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Sterling Bedroom Set - Twin - 4pc
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Experience the wonder of a cloudless sky on a warm spring day with the Sterling Collection. This charming collection expresses warmth liveliness with its transitional styling and white parchment finish. It is sure to spark the imagination of any young girl with its energizing blend of crisp, clean lines, delicate contours, and signature louvered inserts. And as your young girl grows, the flawless care of this well crafted collection will continue to grow with her. Its lasting construction is visible in the sound bun feet and large, bright crown moldings that accompany both the ample dresser and nightstand. And as her imagination takes her from child to adult the Sterling Collection doesn't forget the significance of safety. With its tip resistant brackets, protective finishes, this dreamy collection is all about the wonders of growing up. This 4 piece collection includes the twin panel bed, ample double dresser, beveled mirror, and roomy nightstand.
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PHOTOPHILE- Skit-ish Elks: Lodge members gather for fun
Charlottesville's own Rivanna Lodge #195 hosted the Elks annual state convention May 24-27 at the DoubleTree Hotel. Before an audience of a hundred or so on May 24, members of the world's largest black fraternal organization acted, sang, and narrated the early history of their club. Jacqueline Creecy portrayed Buena Vista Kelley, the Norfolk woman who started a chapter in 1902.
The full name of the parent organization is the Improved Benevolent Protective Order of the Elks of the World, or IBPOEW. Founded in 1898 by a former slave, it now claims 500,000 members in about 1,500 lodges worldwide. Female Elks are called "daughters."
"Black women," explains Rachel Sprow, "needed something to participate in." Sprow added that the Elks help the community by providing aid to seniors as well as offering some scholarships.
The event itself was pretty low-key. Everyone arose at 6am on Wednesday for a full day of events. Thursday's events included a civil liberties awards luncheon and an "Apollo Night" of skits and music. Friday saw an oratorical contest and youth program, and Saturday night the festivities wrapped with a gala dance.
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Thursday, 12 June 2008
Man Bags
This is my first foray into Cycle Chic Chap territory, inspired by the many stylish young men I see cycling through town with leather bags casually slung over their shoulders. I have picked out some of my favourite cycle friendly man bags and would appreciate comments and suggestions from all you boys on bicycles out there.
The beautifully classic bag pictured above is Brooks Barbican bag. It's not cheap at £200 but it's the sort of bag that will last a lifetime.
Crumpler also do a nice line in Messenger bags... which apparently are the perfect size for carrying beer.
Aussie company Knog do some quite interesting bags that can transform from ruck sack to pannier to shoulder bag.
But if you want to go for a more casual bag with some retro style have a look at some of these beauties. All featured on fabulous site Retro to go
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3 comments:
- Alex Murray said...
No mention of the Rapha musette: http://www.rapha.cc/index.php?page=476 which is a beautiful little bag?
I'm also a fan of the classic custom made stuff from Bagaboo: http://www.bagaboo.hu/
- 13 June 2008 at 18:16
- Caz said...
Rapha...of course how could I forget! and the Bagaboo bags look fantastic too. Thanks so much for the tips will include both in Man bags 2
- 17 June 2008 at 22:30
- joellybaby said...
I was going to recommend Bagaboo too - I ordered a custom one for my husband's birthday to match his bike. He is made up. The service was really good and the bags are fantastic.
- 16 July 2008 at 22:52
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Every day, multiple sclerosis throws challenges our way. Some of them are physical; many of them. Others include cognitive challenges, social challenges and psychological challenges. Wouldn't it be nice if we could turn the tables? With a new program announced yesterday, we just might be able to.
In conjunction with Genzyme, the National MS Society offers all of us the opportunity to learn how "positive psychology" can be harnessed and possibly help us live with the other issues of MS.
According to a press release that landed in my e-mail yesterday, "Positive psychology, the scientific study of what makes people thrive, has found a strong connection between an individual's mindset, social support system and wellbeing." We've talked about a positive attitude being important to us in these pages many times before. We've also noted before that attitude isn't always enough. Maybe it's just because we don't know exactly how to focus this attitude.
This new program will teach positive psychology by teaming renowned psychology expert and former Harvard University lecturer Shawn Achor with Kristen Adams, a mom and Emmy-award winning producer living with MS, and Michelle Clos, a life coach certified by the International Coach Federation who is also living with MS. Throughout the course of the Everyday Matters program, Shawn, Kristen and Michelle will work hand-in-hand with five individuals affected by MS from across the country as they map out strategies for achieving a specific goal or addressing a specific challenge in their everyday life.
And YOU could be one of those five lucky people to have the in person training with this illustrious team!
All you have to do is visit everydayMSmatters.org and learn how to submit your story.
Beginning now through June 13, 2012, interested individuals can visit the site to submit their stories for consideration by the Everyday Matters team, or vote on the challenge, topic or goal that is most important to them. Participants are asked to share a particular "everyday" challenge they would like to overcome or a goal they want to achieve.
Stories can be shared through video or text and photos. All story submissions will be eligible for consideration for a personal coaching opportunity with the Everyday Matters team. Five participants, each representing a different challenge or goal, will be selected to attend a weekend workshop with the team in Denver, Colorado from July 13 – 15, 2012, and will receive six months of personal coaching from Michelle. Each participant's journey will come to life through a video series produced by Kristen and showcased on the website.
For far (some would say "Far, FAR") too long, the majority of focus by many in the MS Community has been on medications and the physical barriers multiple sclerosis puts in our way. The National MS Society has heard that and is offering all of us a chance to use the power of the positive to help us live our lives. Even if we don't get to be one of the five "winners" who get to go and work hands-on with this team, we can ALL learn something new.
So, how about it? Who's going to share their story and learn to live better, in spite of Multiple Sclerosis?
Wishing you and your family the best of health.
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The nation's economic disaster left thousands with a grim choice after the government seized their dollar-denominated deposits to stop bank runs in 2002. They could switch to devalued pesos and regain access to what was left of their savings, or accept a piece of paper promising to repay the money in dollars over the next 10 years.
Few had any faith in the government's promises back then. Argentina had just defaulted on more than $100bn in foreign debt, banks were shuttered, the economy was in ruins and streets were filled with pot-banging protesters whose chants of "throw them all out" would send five presidents packing.
But Argentina has mostly paid up after all, making good on 92.4p of that defaulted debt so far, including $19.6bn in US currency over the years to cancel the Boden 2012 bond. Most of the hard-luck account-holders later sold the bonds at a loss, but as the government makes its last $2.3bn payment on Friday, the few stalwarts who kept the faith have been made whole, while earning a modest 28pc profit over the years.
"It was good business" for anyone who got the bonds early and held them, said Jorge Oteiza, a bond trader with Banco Comafi in Argentina. "To have the same buying power you had back then isn't bad."
President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner praised her government for meeting its commitments and blamed multinational financial institutions for the debt crises that afflicted Argentina back then and threaten Europe today.
"This is the money that the banks should have returned to the Argentine citizens," she said during a national address from the Buenos Aires stock exchange on Thursday night. Showing charts and rattling off numbers, she argued that her government has shown the world how to emerge from default without imposing austerity measures, growing its economy and strengthening the social safety net.
This debt relief "has given us an immense independence from the activity of the market", she said to applause from the hundreds of guests she had invited onto the exchange floor.
Argentina's foreign-currency debt has dropped from a daunting 166pc of GDP at the end of 2002 to a more manageable 42pc of GDP at the end of 2011, said Ramiro Castineira of the Econometrica consulting firm. "If before it was a burden to shoulder, now it's just a handbag. It doesn't restrict the economy as it did in the past," he said.
However, the debt has grown in nominal terms during the same period, from $137bn to $179bn.
Many economists suggest the official story is misleading at best, since the government has refused to pay billions of dollars in other bad debts while borrowing freely within Argentina, taking money from pension funds, provinces, state-owned banks and the central reserve to stimulate the economy and reduce its foreign debt exposure.
In her determination to make Argentina financially independent, critics say Kirchner has only shifted the debt burden onto her citizens, imposing terms that could stunt the country's future growth. For example, the government promised to pay negative 0.25pc interest over 10 years for the $27.9bn it took from the central bank for debt relief.
"It's wonderful to see Argentina pay down debt, but for every dollar they're paying down, they're borrowing two or three through the other window, and increasingly from their own people," said Arturo Porzecanski, an expert on emerging markets at American University in Washington.
Economy Minister Hernan Lorenzino proudly described the Argentine recipe in a recent column published by Telam, the government news agency: Spurn the requirements of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Strong-arm the so-called "vulture funds" into accepting lower returns on their risky bets. Nationalize private pension plans, the airline and now the YPF oil company, putting their assets to use creating jobs. And tap central bank reserves to pay down international debts.
Frozen out of international markets as a consequence of the 2002 default, this government made breaking their rules a point of pride, Lorenzino suggested.
"At first, they called us heretics and the international community turned its back on us," he recalled. But "this government makes policies today without conceding to international pressure, thinking first of those on the inside, and later on those outside".
Lorenzino has said this government will not take on more international debts. Not that it could: Friday's payoff still doesn't resolve nearly $7.5bn it owes the US and other Paris Club nations, or the $11.2bn claimed in US courts by bond holdouts.
Argentina also owes millions in court judgments to US companies, and Spain's Repsol Group wants $10.5bn for its shares in YPF that Kirchner expropriated this year. Many of these investors would try to seize any newly borrowed money before it reaches Buenos Aires.
Lorenzino suggested that Argentina's renegade approach makes it better prepared to confront global crises because the portion of its debt held by the private sector has dropped from 124pc of GDP a decade ago to 14pc last year. "This was possible only under the concept of economic independence, political sovereignty and social justice," Lorenzino wrote.
But this shift from private to public debt means that the government is essentially borrowing from Argentine taxpayers and bank account holders to stimulate its economy, at rates far below inflation, which is estimated at 25pc a year or more. Unless this changes soon, the money could run out and there will be few other places to turn for help.
"This is no longer an 'us-versus-them' problem," Porzecanski said. "At first they went after the big multinationals, then the 'filthy-rich bondholders', then powerful institutions like the IMF. Now it has become a fight for financial resources within Argentina. That's why I think the end is coming."


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A Grand Rapids-based platform for high school sports websites plans to expand farther "across the country" after winning the $500,000 grand prize at an international business competition.
Varsity News Network has won the Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition, which offers more than $1 million in prizes and awards.
The guest list at the event last week at Detroit's Orchestra Hall included investors from 77 global firms, 50 entrepreneurs and 35 student competitors from all over the world.
The competition is a collaboration among the Michigan Economic Development Corp., Quicken Loans/Opportunity Detroit, the Business Accelerator Network for Southeast Michigan and the New Economy Initiative.
Grand-prize winner
Being picked as the winner out of such a talented and impressive crowd was quite a surprise, said VNN Founder and CEO Ryan Vaughn.
Vaughn said that the win was a celebration of and testament to the hard work of VNN's 21-person team.
VNN will use the prize money to develop its mobile strategy by creating and releasing a mobile app, Vaughn said.
"We're also in the process of a national expansion," Vaughn said. "Right now, we're in about 13 states, and our goal in 2014 is to expand our reach across the country. The award plays into our overall state expansion. It was on our roadmap, and now we have the resources."
VNN's success is due to the fact that it solves communication problems for athletic directors, Vaughn said.
Vaughn said athletic directors can be overwhelmed keeping up communication with the different stakeholders of high school sports, especially when everybody is using so many different types of social media.
Vaughn said VNN won the competition, because it takes a complex problem people face and makes it simple, offering one platform for everybody to use.
West-side representation
Vaughn also noted that VNN's win possibly signaled a shift in the identity of the competition.
Historically, the competition has been dominated by businesses from the east side of the state, often in the life sciences industry, Vaughn said.
But with VNN's win, along with the success of Soletics, a Grand Valley State University student startup, the tides could be shifting.
Soletics took home the evening's Grand Award of $25,000 in the Student Competition category.
"It's pretty cool to have to west side businesses win it," Vaughn said.
Accelerate Michigan Innovation Competition winners, 2013
Company Sector Awards, $25,000 cash prize
NextEnergy Transportation and New Mobility Award: Wave Aircraft
DTE Alternative Energy Award: Inmantech, Inc.
Masco Advanced Materials Award: Lite Brake
Comcast Information Technology Award: PlanReaction
Life Science Award: Cure Launcher
Medical Device Award: ENT Biotech Solutions
Next Generation Manufacturing Award: AutoBike
Products & Services Award: PinDrop, Inc.
People's Choice Award, $10,000 cash prize
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Student Competition Award
Grand Award Winner, $25,000: Soletics
Second Prize Award Winner, $15,000: SIB Medical Technologies, LLC
Third Prize Award Winner, $10,000: AirFuel


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'Churros' (Spanish donuts)
Ingredients: 1 large cup of white flour 1 large cup of water 1 teaspoon of oil a pinch of salt olive oil sugar
Place the water, salt and a spoonful of oil into a saucepan and heat. When it boils, quickly add the flour and stir rapidly so that it forms a thick but smooth mixture. Wait for it to cool and place it in the donut maker. Shape the donuts and fry them in a lot of very hot oil until golden.
Sprinkle with sugar and serve straightaway.
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- Category: Breakfast or a snack
- Cooking time: 15 -30 minutes
- Price: Low
- Season: All year round
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- Energy: Average
- Cholesterol: 0
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NORFOLK, Va. –Reigning CCSA Swimmer of the Week senior Mohamed Hussein (Cairo, Egypt/Victory College) once again won multiple events and the Retrievers swimming and diving team defeated Old Dominion, 158.5-139.5, Saturday afternoon. The UMBC women battled, but fell to the Monarchs, 155-145, despite three wins from senior Talor Tadena (Orangevale, Calif./Bella Vista).
Hussein won two events on Saturday to bring his season-total up to a team-best ten victories. After combining with sophomore Leo Endres (Bamberg, Germany/Kaiser Heinrich Gymnasium), junior Lauri Kaei (Harjumaa, Estonia/Tallin Secondary Science), and classmate Evan Carey (Ponte Vedra, Fla./Grand Island) to claim the 200 medley relay, Hussein won the 100 fly (50.41) for the second-straight week and then took the 200 IM (1:55.08) title for the fourth time this season.
A week after earning a spot at the NCAA Zones meet, senior Tim Perkins (Frederick, Md./Tuscarora) picked up another victory by winning the 1-meter diving event against the Monarchs. Junior Carson Wong (Hong Kong/Kowloon Technical School) made it a Retriever diving sweep by scoring 305.10 for the top honor in the 3-meter competition.
Back in the pool, Endres and senior Johan Rohtla (Tallinn, Estonia/Tallinn Secondary Science) earned sweeps in the breaststroke and backstroke events for UMBC. Endres won the 100 event with a time of 57.95 and then took the 200 race by touching the wall at 2:07.36. Rohtla, meanwhile, earned his fifth and sixth wins of the year by winning the 100-yd. race (51.95) followed by the 200-yd. event (1:51.78).
In addition, freshman Andrew McKissick (Ellicott City, Md./Mount St. Joseph's) won his first career dual meet event by taking the top spot in the 500 free (4:41.14).
On the women's side, Tadena led the charge with three individual victories, in addition to helping the 400 free relay claim a victory. The versatile senior opened her day by touching first in the 100 breaststroke (1:05.01) and doubled her winnings with a victory in the 100 free (51.94). Tadena then rounded out her day with an individual win in the 100 fly (57.12), her seventh overall of the year, and anchoring the relay squad.
Freshman Emily Escobedo (New Rochelle, N.Y./Maria Regina) continued to shine, as well, winning two events for the fourth straight week. After placing third in the 100 breaststroke, Escobedo won the 200 breast event (2:19.99) and then took the victory in the final individual event of the day, the 200 IM (2:09.40).
The Retriever women won the final event of the day, the 400 free relay, as sophomore Kristie Langford (Port Hope, Ontario/CDCI West), senior Kali Dean (Ithaca, N.Y./Lansing), junior Mariana Alvarado Gordoa (Colonia Viveros, Mexico/Universidad Valle de Mexico), and Tadena combined for the win, but it was not quite enough.
UMBC now has nearly three weeks off from competition before traveling to Northern Virginia for the three-day Patriot Invitational from Nov. 21-23 at George Mason.


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The balm that does it all.
This multi-tasking balm is brimming with uses and benefits. It's a nourishing daily cleanser, a melting makeup-removing balm, and a deeply replenishing overnight mask. It also hydrates with nutrient-rich raspberry and cranberry seed oils and promotes a brighter complexion with radiance-boosting vitamin C. Simply massage an almond-size amount onto dry skin and let it break down oils, dirt, and impurities. Then dampen the soft 100% muslin cloth (included) to wipe everything away and rinse skin with cool water. Or, for use as an overnight mask, massage it into clean skin and rinse away in the morning.
100% of women showed a significant increase in skin hydration after eight hours, with an average increase of 25%. (Results based on independent, 24-hour, 25-subject, single-blind clinical and consumer perception study.)
Ingredients: Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Prunus Armeniaca (Apricot) Kernel Oil, Butyrospermum Parkii (Shea) Butter, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Wax, Cetearyl Alcohol, Glyceryl Stearate SE, Polyglyceryl-3 Cocoate, Silica Silylate, Mangifera Indica (Mango) Seed Butter, Persea Gratissima (Avocado) Oil, Simmondsia Chinensis (Jojoba) Seed Oil, Vitis Vinifera (Grape) Seed Oil*, Rubus Idaeus (Raspberry) Seed Oil*, Vaccinium Macrocarpon (Cranberry) Seed Oil*, Tocopherol, Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, Mimosa Tenuiflora Bark Extract, Artemisia Pallens (Davana) Flower Oil*, Anthemis Nobilis Flower Oil*, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Rosa Damascena Flower Oil, Magnolia Champaca Flower Oil, Aqua/Water/Eau, Phenoxyethanol.


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The 2007 Meeting of States Parties was held in the Palais des Nations from 10 to 14 December 2007. Ninety-five States Parties and six signatories participated in the meeting, which was chaired by Ambassador Masood Khan of Pakistan. In accordance with the decision of the Sixth Review Conference, the Meeting of States Parties considered the work of the Meeting of Experts (20-24 August 2007) to discuss, and promote common understanding and effective action on:
1. Ways and means to enhance national implementation, including enforcement of national legislation, strengthening of national institutions and coordination among national law enforcement institutions.
2. Regional and sub-regional cooperation on implementation of the Convention.
Outcome of the Meeting of States Parties: The meeting concluded on 14 December by adopting its report by consensus.
Documents and Other Information
Official Documents for the Meeting of States Parties
BWC/MSP/2007/1 Provisional Agenda
BWC/MSP/2007/2 Provisional Programme of Work
BWC/MSP/2007/3 Report of the Implementation Support Unit
BWC/MSP/2007/4 Report of the Chairman on Universalization Activities
BWC/MSP/2007/5 Report of the Meeting of States Parties
BWC/MSP/2007/INF.1 List of Participants
BWC/MSP/2007/L.1 Synthesis of Considerations, Lessons, Perspectives, Recommendations, Conclusions and Proposals Drawn from the Presentations, Statements, Working Papers and Interventions on the Topic under Discussion at the Meeting of Experts
BWC/MSP/2007/WP.1 The BTWC and Bioincident and Biocrime Databases - Submitted by Germany
BWC/MSP/2007/WP.2 Legal Implementation and Enforcement - Submitted by Germany on behalf of the European Union
BWC/MSP/2007/WP.3 Supporting the BTWC Implementation Support Unit - Submitted by Netherlands on behalf of the European Union
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WASHINGTON -- Hoping to build on their success in Maryland, about 200 immigration advocates rallied in front of the White House on Thursday in support of a comprehensive overhaul of U.S. immigration policy.
The effort to revive a national conversation about immigration follows an election in which Latino voters helped pushed Obama to victory in battleground states like Colorado and Nevada. Exit polling shows Hispanics were the only large demographic group to back President Obama with bigger numbers in 2012 than they did in 2008.
"I'm here to celebrate ... and to show the nation that it is possible for immigration reform in the future," said Missael Garcia, a 22-year-old from Dundalk who volunteered in support of the Maryland Dream Act. "Our community is growing. We really hope to not just be able to pass one thing in our state, but in the whole country as well."
Garcia said he attended the Community College of Baltimore County about two years ago but dropped out in part because he was paying out-of-state tuition.
The Maryland Dream Act allows some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition at state colleges and universities. Voters approved the measure in Tuesday's election by nearly 17 percentage points.
"For older students, they came from another country but they want to study -- they need it," said Zara Urgiles, 31, who lives in Baltimore. "Everybody who is able to vote, whether they're an immigrant or not, they should go vote, like I did."
Carrying signs that read "we voted for you, now vote for our families," the message of the rally was clear. What was far less certain is whether broad immigration legislation has any hope in the next Congress -- particularly as lawmakers spend the next several months focusing on pressing fiscal issues.
During his victory speech, Obama called fixing the nation's immigration system a priority. And many high-profile Republicans, most notably Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, have argued that the GOP's future may hinge in large part on its ability to reach out to the growing and politically powerful demographic.
But even smaller-scale, previously bipartisan immigration proposals have failed. Legislation to provide legal residency to certain immigrants who were brought to the country as minors failed in the Democratic-controlled Senate in 2010. The prospects for immigration legislation are even bleaker in the GOP-led House.
But supporters gathered in Washington said they are confident the political landscape is changing.
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"Latinos are going to be one of the largest voting blocks -- and they proved that in this election," said Arnold Hamilton, a 58-year-old Edgewood man who joined the rally Thursday with other members of the Service Employees International Union. "The numbers are only going to increase."