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|The North Star State; the Gopher State; Land of 10,000 Lakes
|Official Language
|Tim Walz, D
|Amy Klobuchar, D
(202) 224-3244
|Tina Smith, D
|5,220,393 (est.)
|Ratification of Constitution/or statehood
|May 11, 1858 (32nd)
|Motto: L'Etoile du nord (The star of the north)
Minnesota (from the Dakota "Mini sota") is located in the Midwestern region of the United States and on May 11, 1858 became the thirty-second state to enter into the union. During the American Civil War Minnesota supported the Union Army. The capital of Minnesota is Saint Paul and the largest city is Minneapolis. These cities are sometimes referred to as the Twin Cities, due to their close proximity. The current governor of Minnesota is Tim Walz.
President Donald Trump did well in Minnesota in 2016, but could not quite carry this liberal State.
The state Constitution of Minnesota, like all of the other 50 states, acknowledges God or our Creator or the Sovereign Ruler of the Universe. It says:
- We, the people of the state of Minnesota, grateful to God for our civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings and secure the same to ourselves and our posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
Minnesota's climate ranges from hot, humid Summers to cold, snowy Winters. The state experiences all four seasons distinctly. Severe weather ranges from thunderstorms, hail and occasional tornadoes during the mid-Spring and Summer to subzero temperatures, heavy snowfalls and blizzards during the late-Fall, Winter and early-Spring.
Minnesota is nicknamed the "Land of 10,000 Lakes" due to its large number of natural freshwater lakes. The nickname is not an exaggeration as the actual number of lakes is about 11,842. The southern third and western edge of the state have very few lakes, but the rest of the state is dotted with small (less than 50 acres) to very large (over 100,000 acres) lakes only a few miles apart at most. The largest lake entirely within the state is Red Lake in Beltrami County, which is divided by a natural peninsula into Upper Red Lake and Lower Red Lake. The lake is 288,831 acres, or about 451.3 sq. miles, in size. The estimated total miles of shoreline of all of Minnesota's lakes is greater than the shorelines of California, Florida and Hawaii combined. As a result of this large number of lakes, Minnesota has a booming resort business, with over 1000 resorts of various kinds spread throughout the state. Year-round fishing is also a major draw for residents and visitors.
Excluding the southern border, a large portion of Minnesota's borders are defined by rivers and lakes. Big Stone Lake, Lake Traverse and the Red River compose most of the state's western border with North and South Dakota. The northern border with Canada is primarily defined by the Rainy River and Rainy Lake. Finally, the eastern border with Wisconsin includes Lake Superior and the St. Croix and Mississippi rivers.
The Mississippi River's headwaters are located at Lake Itasca in northern Minnesota.
Politics of Minnesota
Minnesota has been historically a Democratic state. They have not gone Republican in a Presidential election since Richard Nixon in 1972. However, in the 2010 elections, Republicans won a majority of both chambers of the Minneota Legislature for the first itme since 1970. The 2008 Republican National Convention was held in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Minnesota is the only state in the Union in which the national Democratic Party actually is represented by the state-level Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party (DFL). All Democratic politicians in and from Minnesota work under the DFL header, though this now is an issue primarily of tradition than actual meaning.
2011 Government Shutdown
The state government of Minnesota shut down on July 1, 2011, due to DFL politicians' unwillingness to compromise on taxes and spending, despite the GOP's best efforts to avert a crisis with a compromise measure. Governor Mark Dayton, in particular, held a rigid line on taxes, and compromised only when it became clear how much the shutdown was hurting ordinary Minnesotans.
The shutdown ended July 20, 2011, with a spending bill negotiated by the GOP, DFLers, and Dayton.
Elected Officials
- Sen. Amy Klobuchar (DFL)
- Sen. Tina Smith (DFL)
- Rep. Jim Hagedorn [R, MN-01]
- Rep. Angie Craig [DFL, MN-02]
- Rep. Dean Phillips [DFL, MN-03]
- Rep. Betty McCollum [DFL, MN-04]
- Rep. Ilhan Omar [DFL, MN-05]
- Rep. Tom Emmer [R, MN-06]
- Rep. Collin Peterson [DFL, MN-07]
- Rep. Pete Stauber [R, MN-08]
- Governor Tim Walz (DFL)
- Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan (DFL)
- Secretary of State Steve Simon (DFL)
- Attorney General Keith Ellison (DFL)
- State Auditor Julie Blaha (DFL)


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One of China's best known artists, Liu Xiaodong (劉小東), headed down to the pub for inspiration for his first London show.
The soft-spoken, bespectacled 50-year-old artist has spent the last three decades capturing the lives of ordinary people in his paintings, painted-over photographs, diaries and films from China to Europe and the Middle East.
His Half Street exhibition depicts the lives of people Liu befriended over six weeks in two pubs and an Egyptian cafe just steps from the Lisson gallery where the large oil-on-canvas paintings are displayed alongside acrylic photo-paintings.
"It's such an exciting thing to share with other people," said Liu, a leading figure among Chinese Neo-Realist painters and professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
Liu likes to spend time getting to know his subjects. The Beijing-based artist writes and draws in a journal and then takes photographs before building a temporary studio in situ, to paint en plein air or xiesheng (寫生) in Chinese.
It's a technique he has used previously living and painting among local people from Tibet to Israel. Critics have compared his work to that of British painter Lucian Freud.
"The background is important," he told Reuters in an interview this week.
In London he was invited into the homes of the staff at The Perseverance pub, had dinner with them, smoked with them and walked their dogs.
"I very much enjoyed painting here because at first we didn't know each other," Liu said. "After painting we are close, we know each other and feel very good."
Green Pub depicts The Perseverance with its staff and trusty dog Mati, painted from life over four consecutive days during opening hours.
"All our customers were all in the pub as it was taking place, so it created a really good vibe," said the pub's 46-year-old landlady, Margaret Finnegan, originally from New Jersey in the US.
Photographs with touches of paint from Liu add small details such as rain drops, but also figures and in one case a portrait of Finnegan's late father painted into a photograph alongside her husband working in the kitchen.
When she saw it, Liu said: "She was almost crying ... I was crying too."
French chef Sebastien Lambot, his Polish wife Marta, their 17-month-old son and a reveler dressed as a cowboy riding a horse are the subjects in White Pub, an oil-on-canvas painting Liu created after befriending the couple and asking permission to paint them in The Chapel pub where Sebastien works.
"When we Googled his name we found out he was a world-famous artist," Sebastien said. "We've become immortal in a way."
The final location, shown in the painting Egyptian Restaurant, is an upstairs meeting room of an eatery on the Edgware Road in London, itself a former Art Deco cinema.
It is depicted empty, with the television off and the chairs either recently vacated or waiting for new occupants.
The work was painted just after the Muslim celebration of Eid, the feast following the fasting of Ramadan.
A few steps from the door of the gallery, an image of dissident Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (艾未未) spray-painted on a wall in the style of British street artist Banksy shouts out: "You can cage the singer, but not the song."
Liu would not be drawn on questions about Ai, who was detained without charge in April 2011 for 81 days.
"Every artist is different," he said. "Every artist has their own background.


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DES MOINES - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will open up state land to haying and grazing to help farmers impacted by severe weather conditions.
"This has been one of the most challenging weather patterns Iowa farmers have ever had to face and we want to be able to provide some additional options to our livestock producers," said DNR Deputy Director Bruce Trautman.
Most state lands in Iowa do not have proper fencing for cattle so farmers wanting to use the land for grazing would be responsible for setting up temporary electric fencing and watering tanks, making haying more likely to be the most viable option.
Haying and grazing can start after July 15 when the primary nesting season for upland birds has been completed.
Land available is primarily the upland grassland areas however there are some additional opportunities for "flash grazing" in northeast Iowa and other limited opportunities on land not currently being leased to farmers.
"The DNR is working very closely with the Iowa Governor's Office and all of our stakeholders to make emergency livestock forage available and to make sure that we are helping those who need assistance the most," said Trautman.
Farmers interested in this opportunity should contact the Iowa Department of Natural Resources at 515-281-5918.


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25 April 2010
Pictures of You
Victoria from Justice Pirate, She's in Love With the Captain, The Girl from HK, LDN, SF
9 comments:
- Gaia said...
I can't wait to receive my new dress! bought the come together dress the 6th of April...Can't wait ! Have a terrific week!
- April 25, 2010
- Victoria / Justice Pirate said...
Thanks so much for posting. When I checked my bloglovin' account and I saw my picture, I was thinking that my old blog showed up and I was confused and then I saw you posted it. Thanks so much. I have pictures to edit from the pink peter pan-collared dress I bought from you last week too. soon! The other girls' outfits are adorable!!!!!!!!!! they are sweet.
- April 25, 2010
- Zoë, Lion Heart Vintage said...
oh wow, these are all styled so beautifully!
you must be very proud of your great pieces... :) next time i have any leftover thrifting money, i'll be checking out your lovely shop!
- April 25, 2010
- The Vintage Affair said...
Hi there, i'm Hanna from Malaysia. I have to say, your blog really inspires me in vintage fashion :) I'm a big fan of your pieces and you are even in my blog list :) Have a great week ahead :)
- April 26, 2010
- The Vintage Affair said...
btw, my blog is http://the-vintageaffair.blogspot.com/ :)
- April 26, 2010
- Starr Crow said...
I love these girls! And the dress on Victoria almost looks like it could fit in with the Nadinoo look too!
- April 28, 2010
- Samantha said...
The second top is gorgeous :)
- April 28, 2010
- Ana said...
You look absolutely adorable and sweet:)
I love your style so much.
Thank you for being an inspiration
- April 29, 2010
- Avalonne Hall said...
Thanks for posting my photo on your blog! I do love the floral confetti blouse that I purchased from your store. It was my first ever etsy purchase :)
- April 29, 2010


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Why D-III?
By Pat Coleman
It seemed like a simple enough story. When we posted a story that seven schools were considering joining Division III, one Twitter user reacted as follows:
|When Division III games are played before packed
houses, they're still small crowds, such as a January
Amherst-Williams game, which drew 1,150.
Photo by Matt Milless, d3photography.com
We responded that 450 schools had already joined the cause, and the Division III community carried the story forward from there. From the more than 40,000 followers of @d3hoops on Twitter, we got a wide variety of reactions to the question that was eventually boiled down into a six-character hashtag: #whyd3
The reasons for a school to join Division III are fairly straightforward. There's a lot of money to be saved by not offering athletic scholarships. Not offering athletic scholarship money is usually seen as more central to a college's academic mission. A Division III member school is in the same club as some of the elite academic schools in the country, in fact, Georgetown College in Kentucky offered this as a reason for considering Division III, trying to get a Phi Beta Kappa charter. The NCAA reimburses schools for travel to national championship events and gives schools access to catastrophic health insurance. The organization is seen as more prestigious than the NAIA, and certainly has more members and more money.
But the fan reaction was more telling than any of the above could be. We threw the question open to our followers and got some great reactions:
@beskwared, Bill Boyle, said: "@d3hoops If you want a full learning experience that will benefit you educationally, d3 is it. D1 has shine, d3 delivers #whyd3"
@caseyzinn wrote: "d3's offer u great opportunities! I turned down many d2 offers & a couple d1 cause the d3 offered alot on & off court"
@swallball, two-time D3hoops.com All-American guard Sean Wallis of Washington U., said "#whyd3 cuz u realize its abt more than the game and u become friends w who you play against"
Morgan Rainer (@morganrainer), who identifies herself as a Hardin-Simmons tennis player, said "I love playing @d3tennis because I am surrounded by my teammates--not coworkers. It's not a job. We play because we are passionate. #whyd3"
|Maybe Division III football games and other sports
events are ignored by the mainstream media, but the
student-athlete's passion for the game isn't any less and they are
no less knowledgeable about the game.
Photo by Ryan Coleman, d3photography.com
And that sums up many of the responses. Why Division III? Because you can play your sport and still be a college student, still have a life outside of your sport. You can be in a play or write for the school newspaper, run for student government. Or take a double major.
Yes, Division III won't offer the same things you can get at Division I. As @sctvi put it, "one major downside, though, to d3 compared to d1 is amount of exposure. EG: D3 sports get very little national tv time." And in fact, this is even less, since the Division III basketball championships were taken off of television and relegated to the Internet this past season, with no talk of them returning.
But the lack of spotlight takes the pressure off coaches. Win-at-all-costs is a concept rarely heard in NCAA Division III, unlike, say, graduate-at-all-costs. That gives a student-athlete the freedom to play another sport, as @jpkume, Justin Kume wrote: "In my case, only place to offer a chance to play FB & BASE while gettin a solid education & not just a piece of paper!"
Getting a solid education is more than a small part of it, that's to be sure. But so are the personal relationships. And not that one can't have those at other levels, but it's easier when the players are around for all four years. And the coaches will be too, even after a bad year or two.
@PMehmel21 (Peter Mehmel, a Manhattanville basketball player), spoke about the relationships: "#whyd3 coaches care about you AND want to win, team becomes family."
That's true for many teams, particularly for the Colby men's basketball team. Dick Whitmore retired from the White Mules this offseason after 40 years of coaching, and said "I think I may miss the alumni games more than I would Christmas," he said. "It's really a mutual appreciation situation. I'm so thankful to them not only as players and what they accomplished, but that they sustained the relationship with me after they were done playing. It's a generational thing now with the alumni. The guys that first played for me when I started here are thinking about retirement, and the guys who played for me recently are just starting careers."
|Linfield's run to the 2011 Division III softball title spanned the country, from McMinnville, Ore., to Salem, Va.
The people running the D3sports.com network of sites (D3hoops, D3football, etc.) do this for the love of Division III. We've made reference to Division III as "the highest form of purely amateur athletics," because Division II and Division I athletes don't get paid, but they do have scholarship athletes and those people often get special privileges as well.
In Division III, it's the opposite, and that's why we embrace it. Not only are D-III student-athletes fully integrated into the student body, taking the same classes, living in the same dorms, eating in the same dining halls, but in fact, they are more likely to get treated poorly by a professor than given any sort of a break.
And no, they will almost never end up on SportsCenter, or in Sports Illustrated, and the NCAA selection shows might not even pronounce their school's name correctly, but they have a home here at D3sports.com.
There was a lot of discussion over travel, and time commitment and financial aid as opposed to scholarships, and the #whyd3 conversation can continue. Put your thoughts on Twitter, and remember to use the hashtag.
As @coecollegehoops put it, "It's not the level you're at, it's what you do at the level."


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I was recently given a Zoom. They are wonderous things with many mics and the ability to record in such high quality that it took me an entire day to transfer this file to the lovely Daniel B Yates (that or my computer's as slow as I've always suspected). ANWAY. Scroll down on the Exeunt main page and you'll see little old me. Have a listen. What do you think?


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"Flexibility is about an employee and an employer making changes to when, where and how a person will work to better meet individual and business needs. Flexibility enables both individual and business needs to be met through making changes to the time (when), location (where) and manner (how) in which an employee works. Flexibility should be mutually beneficial to both the employer and employee and result in superior outcomes." (1)
Formal flexibility policies are "officially approved human resources policies, as well as any official policies that give supervisors discretion to provide flexibility."
Informal flexibility refers to "policies that are not official and not written down but are still available to some employees, even on a discretionary basis."
While most formal work arrangements can usually be identified, organizations acknowledge that utilization statistics probably underestimate the true reach and impact of flexibility, as they cannot accurately determine the extent of informal flexibility—for example, employees who occasionally alter their work hours or work from home. (24)
"At Bristol-Myers Squibb, 14% of employees have a formal flexible work arrangement. Of the remaining, 67% say they have informal flexibility. When asked about the importance of informal flexibility in terms of their intention to continue working at the company, the response is resounding: 71% say that it is 'very important.' Again, women place even greater importance on informal flexibility; 78% of women say it is 'very important' to their staying, compared to 65% of men. The retention effect is especially strong for women in management: 84% say informal flexibility helps keep them at the company." (24)


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Culinary Art?
I have been thinking a lot about art lately — what makes something art, and what people accept as art. It's probably because last month Tilda Swinton was periodically sleeping in a box at New York's Museum of Modern Art. Given the sheer volume of ludicrous happenings that appear on the list of legitimate art, it occurred to me that food is hardly, if ever, on that list. I think it should be. And I am going to start a campaign.
The subject is also on my mind because I recently read a New York Times opinion piece by William Deresiewicz on the subject of food as art, which concluded that food cannot be art, even though this recent wave of food appreciation has, in his estimation, replaced the fine arts in our culture.
Baloney. (Bologna.)
Cooking should, of course, be considered one of the fine arts. It should be included in college art-history survey classes and referred to in all lessons on the humanities. Why? Because it is as much an art form as painting, sculpture, music, dance, photography, ceramics, fashion, literature and sleeping in a box.
To be clear, I am not talking about artistic renderings of food, which are numerous and awesome. Arcimboldo's Renaissance faces composed of food, Dutch still lifes, Cézanne's baskets of apples and Wayne Thiebaud's cakes are all super, but we already know they're art. Nor am I talking about random food. Anyone can dig a carrot out of the dirt for nourishment, but it is only the culinary artist who can glaze the same carrot to perfection — not too soft, not too firm, not bitterly caramelized, but beautifully, butterfully golden amber. This is a skill, a craft and, in the right hands, an art.
But not according to Deresiewicz, who uses all of his favorite hipster foodie lingo to do two things: make sure we understand that he is a foodie, and preach to us about how our passion for food, or what he labels "foodism," is not art. His first argument denies food the right to be art because it is not narrative and not representational. He is doubly wrong. First, we can all agree that art is not solely defined as representational. Far from it: Think of Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich, Jackson Pollack, Ad Reinhardt or Barnett Newman. Second, yes, food is too narrative, stupid! The aforementioned perfectly glazed carrots tell the story of agriculture, of Escoffier, of the chef who prepared it, of the evening you are enjoying it and the company you are keeping. It is also reminding you of several carrot experiences you've had in the past, perhaps a dish that was much worse, cooked by a person you loved (or hated). Each plate is a story, both internal and external. There's the story the artist (chef) wants you to know, and the one you are having in your own head. This internal/external narrative is the same way we experience any art, including works by Mondrian, Malevich, Pollack, Reinhardt and Newman.
Deresiewicz also claims a good meal cannot give you insight into other people, or help you take inventory of your soul. Again, very little of what we call art does this now, and the work that does so affects only a few people in such a manner. On any given day people shuffle through art museums. Do they all take inventory of their souls? Of course not. It is a ridiculous definition of art. Sure, some people may have a soulful epiphany watching Tilda sleep. But so, too, will some find revelation in that dish of carottes Vichy.
One may not consider an apple a story. But neither is a painting of an apple. Sometimes an apple is just an apple. Then again, sometimes the cool crisp bite of an autumnal apple is a reminder of Johnny Appleseed, or William Tell, or New York City, or Snow White. What story do Cézanne's apples tell? A guy left an apple on the table. Whoop de doo. Yes, Cézanne talks more about vision, perception, angle and the picture plane. But how is that any more important than the physical nuances of biting into the apple — the temperature, the texture, the acid-sugar balance, the way it makes your tongue feel, your throat, your tummy? And your heart — are you eating it after a long day of hiking? Is it in your lunch box at middle school? Did you get it from the soup kitchen? All of this is a narrative. A story. A meaning that is beautiful, or tragic, or boring.
The assertion that food cannot be art because art must be symbolic sent me straight into a culinary nerd rage, listing all the symbolic foods we eat — wedding cake, birthday cake, every Christmas bread ever made, the entire Passover seder, spring lamb, Thanksgiving turkey, pomegranates, oysters and on and on and on. Plus, every composed plate ever created by a thoughtful chef symbolizes something — the seasons, the culture, the skill, the artistic vision. Food is very symbolic. In fact, I would go so far as to say that food is the most symbolic form of art there is. Food has a code that everyone can crack — and we don't need Sister Wendy to decipher it for us.
Finally, Deresiewicz insists that Proust talking about a madeleine is art, but the madeleine itself is not art. To that, I say again, baloney. This exquisite cookie has an extensive history, a temperamental procedure, an expected caliber of execution, a perceived outcome and myriad variations that change as frequently as fashion. There are great chefs who execute the madeleine flawlessly, and others who mutilate it. It is a talent that takes finesse, skill, education and experience. Just like all great art. I feel confident in stating that there is more culture in that tiny cookie than you will ever find watching Tilda sleeping.


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New Toys Aim to Get Girls Back Into Science
Stanford University engineering graduate Alice Brooks was disturbed to find a lack of women in the engineering industry. She joins Lunch Break to explain how her company Roominate aims to reverse that trend and get young girls excited about engineering. (Photo: Roominate)
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Janell Burley Hofmann was trying to set some ground rules when she drew up a contract before giving her son a smartphone for Christmas.
She was candid and caring, yet clear, writing, "You are a good and responsible 13-year-old boy and you deserve this gift. But with the acceptance of this present come rules and obligations."
Number one: "It is my phone. I bought it. I pay for it. I am loaning it to you. Aren't I the greatest?"
That's followed closely by, "If it rings, answer it. It is a phone. Say hello, use your manners. Do not ever ignore a phone call if the screen reads 'Mom' or 'Dad.' Not ever."
The contract hit Huffington Post (where Burley Hofmann writes about parenting and technology), and the Internet ate it up.
"It just ignited this global conversation which I think everybody was eager to have," she said.
Now, Burley Hofmann, a parent coach from Massachusetts, has expanded on that original contract in her new book, "iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know About Selfies, Sexting, Gaming and Growing Up."
As parents continue to clamor for answers, she offered this advice when we spoke by phone last week. Her book will be released May 6. Some excerpts our conversation:
Q: What's the biggest concern you hear from parents?
A: What I hear from parents most of the time is the attachment to devices. Kids and teens, in particular, are spending a lot of time with the devices within reach and it's constant. At the root of this, it's a wellness and health conversation that a lot of families want to have.
Q: How do parents get their kids to put the devices down?
A: [Parents] need to model that. I'm hearing from a lot of teenagers that they're looking to their parents to say, "Devices away at dinner time." Their parents are having trouble doing that. Because of the convenience of technology, we can be at work and at home at the same time.
When we start to set boundaries that tech can't invade every corner of our lives, it becomes something that our kids are more comfortable with. They see it can be done.
Q: What about scary topics like sexting and cyberbullying?
A: There's a certain level of risk taking, and in adolescence, the risk is the reward. We can have a certain level of tolerance for our children trying to figure out what that means online. But [we should] also still keep the dialogue alive at home about what our expectations are and our values are.
Just like the preventative conversations about drinking and coming home for curfew, I think there are a lot of very traditional parent talks we can have with kids around technology.
Q: Your son got his smartphone at 13. Is there a magic age for kids to get that first device?
A: I don't have a recipe. I am an advocate of delaying. So many parents I talk to say, "I got it too quickly" or "I got it because it was the only thing he was asking for."
We want our children to have success with the technology. I didn't want to be taking it away from my son. I didn't want to be constantly nagging him. I definitely tell families, be ready to parent it. If that means you need to delay it, that's perfectly acceptable.
(As for her son, Gregory, he's now 14 and still has his smartphone. iRules success.)


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A look around the Pac-12:
• Utah. Utah is favored to win the South in many publications but it depended on the surgically repaired shoulder of quarterback Jordan Wynn. It appears he has healed. In Thursday's scrimmage Wynn was 9-for-17 for 152 yards and a touchdown.
He'd better stay healthy. Backup Jon Hayes was 4-of-12 with three interceptions.
Being a long-time BCS basher, I won't lose any wince if the Utes live up to their hype. They always passed my eye test and I didn't hold the bottom-heavy Mountain West against them. But we'll find out soon enough.
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The most common software failures are caused by viruses and spyware. The computer is running slow, Internet doesn't work, there's an icon next to the clock that tries to scare you into buying some kind of "antispyware", Internet Explorer doesn't work, when you try to start a program it takes more than a minute for it to appear, etc.
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Try to remove all viruses and spyware, although there are some really nasty trojans and rootkits that are almost impossible to remove. This method seems faster and easier but it can take from about two hours to over six hours.
Reinstall Windows. Backup your files, reinstall/restore Windows from the CDs that came with the computer, then install back all the programs you use and copy back your files. This method will probably take at least three or four hours and you will have to redo all custom settings you have in Windows and in the main programs you use. The advantage of this method is that it will take care of all software problems you may be having and your computer will run faster at the end.


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Emacs is self-hosting: writing things in it makes the environment itself more powerful. It's a feedback loop: a recursive, self-reinforcing, multiplicative effect that happens because you're enhancing the environment you're using to create enhancements.
Do you really feel that enhancing your Emacs eventually made you 10X times more
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Everything's coming up roses at the Bohart Museum of Entomology on the UC Davis campus.
Make that rose-haired tarantulas.
See, the Bohart not only houses some seven million insect specimens in its quarters in 1124 Academic Surge, but they have a few live ones, too.
Such as Madagascar hissing cockroaches, praying mantids and rose-haired tarantulas.
The Bohart, directed by Lynn Kimsey, professor and vice chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology is one of our favorite places. You never know what you'll find.
We stopped by the museum last week and one of the Bohart student employees, Nanase Nakanishi, a UC Davis senior majoring in animal science, was caring for the occupants.
She and her colleagues were feeding the Madagascar hissing cockroaches, aka "hissers." While they were eating, Nanase picked up the rose hair, a favorite among budding entomologists and pet enthusiasts. On her red blouse, it looked like very much like a beautiful brooch. It's a soft, docile, gentle critter.
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January 6, 2012 - 08:33
Dark Horse Comics is pleased to announce a brand-new project from multiple Harvey and Eagle Award winner Peter Bagge (Apocalypse Nerd): Reset!
If you could relive major events in your life, would you take a stab at making things better—and would your best attempts only make things worse? Or would you use your second chance to put your most twisted, perverted fantasies in motion? These are questions washed-up actor and comedian Guy Krause asks himself after he signs up to be the main research subject for a virtual-reality experiment.
"I originally envisioned Reset mostly taking place in the virtual fantasy world of protagonist Guy Krause's imagination, but soon discovered that the events occurring simultaneously in his real life were far more interesting, and so I wound up focusing more on that instead. I guess truth is stranger than fiction—and that's why I'm generally not a fantasy writer!" says Peter Bagge.
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|Trust Dianne Feinstein? Yeah right.
From my perspective, all of the many arguments for gun control come down to one thing...
'trust your government.'
That is about the most absurd thing anyone could imply.
If we wanted to, we could go back just 100 years to the illegal founding of the Federal Reserve, continue on up to today and make a list of a hundred, a thousand reasons not to trust our government and every one of them grounded in fact.
The list would be redundant. The reasons are not new. Governments repeatedly abuse what little trust the average person may have for them using the same motives and techniques. There's nothing new under the sun certainly applies.
What's strange in this gun control issue is that it aligns us with folks whose ideas we don't care for that much. Warmongers, Muslim haters, religious fanatics, tea party dupes and drug war warriors are just a few. They will slap us on the back saying 'from my cold dead hands' over and over and 'yeah, we are brothers in arms brother.' Sometimes I guess we take our allies where we may find them.
I fully expect the neocons and neolibs, the fake righties and the fake progressives will come together in 'compromise' and once again trash the already almost burned up Constitution. It is what their handlers want and few will dare to risk their wrath.
The below video has surely pissed off more than a few who would rather the information not be widely known regarding how jewish/zionist politicians have long led the gun control charge. It is the words of Curt Maynard who you may remember died by the gun in circumstances that will never be fully known.


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|Conflict: War of the Jewels
|Date: Y.T. 1498
|Place: Mithrim and the lands east across Ered Wethrin
|Outcome: Victory for the Noldor, though at the loss of Fëanor, protection of the newly established realm of Mithrim
Hosts of Angband
Large host of Noldor
The armies previously besieging the Falas joined by reinforcements from Angband (including werewolves) and Balrogs (unleashed late in the battle)
Light, despite the loss of their leader late in the battle.
Very heavy- an entire host of Orcs was destroyed in the Fen of Serech after being driven from Hithlum, and were hounded to within sight of Angband
The Dagor-nuin-Giliath (Battle-under-Stars) was the second battle of the Wars of Beleriand, but the first fought by the Noldor.
The battle began when the Noldor of Fëanor had arrived unexpectedly at the Firth of Drengist, and passed through the Gate of the Noldor into Hithlum. They encamped on the northern shore of Lake Mithrim. Morgoth hoped to destroy the Noldor before they could establish themselves, and sent his forces through the passes of the Ered Wethrin. Although the Orcs of Morgoth far outnumbered them, the Noldor were still empowered with the Light of Valinor, and quickly defeated them. The Orcs retreated north through Ard-galen, with the Noldor in hot pursuit. The forces of Morgoth that had been besieging the Havens of the Falas since the First Battle of Beleriand marched north to attack the Noldor in the rear, but a force led by Celegorm ambushed them at Eithel Sirion. Trapped between the two Noldorin forces, the Orcs fought for ten days, encircled at the Fen of Serech. All but a few Orcs perished, and Fëanor in his wrath pursued even this small group. The tables turned at the edge of Dor Daedeloth, as Balrogs poured forth from Thangorodrim. Fëanor stood his ground and long fought alone, until he finally fell. Then the armies of his sons reached him, and the Orcs and Balrogs retreated. Fëanor died in sight of Angband, thrice cursing Morgoth.[1]
Immediately following this the Moon rose, and with the rising of the Moon Fingolfin and the second, greater Host of the Ñoldor arrived in Lammoth. There they were attacked by Orcs which had been sent there by Morgoth to attack Fëanor in the rear, and they fought their first battle, the Battle of the Lammoth. The Ñoldor were caught off-guard, and Fingolfin's son Argon was slain. Fingolfin and his host pursued the Orcs until they were completely destroyed, and then passed into Mithrim as the Sun first rose.
It was thus a bittersweet victory for the Noldor, as they had destroyed most of Morgoth's forces in one strike, but their greatest leader had been mortally wounded, and they had lost one of their princes.
(The Battle of the Lammoth and Argon do not appear in the published Silmarillion at all, because they only came to light in very late writings by Tolkien. In the published Silmarillion Fingolfin's host only arrives after the battle is long over.)
- ↑ J.R.R. Tolkien, Christopher Tolkien (ed.), The Silmarillion, "Quenta Silmarillion: Of the Return of the Noldor"
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Cozying up to "Curvy Girl Crochet" author Mary Beth Temple
Finding crochet and knit patterns can be a real hassle for "curvy girls."
The fit is always an issue, and adjusting smaller patterns to suit larger sizes can result in an irregular and ill-fitting garment.
That, in turn, makes all the creative effort feel fruitless.
Little wonder that patterns for "real women" are difficult to find and highly-coveted!
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If You Liked the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants
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If you enjoyed The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, try these books that "read like" it.
Sequels to Sisterhood, also by Ann Brashares:
- The Second Summer of the Sisterhood
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Sure, God, you did pretty well with most of that nature stuff you made — flowers are sure pretty and, man, are anchovies tasty. But let's be honest here, you made some pretty big screw-ups as well. Like putting brains, of all things, inside horse skulls. What were you thinking, Almighty? Oldsmobile would like to know.
This ad for turn-of-the-century Oldsmobiles does make some valid points, even if it does dare to second-guess Nature itself. A horse, as a living, thinking creature, may not always want to haul your bowler-hatted ass around all over the place. But a nice Curved-Dash Olds, well that "mechanically perfect" contraption would just be delighted to go wherever you want. If it had a brain to be delighted with, which it doesn't.
What makes this ad fascinating is that it's from that short period in history where people might have cross-shopped a living horse with a mechanical car, a situation that's not likely (I hope) to happen ever again.
I also especially like how the ad sort of hedges its bets by stating "Pre-supposing brains in it's [sic] owner," which is perhaps one of the best automotive advertising disclaimers I've ever heard.
This ad could also be taken as proof of why Oldsmobile will never, by policy, release an autonomous car. Well, that, and their lack of existing anymore.


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We need a logo designed and that logo is to be incorporated into the header.
The website will be very simple, so no need for side menus. Just one set of menu links across the top (below the header graphic most likely) would be good...just enough to get us an "about", "contact", "order", and maybe a few other links.
I would like the design to include a place for a headline and a video (please include these places in your design).
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Now that the NFL season is here, I'm putting a twist on my weekly Blogger on Blogger series. Each week, I hope to enlist a blogger who regularly writes about the Ravens' opponent to help me break down the game. This week, I exchanged emails with Kevin Nogle, who blogs about the Dolphins for The Phinsider.
MV: The Dolphins raised some eyebrows with their offseason spending spree, which including signing former Ravens inside linebacker Dannell Ellerbe. How have those free-agent acquisitions paid off so far?
KN: Ellerbe has been a great pickup. He's currently third in the NFL in tackles, and has been all over the field for the Dolphins. Fellow linebacker Philip Wheeler has been up and down so far this season, and it's mostly down right now. He's got to pick up his play, especially in pass coverage. The other defensive signing of note is former Atlanta Falcons cornerback Brent Grimes, who is fully back from the Achilles tear he suffered last year, and is playing lights-out football. Most teams are staying away from him, which is putting more pressure on the other cornerbacks, but it's nice to have a corner who simply takes away half the field. On offense, of course, the big name is Mike Wallace, who Miami signed to a five-year, $60 million contract. Statistically, Wallace's performances have been disappointing, as he only has 15 receptions for 176 yards, with nine of those catches coming in the game at Indianapolis. However, his presence alone has opened up the field more for Brian Hartline, Charles Clay, Rishard Matthews and the rest of the offense. So, in that sense, he's been a great addition. He needs more time with Ryan Tannehill to get completely on the same page, but there's still a lot of the season remaining.
MV: Even though they had a rough go of it against the Saints on Monday night, the defense seems to be the team's biggest strength, despite a lack of household names (well, besides Cameron Wake, who is well-known in Canadian households). Please give us an introduction to Dolphins defense.
KN: Wake is obviously the big name, but Miami's defensive line is scary. Along with Wake, the Dolphins start Olivier Vernon on the end, with Derrick Shelby and third overall pick Dion Jordan rotating into the game. Any of them can get after the quarterback, and all of them have at least one sack so far this season. In the middle, the trio of Paul Soliai, Jared Odrick, and Randy Starks is incredible, able to stuff the run in the middle of the line as well as get after quarterback. Soliai really is the heart of the Miami run defense, and, as long as he is out there, it will be tough to run between the tackles.A s I said earlier, the linebackers are up and down, with Ellerbe the up and Wheeler the down. Koa Misi is the third member of the group, and he is a solid if unspectacular player, able to lineup with his hand in the dirt as a pass rusher, or standing up in coverage. The secondary is hit or miss. They will have great moments and come away with interceptions, or they can be left standing there as a double move beats them.
MV: Wake missed Monday night's game. If he suits up Sunday, he could be a tough matchup for Ravens right tackle Michael Oher. Are you optimistic Wake will play?
KN: I don't know at this point. Wake was limited all week in practice last week, but it seemed as though he might be available for passing situations, then he was placed on the inactive list. He has a mild sprain of his MCL, and, with the bye week after this game, it might make more sense to let him rest. But, after being torched in New Orleans, Wake may not stand for not playing. I wouldn't put it past the All-Pro to be back on the field, but I wouldn't predict seeing him out there, either.
MV: The Ravens should probably expect the Dolphins to split the carries between Lamar Miller and Daniel Thomas, even though Miller looks to be the more dynamic player. Why is it a timeshare, and would you like one to get the majority of touches?
KN: A lot of Dolphins fans cannot stand seeing Daniel Thomas on the field, but I believe he has a role. However, I think that role should be a lot less than we are seeing of him at this point. The only thing I can guess is, with this being Lamar Miller's first year as a "feature" back, the team wants to make sure they don't overwork him early in the season, only to see him burn out later. But, at this point, with an offense that is on pace to give up record-setting numbers of sacks, the Dolphins have to start running the ball better and the easy answer seems to be to hand the ball to Miller more often.
MV: In what ways has second-year quarterback Ryan Tannehill progressed since his rookie year? And what about his skill set in this offense could concern the Ravens?
KN: Tannehill is clearly in charge of this offense and he is running it well. He's progressing through his reads and making good decisions when and where he throws the ball. The problem is he's holding the ball too long sometimes, trying to wait for someone to get open, rather than throwing the ball away or running with it. He's got to do a better job of protecting the ball, both in the pocket and while running, as he has a league-high six fumbles to go with his league-high 18 sacks. Tannehill has been very accurate with his passes this year, and he is going to take whatever the Ravens give him. If they spend the day double-teaming Wallace, trying to keep the long ball from beating them, Tannehill will simply throw the ball to Hartline or Brandon Gibson all day. If the Ravens let Wallace run inside routes, Tannehill will hit him on shorter routes, letting him try to run after the catch. And he has really taken a liking to Clay, who is second on the team in receptions, so don't be surprised to see the H-back getting targeted in the middle of the field.
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Is there a way to pick which song should play after the current song finishes?
I often browse my music library while listening, and I'll want to play a specific song, but not stop the current song in the middle. Is there a way to queue up a song to start after the current one?