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bslaght necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 14 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
Norfolk County Public Library would like a complete redesign of their current web site a modern, clean, simple design, that reflects todayÂ's current design trends.
Norfolk County Public Library
Desired Color Scheme:
Desired Style:
Updated, Modern, Web 2.0, Clean & Simple that coincides with today's design and interface trends.
For inspiration please see the following sites:
Accepted File Formats:
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The Norfolk County Public Library (see below) wishes to re-develop their corporate web site with an fresh look. Please be creative, but include these items below.
Required features of this are:
News & Events Listing
User Friendly Menu/Navigation that reflects the usual sections of a library (databases, catalogues, weblinks, genealogy, adults, teens, kids, membership, about us, contact us) These menus will have sub-menu items.
Search Box
Rotating Content Area that will reload on page refresh.
This site will be dynamic maintain, most likely using Joomla, please use design techniques that will allow for fluid content areas.
Please see our current site for more...
Please make use of our Corporate Logo...
Hi-Rez here: http://www.norfolkcounty.ca/logos.zip
Corporate Colours:
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May 12, 2009
How to Cook Live Poetry: The Performance Art of Nicole Peyrafitte
Whisk! Don't Churn! is a live CD recording by singer, cook, video-maker, visual artist, poet, yoga athlete -- performance artist -- Nicole Peyrafitte, with jazz bassist Michael Bisio. The notes to the CD jacket, written by her partner, the poet Pierre Joris, calls this CD "an emulsion," with "bass & voice whisking words & music" to form "an ongoing and challenging conversation" based on the performers' "unconditional dedication to their chosen modes of expression." Recorded at Justin's in Albany, New York, last November, this CD is a wonderful contribution to hybrid and collaborative multi-media poetics and the arts. The CD, like all Peyrafitte's work, is also multi-lingual. Although now a New Yorker, Peyrafitte was born and raised in the Pyrenees border region of southern France, and performs in three languages: French, Spanish, and English.
The CD's experiments with sound, words, and their sonoric combinations are mesmerizing. They explore not only the range and power of Peyrafitte's unique female voice, but they explore also the way in which the voice of a human body – as it locates itself in both in a multiple range of tonalities and within multiple-linguistic "settings" -- can yoke itself to the body of a bass that sounds itself out from a wooden "belly." Pieces in this lovely and original poetry-performance CD range from the bilingual "Arrive Ici / Come Here," with words by Joris himself, to the fascinating song-series, entitled, "Le Calendrier / The Calendar," whose "months" (songs) spring from a diary entry by Mexican artist Frido Kahlo (called "August" and performed Spanish), or a traditional Pyrenean Song ("October"), or a quebecois feminist poem by Nicole Brossard. Later pieces include "Lune de Miel a Bagdad," a haunting English translation of a poem by Mustapha Benfodil, whose lyrics crush with their poignant description of a love within a geopolitical state of a war:
We met in Gaza . . .
We kissed in Beirut
We flew to Baghdad
We died under the bombs. . . .
. . . for the protection of high-risk love
and the continuation of passion . . . .
"America, America," an adaptation of a poem by Saadi Youssef, is an equally political piece, whose words perform a subtle critic of America's dominant cultural homogeneity -- its fear of "the stranger," as the poem states – and Arab "other." Written in 1992, right after the first Gulf War, as Peyrafitte notes in her recorded introduction, the piece seems hauntingly arranged to be a more contemporary post-9/11 critique. Most original, perhaps, is Peyrafitte's inclusion of "cooking" on the CD: her whipping of a metallic-sounding cream in "Duo for Crème Chantilly & Double Bass," from which she derives the CD's title phrase, "Whisk! Don't Churn!" is funny, profound, and delicious --if only to our ears. We literally hear the whipping sound at the base of the bowl as she performs this action with creme ive on the recording -- to be then followed by another witty and wholly provocative, feminist piece -- a "vulva tribute" -- she calls, "The Pearl of the Café." This comical piece is political and seductive. ("I am a Vulva Activist," states Peyrafitte, on the CD to her laughing audience, just before she belts out the song.)
This CD is a marvel of multi-media in powerfully synthesized, thoughtful, artful form. But – to truly appreciate Nicole Peyrafitte, one must see and hear her in person. I had this pleasure in New York City earlier in spring, when I caught Peyrafitte at her warm-up gig for jazz-poet Steve Dalachinsky, at the Lower East Side's Stone performance space. (For more information on Dalachinsky, check out www.unlikelystories.org.) Accompanied by Dalachinsky's wonderful jazz drummer, Jim Pugliesi, Peyrafitte cooked up before a full-house several of her pieces from the CD, including "Emportez-moi" (based on Henri Michaux), one of the most haunting vocal pieces I've ever heard in its minor scale and wild interval leaps, exhibiting the physical vocal talent of Peyrafitte. And while Peyrafitte didn't whip up any French chantilly that night at the Stone, she did include one of her repertoire's signatures: a yoga asana adho mukha (headstand). Lithe and beautiful, strong and bold, with a voice that vibrates and ascends and weaves in and out of jazz rhythms effortlessly– and with an international multi-cultural body of poetic works that embolden both her aesthetic and politically activist performance stances, Peyrafitte's art is more than worth the ticket.
I say this now, because Peyrafitte – again with bassist Mike Bisio -- will be performing on Saturday, May 16, for the official New York City release of Whisk! Don't Churn!, at the Bowery Poetry Club. If you love multi-media poetry, art and jazz, and if you are in and around New York City, you should not miss the performance. -- LH
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(above : angry mob reacts to the news that at least two or 3 people didn't even mention the Total Control 7″)
Around this time every year, your
overpaid overworked editor attempts to coax a list of favorite recordings, books, television programs, life events, etc. out of the label's artist roster and our rock biz colleagues. In the past, the exercise has been an arduous process, fraught with nagging, teeth-gnashing and no shortage of reluctant participants. In more recent times, however, the serial oversharing epidemic that's run rampant throughout all online activity has infected our bands and staff alike. The rhetorical question, "who fucking asked you?" cannot be applied in this instance, because they were all asked. For some historical perspective, here's last year's pile. Questions or comments about our lousy tastes and/or blatant omissions are welcome (but not necessarily appreciated). And away we go!
Continue reading "An Orgy of Self-Congratulation, Grandstanding & Overconsumption : Matador Artists & Staff Select Their 2012 Favorites"


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Thursday, November 10, 2011
More Wayfinding Feedback
If you can't access the form, please contact me at this link or simply answer the questions below:
1) Regarding vehicular wayfinding, what are your your top three priorities for destinations in each area:
a) Downtown Core
b) Downtown Theater District
c) Downtown UWT
d) Foss Waterway
e) Stadium District
f) Hilltop District
g) Dome District
2) Regarding pedestrian maps, what key locations should be identified on a kiosk at each of the following locations:
a) Pacific Avenue & South 9th Street (SW corner)
b) Pacific Avenue & South 12th Street (West side)
c) Pacific Avenue & South 17th Street (NW corner)
3) Any additional input for future phases of wayfinding in Tacoma?
Once you've got some answers, please send them to Sue O'Neill at the City, Patricia Lecy-Davis at Go Local, and/or David Schroedel at the BIA/Chamber. If you're feeling extra daring, you could share your thoughts with the world by posting them below. If you are trying to figure out what this is about, please visit our prior post on the subject.
8 comments:
- Anonymous6:27 PM
What consideration is being taken for newer technology? Most people have cell phones and most sold now are smart phones. Are we going to be cutting edge or just have boring signs? Should some kind of mobile technology be used? QR Codes?ReplyDelete
Also but about the St Helens District between the Theater District and Stadium? That area seems to have more going on than Stadium these days.
The Tacoma Regional Convention + Visitor Bureau does have a website dedicated to visitors: www.traveltacoma.comReplyDelete
There is what appears to be a decent mobile version of the site, but I'd be curious to hear how well it works for visitors.
I'm unclear on where you see as the St Helens District. My understanding is that St Helens runs from S. 9th to Division. The improvements that occurred from S. 9th to the intersection with S. 7th were labeled as being in the Theater District. Maxwell's is great, but I'm not sure it constitutes its own district.
- Anonymous4:53 PM
David, I believe in the downtown planning docs the city recognizes the St. Helens District as 7th to 2nd, Stadium Way to Tacoma Ave. I know Puget Sound Pizza has a sign in their restaurant and The Mix and the Walker Building(where Maxwell's is located) has it as their neighborhood on their websites and their is a Facebook page for the district.ReplyDelete
Anonymous, the only time I've seen it mentioned was in a consultant's report. The same report did not recognize any type of Theater District or Stadium District - two areas I've always thought of as districts.ReplyDelete
I'm glad to hear people are identifying with the brand. There may need to be some clarity down the road as the Hub identifies itself as being in the Stadium District while your facebook page mentions the Goddess of Commerce as being in the Triangle District(?). Coordinating with the Theater District Association and the Stadium Business District could be helpful here.
For The News Tribune's take on the meeting and the request for feedback, please visit this link.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous10:43 AM
I suggest the following six locations to be posted at 9th (SW corner):ReplyDelete
Tacoma Dome
Main Library
Theater District
Foss Waterway
Stadium District
I suggest the following six locations to be posted at 12th (West side):
Tacoma Dome
Convention Center
UW Tacoma
Main Library
I suggest the following six locations to be posted at 17th (NW corner):
Tacoma Dome
Convention Center
Tollefson Plaza
UW Tacoma
Main Library
To prioritize your list for visitors then, it might look something like:
Tier 1:
Tacoma Dome
Main Library
Tier 2:
Convention Center
UW Tacoma
Tier 3:
Theater District
Foss Waterway
Stadium District
Tollefson Plaza
Thanks for your input. That's really helpful.
- Anonymous11:57 AM
Hi David,ReplyDelete
An email came last week from the City of Tacoma:
Füdie, right next door to the über deli, STINK Cheese & Meat, is open for bizz. This gourmet kitchen and food store is the latest addition to the St. Helens neighborhood in downtown Tacoma. You will be impressed with Füdie's intriguing selection of gourmet food products, top-of-the-line kitchen tools, wine and hard to find beers. And, if you have yet to try STINK, there is no better time than now! While grabbing lunch or dinner, you can skip over to Füdie or vice versa —they blew a hole through the wall. Read more...
The City's Forward Tacoma blog: http://forwardtacoma.blogspot.com/2011/11/whats-all-stink-about-fudie.html
You can also read the TNT using it here: Stink it up: Tacoma welcomes a cheese and meat store in the St. Helens neighborhood
And here http://blog.thenewstribune.com/tntdiner/2011/05/06/meet-vivian-irish-the-new-chef-at-maxwells-restaurant-lounge-in-tacomas-st-helens-neighborhood/
And another mention in the TNT "I've tried about half the menu, including the delicious Irish Guinness stew, at Doyle's Public House, a small tavern serving elevated soups and sandwiches in the St. Helens neighborhood.
Read more: http://blog.thenewstribune.com/tntdiner/2010/12/22/soups-on-tasty-bowls-at-doyles-the-swiss-and-the-new-leilas-deli-in-tacoma/#ixzz1eN5OlxqD
Tacoma Weekly Mention: After a month of stinking up Tacoma's St. Helen's neighborhood, the owners of Stink Cheese and Meat have fared well in their attempt to be a destination for local cheeseballs and meatheads.
Another Mention: http://www.getrealtacoma.com/2011/08/goddess-of-commerce-humor/


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Born in a flower
taken from a tale by H. C. Andersen
with Evelina Pershorova
live drawing on overhead projector: Nicola Pazzocco/Charlotte Scimemi
director: Daria Anfelli
actor's theatre and live drawing performance
recommended age: primary school
A tale of initiation, a story to enter the great river of life. A barley seed, a flower and a tiny, little girl. As small as a dewdrop, as a bread crumb, as an ant.
Not higher than a pinky and yet able to face an adventure that drags her literally into a world very different from that delicate and perfumed flower in which she was born and from the shell in which she was laid upon by her mother.
Kidnapped from home, Thumbelina is jolted into a quagmire, and from the muddy pond of the frog to the tree of the beetles, from the solitary wood to the underground lair of the rat , from the dark tunnelsof the mole to the back of the swallow, she faces the stages of initiation into life. Each encounter is a challenge that tests her capacity to be herself and to listen to her heart.
And Thumbelina never betrays her heart for a piece of bread, nor her nature, for a velvety fur and a warm shelter.
She remains faithful to her heart, and completes a circle that brings her back to herself, never withdrawing, moving instead towards her centre, her true home, the Country of the Sun where other creatures akin to her are waiting for her and will accept her lovingly. There she discovers she is able to fly … And that country looks so much like the house where her mother has been waiting for her for a long time …
Between the folds of a huge sheet on the move, changing now into a flower, now into a garden, now into an underground lair, or into a flying leaf, an actress lives and tells the story of the small creature born from a seed of barley. In a continuous game of images and actions, she evokes every place and every character of Thumbelina's journey of initiation, accompanied by fascinating sounds, voices, and musics.
"Born in a flower" is a tale about self-discovery and finding inner strength,remaining truthful to who you are.
The ugly duckling
by and with Evelina Pershorova
scenes Svila Velichkova
puppets made by Sofia Puppet Theatre
Music Andrej Totev
Director Rossitza Minovska Devejieva
We will tell the exciting story of the ugly duckling that after so much suffering turns into a graceful swan.
After leaving the environment that saw him being born, because of the intolerance of the other animals around him, the little duckling, so different from the others, goes in search of fortune.
And he is rewarded.
With this project we will try to answer to all the questions that the little duckling asks himself. Doubts and uncertainties that arise within him by growing guided only by himself.
While seeking the reasons of the behavior of the other characters, we will talk about diversity, tolerance, friendship and beauty, from the point of view of every character in connection with these great values. Trough this story,deep human values are conveyed in a way suitable for children.And they will learn, for example, that people should not be judged for what they have but seen for what they are, that acompassionet heart is a great achievement, that to help those who feel different and may be inadequate is proof of maturity and love.
The dramaturgy remains faithful to the original story ,avoiding any gratuitous modernization. The meetings through the ugly duckling and the main characters are strictly narrated by underlining the path of transformation of the main character into a beautiful swan. The show is proposed with a language and ways of acting tailored to children. By portraying the various characters the actress narrates and emphasizes the actions with nursery rhymes and songs. The scenography, underlining the poetry of the story, will allow the young spectators to witness the magical transformations of simple everyday objects into animated images. By means of the theatrical game made of alchemies, the staging also aims to stimulate creativity and imagination.
Phisical Theatre,with actors and puppets and storytelling
duration: 55 min
recommended age: 3 to 10 years
stage or platform 6x6m, even outdoors in protected site
electric power needed: 6kW,
Teatro Oplà organization
+39 348 73 29 077
I? Tom Thumb!BY AND WITH EVELINA PERSHOROVA
The show I? Tom Thumb! follows the journey of initiation of a child as big as a thumb, but smart and cunning, and of his six brothers. By speaking of Tom Thumb of Charles Perrault is often used the expression "abandoned in the woods", but we support the hypothesis that it is not an abandonment, but rather a request for help from the Divine Providence, to a good soul or even better to a wealthy and merciful family, willing to take care of those children, so unlucky to be born poor.
In this adventure Tom Thumb, the "green little bean born yesterday", will discover himself as a great strategist and charismatic leader capable of conducting his elder brothers and teaching them the art of survival: in the woods they will learn to gather berries, fruits, leaves, barks, to make fire, to eat ants, to shelter themselves with what nature provides.
That's the aspect of the story we've focused our attention on: the abandonment in the wood will become stimulus to grow, to mature, to learn and to undertake the journey to adulthood. The encounter with mother ogre will be a funny hide-and-seek game, while the ogre, in her monstruosity and cruelty, will be defeated . Nothing will be missing of the famous fairy tale: Tom Thumb will find the way back home, but he won't stop there, because having matured trough his experiences he will continue his journey. In "I? Tom Thumb!" we want to lead the small viewer to identify with a character to whom woods, ogres and solitude do not evoke fear, we want our children to feel courageous and able to face any obstacles .And finally, we want to emtertain them and make them laugh!
The original scenes, created by the Bulgarian set designer Velichkova, play an important role in the show, bringing an aura of magic and mistery, with a surprising novelty and originality.
actor's theatre and puppetry
recommended age: 4-8 years
duration: 50 min
scenic space be darkened min 6 x8 m
electric power needed: 10 kW
Oplà Theatre organization
348 73 29 077
Water! Magic Water!SHOW FOR AN ACTRESS, AN ILLUSTRATOR, AND 6 WATER BUCKETS
"In the beginning I was a tiny baby: a pale blue thread amidst the grass and the leaves of the mountains … I began to grow gradually. I enjoyed listening to the muzzle of the cows that were drinking.The legs of the ducks floating in the river were tickling me.. I went, I went … (from the book of illustrator Gek Tessaro.)
With this project we've succesfully combined severallanguages (Word, body movement, music and live painting) to enact/paint a story. The story of a brook that grows, grows up to become … the ocean: "large and everywhere". Just like the story of each and every human being growing, growing … Stretch your legs and arms, the arms reach the sky, the head is filled with thoughts and they are no longer children, they have become big! We'll tell this story,every child's story, with lightheartedness, enthusiasm and joy, blending the color to the music and vocals to dance like that sort of big water game we call life. This show was born from the idea of illustrating/tell a journey, the journey that makes the water; the water cycle, the cycle of life. "It's a journey that never stops (…) clouds become rain, rain becomes rivers, rivers pour into the ocean, clouds are born from the ocean… So goes the water cycle, so goes the world. "
Inspired by the book "History of water" by Gek Tessaro this theater play is a dance, a drawing, a celebration of this great force of nature. The plot is simple: water, a small drop, tells its story from the time it was in the belly of mother cloud. Diving in an overflowing creation of images, painted live on stage and projected from overhead, Water interacts with the characters it meets along its journey, with whom it plays, sings and travels towards the sea. It is along this path that the small drop will become a stream before becoming growing into a river, sea and ocean. This evolution is used as a metaphor of living and growing. Using natural elements,such as earth, water, fire, we create an atmosphere full of perceptual sensations, bringing everyone to imagine places and events full of beauty and simplicity. Last but not the least, an evoking soundtrack adds a flavor of distant lands,accompanying "real"language and invented or foreign words.
This story, the story of Water, our story, is told with lightheartedness, enthusiasm and joy, mixing colors with music and words with dance, like in that sort of infinite play of water which is life.
actor's theatre, live music and live illustrations
recommended age: (nursery and primary school)
duration 55 min
stage 6x8m
electric power needed: 10 kW
darkening of the hall: necessary
little ladder connecting stage and audienc
assembly time: 3 hours
disassembly time: 2 hours
348 73 29077


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Thursday January 17th: the Port City Makerspace
If you are looking to complete a project but don't have the right tools or work space, look no further than The Port City Makerspace. They hold workshops packed with tools and space for just about any job in woodworking, metalworking, bicycle building and printing. It's the perfect place for those who want to tinker, design, fabricate and build.
Plus, there are only two bobsled tracks in the U.S. And neither are in N.H. But N.H. Can lay claim to one of the top women bobsledders in the country. Sinead Corley from New London is on the U.S. Women's Bobsled Team and has her sights set on the next Olympic Games.
And on Fritz Wetherbee's New Hampshire: The Pike-Spenser Affair in Hebron.
For more information on tonight's stories:
Port City Makerspace
Portsmouth, NH
USA Bobsled & Skeleton Federation
Lake Placid, NY
Hosting this week from:
Laconia, NH
(603) 366-4377


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alowe necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 75 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
We need a professional, high end design for an online advertising product. Our users are not technology or advertising savvy and we need a design that is simple, attractive, and will give a non technical user confidence to use. Our goal is simplicity in straight forwardness in our business and in our product.
This product is called "AdPropel" and will be available at adpropel.com.
Advertise across the web. Simple, safe, affordable.
Desired Color Scheme:
We want the site to pull inspiration from our logo
Desired Style:
professional, simple, attractive, easy to navigate and use
Accepted File Formats:
Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
About Us
Our company is AdAble, Inc. We are an advertising technology firm serving the online advertising market. We have developed technology and services to enable non-technical, non-advertising-expert small business owners to advertise online. Our new web based product is called AdPropel. AdPropel is the focus of this web design.
AdAble provides online ad creation tools, focus group review of your web site and ads, publishing to major advertising networks, optimization services, email notifications, and personal professional experts to assist you.
We are looking for a design that will give a non-technical small business owner confidence in using our services and tools. We want to portray that we are professional, straight forward, high quality, and easy to use. We like the clean look of Web 2.0 but not overboard on the bubbly eye candy.
Thank you for all of your effort!!!
Design Inspiration
You can view the AdPropel product logo at: http://www.expilate.com/adpropel/8.jpg
You can view the homepage wireframe prototype at: http://www.expilate.com/prototype/
You can view the customer home page prototype (after they log in) at: http://www.expilate.com/adpropel/customer.jpg
You can view the sign up page prototype at: http://www.expilate.com/prototype/signup.html
You can view the campaign wizard prototype at: http://www.expilate.com/prototype/step1.html
** Note that onlineadfirm.com and AdAble are not the name of the site... the site should be branded for AdPropel
We are not concerned with maintaining the specific layout, look, feel, or color set of the prototype. Please consider the prototype as a basic guide for the type of elements we will need on the site... the prototype was made by software developers not designers. Even the copy can be changed.
We are looking for a clean, straight forward, professional, and easy to use and navigate web site. Something targeting non-technical users. We believe that "less is more" and want to be clear and concise, not overwhelming with content.
We don't have any limitations on the font or color set but we do want it to derive from our logo identity. We prefer brighter designs that aren't depressing. Use the logo provided as inspiration for the rest of the site.
Technical Requirements
- Fixed width, 950px wide
- Standard fonts that work across all browsers/operating systems
- Original work, no templates or work you don't have rights to.
- No flash animation
- PSD files with well named layers and groups Pages Required
For any pages not prototyped, please create a sample page of your own design.
- Home Page - see prototype
- Generic Page - that can be used for About, Contact Us, etc type screens
- Create Campaign Workflow - 4 steps, see prototype
- Customer Home Page - see the prototype for what we need on the page... this needs to be a very simple and straight forward view
- Sign Up Page - see prototype


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Wild mushrooms, an autumn delicacy
Wild mushrooms
When autumn comes to Spain, so does a real gift for the palate: wild mushrooms. If you go to the market at this time of year you will find a wide range of edible fungi. Better still, many bars and restaurants prepare special menus or offer dishes made with these delicious fruits of the countryside. Don't try and resist… now is the time to be tempted.
With the autumn rains, the forests and mountains of Spain become a unique "pantry" offering many different species of edible mushrooms. Once they have been through the kitchen, they can become a delicious morsel or a tasty accompaniment to enhance any dish. Wild mushrooms are low in fat, with a high percentage of water, but they have an exquisite flavour nevertheless. They can also be prepared in a multitude of different ways: roasted, pan-fried, battered, deep fried, grilled, in salads, stewed, as a garnish… All absolutely delicious.
Autumn is the season par excellence to eat them, although these delicacies can be found at other times of year like spring. At these times, restaurants offer their customers a wide range of dishes and recipes using wild mushrooms as the main ingredient. The same is the case in bars and taverns, that tend to include tapas and "raciones" (larger portions) of wild mushrooms in their daily specials. At this time of year in Spain they just have to be ordered, so don't miss out and try them. It is the best time to enjoy this delicious, healthy food.
Mycological tourism
At this time of year you will have plenty of opportunities to discover wild mushrooms, both on and off the table. Many regions and towns hold mycological events, with courses to teach you how to tell between different mushrooms, tasting sessions and guided picking trips to the countryside. There are also regional and local mycological associations that organise activities and outings with mushroom experts. You will even find hotels with themed packages including accommodation, specialised menus, mushroom courses for beginners' and picking outings to the country. This is the case, for example, of mycological weekends that are often held at different Parador Hotels.
Wild mushrooms can be found throughout Spain. However, the most productive areas are in wooded and mountain Regions such as Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria, the Basque Country, Castile-León, Navarre, Aragón and Catalonia. In these areas you can often find towns and villages offering a range of mycological options, from specific routes and activities, to associated establishments such as bars, restaurants and country house lodges. We would recommend you go to the local Tourist Offices or mycological societies for more information on the options available.
Autumn has a special flavour – that of mushrooms – and in Spain it is easy to discover. Bon appetit! More information: Castille-León Tourist Board Cantabria Tourist Board
Have you found this information useful?


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Monday January 27, 2020; 10:51 pm EST
Winter Cauliflower
I am at best a haphazard gardener. To my delight, I recently discovered these cauliflower, which I had given up for a loss, the leaves a lacy design after the insects had eaten their fill. I am amazed and feel the thrill of the winter gardener. I made cauliflower-cheese soup with this small head.
–Gail Martinez, Fairhaven


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Documentation of the selection process does not need to be complex or lengthy. However records must be sufficiently complete to show that the selection procedures and decisions were job-related and that equal consideration and uniform hiring standards were applied to all applicants.
This documentation must be returned to the Human Resources Director within three working days of acceptance of appointment.
Documentation of the recruitment and selection process will be maintained by Human Resources for three years to support the hiring decision and to provide fact-based information for monitoring and evaluating recruitment and selection practices and procedures.
Notification to Applicants
Upon verbal acceptance of the employment offer, the search committee will send a letter to the unsuccessful applicants notifying them that they did not receive an interview or that they did receive an interview but were not selected for the position.
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This is a real quick lesson on a pair of sneakers that are not even on the market yet. As of right now there is only a few people that own a pair of these new Air Jordans, and that is Barak Obama or the President of the United States. I read an article that the new Air Jordan 7 or 'Bordeaux' is going to be hitting shoe stores on April 16th. The price for the high stylish sneaker is going to be right around one hundred fifty dollars, so if you are looking to get yourself a pair, you better start saving now if you don't have parents or a job to give you the necessary funds to purchase a pair. The sneaker has been worn by pop culture icons like Drake, Michael Jordan himself, and even Jim Jones. The pair that I drew for you today is the black/light graphite-Bordeaux, and if you are fan of these types of kicks, than you should enjoy this tutorial on drawing Air Jordan 7 Bordeaux. That is all I have to say about these sneakers because let's face it, what else can be said except they are stylish, and expensive. I shall return so stick around if you can. Peace out and enjoy!
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Girl Guide Yvette Blankson (from Ghana) disembarks the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise for the arctic sea ice floe. Fram Strait. An international crew is currently on a month-long expedition in the icy Arctic. Greenpeace is campaigning for a global sanctuary to be declared around the uninhabited area of the North Pole.07/30/2012
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Lake Orion lacrosse coach accused of lesbian relationship with teen athlete
An Auburn Hills woman accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old girl was arrested and arraigned Monday on charges of criminal sexual conduct.
The woman, 21-year-old Reanna Dawn Douglas, stood in front of Magistrate Nicolas Camargo in the 52-3 District Court in Rochester Hills and faced charges of third-degree criminal sexual conduct.
Those charges could bring a sentence of up to 15 years behind bars.
Watch a report on the accusations on today's News at Noon.
Douglas, who has no prior criminal history, received a $15,000 personal bond.
Deputies say Douglas was in an inappropriate relationship with a 15-year-old girl while under contract to coach the Lake Orion High School girls lacrosse team.
The family of the victim reported the alleged crime to the Sheriff's Orion Township substation upon hearing about the incident, according to the information released by the Oakland County Sheriff's Department late Monday.
Lake Orion Community Schools immediately terminated Douglas' contract after being notified of the incident.
-- Staff writer John Turk


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Two houses that were struck by a plane in East Haven, Conn., on Friday will be demolished this week.
Officials said water and fuel must be pumped out of the homes on Charter Oak Avenue and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection must clear the scene before the demolition begins.
Bill Henningsgaard was piloting the small propeller-driven plane on a trip with his son, Maxwell, to tour East Coast colleges when it crashed on Friday morning, police said.
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Henningsgaard and his son were killed in the crash, along with two sisters in one of the houses.
They have been identified as Sade Brantley, 13, and Madisyn Mitchell, 1.
Candles, flowers and stuffed animals now mark the spot where they were killed.
Residents of the neighborhood say the two homes are now a constant reminder of the horrific plane crash and the tragic loss of four lives.
"These were people. It's a tragedy, these were neighbors, children," Dione Fiedler, of East Haven, said.
Fiedler is one of many people who rushed to the fiery scene.
"Me and a bunch of my neighbors came down here and there was smoke and everyone was just hugging each other crying," she said.
Fiedler said she hopes demolishing the buildings will at least help the community begin to heal and she is choosing to remember the very last time she saw little Sade as happy and just being a kid.
"Sitting on the front porch eating cookies," Fielder said.
NTSB Air Safety Investigator Patrick Murray said over the weekend that the pilot was in contact with tower control in the moments leading up to the crash before losing transmission a few seconds later.
Henningsgaard did not declare emergency before the crash, NTSB officials said on Saturday afternoon.
On Saturday it was revealed that the accident was not the first crash for the pilot, a former Microsoft executive.
In 2009, Henningsgaard, a highly regarded philanthropist, was flying from Astoria, Ore., with his 84-year-old mother to watch his daughter in a high school play when he crashed into the river as he tried to glide back to the airport. He and his mother, a former Astoria mayor, climbed out on a wing and were rescued.
"I forced myself to confront that fact that the situation any pilot fears — a mid-air emergency, was happening right then, with my mother in the plane," he wrote in a blog post days later.
Authorities said previously that as many as six people could have died in the crash on Friday, but East Haven Deputy Fire Chief Anthony Moscato said the four people recovered late Friday are believed to be the only victims.
Murray said the remains of the plane have been removed and transported to a secure location and that a preliminary report would be available in 10 business days.


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Fast forward 20 years and stop.the.world. I've turned into my parents. (How does that happen? One day you're 15 and swearing up and down that you will NEVER be like your parents, and then BAM- it just sort of happens...and you're mostly grateful for it!) I find myself now thinking that it has been a really good Sunday if we've had time to just take an hour out of our busy lives to drive around way too slow on narrow country roads. Kamron and I (sometimes) hold hands in the front seat and look at houses and dream about where we will be in 5 years or 10 years. We nearly always travel the same roads, and somehow our journey leads us right to this little alpaca farm that is nestled in the middle of the country. For years, we've been pulling the car over on the side of the road and rolling down the windows so the kids can yell at the alpacas from the backseat. The sign on the front of the farm gives a phone number to call for farm tours and we've always said we'd love to do it- but it always turns into one of those things that we just never remembered to call about.
Well, yesterday we found out that today is actually National Alpaca Farm Day. Who knew? And that lovely little alpaca farm that we've passed on leisurely Sunday afternoons was open to the public today. So we hopped in the car after church and headed out to meet the alpacas. Turns out, alpaca farms are not that exciting. But that didn't stop our kids from having a great time! Even Miles loved the alpacas and he hates animals!
Once you've seen one alpaca, you've kind of seen them all. They don't do much. Just stand around and look kind of goofy. Some have better hair styles than others, but for the most part, they are all the same! Luckily, there was a hammock and that was everyone's favorite part of our Sunday adventure!
It truly is the little things in life. Like spending a Sunday afternoon at the alpaca farm. I am constantly waking up and reminding myself that life is what's happening to me- right now. This very minute. Not 5 or 10 years from now. I am trying my best to learn to live in the here and now- despite the chaos of raising 3 small children. Because I know that in just a blink of time, the children will be old enough to sit in the backseat and complain about how we are driving too slow on a Sunday afternoon looking at "stupid" stuff. They'll realize that I am really lame and they'll rebel. They'll want to spend Sunday afternoons with their friends or doing anything in the world but spend time with me. So I'm trying to savor this time- while they are still little enough to think that I know everything and I'm still cool. I know I won't be able to fool them forever. I know the day is coming where Kamron and I are driving on narrow country roads all alone on Sunday afternoons- talking about how we miss our kids and reminiscing of when our children were just knee high to an alpaca...
"Enjoy the little things in life, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things."
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Movies and popcorn go hand in hand and these would be perfect for a movie night in. The chips are great little snacks, exploding with flavor and crunch, but won't make you feel like you over did it.
Special K wants one lucky reader to win a pair of their new chips as well as a Gift Basket that includes a manicure kit and nail polish – perfect for a Girl's Night In.
Here are some other favorite sweet 'n salty and movie-themed crunchy snacks:
Cinnamon Sugar Chocolate Pretzels (vegan, GF if GF pretzels are used) – The coating is made in the microwave in 3 minutes and is then applied to pretzels, before finishing them with a chocolate drizzle and sprinkles. Ridiculously easy and addictive
Vanilla Cake Batter and White Chocolate Chip Caramel Corn – I love the flavor of cake batter, especially when it's baked into air-popped popcorn, creating a rich, buttery, cake-infused caramel corn
Coconut Cinnamon Sugar Roasted Almonds (vegan, GF) – Makes a perfect holiday gift if you can spare some that you don't wind up gobbling yourself
Buttery Toasted Captain Crunchies (with vegan and GF options) – A favorite childhood cereal is buttered and baked for a salty and sweet, and very crunchy little nuggets
Peanut Butter Chex Mix, aka "Puppy Chow" (vegan, GF) – Fast, easy, and can be be made in the microwave. Puppy chow is a lifelong favorite
Candy Corn Cookie Dough Pretzel Bites (No Bake) – Salty 'n sweet paired with cookie dough. And any leftover Halloween candy smooshed into the dough is just a bonus
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Snowpack still low despite December precipitation
DENVER (AP) – The Natural Resources Conservation Service says Colorado's snowpack is still below average but improved significantly over the past month.
Phyllis Ann Philipps, state conservationist with the service, says "conditions could have been much worse if we had not received the moisture we did in December."
As of Jan. 1, Colorado's statewide snowpack was 70 percent of average – the fourth lowest in the last 32 years. But the figure increased significantly since Dec. 1, when the snowpack was only 36 percent of average.
The Denver Post reports mountain precipitation was 112 percent of average for December, but dry conditions in October and November statewide have kept precipitation totals below average.
Statewide reservoir storage is about 68 percent of average.
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The Sweden international has played in the French capital for the last three years and would be keen to team up with Di Maria at the Parc des Princes.
Despite a good start, the Argentine struggled in his first year at Old Trafford but Ibrahimovic is convinced he would improve the French champions.
"I don't know if it is done but of course if you get a chance to play with Di Maria, it is a fantastic thing. The guy has won everything. He is a fantastic player who plays for the team," he is quoted as saying in the Irish Times.
"He brings pace to a team. He brings quality, big quality and for sure he will make our team even better than it is today. So for sure he is welcome and we will receive him with open arms."
Ibrahimovic also praised the club's owners for their determination to bring in top class players year on year and drew comparisons with the way Real Madrid continue to attempt to add to their squad despite boasting numerous world stars.
"It shows how much they are willing to get what they want," he added. "By investing in players like that. Because every year they invest to get big players but also players that fit in the team.
???So there is no limits. The people behind this, they want to become big. They are dreaming bigger and they will get bigger.
"It's all about small details. Real Madrid are a fantastic team. They have fantastic players. Of course when Real Madrid got Bale they became better for sure and we will become better for sure with Di Maria."
PSG boss Laurent Blanc confirmed he is "hopeful" of signing Di Maria and the saga took another twist when the winger failed to board a flight to North America to join up with his United team-mates.


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FRESHMAN (2014): ITA Scholar Athlete...Went 1-6 overall and 1-3 in the Big Sky in singles playing at No. 4, 5, and 6...Won her first collegiate spring match with a 6-3, 6-2 victory at No. 6 over Malieva Hedberg of Eastern Washington...Took a set against Tatum Rochin of Northern Arizona at No. 5 but fell 5-7, 6-1, 1-6...Went 1-5 overall and 1-2 in the Big Sky in doubles...Teamed with freshman Deimante Bulatovaite at No. 3 doubles for an 8-3 win at Montana...Played three doubles matches with Bulatovaite and three with freshman Emily McColl.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – The Harvard coed sailing team sent four freshmen to the Tufts Central Series 1 regatta, where the Crimson newcomers contributed to a second-place finish. The coed squad also placed eighth at the Harry Anderson Trophy at Yale, while the women took eighth at the Tony Deustch '58 Regatta after racing on Saturday and Sunday.
"We are very happy overall with our freshmen on the first weekend," Harvard sailing head coach Mike O'Connor said. "There was great effort. They were not consistent, but there are good indications that they can compete at the collegiate level."
At the Tufts Central Series 1 regatta, freshman Andrew Mollerus skippered all 18 races in the A division with Sydney Karnovsky as his crew. The duo won the 16th race of the regatta, while earning second four times and third three times to place first in the A division with 94 points.
Freshman Marek Zaleski and junior Alice Kenney served as the skipper and crew, respectively, for the B division boat on Saturday. They finished in the top three in three races, while Sunday's B division team of freshman Sophie Bermudez (skipper) and sophomore Ashleigh Inglis (crew) won the 12th race of the regatta. Harvard sailed third in the B division with 84 points to help the Crimson to a team score of 178, just nine points behind the winner, Boston University.
The Crimson coed team competed in eight races at the Harry Anderson Trophy before the breeze died on Sunday, forcing the regatta to end early. Senior Jason Michas and sophomores Michael Drumm and Reid Bergsund sailed to a third-place finish in the B division with 44 points to help pace Harvard to a team score of 127. Yale totaled 62 points to win the Harry Anderson Trophy. Michas and Bergsund earned the win in the sixth race of the regatta after placing second in race four.
Sophomore Gram Slattery skippered the A division boat, with sophomore Brian Drumm and junior captain Benjamin Lamont contributing to the crew. The Crimson placed in the top five in three races and tallied 83 points in the A division.
At the Toni Deustch '58 Regatta, Harvard tallied 104 points in both the A and B divisions to finish eighth and seventh, respectively. Yale won the regatta with a total score of 101 points. Junior Morgan Russom skippered the A division boat as she and classmate, captain Isabel Ruane, sailed to five top-five finishes, including a win in the first race of the regatta. The B division tandem of junior skipper Caitlin Watson and classmate Jacquelyn Cooley also logged five appearances in the top-five.
Harvard will send sailors to three regattas next weekend, as the women compete in the Mrs. Hurst Bowl at Dartmouth and the coed team sails in the Nevin's Trophy at King's Point and the Hatch Brown Trophy at MIT.


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This publication provides information about antibiotic resistance, including how bacteria become resistant to antibiotics, how to prevent antibiotic-resistant infections, and more.
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How safe are antibiotics? When should you take them? What should women know before taking antibiotics? Find answers to these frequently asked questions, and many more.
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The enterococcus is a germ or bacterium that lives in the intestinal tract and in the female genital tract. Occasionally, the enterococcus can cause an infection of the urinary tract, bloodstream, or skin wounds. Vancomycin is an antibiotic that can be used to treat those infections.
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How to grow tomatoes on Long Island
Growing tomatoes on Long Island can be quite a challenge because our weather conditions are so inconsistent. "Since weather conditions in Long Island seem to have extreme fluctuations and seasonal differences," tomato growers are often at the mercy of the climate, Julie Seghrouchni, horticulture educator for the Cornell Cooperative Extension of Nassau County, explained. But, she added, "you can have success by following best growing practices and cultural conditions."
Tomatoes are sun-loving plants, and direct, unobstructed sunlight for a minimum of 6 hours daily is essential for the best fruit production. The cloudless days, strong heat and bright sunshine this year were ideal for growing tomatoes successfully, she said - if gardeners were diligent about keeping the soil evenly moist at all times. Seghrouchni warned that keeping the soil soggy or allowing it to dry out between waterings would lead to disappointing results. Consistency is key.
Cold, hard or poorly drained soil will not grow a good crop, she said. To get a good crop in the parts of Long Island with heavier clay soil, like that throughout much of the North Shore, soil should be amended with large quantities of organic matter like compost or well-rotted manure before planting.
And Long Island soil tends to be on the acidic side, so a soil pH test always should be conducted before planting, and dolomitic lime added, especially if the pH registers below 6.2. If the vegetable bed is near a fertilized lawn, Seghrouchni cautioned, plants could be subjected to excess nitrogen, which would boost plant growth at the expense of fruit production, so gardeners should consider either relocating the bed or adjusting fertilizer treatments.
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Carl F. Hostetter
Carl F. Hostetter (August 6, 1965) is a key figure of the Elvish Linguistic Fellowship. He is the author of numerous articles on Tolkienian linguistics, and the editor of two journals on the subject, Vinyar Tengwar (print) and Tengwestië (online). Hostetter has also contributed to various mailing-lists dedicated to Tolkien's languages, including Tolklang and Elfling. After a (still ongoing) dispute with David Salo and Helge Kåre Fauskanger, he set up Lambengolmor and Elfling-d. Together with Christopher Gilson, Arden R. Smith, Bill Welden, and Patrick H. Wynne (called by some the "Elfconners"), he has been engaged by Christopher Tolkien in the ordering, editing, and publishing of J.R.R. Tolkien's writings concerning his invented languages, which have been published as Parma Eldalamberon numbers 11 through 17 (and continuing) and in Vinyar Tengwar.
Together with Verlyn Flieger, he is the editor of Tolkien's Legendarium
- "I didn't start the E.L.F., I didn't launch VT, I don't edit Parma, and I'm not the chief editor of Tolkien's linguistic papers; I just do my part. Mostly, I'm just the one tenacious/stupid enough to act as a human target for the team, and for the fullness and reality of Tolkien's linguistic inventions."
- ― Carl F. Hostetter, Elfling-d message 686
- 2002 - Mythopoeic Award, Mythopoeic Scholarship Award for Inklings Studies, Tolkien's Legendarium: Essays on the History of Middle-earth


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BBB helps parents choose safe, suitable toys this holiday season
Back in the day, lawn darts were the height of toy fashion. Now, parents gasp at the idea of giving their children a flying projectile with a sharp metal point. Safety has become paramount to both toy manufacturers and law makers.
A report recently released by the Consumer Product Safety Commission estimated there were 193,200 toy-related injuries to children younger than 15 years of age in 2011. Of those estimated injuries, approximately 44 percent were categorized as lacerations, contusions, or abrasions of some kind. When it comes to toy-related injuries, the head and face area is the most commonly affected area of the body.
If your shopping list includes the names of a few good boys or girls, Better Business Bureau offers the following advice to ensure that the toys you give are safe:
- Find out which toys have been recalled. Visit the Consumer Product Safety Commission's website at www.recalls.gov. If the toy or product has been recalled, check the guidelines for what to do next.
- Make sure the toy is age-appropriate. Toy safety isn't only about avoiding recalled products; you also need to make sure you're buying appropriate toys for the age of the child. Read and follow the age recommendation listed on the package or toy.
- Read labels. Look for age recommendations, such as "Not recommended for children under 3," and for other safety labels including "Flame retardant" or "Flame resistant" on fabric products.
- Be cautious of older toys or hand-me-downs. While buying a gently used toy might be cost effective, they may not meet current safety standards and could be too worn from play that they break and become hazardous.
- Be careful when shopping online. Internet toy vendors may not be as vigilant as brick and mortar stores about pulling recalled products off the shelf or flagging bar codes.
Besides knowing how to purchase toys that are safe, it's important to be aware of safety hazards once the toys have been opened. Once toys are opened, CPSC suggests you:
- Immediately discard plastic wrapping or other toy packaging before they become dangerous play things.
- Keep toys appropriate for older children away from younger siblings.
- Supervise all battery charging. Chargers and adapters can pose thermal burn hazards to young children. Pay attention to instructions and warnings on battery chargers. Some chargers lack any mechanism to prevent overcharging.
Toy Recall Hotlines:
- Consumer Products Safety Commission: (800) 638-2772
- Toy Industry Association: (888) 888-4TOYS


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By 2014, more people will access their accounts through mobile devices than through their home or office computers, predicts Robert Hedges Jr., managing partner of the research firm Mercatus.
But security concerns—and a couple of well-publicized breaches—could slow the rate of adoption. The number of consumers rating mobile banking as "unsafe" or "very unsafe" increased from 25% to 40% between 2009 and 2010, according to reports from Javelin Strategy & Research.
The only issues holding mobile banking back from the next phase of consumer adoption, it seems, are security concerns.
A game-changer
Mobile devices have, without a doubt, transformed our daily interactions and transactions. Some experts suggest the impact of mobile technology is far greater and has revolutionized the way we live.
A consumer shopping for a flat-screen television can compare prices, check account balances, and even transfer funds between accounts right on the sales floor using a mobile device. A stay-at-home mom with a small hos-pitality sales business can use her smartphone's camera to deposit checks.
"Mobile banking will become the norm at some point, because our society is spending more time on mobile devices than on their PCs," says Tony Rasmussen, senior vice president of eServices at $2.9 billion asset Mountain America Credit Union, Salt Lake City. "Our goal is really to enable our members to conduct business on their terms, when and where they want to."
To that end, the credit union offers a full suite of mobile banking services including wireless application pro-tocol (WAP) Internet banking, short message service (SMS) text banking, and a downloadable application (app).
The credit union launched its WAP service—a slightly pared-down online banking site, accessible from any mobile device with a browser feature—about seven years ago. To use WAP, which works on more than 300 dif-ferent devices, a member needs only a feature phone, not a smartphone.
Mountain America's SMS text banking allows members who've registered their mobile devices to complete a limited number of functions by entering short codes.
"It's a fast way to check your balances, look at your past few transactions, and even make a transfer if you need to," Rasmussen says.
The credit union's downloadable app, however, is where most of the action is. Developed by an outside vendor, the app is custom-branded to the credit union and operates independent of a phone's browser. Mountain America offers the app free to members in both the Android Market and the Apple iTunes Store.
The app looks better and works faster than WAP, says Rasmussen. It also offers additional features, including a GPS-driven branch and ATM locater. The app allows members to graph expenses or set up personal budgets with alerts when they get close to limits or exceed them. Glancing at their phones, members can determine if they can afford to eat out or go to a movie.
The app even saves members time since they don't have to stop at the branch to deposit checks. With the remote deposit capture (RDC) feature using their phone's camera, members can deposit and transfer funds by taking pictures of checks. Soon, Mountain America's app will also accommodate bill-pay.
The new industry standard
Rasmussen expects the app to eclipse the mobile website and the regular online banking site as smartphones in-crease market penetration. Estimates vary, but some reports indicate smartphones constitute 35% of the current mobile market, and the International Data Corp. predicts final 2011 smartphone sales will double the sales of 2010.
"I think it's a foregone conclusion that the industry will come to embrace feature-rich mobile banking applica-tions," says Hal Tilbury, CEO and founder of Bluepoint Solutions, an independent software vendor that offers RDC and specializes in electronic content management and item processing.
The financial services industry is moving toward a "true mobile wallet" that allows consumers to use cell phones to do anything they currently do with the contents of a wallet, he says. A mobile phone as a debit or credit card? "Right around the corner," he speculates. "Google has already launched its wallet service, and within two years you'll see the players in that space multiply further."
As mobile banking becomes a bigger facet of personal financial management, experts like Carlo Cardilli, senior vice president of mFoundry, expect physical branches to play a much smaller role. But that's good news, he says.
"Mobile banking allows credit unions to cast a bigger shadow," he adds. And when members rely less on brick-and-mortar branches, credit unions won't have to work as hard to retain them, even when they move out of town or out of state. With shared branching and no-fee ATM locators on mobile apps, members can figure out how to access cash just about anywhere. And they can do just about everything else on their mobile devices.
Don't forget the financial benefits of the mobile platform, Cardilli adds. Credit unions are very sensitive to cost, and call centers are expensive to staff and operate while mobile alerting is much cheaper, he says.
"Fifty percent of calls are 'What's my balance?' or 'Has my rent check cleared?'" he explains. Credit unions don't want members to stop calling, but they do want members to use more efficient ways to get the information they need. "Mobile allows members to get that kind of information faster than it would take a call center employee to pick up the phone," he says.
Members seem to like the platform, too, says Cardilli. Within the first three months of availability at mFoundry's client $769 million asset Columbia Credit Union in Vancouver, Wash., 20% of members signed up for mobile banking.
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Austin recently completed all the requirements necessary to earn his Eagle from the Boy Scouts of America with no time to spare before his 18th birthday. Austin's Eagle project included the building and installation of a new bench and upkeep and maintenance at BJ's overlook area on the upper North side of the Abajo Mountains.
Austin's family thanks all the people and businesses that helped him achieve this goal. Thank you to his scout leaders from Wendover and Monticello, San Juan Pharmacy, Young's Machinery, Austin's friends, brother, sisters, and parents.
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Cant Really Pick On Which One I Want For a Tank.
The other answers were good but i want to go into more detail.
First off im going to say both are not ment to be tanks but walls but with the right movest ferrothorn can tank where as forrtress cant.
base 133def and 116spdef isnt bad at all and it can do pretty well with a sassy nature.
It has access to a good movepool and entery hazards such as spikes and more commonly used stealth rock.
Stealth rock is a good idea to have on both forretress and ferrothorn as it does at least a quatre of nearly all fire types hp.
It also has a 2x weakness to fight and ground which can be covered with high powered stab power whip.
You may have more problems with fighting types but with its amazing ability iron barbs they can loose a good amount of hp when attacking you seen as nearly all fighting moves involve contact.
You can go one step further and give it the rocky helmet with that any pokemon making contact with him will loose 1/4 of there hp, that paired up with stealth rock and possibly spikes =at least 1/2 there hp gone before youve even attacked.
Obviously you dont need to use entery hazards or even give it rocky helmet, leftovers is also a great item to hold.
Ferrothorn is by far the most popular but each pokemon work well in there own tiers.
It has a decent atk to add to his good defs as well as decent hp.
This goes great with its terrible speed as you can use its base 20speed to its advantage.
With no ivs or evs at lv 100 with sassy nature its speed is 40.
With that speed the only thing it will be out running is shuckle which it doesnt meet in its tier.
Running curse is a great idea seen as its speed cant get much lower but at the same time your raising its atk and def.
This makes him even bulkier but also gives it a chance to do a lot of damage with moves like power whip or two moves that go great with its terrible speed, Gyro ball and payback.
There are many differant sets you can run for ferrothorn, walling sets ,tanking sets and stalling sets of those forretress can only pull off one.
To add to its walling capabilitys it gets leech seed and has avalability to good stalling moves like toxic or thunder wave and protect.
But its worth considering putting more evs in its hp and spdef or atk seen as its def is already great and contact moves will backfire with iron barbs.
Its also worth considering the move explosion because if your about to die you may as well die in style as well as damage or most defintly kill the oponent in the process.
There is a reason that its in smogon ubers as well as ou.
I think we have enougth here.
here is a good link to some movests that may have not been mentioned in black empoleons.
Ill try to make this one a bit shorter.
So he has also made it into smogon ubers as well as ou mainly because of entery hazards.
Forretress has access to all entery hazards.
So toxic spikes is a great move to have and works as a great supportive move in a way.
Stealth rock once again is also a good option and is one of the most commonly used moves and can covers its fire 4x weakness.
As for stat wise, there not great 75hp 90atk 140def 60spatk 60spdef 40speed.
So stat wise it has great def and should be able to take at least 2 neutral hits and even maybe 2 super effective atks as for fire though it can take 1 or 2 it depends on your ability because it gets overcoat which is pretty useless unless your facing weather teams but it can also get sturdy.
its hp and spdef though are not good together any super effective speacial hit will ko him and it wont take many neutral hits.
Thats why i personally perfer ferrothorn but once again foretress can also abuse gyro ball and explosion and do good damage.
A common move seen on forretress is volt switch to scout and to escape .
But the two moves that makes forretress so over used in ou is the fact it can learn TOXIC SPIKES and RAPID SPIN.
This is in caps and bold because i wanted you to see it and im geussing most people wont bother reeding this all ive just noticed how long it is.
But back to the point rapid spin and toxic spikes are two moves ferrothorn cant learn and two moves that are seen alot on forretress mainly because not many pokemon learn t spikes and rapid spin removes entery hazards which could of ruined your team.
But once again back to stats and with maxinum Ivs on all stats with the evs of 252hp 4def 252spdef and sassy nature its stats look like this > 354hp 216atk 317def 156spatk 240def and 104 speed.
so now you have made its not the best hp decent and above average and for spdef, well its still not supperb but its ddefintly not rubbish and with that hp and spdef you should be able to take a few good hits though with this spread you are loosing some valuble def but with 354hp and 317def thats also not bad at all.
Unlike ferrothorn it has better typing and as someone said only one weakness adding to its bulk but forretress can not pull off much appart from setting entery hazards which is ok but now in fith gen with the likes of espeon in ou and xatu avalible in ou can wreck forretress something it cant to ferrothorn due to its offensive movepool.
If you predict wrong against certain teams well you have a problem.
As i said the new ability magic bounce came through dw and has made espeon a very good choice.
I got beet the other day by a infernape u-turning to an espeon bouncing back my stealth rock which 4 pokemon was weak to it 1 with a 4x weakness.
So in this situation what do you do? your entery hazard chances are gone and youll just have to hope that you can set them up in a later game.
Though if you have zoroak on your team with forretress last it can take out the magic bouncers.
But there are many cons to forretress due to its threats but as ive said if you want a tanking position forretress isnt the best option.
So overall
If you want a tank :ferrothorn
If you want a good wall :ferrothorn
If you want a staller :ferrothorn
and finally if you want an entery hazard guy :forretress
Walls need high defenses and preferably decent HP so they can survive long.
Ferrothorn has great Sp.Def and Defence and if you train the Ev's in Hp it can be a very good wall.It has a great movepool but Forretress has bigger with the move Tutors. Here you can see movesets which are very good.It has weakness to Fire 4x and in Fighting types.
Forretress has a great Defence and Hp but very Sp.Def .Forretres has one weakness to fire 4x because it is a Bug Steel type but he can cover it with the power of Earthquake.Here are the movesets .
Both can survive long in battles and have some great moves to choose.I'll go with Ferrothorn because it can take hits and has great defences.
On personal experience I would go for Ferrothorn.
Here is the moveset mine has:
WillFerrel (Ferrothorn) @ Rocky Helmet
Trait: Iron Barbs
EVs: 252 Atk, 252 Sp.Def, 6 Def.
Gyro Ball (Slow speed)
Power Whip (Powerful)
Payback (Super Slow)
Swords Dance ( Raise Attack)
Even I would go with ferrothorn
Here is the moveset mine has:
1]Iron defense
2]Iron head
3]Power whip
4]Hone claws
Sorry for my previous answer. As it turns out, 1) Entry Hazards ROCK in wifi, BR, and Colluseum.2) Even an idiot would know to have some thing good against fire (I have Golem) to cover the 4x weakness. And 3) Looking past the 4x weakness, they're pretty good. If You want a Physical tank, Ferrothorn is PERFECT, due to Its high Def. and Iron Barbs. It'll also take out pokemon easily with gyro ball(look up its speed) and annoy the opponent with Ingrain. Here's a tip: EXPLOSION'S HORRIBLE ON ANY POKEMON! Now forretress... Make sure the first attack is a good one. It's a Tank because of Def. and Sturdy. That's pretty good, but what if you were facing against Chandelure or Victini or some fire type with a high sp. atk.? For both forretress and ferrothorn: PWN! Forretress is good for toxic spikes, but in wi fi, I'm sure many people know how good. so anyway, it all depends on what you're specifically looking for (just TANK is not enough). Even I'm torn in this decision. Sorry if this answer is bad, too short, or wrong. I'm so bad, In Platinum, 3 of my pokemon were evolved by a friend (thanks for the weavile, Yanmega, and Togekiss). Hide it if you want.


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Does How You Feel about Money Affect Your Wealth?
Although we live in the richest and most advanced society the world has ever known, many of us say we need more money in order to be happy, notes best-selling business book author Doug Vermeeren.
"Even some of those in the top percentile of earners often feel like they don't have enough money," says Vermeeren, an international speaker who consults with celebrities, business executives and professional athletes.
"The math is simple: More money does not equal more happiness. It's our attitude toward money, not the amount that influences our happiness the most."
Happiness researchers Elizabeth Dunn and Michael Norton, professors at the Harvard Business School, recently published research indicating that it's not money that makes people happy, nor the things people buy with it. Rather, it's the experiences one has that ultimately account for happiness.
"How you experience your money on a day-to-day basis is what matters," Vermeeren says. "If the software running in your brain is constantly reinforcing the message, 'it's not enough,' then that is likely how you will see yourself and experience your life – as 'not enough.' "
Vermeeren reviews the three fallacies of abundance as it relates to happiness:
• We are all entitled to a certain amount of wealth: The feeling that we deserve or are owed a certain amount of wealth will always make us unhappy with whatever we have. While we are entitled to certain human rights, those do not include a winning lottery ticket. In reality, we are not owed any amount of abundance and, in fact, should count ourselves lucky if we're able to meet our basic needs; many in the world are not. More of us, however, would be happier simply appreciating what we have.
• The result of our labors is money: Money is a means to an end, not an end in itself. This can be a challenge to keep in mind since so much of our lives are spent in the pursuit of money. We work and go to school to support ourselves and our families. We see things we want, and we know we need more money for them. Study after study shows, however, that what really makes us happy is what we do and who we do it with, and not how much money we spend.
• We'll be happiest when we finally reach our goal: We are happiest when we are progressing toward a goal. When we lose sight of our goal, veer off the path toward our goal, and even achieve our goal, we're less happy. Rather than setting one goal and deciding you will be happy when you meet it, you'll be most happy if you continually set goals and relish your journey toward them.
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(Bloomberg) — As the clock ticks down to the end of open enrollment for individual public exchange "qualified health plans" (QHP), one thing is becoming clearer: What the final demographics will look like.
Demographics matter a lot because they will help determine whether the health insurance market goes into a death spiral (or requires hefty federal subsidies to keep it from doing so).
Young healthy people, and a lot of them, are needed to keep the market stable and premiums low. As we head into the final few weeks, we have a pretty good idea of how many young healthy people there will be, and the answer is: a whole lot fewer than the health-care wonks were expecting.
But wait a minute! I hear you cry. We don't know any such thing! After all, everyone expects a lot of young healthy people to wait until the last minute! Are you saying they're wrong?
Not exactly. I too expect the demographics of March enrollment to skew younger than prior months. But at this point, unless that enrollment is truly massive, I don't think that will be enough.
To see why, let's start with some basic numbers. As of March 1, 4,242,325 people had selected a plan on one of the exchanges; 1,075,990 of them, or just a smidge over 25 percent, were young adults ages 18 to 35 — that critical demographic that the exchanges need to enroll. Previous projections had been for 40 percent.
It's true that in Massachusetts, the young showed up relatively late to the party:
However, at this point, with one month to go, the youth contingent would have to be truly massive to get near the 38.5 percent that was originally projected.
Just how massive depends on the total number of signups in March. But to get some perspective, it's not even mathematically possible for youth signups to get to 40 percent of total signups unless we get at least 912,174 more people to sign up in March – - and then, it's only possible if every single one of those people, including covered family members, is between the ages of 18 to 35.
This is, if course, not likely. Thankfully, as the number of signups rises, the percentage of them that needs to be young adults falls. But even if we assume 3.5 million people sign up in March — theoretically possible, but not what anyone I'm aware of is projecting — 55 percent of them would have to be young to pull the demographics back in line.
A lower target — say, 33 percent — would be easier to achieve. We could hit that even if the signups in March are less than 50 percent young adults . . . as long as at least 2 million people sign up. That's about 10 percent higher than the December numbers — certainly doable, but I don't know if I'd call it the most likely scenario.
How much does this matter? Well, a team from the Kaiser Family Foundation calculated that if enrollment were only 33 percent young, costs would exceed premiums by about 1.1 percent; if it were 25 percent (i.e. if it doesn't change much), costs would exceed premiums by about 2.4 percent.
However, Seth Chandler, a law professor who specializes in health and insurance law, disputes that calculation. And as far as I can tell, it's only looking at age — that is, we're assuming that if we get fewer young people, we get fewer of every kind of young people.
But what if what we're witnessing is the broad operation of adverse selection — older and sicker people buying while the young and healthy stay away? The first place that would show up in the data would be . . . a disproportionately low number of young people, particularly young men. Which is exactly what we do see. This explanation seems more likely to me than the alternative.
So are we definitely due for a death spiral?
No. For one thing, that 38.5 percent number doesn't come from the insurers; it comes from the government. The government has been talking to insurers, but it isn't running their actuarial models. If the insurers assumed a worse demographic mix than the government analysts, then we may not need so many young people to keep the markets sound.
Insurers also want this to work, so they may be willing to take losses for a few years to keep premiums low — especially if the government funnels money to them through the risk- corridor program.
What this does tell us, however, is that it is now probably impossible to achieve the demographic mix that the government has been forecasting. And keeping it from happening may well prove very expensive for the federal government.
See also:
- Bad state Obamacare sites
- How long should the risk corridors last?
- So much for PPACA effectiveness research


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Google Play Instant enables native apps and games to launch on devices running Android 5.0 (API level 21) without being installed. You can build these types of experiences, called instant apps and instant games, using Android Studio. By allowing users to run an instant app or instant game, known as providing an instant experience, you improve your app or game's discovery, which helps drive more installations and acquire more active users.
This guide presents an overview of the Google Play Instant experience.
How the instant experience works
With Google Play Instant, users can tap on a Try Now button or a website banner to try an app or game without installing it first. Figures 1 and 2 show examples of these discovery surfaces.
When Google Play receives one of these requests for an instant app or game, it sends the necessary files to the Android device that sent the request. The device then runs the app or game.
To provide an instant experience for your app or game, however, you need to satisfy the size limits described in the next section.
Enable instant experiences by reducing app or game size
Google Play Instant offers the following two levels of instant experiences:
- Basic instant experience: Allows users to tap on a Try Now button or a website banner to try an instant experience.
Enhanced instant experience: Allows users to launch an instant experience from any surface that can launch a URL. Figure 3 shows some examples of the surfaces where you can launch an enhanced instant experience of your app or game:
Figure 3. Examples of surfaces where you can launch an enhanced instant experience.
Your app must be a small enough size to enable these instant experiences, but the exact maximum sizes vary between apps and games, as shown in the following table and explained in the following sections.
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To learn how you can reduce the size of your app or game, see Reduce the size of your instant app or game.
App size limits
To provide a basic instant experience, your app must be no larger than 10 MB. To provide an enhanced experience, reduce your app's size to less than 4 MB.
Figure 4 shows the benefits of reducing your app's size:
Game size limits
To provide a basic or enhanced instant experience, your game must be no larger than 10 MB. Figure 5 shows the benefits of reducing your game's size:
Special considerations for multiple entry points
It's possible to provide different instant experiences from the same app or game by creating multiple entry points. For example, a puzzle game might have two different modes: a single-player, timed challenge and a multi-player matchup. You could deploy these modes as separate instant experiences, allowing players to try out different aspects of gameplay.
To create these different entry points, configure a different entry point for each experience that you'd like to provide. To learn more, see Provide multiple entry points into an instant experience.
Learn more
To learn more about Google Play Instant, see the following resources:
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- List of known issues
- StackOverflow component for instant apps
- Developer stories
Additional resources
For more information about Google Play Instant, consult the following resources.
- Google I/O 2018: The future of apps on Android and Google Play: modular, instant, and dynamic
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HAYWARD HILLS, CA -- When Andrew Lieberman introduced the AcuCount coin counter several years ago, he was following a family tradition. The Lieberman name is familiar to bulk vending veterans because Andrew's father founded U-Seal-It Vending half a century ago. That iconic Philadelphia-based company manufactured and operated a pioneering line of flat merchandise machines and became a fixture in some of the nation's largest retailers for decades.
"My father was working for Auto-Photo, the photobooth company, in the early 1960s," said Lieberman. "He went into a drugstore and saw a line of people. And when he asked the clerk what they were waiting for, the clerk said they were waiting to laminate their drivers licenses and ID cards." That was back in the day when most wallet documents, including drivers' licenses, were uncoated paper, Lieberman recalled, and normal "wallet wear" was a constant problem.
"My dad came up with the idea of a vending machine that dispenses two pieces of adhesive plastic in a cardboard folder," said Lieberman. "He contracted to have the machine built, and he put it into a couple of stores. He later added a cutter on the top. The cutter was like a pizza cutter wheel on a rail." The machine was easy to assemble and repair, he said; the entire unit was held together by wingnuts accessible from the interior.
The company expanded and the machines were ubiquitous fixtures in some of the nation's largest chains, such as the venerable F.W. Woolworth Co.
Additional products for the vender followed, such as monogram initials and other flat vendibles. "We invented a baseball card machine when collectible baseball cards were really big," said Lieberman. "We also came up with one of the first sticker machines. Laminating was dying; eventually the routes were sold off in the 1990s," he added. "Today, only a modest U-Seal-It photocard business still exists."
Following Bulk Tradition
However, Lieberman has remained in the bulk vending industry. His company, AcuCount, currently markets the popular AC603 coin counter. Said to be one of the most accurate and operator-friendly counters in the business, it uses a digital scale to weigh batches of coins of the same denomination. The AC603 is designed specifically for operators and route personnel.
"At one point, we had three different models," said Lieberman. "The small one could handle $200 in quarters; the next machine did $500, and a huge one could count $1,000 in quarters.
"This new machine does it all by counting up to $1,000 in quarters, but is the size of our older model that only counted $200. We were able to get the best of both worlds; large capacity and small size in one unit."
Lieberman observed that, in the real world, a typical bulk vending operator may never need to count 50 lbs. of quarters -- at 5.67 grams per quarter, that's 4,000 coins worth $1,000 -- in the field. However, AC603's maximum load capacity, which is 55 lbs., does validate the machine's durability.
Weighing in at just under 7 lbs. inside its carrying-case, the 10.5" x 8.5" x 2.75" unit can weigh both coins and paper currency in under two seconds. "I used to run routes, so I tried to envision a product I'd want if I was running a route," said Lieberman. "We put a coin tray on it. It's powered by either six AA batteries or plug-in adapter. And we put a shoulder strap on the carrying case. I'm just trying to make my machine the best one available."
The unit's propriety software is also designed for reliable operation and easy customization in the field, he added.
For Lieberman, counting the cashbox onsite is a no-brainer. Counting in front of store management not only provides locations with an added measure of confidence, but onsite accountability also offers a safeguard against loss at the route personnel level. And, if the storeowner wants proof of an accurate count, the route driver can easily demonstrate that. Taking a quarter off the top of the pile and the LCD display will instantly display the change in dollar value.
"Say a driver makes 20 stops in a day. Maybe 18 will never look at the count. But one day, a district manager will say, 'I want to check this guy,'" explained Lieberman. "The moms and pops will almost always check. When you count in front of them, there's no chance of ripping them off."
But perhaps the greatest benefit of the AC603 is that it saves time, Lieberman emphasized. "Anything you can do to speed up service time is a good thing," he said. "Because time's the most valuable thing an operator has to count."
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wow what a neat feeling seeing all these selcas. JYJ have so many neat ways to help and inspire not only their fans but people of the world in general. its really true that what goes around comes around. they receive so much love cause they GIVE so much love! i am happy to be one of those who are on their receiving end. and trying to give back to them and to others!
Holy JYJers!! This is freaking daebak!!! Kudos to both the fans and the men who inspire them.
I hope the new president era could restore the justice to the long deprived people in SK.
One of them is named JYJ.
( just my opinion)
Hm, bout that, actually, i saw this on twitter:
Credit: Ohmyjunsu
Since some international fans are confused about why this election affects JYJ, I'll quickly write about this.
The current ruling party, Saenuri, has extensive ties with SM. You may have heard about Lee Sooman being charged for securities fraud back in the early2000s. He was found guilty and was sentenced to jail time, but the incumbent (and outgoing) president Lee
Myungbak granted Lee sooman a presidential pardon when he and his party took office, so Lee Sooman was
freed with barely a slap on the wrist.
Park Geunhye just won this very questionable and possibly rigged presidential election, and she is from the Saenuri Party.
Had the Democratic Party
(Official opposition) won and the power shifted away from Saenuri, the
barricades blocking JYJ from standing on a fair stage would've at least loosened if not disappeared as SM would have less access to and backup from the korean government. This
is actually well- known even amongst the public. When a non-fan Korean group mate of mine found out i'm a JYJ fan back in November, she told me "It's a pity that JYJ is blocked so much, but maybe that can change with the upcoming election".
Either way, let's keep believing in JYJ and
supporting them in their career paths despite this unfortunate setback.
Wow! way to go JYJ K-fans! ^^
Wow…Korean fans truly daebak!!! I feel goosebumps! Love u guys..sometimes I wonder why Korean laws was too strict n medias make it so difficult? I mean, they did not do any heavy crime, why can't go easy with them?
FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY HEART.. Thank you korean fans for doing this for our boys 🙂 I'm soooo touched, imagine what our JYJ boys will feel about this? Thank you so much!!
Wow amazing…Like I said jyj fans r awesome.
Wow! Cool!!
over 900 have taken those photoshoots , wew
jyj really have a bunch of loyalist fans.
The power of JYJ! Daebak!!^^


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The Sitcom Writers' Prayer
Lord, if it be thy will, give unto us a story that has lots of
comic potential while simultaneously exploring and defining our
characters and their relationships (preferably something that
hasn't been done on Dick Van Dyke or Friends). If, in thine
infinite wisdom, the story you provideth is over-the-top, please
help us convince ourselves that we are creating a classic farce so
we can look our actors in the eye and explain, with face straight,
that jumping the shark is how we demonstrate our love for you.
Also make us into a channel through which true and honestly funny
dialogue flows to our principal, supporting and guest characters.
If, on the day of judgement, thy heavenly words elicit silence
from the studio audience, relieve us of our suffering, O' Divine
Master, by giving us the strength to tell our friends and family
that we are doing a "dramedy." Finally Lord, we call on your
infinite mercy, praying that you forgiveth our many network sins,
most notably Lenny and Squiggy-style smash cut jokes, and that
after we are brought low by the Nielsonites, you lift us up and
lead us into the valley of high-concept, vaguely sentimental
feature films like thou didst with thine exalted emissary, Judd of
Apatow. Amen.
Oh, couple more things: May our directors someday figure out a way to start a restaurant scene that does not require a waiter to walk across the room, and may all those internet residuals we fought for during the last strike start rolling in. Amen redux.
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Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Pope Benedict: Listen to Jesus' voice in the desert of Lent
Pope Benedict XVI encouraged Christians to walk with Jesus across the desert of Lent, to "listen more closely to the voice of God, and to unmask the temptations that speak within each of us."
Before praying the traditional Sunday Angelus prayer at noon, Pope Benedict offered those pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square a reflection on how Lent is a "journey with Jesus through the desert."
"On the horizon of the desert looms the Cross," he said. "Jesus knows that it is the culmination of his mission: in fact, the Cross of Christ is the height of love, which gives us salvation.
"He himself says in today's Gospel: 'As Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so must the Son of man be lifted up, that whoever believes in him may have eternal life,'" the Pope recalled.
He based his words on the Gospel reading from St. John for the fourth Sunday of Lent, a day that is popularly known as Laetare (Rejoice) Sunday, which marks the halfway point of the penitential season.
The Pope explained that in a similar way to how the Jews were healed from poisonous snake bites in the wilderness when they looked at the bronze serpent Moses created, so too are Christians healed of their sins by gazing upon Christ on the cross.
"Jesus will be lifted upon the Cross," he said, "that whoever is in danger of death because of sin, turning in faith to Him who died for us, is saved. For God -- St. John writes – 'did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him.'"
The Pope brought his remarks to a close by looking ahead to the March 19 Solemnity of St. Joseph, after whom he is named, and his upcoming March 23-29 trip to Mexico and Cuba.
"Dear friends, tomorrow we celebrate the feast of St. Joseph. I sincerely thank all those who have remembered me in prayer in the days before my name day. In particular, I ask you to pray for the apostolic trip to Mexico and Cuba that I will begin next Friday."
He entrusted the trip to the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, who is "so loved and revered in these two countries that I am going to visit."
After praying the Angelus, Pope Benedict offered greetings in multiple languages to those present. He urged English-speaking pilgrims to keep their eyes fixed upon the goal of Lent, "when we will accompany our Lord on the path to Calvary, so as to rise with him to new life."
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text: Now I dont know what was going on tonight but they said he had an elbow injury before the game because they showed him keep clutching and grabbing his elbow everytime he was throwing the ball during warm-ups. These little injuries and fevers and just all these dumb excuses before these games by Ben are growing to be very old. Its almost as if he is doing it on purpose to try to attract attention or to use as a cover up for his bad play. Ben needs to come out here and say and take blame and just say he isnt playing well. That second interception he threw tonight was just a dumb play to throw the ball while your taking a sack. However, the defense tonight especially in the second half was just horrible on 3rd down and just could not get any big stops or make any big plays when they needed too. It almost looked like they folded on that last possesion where they let the Chargers keep getting first downs and wanted to just get on the plane and go home. Just very frustrating to have 2 weeks off and come back out and play like this. The Steelers now for sure MUST win here next week against the Chiefs or this season will officially be over at 1-4 in terms of making the playoffs.