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Dr. Shannon Tanghe is the Program Director and Associate Professor in the Master of Arts in ESL program at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. Prior to this, she spent approximately sixteen years teaching in South Korea. Her current courses focus on international perspectives of English language teaching and reflective language teaching. Her ongoing research focuses on collaborative co-teaching, World Englishes, and internationalizing teacher education. She was recently recognized as the 2016 TESOL Teacher of the Year and was named as one of "30 Up and Coming" emerging leaders in the TESOL field.
Interviewers: Ju Seong Lee (John) and Cristina Sánchez-Martín
You were the recipient of the 2016 TESOL Teacher of the Year Award recognized by TESOL International Association. Congratulations on your recent achievement! To start, please share with our readers a little bit about yourself, and how you became interested in TESOL as a field and as a professional organization.
Thank you! I spent the first half of my life in rural Minnesota, and most of the second half in South Korea. When I was a university student at the University of Minnesota–Morris, I had the chance to have two transformative teaching/learning experiences which had huge impact on my future. The first was a semester I spent working as an English language teaching assistant in a kindergarten classroom in Cairo, Egypt. During that experience, I fell in love with teaching English. The next year, I was able to do my student teaching in Georgetown, Guyana, an experience that solidified my decision to teach internationally. I spent several summers teaching at a summer camp in South Korea, and in 2000 I moved there and stayed for more than 16 years, until recently returning to Minnesota last summer.
I was a member of the local TESOL organization in Korea (KOTESOL) for about a decade before I became involved in the international TESOL organization. I benefitted from the local focus that KOTESOL offered, which was exactly what I needed at that time. As I continued teaching, I began to explore more international perspectives and resources through involvement with the international TESOL organization.
In your study "Integrating World Englishes into a university conversation class in South Korea" (2014), you introduced how language teachers can incorporate World Englishes perspectives into English language teaching and raise students' perceptions of different varieties of English. Could you briefly explain how teachers can implement this practice in their own instructional contexts?
I think this begins with first re-evaluating traditional ideas about language education and focusing on TESOL pedagogies that can meet the needs of diverse learners in a particular learning context. In the piece you mentioned from English Today, I describe in detail several of the activities that we did in that particular course–including a Quirk/Kachru debate, visual re-constructions of Kachru's concentric circle model, reflective voice blogs, and cumulative video projects. One resource I really appreciate is Jennifer Jenkins' "Global Englishes" textbook (2015). I have used this book in graduate courses and have found it to be a great combination of information integrated with pedagogical implications. Aya Matsuda's "Preparing Teachers to Teach English as an International Language" (2017) is another recommendation, which also includes an extensive resource collection.
Teacher educators and teachers alike benefit from developing an understanding of language in connection to learners' particular contexts, and to appreciate learners complex and multi-faceted identities, which are shaped by personal lived histories and educational experiences. When an educator focuses on his/her teaching context, one can seek out and usually find spaces to create opportunities for all English language learners to use the language, and to transfer beyond the classroom. Including social justice inquiry projects, critical language awareness activities, and integrating deep level thinking, questioning and communication processes into language education can open spaces for discussions about World Englishes.
You served on the Committee for the "Reintegration of Multiculturalism into Korean Public Middle Schools." How did you become interested and involved in multilingual and multicultural education, and what specific suggestions can you offer to teacher education programs to promote critical racial awareness in their programs?
Yes, I was fortunate to have been invited to join this committee, which I thoroughly enjoyed, especially because there were many opportunities to meet and talk with middle school teachers about challenges and opportunities for integrating multiculturalism into the national curriculum guidelines.
My advice for teacher education programs is to prioritize the messages and concepts that are modeled through delivery in each program, in addition to considering the curriculum and content focus. "Teaching about" critical racial awareness, for example, is very different than actually promoting and implementing critical racial awareness (really "teaching" it), which needs to be modeled and integrated throughout a program. These critical issues need to inform teaching in all areas, and can not be add-ons that can be checked off through a one-day session or a stand-alone unit focus. These philosophies need to be intentionally interwoven throughout a program, not only in word but more importantly, through action. Incorporating aspects of critical pedagogies in daily teaching, and encouraging learners to question their own beliefs and practices while seeking out possibilities for transformative action can open spaces for new ways of thinking and seeing the world. In teacher education programs, I believe it is important for graduates to know and understand ideas that have informed education and the TESOL field, but even more crucially, for teachers to leave a teacher education program being prepared as reflective educators, confident in their abilities to practically apply these concepts in their own individual teaching contexts.
In your recent TESOL blog post, "Making (and Keeping!) New Year's Resolutions", you wrote about five strategies TESOL professionals could engage in professional development, namely, joining local and international conferences, taking online courses, engaging in reflective journal writing, being involved in interest groups, and setting concrete goals to stay focused on your interests. How do you implement these practices in your own contexts? What benefits or challenges do you notice with the different strategies?
All five of these are strategies that I shared because I have found them to be very effective in my own personal and professional life. Two of the easiest to begin with are goal-setting and reflective journaling. Goal-setting and working toward specific visions has always been a strategy that I have found very helpful in many different aspects of my own life, and highly recommend. Goal setting is something that anyone can do, and with practice and success in achieving smaller goals can be a powerful motivating.
Of the five I mentioned, I think the one that has had the most significant impact on my own personal and professional growth is reflective journal writing. Each semester, I like to focus on one particular course I am teaching. As the class progresses, I often jot down notes (which I find makes me even more aware of what happens in the class) and then after the class ends I immediately sit down and type my thoughts about what happened (or didn't happen) during that class. I usually focus on things that went differently than expected, ideas that emerged from the class, possibilities for extensions, and reflect on successes as well as ongoing challenges. I have found this process to be a fantastic way to go back and re-examine the class in a more leisurely manner, processing what happened, thinking more carefully about comments that were made and about interactions during the class. The process of writing also allows space for me to consider alternative possibilities—things I might have done differently and things that I could try in a future class. When I started, this would sometimes take just a few minutes, but as I have continued, these reflections sometimes extend on for more than an hour and have become a process I really look forward to. In writing, I find the introspective process draws out some subconscious attitudes and open new avenues of exploration.
Another form of journaling that I have tried and have become an advocate for is collaborative journaling. Though this can be done in many different ways, I will share a couple of my favorites. I first tried this with a colleague in South Korea, when we taught within the same graduate program, but were each teaching separate courses. We would each keep an individual journal about our individual class, but did it in a collaborative online space, sharing our journals with each other. In the journals, we each focused on personal teaching/classroom goals we were working to improve as the semester progressed. We would read each other's journals and offer comments and suggestions on particulars we were each struggling with. The outside perspective that someone else was able to offer provided fresh insights and ideas that could be implemented in the classroom and then continually reflected on.
This collaborative journaling experience expanded when the two of us co-taught a semester-long course together. We again used a collaborative journal as a way to plan and reflect on the class. It proved to be a very powerful space which encouraged a lot of reflections that often extended beyond the scope of the class. At the end of the semester, I believe we had about 80 pages of journaling. This also turned out to be great records and data for research, as we were able to publish some of the work we did in that class in a TESOL Quarterly article (Porter & Tanghe, 2016).
In your recent study (Tanghe & Park, 2016), you explore how an international collaboration project between graduate students in the US and South Korea helped students develop intercultural competence, move away from essentialized notions of culture and identity, and rethink their beliefs about educational systems. What suggestions do you have for student-teachers who do not have access to such initiatives but who would like to develop similar principles?
Great question! Here are a few suggestions for student-teachers to get some great experiences in a variety of areas:
- Connect with an organization that facilitates teach abroad opportunities. One of my favorites is educatorsabroad.org
- Explore hands-on teaching opportunities within your own community. Seek out organizations and volunteer with recent immigrants, refugees, or community members.
- Attend local conferences and educational meetings—meet people, hear new ideas!
- Get involved in online telecollaborations. Consider partnering up with a teacher, friend, or student in another country or region. If you don't have an available partner, there are several websites that specialize in matching collaborating partners, iEARN or epals.com, for example.
- Use the resources available online. There are far too many to list, but here's a couple of places to start:
- Connect with Facebook groups—Teacher's Voices or iTDi (International Teacher Development Institute) for starters. These two communities are fantastic mixes of novice and experienced educators from all over the world always willing to share ideas and resources.
- Read blogs from teachers and students around the world, or better yet, start your own!
What research and teaching projects are you currently undertaking? What advice would you give to us and other Ph.D. students trying to publish their work?
In July, I accepted a new position as the Program Director of the Master's of Arts in ESL at Saint Mary's University of Minnesota. One of the aspects of this position that I am really enjoying is having the opportunity to influence overall program structures. My own teaching and lived experiences have led me to see many possibilities and benefits associated with internationalizing higher education. I am currently focusing on increasing opportunities available for international student teaching, short-term supervised teach-abroad programs embedded in teacher education programs as a form of "teaching to learn".
My advice to Ph.D. students trying to publish their work is to keep at it! I am still fairly new to publishing, but I have spent a lot of time writing, re-writing, re-writing and re-writing, and know that I have benefitted enormously from the guidance and support of mentors in the field. Having had opportunities to learn from and conduct research together with more experienced researchers has been very helpful, both in providing guidance through the sometimes overwhelming process and also in increasing my confidence to publish on my own. One hugely influential mentor in my own academic journey has been Dr. Gloria Park, my dissertation advisor and mentor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. I have learned so much from the way she models and demonstrates a genuine ethic of caring with her advisees, investing lots of time and energy to help develop teacher-scholars in the field. I encourage people to find and connect with others who share your interests and passions. Get involved and network at conferences, connect with other graduate students and presenters who share similar interests as yourself. Collaborate and talk with others, listening to and learning from experiences.
Also, persevere! The first time I submitted an article to a journal, I remember being very discouraged when it was returned, heavily marked up with all kinds of criticisms. I put it away for awhile and when I got back into it, I could really see how valuable the reviewers' comments were. I could literally feel myself growing and developing as a writer I worked through re-writes. Every piece that is published (and also those that are not), offers tremendous space to learn and grow from multiple perspectives on your own written scholarship.
What advice do you have for graduate students wanting to enter the job market outside of the U.S./U.K., particularly in the Korean context?
If you have been educated in a very different educational system than the one that you are teaching in, take some time to reflect (and perhaps even articulate in writing), on how your own ideas and experiences with education will influence your teaching. Acknowledge that your experiences, whatever they were, may have been fantastic, may have been terrible, but they were your own personal experiences. Whatever context you were educated in as a young learner is likely very different than the context you are teaching in. I would argue this is true even if you are teaching in the very same school that you attended as a young learner.
Digital literacies, migration patterns, generational gaps, different educational philosophies and expectations continue to change the educational landscape. Dan Lortie (1975) talks about the "apprenticeship of observation" describing how teachers spent thousands and thousands of hours in an apprentice-like mode—in their formative years as students, observing and participating in a particular model of education. Without conscious, intentional efforts to examine the impact of these lived learned experiences, one is likely to teach as one has been taught, for better or worse. Decide to make a conscious choice to reflect on the impact of your own experiences on your teaching. Being open-minded and open to new ideas is a great place to start.
When teaching, keep the main focus on the learners—by first focusing on who the learners are and what their needs are, then by considering how to create opportunities that will encourage to meet their own goals and address their personal needs. Be ready to learn from others around you. Seek out a mentor, perhaps another teacher in your school, who is more experienced in that particular context and who may be able to offer you insights that are not immediately apparent to you.
Also, it is important to be aware that what you have learned in your US or UK teacher education programs may have given you a solid foundation, but all elements may not be immediately applicable to your particular teaching context. As you learn in graduate schools anywhere, dive in, learn about the experiences, theories, and philosophies of TESOL and education scholars, but at the end of the day, you, as a frontline teacher are in the best position to determine what will be beneficial in your own teaching context and how to provide those opportunities to your learners.
Jenkins, J. (2015). Global Englishes: A resource book for students. New York, NY: Routledge.
Lortie, D. (1975). Schoolteacher: A sociological study. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Matsuda, A. (2017). Preparing teachers to teach English as an International Language. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Porter, C. & Tanghe, S. (2016). Emplaced identities and the materials classroom. TESOL Quarterly, 50(3), 769-778.
Tanghe, S. (2014). Integrating World Englishes into a university conversation class in South Korea. English Today, 30(2), 18-23.
Tanghe, S. (2016). Promoting critical racial awareness in teacher education in Korea: reflections on a racial discrimination simulation activity. Asia Pacific Education Review, 17, 203-215.
Tanghe, S., & Park, G. (2016). "Build[ing] something which alone we could not have done": International collaborative teaching and learning in language teacher education. SYSTEM, 57, 1-13.


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This is just to get into the habit again. I haven't posted anything for sometime, due pressures of work and study. With this post, I intend to become a regular once more.
I made a presentation yesterday Feb. 27 at the Institute of Mathematics in U.P. Diliman, before some 15 mathematicians. The presentation was arranged by Dr. Jose Ma. Balmaceda, director of the Math Institute where I am also lecturer. Former COMELEC Commissioner Mehol Sadain and former COMELEC IT Department head Ernie del Rosario also attended. My topic was the determination of sample sizes for a post-election audit. Halalang Marangal (HALAL), of which I am secretary-general, is recommending to the COMELEC to adopt Confidence Level Targetting (CLT) instead of Fixed Percentage of Precincts (FPP) for setting the sample size in the random manual audit (RMA) that is required by law for the May 2010 Philippine elections. Current proposals today for the sample size range from 200-plus (the number of legislative districts, which is what the law says) to 1,600-plus (the number of councilor districts). All proposals, except ours, are based on fixed audits.
The biggest problem of fixed audits in setting the sample size is that confidence level (one minus the significance level) of the result will be unpredictable. If the win is a landslide, the sample size may be unnecessarily large. But if it is a close contest, the sample size may be too small.
The advantage of Confidence Level Targetting is that it takes the winning margin into account, when setting the sample size, so that the confidence level reaches the desired level. To give an extreme example: if the winning margin is just one vote, even if only one precinct is left out of the sample (that is, all precincts except one are audited), the result of the audit will remain inconclusive.
How is Confidence Level Targetting done?
Here's the basic process:
1. Adopt a target confidence level L. HALAL recommends 95% (the same level which is typically used in establishing scientific "truths"). The American Statistical Association on the other recommends 99% (which will take longer and will also be more expensive). I can be happy with either. Let us say 95%.
2. Determine the winning margin M. This is the difference in the votes received by the winner and the nearest loser. In case of multi-slot contests like senatorial or council elections, use the difference in votes received by the last among the winners and the first among the losers. The audit starts with the hypothesis that this margin is the result of cheating.
3. Estimate the average number of false votes V a presumed cheat will try to gain in a single precinct. The idea is: any gain higher than V will be too obvious. Lower than V, the results are still plausible enough. So, V is the highest false gain that a cheat will dare attain in one precinct. Of course, this will still vary from precinct to precinct, so we take V as the average target of the cheat per precinct. In my presentation, I assumed that V = 500. That is, the cheats will target a false gain of 500 votes in the precincts where they will operate.
4. From M and V, we can compute the minimum number of precincts P that the cheat must have operate in, to get a total false gain of M+1 (that is, to overcome the lead of the presumed true winner):
That is, the cheat targets an average false gain of V in P precincts, in order to get a total false gain of M+1.
This false gain may be attained in several ways. By simply adding zeroes to the votes of the favored candidate, by removing digits from the true winner, or by vote shifting. In local parlance, "dagdag-bawas" or padding-shaving.
Now, we have an estimate P of the number of bad precincts.
5. We must now compute the sample size which will give us a very high probability (95%, if a target confidence level of 0.95 is adopted) of drawing at least one of these bad precincts. The formula is:
S = [N – (P – 1)/2] * [1 – (1-L)^1/P], where
S is the sample size
N is the total number of precincts (75,471 clusters for the May 2010 elections)
L is the target confidence level (and 1-L is the significance level of the test)
P is the estimated number of bad precincts
I took this formula from existing literature on the mathematics of election audits, specifically from an article by Aslam, Popa and Rivest (2007). I can explain the details if there is any interest. In whole procedure is explained by Dopp (2009).
6. We now have the desired sample size. If we draw this number of precincts randomly (with emphasis on randomly, that is, every precinct has an equal chance of being selected as every other precinct) from the total number of precincts, we are 95% sure we will get at least one bad precinct. The ballots in the drawn precincts are then counted manually, the votes tallied, and the results of the audit compared with the machine results for discrepancies.
7. There are two possibilities, and at this point, language becomes important. So, note carefully the words and phrases I use.
The first possibility is that we don't find any precinct with a discrepancy as large or larger than V. None. Then, we can now conclude (note the language now!) with 95% confidence that there was no cheating that was significant enough to change the outcome of the election. In the parlance of statistics, we have falsified the null hypothesis (that the cheating changed the outcome of the elections).
The second possibility is that we find at least one precinct with a discrepancy as large or larger than V. In this case, the audit results are inconclusive. (Sorry if that sounds a little bit counter-intuitive, but that's statistics). The, our conclusion will be (note the language!) we cannot confidently assert (at the 95% confidence level, if you insist on being quantitative) that there was no cheating significant enough to change the election outcome.
In other words: we had started with the hypothesis that the cheating was significant enough to change the election outcome. If we find no bad precinct in the audit, as described above, then we can confidently conclude that the hypothesis was false, the winner is the true winner, and s/he can be proclaimed. But if we find at least one bad precinct, we cannot confidently conclude that significant cheating occurred.
8. To confidently conclude that the cheating was significant enough to change the outcome, we need a different approach. More on this later.


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Cilbir: Turkish eggs
A very popular Turkish breakfast, the yolks from these poached eggs swirl through yoghurt flavoured with garlic and dill. The dish is then drizzled with brown butter and sprinkled with a little smoked paprika. Serve with Turkish bread or pita breads to mop up the sauce.
|1 clove
|Garlic, minced
|½ cup
|Dill, finely chopped
|1 cup
|Plain unsweetened yoghurt, full-fat
|2 Tbsp
|½ tsp
|Freshly ground black pepper
|1 tsp
|Smoked paprika
- Stir the garlic and dill in to the yoghurt and season to taste with salt.
- Poach eggs for about 3 minutes until the white has set. The yolks should be runny.
- Heat the butter and pepper in a small saucepan, stirring constantly until it becomes a light tan colour. Remove pan from the heat; the butter will continue to brown in the residual heat but should not burn.
- Drain the eggs on paper towels.
- Divide the yoghurt between two bowls and rest two eggs on top of each. Pour over the butter and sprinkle over smoked paprika. Serve with pita or Turkish breads.
This recipe is taken from Lonely Planet's The World's Best Brunches, recreated by the Bite test kitchen. The book is a collection of recipes for mid-morning meals, accompanied by the origin of each dish and the best place to sample a bite. Here's another recipe from the book: Devilled kidneys, and for more brunch ideas, go to Brunches from around the world.
Bite_teamadded 1651 days ago
Glad you liked the recipe. It's one of those yummy eat any time dishes. The tomato sounds like a good burst of freshness here.
Stefaniadded 1656 days ago
Devoured these eggs this evening. Used parsley instead of dill and some diced tomato on top. The melted butter, yogurt and paprika is a winging combo with the eggs. Highly recommend


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The #Motorola #Nexus6 has officially been removed from the Google Store, thus paving the way for the #Huawei #Nexus6P. The smartphone is now available for even cheaper courtesy of Amazon. The 32GB variant of the 2014 Nexus flagship can be yours for as little as $249.99, while the 64GB variant can be bought for just $299.99.
Although the device is no longer available from Google, this doesn't mean that other sellers won't offer the device. We will still be able to find a myriad of deals and other promotions on the smartphone over the coming days before the device becomes obsolete for good.
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Super unhappy Monday morning, guys! I wish I was feeling peppy, but alas... I'm super bummed that this week, school is going to kick my ass. And I can't even begin to talk about my emotions post-Patriots Super Bowl loss. UGH. I want to crawl under a blanket and cry. WAHHHHHH!!!
Okay, back to normal. Saturday morning kicked off with breakfast with my Grandaddy & family. Yummy!! Then I spent the rest of the afternoon thrifting & putting together packages for Shop Cheeky Cheeky! I found some great stuff for the shop that I'm pretty stoked about! Such a productive day. I took an excessively long nap to recover from all that productivity. (I mean, really. It's exhausting.) Then I went out with my friends David & Johanna! I feel like I never go out anymore- I'm turning into such an old woman. But I put on my party pants and we tried out a new martini bar in town. I usually favor beer & my lovable beer belly proves it. But I decided to get extra fancy and drink frou frou beverages that come in a weird shaped glass. I had a jolly rancher martini made with homemade jolly rancher vodka & a java martini that left me bouncing off the walls with energy and drunkenness. Heaven. Afterwards we went to get food & beers- the perfect end to the night! I met a dude at the bar who saw my iPhone case and assumed I was obsessed with cats. I then told him that I'm not- I just really like Hello Kitty.... I don't think that made him like me any more. Even still, it was a really fun night- good conversation & yummy food. What more could a girl ask for?
Sunday, I basically just waited around for the Super Bowl to start. It was an anxious day to say the least. I made my very own 7-Layer Dip that was full of cheesy, yummy goodness. I want to live in that dip. But then the night turned ugly when the Patriots lost the fucking Super Bowl. REALLY?! Really. As much as I want to curl up in a ball and say mean things about Eli Manning, I'm going to resist. All I will say is that I still believe that The Patriots are a better team than The Giants. We had a few bad breaks and we let our nerves get the best of us. (Yes, I consider myself an actual part of The Patriots team. Please don't send me to a mental hospital.) Now I'm going to go lick my wounds and try to forget everything about yesterday except for Madonna's kick ass performance.


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Making It Easy for Your Family and Friends to Help Promote Your Business During the Holidays with Social Media
How Social Media Can Help Your Local Business with 'Word of Mouth' Referrals During the Holidays
Many local business owners often ask how social media can help them with their business. With the holidays around the corner, this presents a great opportunity to help you grow your local business and your following in your social media communities – particularly Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus and LinkedIn.
Consider the fact that you will be spending much of your time during Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years with family and friends and they respect and admire you as a local business owner. They also want to help you and are usually more than willing to promote your local business if you could make it easy for them. So here are some quick and easy ways you can help them help you get the word out to get more 'Word of Mouth" referrals through social media.
First, it is important to make sure that your business is set up on the primary social media communities. The six most popular social media communities that we recommend are Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, LinkedIn, YouTube and Pinterest. Having business pages on these six social media communities is important since most of your family and friends are spending time on one or more of them daily.
One of the common mistakes we often see with a local business is setting up business pages as an individual instead of a business page. Make sure yours is setup as a business page and that you, as the business owner, is setup with administrative access so that you can interact with followers on behalf of the business.
Second, make sure you connect these social communities to one another so that your comments and recommendations are shared throughout each. For instance, if you have a client, friend or family member who writes a nice post on Facebook about the work you have done, are doing or can do, you want to make sure this also reaches your Twitter, LinkedIn and Google+ business pages. By connecting these social media communities, you are able to reach many more people.
Third, make sure you link your social media pages to your website in order for them to be easy to access. There are at least a couple of ways to link your website to social media communities. One is to have a 'share' option on your website for each major social media community where viewers can share through their own social media accounts. The second is to make sure you have your business links where they can click on the links and go directly to your social media communities to connect with you and see what your other followers are saying about you and your local business. Both of these options are great to incorporate into your website in different areas – the click to connect on your home page and the share options on your blogs is one example.
Fourth, be sure that you have captured the custom URL for your social community. This makes it easy for you to guide your family and friends to your social media links. For instance, having Facebook.com/XXIIBrands makes it much easier to have someone connect and 'Like' our Facebook page. Make sure you make it easy for your family, friends, employees and customers to do the same.
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The next event on the AWT tour is about to kick off in Baja, bringing the bext wavesailors from the USA and further afield into the desert for the ultimate showdown. Tanya Saleh is making the long trip from Europe to take on another AWT contest and will be reporting right here for Boardseeker…
Baja, The arrival…
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The act of getting to Punta San Carlos is an adventure in itself; a border crossing, passing by Tijuana and Ensenada (without the urge to stop), negotiating the military check points in broken Spanish, and the big finale: The Dirt Road. The last time I was here (2 years ago for the AWT), there was quite a lot of dirt road carnage; multiple flat tyres, people going the wrong way, and falling off the roof of the vans etc. Unfortunately, as everyone rocked up yesterday it was all rather uneventful! This goes to show that for year 3 of the AWT tour everyone is actually learning from their mistakes. Boring!
I was lucky enough to hitch a ride with Marco Bitoun (current overall 1st amateurs) and Camille Juban, and we arrived on Friday getting an extra day of sailing in. For me this was also a critical extra day of trying to overcome jetlag, or what apparently looks to everyone else like narcosis. We stopped in one of the last towns of civilization to eat a mandatory taco from a taco stand. Starving having been driving for 5 hours we tuck in, I look up and Camille's head looks like it's about to explode. Clearly he hadn't realised the little orange things (which look like peppers) he covered his taco in were actually habanero chillis. Ouch.
The conditions the last 2 days have been on the smaller side; just over head high down to knee high, but super fun and pretty windy. You can tell there is a long period so if the swell comes through we will definitely get some epic conditions. I'm already revelling in the joys of no phone signal, rural living, and Solo Sports delicious food. Up next will be the action.
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Saturday, 5 September 2009
Peacocky Outfit
I don't usually do "outfit of the day" posts, mainly because my mirror's rubbish (as you can see), and because my outfits are fairly repetitive at work, but I was pleased with my outfit yesterday, as I think it perfectly encapsulated my vision for the coming season: feathers, jewel colours, and metallics. I'm continually intrigued and mesmerised by iridescence in nature: peacock feathers, petrol on water, beetle wings. I'm going to post a longer entry on it as a theme, but this was my take on it yesterday. The dress is Holly Willoughby at Littlewoods (I tend to shy away from "celebrity" fashion lines, particularly the more tenuous ones, but I couldn't resist the deep plum colour, my favourite shade of all).
My makeup, featuring MAC Delft paint point with touches of shimmery pistachio Shu Uemura P Green 450 in the corners to make it "iridescent", and my recently acquired Accessorize hairband:
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Gorgeous! <3 Is the hairband an alice band or an elastic-type affair? I've recently got into the idea of using the elasticated hairbands to accessorise my hijab (see here: http://www.facebook.com/notifications.php#/photo.php?pid=7746261&op=2&o=global&view=global&subj=569385243&id=569385243) and a peacock feather one would look amazing with teal or purple!ReplyDelete
Oh, I love it all! And the hairband is really lovely, I must investigate this myself.ReplyDelete
Aww thanks girls!ReplyDelete
Louiza: the hairband is an Alice band affair - though I don't see why you still couldn't wear it over a black hijab? Alternatively, I'm sure it'd be quite easy to make one - and King's Fabrics in town may well sell peacock feathers to try?
g_k: You must get one!
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I love the hairband and I heart the make up delft is one of my faves x Oh and thanks for the comments on my last blog post I really appreciate xxxxReplyDelete
You look gorgeous. I love the alice band. Thanks for the info on Mac makeovers too xReplyDelete


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March 5, 2013--Mount St. Mary's freshman Shivaughn Wiggins (Charlotte, N.C./North Mecklenburg) has been named the Northeast Conference Rookie of the Year. Wiggins, a five-time NEC Rookie of the Week recipient, is just the second Mountaineer ever to win NEC Rookie of the Year honors.
Wiggins is averaging 9.6 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 1.2 steals per game while starting 14 of 27 games played for the Mount this season. Since being inserted into the starting lineup 14 games ago, the freshman is averaging 14.6 points per game, shooting 52.3 percent from the field and 58.6 percent from three-point range.
Wiggins, who was also named to the NEC All-Rookie team, averaged 11.9 points, 2.3 assists and 2.1 rebounds in NEC games this year, shooting 50.8 percent from the floor and 54.8 percent from three-point range.
The 5-10 guard scored 20 or more points four times this year, including a career-high 28 points in the Mount's 103-82 win over Fairleigh Dickinson in the final game of the regular season. Wiggins, one of the top on the ball defenders in the NEC, scored in double figures 13 times this year with the Mount going 10-3 in those contests.
The only other Mountaineer to win NEC Rookie of the Year honors was Chris McGuthrie in 1992-93.
The Mount finished the regular season with a 16-13 record, and earned the No. 5 seed in the Northeast Conference Tournament. Mount St. Mary's will play at No. 4 seed Bryant on Wednesday night at 7:00 p.m.


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Trying to clean out various boxes of material under my sewing table, I came across a small unfinished quilt top that I seriously didn't like. So I felt good about spending part of an evening practising my new-learnt free motion quilting on it, guilt-free about wreaking anything precious. The result is probably not even nice enough to give to anyone, but can no doubt be used by our Small People to build houses around our flat. Or even, lowest of the low, be used as a play space for guinea pigs to save the carpet from sudden spontaneous offerings…
It must be about a square metre, or barely more. Not useful for anything, really, but better than being in the back of a cardboard box. I had fun trying out random patterns in the stippling and have learnt an important lesson: doodling anything other than simply swirls is pretty hard, and just a teeny-weeny line or two to guide me WOULD have been a good idea in retrospect. Oh well: a bit toooo pragmatic, here. But it was fun, and freeing, and did me good to see I could quilt a quilt quickly with something other than stippling or straight lines. 15 minutes in the 'quick' programme on the washing machine at midnight, and then I draped it over a radiator. And collapsed into bed.
The back is totally uncoordinated, but made with cheap Swedish giant store fabric. I should probably have used white thread on the back (duh…) but I was afraid it would seep through to the front. But, again in retrospect, this would have been better than the odd pattern that appears on the back now. Still, it is finished, and that is good! If I can, I will link this up to Amanda's 'Finish it up' Friday post tomorrow.
Using my new-found-confidence following last week's course, and preparing for the next one on Friday, I then tried out other freemotion patterns on little snippets that could be cushions to go with David's quilt. The quilt top of this is now finished, and sandwiched. IF I can lug it back across town (walk – bus – train – taxi again…) with my sewing machine tomorrow, I will be able to ask the instructor for some advice. But meanwhile I just had a go. Photos are fuzzy, but again: I had fun and it felt nice and free to experiment before attacking the monster. But what colour to use in the final version? Here I tried out gold thread, and darkish green. Really not sure what works better. Probably something completely different. Any ideas?
The border is gorgeous iridescent cotton, but the photos – taken on the balcony in the Geneva evening winter gloom – totally don't do it justice.
Off to make supper before the Hordes come back. JJ.


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A team led by Wayne State University School of Medicine researcher Mark Greenwald, Ph.D., will use a four-year, $2,279,723 competitively renewed grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health to explore whether the opioid addiction treatment medication buprenorphine can decrease the magnitude and/or duration of responses to stressors faced by recovering addicts.
The results of the study could reveal a new therapeutic feature of the drug, possibly helping drug-abstinent individuals avoid relapse.
Dr. Greenwald is a professor and associate chair of Research in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences. He also directs the department's Substance Abuse Research Division.
"Biobehavioral Studies of Opioid Seeking: Effect of Buprenorphine/Naloxone Dose on Experimental Stress Reactivity and Opioid Abstinence," is the third phase of a project initially funded by the NIDA in 2003.
"We first developed and validated our experimental methods, then made changes over the course of the project to tackle more challenging questions," Dr. Greenwald said. "We want to address the terrible epidemic of opioid abuse, overdose and deaths that our society is witnessing."
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To promote the generalizability and clinical relevance of their findings, the researchers expanded study recruitment in this current cycle to all individuals with opioid use disorder, including those with prescription opioid use problems. More than 28,000 Americans died of an opioid-induced drug overdose in 2014, the most recent year for which data are available. About four people a day overdose from opioids in Michigan.
"Without exaggeration, the current opioid epidemic is unprecedented. Regrettably, we see reports of opioid overdoses and deaths nearly every day in the media. The White House, U.S. Congress, Drug Enforcement Administration, Food and Drug Administration, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the NIDA are all focused on this complex problem," Dr. Greenwald said. "This project is one piece of that challenging puzzle. Our longer-term objectives are to identify new therapies, for example, adjunctive medications, that attenuate stress reactivity. These could cut across all addictions and behavioral health problems to have a tremendous impact."
Dr. Greenwald serves on the Wayne State University Task Force for Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse, which last month proposed curriculum changes that would better prepare health professions students to work with persons who have substance abuse disorders, including more treatment education and tools to address increased challenges in prescribing controlled substances.
"I'm interested in addressing problems that addiction treatment professionals face: What knowledge and tools can we bring to bear when a patient presents with a chronic, relapsing history of drug use? Most of my studies have focused on opioid addiction, and this grant project has specifically examined multiple determinants of opioid addiction," he said.
From 2011 to 2015, the project team examined the effects of stress exposure on those seeking opioids.
"We were first to translate an animal model into the human laboratory setting, using a pharmacological stressor to investigate its effects on drug seeking," he said. "This stressor involves administering controlled doses of two drugs that can co-activate the brain's noradrenergic and glucocorticoid systems – yohimbine and hydrocortisone."
The stressor can increase subjective and physiological markers of stress such as blood pressure, cortisol and anxiety, which are related to increased drug seeking, Dr. Greenwald explained.
In the current cycle, the researchers will manipulate the buprenorphine dose across different weeks for each participant to determine whether the medication can dose-dependently blunt the effects of the stressor. They will also investigate whether stress responses during the initial part of the study predict subsequent relapse as they reduce the buprenorphine dose and for up to three months afterward.
Naloxone overdose protection kits will be provided to enrolled participants.
"I'm also excited to have added collaborations with two investigators who will significantly expand our array of biomarkers. The first is to measure chronic stress using cortisol levels in hair samples. The second is to measure indices of inflammation in blood samples. These will be quite innovative," he said.
The grant award number is DA015462.
For more information about supporting the department's ongoing research efforts, call the School of Medicine's Office of Development and Alumni Affairs at 313-577-5929.


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Chronicle uses a memory mapped file to continuously journal messages, chronicles file-based storage will slowly grow in size as more data is written to the queue, the size of the queue can exceed your available memory, you are only constrained by the amount of disk space you have on your server. Chronicle writes data directly into off-heap memory which is shared between java processes on the same server.
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To qualify for the cadet program, applicants must be residents of Cameron, Potter, or Tioga Counties, Pennsylvania. Applicants must be in good physical condition, age 12 through 13, and willing to accept military discipline.
The Northern Tier Camp Cadet is designed to create a better understanding between the youths of the three county area and professional law enforcement. The camp provides an atmosphere of a police academy and emphasizes self discipline.
Cadets will participate in tactical team exercises, crime scene processing, communications, orienteering, and swimming. Campers will speak with and develop an understanding of the role and job responsibilities that municipal officers, probation officers, state troopers, and other members of the law enforcement community perform.
Applications will be available through Pennsylvania middle and elementary schools or you may print this application now.
See our brochure for additional information or contacting Trooper Angela L. Bieber at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Northern Tier Camp Cadet
June 24 - 28, 2019
Boys and Girls 12 - 13
2019 Cadet Application
Applications are due by April 20th
Those cadets accepted to attend are required to pay a registration fee of $25.00. This covers the cost of insurance and is non-refundable.


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Black Swamp CrossFit prides itself on safe, efficient and effective weightlifting Through our CrossFit experience it has come to light that lifting is a desired focus for many of our athletes. In addition, for CrossFitters proper lifting is essential in order to perform at ones utmost ability while WODding Basic CF training wasn't enough, we needed to focus and drill down on lifting and...therefore...... The Barbell Club was born.
The Barbell Club is for those that have lifted before. It is not a beginner program. If you know what a Clean & Jerk or Snatch is you are halfway there. If you have done them before – you are more than welcome to try out The Club. You don't have to be great. That is what you are there for. You don't have to have the desire to compete, you can join The Club just to work on your lifts and to be a better lifter. If you are interested in competition – you are in the right place. We have three USAW coaches. We have a team and participate in meets throughout the region. We are good and we are getting noticed.
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Oftentimes, attacks on women happen in circumstances prohibiting the effective use of firearms, pepper spray or stun guns. And, the majority of threats to a woman's personal safety occur in places she expects to be safe and with people she never suspects to harm her.
Come join us on August 12th and receive practical instruction during our Women's Self-Defense Krav Maga clinic. Krav Maga is a reality-based system designed to teach street-tested self-defense in the shortest amount of time possible. This four hour clinic is exclusively for women and is designed as a hands-on experience that will teach you the personal protection skills you need to know.
During the class you will learn how to get past the natural freeze reaction to threats, leverage your physical power regardless of fitness level and shut down a potential assault/abduction with basic defenses. You will apply effective hits and kicks, and discover the secret weapon all women naturally possess.
Plus learn how to:
• Read people & environments
• Defend against chokes, knife threats, purse snatching and other threats
• Use everyday objects as weapons of defense
Don't miss this opportunity to develop awareness, build confidence and own the fight!
10 people are attending Women's Self-Defense Krav Maga Clinic- To Register , Please Call 703-723-5173.


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Bonaire Convertible Kimono
$ 128.00 $ 39.00
Bonaire Convertible Kimono
$ 128.00 $ 39.00
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WEAR THREE WAYS: Kimono, Cover-up, or Dress
NEW Trend Alert! The kimono is one of the hottest trends of the season, and Vacay has paired the perfect silhouette back to our brightest and best prints. This style is perfect for the girl who wants a colorful layer over her outfit-or a stand alone dress or cover-up. With so many ways to wear, there is so much to love about this trend.
SALE ITEMS may be returned for exchange or store credit only, no refunds. Return/ Exchange shipping is not complimentary on sale items. And use of a promo code on sale items makes it a final sale only.Made in America
Fabric: 100% poly
Travel Rating: Excellent (wrinkle free)
Care: Machine Wash Cold, Line Dry. Or dry clean.
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Britanni Meinnert, a Lakeland graduate and veteran teacher and employee in the hospitality industry, will join the college's faculty full time this fall as instructor of hospitality management.
In addition to teaching courses at Lakeland, she will manage the partnership between the college and Blue Harbor Resort & Spa, The Osthoff Resort and Destination Kohler. She will also develop new opportunities for student internships.
Meinnert's background makes her an ideal fit for this role. Since 2012 she has been an instructor in Lakeshore Technical College's supervisory management and hotel/hospitality programs. She created and coordinated student internships, was an academic advisor, supervised the Hospitality Club and designed courses.
She also assisted Blue Harbor Resort with training new employees and provided leadership development for two of their managers. She used her strong industry connections to place students in either full-time or internship positions.
She has also taught in Lakeland's hospitality management program as an adjunct instructor since the spring of 2008.
From the spring of 1998 until the end of 2011 she worked at The American Club in Kohler, spending most of her tenure as manager of the front desk and Carriage House operations. She has significant experience in a wide range of industry skills including employee management and development and customer service for this AAA 5-diamond property.
Meinnert graduated in 2000 from Lakeland with a bachelor's degree in resort management and received a master of business administration degree from Lakeland in 2010.


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I just have to share this with all of you .
Using just a box and some very basic tools , paper and paint my granddaughter Vanessa made this lovely dollshouse with a tiny bit of help from Nana.
It is her very first dollshouse and Nana is very proud of her. Is it not it just lovely ?
Now of course we need to get her a real dollshouse so she can show off more of her talents.


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Our team is passionate about running Adwords, Bing or Facebook campaigns. We are experienced specialist in creating relevant campaigns to attract more website visitors. Our aim is continuously analyse and optimize your online campaigns to reach the best ROI for you.
We understand the importance of data. Do you want to know how many people come to your site and where they come from? Are you interested in knowing if users achieve your site goals? Yes? Then we are happy to help.
Do you want to target your customers in a clever way and show them your ads to increase your chance to attract them? Or you prefer to send them a gentle reminder through email? That is possible and we know how to automate marketing for you.
Nowadays, users browse through various sites to compare products or services. It may take some time to them to make final decision about conversion. Given that fact, remarketing helps to target those users again and again and kindly remind them to continue their purchase on your site.
Search Engine Optimization is the long journey but our team can help you to start with the long trip by providing helpful recommendations that help to improve your search engine ranking position.
As we run many campaigns for various clients we are happy to help you with online marketing consultancy. Do you need to review your running campaigns or your digital analytics setup? We are happy to help you on your way to step further with your online marketing level.
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Proper Club Fitting !
Hi Friends:
Golf equipment is and important aspect of golf ,and getting "fit" for golf clubs is a wise decision. And yes, proper golf club fitting will help you play golf at your potential. But first, let's understand what needs to happen BEFORE you make the decision to spend good dollars on new golf clubs that are "Custom Fitted". First, view my video segment on my website @ www.jeffsymmondsgolfschools.com – under the VIDEO TIPS tab titled: "Club-Fitting Advice".
My main objective is to get golfers to understand that learning to set up to the ball with ATHLETIC POSTURE is vital. Without good posture (paying close attention to feet, flexed legs, and proper spine angle), the most high-quality of golf clubs will not benefit you! I place a important emphasis on ALLOWING the ARMS TO HANG FROM THE SOCKETS, TENSION FREE (like wet rope!). Then we can focus on Spine Angle, flex in the knees, width of the stance, grip pressure, and keeping our head and chin up, to allow our left shoulder to turn under the chin!
Yes, this is a very "involved process", but a vital one to play better. Yes, it takes time to really work on posture and a good athletic set up. Also: It takes a very good golf teacher to help you learn the importance of this Fundamental, and how to practice it at home. My very best advice before getting "custom-fitted" for golf clubs? Take a lesson on how to achieve Athletic Posture in setting up to a golf ball. Then, and only then, are you ready to be : PROPERLY FIT for those brand new Golf CLUBS !
Thank you for reading my post , I hope you enjoyed my thoughts on club fitting and found the info useful !
All the best in golf , Jeff Symmonds – Owner and Director of Golf for Jeff Symmonds Golf Schools


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Being pregnant is a unique and special time in a woman's life. It also represents a shift in your physical and mental composition. Using these suggestions can help you better focus on you and the baby.
When pregnant, if there is a social event you do not want to attend, then don't. No one will take it personally. You may be shocked by how much you need to go to the bathroom, how often you get tired and how nauseated you feel. If you do not feel well, do not demand so much of yourself.
You may want to change your diet to ensure that you are getting all of the proper nutrients for the baby and yourself. If you eat a lot of fast food, you will need to make big changes. Try eating more produce and lean protein, starting today.
Gasoline fumes can be harmful and unpleasant during pregnancy, try to have an attendant or friend pump gas for you. These fumes can be harmful. It's a better idea to ask for help rather than risk it.
It can sometimes take a whole year to get pregnant. After a year of trying, talk to your doctor. They will be able to tell you if there is any medical reason for your struggles.
Know what premature labor is and when you should call your doctor. You will, hopefully, not ever use this information. But having this knowledge can help you stay calm should something out of the ordinary occur. The earlier you respond to preterm labor, the greater the chances are you will be able to stop it or deliver a healthy baby.
Keep a food diary when pregnant. Having a log of all of the food you have eaten will allow you to make sure that you are meeting all of your nutritional requirements. Take it to your doctor for review, too.
For the sake of comfort, pregnant women should wear sports bras, or a bra with extra support. These bras can support your breasts better and provide some relief from aches and pains. You should also buy some larger underwear to use while you're pregnant; don't stick to your small panties which can dig into your skin. The tightness can be uncomfortable and could impair your baby's oxygen supply.
A great tip is to learn about what you can expect in the delivery room by reading blogs online, so you are not surprised when your time comes. By reading a story from a mother's point of view, you will have a better understanding of the experience. Calm yourself by reading many different stories online.
Clearly, there are things you can do to alleviate the problems of pregnancy, letting yourself bask in the excitement of your condition. It is possible to enjoy even the most difficult stages of pregnancy if you utilize these tips. Excellent care now will pay off later for both you and your new baby.


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Who we are
Mai Aristoteli
General Manager
You'd be forgiven for thinking the most spectacular thing about Mai is her hair. It's certainly one of them, but her long list of accolades is even more impressive.
She built her career in London where she founded and ran the Global brands division of a top UK PR agency, leading campaigns for the likes of Dolce&Gabbana Beauty, adidas, Johnson&Johnson, PANDORA, Neutrogena and Pernod Ricard.
Mai is a confident and inspiring leader who combines strategic acumen with a passion for people and relationships. Her most important job at The Red Republic is to motivate our teams to work to exceptional standards, while always staying focused on the client results and what they will do for their bottom line.
And she really does have spectacular hair.


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In case you haven't noticed, I maintain a little site that pays homage to Planet Pimp Records, the greatest record label ever. That site, unlike this one, is not built on a fancy content management system so visitors have no way to leave comments for others to read. In order to fix this, I've created this page as the official comment area for my unofficial Planet Pimp tribute site. So CLICK HERE to start commentating commentators!
I also have an RSS feed set up for just this comment thread.
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Amazing website! Thank you so much for preserving the legacy of Planet Pimp records in such a detailed manner. Back in the day, I loved all of their marketing "extras." I bought the Go-Nuts coffee mug, button set, etc. One of my orders contained a big, full color Go-Nuts poster (the shot of them outside of Weight Watchers). Unfortunately, I misplaced it.... I've been trying to locate another copy, but have been unsuccessful. If anyone has one, please get in touch.
Hey! You're back!
I remember back in the days of the original site we exchanged a few messages. I ran the Furball website which came out of Moral Sense fanzine. I still have my signed Sven Erik Geddes 10x8 and colour Go-Nuts poster (sorry, Clay, it has pride of place in the spare room). Nice to see you're back. Now, let's see some more stuff, eh?
Check out the Mike Lucas interview here
The Go-Nuts on the telly. Some genius has uploaded footage.
linked yer goddamn tribute
linked yer goddamn tribute site to this thread on the garagepunk hideout:
yer welcome!
D'Lana and Dale Watson at Ginny's Little Longhorn
WOW!I found a copy of Good Tyme Jhambhoree at a local junks store in Austin. I bought it for the cover, not knowing ANYTHING about the label or the music. You see, Dale Watson's bass player and I have been swapping records with "strange" covers. Recently he brought me a Colonel Sander Christmas Record...!!I thought I had him topped with this one, so I brought it with me to Ginny's Little Longhorn, in Austin TX. Dale hosts a game of Chicken Shit Bingo every Sunday at Ginny's..Now the bass player was at a loss for words, BUT when Dale Watson saw it, he said " I just saw this girl....OVER THERE!!" Dale grabbed the record and walked up to the gal and said, "You look a lot like this gal on the cover here..." She turned pale and said.."Where did you get that?" Dale pointed ant me and said, "Him." What are the odds of this, I thought?? Pretty far out!! Well long story short, D'Lana introduced herself and said she was originally from Dento Tx ( I think..). She said she was a pinup model in the 80's and 90's and was flown out to San Francisco for hese shoots for Planet Pimp. D'Lana was VERY sweet and nice, signed my record and I bought her some Lone Star beers. I have seen her a few more times at Ginny's and she is always so nice and sweet.
L.Winter and Mummies
If I remember well,it does exist another pressing,in gold vinyl...But I have to go in my attic and open boxes to check it out....
Used to buy their production in the nineties,but I missed the last two.
The PP releases were obtainable also at Neurotic Shop Folsom street S.F.
a long vanished cool shop!
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Australian Sparkling Ale
BJCP 12b
Coopers has been making their flagship Sparkling Ale since 1862, although the formulation has changed over the years. Presently the beer will have brilliant clarity if decanted, but publicans often pour most of the beer into a glass then swirl the bottle and dump in all the yeast. In some bars, the bottle is rolled along the bar! When served on draught, the brewery instructs publicans to invert the keg to rouse the yeast. A cloudy appearance for the style seems to be a modern consumer preference. Always naturally carbonated, even in the keg. A present-use ale, best enjoyed fresh.


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Seeing the photos today of a freed Mikhail Khodorkovsky stirred some glaring memories from 1999-2000 when I spent a significant amount of time with him in Moscow
At the time, Khodorkovksy was riding high, sitting at the top of his Yukos Oil operation after having spent several years carefully building an international profile – first at Bank Menatep and subsequently at Yukos. Khodorkovsky was not yet 40 years old, and had the confidence/arrogance both of a young man who had not experienced defeat, and always knew he was the smartest guy in the room.
Sometimes it served him well, and he could appear charming, with almost boyish naiveté. Once, at lunch – we actually were in Switzerland – he was excited about the choices on the menu and his high-pitched and halting English (which he rarely used) was fairly engaging.
At other times, he was almost playful when he discussed his status in Russia's business hierarchy. "I'm an oligarch, I can make anything happen," he said with a smile while assuring a visitor than he could get a third person to show up at a specific time and place. And he verged on being professorial when he took out a small black-covered notebook and began diagramming the highly criticized transfer-pricing strategies used by his company.
Despite that, a darkness sometimes associated his comments, such as the time – in the middle of a business conversation – when he leaned over to his colleague Leonid Nevzlin, whispered in his ear and began laughing. The joke, it seems, was the manner in which he and Nevzlin had dealt with a particularly troublesome associate.
Saturday afternoon lunch at his dacha also was an adventure – a handful of us sitting around a massive rectangular table. Surrounding us were bodyguards equipped with AK-47s. A ride in his car also was a once-in-a-lifetime event: the heavily reinforced lead doors so thick (and bullet-proof) that one could barely close them.
In the end, though, the thing that ends up being most memorable was his intense interest in politics, even when he knew – and acknowledged – that it wasn't a good idea. He willingly made introductions to other reformers, and he thought about proactive tactics – such as assertive op-eds and leaking information to the media – that clearly had danger associated with them.
He was arrested in 2003, convicted in two trials, and sat behind bars for 10 years. Menatep is gone and Yukos is gone.
Khodorkovsky stopped being an oligarch a long time ago. He stopped being a prisoner today.


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On Dec. 21 at 2:29 a.m. EST, the AIRS instrument aboard NASA's Aqua satellite captured this infrared image of the massive low pressure area that caused a major snowstorm in the Midwest and beyond. The darkest blue and purple (-63.6 Fahrenheit/-53.5 Celsius) areas indicate the highest clouds and coldest cloud top temperatures, where precipitation is heaviest.
Credit: NASA JPL, Ed Olsen
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This NOAA's GOES-13 satellite animation shows movement of the storm from Dec.19 through the morning of Dec. 21. The long line of clouds is a cold front associated with a low pressure center that moves in from the west as the animation begins and reaches northern Ohio by the time the animation ends on Dec. 21 at 9:45 a.m. EST.
Credit: NASA GOES Project
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Ros Toynbee LLB, DipLP, PgDip, ACC
Ros Toynbee is a former BBC journalist, radio trainer and coach who is passionate about helping journalists and charities to unlearn bad habits and take on best practice interview and coaching techniques. Ros is accredited by the International Coaching Federation and is a member of the Association for Coaching. She has trained with the Work Foundation, CoachU (USA), is a speaker for the CIPD and is a NLP Practitioner.
Mark Brayne
Mark Brayne has 30 years of experience as a foreign correspondent and senior editor for Reuters and the BBC World Service. At the BBC and other news organisations he pioneered the introduction of routine trauma training and support for journalists and programme-makers, and as a trained psychotherapist he brings with him a deeper understanding of the motivations and emotions of sensitive interviewees and case studies. www.braynework.com


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Upcoming: MAC Quite Cute collection with Photos + Swatches
I almost wrote "Too cute" as the title for this collection because that is exactly what I said out loud when I saw some sneak peek photos. This collection would be out early April in the USA and probably around the same time for Singapore too. From what I can infer, this collection is based on Tokyo Harajuku? (:
Aright, here are the photos!
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Do you have an overdose of sugary sweet by now? I am sure the mineralize blushes caught your eyes first! What I have my eyes set on are the mineralize blushes of course! Behold, here are the actual products of the darlings!
Top (clockwise): Miss Behave, Sakura, Giggly
Bet some of you said "Awww…". Here are the swatches:
(Pictures credits: bbgillian @ Specktra)
Pictures of the eyeshadow quads, which I am definitely skipping:
(Pictures credits: http://princessbeauty.fr/)
What do you have in your wishlist? Or are you skipping this collection?
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|Judy Smith
Technology/Health Education Teacher
Welcome to my Web site. I have been teaching for 30 years. I enjoy watching the students grow into wonderful young adults. I teach a variety of classes, and keep busy with the duties of the Athletic Trainer for all sports. In my spare time I enjoy spending it with my family, gardening, reading, and traveling to different places. I have been married for 33 years and have two children.
I started my education at ILCC, I played both Volleyball and Basketball for the college. I then transferred to UNO where I graduated with a teaching degree in Health and Physical Education, I also become a Nationally Certified Athletic Trainer. My first teaching job was at Millard South where I was the Health, Physical Education Teacher and the Assistant Athletic Trainer, I also coached Volleyball, and Track. While teaching at Millard South I received my first Masters in Informational Technology. My children attended Valley School District so I applied for a job and become the Technology, Health and Physical Education teacher and Athletic Trainer. I started coaching Volleyball and Basketball. While teaching at Valley I continued my education and received my second Masters in Health Administration. I now teach Dual Credit courses through Metro and UNO. Informational Systems, Metro Medical Terminology, Metro Health Careers, Metro Nutrition, Anatomy and Physiology and UNO Sports Medicine.
This web site is designed so parents will have access to the information their students are receiving in each class. For the students to use as an area to find assignments and or information which may be helpful in completing an assignment.
If you feel the need to contact me my email is: firstname.lastname@example.com or call the school at 402-359-2121.
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|Email: Judy Smith
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About David VanDuzer
David is an Industrial Designer with 12 years of professional design, development & engineering experience and a proven track record of transforming design concepts and ideas into award winning products.
From 2011 to 2013 he worked as an Industrial Designer with Fleetwood Fixtures, a retail furniture manufacturer. From 2005 to 2011 he played a pivotal role in the design and development of the award-winning Cricket™ Laptop Stand and EVO™ Laptop Arm at Innovative Office products, a high-end office product manufacturer. Both products have won many awards, including Cricket™ receiving an Honorable Mention by Red Dot in 2008, and EVO™ taking home Silver in Best of NeoCon in 2007 and the 2006 Red Dot Award.
David currently lives in France, works as a freelance designer for various clients, does maintenance for a ministry and enjoys making useful things out of junk in his free time.


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I walk around my neighborhood as a means of getting at least a limited bit of exercise. But I think it is going to kill me. Not the actual walking which is doing fine, but the other asshats who are out at the same time – they are going to kill me.
Or perhaps I have come upon a solution.
There is a part of my walk that takes me out on the major road and there is a much wider walkway there so people can walk/bike/skate or whatever. It is about twice as wide as a regular sidewalk. This should make it easy to get around.
I've been out there four days now and at least once each day, some dipshit comes whizzing past me on a bike or skates or simply running fast. There are cars passing on the road and so I don't hear anything until right there, zipping past, goes someone. Scares the crap out of me.
No one seems to have learned the rule about calling out, "On your left" before they zip past and thereby not scare the crap out of me. They just zoom by and scare me.
So I think I have come upon a solution. Since I'm scared by them, I believe I may let out a blood-curdling scream. If it knocks them off their bike, oh well. Maybe next time they will make sure the person they are passing is warned.
I really should get back to walking first thing in the morning. People out at that time of day know the rules for this event. They don't sneak up on you and scare you as they zip past, but warn nicely. Why people in the afternoon sunshine are so ill-mannered or unschooled is beyond my comprehension. But the fact is, I'm fairly tired of the whole thing.
I think today, I'll try the scream and see if I can knock someone off those zippy, whizzy, scare me bikes.