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A couple of weeks ago I created this necklace. Never done anything like this before, but I think I did pretty good for my first time. I had so much fun creating it and I think I might be getting more into this.
Wow, Pretty necklace! It looks great on you and love your total outfit :))ReplyDelete
chic dress! i totally love it!
I love it! It looks like an expensive exotic piece of jewelry! Awesome!
You made that necklace?!?!? It is beautiful! I love the ladylike dress and how you paired it with the fun animal print belt!ReplyDelete
Leo and dots! My fave combo...You look fabulous in these shots! Love the bits of geometric blues!
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Your self-made statement necklace is remarkable! And the dotted print and the leopard belt make such a darling combination.
♥, Jamie
You look gorgeous and that necklace- cannot believe you've made it!
Hope you're feeling better.
I love this dress!
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Loving your dotted dress girl! Your necklace turned out super fabulous! I may have to make a trip to Michael's!! You should do a DIY tutorial on this necklace!! KiahReplyDelete
The necklace is amazing! Definitely my favorite DIY I have seen :) I used to make my own jewelry when I was little, but I stopped for some reason. This is making me want to get back into it asap. Would you mind doing a how-to post for your necklace? I would really like to see it close up. xxReplyDelete
your polka dot dress is darling! it looks wonderful with the leopard print belt!! the necklace looks great, i really love the design... i make a lot of my own jewelry (lots of DIYs on my blog), such a fun hobby that is easily addictive!!! <3shelby
Very cute necklace, great job!! Your hair is also so perfect, love it.
awwww...so pretty!! Such a classic look!!
OMG! I think I have a crush on you. Your style is so sweet and romantic.ReplyDelete
awesome DIY!!!!ReplyDelete
Great necklace OMG! I totally was dying to see how the designer was - turned out it was you! FAB!
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lovely dress ... and the necklace is like WOW ...
that necklace is gorgeous, so amazing. The dress is also so so wow!
x Camilla
Yay! I would have never guessed it's a DIY necklace! Great job! :o)
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lovely outfit :)
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LOVE this outfit, fabulous necklace too!!
How cool is that statement necklace and you made it yourself too. love it. xReplyDelete
love the necklace! and beautiful dress!ReplyDelete
I really love your shoes ♥♥ReplyDelete
Your necklace is great! I thought it was a mucho expensive statement piece from some designer ;-)
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I love the outfit and the necklace is so pretty!
very cute necklace!
Gorgeous necklace and I love the vintage dress, so pretty.
i love how you dressed this cute little dress up!
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I love the dress and belt combo!! super chic
Love the necklace. Your hair is fabulous and I can't wait for mine to grow. Thanks for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
love that belt w/the dressReplyDelete
classic & chic! love the necklace :)
great high heels and dress, i love it :) you look very fresh and summer!ReplyDelete
Cute necklace but most importantly you give good hair!ReplyDelete
You look super cute!! xReplyDelete
I never would have thought to mix polka dots and leopard, but it looks great!
looks great!ReplyDelete
I like everything but the necklace there. The dress is really beautiful, as well as the shoes!ReplyDelete
I'm pretty much in love with this combination. From the polka dot dress to the leopard belt and the YSL sandals. It's effortlessly chic!ReplyDelete
love the shoes & your belt :)ReplyDelete
Your necklace is very cute and this dress with these shoes, it's fantastic !
I like this look, it's so girly!ReplyDelete
Gorgeous outfit! Beautiful dress and shoes! xxx
Love the dress!! Great necklace too!
Great creation ! Really beautiful outfit ! You look adorable !
Hi, I've just post on my blog an article with my favorite outfits for June, you're in, if you don't want I can deleted the picture and off course I've linked to your blog. Thanks Leah.
SO pretty, girl! Love the polkadot/leopard combo. <3ReplyDelete
Your necklace turned out great!
You did a great job with the necklace. I've always wanted to create new accessories with old knick knacks around my house. One of these days...ReplyDelete
great outfit!!! love the dress, the belt and the shoes!
Delmy, amazing job on the necklace!!! I was thinking "I wonder where she got that necklace?" before I scrolled and saw that you made it!! Love it!
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A Blog detailing the insanity of my medical practice and the stupidity of everyday life.
It wasn't Virgin Atlantic. Obviously.
She was just inflating Otto the autopilot.
Isn't that why it's called a cockpit?
The Chinese authorities probably don't see the humor. at. all. I don't think I want to be at their (pilot and flight attendant) next "vacation camp."
I thought we birds were the only ones who do it in the air!
Hope he used protection.
Was the pilot fully locked in the upright position? I feel we should be told.
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But Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said no U.S. troops will perform combat missions.
While initial U.S. assessments suggest that Iraq's security forces are able to defend Baghdad, what about taking back parts of the country that have been lost to insurgents?
Well, the Pentagon believes Iraq will likely need some help with that.
"I think that's a really broad, campaign-quality question. Probably not by themselves," said Gen. Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, when asked about the ability of Iraqi security forces to retake territory captured by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria.
The United States has roughly 650 troops in Iraq. It has also sent planes and ships into the region since the crisis began. ISIS, for its part, declared its territory in Iraq and Syria to be an Islamic state, but Dempsey said he believes their forces are currently stretched thin as they try to maintain their gains.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said Thursday during the joint briefing that U.S. troops currently in Iraqaren't involved in combat missions—and won't be involved in combat missions. But Dempsey seemed to leave the door open, saying that "we may get to that point" when U.S. troops have direct military involvement in Iraq.
"That is one option, but one I personally don't think [is what] the situation demands," he added, stressing that the current U.S. strategy isn't the same as in 2003 and 2006—when the U.S. invaded Iraq and in the lead-up to the surge of U.S. troops, respectively.
In the meantime, the United States is still trying to get a full picture of what is going on in Iraq. Imagine trying to solve a Rubik's Cube without being able to see all of the sides.
Leading that effort is the Pentagon, which has six assessment teams in Iraq. It also has two joint operations centers there—one in Baghdad and a second in Erbil, a large city in northern Iraq.
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TMA necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 48 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
I just realized there are a few things that were left off of the brief:
1. Please use the beveled version of the logo icon that is on the current site and in the TMstandards.pdf document.
2. There should be a footer navigation with the following links:
All Main Nav Links + Developer | Testimonials | News | Directions | Site Map
3. The following elements must be on the home page -
* Promo Area, that can be updated with info on a regular basis
* News Announcement Area
* Link to "Take a Tour"
* Link to "Send Me Property Information"
* Link to "Land Buying Tips"
(these features can be seen on this page (not to be used for design reference): http://www.southerlandcommunities.com)
Redesign the current terramonttx.com website so that it more accurately reflects the following brand values:
• Exclusivity
• Affluence
• Elegance
The new site will be modern, stylistic, engaging and interactive, drawing visitors into each area of the site and toward specific conversion points that generate sales leads.
We are seeking to create a high-end, professional website design that is pleasing to the visitors of the site. Our objective in this project is to create a high-end, professional website design that is visually stunning, highly usable and enjoyable to all.
TerraMont is a residential land development in the Texas Hill Country near San Antonio. This is a high-end development and the target audience is sophisticated and brand savvy. The primary reason for the redesign of this website is because it does
not currently reflect the high-end nature of this development project and needs to be more "sexy and
elegant" in order to match the price point and style of the community.
What we are looking for in this contest is a home page and inner-page design that accounts for all of the planned features. The contest winner will be offered an opportunity to help with additional design aspects of the project, including designs related to some of the additional pages.
There will be several cool interactive aspects of this website including mootools effects on certain elements, photographic slideshows in banner and page elements. Here is a link to the sitemap with descriptions of what will be on the pages. The pages we want designed are the Home page and the Community page (see site map).
I have uploaded some of the existing print collateral for review here, nothing necessarily has to look like any of this but what is designed should at least be in the same ballpark...
- Use of supplied graphics/logo located here (please use the logo version that includes the beveled effect on the icon- TMstandards.pdf)
- Use of photos from Here (Feel free to use other stock images that you think are appropriate or represent a look, feel or message that forwards the objectives)
- In a graphic banner on the home-page combine this image and this image to create something like what you see here
- The green color on the existing site should be used as it is an established brand color. More corporate colors can be seen here
- Use of logo with the tagline "new city living" below the logo download it here
- Final graphics delivered as a layered Photoshop file with all layers named appropriately based on the content on each layer
- Should stock images be used from other libraries we will need the exact licensing information in order to acquire the images
Overkill of gradients, rounded corners, too much "web 2.0" styling.
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Our Cause: Preserving and Sustaining Rural Culture
Our mission is to preserve and sustain rural culture by educating Kansans about Kansas and networking and supporting rural communities.
The goal is to keep every town viable that shows the will and spirit to help itself.
Please support us as you can.
Our Goals
To educate Kansans about Kansas
The Big Kansas Road Trip annually provides showcase counties an opportunity to provide the public a sample of what there is to see, do, hear, taste, buy, and learn in Kansas.
The Kansas Explorers Club inspires, educates and encourages the exploration and appreciation of Kansas...and to have fun doing it.
- ERV (Explorer Research Voyage) is what we called our journey to every incorporated city in Kansas (all 626) to research for the Kansas Guidebook 2 for Explorers.
The 8 Wonders of Kansas contests featured the eight rural culture elements and involves the public in getting to know Kansas. Now, you can find all 216 entries in the contests within the 8 Wonders of Kansas Guidebook.
To network and support rural communities
- "Rural Kansas: Come and Get It" is a project to collectively promote rural communities by telling what we have and helping the world "get" us. We will begin classes after the guidebook is published.
The We Kan! Network and newsletter connects rural community leaders and supporters statewide in efforts to strengthen towns at the grassroots level.
The We Kan Conference helps rural communities be the best they can be at being themselves.The Big Rural Brainstorm encourages people to think big about possibilities for their communities.
We Kan! awards are presented to ten recipients each year.
Explorer Tourism helps communities of any size attract explorer-types.
The Kansas Sampler Foundation acts as a clearinghouse of information for rural communities and often as a liaison with the media.
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AOL unveils slate of new web series
NEW YORK (AP) — AOL is making its most substantial dip into original video programming with new series from Sarah Jessica Parker, Gwyneth Paltrow, Hank Azaria and Nicole Richie.
The Internet company unveiled 15 new digital series Tuesday in a presentation to advertisers in New York. AOL is making a push into original programming in the wake of similar efforts by YouTube, Yahoo and Amazon.
Parker will produce a docudrama on the New York City Ballet. Paltrow and Tracy Anderson will host the Ryan Seacrest-produced series "Second Chances," in which they interview women who've overcome hardship.
Azaria hosts a parenting series called "Fatherhood." Richie will star in a show based on her Twitter feed.
AOL is also partnering with Tribeca Enterprises for the series "Acting Disruptive," which follows Hollywood professionals launching tech startups.
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Kaneshige (left) and Staller were two of eight fencers selected to the CollegeFencing360.com Primetime Performers list, announced on Wednesday evening. (Gil Talbot)
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Both freshman Brian Kaneshige and senior Valentine Staller were included as part of CollegeFencing360.com's weekly "Primetime Performers of the Week" list. The two Crimson fencers impressed at last weekend's Ivy League Championship helping the men to second-place finish, as the squad went 4-1.
Kaneshige has had a strong freshman campaign, which was highlighted by his recent performance at the Ancient Eight championship. The freshman from Maple Wood, N.J., helped spark the comeback over Penn delivering wins over Vidur Kapur and Zane Grodman, as the Crimson went on to beat Penn, 14-13. Kaneshige boasted an impressive scoring margin through the event, totaling a 65-44 advantage.
Staller in his own right has had a memorable senior season, missing out on an individual Ivy League championship with the sabre by only one win, finishing second in the field at the duals tournament last weekend. There weren't many that were able to best Staller as the Old Field, N.Y., native went 12-3 during the weekend and nearly doubled the amount of touches tallied against opponents, going 71-33.


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"Monte Vista Jazz Combo"
Conrad Fay, trumpeter for the Monte Vista Jazz Combo, performs at a Benefit Concert for Japan Tsunami Orphans at Monte Vista High School, Al Gentile Theater. The event was hosted by Monte Visa Japanese Language students & Anne Poole, Sensei, Japanese Instructor. Photo by: Perry Lentine, www.PerryLentinePhotography.com - May 21, 2011
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B.D. Blue River 2nd electric set - June 27, 1975
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Part of David Engleman fonds
Item part is an audio recording of a portion of a live concert by the band Brain Damage in Blue River (B.C.). The recording is of an electric set. The song list includes Hanging Around, Taking Sides (Loving Spoonful), Steal Away, Forget to Forget,...
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About Kendra Scott
We are a fun, talented and driven team dedicated to providing our customers with gorgeous products and a WOW! experience. Family, fashion, and philanthropy are at the core of our company and though we move at a very fast pace, we are committed to maintaining a family-oriented work environment and giving back to our community. A passion for great design, dedication to innovation and a strong social media presence are our building blocks for creating a unique and engaging lifestyle brand across all channels, including retail stores, wholesale accounts, and e-commerce. Our headquarters are located in the heart of Austin, Texas, and we embrace the unique vibe and energy of our hometown as an inspiration for our brand and company culture.
Who are we looking for?
We are looking for energetic and customer service-focused leaders to assist our Store Managers in building Kendra Scott culture, customer experience, brand awareness, and operations in our store. If you are passionate about being a Retail Assistant Manager in a fun-filled, team-oriented work environment – Kendra Scott is for you!
What will you do?
Lead, coach, and develop a team that reflects our core values and provides a "WOW" customer experience
Be an ambassador for Kendra Scott in the store and in the community
Support the Store Manager with store re-merchandising and maintenance
Follow and be an example for staff on all processes and procedures regarding inventory management, product receipts, transfers, sales, and scheduling
Facilitate continuous training on corporate policies and standards
Lead inventory processes in collaboration with Store Manager
Assist with store efforts in community outreach and local event planning to increase traffic in the store
Develop key relationships with customers that will help drive awareness, positioning us to be a part of the community
Assist the Store Manager with store profitability by managing expenses, discounts, and other controllable expenses
Work closely with the Community Relations and Events Manager to maintain the events calendar and determine the support needed for each event
Spend significant time selling to identify customer needs, building team spirit, and acting as a store and market leader for the company
Assist Community Relations and Events Manager with responding to and fulfilling local donation requests, as needed
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Must be over the age of 18.
2+ years of retail experience.
Demonstrated ability to lead a team.
Ability to represent the Kendra Scott brand in all situations.
Strong connection with local media, non-profit organizations and other key partners to drive traffic and awareness.
Possess exceptional organizational and communication skills.
Demonstrate strong leadership skills. Ability to gain respect and trust as a leader quickly.
A real passion for living and representing the three pillars of Kendra Scott.
Instinctual dedication to provide the highest level of customer service no matter what.
The Good Stuff
401 K Plan – Subject to eligibility.
Commission based on store performance.
Everyday 60% discount on select products.
Family Fund – assistance for employees facing financial hardships.
Medical, Dental, Vision, Long term disability, and Life insurance.
Paid holidays and 1.5x hourly rate for holidays worked.
Paid Time Off.
Parental Leave.
Referral Bonus up to $700.
Two paid days for team philanthropic volunteering.
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
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First Battle of Beleriand
|First Battle
|Conflict: Wars of Beleriand
|Date: Y.T. 1497
|Place: Beleriand
|Outcome: Victory for the combined forces of Sindar and Green-elves
The Sindar of Beleriand (particularly Eglador) and the Laiquendi of Ossiriand
Forces of Angband
The Sindar of Eglador, Laiquendi, some Dwarves in the later stages
Orcs, other evil creatures
Unspecified, with heavy Green Elf losses
The First Battle of Beleriand was the first battle of the Wars of Beleriand, fought by the Sindar against Morgoth.
While the Noldor still toiled through Araman, Morgoth had already arrived in Middle-earth, and had occupied his old fortress of Angband where his servants Sauron and Gothmog had long been breeding Orcs.
Unexpected by the Sindar, Morgoth decided to try and secure the area quickly, and he sent out his armies. This was the only battle against the Dark Lord in which the realm of King Elu Thingol took an active role. Morgoth's forces broke into two hosts, passing west through the vale of Sirion and east between Aros and Gelion, some of them even scaling the passes of Anarch and Aglon.
In the east, King Elu Thingol of Doriath took the offensive, meeting the Orcs at Amon Ereb. There King Denethor of the Laiquendi met him, and the Orcs were forced back-to-back. The lightly armed company of Denethor fell on Amon Ereb before Thingol could rescue him and King Denethor himself was slain, but the Orcs were eventually defeated. Those few survivors were slain by the Dwarves of Mount Dolmed.
In the west, the Elves of the Falas under their Lord Círdan attacked the western host, but they lost that fight, and retreated in their cities of Eglarest and Brithombar. These cities were besieged afterward, and Doriath was unable to gather a strong enough force to send aid. The Havens were only freed when the Orcs withdrew to fight the Noldor under Fëanor.
After the First Battle, Doriath was protected by the magical Girdle of Melian.
The death of King Denethor in this battle led the Laiquendi to pledge to never again name a king or participate in the wars between other Elves and Morgoth.
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Since 2012, Steel Vintage Bikes has been the premiere destination for classic and vintage bicycles worldwide.
Everything we do was born from a passion for classic cycling, which still remains the bedrock of our business. Therefore we do strive to provide only genuine classic bicycles with original components from the appropriate era. All the bicycles we display are carefully vetted and serviced in Berlin by our skilled and enthusiastic team.
Before any bicycle is sold, we restore everything that comes through our workshop; cables, chain, tires and worn components are replaced so that every bicycle is delivered feeling exactly how it should – when they arrive at your door, they are ready to ride.
On our online shop you can safely purchase the finest handcrafted bicycles from the greatest cycling brands, such as:
Following our partnership with Eroica, we also guarantee that our EROICA VINTAGE BICYCLES are approved to complete any Eroica event around the world.
The fine craftsmanship, materials and attention to detail of classic road bicycles makes them an everlasting masterpiece. A lugged steel frame equipped with quality components is likely to be one of the best riding experiences you can have. When built by the right hands, steel bikes are responsive, light and comfortable; the golden trio of contemporary bicycles design. Nevertheless, when buying a classic bicycle, there are a few features to consider:
Frame: The frame is the bike's core and it has to be manufactured with high-quality materials. With steel frames, the best manufactures mainly used Columbus or Reynolds tubing.
Components: High-quality components can assure a long-lasting and pleasant ride. Campagnolo and in later years, Shimano, offered the finest bicycle components of the era.
Size: Most frame measurements are based on the seat tube. Calculate your frame size here.
Condition: The frame has to be free from cracks, dents and rust. Paintwork and decals preferably original. When looking at the Steel Vintage Bikes online shop, you are in the right place to find your dream classic bicycle. Our team is also available to help and advise you. For any questions about our bicycles, please do not hesitate to contact us.
Vintage bicycles are increasingly drawing attention of forward thinking investors because not only they do not lose their value over time, but simply increase in value year upon year. The fact that some vintage bicycles were handmade and manufactured only for a limited time or ridden by cycling legends put them also far away from the mass production bikes of nowadays and can be considered true art pieces.
Steel Vintage Bikes have been sourcing and inspecting collectible bikes from the most legendary brands since their inception. Our commitment is to select only authentic and rare pieces of cycling history and bring them back to their former glory so that our customers have the possibility to make a unique investment.
In this section we have listed only la-crème-de-la-crème of the vintage & classic bicycles available on our online shop. Each of these rare cycles has been vetted for authenticity and has been carefully serviced in our workshop by our master mechanics.
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Reviews of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," "Once Upon a Time in the North" and "Ticket to Ride," play-set tips and more.
Family Screening Room Movie: "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" Rated: R (for sexual content, language and some graphic nudity) Length: 112 minutes Synopsis: From the producers of "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up" comes a comic look at one guy's arduous quest to grow up and get over the heartbreak of being dumped. Struggling musician Peter Bretter (Jason Segel) has spent six years idolizing his girlfriend, television star Sarah Marshall (Kristen Bell), but his world is rocked when she dumps him. After an unsuccessful bout of womanizing and an on-the-job nervous breakdown, he sees that not having Sarah may just ruin his life. To clear his head, Peter takes an impulsive trip to Oahu, where he is confronted by his worst nightmare: His ex and her tragically hip new British-rocker boyfriend, Aldous (Russell Brand), are sharing his hotel. But as he torments himself with the reality of Sarah's new life, he finds relief in a flirtation with Rachel (Mila Kunis), a beautiful resort employee whose laid-back approach tempts him to rejoin the world. He also finds relief in several hundred embarrassing, fruity cocktails. Violence/gore rating: 3.5 Sexual-content rating: 5 Profanity rating: 5 Scary/tense-moments rating: 3 Drugs/alcohol rating: 4 (Ratings are judged on a five-point scale, with 5 being "bad for kids" and 1 being "fine for kids.") Book Report "Once Upon a Time in the North," by Philip Pullman Ages: 12 and older Pages: 112 In this new prequel episode from Philip Pullman's "His Dark Materials" universe, Lee Scoresby -- Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua -- is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating north to the windswept Arctic island of Novy Odense, where he and his hare daemon Hester are quickly tangled in a deadly plot involving oil magnate Larsen Manganese, corrupt mayoral candidate Ivan Poliakov and Lee's longtime nemesis from the Dakota Country: Pierre McConville, a hired killer with at least 20 murders to his name. It's only after Lee forms an alliance with one of the island's reviled armored bears that he can fight to break up the conspiracy in a gun-twirling classic western shoot out -- and battle of wits. This clothbound volume offers a glimpse for Pullman fans into the first friendship of two of the most beloved characters in the "His Dark Materials" trilogy: Lee Scoresby and armored bear Iorek Byrnison. (Knopf) Kids Kitchen: Bee Sting 1 cup fresh lemon juice 1/2 cup honey 1 quart water Frozen lemon slices Stir together the lemon juice, honey and water. Pour into tall, ice-filled glasses and garnish with the frozen lemon slices. Serves 5. If your kids like their lemonade pink, just add a few drops of red food coloring. (Recipe from FamilyFun.com) Play Inside: "Ticket to Ride" Players: 2 to 5 Ages: 8 and older October 2, 1900 -- it's 28 years to the day that noted London eccentric Phileas Fogg accepted and then won a bet that he could travel around the world in 80 days. Now at the dawn of the century, some old friends have gathered to celebrate Fogg's impetuous and lucrative gamble -- and to propose a new wager of their own. The stakes: $1 million in a winner-takes-all competition. The objective: to see the most cities in North America -- in just seven days. "Ticket to Ride" is a cross-country train adventure game. Players collect train cards that enable them to claim railway routes connecting cities throughout North America. The longer the routes, the more points they earn. Additional points come to those who can fulfill their Destination Tickets by connecting two distant cities, and to the player who builds the longest continuous railway. "Ticket to Ride" won BoardGameRatings.com Best Family Game of 2004 and the prestigious Spiel des Jahres Award (German game of the year). Pet Tip: Will Fifi Go on Vacation, Too? Should the family pet go on vacation, too? Ann Weaver Ph.D., an ethologist and assistant professor of psychology at Argosy University-Sarasota, says it is important to make sure that the travel experience is safe and enjoyable for the pet. "How you handle it depends on the type of pet you have, but some things apply to all pets, and the type of travel you plan, airplane or car." "Animals that travel via airplane must endure rough, rugged travel in the luggage compartment that is cold and unmanned," Weaver says. "In the summertime, the luggage compartment can be hot with poor air ventilation while the plane awaits take-off from the airport. Some people do not realize that their animals are handled by luggage handlers, not flight attendants. Many times dogs, cats and other animals that are transported in a carrier can experience rough treatment by luggage handlers because their carriers are mistaken for luggage and are unknowingly tossed around." Travel by van or car also can pose problems for a pet. It is important that family members keep an eye on the pet to ascertain its condition and level of comfort. If the pet is shaking, whining and appears fretful, then the family must do something to relieve the animal's anxiety. "Sometimes, you can let a dog or cat rest its head on your lap or lay on its blanket with recognizable scents to provide a sense of familiarity and comfort," Weaver says. "It is also important to line the interior of the carrier with a blanket for additional comfort and secure the travel carrier to avoid excessive jarring and motion." (ARA) Tip of the Week: Tips for Purchasing the Perfect Play Set Rainbow Play Systems Inc. offers the following tips to get parents through swing-set season: - Pick a set that can grow with your child. - Make sure you have enough space in your back yard, and that it's not near vegetation, fences, landscape rocks and other objects. - Make sure you ask about the strength and quality of the materials used in the play set. - Try before you buy. - Enjoy the experience. (ARA) GateHouse News Service


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Big 10 Tickets Fall Flat
The Huskers will play Wisconsin Saturday for the Big 10 Championship, but despite the excitement, Nebraska has only sold half of its allotted 15,000 tickets.
Ticket Express President Chad Carr said ticket sales for the Big 10 Championship Game in Indianapolis are slow since there are only a few days for fans to plan their trip.
"If you can plan a trip in two-three weeks (it) makes a world of difference than trying to plan a trip in less than seven days," Carr said.
Carr said the destination isn't ideal for the majority of Husker fans.
"Pasadena is a little bit sexier destination than Indianapolis," Carr said.
Fans agreed, saying they would rather wait, hoping the Huskers beat Wisconsin and head to the Rose Bowl.
"I guess to me, if they do win, I'd rather go out to California and watch the Rose Bowl. It's just a little nicer trip to go out there," said Jerry Edwards, Husker fan.
Carr said Husker fans don't want to see the same matchup twice, as the Huskers already beat the Badgers 30-27 in September.
"They're a good team, but we're going to beat them. Beat them once, we're going to beat them twice," said John Schreiber, Husker fan.
Tickets through Ticket Express range from $45 to $269, but that doesn't include travel costs like gas, a hotel or an airline ticket.
The Athletic Ticket Office has until 11 a.m. Wednesday to sell the tickets. Tickets are $80 for the general public and $40 for University of Nebraska-Lincoln students. To order, call 1-800-882-4733.
For fans traveling to the game, there is a downloadable fan guide and a printable map of downtown Indianapolis with the weekend's events.
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December 28, 2011
New Years Eve Dinner for Two | Dinner at Home for New Years
You might be thinking that this doesn't look like a New Years Eve photo. Nope. This photo is from Our Wedding 1 year and 2 months ago. I've been saving this post for a couple of months - I knew I would need some posts during the first few weeks of Emma's life until we get the hang of everything.
This post about an Intimate Dinner for Two was actually our 1st anniversary dinner back in October, but I think it is a great menu for New Years Eve. If you're like us, you'll be staying in this year - maybe you're having a small intimate dinner party, or maybe it will be just the two of you. Either way, this menu is simple and special - it is our favorite meal to prepare at home. Wait... I mean, it is our favorite meal at home or anywhere else!
Winston Flowers) create a bouquet in our wedding colors... pale powder blue, white and cream. Smelling the garden roses brought me right back to that day in Seaside.
Seared Filet of Beef
Homemade Tagliatelle Pasta with White Truffle Cream Sauce
I served our dinner on our powder blue Anna Weatherly wedding china - I wanted to stick with the wedding color scheme that Mike started.
As I've said time and time again, homemade pasta is so simple. If you've never had it - there is really nothing like fresh pasta. We made homemade tagliatelle pasta in a light cream sauce with truffle butter.
Some folks are scared to prepare steaks at home - especially indoors. Searing steaks in a pan is my favorite way to prepare them. In fact, I've stopped ordering steaks at restaurants because I'm always disappointed... they're never as good as the ones we fix at home. It is so simple. If you can make a grilled cheese, then you can make a perfectly seared steak.
Here is the recipe and my tips for searing steaks at home!
Tiramisu for Two
Tiramisu is Mike's favorite dessert - right up there with chocolate chip cookies and chocolate cake (from a box....). I make a really simple and quick version for us - all you need to be able to do is make whipped cream. No cooking involved!
Tiramisu Recipe, click here!
Stay tuned in the next couple of days for the recipes and step-by-step instructions for this menu!
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LB Paul Vigo, WR Jeff Thomas lone Colorado Buffaloes slowed by injuries
BOULDER — Colorado escaped Sunday's 41-27 season-opening win over Colorado State unscathed injury wise. However, some injuries linger.
Paul Vigo, listed as a starting outside linebacker, was limited to special teams play due to a stinger at the end of camp.
Also, freshman receiver Jeff Thomas is still hampered by a troublesome hamstring. He and Devin Ross, another freshman receiver, are considered receiver hopes for the future. They may play Saturday against Central Arkansas.
"It depends on how the flow of the game goes, injuries, that type of thing," coach Mike MacIntyre said. "Both of those young men are very good. If they get on the field they can play. You can see them there this weekend, and you might not, too. It just depends."
MacIntyre said Thomas' hamstring injury, which dates to spring ball, has put him behind.


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The Citadel welcomes individuals with disabilities to events associated with Commencement Week. If you anticipate needing any type of accommodation, or if you need additional information about the physical access provided at a given site, please contact The Citadel's Office of Access Services, Instruction and Support at 843-953-1820.
Maps and Parking
As with most major events on campus, parking will be at a premium for Commencement Week. A campus map showing on and off campus parking can be found here. Public Safety officers and cadet traffic details will direct you to the closest available spaces.
Families are urged to allow sufficient time to park when planning their arrival time for an event. We suggest 30 to 45 minutes.
Please do not park on the grass in Hampton Park for any Commencement Week activities. The Charleston Police Department will enforce city parking regulations.
Directions to The Citadel
From Interstate 26 Eastbound: Take the Rutledge Avenue Exit (#219-A). Follow Rutledge Avenue 1.2 miles and turn right on Moultrie Street. Follow Moultrie Street to Lesesne Gate.
From U.S. 17 Southbound: After crossing the Ravenel Bridge over the Cooper River, use the left two exit ramp lanes. Continue 1 mile and turn right onto Hagood Avenue. Follow Hagood Avenue to enter The Citadel through Hagood Gate or circle right via Huger Street and Elmwood Street to enter Lesesne Gate at the end of Moultrie Street.
From U.S. 17 Northbound: As you cross the Ashley River Bridge, bear right as you leave the bridge and then move into the left hand lane and continue to the traffic signal. At the traffic light, turn left onto Lockwood Drive. Follow Lockwood across U.S. 17 as the road becomes Fishburne Street in front of the Police Department and follow to the traffic light. Turn left onto Hagood Avenue and proceed two blocks to the Hagood Avenue Gate.


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Despite the drama that plagued The Walking Dead this summer, the second season has been a ratings smash for AMC. The premiere broke the record for a single drama telecast — which was previously held by The Dead Zone — as it landed 7.3 million viewers.
And now AMC is celebrating by renewing the series for a third season. Comic book fans should realize what that means: even more of a chance for The Governor to make an appearance. [The Wrap]


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Wooly thyme (Thymus pseudolanuginosus) (foreground), yellow corydalis (Corydalis lutea) (center), Kenilworth ivy (Cymbalaria muralis) (background) and sedum (below) all do their parts to cover the ground. The corydalis has a lovely habit of seeding into the most interesting location and forming a rolling carpet on top of open ground. It blooms for nearly the full season.
Ideally, good, aggressive garden plants are tough, spread nicely and can be controlled easily by pulling, cultivation or herbicides. The thicker and taller they are, the better they suppress weeds. But what exactly are 'good' aggressive plants?
Yellow corydalis (Corydalis lutea)
"The difference between you and me," snarls the villain to the hero, "is not so great." It's a classic moment in action movies that forces us to process in our minds the sometimes razor-thin, but important, differences between good aggression and evil domination. In the garden, knowing the difference between good and appreciated vigorous plants versus bedeviling invasive ones can mean the difference between a bountiful and vibrant garden or a disgusting mess.
While no one could or should understate the woeful impact invasive plants have had on our ecosystems, I sometimes worry that a lot of ground has become merely a showcase for mulch rather than a place for diverse and beneficial plant life simply because people have become fearful of aggressive plants. Remember, ecologically turf is always better than asphalt or mulch and richly planted gardens are always — if maintained — better than turf.
Two tough competitors tumble over a wall in a battle for space. Snow in summer (Cerastium tomentosum) in the foreground and cranesbill geranium (Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokova') in the background are both spectacular in bloom and provide rich carpets of foliage the rest of the season.
Aggressive or Invasive —Define Please
There's no way around it. Any mention of "aggressive plants" will stomp all over the thin ice of the native-versus-exotic debate. So let's define some terms.
Invasive Plant: An exotic plant that can jump spatial barriers, escape into wild places and grow in large enough numbers to create monocultures or near monocultures. A native plant cannot be "invasive." It can be weedy and not something you want in your garden, but it cannot be "invasive."
Monoculture: A situation where a plant is aggressive to the point it excludes a significant percentage of indigenous plant life in the wild.
Regionality: A plant that is very desirable in one region may turn out to be invasive in another. If in doubt, check with your local extension agents or expert nursery staff before introducing potentially invasive plants in your garden.
Stylistically, filling the voids between plants with more plants helps increase multi-season interest, provides color and textural contrast, increases habitat and food for beneficial insects and wildlife, increases repetition and is simply good design. Functionally, vegetation performs all the roles we would typically assign to mulch better than mulch. Growing more plants is a win-win.
Just because plants used for such purposes are often called "filler" or "ground cover" doesn't mean they must be banal! A swath of black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida) in midsummer bloom is a show stopper. A carpet of plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides) in bloom and fall color in late September is a sight to behold. A river of hardy geranium (Geranium cantabrigiense 'Biokova') flowing between blooming azaleas is capable of upstaging them.
Arkansas bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii) gradually becomes a big, sturdy plant. If you move seedlings or plant it in sizeable numbers as in here at The Scott Arboretum in Swarthmore, Pa., you can cover large amounts of real estate with beautiful, beneficial plant life.
Cranesbill geranium (Geranium x cantabrigiense 'Biokova')
Ideally, good, aggressive garden plants are tough, spread nicely either by seed or vegetative growth, can be controlled easily by pulling, cultivation or by glyphosate or pre-emergents. The thicker and taller they are, the better they suppress weeds. Filler plants can be any height, but they should not exceed one-third the height of your nearby specimen plants. Needless to say, such plants can go a long way towards allowing you to garden more on a small budget.
So don't be afraid. Don't be shy. Put some rambunctious things in your garden, spur your horse, and ride off into the sunset.
Examples of Good, Aggressive "Filler" Plants
|Japanese anemone (Anemone hupehensis 'September Charm')
|Arkansas bluestar (Amsonia hubrichtii)
|'Birch Hybrid' bellflower (Campanula 'Birch Hybrid')
|Plumbago (Ceratostigma plumbaginoides)
|Snow-in-summer (Cerastium tomentosum)
|Lily of the valley (Convallaria majalis)
|Yellow corydalis (Corydalis lutea)
|Ostrich fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris)
|'Biokova' hardy geranium (Geranium cantabrigiense 'Biokova')
|Hellebore (Helleborus x orientalis)
|Move seedlings
|Dwarf crested iris (Iris cristata)
|Creeping mazus (Mazus reptans)
|Phlox (Phlox subulata)
|Black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida var. fulgida)
|'Goldsturm' black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm')
|Brown-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia triloba)
|Sedum (Sedum spp.)
|Thyme (Thymus spp.)
|Veronica or speedwell (Veronica spp.)
A version of this article appeared in the January/February 2013 print edition of State-by-State Gardening.
Photography courtesy of Scott Beuerlein.


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Melvin Mora top target in Rockies' search for utility player
The Rockies' front office met early this offseason and identified the players it would like in a bench role. The executives calculated that a handful of players could fall into their laps if they exercised patience. One of those is still sitting on the market — Melvin Mora. He likes the Rockies. Wants to play on a contender. There could be a match here.
Melvin has long been on the Rockies' radar, but makes more sense now that the Rockies have limited some of their bench flexibility by bringing back Jason Giambi.
"Melvin likes it there. He's definitely interested," said agent Eric Goldschmidt, who has roughly five teams interested in his client.
Giambi is a Rockie again because of the intangibles he brings. And of course his ability to hit. Shortstop Troy Tulowitzki said Giambi was invaluable last year, "helping me with the mental side" of the game. But now the Rockies have three left-handed hitters to take at-bats at first base — Giambi joins Brad Hawpe and Todd Helton — and a bench guy who plays only one position.
Which is where Mora comes into play. He is a right-handed hitter who could spell Ian Stewart at third base. And Mora could also take groundballs at second if necessary. Mora is also playing outfield in Venezuela. Mora, 37, hit .260 with eight home runs and 48 RBIs last season in 125 games for the Orioles. He could make decision on his next team this week.
Rockies' general manager Dan O'Dowd would only say today that his club is still looking for a utility guy, but that "it has to to be the right guy. We aren't going to just do something to do something."
O'Dowd admitted that he was surprised that Jose Contreras decided so quickly to take the Phillies' one-year offer worth roughly $1.5 million. The Rockies wanted him back, but the opporunity was more narrowly defined. They wanted the veteran for a bullpen role, while the Phillies will give Contreras a chance to start. … The Rockies are still keeping an eye on Eric Gagne's workouts. … Derrick Turnbow's situation is evolving tonight. It looked like he was headed to Arizona, but things have changed. Colorado has made the best offer and Turnbow is considering it. … Colorado is expected to sign Justin Speier, a former Rockie, to a minor-league deal.


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Supernovas: the early years
Astronomers are reaching ever further back in time, seeking events from the earliest days of the universe. Now, the discovery of the farthest (and thus oldest) supernova ever seen is raising hopes that astronomers will soon detect the explosive deaths of the first stars to form after the universe's birth. These stars forged the first heavy elements, which helped create smaller and longer-lived stars like our own sun.
The earliest stars looked different from modern stars. The big bang produced only three light elements — hydrogen, helium and a little lithium — but today, stars form in gas clouds that also contain heavier elements such as carbon and oxygen. These elements radiate away enough energy to eventually cool the clouds. When the clouds cool, they fragment into smaller clumps that collapse to spawn a plethora of mostly small stars.
But such fragmentation wasn't easy early in the universe's life, when stars formed from carbon- and oxygen-free gas clouds that remained warm. Because of their warmth, more gravity was needed to overwhelm the higher gas pressure — so when a cloud collapsed, it produced massive stars rather than small stars.
Astronomer Jeff Cooke of Melbourne's Swinburne University of Technology has been searching for the most distant, ancient supernovas by examining images from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope atop Mauna Kea in Hawaii. To discern even the faintest specks of light, the astronomers combine, or "stack," hundreds of images. In one image, taken in 2006 of a galaxy in Sextans (a faint constellation south of Leo), they spotted a very distant supernova indeed.
To find out just how far away it was, Cooke observed the galaxy's spectrum - the combined light emitted from its stars, arranged by wavelength — at the Keck I telescope, also atop Mauna Kea.
"It was quite exciting," he says. "As the spectrum was reading out, I could see the emission line for one of the features, and when I did a quick back-of-the-envelope calculation for the redshift, I saw how high it was."
The redshift is a measure of the supernova's distance. As the universe expands, it stretches the light waves travelling to us from a distant galaxy, shifting the galaxy's spectral lines to redder wavelengths; the farther the galaxy is and the more expanding space its light has travelled through, the greater its redshift.
And as Cooke's team reported online in Nature on Wednesday, the supernova's redshift is 3.90, which means it is 12.1 billion light-years from Earth — and it exploded just 1.6 billion years after the big bang. That makes it more than a billion light-years farther than the previous record holder.
Moreover, the supernova is anything but normal. It marked the death of a star that was more than 100 times as massive as the sun. During its brief life, such a star supports its great weight by generating so much light that the pressure of that outward radiation balances the inward pull of gravity. Unfortunately for the star, high-energy gamma rays supply much of this outward pressure, and when two gamma rays meet, they can convert their energy into a pair of particles, an electron and a positron.
This "pair production" robs the star of the support that the gamma rays' pressure had been providing. As a result, Cooke says, "the whole star collapses in on itself. It's one giant thermonuclear bomb, and it's incredibly bright." A pair-instability supernova emits about 10 times as much light as the brightest normal supernovas, which occur when white dwarf stars explode. Pair-instability supernovas are so rare that observers have previously seen only one good candidate — and that was in a fairly nearby galaxy.
Astronomer Abraham Loeb of the Harvard-Smithsonian Centre for Astrophysics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, calls the discovery of the distant pair-instability supernova a breakthrough. "It's the first demonstration that such events do take place at early cosmic times, and I think we will find many more of them in the future," he says.
Astronomer Volker Bromm of the University of Texas, Austin, says: "This is a very, very promising sign for what we can expect in the coming years."
Cooke's team has also detected another pair-instability supernova 10.4 billion light-years from Earth. Neither supernova arose from a star that formed from pristine gas, so neither represents the very first generation of stars to form after the big bang. But the two explosions suggest that pair-instability supernovas — and thus very massive stars — were more common during the first few billion years of the universe's life than they are today.


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The Dolphins got started a little early on the process of cutting their roster to 75 next week on Monday, putting a trio of fringe players on waivers.
Running back Tristan Davis, nose tackle Travis Ivey and tight end Kory Sperry were all sent packing.
Meanwhile, the Monday practice got moved inside after about 15 minutes outside as a thunderstorm moved into the area. Linebackers Channing Crowder and Quinten Moses both were on the stationery bike. Crowder, you'll recall, also missed Saturday's game at Jacksonville.
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LONDON:-Pop star Adele has added two further dates at Wembley Stadium next year, after the initial concerts sold out. Dubbed "The Finale", the four shows will see her play to more than 300,000 fans as she wraps up her world tour. The new shows will be on 28 June and 2 July, 2017, with tickets on sale from 7 December to members of her fan club. Take That hold the record for playing the most dates at Wembley, having staged eight nights of their Progress tour there in 2011. The previous record holder was Michael Jackson, who brought his Bad tour to the stadium five times in 1988.
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text: Politics 3 June 2010 North Korea shows the CIA is willing to lie about another war The CIA set a precedent with the Tonkin "incident", sparking off the Vietnam war. Today, we see the lie repeated. Sign-up How do wars begin? With a "master illusion", according to Ralph McGehee, one of the CIA's pioneers in "black propaganda", known today as "news management". In 1983, he described to me how the CIA had faked an "incident" that became the "conclusive proof of North Vietnam's aggression". This followed a claim, also fake, that North Vietnamese torpedo boats had attacked an American warship in the Gulf of Tonkin in August 1964. "The CIA," he said, "loaded up a junk, a North Vietnamese junk, with communist weapons - the agency maintains communist arsenals in the United States and around the world. They floated this junk off the coast of central Vietnam. They shot it up and made it look like a firefight, and they brought in the American press. Based on this evidence, two marine landing teams went into Danang and a week after that the American air force began regular bombing of North Vietnam." An invasion that took three million lives was under way. The Israelis have played this murderous game since 1948. The massacre of peace activists in international waters on 31 May was "spun" to the Israeli public for the better part of the week, preparing them for yet more murder by their government, with the unarmed flotilla of humanitarians described as terrorists or dupes of terrorists. The BBC was so intimidated that it reported the atrocity primarily as a "potential public relations disaster for Israel", the perspective of the killers, and a disgrace for journalism. Guilt trip A similar master illusion now consumes Asian governments. On 20 May, South Korea announced it had "overwhelming evidence" that a torpedo fired by a North Korean submarine sank one of its warships, the Cheonan, in March with the loss of 46 sailors. The US keeps 28,000 troops in South Korea, where the public has long supported détente with Pyongyang. On 26 May, the US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, flew to Seoul and demanded that the "international community must respond" to "North Korea's outrage". She flew on to Japan, where the new North Korean "threat" eclipsed the briefly independent foreign policy of the Japanese prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, elected last year with popular opposition to America's permanent military occupation of Japan. (On 2 June Hatoyama resigned, having failed to move a US military base in Okinawa.) The "overwhelming evidence" is a propeller that "had been corroding at least for several months", reported the Korea Times. In April, the director of South Korea's national intelligence, Won Se-hoon, told a parliamentary committee that there was no evidence linking the sinking of the Cheonan to North Korea. The defence minister agreed. And the head of South Korea's military marine operations said, "No North Korean warships have been detected [in] the waters where the accident took place." The reference to an "accident" suggests the warship struck a reef and broke in two. To the American media, North Korea's guilt is beyond doubt, just as North Vietnam's guilt was beyond doubt, just as Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction, just as Israel can terrorise with impunity. But, unlike Vietnam and Iraq, North Korea has nuclear weapons, which helps to explain why it has not been attacked, not yet: a salutary lesson to other countries, such as Iran, currently in the cross hairs. In Britain, we have our own master illusions. Imagine someone on state benefits caught claiming £40,000 of taxpayers' money in a second-home scam. A prison sentence would almost certainly follow. But David Laws, chief secretary to the Treasury, does the same and is described as follows: "I have always admired his intelligence, his sense of public duty and his personal integrity" (Nick Clegg). "You are a good and honourable man" (David Cameron). Laws is "a man of quite exceptional nobility" (Julian Glover, the Guardian), and "a brilliant mind" (BBC). The Oxbridge club and its associate members in politics and the media have tried to link Laws's "error of judgement" and "naivety" to his "right to privacy" as a gay man, an irrelevance. The "brilliant mind" is a wealthy, Cambridge-groomed investment banker devoted to the noble task of cutting the public services of mostly poor and honest people. Crushing blow Now imagine another public official, the force behind one of the great war criminals and liars. This official "spun" the illegal invasion of a defenceless country that resulted in the deaths of at least a million people and the dispossession of many more: in effect, the crushing of a human society. If this was the Balkans or Africa, he would very likely have been indicted by the International Criminal Court. But crime pays for the clubbable. In quick step with the Laws affair, this truth was demonstrated by the continuing celebration of Alastair Campbell, whose frequent media appearances provide a vicarious thrill for the liberal intelligentsia. To the Guardian, Campbell is "bullish, sometimes misdirected, but unafraid to press on where others might have faltered". The Guardian's immediate interest is its "exclusive" publication of Campbell's "politically explosive" and "uncut" diaries. Here is a flavour: "Saturday 14 May. I called Peter [Mandelson] and asked why he didn't return my calls yesterday. 'You know why.' 'No, I don't.' He said he was incandescent at my Newsnight interview . . .'" In a promotional interview with the Guardian, Campbell dispensed more of this dated incest, referring just once to the bloodbath for which he was a principal apologist. "Did Iraq lose us support in 2005?" he asked rhetorically. "Without a doubt . . ." Thus, a criminal tragedy equal in scale to the Rwandan genocide was dismissed as a "loss" for New Labour: a master illusion of notable profanity. John Pilger, renowned investigative journalist and documentary film-maker, is one of only two to have twice won British journalism's top award; his documentaries have won academy awards in both the UK and the US. In a New Statesman survey of the 50 heroes of our time, Pilger came fourth behind Aung San Suu Kyi and Nelson Mandela. "John Pilger," wrote Harold Pinter, "unearths, with steely attention facts, the filthy truth. I salute him." 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This flash-game parody of JRPGs perfectly nails every device, trope, conceit and theme of the genre. Hang in there - even if the odds seem ridiculous, someone shows up to give you 200 gold to buy the JRPG sword.
At which point you face even more stupid-ridiculous odds, and the game becomes either a snide commentary on the JRPG formula, or a subtle hint that it's really all about resource allocation.
I made it to the level with three Cthulhu blobs and the Blobby Builder before saying the hell with it. Anyone else get further?
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Obama's Jobs Program: If the Choice is Between "Go Big or Go Home," Start Packing Now.
Rhetoric, reality, and the Great Recession
Months into the new normal that is routinely called the worst economy since the Great Depression, President Barack Obama gets it. It's all about jobs, jobs, jobs. And not like it was back in January 2009 (when he promised 3.5 million jobs over the next couple of years) or December 2009 (when he pushed for clean-energy jobs) or January 2010 (when he announced that jobs would be his "number one focus" in his State of the Union address) or even September 2010 (when he promised employment via road-building projects that weren't undertaken as part of the 2009 stimulus' stated emphasis on shovel-ready infrastructure projects). This time he means it.
Of course he does. After all, this time, it's not just about the economic vitality of the nation. His political future rests upon a jobs program so urgently needed that he's going to announce it mere days after Labor Day weekend. Nothing focuses the mind so much as worries about losing your own job.
While Republicans pray that he'll go for broke and then go home in 2012, progressives everywhere are urging the president to "go big" or "go long." In the Christian Science Monitor, former Joe Biden and White House adviser Jared Bernstein, now with the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, says Obama should keep on doing what he's been doing—that is, extend the payroll tax holiday and unemployment benefits, increase the number of mortgage refinances—and do "some kind of on-the-job training for the long-term unemployed." Inspiring? Not quite. Game-changing? Not at all. And not just for Obama's future, but for the employment prospects of the 9 percent of jobless Americans.
Democratic partisans such as The New Republic's Jonathan Chait acknowledge that Stimulus II: This Time It's Effective, has no "chance at enactment" due mostly to the popular view that the first one didn't work. Instead, says Chait, "Obama can try to design a strategy to exact a political toll for Republican obstruction, but he can't design a strategy to result in passing any significant new stimulus." The payroll tax cut and "some infrastructure projects" are popular with voters and unpopular with Republican legislators, counsels Chait. Try to pass them and then blame the GOP for blocking them. If Obama hangs on to win a second term (a distinct possibility, given the GOP field), goes this line of thinking, then the president can push his advantage come 2013.
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[Reason.tv's Editor in Chief discusses the limits of government-led job creation on Fox Business' Freedom Watch. Air date: September 1, 2011.]
This much seems certain: Transportation will be a big part of whatever Obama proposes. Infrastructure is the new plastics. Earlier this year, Obama said he wanted to spend $556 billion on transportation, while the House and Senate are looking to split the difference between proposals to cough up $235 billion and $109 billion. Screw all those shovel-ready projects that were supposed to benefit from 2009 stimulus. "The president will discuss the importance of moving forward…to protect nearly a million American jobs and highlight the opportunity we have to work in a bipartisan way to further invest in rebuilding our nation's infrastructure to strengthen our economy and create new jobs across the country," the White House said in a news release about his current thinking.
Needless to say, this sort of thing didn't work in the past to restart the economy or to seriously reduce unemployment when $800 billion was okayed for stimulating the economy back in 2009. A new study from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University suggests some reasons why. Authors Garrett Jones and Daniel M. Rothschild surveyed 1,300 managers and workers at firms receiving money via the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (the official name of Obama's stimulus) and found that firms hired more people who already had jobs (47 percent) than people who were unemployed when they were hired (42 percent). The Mercatus study, touted as "the first of its kind" in surveying the effects of how such funds are actually used by employers, has its limitations for sure. But it drives home a disheartening reality about government's role in the economy: There's no on-off switch that Obama or anybody else can flip in the right direction.
The starting point of any serious discussion about jobs, jobs, jobs should be the brutal fact that government, regardless of who is running it, cannot create positions apart from public-sector jobs. And those in most cases are zombie jobs that can only survive on infusions of fresh cash taken elsewhere from the economy via taxes. That's why state and local payrolls are being cut as federal stimulus dollars dry up.
Which isn't to say that government can't help foster an environment that makes it easier for self-sustaining jobs to be created. Indeed, that's the one thing government can and should do: Create a reliable and stable fiscal and regulatory framework that businessess can rely on. What might go into creating such an atmosphere? Precisely the sort of things that Obama and congressional leaders, Democrats and Republicans, have ignored over the past several years in the rush to embrace all manner of bailout economics. What's needed is a sense of stability to the general fiscal landscape that might help to contain the "known unknowns," such as federal spending levels, debt creation, market interventions, and tax rates.
From a political perspective, it was probably smart of Obama to push for a debt-ceiling increase that should take us past the 2012 election; that's one less moving piece he'll have to deal with while trying to climb up from dismal approval ratings. From a fiscal point of view and for the good of the economy, it would have been even smarter for either the president or his Republican counterparts in Congress to insist on passing a budget for fiscal year 2012, which begins in a month, or at the very least create the conditions for a continuing resolution that signal what's in store over the next 12 months.
As UCLA economist Lee Ohanian puts it, "Uncertainty is the enemy of job creation." Ohanian and his colleague Harold L. Cole argue that private-sector job growth in the Great Recession is weak for the same reason that it was during the Great Depression. In emulating the sort of "bold, persistent experimentation" that Franklin Roosevelt pursued in the 1930s, Obama (who has used FDR's signature phrase) is making the job market tougher. All we've got—and all we've had for way too long—is uncertainty. Market uncertainty is beyond politcians' control. But political certainty? That's their job.
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In the sunniest of circumstances, it's tough to know when to hire more people, even for employers in growing sectors. But apart from all the problems stemming from basic economic factors, the Obama adminstration has done nothing but add storm clouds to the forecast: How will health-care reform play out in terms of dollars and cents for workers and employers? Will the housing market be allowed to reset at levels clearly lower than what the government is willing to accept? Are taxes going up and if so, when and by how much and for whom?
Obama has never been shy about claiming to be the only adult in the room, the harried parent trying to force his child-like colleagues to eat their peas, rip off Band-Aids in one clean tug, and all that. If he's serious about being serious, he ought to give a speech that is long on the reality sketched above and short on the clever rhetoric and the Hail Mary job-creation passes. And he might think about layering in the following points. Odds are that he—and the Republicans too—won't come anywhere close to doing the following:
1. Forget targeting particular industrial sectors such as "infrastructure" or "green" jobs or the house construction industry by lobbing money and arcane tax incentives their way. These have been tried before and didn't work for a variety of reasons. When it comes ruinous targeted spending, the second or third time won't be the charm. He needs to suspend regulatory schemes that add nothing of value but are throttling burgeoning fields such as oil and natural gas development. Does it make sense for his Department of Justice to be meddling in mergers such as the one between AT&T and T-Mobile? Or the National Labor Relations Board on the ability of companies to build plants where they want to? Not in the best of times and certainly not now. If Davis-Bacon rules requiring "prevailing wages" in "green industries" are retarding hiring, suspend them at the very least. If "Buy American" provisions in stimulus funds got in the way of hiring, don't replicate them. Doing the same thing is unlikely to yield different results.
2. Bring the extension of unemployment benefits to a close. Every economist—including new White House advisor Alan Krueger—will tell you that extending benefits delays when people re-enter the workforce. Delaying a return to employment—even at lower pay—compounds a widely observed problem: Long spells of unemployment typically reduce future earnings beyond the actual jobless period. It's not anything anybody hunting for a job wants to hear (and certainly it's not what any politician pushing a jobs program wants to say) but any job beats no job. There are jobs out there. They are not as good as the ones people had before, but nobody's prospects get better waiting two or three years to go back to work.
Given that we're entering the thick of the presidential campaign season, there's a real sense that politics will be in a holding pattern. GOP presidential candidates such as former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman have released jobs programs that take comprehensive looks at how to fix the economy. Apart from any of their particulars, such plans are not near-term fixes and not simply because the people proposing them don't already occupy the White House. There are no short-term, rock-solid fixes. There's only a long, slow slog ahead that may well be about government doing less rather than frenetically doing more. That's a course of action which will require the sort of leadership that has been long absent in Washington.
Nick Gillespie is the editor in chief of Reason.com and Reason.tv and the co-author with Matt Welch of The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong with America.


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Curvy: It's a catenary, not an arch
DRAWING BY DEBORAH DERR McCLINTOCK
Q. The breathtaking 630-foot-high 44,000-ton concrete and steel St. Louis Gateway Arch has a nifty curve. Is it a) a semicircle b) a parabola c) a catenary d) part of an ellipse? –M. van de Rohe
A. C, but make that an inverted catenary– like the droop of a rope hung loosely from pole to pole, then frozen and turned upside down. If you picked parabola, you're in good company, for Galileo himself mistakenly believed this. But it's a more special type of curve. Key fact about an inverted catenary like the Gateway Arch is that every point on it is in compression, making for an extremely strong and stable architectural structure.
Q. "Brain death" seems like a pretty modern concept. Where did the idea come from? –M. DeBakey
A. It was 1973, and the medical community was already unequivocal about the brain being "the seat of the soul," though the old idea of the heart as the source of emotion and intellect refused to die, says Mary Roach in Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.
Today we understand that the "heart keeps beating on its own not because the soul is in there but because it contains its own bioelectric power source, independent of the brain," Roach says.
Surgeons doing heart transplants know that once one is removed, it can continue beating for a minute or two without a blood supply, in fact can be dropped to the floor– as has happened– then washed off and it does just fine, says one New York doctor.
The surgeons in 1973 thus needed little convincing that irreversible coma should be the new criterion for death. But it took the lawyers a little longer. Then came accused killer Andrew Lyons, whose attorneys argued that since the victim's family had donated his heart for transplantation and the heart was still beating at the time of surgery, "then how could it be that Lyons had killed him the day before?"
Technically speaking, the organ recovery surgeon had killed the man, they contended.
The judge would have none of it, says Roach. Lyons was convicted of murder, and brain death eventually became the new legal definition of death in the U.S.
Q. It can symbolize the unknown, the uneducated, a hybrid plant in horticulture, magnification power in photography, 10, a male in genetics, dimensionality, a basic arithmetic function, burial place of a pirate hoard, making a political choice, a movie not suitable for kids, something not right, a location, kisses, Christ... though in general it has low occurrence frequency even while having more social and technical uses than any other letter in the English language. Have you guessed this mystery letter? –N. Webster
A. "X" is not wrong here, says David Crystal in The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. It stands for the unknown in algebra, Mr. X in an investigation, signature of the illiterate. X marks the spot on a map, it tucks into a 12x12 chessboard, 50x is a photographic magnification, Aceras x Herminium is a horticultural hybrid. And if you agree with all of these, put your X here!
Q. "I before E except after C." What thanks do school kids owe the originator of this famous mnemonic device for spelling words like "receive," "deceive," "conceive," "conceit," "ceiling"? –J. Brinkley
A. No thanks at all for this ancient, unscientific, inefficient, insufficient and deficient rule! Neither should kids try to rule-spell "financier," "society," "juicier," nor anything in the group of "eight," "beige," neighbor," "codeine," "protein," "reign," "seize," their," "weigh" and "weird."
There are well over 100 such exceptions, says Crystal again citing The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language, with IE following C, or EI following just about anything it chooses. The only way to impose a degree of order on this muddle is to relate spellings to grammar and pronunciation, such as exceptions involving affixes (agencies, seeing, absenteeism) or proper names (Einstein, O'Neill, Leicester), or how the IE/EI is sounded, such as in an unstressed syllable of "ancient."
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GRENOBLE, France — In her sexual fantasies, she is a fit and impetuous blonde who dominates her male partners. In real life, she is a virgin who relies on an electric wheelchair, her body touched only by home care aides and medical personnel.
"A disabled person is seen as a child," said the woman in the wheelchair, Laetitia Rebord, 31. "So inevitably, child and sex don't go together." A translator and teacher, she has a genetic spinal muscular atrophy that has left her entirely paralyzed, except for her left thumb and her facial muscles.
Ms. Rebord, who says she feels physical sensation acutely, has looked for sexual relationships through friends of friends and men on dating sites and even with male escorts. But her disability has scared many away, and she says she is now ready to pay for sex in Switzerland or Germany, where so-called sexual surrogates are legal.
Stories like Ms. Rebord's are far from unusual in France, where behind a facade of sexual freedom, disabled people struggle to have a sex life. But their desires are often disregarded, and while prostitution is legal here, soliciting potential clients and serving as an intermediary between prostitutes and clients are not.
The issue of sexual surrogates came up in March, after the National Ethics Committee, which advises the government on health issues, issued a report criticizing the practice as the "unethical use of the human body for commercial purposes." The report, commissioned in 2011, was approved by government officials, including Marie-Arlette Carlotti, a junior minister responsible for issues involving those with disabilities, who called sexual assistance for disabled people "a form of prostitution."
But encouraged in part by the publicity around "The Sessions," a 2012 American movie about the sexual awakening of a disabled man by a sexual surrogate, some legislators and associations of disabled people are demanding the legalization of sexual surrogates.
"Prostitution is a fake debate; the goals are different," said Pascale Ribes, who in 2011 founded the Disabilities and Sexualities Group, an association defending sexual surrogates in France.
"Sexual assistance is about allowing a disabled person who can't access sexuality in a satisfying way to reconnect with the body," Ms. Ribes said.
Her association is lobbying for a change in the law to allow disabled people, their parents, their friends or directors of approved institutions to arrange meetings with sexual surrogates, who typically charge around $130 a session. She speaks of the "sexual distress" of many of France's 1.8 million disabled people of working age, especially women.
Some need sexual assistance to recover their sexual drive after an accident, Ms. Ribes said. Others are disabled couples who need help to "share intimate moments together." Many wish to explore their sexuality to regain self-confidence, she said. Most sexual surrogates are women, Ms. Ribes said, adding that "it is harder for disabled women rather than men to ask for a sexual surrogate."
In France, the rarity of debate over the subject, the laws regulating prostitution and the refusal to legalize sexual surrogates have encouraged illegal practices.
Aminata Gregory, 66, is Dutch. She retired as a supervisor in the construction industry, and she has been performing sexual assistance illegally in France for more than a year. She was trained as a sex therapist in Switzerland, and her work mostly involves massages and erotic games without kisses on the mouth or sex.
"If someone is in a wheelchair, I start in the wheelchair," Ms. Gregory said. "I start playing the game of getting undressed on the wheelchair. It becomes a little like a game."
Ms. Gregory's clients find her through word of mouth. She has about 10 disabled clients in France and charges them through her company in the Netherlands. Her sessions cost about $130 and often take place in her clients' houses. They begin with background checks and discussions about the clients' needs.
"During the session, I can be a friend, the lover, whoever they want," Ms. Gregory said. "They can dream, they can speak, they can ask what they want, and I give them as much as possible."
Ms. Gregory finds France's attitude on sexual assistance intolerant. "In Holland, we have integrity over our body," she said. "In France, the law always decides for the individual, and not in his favor."
On a recent Saturday, Ms. Gregory went to Vedène, in southern France, to meet one of her clients, Daniel Doriguzzi, 49, a town hall employee. Mr. Doriguzzi has a rare genetic disease called Friedreich's ataxia, a condition that is making him gradually lose physical coordination and the ability to speak fluently.
"With a prostitute, there is sex and it's over," said Mr. Doriguzzi, speaking from the veranda of his modest ground-floor apartment. "It lasts for a limited time and nothing else."
With Ms. Gregory, he said, "we put ourselves in a bubble and become a normal couple. We talk to each other. We do whatever we want. We ask each other whatever we want. At the end of the session, we break the bubble."
Sexual surrogates are legal in most countries that allow prostitution, like Switzerland, Germany and Denmark. In Switzerland, several associations offer training for sexual surrogates.
In 2008, Catherine Agthe Diserens, a Swiss-German educator, started a six-month training program with former prostitutes, nurses and physiotherapists. It included classes about disabilities, internships in institutions, collaborations with sex workers and practical courses exploring what Mrs. Agthe Diserens called "body skills."
"It is a totally atypical and extremely specialized training," she said in an interview from her home near Geneva. "It requires a lot of preparation beforehand, and it is extremely intense." She plans to set up a second training session in the fall and bring more prostitutes to train, she said.
In France, offering such training would be unthinkable. For many French feminists, who associate undesired sex with violence, sexual assistance is humiliating both for the woman involved and for disabled people.
"It's like telling disabled people that since they will never have a sex or love life, we'll prescribe them sexual assistance as a palliative," said Anne-Cécile Mailfert, a member of Osez le Féminisme (Dare to be feminist).
For Ms. Mailfert, sexual assistance can also create dangerous emotional dependency between those who practice it and their clients. The central question, she said, is less about sexuality than about teaching medical professionals to understand the sexual needs of disabled people and to help them meet other people.
But many disabled people, including Ms. Rebord, believe that they have a right to sexual assistance, a psychological and physical means to overcome their inhibitions and empower them to find love.
Marcel Nuss, a severely disabled father of two who breathes with an artificial respirator, is the author of "I Want to Make Love." The book describes his personal fulfillment through love with his former wife and a sex life with escorts. His experiences, he said, persuaded him to support the use of sexual surrogates.
"Someone like me can't do anything on his own," said Mr. Nuss, who runs a consulting firm specializing in helping disabled people. "Sex helps the disabled to reincarnate themselves and recover their human aspect."
Ms. Rebord shares Mr. Nuss's optimism and openness about sex. She lives in a tidy, modern apartment, has a decent paycheck, a Facebook account and a taste for "Sons of Anarchy," an American television series featuring a group of tattooed bikers.
She believes that a conservative society like France moves slowly, as it did before finally legalizing abortion. In time, she said, France will legalize sexual surrogates, too, although she was not holding her breath. "I hope," she said with a laugh, "I'll still be alive to see it."


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