way I could have a set dinnertime. Meals consisted of a lot of convenience foods that could be served pretty quickly once we were all home. An early dinner was at 6 pm. It was not unusual for us to eat at 8pm or later. Our kids didn't seem to mind since eating together was just what we did. I don't think they ever realized there was an alternative. This flexible style continues to work well. I've cut back on my employment, but now the kids have activities. We structure our meals around soccer practices, Scouts, music lessons, etc. as much as possible. I do not get everyone's knees under my dinner table at every meal, but even through the teenage years, I have gotten most knees there for most meals. Since I am home most of the time, I am cooking more and using less convenience foods. I love my crockpot! Cooking in big batches and freezing half also keeps me ready for harried schedules.
So you manage to get the family together around the table—then what? First you pray. The very basic act of saying grace before meals puts God in the center of your family. Use the meal time to teach good manners, but don't make dinnertime conversation a steady stream of corrections. Work on behavior a little at a time. Waiting patiently as food is passed is the beginning of self-discipline and self-control. Teach by example and always say "please" and "thank-you". Don't forget to thank the cook. My husband has always been very good about telling me "thank you" for preparing the meals. The children have learned by his example. Now when they eat at someone else's home they are always good about thanking the host or hostess for the meal. During mealtime conversations is also when children learn to listen. Once again, you must teach by example. My boys always wanted to describe their playground athletic exploits in excruciating detail. Listening patiently as they painted a verbal picture of their heroics keeps them talking at the dinner table. As they get older, the topics become far more interesting and relevant. What starts off as prattle about the most amazing touchdown pass may very well end up as an insightful conversation about teenage angst. Mealtime is the time for family members to share their priorities, schedules, plans, wants, and needs. We share the faith with discussions of what's coming up on the liturgical calendar. We talk about what is doable and what is not. The children learn to share and compromise. Good manners learned in the family community will make them much better citizens in our larger communities. Without this training, children grow into adults who always expect to get what they want when they want it. As Bishop Loverde states in his essay on manners:
Manners inform and guide the way in which we encounter each other. Manners allow us to die to ourselves and place the needs of another before our own.
So once again I encourage you to peruse the web site of Grace Before Meals. Support this movement to re-establish the institution of family meals. We will strengthen our communities one Domestic Church at a time. Around the dinner table is a good place to start.


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ST. CHARLES – A company specializing in mosquito control products has closed the deal on its new headquarters at an office building on the city's east side.
Earlier this week, a corporation associated with The Clarke Group filed documents with Kane County indicating it was the new owner of the office building at 675 Sidwell Court, located near the intersection of South Tyler Road and Wallace Avenue, south of Route 64, in St. Charles.
According to the county property documents, the corporation, New Campus LLC, paid $2.35 million for the property, which was sold by mapping software creator, The Sidwell Company.
The deal cements the publicly discussed move of The Clarke Group's headquarters from Roselle to St. Charles.
The company secured financial incentives worth $275,000 from the city of St. Charles to bring their headquarters to the city.
Clarke indicated it was deciding between relocating to either St. Charles or Ames, Iowa.
Clark company representatives told St. Charles city officials the headquarters would bring 71 jobs to the city with average salaries around $80,000, and 15 additional jobs paying average salaries of $60,000 per year would be created within five years.
City officials have said they believe the Clarke relocation would generate an additional $28.1 million annually in economic activity in the Tri-Cities area.
The company indicated it will complete its move to the St. Charles building next spring, investing $4 million in the structure.
Clarke said the new headquarters would be used for laboratory work to research and develop formulas for mosquito control products.
Manufacturing of those products would take place elsewhere, they said.


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The creative work of two Pennsylvania College of Technology student photographers is being shared via a new website – the Penn College Student Blog.
Created by Marc T. Kaylor, of Annville, and Whitnie-rae Mays, originally from Birdsboro, student photographers in the College Information and Community Relations Office, the blog features personal introductions by the students and regular posts showcasing their college experiences.
The blog can be viewed at http://studentblog.pct.edu/ and is promoted via the college's website and Facebook page.
Kaylor, a junior in aviation maintenance technology, joined the CICR staff in November. He earned his Federal Aviation Administration Airframe and Powerplant license in 2012. He is a member of Sigma Nu Fraternity, holding the treasurer position for the Penn College chapter, and is president of the Inter-Fraternity Council on campus.
Mays holds an associate degree in advertising art and is pursuing a bachelor's degree in technology management. She joined the CICR staff in January 2011. Mays is also a Community Assistant and Presidential Student Ambassador and holds the position of vice president of public relations for the Student Government Association.
For more about Penn College, visit www.pct.edu, email email@example.com or call toll-free 800-367-9222.


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While closing doors and windows limits the amount of dust and pollen wafting in from outside, it can also seal in biological irritants and hazardous chemicals from household products and furnishings. A study in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine found that controlling indoor allergens could cut childhood asthma cases by about 65 percent. Other contaminants have been linked to dizziness, nausea, developmental disorders, even cancer.
We spend about 90 percent of our time indoors, so eliminating the most egregious and common culprits is a good idea. Follow these easy solutions to give your home a breath of fresh air.
Combustion Gases
Most of us forget that our gas stoves actually produce open flames, and wherever there's an open flame, nitrogen dioxide and carbon dioxide can build up.
Where They Lurk
Kitchen, living room (if you have a fireplace), furnace room or basement
How to Avoid Them
Make sure your gas appliances are properly adjusted -- a blue flame is best. If the flame has a lot of yellow or orange, a sign of higher pollutant levels, ask the gas company to tweak the setting. If you are buying new, opt for a model with a pilotless ignition, which doesn't have a continuously burning pilot light.
Dust Mites
They aren't deadly, but these allergens may be responsible for that early-morning stuffy nose and those itchy, red-rimmed eyes.
Where They Lurk
Bedrooms, carpets, sofas, linens
How to Avoid Them
Encase pillows and mattresses with tightly woven anti-dust-mite covers (look for "allergen protector" or "asthma-friendly" on the label). They trap mites inside, where they die off, and prevent new mites from entering the pillow. All carpets, even natural fiber ones, attract dust mites -- so vacuum with a high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filter, which traps tiny particles in a very fine mesh to prevent them from recirculating, or opt for wood flooring.
PBDEs (Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers or Flame Retardants)
Animal research has shown links to thyroid, liver, neurological, and immune disorders. Europe has already banned the use of certain formulations of PBDEs.
Where They Lurk
Mattresses, upholstery, electronics
How to Avoid Them
Look for mattresses made from wool, a natural fire retardant, or add a natural feather bed as a protective layer. When buying electronics, opt for ones made by manufacturers such as Apple, Dell, and Sony, which are phasing out certain PBDEs. When shopping for furniture, Ikea is a safe bet; the chain has stopped using the versions of these chemicals that Europe has banned.
Considered a volatile organic compound (VOC), formaldehyde emits toxic gases that can cause nausea and dizziness and, in severe cases, may harm the liver and kidneys.
Where It Lurks
Adhesives in furniture, flooring, cabinetry
How to Avoid It
Buying solid wood furniture and flooring instead of particleboard products may help you avoid this VOC. But because it's in such a wide range of products, it's always a good idea to keep your home well-ventilated. Using a sealant on particleboard floors and cabinets may help prevent gases from releasing.
One of the worst allergy offenders, mold causes itchy eyes, runny noses, asthma and other respiratory disorders.
Where It Lives
The fridge, washing machine, shower walls -- anywhere there's water
How to Avoid It
Beating mold means controlling indoor moisture levels, which can be measured with an inexpensive humidity meter available at many hardware stores, says EPA spokesman Dave Ryan. Empty the drip trays beneath your refrigerator and dehumidifier regularly. To prevent mold from invading your washing machine, run a cycle once a week with 1 cup of hydrogen peroxide and no clothes, and keep the room warm and dry.
Considered semivolatile organic compounds by the EPA, these can cause respiratory and skin irritation, coughing, and dizziness. Over the long term, they've been linked to central nervous system damage.
Where They Lurk
Floors, plants, pets, bottoms of shoes
How to Avoid Them
Take another look at what you spray on pets and plants to ward off pests. Be sure to apply flea powder and liquid pesticides (for plants or pets) outdoors and use more natural choices. Removing shoes indoors can help cut down on the amount of lawn fertilizer tracked inside.
Pet Dander and Pollen
These allergens can spark symptoms that range from morning congestion to sneezing and wheezing. Recent research suggests that pollen may also affect children's ability to concentrate.
Where They Lurk
Carpets, cushions, bedding, windowsills
How to Avoid Them
Consider banning Fido from the bedroom. Most of our time at home is spent in that room, so we're especially susceptible to allergens there. Clean carpets, floors, and furniture using a vacuum with a HEPA filter. You might also want to replace air filters in heating and air-conditioning systems with tighter-weave ones that trap even the smallest particles. Look for one with a Minimum Effectiveness Rating Value of at least 8.
Used to make plastics more flexible and durable, they release gases associated with reproductive and developmental problems.
Where They Lurk
Plastic toys, shower curtains, shampoos, lotions, nail polish
How to Avoid Them
Pinpointing which toys or shampoos contain phthalates can be tricky; labels don't always list them. You can try to avoid them in beauty products by buying USDA-certified organic products. Vow to limit the plastic that makes its way into your home.
Text by Autumn Spanne


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Oregon releases more docs in NCAA investigation
EUGENE, Ore. — Oregon received a formal notice of allegations in December related into the NCAA investigation into its use of recruiting services.
The notice, released in response to public records requests and first reported by The Register-Guard, follows reports that Oregon already met with the NCAA Committee on Infractions last month.
The NCAA has been looking into payments Oregon made to recruiting services, including a $25,000 payment to Willie Lyles and Houston-based Complete Scouting Services in 2011. Lyles had a connection with an Oregon recruit.
University President Michael Gottfredson received the notice of allegations on Dec. 5. Much of what is included mirrors what was in a summary disposition that Oregon submitted to the NCAA last October.
The NCAA will not comment on ongoing investigations. It is not known when a decision might be announced.