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| Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige!
First broadcast
English themes
Japanese themes
Beauties Battling for Pride and Prestige! (Japanese: 世界一華麗なポケモン!?チラチーノVSツタージャ! The Most Magnificent Pokémon in the World?! Chillaccino VS Tsutarja!) is the 98th episode of the Best Wishes series, and the 755th episode of the Pokémon anime. It first aired in Japan on October 11, 2012 and in the United States on February 2, 2013 as the first episode of the sixteenth season, Pokémon Black & White: Adventures in Unova.
|Spoiler warning: this article may contain major plot or ending details.
After finding out that this year's Unova League will be taking place in Vertress City, Ash can't wait! Our heroes say goodbye to Cynthia and Jervis and off they go, planning to stop by the Village of Dragons on the way so Iris can visit her hometown.
During a break for lunch, Iris and Emolga have an unpleasant encounter with a group of three well-dressed and snooty girls, who throw around some insults about their appearance and then flounce away laughing. Iris is furious at their arrogance, and heads into town to find out who the mean girls were and where to find them. It seems the three are part of the Flower Garden Troupe, a group of female performers and their Pokémon. That means no guys allowed in their headquarters—and no male Pokémon, either!
But Iris is determined to get in and get even, and she manages to talk Ash and Cilan into coming with her, even when that means all three of them getting decked out in fancy dresses, jewelry, and makeup. Pansage has to wear a pink bow—and even Pikachu's tail gets a disguise!
Once inside, our disguised heroes ask if they can watch the troupe rehearse, and the leader Moira agrees. She offers them some pointers on style and poise, and then presents them with a series of challenges. First, our heroes' Pokémon will have to cross a balance beam to demonstrate their sense of grace. When that proves too easy, the stakes are raised: it's a balance beam battle, and this time there's a mud pit underneath! Finally, it's time for the Beauty Battlefield, where Iris finally gets her revenge, defeating Moira and one of her minions and knocking them into the mud. A beautiful victory!
Back at Cynthia's villa, Cynthia tells Ash and his friends that the Pokémon Center has informed her of the Unova League's location, which Jervis says is Vertress City. Naturally, Ash and Pikachu are extremely psyched about this news. Cynthia suggests that the three head there right away so they will have time for preparations before the league. Anxious to go, Ash agrees, and the three head outside.
Outside, the group prepares to say their goodbyes and plan out their route to Vertress. Jervis suggests heading there via Opelucid City. The mention of Opelucid City shocks Iris, who offers an alternate route via the Village of Dragons. Curious to see Iris's hometown, Ash and Cilan agree. Ash, Iris, and Cilan thank Cynthia for her hospitality, and they all say their goodbyes. After departing from Cynthia's villa, Ash vows that he will win the Vertress Conference.
After walking through the woods for a while, they decide to stop and enjoy the lunch Jervis packed them. After letting out their Pokémon, they all sit down to eat. Ash and Iris enjoy their meals, and Cilan marvels at how the sandwich's components compliment each other. The Pokémon are enjoying their lunch too, especially Oshawott, who finishes his food fast. Oshawott is still hungry however, and notices Pignite's near-full bowl next to him. Being sneaky, Oshawott swipes Pignite's bowl and devours it in an instant. This angers Pignite, who fires a Flamethrower at Oshawott in revenge. This infuriates Oshawott and the two get in a fight. Ash tells them to knock it off, but Oshawott aims a Hydro Pump at Pignite anyway. However, the attack hits Emolga instead and sends her flying. Naturally, Iris is terrified and goes to try to find Emolga. Ash, Cilan and the other Pokémon leave their meals and follow her.
The three eventually find Emolga knocked out at the bottom of a cliff, and Iris retrieves her. Ash scolds Pignite and Oshawott for causing this incident and demands them to apologize, which they do. Suddenly, a female voice asks Iris if "that ugly Emolga" belongs to her. Offended, Iris demands to know who insulted Emolga. Out of nowhere, a trio of elegantly-dressed girls and their Pokémon appear at the top of the cliff. The girl in the middle—the one who deemed Iris's Emolga ugly—introduces herself as Moira and her Cinccino, Cinccinoette, as "the most elegant Pokémon in the world." Intrigued, Ash scans Cinccino on his Pokédex. Moira is accompanied by two other girls, Mona and Cher, who show off their Lilligant and Roserade, Lilligantette and Roserade-ette as the "second- and third-most elegant Pokémon," respectively. Ash scans the other two Pokémon on his Pokédex as well.
Moira explains that they came out here to get some fresh air to enhance Cinccino's beauty, but Iris's "ugly" Emolga soiled her beauty. This enrages Iris, who defends her Emolga. Moira then goes on to deem Ash's Snivy "uptight and pathetic," and concludes that every one of their Pokémon is "ugly and pathetic." Mona and Cher agree, and claim that they must leave so they don't catch the ugliness of Ash, Iris, and Cilan's Pokémon, and so the three walk off. Ash and Cilan are annoyed a little, but Iris is furious and chases after them.
Unfortunately, by the time Iris reaches the road, she is too late, as the three girls have already left in their tour bus. Iris is still determined to catch up to them, however, and the three head to the nearest town to track them down.
In a nearby town, they ask an employee of a store if she has seen a bus decorated with flowers. The employee answers that it is the tour vehicle of The Flower Garden Troupe. Surprised that the group has never heard of them, she goes on to explain that they are a very popular theater group expressing elegance in Pokémon in their shows, but only female humans and Pokémon may perform. When they aren't doing shows, they practice their acts in their club room down the street. Cilan thanks her for the directions, but the woman notes that only girls are allowed in their club, so only Iris would be allowed in. Iris takes them over there anyway.
They reach the Flower Garden Troupe club building, and Iris is ready to go in. Ash points out that he and Cilan can't enter since they're boys, but Iris has a plan to solve that issue. Iris then drags them into a costume store.
Inside, Iris puts on a fancy dress. Ash and Cilan are forced to cross-dress, much to their embarrassment. Iris has also taped a yellow heart-shaped piece of paper onto Pikachu's tail to make him look female, and Pansage must wear a bow on his head to look more feminine as well. Ash asks Iris why he and Cilan have to do this just for her, but Iris points out that his Snivy was ridiculed too and he should want revenge as well. Though reluctant, Ash and Cilan go along with Iris's plan, and the three "ladies" exit the shop.
Once they arrive at the club building, the receptionist asks why they have come. Iris responds that she needs to speak with "Lady Moira." The receptionist, thinking they are friends of Moira's, lets them in. Ash thanks her, but the receptionist is puzzled by Ash's masculine voice.
Inside the building, Iris is ready to confront the girls. They arrive at their practice room, and Mona answers the door. Due to their disguises, Mona doesn't recognize them and is suspicious about the unknown guests. Iris assures her that this is, in fact, the first time they have met. She then explains that they would like to see them practice their acts so they can learn from them. Mona is still somewhat hesitant to let them in, so she asks Moira if it's all right. Moira says yes, but she first wants them to introduce themselves, and then evaluates their attire. She appears to disapprove of them at first, but suddenly says their pick of attire is perfect. She goes on to say that the Flower Garden Troupe's members always dress in such an elegant way, even in casual times. Ash does not agree with this wisdom, but Cilan whispers to Ash to just play along with it. Next, Moira asks them to introduce themselves, which Iris does. Moira asks who the others are, so Iris introduces Ash and Cilan as Ashley and Cilanor, respectively. Moira then checks to make sure the Pokémon are female, and Pikachu emphasizes with his tail that he is.
Moira says that in order for the Pokémon to behave elegantly, you need to add "-ette" to their names when addressing them. Ash whispers to Iris that he doubts this will make any difference, but he agrees to call Pikachu "Pikachu-ette". Axew wants to come out, but Iris tells him to stay in and go along with it until the session is over. They then enter the first room.
Moira says that the first rule in a performance is to always be aware of your audience, that way you will make the best impression. To practice, the three girls pose in front of a mirror with their eyes closed and praise their Pokémon's elegance, while Iris angrily grunts at their vanity. Ash embarrassingly imitates the pose, but Cilan keeps an open mind and reassures Ash. Pikachu and Pansage sigh, still not completely on board with this "Pokémon elegance" stuff.
Upon entering the next room, Moira explains Performance Rule #2: unless you and your Pokémon walk with style and grace, your Pokémon's beauty won't shine through.
After saying this, Moira sets up a balance beam. The first test is that the Pokémon must be able to walk the balance beam without ever looking down. Snivy and Emolga easily accomplish this, but Moira says there is more to the test. With a push of a button, a pool of muddy water emerges from the floor under the balance beam. Iris asks why the sudden change. Cher explains that grace is harder than it looks: one wrong turn, and a Pokémon's beauty is soiled like a rose being thrown into filthy water—sinking, rather than blooming. Moira explains the first test is for the Pokémon to safely cross the balance beam. The Pokémon that makes it first to the other side of the balance beam is the winner. Though a risky task, Iris politely agrees to do it.
First up is Roserade vs. Pansage. Pansage and Roserade bump into each other and each of them attempts to push the other away. Both successfully push each other a little to the side, but when Pansage attempts to punch Roserade away, Roserade dodges to the side and Pansage trips into the mud. Mona hysterically laughs at Pansage's clumsiness. Moira deems Pansage untrained, much to Cilan's disappointment.
Next up is Lilligant vs. Emolga, and once again, the two fight for the balance beam. Emolga almost gets pushed into the muddy water, but being part Flying-type, she glides back up. Still in the air, Emolga effortlessly kicks Lilligant from above into the mud, causing Mona to panic. Iris then imitates her hysterical laugh, and makes Ash and Cilan do so as well. Imitating them once again, Iris then goes on to rub her victory in Mona's face, claiming Lilligant "sank like a rock." Mona, being a sore loser, is concerned, but Moira assures her that she will confront Iris in the next round.
In the final round, it is Cinccino vs. Snivy. Both perform the usual fighting, but Snivy jumps and pounces Cinccino. When Cinccino charges forward at Snivy, she grabs onto Cinccino's hand and tosses her into the muddy water. All of the competitors are surprised by the maneuver. Ash starts to do his victory pose, but soon switches to a more ladylike one.
Cinccino doesn't stay dirty for long, and cleans herself off in a flash, surprising Iris and Cilan. Moira explains that Cinccino's body is coated with oil, which keeps Cinccino looking glamorous. Ash questions the fairness of Cinccino restoring herself, but Iris is furious!
Upon entering the third room, Moira recites Performance Rule #3: The true beauty of Pokémon is in their strength. She then introduces them to their battlefield, which is surrounded by a moat of muddy water. Moira notes that their battles have a special rule: not only will the losing Pokémon be covered in mud, but the Trainer will be drenched as well. This is to emphasize that both the Trainer and their Pokémon need to show off their beauty. Iris, determined to win, agrees.
All six competitors battle again in the traditional manner with Emolga vs. Roserade, Pansage vs. Lilligant, and Snivy vs. Cinccino. Emolga wins her battle, but Pansage loses his, causing Cilan and Pansage to be drenched in the mud. Snivy is up next, but Iris, content to have a confronting victory, tells Ash to let her take this one. Iris commands Snivy to use Leaf Storm many times in the battle, while letting Snivy take hits from Cinccino. At last when Snivy knocks Cinccino and Moira into the mud, Cinccino cannot use the oil to shake the mud off, much to Moira's dismay. Moira wonders how that could happen to Cinccino. Iris then explains that the flurry of Leaf Storms from Snivy gradually rubbed away the oil on Cinccino's fur. Ash and Cilan then realize why the Leaf Storms weren't hitting Cinccino, and they say it was a smart move.
Iris arrogantly tells Moira that she deserved that defeat, and hysterically laughs, which infuriates Moira. They are interrupted, though, by Ms. Chandler, the manager of the Flower Garden Troupe. Ms. Chandler congratulates the guests on defeating their top member Moira, and asks if they would join the Troupe. The three anxiously thank her for the offer, but decline and say they must leave, and do so immediately. Ms. Chandler tries to catch up with them, but they are too fast, much to her dismay.
After changing back into their normal clothes, the three head off to Vertress City once again.
Major events
- Ash and his friends learn that the Unova League will be held in Vertress City and decide to visit the Village of Dragons en route.
- Ash and his friends leave Cynthia's villa.
- For a list of all major events in the anime, please see the timeline of events.
Pokémon debuts
Who's That Pokémon?: Roserade (US and international) Cinccino (Japan)
- Pikachu (Ash's)
- Axew (Iris's)
- Oshawott (Ash's)
- Pignite (Ash's)
- Snivy (Ash's)
- Scraggy (Ash's)
- Emolga (Iris's)
- Pansage (Cilan's)
- Cinccino (Moira's)
- Lilligant (Mona's)
- Roserade (Cher's)
- Cottonee (multiple)
- Swanna (multiple)
- Pidove (multiple)
- Professor Oak's Pokémon Live Caster: Heatmor
- This episode includes Ash cross-dressing, which he has done once in every past series. The previous occasions involved him dressing up to challenge the girls-only Celadon Gym, helping someone practice confessing their feelings and serving at the Mountain Hut Maid Café.
- Additionally, Ash assumes the name "Ashley," the same name he took when he cross-dressed for the first time. In another similarity, both this and the first cross-dressings were for disguise.
- During this episode, Pikachu's tail has a heart-shaped piece of paper taped on to make him appear female, marking the first time that the Pikachu gender difference has been acknowledged in the anime.
- Moira breaks the fourth wall in this episode by pushing the split screen out while arguing with Iris.
- In the shot after Iris puts her disguise on, the costumes she and Ash wore in An Epic Defense Force! can be seen in the background.
- This is one of the few episodes where Snivy actually laughs as opposed to merely smiling, with the other episode being Evolution by Fire!. In this case, she is laughing at how bad Moira and Cinccino look along with Emolga and Iris. However, she is also laughing at the fact that she finally got revenge.
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|Mandarin Chinese
|Schoonheden strijden om de pracht en praal!
|Sfida in passerella!
|Piękności w walce o honor i prestiż!
|European Spanish
|¡Bellezas combatiendo por orgullo y prestigio!
|This episode article is part of Project Anime, a Bulbapedia project that covers all aspects of the Pokémon anime.


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87 degrees, 28 weeks pregnant
Thought Process: Our air isn't working. Oh well! We'll get it fixed soon, I'm sure. I am brave and not high maintenance and kind of like a pregnant Wonder Woman and this is no big deal! Wheee!
How I spend my day: Moving furniture and doing laundry and cooking things in the oven.
--Day 2--
Thought Process: Okay, it's kind of cute that Luke thinks we can fix this ourselves. He will come around! He will see how hot it gets tonight when our old windows won't open!. Ha! He is so funny and makes me laugh.
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How I spend my day: At Target purchasing maternity swimsuit and cherry Icee, followed by a few hours on the deck in baby pool full of cold water. At nighttime I sleep three non-consecutive hours with a large fan that just isn't cutting it. It gets down to 70 outside, but our house refuses to drop below 81.
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Thought Process: Okay, finally making the appropriate calls, ho hum, it's going to get fixed!!! Oh... wait. No one can come fix it until next week? Is this a joke? Should I play the pregnant card and try to speed things up?
How I spend my day: Trying really hard not to get a ticket from the drama police. And trying to laugh about the situation. And eating a lot of ice cream. This is the plan, anyway. It is only 11am.
Now here are some cute photos of our time outside to offset the complaining.
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I hope you cool off today! Love your thought processes.ReplyDelete
Hey mama! Found you via your comment at Adventures in Babywearing today.ReplyDelete
Those are really beautiful shots that absolutely round things out with a lot of cuteness.
28 weeks pregnant and no a/c? This is the stuff of nightmares. May the forces of the universe that control things like A/C repair smile gently on you today.
Having done pregnant in airconditionless summer, I must say I'm impressed that you stayed calm so long. Go eat some more ice cream. I'm praying the air is on soon.ReplyDelete
When our house (the inside) hit 82 I started to cry. But we had our broken air drama last year, so we were able to just turn it on this year.ReplyDelete
Hang in there. Ice cream is an excellent solution. (For now, at least.)
- AnonymousMay 27, 2010 at 2:47 PM
Sorry Mama! I send my sympathies for your latest plight. And, it's nice to know that other pregnant ladies enjoy the heat as much as i did. Our home gets really, really hot (last summer our highest was 104 degrees), but since we rent we decided not to buy the owner an AC. Hard decision to live with last summer though. Target icees would have sounded nutritious had we one nearby on the mountain. Being pregnant is enough, isn't it!? Take care, keep cool (as much as you can), and I hope you guys have a hot but fun holiday weekend.ReplyDelete
Oh, no! I hope it gets resolved soon!ReplyDelete
This did happen to me once, at the office I worked for -- but I just snuck back to the break room and popped my pregnant belly into an open fridge door every few minutes. Probably not the best solution in your own home -- the waste of electricity! -- but I justified it somehow at work :)
Oh, you poor thing! The drama police would have gotten my by this point. I think I would have temporarily moved back in with my parents. Air conditioning is a prerequisite for my existence...especially while pregnant. I hope the repair man calls and says he can magically come out sooner. Or at least maybe a cool front could come your way.ReplyDelete
I think I may have seen that situation on Survivor.ReplyDelete
Wishing you speedy cold air and unlimited Icees.
I have 2 July babies and this little guy I'm carrying now is due in August. Plus, I have an early September kiddo. Summer babies are awesome, once they are born.ReplyDelete
In the meantime, it's always a hunt for the coldest air conditioning, ice cream, and pool.
It is in the mid-80s here today and we have no A/C yet. Husband hasn't de-winterized it.
I totally feel you. We don't have air or even window units in our house right now. But I do have the good news that my dad is coming to install an entire unit on Saturday for us. I guess it helps that it is in the family- you should have called my dad to see if he could at least diagnosis the problem. :)And you should pull the preggo card and get it done NOW. Until then, eat more icees and icecream. And take more adorable pics. SOOOO CUTE!ReplyDelete
oh gosh. that is dang hard.ReplyDelete
this is why I like you so much- you are so funny and adorable. you're children are also very adorable and you take such great photos. I'm so sorry you're hot. I know that horrible feeling. I spent so many afternoons just sitting in a kiddie pool- without Emerson (did you know I broke her pool trying to get my large self out? sad.)ReplyDelete
Play the pregnant card! It's not often you can, so live it up, lady. ;) lol.ReplyDelete
It's supposed to be cooler tomorrow everywhere, right?
I was pregnant with two of my three pregnancies in the dead of Summer... I can relate. So sorry! Hopefully you'll get cooled down. That is truly no fun.ReplyDelete
Sounds like it's time to pack up the kids and go to mom's until they fix it. Or a cheapie hotel with an indoor pool.ReplyDelete
Hope things are chilling over at your house, for you sake and sanity!!ReplyDelete
Cute pictures indeed!ReplyDelete
I hope the AC fix-it people come to your rescue soon!
Almost 30 weeks pregnant and no A.C.??? Unacceptable. Hope it's fixed!ReplyDelete
Nice photos of your beauties! :)
I seriously feel your pain (well, at least some of it)! Our AC quit working last week. Your husband must know more about AC than i do, because I called the repair guy right away. Three different repair guys (the last one on Tuesday evening) have informed us that nothing is wrong with our system. Then WHY doesn't it cool the house, I ask. The last guy told me we need to buy a whole new AC unit AND furnace. Grrr.ReplyDelete
Linked to you from Adventures in babywearing. I love it here. Nice clean blog with beautiful photographyReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 14, 2010 at 2:42 PM
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Medieval HL2 Mod 'Age of Chivalry' Going Commercial
The team behind the Half-Life 2 mod Age of Chivalry has announc
Chivalry: Battle for Agatha promises "a bigger, better, graphically enhanced game" with support for up to forty-eight players as well as the bullet points of "More weapons. A more fluid movement system. Character customization."
Developer Team Chivalry is building the game upon Epic's Unreal Development Kit, which offers the Unreal Engine 3 and its toolset free for non-commercial use but also has friendly commercial licensing rates. Epic charges a $99 licensing fee up front for commercial releases then a 25% royalty rate on all revenue beyond the first $5,000.
The price, release date and platforms for Chivalry: Battle for Agatha have yet to be confirmed, though considering Team Chivalry's heritage a PC release seems inevitable.
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Patricia Krider is a native of Buffalo, New York although Ohio has been her home since 1979.Pat graduated magna cum laude from Ashland University where she earned a Masters Degree in Business Administration. She also holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Management from Walsh University, and an Associate in Applied Business Degree in Computer Programming from Stark State College of Technology. Before leaving New York, she earned an Associate in Applied Science degree in Legal Secretarial from Trocaire College in Buffalo.
Stark State College hired Mrs. Krider as a full staff member in 1984 where she remained for 15 years. For the first seven years, she also instructed classes for the college part-time and continued her own education. She became a full-time instructor in the Computer Applications Department in 1994 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 1998. During that time, Pat was active in several organizations, which included the American Association of University Women, a member of the Faculty Association, and President of the College Staff Association.
In 1995, Mrs. Krider began to volunteer at the National First Ladies' Library when Stark State College joined the library's efforts to create an on-line bibliography of America's first ladies. Pat played a major role in designing, developing, and implementing the Library's first web site.In January 1999, Mary Regula, the Founder and President of the National First Ladies' Library, hired Pat as Director of Computer Services.
Her professional career with the organization grew rapidly. In January 2000, Patricia Krider became the first Executive Director of the young organization. The First Ladies' National Historic Site was established in October 2000. Under a cooperative agreement with the National Park Service, the National First Ladies' Library manages and operates the site. Pat was instrumental in the expansion of the physical site, and growth of the organization as a National Historic Site under the National Park Service.


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Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 23 diseños de 13 diseñadores freelance.
2 website templates (home page & inside page) are needed for the re-design of an international children's charitable organization. This organization operates primarily in India, Haiti and Africa.
Home page - approximately 770px or 1000px wide
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If a 1000px layout is used, is should be done in a way that users with 800x600px resolutions can still see most important content elements.
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If you can find royalty free photos to use in the design, that would be ideal. If not, we can probably swap out "borrowed/copied" photos with our own once the design files have been submitted to us. Use the best quality photos that you can find.
This organization operates primarily in India and Africa so the images of children in the prototypes should reflect this.
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CSU-Pueblo gets set to play at JerryWorld Saturday night
PUEBLO — This week, CSU-Pueblo coach John Wristen was doubling as a travel agent, attending to many of the details of the ThunderWolves' trip to the Dallas area to face Angelo State in Jerry Jones' AT&T Stadium Saturday night as part of the Lone Star Conference's Football Festival.
The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference ThunderWolves traveled to Texas on Friday, and will be attempting to improve to 2-0 on the season. The Division II national power program knocked off the Football Championship Subdivision's Northern Colorado 41-36 in Greeley last weekend.
"I tell ya, I think I'm more excited about that than the players," Wristen said of the appearance in the Dallas Cowboys' stadium. "The kids are excited. But what a premium opportunity this is, to play in what might be the most prestigious stadium in the world. I think it's a neat opportunity and we're going to treat it like a big-time trip."
Former Denver Broncos' running back Steve Sewell has been Wristen's running backs coach since the revived program played its first games in 2008.
"This will be my first time going to the stadium, so I'm really excited and I think our players are, too. I'll be like any other fan, looking around and taking pictures before the game. Of course, once the game starts, it's football."
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Dion: Stricter gun control not the answer
No one has the luxury of instantaneous 24/7 protection from law enforcement officers. What is the very best response time you can imagine to a 911 call? Try this: sit for the next three minutes and do nothing but imagine that you are being beaten, raped or stabbed while you wait for the police.
Now, consider those of us who live in rural areas where under the very best circumstances the minimum response time is 25 to 30 minutes! This is not an adverse reflection on our outstanding law enforcement; it is the reality of time and distance.
What kind of weapons and magazines should I have to defend my family against violent intruders, or my livestock against packs of predators? Are six rounds "sufficient?" Ask that mother in Alabama who emptied her gun into one intruder and he still got away!
Universal background checks? Christopher Dorner could have passed any background check. They didn't stop Lanza, Holmes, Cho or Loughner. And whose going to decide what goes into the database and who will have access to the information? Have you heard of FOIA? HIPPA?
Clearly the answer to the current rash of violence is not to be found in stricter gun control. If it were, cities like Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Detroit would be the safest in the nation.
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This past week my international adventures have continued. As some of you know, for the past couple of years, I have been teaching courses in Learning Tree's SQL Server curriculum and I have also been lucky enough to be involved in some of the SQL Server curriculum course development process. I am the course author for 2105 SQL Server 2012 DBA upgrade course and I am also author of another course that is currently in development but I'm going to keep under wraps, at least for the time being.
Learning Tree International is just that, an international training company, and its courses and classes get taught over the world. Courses are both written and delivered by Learning Tree instructors who have real world, extensive, experience working with their subject matter. I had been asked by the people at Learning Tree if I would teach a new course, 2108 SQL Server 2012 Database Administration: Hands On in July in the UK. . This is a course that has been written by Sharon Dooley. Sharon has been a Learning Tree instructor and course author for almost 20 years and had many more years' experience working in the IT industry. Sharon is also a former SQL Server MVP and is very active in PASS and is the virtual chapter leader for the Database Administration. Sharon has been the course author for Learning Tree's SQL Server Database Administration course since SQL Server 6.5. In order to teach the course in the UK I was asked to visit Reston, Virginia (a suburb of Washington DC) to attend Sharon's beta delivery of the 2108 course. This 'beta' event is the first time the class will be delivered to a live audience and changes and revisions will be made following it. This allowed me to attend the after class meeting where the author Sharon and her technical editor Bobby Townsend along with the Learning Tree product development manager sat down and discussed the feedback received from students and decide what revisions would improve the course going forward.
This was great for me, I got to see Sharon in action teaching her class, Sharon is a really great instructor and 2108, SQL Server 2012 Database Administration: Hands-on, is a really great class for those people who are employed as a DBA and need training in the aspects of the DBA job function. A DBA can wear many hats and 2108 SQL Server Database Administration covers many of those tasks. You will learn
- Administer SQL Server 2012 with SQL Server Management Studio and Transact-SQL
- Employ proven techniques to upgrade databases from earlier SQL Server versions
- Ensure tight SQL Server security with logins, roles, users and permissions
- Develop backup strategies, perform backups and recover from disasters
- Leverage SQL Server Agent to automate administrative tasks and generate alerts
- Isolate and repair fragmentation and database corruption
It was a really great week, and I thoroughly enjoyed being involved in the final stages of this course's development. If you are a DBA or you are going to be a SQL Server DBA who needs training in the core DBA skills then this course is definitely for you. Depending on your location you can find the course schedule at the following locations
Remember, no matter where you are based, you can attend most of Learning Tree's courses using Learning Tree AnyWare which allows you to be part of the interactive classroom environment from your home or office.So why not join me for the July event in London?


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2005 The University of Michigan Press, Ann Arborhttp://www.press.umich.eduhttp://www.breastfeedingcafe.comISBN: 047206875XPrice: $19.95 paper 311 pgs
Reviewed by Nasima Pfaffl
Barbara covers the gambit of emotions and
experiences with nursing: from exquisite love and contentment at the sight of a
sleeping child smiling with a nipple in its mouth; to great feelings of
accomplishment and pride at watching a child grow healthy and big through the
nourishment a woman's own body provided; to anguish and tenacity in the face of
challenges; to healing from difficult situations. With great humor and
affection she weaves together the intimate experiences of mothers and their
babies as they nourish each other and navigate the sometimes ecstatic and
playful to the difficult and sad relationship of nursing and weaning. Nine
chapters' present women's stories grouped in themes.
Of special note chapter seven focuses specifically
on the embodied nature of nursing and on the contradictions of sexuality and
intimacy involved in this relationship and in society. She presents stories of
women navigating nursing in public; some with stories of hiding in bathrooms to
others standing their ground even in the
face of insistent store and restaurant managers. My favorite ironic account is
of a woman nursing a toddler in a Hooters bar and standing up to the scantily
clad waitress who is telling her to leave. She also presents accounts of the
sexualized nature of breasts and the realities of balancing closeness with your
child and your partner. Women recounted stories of trying to have sex, nursing
an awoken child, and then returning to try to have sex again. Don't many
nursing moms understand this scenario? This book is remarkable for its intimacy
and honesty of women's daily lives.
It's also remarkable for its humor and playfulness.
This is the first book on breastfeeding I've come across that so intimately and
sweetly shares the playfulness of mothers, babies, and breast. My favorite
account details how a mother would playfully lift her shirt as her baby crawled
toward her from across the room and as her baby got close she would hide her
breast and the baby would squeal with delight. There are several similar
stories of humor and antics included in chapter four. The book is filled with
sweet honest moments like this that are seldom shared. Great cartoons from Baby
Blues Partnership also accent the humor of nursing and mothering throughout the
In the closing chapter Barbara discusses the future
of breastfeeding and makes suggestions for action. She states, "Telling our
stories is an act of power, of taking control of our own life, of helping other
women in theirs. It is, above all, a
starting point. My hope is that the
stories in The Breastfeeding Café
will give women the courage and permission to dispel myths, reveal secrets, and
be honest" (pg 292). I concur. There are many books out there that explore the
benefits of breastfeeding, but The Breastfeeding Café lays open the trials
and joys of real women who have been there at 3
am. Through these stories we can learn from each other and say "wow
I wasn't the only one." The book makes nursing more visible, appreciated, and
understood, and provides a critical opportunity for women to learn from and
support each other in the day to day realities of breastfeeding in a
bottle-feeding culture.
Overall I think this is a remarkable book. My only
criticism is an academic one. As a sociologist myself I would have liked an
appendix or small section that described her research methodology including information
on how many women she interviewed or received accounts from online, when these
were collected, how they were analyzed etc.
For most readers this is hardly a drawback, but it's the one thing I was
left wondering about.
Whether you've called them nanas, num nums, bas,
boobies, milkies etc. you will find stories you can relate to and learn from in
The Breastfeeding Café. Hats off to Barbara Behrmann on an excellent
and much needed honest and delightful book on the many experiences we share in
nursing and mothering our children.
Reprinted from Citizens for Midwifery News, Summer 2006. Permission to reprint with attribution.


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Friday, June 28: Watch Gold, Accenture
Brendan Conway takes a look at what markets are watching during the session, including gold, Accenture and Molycorp.
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... the ... three stocks are looking ... for Sony's stock but we keep looking to gold's yet you know ... gold is really interesting thing wealth because ... gold has taken a nosedive with this fear that the Federal Reserve is going to ... end its bond buying program which is viewed as ... positive for gold ... the thing is ... the price continued to slide this week even though this news was out ... and I think just the way that fund managers ... engaging with called window dressing at the end of the quarter ... by buying stocks that make them look good ... they're doing something like when Bill undressing of cold ... they're selling it because they don't want to have to explain why they're in what has been a big loser to position a quarterly investor letter they did at this point and then on to do that okay next tank censure ... eccentricities of things and yet that stock the stock has been up this year by about twenty percent it's down over nine percent in premarket ... could wipe out about half of the year's gains ... up revenue slowdown only had to cut their forecasts ... this is a story about Europe especially ... you know of high priced consulting services to start going over in Europe which ... remains in a month for sluggish ... economic that said Mr. Hewlett's like IBM I would imagine that it's the acronym big party their businesses consulting and we might see some reprieve for some the big global companies ok any other ones who should think about ... Molycorp is interesting this is one of those go go stocks for a couple years ago soared up to seventy dollars ... now it's back around six this was up nine percent this morning because ... an investigation into ... their filings was clear they basically cleared by regulators to ... traders who like the story and getting back into it ... on it so we are harassed metal stocks though this is the story will come to me years ago when ... everyone was afraid that this market dominated by China ... I will what we would really bottleneck ... op hasn't been the case those prices of this fall okay Brendan Conway from Barron's thank so much things well from our markets come back for money beats at ten thirty


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Ayr Racecourse's next meeting is the two-day New Year Festival on Wednesday 2 January and Thursday 3 January, which promises to be an action-packed fixture.
Traditionally a well attended meeting, there will be seven races on both days, and, with some good prize money on offer, there is sure to be large fields with all the top northern stables represented.
The opening day features a Class 3 Handicap Chase over two miles with £12,000 in the prize fund, and this will see some hardened battlers competing for what will be the biggest prize of the day over jumps in the UK.
On Thursday the highlight is a £10,000 Handicap Hurdle over two miles and four furlongs, which will feature some of the north's top handicap hurdlers looking to start the New Year with a bang.
Ayr Racecourse sales and marketing manager Lindsey Smith commented: "We look forward to the New Year Festival every year, and, with some top prize money on offer, the racing should be very competitive.
"We find that people are desperate to get out after the festive period and enjoy themselves, and there is always an excellent atmosphere."
Ayr Racecourse and the associated Western House Hotel are Founder Members of the Elite Ayrshire Business Circle.


text: In the name of gender equality First Test is going on at Hove at the moment - England got a good start, removing Belinda Clark (of double ODI century fame), for a golden duck, and continued to take regular wickets, Karen Rolton making 71. 15-year-old debutante Holly Colvin has taken three for 42 - and, would you believe, 75 overs have been bowled before tea. Learn from that, guys.


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The Greenpeace New Zealand office gave us a standing ovation when Shai, Ra, Mike, Shayne, Lucy and I finally arrived 'home' from New Plymouth, and for the very first time since we set out to board the Noble Discoverer five days ago I started to panic a bit.
The first time I entered this building was on the first of October 2008. I had arrived in New Zealand from the Iceland two days earlier and I was here for a job-trial as a Door-to-Door Fundraiser. Greenpeace New Zealand itself had just re-located from Valley Road to a new, bigger office on Akiraho Street in Mount Eden. There were still cardboard boxes all over the place waiting to be unpacked, and there were builders and plumbers and electricians coming and going, working to make our new home more eco-friendly.
Lots of people at Greenpeace New Zealand remember that day, but not because was the day they met me, although everybody was of course very welcoming. Simon Boxer, one of our climate campaigners, had chosen that drizzly Wednesday afternoon to deliver a full staff briefing on some very important new scientific findings about climate change.
I didn't know very much about climate change. I was there because I'd seen a job advertisement that read 'do you want to save money, save the planet and travel New Zealand?' and that's a pretty hard question to say 'no' to.
Simon explained how new science from a group called the International Governmental Panel on Climate Change showed that we were a lot closer to seeing runaway climate change than anyone had previously thought. He explained how we were in immediate danger of passing one of the Earth's climate system's internal tipping points – the disappearance of most of the summer sea ice in the Arctic - and that many other climate change impacts were outpacing even the worst-case scenario projections. The consequences for the earth's fragile ecosystems and for communities around the world would be terrible if we didn't do something.
Maybe it was because the rest of us looked so devastated, or maybe it was because he was still coming to terms with the reality of the situation himself, but Simon had tears in his eyes by the end of that briefing. As for me, I had to go away and do a lot of independent reading before I could believe that everything he had told us was completely true, but by the end of that briefing I had a feeling that I was at the beginning of something much bigger than just a new job.
I have taken part in so many amazing campaign activities with Greenpeace and with the wider movement to stop the climate crisis over the last three and a half years. I have participated in several direct actions. I have learned to climb and I know that working up high usually entails discomfort and stress and bad sleep and too many musli bars. I have been arrested and I have been to court before, and when I boarded the Noble Discoverer on Friday morning I was totally prepared for all of that to happen again.
The thing that I feel utterly unprepared for and overwhelmed by is the sheer number of people who have been inspired by what the seven of us achieved in those 77 hours. We're just seven little people who climbed a ladder, ate some muesli bars and took a stand. Walking into the Greenpeace office and having people like Bunny McDiarmid and Simon Boxer applaud you for that felt too much.
Likewise, leaving the police station on Monday evening and being presented with taonga by tangata whenua from the Parihaka community also felt like too much. We were later told that these people had attempted to resupply us with food and water as their guests.
It has been incredibly difficult after four days of living with this feeling of complete empathy and solidarity with Ra, Shayne, Shai, Mike and Lucy to realize that we are now beginning to process what happened down here in the real world while we were occupying that drilling tower in completely different ways. I don't even know yet when I will see them all again.
For me, I guess work on the campaign to save the arctic has just started. Next Monday I will be back in my day job as an Outreach Campaign Team Leader, working to inspire people one by one to join this strong new campaign to keep Shell and oil industry out of our precious Arctic.
Last night I began to read the hundreds of messages of support that people from all over the world left for us; my favorite was from Amy Melson in Alabama:
Because of these men and women, I'm going to start doing what I can because everyone doing his or her part, even if we are only doing a little bit, is the only way we will ever accomplish anything big.
Since I joined Greenpeace New Zealand, the threat of climate change has increased because governments and corporations have failed to take action to tackle the problem. The Arctic sea ice is still disappearing at an alarming rate. Yet instead of seeing this as a warning that we should be transitioning away from the very fossil fuels that caused this problem in the first place and towards clean, safe, renewable energy, companies like Shell are exploiting the opportunity to squeeze the very last drops of oil from our Earth.
We stopped the Noble Discoverer from leaving for the Arctic for 77 hours, but what's more important is what we started. In the space of five days we have already gotten almost 200,000 people on board with this campaign, thanks in no small part to the courage and integrity of one Lucy Lawless whose presence on the ship turned what would have been a remarkable action regardless - into a global mind bomb.
Lets do everything we can to keep that momentum going.


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This is no cool magic trick: All those beautiful wild horses you see racing across the western plains are rapidly disappearing! Bad decisions by people, not magic wands, are the problem. The horses need your help to survive!
You can send a message to Washington, DC that the horses should be respected and protected. Print out 2 copies of the drawing above (click on the image for full size drawing), color them in however you want, sign your name, and mail one to each of your US senators in Washington, DC They need to hear from you right away! You can even write your own message about the need to protect these national treasures on the back if you wish.
Once you have mailed the drawings to your US senators, print out some more or share this page with your friends, classmates, and family so they can help as well.
- Print out and color in 2 copies of the picture above (click on the image for full size drawing).
- Visit www.compassionindex.org to find the names and addresses of your US senators (each state has 2).
- Sign your drawings, put them in stamped, addressed envelopes and drop them in the mail.
- Print out some more copies of this drawing and share it with friends, classmates and family and ask them to send their own drawing in support of America's wild horses.


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Competition winner – Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010
13 September 2010
Congratulations to Tom Lowe who wins the title Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2010 with this spectacular image of ancient trees silhouetted against the bright star clouds of the Milky Way. Competition judge Marek Kukula says: 'I think this beautiful picture perfectly captures the spirit of Astronomy Photographer of the Year, linking the awe-inspiring vista of the night sky with life here on Earth. The bristlecone pines in the foreground can live as long as five thousand years. But they are babies compared to the starlight shining behind them, some of which began its journey towards us almost 30,000 years ago.
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Magnolia grandiflora 'Bracken's Brown Beauty'
Many of us work all day and by the time we get home to garden or relax in the garden, dusk is upon us. In the evening, the bright colors of the day recede and disappear and the creams, silvers and whites begin to glow with the fading light. We need some time to de-stress, relax and unwind from the day and we're usually not in the mood for some energizing red colors anyway! A garden designed for evening and the night is the perfect match for many of us.
There are other great reasons for an evening garden. Many gardeners really like the classic white and silver flowers or other whitened hues like pink, cream, sky blue and silver. These are colors of the evening garden because they show up nicely in low light — often appearing to glow. With night lighting, they can simply shine!
Most white flowers also emit intoxicating fragrances that enrich the evening garden and soothe our senses. I can think of no finer time than sitting on my back deck when the scents of the jasmine, gardenia, lilies, flowering-tobaccos and magnolias start to tickle my olfactory nerves. These flowers are not fragrant for our enjoyment but to attract pollinators, mainly moths. Yes, thank the underappreciated moths for many of our fragrant plants. Most are beneficial, and at dusk, the hummingbird-like sphinx moths enliven the garden experience with their blur of fast-beating wings.
Smooth hydrangeas (Hydrangea arborescens) including the cultivar 'Annabelle' have immense flower heads of gorgeous white in midsummer.
A premier evening garden should have a complete mix of plant types from evergreens and small trees to shrubs, vines, perennials, bulbs, annuals and tropicals. Using this complete pyramid of plant types ensures a beautiful space and a structured design, as well as incorporating the best evening garden players. Use an evergreen to block an unsightly view or prevailing wind, a couple (or a few) small trees or pruned-up large shrubs to create a delightful "human-scale" feel by a favorite chair or surrounding an intimate seating area. Shrubs can be used as screens and backdrops, while a mix of herbaceous perennials, bulbs and annuals can create beautiful borders, ground covers or fill containers. Tropical plants really add polish to the most exquisite of evening gardens.
'Golden Ghost' Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora 'Golden Ghost') can be really striking, especially with reflected night lighting.
Sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana).
Evening garden evergreens are those with variegation and whitened needles that give many "blue" needles. Chalky blue varieties of blue spruce (Picea pungens 'Koster') or Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis 'Silveray'), Swiss stone pine (Pinus cembra) and the variegated pines like Japanese red pine (Pinus densiflora 'Golden Ghost') can be really striking, especially with reflected night lighting. In Zone 6, the hardy Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora 'Bracken's Brown Beauty') shines with polished leaves that reflect moonlight and white, intensely fragrant flowers.
Some superior small trees for the evening garden begin with the sweetbay magnolia (Magnolia virginiana), whose lustrous leaves are whitened underneath and reflect light wonderfully while the small white flowers emit a lemony fragrance that can perfume an entire garden. Many of the larger panicle hydrangeas (Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight', 'Tardiva', 'Unique' and others) can be trained up as little trees and their huge white, mid to late-summertime flowers create a spectacle to enjoy as you spend time outside at night. 'Harvest Gold' crabapple (Malus 'Harvest Gold') is also a phenomenal evening garden tree with white fragrant flowers in spring and soft yellow fruit in fall that are shockingly luminescent with night lighting.
Many of our native azaleas (Rhododendron arborescens, R. atlanticum and R. viscosum) and their hybrids excel as evening garden plants and bloom from midspring to midsummer depending on the variety. Other classic plants of the evening garden are the smooth hydrangeas (Hydrangea arborescens) with the cultivars 'Annabelle' and Incrediball™ having the most immense flower heads of gorgeous white in midsummer. Nearly everblooming roses (Rosa sp.) are also stars including the classic grandiflora rose 'Iceberg' but my favorite evening garden rose is the David Austin rose 'Heritage' with blush-pink flowers with incredible fragrance. Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia) also is an underutilized shrub with new varieties like Vanilla Spice™, 'Sweet Sixteen' and Sugartina™ Crystalina glowing with spires of fragrant white flowers later in summer.
Left: Summersweet (Clethra alnifolia) Right: 'White Lights' azalea
Some favorite vines of the evening garden include annual moonvine (Ipomoea alba), white-flowering native wisterias (Wisteria frutescens) such as 'Clara Mack' and honeysuckles. Do not plant the sweet Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) as it is an invasive exotic, but try selections of woodbine honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenoides) like 'Graham Thomas' for evening fragrance.
Perennials in my evening garden are structured around various white-flowering cultivars of garden phlox (Phlox paniculata hybrids) starting with early blooming varieties like 'Minnie Pearl' to later varieties like 'David'. White-flowering cultivars of daylilies (Hemerocallis 'Gentle Shepherd', 'Limefrost' and 'Sunday Gloves') also put on a show with some lighter yellow varieties like 'Going Bananas' and late-blooming 'August Frost'. White-flowering coneflowers Echinacea purpurea also are evening favorites with 'Fragrant Angel' and 'Pow Wow White'. There are many others, but these three groups provide a great sturdy backbone and all are lightly fragrant too.
Formosa lily (L. formosanum)
No evening garden could be without the lilies: their fragrance is unsurpassed! Try hardy varieties of Easter lily (Lilium longiflorum) and regal lilies (Lilium regale) for earliest bloom followed by Oriental hybrid lilies like 'Casa Blanca' and simply magnificent hybrid Orienpet lilies like 'Silk Road' and 'Triumphator' for spectacular towers of flowers. Later species lilies such as Formosa lily (L. formosanum) and Lilium speciosum will give you a whole summer of blooms.
Classic evening garden annuals begin with the Datura species whose huge white trumpets open after the sun sets, often with a waiting honeybee to gather a snack before bedtime. These flowers are a delight for anyone to watch as they unfurl right before your eyes. The flowering tobaccos (Nicotiana alata and N. sylvestris) are king of the fragrant evening annuals with white flowers that open up and emit intoxicating scents to lure the delightful sphinx moths. Four o'clocks (Mirabilis jalapa) are another evening garden beauty that don't open until their namesake time but remain so through the night.
Gardenia jasminoides
And what evening garden in our Zones would be without some containers filled with tropical plants — a real gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides) exudes the most phenomenal scent of any plant and can't be manufactured or mimicked. Jasmines (Jasminum spp.) and angel's trumpets (Brugmansia spp.) are others with spectacular and fragrant flowers that shine for evening display.
So plan and plant an evening garden around your favorite outdoor summertime space; you will create a beautiful, relaxing and enjoyable place for you to spend your end of the day or for you to entertain in. It also allows you to savor the moderated temperatures beyond the daytime's heat and explore a sweet range of plants that really shine at that time. These classic plants look great at any time but really are stars of the nighttime garden.
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A version of this article appeared in a July/August 2012 print edition of State-by-State Gardening.
Photography courtesy of Alan Branhagen.


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By Emily Carson, '14
Members of Tread Lightly, St. Bonaventure's environmental group, have developed a unique way of informing the campus community about the importance of recycling and SBU's annual Recyclemania event.
Tread Lightly-sponsored newsletters called "Toilet Talk" are posted bi-weekly on campus restroom doors in an effort to reach more readers. These newsletters include information on Tread Lightly, campus events, and recycling tips.
"'Toilet Talks,' as we like to call them, were created by Alex Bulszewicz and me," said Katrina Teeter, Tread Lightly's president. "This is a way to get more awareness about what we can/cannot recycle and how we can decrease our negative impacts on the environment."
Recyclemania, an eight-week-long project sponsored by St. Bonaventure's Sustainability Committee, Tread Lightly and Student Government Association, promote the importance of recycling and sustainability on campus in an effort to benefit the environment.
"We strive to help educate the student body, faculty and staff to become more aware of their surroundings and learn how they can positively affect the environment that surrounds us," Teeter said. "We [Tread Lightly] work closely with Recyclemania because we share many of the same goals about educating the public, plus we enjoy helping to increase recycling across campus."
The theme for the event this year is "Feed the Wolf." Green Bona Wolf logos are located around campus to identify recycling locations.
Teeter said she hopes to increase the percentage of recyclable materials collected on campus to at least 25 percent through Recyclemania. St. Bonaventure offers the opportunity to recycle effectively by allowing plastic bins, with recycling symbols one through seven, to be placed on campus.
"I am so glad our newsletter has reached many eyes, and it has stirred up some interest on campus," Teeter said. "Our 'Did you know...' section really interests people often enough to do their own digging to learn more about how we affect the environment and how we can help."
Teeter said Tread Lightly members will continue to post "Toilet Talks" throughout the semester.
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Pictured: Minamide and the Crimson celebrate his momentum-turning interception (photo courtesy Gil Talbot).
Postgame Press Conference
Game Highlights
CAMBRIDGE, Mass.—The Harvard football team forced five turnovers—including two inside its own 2-yard line—en route to a 24-7 win against Brown in the Crimson's home and Ivy League opener in front of 18,565 rain-soaked fans Friday night at Harvard Stadium.
Treavor Scales rushed for 129 yards and a touchdown on 29 carries for Harvard (1-1, 1-0 Ivy League), while Colton Chapple threw for 207 yards and scores to Cameron Brate and Adam Chrissis. Brate caught five passes for 93 yards. Kyle Newhall-Caballero completed 28 of 52 passes for 269 yards to lead the Bears (1-1, 0-1), and Mark Kachmar ran for 97 yards.
Brown cut Harvard's lead to 14-7 in the third quarter and came within a yard of tying the game early in the fourth, but Zach Hodges forced a fumble by Kachmar and Alexander Norman recovered for the Crimson. After the teams traded three-and-outs Chrissis lost his defender and caught a 56-yard touchdown pass to finish a 95-yard scoring drive and put the game out of reach.
Joshua Boyd led Harvard with 11 tackles, while Alex Gedeon notched eight. Dan Minamide killed another would-be scoring drive for the Bears with a first-half interception in the end zone. Clayton McGrath logged 13 tackles for the Bears.
The Crimson's +4 turnover margin proved the difference in a game that saw Harvard outgain Brown by a slim 366-352 count.
Harvard took control with touchdowns on back-to-back possessions in the first half. The Crimson began its second drive at its own 33-yard line and moved down the field on a 31-yard pass to Brate. Harvard was stopped on third down at the Brown 6 and lined up for a field goal, but holder Chapple faked and ran to the Brown 1. Scales scored on the next play with 5:12 left in the opening quarter.
Roles were reversed on Harvard's next drive, with a big play by Scales leading to a score by Brate. After a roughing-the-passer penalty negated a Brown interception, Scales reeled off a 25-yard run to move to the Bears 28 to start the second quarter. Barely a minute later, Brate pulled in a Chapple pass with one hand and tumbled in to the left side of the end zone for a 20-yard touchdown and a 14-0 advantage.
The Bears looked poised to halve the Crimson lead, driving for a first-and-goal at the Harvard 9, but Minamide's interception on third down gave the ball back to the Crimson and kept Brown off the board. Boyd forced a fumble that was recovered by Brian Owusu earlier in the second quarter.
After both teams failed to score in their first three possessions of the second half, the Bears broke through on a 30-yard touchdown pass from Newhall-Caballero to Tellet Lundevall, completing a 57-yard drive with 6:29 left in the third quarter.
Following the Chrissis touchdown, Harvard got the ball back on an interception by John Lyon as Jake Boy pulled down Newhall-Caballero. The Crimson turned that turnover into a 31-yard field goal by David Mothander with 3:08 to play. Bobby Schneider ended the next Bears possession with Harvard's third interception of the night.


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340g/12oz plain flour
1 level tsp bicarbonate of soda
2 level tsps ground ginger
100g/4oz butter
160g light brown sugar
4 tblsp golden syrup
1 large egg, beaten
Pre-heat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4.
Line the baking trays with grease proof paper.
Put all the dry ingredients into a bowl. Rub in butter with finger tips until it looks like bread crumbs. Stir in the sugar then the syrup and the beaten egg. Bring it all together to form a smooth pastry dough.
On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough to be about 8mm thick. Using a 2" straight-sided round cutter, cut out biscuits until all the biscuit dough is used up. Place on baking trays ensuring enough room is left for slight expansion of the biscuit.
Chill on the baking trays for 20 minutes in fridge.
Cook until golden brown. Remove from tray with palette knife and place on a cooling rack.
This makes about 40 biscuits, and takes 10 minutes to prepare and 10-15 minutes to cook.


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Faux Pumpkins
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A display of our hand-painted gourds infuses fall displays with a variety of organic shapes and colors.
- Made of plastic and Styrofoam with a painted finish.
- Indoor use recommended.
- Imported.
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- Small Orange Rust: 9" diameter, 5" high
- Large Orange Rust: 7" diameter, 9" high
- Small Green Sage: 5.25" diameter, 6.5" high
- Medium Green: 9" diameter, 12" high
- Small Ivory: 9" diameter, 5" high
- Tall Ivory: 7" diameter, 9" high
- Stripped Gourd: 4.5" diameter; 10" high
- Wipe with a soft, dry cloth.
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Jan. 5, 2001
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Kyle Bailey scored 17 points, including a three-pointer at the buzzer, to lift Santa Clara past Idaho State 79-76 on Friday night.
Bailey's heroics helped the Broncos (8-7) overcome a school record 15 three-pointers from the Bengals.
David Emslie added 14 points, while Jamie Holmes and Steve Ross each had 13 for Santa Clara, which has won four of its last five games.
Tim Erickson scored a season-high 22 points to lead Idaho State (4-7), which lost its second straight game. D'Marr Suggs had 20 points.
Emslie sank two free throws with 54 seconds left as the Broncos took a six-point advantage, but Suggs hit a three-pointer 10 seconds later to cut the lead in half. After Bailey hit one of two free throws, Suggs hit another three-pointer, which set the school record, and Idaho State was within one.
Idaho State shot 59 percent from the field, including 73 percent from three-point range, in the first half, yet still needed a three-pointer from Erickson late in the half to take a 40-38 halftime lead.


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The ultimate makeover: Blueberry muffins
Nutrition and extra info
- Freezable
Nutrition: per serving
- kcal206
- fat6g
- saturates1g
- carbs36g
- sugars16g
- fibre2g
- protein5g
- salt0.43g
- 5 tbsp rapeseed oil
Rapeseed oil
If you want a light alternative to other cooking oils, rapeseed is a great choice and has…
- 225g self-raising flour
- 115g wholemeal flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
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Baking powder is a raising agent that is commonly used in cake-making. It is made from an alkali…
- zest ½ lemon and 1 tsp juice
Oval in shape, with a pronouced bulge on one end, lemons are one of the most versatile fruits…
- 85g golden caster sugar
- 50g light muscovado sugar
- 1 small very ripe banana with black skin (about 85g peeled weight)
Probably the best known, most popular tropical fruit, their name probably derives from the…
- 1 egg
The ultimate convenience food, eggs are powerhouses of nutrition, packed with protein and a…
- 284ml pot buttermilk
There are two types of buttermilk. Traditional buttermilk is a thin, cloudy, slightly tart but…
- 225g fresh blueberries
Blueberries are one of the few edibles native to North America and credited with being…
Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Use 1 tsp oil to lightly oil a 12-hole muffin tin (or use paper cases). Mix both flours with the baking powder and lemon zest. Reserve 1 tbsp caster sugar, then stir the rest into the flour with the muscovado.
Mash the banana well. In another bowl beat the egg, then stir in the banana, buttermilk and oil. Using a large metal spoon, very lightly stir into the flour mix, just to combine. Over-mixing will make the muffins tough. Toss in the blueberries and give just a few turns of the spoon to carefully stir them in without crushing.
Spoon the mixture into the tin – each hole should be very full. Bake for 20-25 mins until risen and golden.
Mix the reserved caster sugar with the lemon juice. When the muffins are done, remove from the oven, then brush with the sugar and lemon mixture while they are still hot. Gently loosen the edges of each muffin with a knife, then leave in the tin for 15 mins to cool a little as they're very delicate while hot. Remove to a wire rack. Best eaten the day of making, but will keep for up to 2 days.
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Bill Curran, was the winner with his project "High Gloss Garage" in the Garage over 600 square feet category and Tom Mayfield, received Honorable Mention for "Home Office for Active Consulting Business" in the Home Office under 150 square feet category.
We are pleased to be adding our latest 2014 Top Shelf Award wins to our previous awards since entering the contest a few years back. To date, this gives Closet Organizing Systems a grand total of 10 wins and 5 honorable mentions. Design winners were celebrated at the 2014 Cabinets & Closets Gala Awards reception in Somerset, NJ, during the Cabinets & Closets Conference & Expo. Awards are given to honor designers for their creative organizational solutions and woodworkers for their outstanding design, craftsmanship and execution. Each category is intended to highlight functionality and originality, as well as design.View our Top Shelf Design Awards wins from previous years.
In the Garage over 600 square feet category, Bill Curran took the win with his project "High Gloss Garage". This sleek custom garage cabinetry system includes high gloss red, black, and wire bronze finishes to achieve a modern high-end car connoisseur look. The countertops were finished with a Mayan dyed copper metal laminate and all drawer boxes were lined with black and red speckled vulcanized high-impact rubber matting. Some added features include integrated seating bench, personal beverage center, concealed hot/cold water retractable hose reel, and a wet/dry shop vacuum system.
The TV was also equipped with its own high gloss surround cabinet with tiered picture frame to further accent the garage colors. The TV cabinet has LED back lighting to make the TV appear as though it is floating in space. Red and Black mouldings were added to the upper soffit area to conceal a multi-color LED lighting for added ambiance. To finish things off two car lifts were installed for more good boy toys. View full article
Impressing in the Home Office under 150 square feet category, Tom Mayfield, received Honorable Mention for his "Home Office for Active Consulting Business" project. Some of the challenges included creating more efficiency, work space and elegance for the daily operation while including a separate work center for limited use from a much larger room to one with only 127 S.F.
For this design, we created an L-shaped desk with a separate work space for computer and manual tasks. The desk adjoined a credenza across the entire back wall that placed all working files and office equipment at his fingertips. A free-standing triple lateral file for retained records with a bookcase above was placed nearby on a side wall, and a TV screen was mounted on the wall for easy viewing. We also created a second work station for an out-of-town business partner consultant that could be easily disguised in an existing closet space when it was time for him to leave. View full article
Closet Organizing Systems will stay the course and continue to impress as we look forward to entering our latest designs in the 2015 Top Shelf Design Awards competition.


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Sure slow motion is great for a lot of things but the effect is probably at its dramatic best when it captures explosions. Preferably building explosions. Preferably building explosions with a guy running away from said exploding building. The slow motion experts of the Slow Mo Guys laced a building with explosives and blew the thing up... in slow motion.
The slow burn begins at the 5:40-ish mark and really starts exploding at 5:45 (it's embedded below). It's amazing to see the first initial burst followed by a peaceful pause that makes you question if that's it and then a huge fireball exploding every possible way out the building that smacks your senses silly.


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Like DJ Skribble says, use these if the tread of your shoes fail to make sufficient contact with the pedal body to give you that super secure feeling that you desire. They take a little bit of work to instal but last all season once on. Be careful which ones you pick, if you use too thick of a sleeve, you won't be able to clip in!
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By Tay Wiles
Dozens of San Francisco youths and several city leaders, including supervisors David Campos and John Avalos, gathered Wednesday afternoon on the steps of Everett Middle School to celebrate a new pilot program that will allow local youth to ride Muni for free. As of Friday, March 1, kids from 5 to 17 years old who come from San Francisco households of low to moderate income will be eligible for a free Clipper card.
"Transportation is a right that all people should enjoy," said Paul Monge-Rodriguez, a member of the San Francisco Youth Commission who campaigned for the program and spoke at Wednesday's event. Students from Mission High School, Everett Middle and other schools crowded the steps, carrying handmade posters that read, "All power to the people," "Muni is my ticket to the city" and "Muni is my school bus."
The kickoff event marked a hard-fought victory for supporters of the program and for local group People Organized to Win Employment Rights, which helped to orchestrate the grassroots campaign for free Muni passes. POWER worked with families, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency and city leaders for over two years to make the pilot program a reality.
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DeAnn Presley thinks they're neat. Offset rows of ultra-shallow, hybrid disc blades that slice corn stalks like Ginzu knives at speeds up to 12 mph. Presley, soil scientist with Kansas State University, has become the resident expert on this new breed of vertical tillage tools ever since she started receiving dozens of phone calls starting in 2007 from farmers asking about their merits.
"Have you ever seen one run?" Presley asks as she pulls up YouTube videos shot by farmers out of the back windows of their tractor cabs. (See Presley's video "Eye on Agriculture Today: Vertical Tillage.") "It's exciting. There's just so much going on with all the moving parts."
Roots of vertical till
Vertical tillage has been around for more than a decade. As the name implies, implements in this category enter the soil vertically to clear a straight open path for roots to grow and create rows of even crop stands that can lead to higher yields. Presley says original implements used ripper-style shanks that worked at depths from 4 to 36 in. to shatter the hard layer of soil or plow the hardpan created by the lateral movement of plow blades.
However, in the last three to four years, a new category of vertical tillage tools has emerged to conquer a different challenge — heaping mounds of crop stalks left by today's high-yielding, genetically modified hybrids. Like the original category, this new breed of implement enters the soil vertically so as not to impede root growth, Presley says. But they work only the top 2 to 4 in. of ground using ultra-shallow, hybrid coulter-discs designed to cut up residue and anchor it to the ground to control erosion.
Their shallow working depth results in draft requirements that are lower than those for conventional disc harrows or chisel plows, which companies claim can save on fuel costs. And because they skim over the top of the ground, they can be pulled at speeds averaging 8 to 10 mph to cover large areas of ground quickly.
Multi-season use
Stan McFarlane is owner of McFarlane Manufacturing, a company that started developing vertical tillage equipment in 1995. He says the new ultra-shallow vertical tillage tools were originally designed for spring use to prepare the seedbed for planting in place of conventional disc harrows or field cultivators. McFarlane says now use has expanded to fall by farmers ankle-deep in corn stalks looking for a tool to manage residue in the spring by cutting it up and mixing it into the soil in the fall to help break it down over the winter.
"The interest has been unbelievable," McFarlane says in reference to the McFarlane Reel Disc launched in 2007.
Kail Schoen, marketing manager with Landoll Corporation, says that in side-by-side comparisons between vertical tillage and no-till, the company has seen improved germination and more even stands with the vertical tillage tools due to quicker soil warm-up.
"Sizing and mixing a small amount of soil in with the residue will increase the decomposition process," Schoen says. "Excessive residue levels can delay germination and cost the producer in overall yield."
Jodi DeJong-Hughes, University of Minnesota Extension educator, has tested several of these tools to collect residue readings. She says she likes their versatility, sizing ability, and shallow working depth. And because they leave 30% residue cover, they qualify as a form of reduced tillage that can be classified as mulch till.
She says the downside is cost: "They can run you about $2,000 per foot on average."
Growing market
Kansas State's Presley says use of these tools is a trend largely driven by manufacturers. At least a dozen companies market these implements, and four of those companies — AGCO Sunflower, Alamo, Krause, and Konskilde — entered the market just this year.
"The number of units sold has climbed significantly in the last two to three years," says Wade Oman, district manager with Krause Corporation. "That's why you see a lot of manufacturers jumping into it. They see the trend and believe it is a sustaining one."
Curt Davis, marketing manager with Krause, says all of these tools share a similar design: Gangs of hybrid coulters or discs are followed by some type of finishing attachment that breaks up clods and levels ruts to make a level seedbed. Differences can be found in blade angle, number of flutes, and concavity of the blade. (See "Vertical Tillage Buyer's Tips" in the pdf below.)
We've compiled the specs for just a few of these tools to help you compare your options (click on the pdf below). If you can't swing the cost of an entire new unit, companies including Blu-Jet, Summers, Wil-Rich, and Yetter, make attachments that allow you to convert your chisel plow, field cultivator, or soil finisher shanks into an ultra-shallow vertical tillage implement. For more information about these attachments, visit www.blu-jet.com, www.summersmfg.com, www.wil-rich.com, and www.yetterco.com.


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"The rights of women have long been recognised. But in practice these rights are often violated," says FRA Director, Morten Kjaerum, on the occasion of International Women's Day on 8 March. "In addition, since discrimination can take many forms, as FRA research has shown, many women face multiple discrimination because, for example, of their gender and ethnic background or because of their gender and their age."
The FRA conducts independent research into many areas of fundamental rights. This means that the Agency looks at a number of factors that impact on people's lives and their enjoyment of rights. Rather than look at gender in isolation, the Agency looks at gender alongside factors such as ethnicity and age, and as such has identified how the rights of women are violated in a way that is often exacerbated by other forms of discrimination:
- Women with disabilities can experience unequal access to reproductive healthcare. For example, health professionals do not always talk to those women directly but prefer to communicate with their carers. Reproductive rights may also be denied. There is evidence of women with intellectual disabilities and women with mental health problems as being victims of forced sterilisation in some EU Member States.
- Migrant women often face considerable discrimination and are over-represented in poorly regulated and poorly paid sectors of employment, such as domestic work. As domestic workers are mostly women, they are often vulnerable to specific forms of gender-based violence and racial discrimination. In addition, their irregular migration status means they are often not entitled to basic rights under national law such as healthcare (For more, see FRA report on access to healthcare for irregular migrants).
- Violence against women continues to be a problem and policy makers lack comparable cross-national data to help tackle the issue. The FRA is currently interviewing over 40,000 women across the EU to document their experiences of violence at home and at work, including stalking and experiences in childhood. The survey has been developed over the course of two years, with input from leading experts, as well as the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE). In an effort to reflect and understand the diversity of women's experiences, the data will compare findings across Member States, taking into account differences according to factors such as age, employment and education. For more, see FRA factsheet on gender-based violence against women.


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Hello all,
A while back we were discussing possible work on a Filler Issue for Lightbringer. Though Linkara essentially axed the idea of a filler issue (he wants to finish off and not abandon the White Death storyline), he said he was open to the idea for the future.
Having nothing better to do, I took the liberty of writing a script for a Filler issue (actually, it's so long it could probably be two issues - a LB graphic novel!) called "Lightbringer - Identities."
I sent the script to the man himself, but would be happy to share with anyone interested. If anyone would like to read it (or perhaps contribute some artwork?), I will send it to you through e-mail. My e-mail address is billc83 (AT) yahoo.com. Just put "Lightbringer Script" in the title and I'll send it to you. Any feedback is appreciated.
- Bill


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If a scout turns 18 while he is working on the Pope Pius XII medal (or any religious medal for scouts), can he continue to work on and earn it until he is 21? Venturers are allowed to earn medals until age 21, so would this be allowed for a scout? And if the scout joined a Crew, would he have to earn the medal through the crew, or could he continue to earn the medal through his Troop?
http://www.nccs-bsa.org/index.php/relig ... e-pius-xii