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Valentine's Day is nearly upon us and romance is in the air! If you're looking for the perfect way to say 'I love you' this Valentine's – look no further as we've put together a round up of our favourite Valentine's gifts, all available from retailers in The Centre.
For a funky, contemporary piece of home décor guaranteed to give a room a pop of colour why not pick up a heart shaped pink neon lamp, £50 from Debenhams.
Gifts don't have to break the bank to make a romantic statement – let your present speak for you with the 'You're one in a million' shaker photo frame with delicate heart and chevron detailing for just £3 from Primark.
If you want to unleash your crafty side why not create a charming personalised memento with a cute peg board from New Look? The peg board is £8.99 and includes six spaces where you can display your favourite photos.
For dedicated fashionistas a stylish new wardrobe treat might be the way to their heart. Ensure your loved one steps out in style this Valentine's Day with a new pair of shoes. For men, Burton has a stunning pair of blush suede boat shoes for £45 while for ladies Deichmann has some vibrant red strappy heels destined to be a date-night favourite for just £22.99.
Spring is on the horizon so there's no better time to treat the lady in your life to a gorgeous pair of floral satin pyjamas, £22, from Accessorize. Printed with painterly florals in flashes of on-trend ultraviolet and bold cobalt the set features stretch waist shorts for total comfort and ruffle detailing for an utterly feminine vibe.
Next has a host of items in store that would be guaranteed to please, including Mr & Mrs pyjamas, Italian leather wallets and rose gold wine glasses. If home is where the heart is, why not indulge their sentimental side with a sweet 'Some Bunny Loves You' wall art from Next for £10.
Dorothy Perkins is celebrating Galentine's Day as well as Valentine's Day so whether it's a romantic date or dinner with friends, style is on the menu. For a romantic addition to your loved one's coat collection, check out the baby pink double breasted coat for £69 – it's perfect for breaking away from muted shades this winter and the silver-plated buttons add a luxe feel to a classic cut.
February is National Heart Month so there's no better time to pick up a gift from the British Heart Foundation. The store stocks brand new items as well as pre-loved pieces all of which help raise funds for life-saving research - our favourite is their heart cushion for £9.99.
Wilko have an array of products in store that would be perfect gifts for your Valentine – from fragrances and chocolates to heart-shaped and love-themed home accessories. Why not indulge their soft side with a cute plush teddy bear for just £10?
Cinema light boxes are a fun, contemporary element of home décor and can be personalised to suit your style with everything from inspirational quotes to song lyrics and love notes. The light up heart box from TK Maxx is a romantic twist on the norm and a real bargain at just £7.99!
For a cocktail dress with stylish Valentine's Day vibes – check out the hot pink ladder trim lace shift dress from Wallis, £50, Debenhams. Or choose the gift that will add an iconic touch to any outfit with Vivienne Westwood pink crystal earrings from Beaverbrooks, £70. The rose gold tone stainless steel earrings come in the brand's famous orb symbol and showcase dazzling pink crystals.
A beautiful watch is a timeless gift and the perfect treat for Valentine's Day for men and women alike. The Centre has a host of brands to suit all tastes and budgets including Michael Kors and Montblanc at Chisholm Hunter and Garmin Smartwatches at H.Samuel. For a budget-friendly, stylish timepiece, River Island have a chic rose gold toned watch with brown strap for just £30.
Finally if your loved one has kept every date night cinema ticket, Champagne cork and keyring then an elegant storage box might be the stylish storage solution for the romantic keepsakes. TK Maxx have a beautiful red box with gold detailing for £29.99 which is guaranteed to delight any fan of interior décor.
With a fabulous range of restaurants as well as cards, gifts, flowers, perfumes and jewellery, The Centre has everything you could need for a memorable Valentine's Day.
1: Neon Light Debenhams, £50
2: One In A Million Frame Primark, £3
3: Peg Board New Look, £8.99
4: Pink Boat Shoes Burton, £45
5: Strappy Heels Deichmann, £22.99
6: Floral Pyjama Set Accessorize, £22
7: Bunny Wall Art Next, £10
8: Pink Coat Dorothy Perkins, £69
9: Heart Cushion British Heart Foundation, £9.99
10: Soft Toy Wilko, £10
11: Heart Light Box TK Maxx, £7.99
12: Bodycon Dress Wallis, Debenhams, £50
13: Vivienne Westwood Earrings, Beaverbrooks, £70
14: Watch River Island, £30
15: Keepsake Box, TK Maxx, £29.99
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Butler's celebrity mascot Blue II is suffering from a fatal heart ailment
One of college basketball's most beloved mascots revealed some sad news to his fans on Thursday: His heart is failing.
Blue II, a nine-year-old English bulldog who served as Butler's mascot until retiring in May, was diagnosed with heart disease this week, caretaker Michael Kaltenmark wrote on the dog's popular blog. Kaltenmark described the prognosis for Blue II as "grim" as dogs with his heart condition typically only live a few months.
"It's with a heavy, slightly compromised, but still ticking heart that I tell you that I've been diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), affecting both the left and right side of my heart," Kaltenmark wrote in Blue II's words. "It's maybe a bit ironic for a dog that's been all-heart over the last nine years to develop heart disease, but then again, it's probably no coincidence that my heart has been maxed out."
The diagnosis struck Butler fans hard because Blue II has been as much the face of Butler's basketball program during its meteoric rise as anyone besides coach Brad Stevens.
Blue II's popularity surge began during Butler's first Final Four run in 2010 when he and Kaltenmark traveled with the team and became media darlings. Since then, his Twitter following has grown to more than 13,000, he has launched accounts on Facebook and Instagram and he has appeared everywhere from USA Today, to CBS' Early Show, to Late Night with Jimmy Fallon.
Though Blue II officially handed over the mascot duties to Blue III during a "Changing of the Collar" ceremony at halftime of Butler's last home game this season, Kaltenmark had no reason to believe the dog wouldn't enjoy a healthy retirement at that time. That changed in June, however, when Kaltenmark discovered scratches on Blue II's shoulder that kept increasing in size.
Blue II was diagnosed with Cushing's Disease which occurs when a tumor forms on the pituitary gland in the brain, sends mixed messages to the adrenal glands and causes the immune system to get out of whack. Doctors thought they had that under control by late July, but Kaltenmark returned from a long weekend out of town on Sunday and found that Blue II's skin lesions had worsened, his paws were swollen, he wasn't eating and his breathing was labored.
It was then that Kaltenmark took Blue II to have a series of tests done, which resulted in the discovery of his heart failure.
"No doubt, my diagnosis and subsequent prognosis is grim, but thanks to the great care I've received, I've recovered enough to be able to head home to be with those I love," Kaltenmark wrote in Blue II's words. "So the bad news is I have irreversible heart disease, and it's likely I won't be back to Butler any time soon. The good news is, I feel much better, I'm eating well, and I have some more time to spend with my family. I'm a lucky Dawg!"
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Writing a homework assignment on the subject of World War II means you need credible sources. There are many details about the war that can assist in developing a great paper. Students should know where to go to obtain such information. The details should be factual and have reference sources. There are websites offering historical data based on photographs, stories, events, and so on. When you have your topic selected the sources used to write your paper will make a difference.
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There are a few sites to consider when writing on a subject related to World War II. There are assignment help sites offering writing tips, sample papers, and academic advice useful for any topic. Keep in mind some sites are more helpful than others. The subject matter of war can be complex since so many things occurred during this time. You can use multiple sites to gather information necessary for your topic. In some cases you will need to use more than one site if it only offers specific information about a subject. Some information sites offer details but keep information updated regularly.
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You may have heard of Lila Rose. This beautiful and courageous young woman throws the fear of God, if that is possible, into an organization which woefully bears the misnomer of Planned Parenthood. That seems to be as appropriate as labeling the Tea Party as un-American. Unbelievably and unfortunately, that is the label used by modern liberals to describe those who want to cling to an archaic constitution, which until just a few years ago was considered the finest blueprint for government concocted by man. And now Planned Parenthood is considered to be as American as baseball and apple pie. Our world has somehow gotten tipped upside down.
Our government gives a lot of money to Planned Parenthood. They probably would not exist without federal funding. What do we taxpayers get for the use of our money? It appears what we get is a lot more than we suspected. PP has gotten into the business of sex education. Reminds you of the birds and the bees, right. Perhaps you'll find it a bit disturbing that their unofficial educational curriculum can involve perverted sexual practices. What do I refer to as perverted? Well, some sarcastic wit might coin a phrase such as one man's perversion is another man's normality. No matter how you slice and dice it, sadistic and masochistic practices are not converted into acceptable behavior just because they take place during sexual activity. People that inflict pain purposely on others during sex are sick. They should be considered a threat to society and individuals within society. Instead, they seem to be gaining respectability as those practicing free sex are discovering that even sex becomes a bit boring when practiced so frequently and indiscriminately. People seek for ways to spice it up a bit to bring some variety to the process of seeking physical pleasure and stimulation. In examining the orgies of the occult, seems to me there might be influence there.
God gave us sex for procreation and bonding between husband and wife. Practicing sex of any kind outside of marriage is not sanctioned and is objectionable in the eyes of God. Teaching young people to abuse their bodies and souls in search of an elevated sexual experience should be considered misguided mayhem and dealt with accordingly.
Here's a link to a story about Rose's latest sting operation with Planned Parenthood.
To counter this link, here's one supporting Planned Parenthood and casting dispersions on the sting operations of Lila Rose.
And if you want more ammunition to dislike Planned Parenthood, read this article about abortion quotas. http://visiontoamerica.com/18208/ex-planned-parenthood-director-every-baby-aborted-made-them-313-29/ To think that this organization is Pro-Choice is naivety to the extreme. They are Pro-Abortion, which should preclude them from Federal funding in any amount.


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MARTINSVILLE, Va. – Crew chief Tony Gibson rarely shows his emotions at the race track, but when he and driver Ryan Newman earned their first victory this season in Sunday's Goody's Fast Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway the Florida native admitted it was special due to the date – April 1.
It was the date that […]
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. – With five laps remaining in Sunday's Goody's Fast Relief 500, it appeared Rick Hendrick would finally claim his 200th NASCAR Cup victory as two of his drivers were battling for the lead and he had another sitting third.
No one, however, envisioned David Reutimann as the spoiler.
With only […]
Ryan Newman inherited the lead after a wreck during a green/white/checkered restart collected the race leaders, held the lead during a second overtime restart and went on to win Sunday's Goody's Fast Pain Relief 500 at Martinsville Speedway.
The victory was the first of the year for the Stewart-Haas Racing driver – who overcame a speeding […]
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Nobody has ever accused Martinsville Speedway of being a cookie-cutter track. On the contrary, it's a Ripley's museum piece.
It's the shortest track on the schedule – .526 miles. It's the oldest track on the schedule – first race was in 1949. It's one of the most bizarrely shaped oval on […]
Kasey Kahne of Hendrick Motorsports won the pole Saturday for Sunday's Goody's Fast Relief 500 Sprint Cup Series race at Martinsville Speedway.
Kahne had a fast lap of 97.128 mph in a Chevrolet Impala.
The pole was the second of the season for Kahne and his first at the Martinsville short track.
"It was a really solid lap," […]
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The five-week mark is kind of, sort of a significant point in the Sprint Cup season. It is the cutoff point for those using the previous year's owner points to get free entry into race fields. And it does mark a point where the teams have competed on every kind […]
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MARTINSVILLE, Va. – NASCAR returns to Martinsville Speedway this weekend, the site of defending Sprint Cup Series champion Tony Stewart's remarkable pass around five-time Cup champ Jimmie Johnson during the closing moments of last fall's 500 lap event here.
Following a late-race restart, Stewart accomplished a rare feat by making the […]
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The fans who hate the new Bristol Motor Speedway got what they wanted as owner O.Bruton Smith announced he will attempt to change the high-banked short track back to its former self.
The interesting aspect will be the thing about the dog chasing the Mack truck: Now that […]
Bristol Motor Speedway will be undergoing major changes in an attempt to recapture what some fans say was its magic.
After more than a week of studying requested fan input, Bruton Smith, Chairman and CEO of Speedway Motorsports, today announced he has ordered the go-ahead to make changes to the track surface at Bristol Motor Speedway.
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The driving thing? That's been Tony Stewart's hook during his racing career. That ability to wheel USAC, Indy and stock cars along side the very best who've ever been. It's won him championships, it's won him headlines.
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At some point, I will be adding the new rules from the first Frostgrave magazine. These include:
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I'm not sure when I will get around to this as I'm currently busy putting together an early war German force and a British home guard force for some demonstration Bolt Actions games.
I am aware that the demonic pact rules still need to be implemented too.
Also, when Ghost Archipelago is release, I may look at adding that game to the website but a lot of that depends on if I can be bothered to purchase the book as I don't think I will ever play it.


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Don't worry, everyone in your office is tired too. Just try not to fall asleep at your desk.
Loyal Patriots fans watched their team snatch victory from the jaws of defeat and were joyous to celebrate the team's fifth Super Bowl win. But, ugh - did it have to be so late? On a Sunday??
If you're struggling to concentrate and keep your eyes open at work today, here's a few tips to make it to quittin' time.
1. Take a bracing walk
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It's going to be sunny but in the 30s today. Taking a nice walk in the cool, fresh air will no doubt get your heart beating and your energy going.
2. Drink some coffee
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Not so much that you're a jittery mess, but if you have extra cup today, it might help.
3. Drink lots of water
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4. Don't eat lots of sugar; stick to protein
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Sugar tastes great! It might give you a little energy boost, but then you'll crash, and you'll crash hard. Stick to something like a handful of nuts or a peanut butter sandwich on whole-wheat bread.
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~Why We Believe in Tailoring the Traditional Way~
Many years ago, tailoring was an artisan craft, taught from father to son, master to apprentice. Over the years, mass production has dominated, with cheap prices, cut-corner workmanship, and one size fits all "throw-away" fashion. We stand against that and our longtime customers are very happy with the results.
Select Tailors is a premier tailor in Singapore, one of the oldest members of the Singapore Master Tailors Association. Our aim to consolidate many years of experience and understand fabric weight, drape, shape and cut. We are often entrusted with top-of-the-range fabrics that cost thousands of dollars per meter, such as Fintex of London, Cerruti, Scabal etc. The tailors are confident and proud of their standards of craftsmanship. Our in-house tailors have been on the job for the past 35 years, suit-makers and pants-maker by craft, dressmaker by trade.
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Welcome to the Cleanup Levels and Risk Calculation (CLARC) resource pages. CLARC is a compendium of technical information related to calculating cleanup levels under Washington's Cleanup Rule, the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA) Regulation, Chapter 173-340 WAC.
On these pages, you'll find information that helps you establish cleanup levels for chemicals found at hazardous waste sites. Cleanup levels help determine what actions (if any) may be needed to protect the health of people, animals, and plants from chemical contamination at a hazardous waste site being cleaned up under MTCA.
Before using CLARC, read its cautions and limitations. CLARC is not mandated by law, but provided as a service to staff and the public. While the information provided in CLARC is extensive, it is not exhaustive and the user may need to obtain information from additional sources for certain hazardous substances. Read the full disclaimer.
CLARC is a living document. We'll make minor updates and corrections as needed. Every six months in the spring and fall, we may make major updates to align with Environmental Protection Agency's regional screening levels (RSL).
MTCA cleanup levels are concentrations of hazardous substances in the environment that are considered sufficiently "protective of human health and the environment under specified exposure conditions" (WAC 173-340-200). Determining cleanup levels for hazardous substances is a crucial part of the MTCA cleanup process, since "cleanup levels must be established for every [contaminated] site" (WAC 173-340-355(2)).
Each contaminated site varies in size and complexity. Depending on the hazardous substance(s) and the potential for exposure at each site, you may need to consider one or more of the following options before determining a cleanup level. See Cleanup Rule sectionsWAC 173-340-700 through WAC 173-340-760, which specify how to select the appropriate cleanup level among those that are:
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|Dichelostemma capitatum
|Scientific classification
12 genera (see text)
Brodiaeoideae are a monocot subfamily of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales. They have been treated as a separate family, Themidaceae.[1] They are native to Central America and western North America, from British Columbia to Guatemala.[2] The name of the subfamily is based on the type genus Brodiaea.
In molecular phylogenetic analyses, Brodiaeoideae is strongly supported as monophyletic. It is probably sister to Scilloideae.[3] Recent treatments have divided Brodiaeoideae (or Themidaceae) into 12 genera.[4] The monophyly of several of the genera remains in doubt.[5] As currently circumscribed, the largest genera are Triteleia, with 15 species, and Brodiaea, with 14.[6] Nine of the 12 genera are known in cultivation, but only species of Brodiaea and Triteleia are commonly grown.[7]
The following description is derived from two sources.[4][8]
Perennial herbs arising from a starchy corm; a new corm arising each year from the old one.
Leaves linear, often fleshy, forming a closed sheath at their base. Veins parallel.
Inflorescence an umbel, or rarely a single flower, at the apex of a solitary scape. Flowers bisexual, actinomorphic. Tepals all similar, in 2 whorls of 3.
Fertile stamens 6, or 3 and alternating with 3 staminodes. Stamens and staminodes inserted on tepals. Anthers basifixed and introrse.
Ovary superior and trilocular.
Fruit a loculicidal capsule. Seed covered with phytomelan.
For most of the 19th and 20th centuries, when the group was recognized at all, it was usually at tribal rank and usually called Brodiaeeae. Most authors assigned it to Liliaceae, Alliaceae, or Amaryllidaceae. In 1985, Dahlgren, Clifford, and Yeo treated it as tribe Brodiaeeae of Alliaceae.[9]
Toward the end of the 20th century, it became increasingly evident that the heterogeneous Liliaceae recognized by most authors was several times polyphyletic and that Brodiaea and its relatives were closer to Asparagus than to Allium or Amaryllis. For these reasons, the family Themidaceae was resurrected in an article in Taxon in 1996.[10] The name 'Themidaceae' was first used by Richard Salisbury in 1866.[11] The name was based on the now-defunct genus Themis, which was established by Salisbury along with the family. The only species ever assigned to Themis was Themis ixioides. Its name was changed to Brodiaea ixioides by Sereno Watson in 1879,[12] then to Triteleia ixioides by Edward Lee Greene in 1886.[13] It is known as Triteleia ixioides in Flora of North America.
When the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group published the APG II system in 2003, Themidaceae was treated as an optional circumscription for those who thought that Asparagaceae sensu lato should be divided into smaller segregate families. When the APG III system was published in 2009, Themidaceae was not accepted. In an accompanying article, it was treated as Brodiaeoideae, one of 7 subfamilies in Asparagaceae.[1]
According to the Angiosperm Phylogeny Website as of May 2011[update], the genera included in the subfamily are:
- Androstephium Torr.
- Bessera Schult.f. (including Behria)
- Bloomeria Kellogg
- Brodiaea Sm.
- Dandya H.E.Moore
- Dichelostemma Kunth (including Brevoortia, Dipterostemon, Stropholirion)
- Milla Cav. (including Diphalangium)
- Muilla S.Watson ex Benth.
- Petronymphe H.E.Moore
- Triteleia Douglas ex Lindl. (including Hesperoscordium, Themis)
- Triteleiopsis Hoover
- ^ a b Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
- ^ Ole Seberg. 2007. "Themidaceae" page 404. In: Vernon H. Heywood, Richard K. Brummitt, Ole Seberg, and Alastair Culham. Flowering Plant Families of the World. Firefly Books: Ontario, Canada.
- ^ J. Chris Pires, Ivan J. Maureira, Thomas J. Givnish, Kenneth J. Sytsma, Ole Seberg, Gitte Petersen, Jerrold I. Davis, Dennis W. Stevenson, Paula J. Rudall, Michael F. Fay, and Mark W. Chase. 2006. "Phylogeny, genome size, and chromosome evolution of Asparagales". Aliso 22(Monocots: Comparative Biology and Evolution):287-304. ISSN 0065-6275.
- ^ a b Knud Rahn. 1998. "Themidaceae" pages 436-441. In: Klaus Kubitzki (general editor) with Klaus Kubitzki, Herbert F.J. Huber, Paula J. Rudall, Peter F. Stevens, and Thomas Stützel (volume editors). The Families and Genera of Vascular Plants volume III. Springer-Verlag: Berlin;Heidelberg, Germany. ISBN 978-3-540-64060-8
- ^ Pires, J. Chris; Fay, Michael F.; Davis, Warren S.; Hufford, Larry; Rova, Johan; Chase, Mark W.; Sytsma, Kenneth J. (2001). "Molecular and morphological phylogenetic analyses of Themidaceae (Asparagales)". Kew Bulletin. 56 (3): 601–626. doi:10.2307/4117686.
- ^ Flora of North America Editorial Committee. 2002. Flora of North America volume 26:321-347. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515208-1. see External links below.
- ^ Anthony Huxley, Mark Griffiths, and Margot Levy (1992). The New Royal Horticultural Society Dictionary of Gardening. The Macmillan Press,Limited: London. The Stockton Press: New York. ISBN 978-0-333-47494-5 (set).
- ^ Armen L. Takhtajan (Takhtadzhian). Flowering Plants second edition (2009). Springer Science+Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4020-9608-2.
- ^ Rolf M.T. Dahlgren, H. Trevor Clifford, and Peter F. Yeo. 1985. The Families of the Monocotyledons. Springer-Verlag: Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, Tokyo. ISBN 978-3-540-13655-2. ISBN 978-0-387-13655-4.
- ^ Michael F. Fay and Mark W. Chase. 1996. "Resurrection of Themidaceae for the Brodiaea alliance, and recircumscription of Alliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, and Agapanthoideae". Taxon 45(3):441-451. (see External links below).
- ^ Richard Salisbury. 1866. The Genera of Plants. A Fragment Containing Part of Liriogamae:84. John van Voorst: Paternoster Row, London, England. (see External links below).
- ^ Sereno Watson. 1879. "Revision of the North American Liliaceae". In: Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 14:238. (see External links below).
- ^ Edward Lee Greene. 1886. "Some Genera Which have been Confused Under the Name Brodiaea". In: Bulletin of the California Academy of Sciences 2(6):142. (see External links below).
- Pires, J. C.; Sytsma, K. J. (1 August 2002). "A phylogenetic evaluation of a biosystematic framework: Brodiaea and related petaloid monocots (Themidaceae)". American Journal of Botany. 89 (8): 1342–1359. doi:10.3732/ajb.89.8.1342. PMID 21665737.
External links[edit]
- Brodiaeoideae At: Angiosperm Phylogeny Website At: Missouri Botanical Garden Website
- Liliaceae At: Flora of North America At: eFloras
- A fragment containing Liriogamae At: Resurrection of Themidaceae
- NCBI Taxonomy Browser
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brodiaeoideae.


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Felting for a Fuzzier Knitcomments (0) June 26th, 2008
Felting, aka fulling, is an ancient method that creates a fabric that is softer, fuzzier, and thicker than the original knitted piece. Felting occurs when you rub sheep fibers together because the natural microscopic scales on the hairs become tangled and lock tightly together. The magic combination of hot water and an agitating washing machine not only speeds up the melding of the fibers by opening up the scales but also shrinks all the fibers into a mass to form a wonderful uniform material.
If you have never felted before, try it with an old, 100% wool sweater from your drawer or local thrift shop. Alternatively, if you have a project in mind and you want to determine how much your wool will shrink when felted, knit up at least a 4-inch-square swatch to test.
What You'll Need
Top-loading washing machine
Mesh lingerie bag
Laundry detergent or wool wash soap
Old jeans
Step by Step
1. If you are looking for a certain percentage of shrinkage, it is a good idea to measure the item before the process.
2. Depending on the size, you can place the knitted item or swatch in a mesh bag. Do not put more than one thing in the bag because multiple items may felt into each other. This is not good. I will generally toss a sweater loose.
3. Set the washing machine water temp to HOT and the smallest load size possible.
4. Put in a very small amount of no-rinse wool wash solution. I like Soak or Eucalan.
5. Throw in your item and start the wash.
6. Stay nearby and check the item after a couple of minutes of the wash cycle. This is the wet, messy step, so be prepared. Pull out the item and check the progress of the felting. Are the knitting stitches starting to blur together? Eyeball or measure the shrinkage. Keep repeating this step until you are satisfied with the results. My machine goes from a hot wash to a cold rinse, so I keep a diligent eye on the process so it never goes into the cold rinse cycle, inadvertently slowing down my felting process. I just keep moving the dial back to the beginning of the process to keep going until the desired results are achieved. If the felting process is going slowly, I may throw in an old pair of jeans to aid in the abrasion process.
7. Once the item is the size and texture you are looking for, send it through the spin cycle to get out the excess water.
8. Once it comes out of the washer, you may wish to blot out even more water using a big, fluffy bath towel.
9. Inspect the item to see if there is any unwanted distortion in the shape. If so, you can gently tug it back to normal. If it is a big piece that was felted into a carpetlike material and it's not responding to a tug or two, recruit a strong friend to help you wrestle it back into shape.
10. Depending on the delicacy of the item or purpose, I may throw it into a hot dryer for additional felting/shrinking. Be very careful if you venture into this territory and make sure you are on it like white on rice!
Felting is a combination of science and alchemy. Depending on the yarn, you never know exactly what you are going to end up with but it is always fun!
Great books on felting:
Knit One, Felt Too by Kathleen Taylor
Felted Knits by Beverly Galeskas
Knitting Never Felt Better: The Definitive Guide to Fabulous Felting by Nicky Epstein
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Each year three exceptional teachers are recognized by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW)
for their outstanding commitment to teach Americanism
and patriotism to their students.
The VFW annually recognizes the nation's top classroom elementary,
junior high and high school teachers who teach citizenship education topics
—at least half of the school day in a classroom environment—
and promote America's history, traditions and institutions effectively.
The Smart/Maher VFW National Citizenship Education Teacher Award
(Teacher of the Year) national winners will receive:
• A $1,000 award to the top K-5, 6-8 and 9-12 grade teachers
for professional development expenses.
• $1,000 award for each winning teacher's school.
• Plaques for both the winning teacher and school.
• An all-expenses-paid trip to attend a VFW conference and receive their award.
Teachers who promote civic responsibility, flag etiquette and patriotism
are prime candidates for the award.
If you know a teacher who plans field trips to city hall,
organizes community volunteer projects
or invites local veterans to speak in class,
anything to help students develop a better understanding of
democratic values and beliefs,
this award is for them.
Step 1: In 350 words or less, describe why you feel your nominee is deserving of the award.
Be sure to describe the teacher's innovative teaching and resource development methods,
as well as his or her dedication to education.
Step 2: Complete the
VFW Smart/Maher National Citizenship Education
Teacher Award Nomination Form.
Step 3: Submit the nomination form along with your explanation to your local
VFW Post by November 1st.
*Note: Nominations can be submitted by fellow teachers,
supervisors or other interested individuals.
Nominations submitted by relatives or self are not eligible.
Based on the nominees submitted, VFW's local chapters will recognize
one outstanding teacher in grades K-5, 6-8 and 9-12.
Posts then submit their winning names to their District-level judging.
From there, the selected winners are forwarded to the Department-level (state-level).
Once they are judged on a state level,
the winners are passed along to VFW National Headquarters
for consideration in the national awards contest.
Deadline for submission of nominees is October 31st of each year.


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RMEI offers continuing education activities that are certified for physicians, pharmacists, nurses, social workers, and other healthcare professionals. We understand the fast-paced environment that healthcare professionals are working in, and we strive to make our educational activities convenient and engaging. Our activities are offered in multiple formats to meet the needs of a diverse audience.
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The UP on the keypad is not mapped to cruise control anymore.
I don't know if this is a change or a bug but I'm guessing this is a bug as this control option has been around forever.
I hope this is fixed sooner with a hot fix. I always used the the Down keypad to reverse and Up to move in certain situations. There's no auto reverse now.


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Maximilian Le Cain reviews Alan Lambert's Pushtar, which recently won the Spirit of IndieCork Award.
At this point in film history, there are few filmmakers whose work can genuinely be described as 'unique'. So few, in fact, that it is quite remarkable that a comparatively small and new film culture, such as Ireland's, can boast of one. But it can. The three extraordinary feature films Alan Lambert has completed to date are certainly like nothing else I've ever seen. Their immersive, almost musical structures, highly complex layering of time and radically oblique approaches to narrative that often consist of story being mysteriously suspended, are the product of a truly independent cinematic sensibility.
Pushtar, his new film, which recently received the Spirit of the Festival Award at IndieCork, has all these qualities. Essentially a work of science fiction set in a future where climate change has led to the collapse of civilization as we know it, it was made on a very small budget indeed. Given this fact, what is immediately striking from the very first shots is its sheer visual gorgeousness and impressive sense of scale as spectacle. However, Lambert's almost uncanny ability to conjure imagery worthy of well-budgeted sci-fi TV from the simplest of resources might set us off on the wrong track for, as Fergus Daly so aptly put it, "it's as if Hollywood was suddenly taken over by artists".
The story we assume will start unfolding does not materialise or, at least, not at all as we might expect it to. The wordless first twenty minutes of the film plunge us into the cataclysmic world of an unfamiliar future society and it starts to feel like we are adrift in someone else's dream, the dream of someone from a culture that is unsettlingly foreign to us, denoted by historical landmarks we are unfamiliar with. And yet the 'dream' could also be one we experience having nodded off late at night in front of some old science fiction show on TV, an intensified distillation of the fleeting moments of pure poetry that pop up intentionally and unintentionally in mainstream science fiction. Or perhaps of our childhood memories of these moments retrieved from a time when the world itself could seem as mysterious as science fiction.
As the narrative gradually, hazily emerges it transpires that childhood dreaming is in fact a crucial factor in the film and the society it evokes: the decisions of the community's governing council are predicated on the insights of a group of children with psychic capabilities. The form of Pushtar's narrative comes as a major surprise. Within this oneiric phantasmagoria, Lambert sets forth what feels like almost a documentary account of certain decisions the council must make. Their debates form the dramatic meat of the piece in a way that strongly recalls a body of work that is the stylistic opposite of Pushtar: some of late-career Rossellini's historical television films. This is not only a case of sharing a form in which debate over a society-altering decision is central. What is so compelling about these debates in Rosellini is how alien the ideas at stake can often seem to our culture and this is what connects us with the eras he recreates. By coming to grips with the initially strange importance of these ideas, we enter another way of thinking. Likewise, in Pushtar the discussions around whether or not to allow a breed of giant dog to exist seem slightly mysterious but gripping and oddly real in their otherness.
To again call upon late '60s/'70s Italian filmmaking, it could be said that Lambert does the opposite of what Fellini set out to do in Satyricon (1969): Fellini described that film as science fiction projected into the past rather than the future. Lambert projects a remote historical document into the future rather than the past. But he does so wrapped in a feverish childhood dream that is at once utterly alien and mysteriously familiar.
Maximilian Le Cain is a filmmaker and former editor of 'Experimental Conversations', based in Cork.
His new feature film Cloud of Skin will premiere in the Cork Film Festival on 7th November.


text: Here are two versions of Philip José Farmer's calling card. The first one is actually the card Phil gave to Lester Dent's widow while visiting her in 1972 doing research for his biography of Doc Savage. The second card below is a later version. A box of these cards was discovered recently in Phil's basement and some are available for purchase.


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Extreme Eater Gets Defeated By A Cup Of Beans (5 pics)
Adam Moran is an extreme eater who was recently defeated by the Breaking BadAss Challenge at Longhorns Barbeque Smokehouse in Newcastle. Adam finished all of this 7,000 calorie meal except for a cup of beans which he didn't eat. The cup of beans was enough to call it a loss for the extreme eater on this day.
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A programmer with an engineering degree from Caltech, in 1991 Finney heard about a programming effort called "Pretty Good Privacy" — or PGP, a way to encrypt e-mails to ensure their privacy, and to "sign" the message so that the recipient could know it hadn't been altered. Finney, who specialized in cryptology, volunteered to help develop it. When PGP creator Phil Zimmerman created a company to commercialize the software, Finney was the first developer he hired. "Hal was motivated by the highest ideals of human rights," Zimmermann says, particularly the fundamental right of privacy. Or, as Finney himself put it: "The work we are doing here, broadly speaking, is dedicated to this goal of making Big Brother obsolete."
Finney was also interested in the "digital currency" Bitcoin, which is not tied to any national monetary unit; he was the first person to be paid for something in Bitcoins (10 of them, sent by Bitcoin creator "Satoshi Nakamoto"). Finney went on to work on increasing the security of the Bitcoin system software. But in 2009, Finney learned he had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis — ALS, or "Lou Gehrig's disease" — which slowly robbed him of his ability to move. He continued to work as long as he could, writing Bitcoin-related software using an eye-tracker to communicate with his computer. "I'm pretty lucky overall," he wrote on a Bitcoin forum last year. "Even with the ALS, my life is very satisfying. I'm comfortable with my legacy." He was hospitalized, completely paralyzed, and per his wishes, he was removed from life support and died at the hospital in Scottsdale, Ariz., on August 28. He was 58.


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When Cassio Audi was just young, he had to work very hard to make sure that he was doing things the right way. He was confident in his music skills and knew that he would one day be successful at music if he just continued working hard and doing his best while he was playing. For Cassio Audi to be able to do this, he had to rely on the band members that he also played with. He knew that this was something that would make a difference and that it was something that he could use to be able to grow later on in his life.
For Cassio Audi to try these things, he had to step outside of his comfort zone. One of the biggest things that he did was make sure that he was helping people out with the experiences that they could have for their own music listening enjoyment. For Cassio Audi to be able to do all of this, he had to try and show people what he was missing. It was something that made sense to Cassio Audi and something that made it easy for him to make all of the right choices no matter what.
Now that Cassio Audi is no longer in Viper and is not really doing anything with the music world, he thinks fondly of his days in music. He remembers how they won awards, had top songs and rose to international status through their music. He knows that Viper was a great experience for him to have and it was something that changed the way that he did things. He even thought that it was helpful for his career later in life while he was learning how to function in the adult world and doing different work or career things.
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An effective leader should possess at least 3 qualities: knows what to do, knows how to do it, and has the ability to influence others. What happens when you're called for a task and can't credit your résuméwith any of these items?
2 Corinthians 12:9 Each time he said, "My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness." So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.
When Moses was called to trade his crown in for a staff he protested 5 times:
1. Who am I to appear before Pharaoh? Who am I to lead the people of Israel out of Egypt? (Exodus 3:11)
2. If I go to the people of Israel and tell them, "The God of your ancestors has sent me to you," they will ask me, "What is his name?" Then what should I tell them? (Exodus 3:13)
3. What if they won't believe me or listen to me? What if they say, "The Lord never appeared to you."? (Exodus 4:1)
4. O Lord, I'm not very good with words. I never have been, and I'm not now, even though you have spoken to me. I get tongue-tied, and my words get tangled. (Exodus 4:10)
5. Lord, please! Send anyone else. (Exodus 4:13)
This gives us insight on how to not doubt ourselves or God's decision to call on us. My favorite response to all of his excuses was when God asked this rhetorical question in Exodus 4:11, "Who makes a person's mouth?" Surely your creator knows what you are capable of. It is only your job to be willing.
Don't beat around the bush or in Moses' case the burning bush. Realize that the work you must do is so much more important than any insecurity you may have about yourself. Have you had any "but God" moments? Instead of saying, "but God, I can't," start saying, "but God, you can." Maybe your grades weren't so good in high school, yet you were accepted into college. But God! Maybe you're struggling from paycheck to paycheck, yet all of your bills are paid. But God! Maybe you were supposed to die in that car accident, yet you're still here alive and well to tell the story. But God!
Moses was a stuttering, hot-tempered, murderer. Moses couldn't, but God could. God used him for greatness. His faith and obedience affected an entire nation of people. He also authored the first five books of the Bible. Who needs a résumé when you've got a cover letter like that?


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Finished 3rd on the first day. It was extremely hot! Probably the hottest weather I have ever ridden in. There was a long muddy section that was very muggy but some sections were ridable. The mud was not deep, just extremely slick. I typically have not used the optional spikes bolted onto the front of my shoes but they would have been really handy. A large part of the climb was on pavement and the temperature was much more tolerable at the higher elevations. This was the toughest day. They had showers, food and the finish was very festive! Check out the day 1 stats here http://connect.garmin.com/activity/248054107
Day 2 I finished 4th. There was a bunch of climbing but a majority of it was on pavement. The downhill was pretty rocky and slick because of the constant rain. I found myself wanting a little uphill so I could get a break from standing on this section. Visibility was minimal as well toward the top. After the initial drop off the volcano the last section was a fast fun downhill on pavement. At times I was spun out with my climbing gearing on the descent. There was a flat section toward the very end where I ended up getting passed by numerous geared racers and that's where I think I got bumped out of 3rd place. They had great amenities again at the finish which included some hard earned grub.
Day 3 was much shorter and very flat. It started out with rafting in the morning which was a blast and totally worth doing! I got completely blown away on the flats with my gearing. I should have put on a tiny rear cog geared for flat to slightly descending pavement. This gearing would have been tougher on the railroad track section but you can't pass there anyway. There were also racers who put in a huge effort on the beginning road sections and were blown by the railroad track section. They were holding traffic up. There were significant waits to cross the rickety old bridges as well. Would have been nice to be ahead of that scenario. Apparently the end could be sandy but due to the downpour it was fast as well on race day. It was great to ride straight onto the sandy beach and drink some cervezas on the beach.
In the end it looks like day 3 only possibly cost me one spot (a podium spot) since I had such a lead from day 1 and 2. I'm happy with the way the race went. It would have been handy to speak Spanish but they were accommodating to English speaking racers. Great experience and I met some super people!
|Prerace meeting
|View from the first climb
|Day 1 finish
|Day 2 section
|Finish on the beach
|Finish on day 3
|Jeff in the food line at the finish of day 3
|Finish line venue
|Jeff on a preride of day 2


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Did that scare you? I didn't think so. Halloween is the first holiday of the "season" and while you may leave your Halloween costume to the last minute, skipping out on the Halloween festivities on your blog can be a missed opportunity for both you and your readers. Even if you're not the Martha Stewart type of celebrator, or the kind of person who dresses up as "themselves" for Halloween, there are ways to get in on the holiday and have just as much fun as you would in real life.
Last Minute Halloween Blog Posts
- Run a List of Your Favorite Horror Films: Even if you can't stomach scary films, there's always The Nightmare Before Christmas!
- Run a List of Your Favorite Halloween Music Videos: Thriller, Dancing With Myself, whatever Lady Gaga video is creeping around, this post can highlight the spooky talent in music videos.
- Share Old Halloween Costumes: Even if you haven't celebrated Halloween since you were five, share your old pics!
- Run a "Halloween in Your Closet": Presuming you have clothes, you can throw together some amazing posts with what you already have!
- DIY Tutorial of a Halloween Costume: Cat ears, Devil Horns, Bats flying around… everyone does a little DIY for Halloween, why not share yours on your blog!
- Post a Halloween Recipe: Pumpkin Cookies, brains, whatever you're serving for Halloween, share the recipe!
- Make a Fashion-Jack-O-Lantern: Anna Wintour can make a scary Jack-O-Lantern!
- Write a "What You Can Learn From ____________" Post: There's a lot you can learn from Halloween, Horror Films and all things spooky!
- Write a "How Fashion Can Save You From Freddie/Jason/Zombies/Vampires, etc.: Even if it's how to kill a Zombie with stilettos!
- Ask Your Readers to Share Their Halloween Costumes: Great way to engage your readers!
- Share a spooky story from your life: Did you ever living in a haunted house, see a ghost, have a premonition?
- List Halloween Events in Your Area: Let your readers know what's going on!
- Create a Halloween Gift Guide: Gifts for Halloween? Why not!
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Well, it's official guys- I'm moved into my new apartment for the summer! I started my job on Monday and now I'm two days down.
Right now I'm just mentally drained though and it's kind of hard to put coherent lines of thought together much less actually stay awake past 9:00 PM (I've already dosed off twice tonight. Bedtime is just around the corner…).
It has already been far too long since I posted something on here though (four or five days I think? The horror! 😉 ).
I figured what could be easier than some good old fashioned link-ups with two of my favorite bloggers? That's right: another two for one special with Peas and Crayons and Jessie Bear What Will You Wear. A mash-up of WIAW and Together Tuesdays (because it is completely possible for Tuesdays and Wednesdays to occur on the same day in the blog world).
I give to you:
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE ATE (and what I
not so secretly wish I could be eating right now too):
Kabocha Squash Pancake from Hungry Healthy Girl
Sooth Ginger Mango Dream Smoothie from Peachy Palate
Coconut Chicken Nuggets from Taylor Made it Paleo
Dark Chocolate Sea Salt Butter from The Smart Kitchen
Old Bay Crab Cakes from Freckled Nettles
Vegan Lemonade Ice Cream from Healthful Pursuit
Like I said… Eyes currently drifting close. Time for me to publish, shut down and hit the hay.
This Friday you can count on a post. Not sure what (hopefully a recipe AND review?). Either way, hope to see in the comment sections across the blog world tomorrow. Happy Wednesday!
Questions for you:
Are you tired right now?
Where is the strangest place that you have fallen asleep?
Any amazing recipe finds to share from this week?


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Eeyah, world.
S'later, Rackspunk.
So, after owning a Rackspace server for several years and never really seeing the benefit of doing so, I've finally transitioned 100% over to Digital Ocean, who are far, far cheaper and seem to provide the exact same service.
Every other server I've fired up since this one has been a Digital Ocean droplet and, other than the ballache of having to go through my old Fedora (shudder) box and work out what needs keeping and what needs chucking, it made sense to move my maffoo.co.uk domain over too. Also, if I have to watch another one of their fucking cringe-worthy Christmas card videos, I think I may just end up giving myself an ad-hoc vasectomy with my bare fingers.
Ghost tings.
I've very quickly fired up a Ghost blog (and it really was quick!) rather than bugger about with making my own Node-based site/blog: something I was playing about with a while ago but, without infinite time and resources (and interest), decided it would make sense just to go for something easy.
Theme Lover (1958)
Currently I'm running a slightly modified version of Ascent, but I will do a proper theme some time soon because this one's a bit pants...
Official conclusion.
Stay tuned for incredible blog posts that will literally blow your anuses inside-out. Just wait.
Love, Maff.


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Monthly Archives: April 2014
Newsletter: 4 April 2014
WOW – we don't know whether to blame global warming or some other mysterious force, but the weather is certainly doing some crazy stuff around the country.
We hope that you continue to train and race, despite this.
On the upside, mountain biking season is here, and there's no such thing as bad weather when you are part of the fat tyre brigade, so have a look below at some of the awesome events that will come to a town near you.
**REMINDER** The aQuelle Tour Durban will now take place on Monday, 28 April!
Our race calendar is constantly updated with new events and opportunities to shine on your bike. Check it out below, or visit our events pages for more. There is something for everyone!
See you on the road and trails!
Yours in cycling,
The Cycle Events Team
|6 April 2014
|Wilro Lions Cycle Challenge 2014
|13 April
|Emperors Palace Road 2014
|13 April 2014
|Powerade Easter Cycle Challenge 2014
|28 April 2014
|Aquelle Tour Durban 2014
|4 May 2014
|Emerald Cycle Challenge 2014
|17 May 2014
|Sondela Bela-Bela Road Cycling Challenge 2014
|18 May 2014
|Powerade Winter Challenge 2014
|25 May 2014
|The Bell of Hope Cycle Challenge for Mental Wellness 2014
|12 October 2014
|Amashova Durban Classic 2014
|13 April 2014
|Sasol Cross Triathlon 2014 (Event 3)
|10 May 2014
|Monster Man Cross Triathlon 2014
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If your business has spent any amount of time using Twitter, you may have heard of a feature called Twitter Cards. While this feature can be very useful for businesses, it can also be a bit confusing. That's why we put together the following guide to help answer common questions and assist your business with putting Twitter Cards into action.
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