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The Meramec River crested at 46.11 feet last week, a mere 16 months after the record-breaking flood of December 2015. It raises concerns for the future of flood control. Read more
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"After my husband's accident, we were in need of major changes to our home; most especially to our bathroom. Mark and Julie Loehner from Kitchens by Julie took on this project with selfless giving of their time and talent. Every detail was considered and the work was done within a very tight deadline. We were overwhelmed at the beauty and functionality of our new bathroom. Julie and Mark were very knowledgeable about the disability issues that my husband was facing (even the occupational therapists we were dealing with at rehab couldn't believe how much had been done in our bathroom). We continue to be extremely grateful to Mark and Julie for the help they gave us unselfishly during a very difficult time in our lives."
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When my husband and I decided to begin the long overdue but daunting task of renovating our kitchen, we were excited but also filled with trepidation. After we had spent weeks flipping through kitchen design magazines and searching the net for ideas, my husband came upon the Kitchens By Julie website. A look at her dazzling gallery of "Before and After" photos encouraged me to pay her showroom a visit. I walked in with my head spinning and within minutes Julie had put me at ease about the project. I knew that our search was over. At every stage in the process of building our dream kitchen, Julie and Mark impressed us with their professionalism, their creativity, and their attention to every detail.
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Protect your child by knowing the signs of TBI
Young children can hit their head in many types of accidents, from collisions in contact sports to car accidents. Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can cause any number of issues for people, from headaches to memory loss, but the effects on children may be slightly different.
Stop road rage before it starts
Road rage has become a big problem over the last few decades and causes frustration in its mildest forms and even death in the worst-case scenario. The news is full of tragedies that could be prevented if cooler heads prevailed during a road rage situation. Dealing with a driver who is seriously angry can be frightening and put you and your passengers at risk. If you face an angry driver, we recommend you handle it in the following ways.
5 techniques to increase motorcycle visibility
Riding a motorcycle can be fun and exhilarating, but it cannot be done at the expense of your safety and others on the road. One of the main factors that poses a risk for accidents is that motorcycles are not as visible as cars or trucks. Many drivers struggle to pay attention to motorcyclists. Learn how to increase your visibility as a motorcyclist and make the road a safer place.
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We see people glued to their smart phones everywhere we go. But when we're on the road, we hope other drivers around us are not distracted by their cell phones. Although many uses of a cell phone while driving can be distracting, the most "alarming" type of distracted driving is texting while driving.
Don't Let A Distracted Driver Ruin Your Road Trip
While some people are afraid to fly, what they should really be afraid of is getting behind the wheel and on the highway with other drivers that are using their cell phones. Accidents and fatalities have always been a part of driving, but with the invention of cell phones and texting, the chance of being a victim of a car accident caused by a distracted driver has increased over the years.
Progress Is Being Made To Help People Overcome Paralysis
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'Force Majeure' Remake Adds Will Ferrell and the Directors of 'The Way Way Back'
Posted on Friday, November 2nd, 2018 by Jacob Hall
Hollywood remakes of great foreign films have been common for ages and will always exist as long as most audiences avoid subtitles like the plague. So director Ruben Östlund's Force Majeure getting remade with an all-star cast of comedic talent isn't surprising. All I can say is "Good luck remaking one of the darkest and most singular comedies of the past 20 years or so."
Could directors Jim Rash and Nat Faxon and superstar Will Ferrell be up to the task? We shall see.


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New Christmas Tree Ornaments For Every Decor Style
Whether you prefer a woodsy and rustic look or a classic red-and-white tree, you'll find ornaments in this gallery to add to your collection this year.
Plus, see 15 more Christmas decorations we're loving and find more inspiration in our Tree-Trimming Guide.
These felted ornaments by Boston-Based artist Mimi Kirchner are inspired by vintage dolls and toys.
2″ w. x 7″ h. $14 (each), $24 (pair). West Elm.
Sparkle and shine! Five acorns are attached to form one hefty ornament.
8.5″ h. $18. Putti Fine Furnishings.
A knit covered-sphere harkens back to woolly sweaters, mitts and hats.
4″ diam. Approx. $12. Pottery Barn.
This ornament speaks to those who make a trip to their local tree farm every Christmas.
6.25″ w. x 2.25″ l. x 4″ h. Approx. $20. Pottery Barn.
If you can't get enough of the gemstone trend, these vibrant slices are the ones to choose. Strung on natural twine to keep the focus on the colour.
1 1/2–2" h. Approx. $10. Leif Shop.
In signature Kate Spade–style, playful curly lines add detail to porcelain white ornaments. Green and red ribbons with a gold accent give these ornaments a contemporary look.
3.5" h. (reindeer). 4" h. (tree). Approx. $32 each. Kate Spade.
A whimsical hot air balloon decoration brings a playful touch to a tree.
3.25″ h. × 3.25″ w. × 7″ l. $18. Indigo.
Make a wish! Gold accents and bright pastel hues are sure to make the wishbone ornament stand out on the tree.
2.5″ h. × 4.5″ w. × 0.25″ l. $15. Indigo.
Pretty and pink more your taste? These mouth-blown glass ornaments suit a pastel palette.
3¼" diam. $15 for two. IKEA.
A detailed ornament cap sets this glass ornament apart from others, and offers a vintage vibe.
$4. HomeSense.
Solid wood spheres suit a pared-back look.
Set of three. $10. IKEA.
This embroidered felt ornament brings a rich, ornate look to a tree.
4″ diam. $10. Crate & Barrel.
Hand-sewn in India and designed by Cynthia Treen, this magical octopus is sure to win any snowball fights.
7.5″ w. x 6″ d. x 3″ h. $13. Crate & Barrel.
These star, diamond and cubic decorations in blue, pink and teal offer a fresh, mod take on classic tree ornaments of the same shape.
2″ w. x 2″ d. x 2″ h. (cube); 2″ w. 1″ d. x 1″ h. (diamond); 5″ w. x 1″ d. x 5″ h. (star). $6 each. CB2.
These modern ornaments mimic the look of iconic Sputnik light fixtures and are made of durable borosilicate glass — the same kind used for beakers.
4 3/4″ diam. $10 each. CB2.
Felted wildlife ornaments help to create a woodsy theme on a tree. This collection by designer Bunny Williams includes a sheep, deer, fox, dog, squirrel and owl.
3–6 1/2" h. x 3-7" w. Set of six. Approx. $81. Ballard Designs.


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On paper, it sounds like two musical worlds colliding. However, Tegan and Sara's galactic leap from a mostly acoustic, soul-baring indie folk duo to electronic pop singers enjoyed a soft, warm landing at sold-out First Avenue on Wednesday night.
Cult-adored Canadian twin sisters Tegan and Sara Quin — whose recent No. 3 showing on Billboard proved they aren't so cultish anymore — jumped headlong into new territory by recruiting producers from Pink's and Ke$ha's camp to add dance beats and sleeker vocals on their new album, "Heartthrob." Some fans' cries of "sell out" were offset locally by their decision to play First Avenue again instead of theaters or bigger venues they can now easily fill.
The Quins, age 33, certainly aren't the first hip singer-songwriters to add layers of synthesizers and electronic dance beats to their once-raw sound, but they're in rare company for doing so successfully. Sufjan Stevens and Cat Power, for instance, had two of the more memorably discombobulated local concerts recently trying to pull off just such a transition.
Wednesday's nearly two-hour performance did not back away from Tegan and Sara's glossier and bubblier new songs. In fact, the sisters played almost every track off of "Heartthrob." First, they gave the 1,400 fans a big hello kiss in the form of their meaner 2004 hit, "Walking With a Ghost," delivered as the night's second number. From there, they went straight into some of the poppiest new tunes. "I Was a Fool" had a Coldplay-ish airiness to it, and "I Couldn't Be Your Friend" was full-on Cyndi Lauper girlie fun.
Neither Quin has Lauper-level vocal power, however. They struggled to hit the right notes in that one and in the similarly '80s-flavored "Goodbye, Goodbye." But hey, most of the current pop stars they fashioned the new record after would have used Auto-Tune or recorded backing vocals in a live situation.
"We're gonna play a few old songs, because you guys have been so great," Sara said after a string of the new tunes, as if they had been a burden. The crowd remained receptive the whole time.
A few tunes from the duo's late-00s albums, including "Arrow" and "The Con," provided a rockier edge in the middle of the set.
The duo's jilted-love undertones came to the surface between songs when Sara recounted flying into the Twin Cities for a show and finding the airline broke her guitar. "And that's not the worst part," she said, adding an "awww"-inducing story about a lover simultaneously breaking her heart on the same trip.
No wonder the Quins want to have a little fun. They did with gusto at show's end with the pre-encore finale "Closer," which proved they didn't really have a choice playing First Avenue instead of a theater. That dance floor was a must.
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BeefBank – providing meals for the less fortunate
In early May, board member Andrew Rodgers had the opportunity to go to Beef Week 2018 to showcase BeefBank to more than 100,000 patrons . This was an important event for BeefBank as demand for our services continues to grow. Despite national economic growth and...read more
Logan Food Drive
To help the poor and necessitous you don't need to be a large charity. Sometimes, relatively small groups can make a huge difference. For instance, on the last Wednesday of every month, members of the Rotary Club of Brisbane International gather at one of their homes...read more
It Can Happen To You Too.
I recently had the opportunity to meet with an inspirational person called Michael Rose, who is also the new CEO of FoodBank here in Queensland. Here is what he had to say: What made you join FoodBank? Great cause and an opportunity to further my career in many...read more
2000 meals in 10 weeks
Believe it or not there is just under 10 weeks until we celebrate Christmas. Australians have strong opinions on what makes a great christmas. These range from being with the family, playing backyard or beach cricket, lazing around the pool, going for a...read more
The things we do, to help those less fortunate than us
While BeefBank.Org supply the much needed protein to put into the meals for the homeless, sometimes, we are lucky enough to get a glance into another perspective from a similar organisation. An interview with Ryan Wright from 139 Club sheds light on what goes on...read more
Have you ever thought how close you could be to being homeless or destitute? And through no fault of your own!
I know two women who both came home to find the bailiffs at their front doors! One was married to a husband who was struggling so she was used to living hand to mouth but she was not prepared for the shock and embarrassment of finding herself on the streets with two...read more
Farewell to one of the good guys
"If you are on the run or you don't want your missus to see you on TV, shoot through now" boomed Father John at Mama Rene's soup kitchen, Spring Hill. Thus the TV and Film students from Centenary High were introduced to the crowd waiting to be fed and pick up a few...read more
On the Frontline
BeefBank recently caught up with the Administrator of the frontline service provider Loaves & Fishes Street Meet Care Service to find out how BeefBank beef helps those people in need. Pastor Jock Bamford started in 1995 with 12 sandwiches and a thermos of coffee,...read more
I can remember the image of poverty from the age of 6. Being born in Australia, there were a lot of things I, as a 6 year old was not aware of. When we moved overseas to the Philippines, I learned very quickly how lucky we were to have lived in a country where green...read more
Turn the Tables on Hunger this Christmas
Having enough to eat is a basic human need. However, thousands in Queensland still feel the hunger as they barely manage a full plate for their families every day. Even when there is food on the plate, it is not the complete and nourishing diet that people need....read more
Small Change – Big Impact
Not all charity organisations need $1,000,000 a year to remain operational. Whilst these bigger charities provide a lot of value to the community there are thousands of smaller charities and organisations working behind the scenes to ensure that the most vulnerable...read more
Helping the helpers
From the pen of one of our new board members – Brad Butcher Recently I was lucky enough to be invited to join the board of BeefBank. BeefBank exists for one whole purpose – to provide meat to front line charities to feed the homeless and the needy. They are not very...read more
It is not our job to judge
On a recent trip to Sydney, a discussion about services for the Homeless was being undertaken with some volunteers. The subject of food waste came up. A volunteer was upset that a woman had dumped two sandwiches from her pack of three into a bin. Now on face value, it...read more
Why do people experience homelessness?
While circumstances can vary, the main reason people experience homelessness is because they cannot find housing they can afford. It is the scarcity of affordable housing particularly in more urban areas where homelessness is more prevalent, that is behind their...read more
Women and children – the hidden statistics
When you think of homelessness, you often think about the down and outs, drug users and the alcoholics. But, according to US figures, some 12 percent of people who live in sheltered accommodation are women who have been victims of domestic violence. With the current...read more


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A couple weeks ago, on June 8th, a group of San Fransisco-based web design students launched a beta version of a sartorial shopping website called Obvilux (Obvious + Luxuries).
Now, you're lying if you deny saving links/bookmarking items to amazing clothing you find online for yourself or to share with friends. The launch of ObviLux means the birth of a social shopping community that makes it easy to find and share clothes and products with your friends. The site identifies individuals that are loyal to certain brands and titles them 'store ambassadors', in hopes to get them merchandise and gift cards from the brands themselves.
An Obvilux user and beauty/makeup blogger of Make a Spectacle of Yourself comments at the ease and customization features, when she marvels, "I like that we can type in descriptions for each picture. There, I like to leave tips on how to (or sometimes how not to) use beauty products." I think it'd also be good to write descriptions on how to style certain looks.
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Samaris: 'Brennur Stjarna' Video Premiere on Clash + Single Release
Samaris kicked off the release of their new single 'Brennur Stjarna' with an exclusive premiere of the track's official music video on Clash. 'Brennur Stjarna' is the second single from Samaris' latest album 'Silkidrangar' and is immediately available for digital download on iTunes here. Read the article and watch the music video premiere on Clash here.
Combining disparate elements of electronics (Þórður Kári Steinþórsson, aka 'Doddi'), clarinet (Áslaug Rún Magnúsdóttir) and Jófríður Ákadóttir's enchanting voice, Samaris mix glacial electronica and bold, percussive beats with haunting chant-like vocals - the lyrics culled from nineteenth century Icelandic poems. "You could say the words have been delicately sewn together and in a way they already have their song, their own melody when you read them" suggests Áslaug. The overall effect is is simultaneously ancient and modern – an ethereal sound filled with dark spaces and alien atmosphere.
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A single book at the right time can change our views dramatically, give a quantum boost to our knowledge, help us construct a whole new outlook on the world and our life. Isn't it odd that we don't seek those experiences more systematically?
- Steve Leveen, The Little Guide to Your Well-Read Life (2005), p. 11
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: Quotation and Originality (1876)
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Odd quote you chose to use by Emerson. I think you are taking it out of context since it was written in 1876. It is so frustrating to see people pluck quotes as a foray to quickly make their own writing more plausible.
I recently read "The Coming Population Crash: and Our Planet's Surprising Future". While it isn't directly about economic theory, it is extremely interesting and I found myself relating economic concepts that I learned last semester to the issues that are discussed in the book. I hope you enjoy the book.


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April 17, 2009
National Volunteer Week: April 19 - 25, 2009
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority salutes all volunteers in healthcare!
Volunteers across Canada are being recognized this week for their volunteer contributions. Our volunteers, who assist in Winnipeg Regional Health Authority's facilities and programs, are no different. Throughout the region, there is a diverse pool of volunteers helping make our hospitals, personal care homes and community health programs a more welcoming and friendly place by providing directions to patients and visitors, helping support patients, clients and families, raising funds for patient care and supporting the work of staff. Over 5500 volunteers give their time, skills and talents to our programs, donating more than 350,000 hours.
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Seamaster Aqua Terra Replica
Although style and beauty are, as they say, in the eyes of the beholder, nobody can deny that elegant design of Omega Aqua Terra wristwatch is simply stunning. Omega manufactures two version of this model: 41.5mm and 38.5mm. Smaller version replica is not available on replica market, so I've bought the one with 41.5mm dial


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E3 2010: Capcom Mobile (Impressions)
posted: 7/1/2010 1:59:00 PM
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Street Fighter 4
My trip to the Capcom Mobile booth presented two iPhone games:
and an update to
Street Fighter IV
Ghosts 'N Goblins: Gold Knights II
was, unfortunately, not available during our demonstration (don't get me started on iPhone shenanigans). Read on to find out about the two former games.
is an air-strike game, and the descendant from Capcom's popular arcade game.
While the latest rendition was seen in the form of an XBLA/PSN title known as 1942: Joint Strike, Capcom decided to bring the series to mobile devices using assets from the 2-year old Backbone Entertainment developed game. One major difference, however, is that there is no co-operative play on this mobile version.
Like most iPhone developed games, there are several modes of control to select from. There's the rarely-useful accelerometer, and the more reliable touch controls for direct input to controlling the aircraft.
After going with the obvious choice of touch controls, another menu screen alerted me to three different aircrafts I could select from. The Lightning was explained to me as a general purpose aircraft with all around balanced specializations. The Shinden, based off the experimental Japanese aircraft from WWII, is swift and equipped with some good weaponry, but also weakly armored. The third aircraft is the tank of the three. What is lacks in speed, it more than makes up for in armor and attack power.
Selecting the well-balanced Lightning aircraft, we moved on our way to scrolling adventures of the sky and getting incessantly attacked by various fighter jets. With our aircraft on auto-fire, the only controls you will have to maintain concentration over is the direction your aircraft is flying. Our Capcom representative admitted that this type of arcade style game is certainly fit for waiting out lines, long airport delays, and any other space that needs filling with small pleasures considering it's simple combat.
To keep things interesting, however, there are several kinds of power up weapons strewn about the screen randomly for you to pick up. You can attain special weapons, such as bombs that completely clears the screen momentarily, rockets, shotguns, and even additional aircrafts known as wingmen that attach themselves to each peripheral to help expand the breadth of your fire. Your extended squadron will take damage, however, and eventually disappear. There are also health packs you can pick up along the way.
Approaching the end of the level, we meet the boss face-to-face. He's fairly typical in terms of a boss fight for an arcade style game. There are multiple points on his aircraft that you will have to target and dismember, all while avoiding his homing missiles.
There are a total of eight levels and four boss fights to encounter throughout them.
Street Fighter IV
While the initial excitement over
Street Fighter IV
coming to the iPhone has probably died down by now, Capcom is still keeping an eye out on the popular mobile download. One way in which they are doing this is through the update that they released on June 24th that was showcased at E3.
Although Street Fighter IV for the iPhone has been out for over two months now, this update will bring two additional characters to the roster making the grand total of ten characters that you can select to play with. These two new characters are Cammy and Zangief.
Currently the game can be played head to head over bluetooth, with the possibility of wi-fi should they be able to work it out. While the fighting style game is generally one about mastering the technique of combination moves, the iPhone version is much more simplistic with one button each for punching and kicking. There is a special move assist to help with combat, as well. Focus attacks that can stun your opponent are also intact.
Although the actual fighting experience differs greatly from the arcade or console versions, the game is still immensely enjoyable to play, and even more so now with the roster of characters steadily increasing. Capcom has assured me that they plan on continuing their support of their mobile titles, of which Street Fighter IV is most definitely a part of.


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The Librarians Liveblog: Christmas Episode
The teaser for this week promised two things that will make tonight's episode of The Librarians even more fun: A Christmas-themed episode, and Bruce Campbell.
I have adjourned to my parents' house for the holidays. Presents are wrapped. (Give books, they're nice tidy rectangles!) We'll trim the tree tomorrow. I'm feeling festive and ready to appreciate whatever adventure The Librarians have in store. My parents will be joining me, and probably adding their commentary. (Snark runs in the family.) Mom and Dad, meet @cincylibrary and the rest of the Tweeps who make #TheLibrarians hashtag such a delight.
Some Christmasy library trivia to get things started.
The Dewey Decimal number most often used for The Night Before Christmas by Clement C. Moore is 811.2 (American poetry–1776-1829).
While I did look up Christmas in the Library of Congress Subject Headings manual and explored hierarchies in Classification Web, I suspect the subject hierarchy of Christmas is possibly only interesting to someone who's just taken Cataloging (and then, only barely.) If you're desperately curious about the subject headings for holidays in general, and Christmas in particular, leave me a comment.
Yes, Virginia, there really is a Bruce Campbell.
First commercial break, there's been Cockney rhyming slang that I wish I could rewind and get and I have shrieked with laughter at least four times.
Update: There is a Cockney rhyming slang dictionary. The NYPL's ones are for in library-use only. Cincy Library, quick on the Twitter, found a book on British accents and Cockney slang. Whoever's running their social media is my public services librarian role model.
Dad, a huge Eureka fan, didn't recognize Matt Frewer, who'd played Taggart on Eureka. Feeling a bit superior at the moment.
About halfway through the episode… Dad has muttered that the entire thing makes no sense. I, attempting to recap it… may be forced to agree.
Santa's been kidnapped and then rescued, the Serpent Brotherhood is an excellent campy collection of ongoing big bads. Santa's hat causes outbreaks of Holiday Spirit. There's peril, there's high speed chases, there's no bar fight.
Various good lines:
"Somebody jacked Santa's ride!"
"Oh my shiny balls, yes!" (John Larroquette having too much fun as Grumpy Librarian.)
"Kill Santa? That's one way to end up on the naughty list!"
"I don't get out the katana to murder just anybody, cowboy"
Spoilers and liveblog behind cut.
So… Santa has been kidnapped (mistletoe is poisonous, nice nod to Norse myth there) and Team Librarian is tasked with Saving Christmas. Showing how each of the characters react to Christmas makes an excellent set of character sketches. Ezekiel, the selfish thief gets whammied with the Christmas Spirit Hat of Goodwill and phases amusingly between baking cookies manically and mouthing "kill me now!" horrified at himself for throwing money around recklessly, against his thief instincts. Cassandra's almost cartoonish in her delight over Santa.
Note re Cassandra: I don't altogether like how they've cast her as bubbly, perky, almost childlike girl against her brilliance and the brain tumor. Strong, unpalatable shades of Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope. Ugh. Can we have more balanced female characters, please? I know that there's at least one Leverage alum running the show… please refer to your Sophie and Parker playbooks to get things a little more leveled out.
Country boy savant (whose name is definitely not Eliot) Jake Stone is gruff with a heart of gold (give or take a fondness for Christmas bar fights.) Each of the characters feels well suited in their approach to Christmas.
Eve has Christmas issues with a capital "DON'T say Ho Ho Ho!" Twitter speculation wondering whether her given name might be Christmas. Aaand… yes. FYI, Twitter called that about 45 minutes before it happened. Go #TheLibrarians hashtag.
Santa's hat and sleigh are his objects of power- his various incarnations across times and cultures are invoked (giving Bruce Campbell entirely too much fun to have with the hour, which is always a delight). The Serpent Brotherhood steals hat and sleigh, as target Magic Objects. (Three episodes in, we're still not sure what they're planning to do with all Eve, the Scroogiest of the Librarians spends the most time with Santa, which gets a little bit of the way through her tough exterior, in a way that mostly works for me.
There's peril in various forms, a good mix of macguffins (the magic hat, Santa's ability to fly objects) and human nature of Santa's incarnations and the actual people involved. I was definitely along for the ride… but trying to recap the plot… I come up a little bit dry. I think I lost a few threads, even though I was up for the episode as a whole. (Good line: "Somebody jacked Santa's ride!")
I really do like the mistletoe/Norse themes, as well as the glimpses of various Santa/Christmas traditions. And I love how much fun the Serpent Brotherhood are having being campy Bad Guys.
I was with this episode for all the tangled mytho-logic until the last few moments where Christmas needed the final bit of saving. Santa's down for the count, Eve has to step up (no surprise, since she's been built up as the Scrooge) but the way they did it? The montage? Ugh! I grumbled at the TV a lot. It was like a Very Special Afterschool Special Montage of Red Cross Heartstrings Jerking. Way too heavy-handed! Bah Humbug.
Yes, I'm protesting the lack of subtlety of a show that has Serpent Brotherhoods, "Still not calling him Santa!""Oh, shiny balls, yes!" and Bruce Campbell as Santa Claus. Just go with it.
Call me hard to please.


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This training brochure provides a description of the planned MSF courses together with relevant information about the application procedures and tools. It is mainly targeting field needs.
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eMerge Americas 2016
|Monday, 25 April 2016 14:00
The eMerge Americas 2016 Conference was hosted in Miami, Florida last week during which two sessions were held regarding U.S. policy toward Cuba. Moderated by NBC-Telemundo 51's Alejandra Molina, the panel included President and CEO of Stonegate Bank, Dave Seleski; Brookings' Ted Piccone and PobleteTamargo attorney, Jason Poblete.
During the discussion about the potential of a future Cuba market, Poblete stressed caution to U.S. companies before engaging in Cuba transactions. While there are opporunities, albeit limited, especially in telecommunications, travel, healthcare, and agriculture, Cuba remains subject to a comprehensive economic embargo and, in practice, there is no private sector in Cuba.
Poblete also stressed that companies that could engage in Cuba transactions also needed to be mindful of confiscated properties in Cuba, the claims for which are held by American citizens. Cuba owes U.S. taxpayers close to $8 billion for these claims and, under U.S. law, it is illegal to traffick in these properties without U.S. government authorization to do so.
Further information vist the eMerge website. The video of the presenation should be available shortly.
From Left to Right: Alejandra Molina (Telemundo 51), Dave Seleski (Stonegate Bank), Ted Piccone (Brooking's), Jason Poblete (PobleteTamargo).


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Swine flu closes more schools across Qld
Another four Queensland schools are closed due to swine flu.
Calamvale Special School in Brisbane and Whitsunday Christian College in the state's north, will be closed until after the school holidays.
However, Victoria Point State High School, east of Brisbane, is due to reopen on Wednesday but Redbank Plains State School, west of Brisbane, will be shut until Saturday, including vacation care.
Principal of the Whitsunday Christian College, Allan Weir, says the student who tested positive for swine flu is likely to have come into contact with others in grade six to nine.
Mr Weir is urging parents to keep a close eye on the health of their children.
A total of 13 people have now tested positive for swine flu in the Mackay Whitsunday region.
Mr Weir says the closure will have no impact on students' academic work.
"We've worked really hard to finish the exam period last week, but we've scheduled our main athletics carnival this week, which will have to be cancelled," he said.
"We had year 10 performances for their plays, which will have to be postponed as well.
"So in terms of the students getting work, we'll be sending out emails continually to parents directing them to different pieces of work that they can do at home."
Meanwhile, four schools are reopening today - Kingaroy State High School in southern Queensland, St Anne's Catholic Primary School in Sarina in the state's north, as well as Kenmore State High School and Jamboree Heights State School on Brisbane's westside.
Topics: swine-influenza, education, schools, government-and-politics, public-sector, health, diseases-and-disorders, health-policy, brisbane-4000, australia, qld, bundaberg-4670, calamvale-4116, jamboree-heights-4074, kenmore-4069, kingaroy-4610, mackay-4740, redbank-4301, townsville-4810, victoria-point-4165, whitsundays-4802
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Laser TV not Vaporware afterall – Mitsubishi releases LaserVueNov 27th, 2008 | By admin
www.laservuetv.com I've been following Laser TV technology for some time now and for a bit there I was convinced this was all Vaporware. Years of promises and nothing to show for them. Well that is all changed now with the release of Mitsubishi's 'LaserVue' TV. The 65-inch LaserVue (L65A90) TV features 500 nits of brightness;
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UIMC to Complete Developing New System for Launching Rockets to Space by 2017
United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation is developing a new system for preparing and launching intercontinental ballistic rockets, that are removed from combat duty, to be used for civilian purposes, i.e. for launching space modules and satellites to the orbit.
"The project is implemented by our research and production enterprise called Impulse under the contract with MKK Cosmotrans in the framework of the conversion program Dnieper," told Deputy Director General of United Instrument Manufacturing Corporation Sergei Skokov. "The program has been active for many years. The first generation of our system was used for launching heavy rockets RS-20B (SS-18 Satan according to NATO classification), that were put into service as early as in 1970s, have become outdated and should be liquidated. At present, we are developing a new generation of the system, which is unified and can be used for launching other types of the rockets being removed from the service besides RS-20B."
The conversion program allows killing two birds with one stone: liquidation of outdated arms and space exploration. Such a solution is not only efficient for disposing of rockets, but it is also profitable, since the cost of taking cargoes to space is much lower than with the help of conventional carrier rockets. The preparation and launch system has been used over 20 times for sending goods to the orbit.
Since 2009, Impulse has been working on adapting the launching system for the new requirements and launching rockets of the new generation. Just like the previous generation of that equipment, the new system consists of two parts located at the command center and at the launching site. It makes a remote check-up from the command center and gives the order for launching.
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The new APO Associate Concertmaster, Liu-Yi Retallick accompanied by Tatiana Lanchtchikova, will play for us and talk.
Liu Yi has a Bachelor's Degree in Violin Performance, from the Yong Siew Toh Conservatory of Music which is affiliated to the National University of Singapore and the Peabody Institute at John Hopkins University.
In 2015 she won first prize in the Artists Category of the National Piano and Violin Competition, Singapore. Her current teacher, is Igor Yuzefovich, Concertmaster of the Singapore Symphony Orchestra and Liu Yi used to play with the Singapore Symphony orchestra and Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Bach Partita No. 2 - Allamande, and Giga
Paganini Caprice No. 2
Smetana From My Native Land


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The 11th Newport Beach Restaurant Week starts next week on Jan. 16, and as the new girl in town (approximately 2 months and 11 days), I am excited to experience what Orange County has to offer. The two-week long event, organized by Dine Newport Beach and Newport Beach Restaurant Association, has over 60 participating restaurants.
The event also rounded up this year's food trends, including:
- Dessert for Breakfast
- Meat the "New" Meats
- Bar Food Boom
- Cauliflower Marches On
- Vegetables are the New Comfort Food
- Spice Up Your Life
These are not exactly new trends per se — take "Dessert for Breakfast," for example, there are limitless variations when it comes to pancakes and waffles — but I am looking forward to each restaurant's take on these trends!


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NEW YORK, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) -- Kim Clijsters rallied from one set down to overcome two-time champion Venus Williams, advancing to her second straight US Open final on Friday.
Clijsters won her 20th straight match at the U.S. Open, the second-longest streak in the championship. The Belgian survived a tense, two-hour, 23-minute semifinal, outlasting Williams 4-6, 7-6 (7-2), 6-4.
Clijsters will play in Saturday's championship match against Russian seventh seed Vera Zvonareva, the Wimbledon runner-up seeking her first Grand Slam title as she knocked out Danish top seed Caroline Wozniacki 6-4, 6-3 in the other semifinal.
"This is what I was trying to achieve in coming back," Clijsters said. "It wasn't always easy but I'm glad I stuck through it and could enjoy these moments."
Clijsters, who last year became the first mother since 1980 to win a Slam crown, is trying to become the first back-to-back US Open women's champion since Venus Williams in 2001.
"I just tried to make the points and when I felt I had an opportunity to step up and accelerate I tried to take advantage," added she.
The wind again swirled Flushing Meadows. Service tosses wandered off, lobs took left turns and seemingly well-struck forehands carried long. Williams attacked Clijsters most of the match and swatted numerous winning overheads and volleys.
Williams hit a forehand winner to seize the first break point of the match and took it for a 4-3 lead when Clijsters netted a drop shot. She held serve twice more to win the first set.
Clijsters answered by breaking Williams for a 2-0 lead in the second set, prompting Williams to move closer to the baseline and become more aggressive in her first Slam semifinal since last year at Wimbledon.
The Belgian saved a break point in the fifth game with a backhand volley, but Williams forced another and hit a forehand smash to break back.
Williams saved two break points in the sixth game with overhead smashes but hit a forehand wide on the Belgian's third chance, giving Clijsters a 4-2 edge. She held to 5-3 and served for the set but Williams broke back in five points and they battled into a tie-breaker.
Williams double faulted twice in the tie break, notching just two points through a net-cord rolling and an unforced error from Clijsters, shotting long.
Clijsters broke Williams' serve to take a 2-1 tiebreak lead. Serving with the 4-3 advantage, Clijsters double-faulted twice and then missed an open-court forehand long to even the match.
She then reclaimed the advantage at 5-4, breaking Williams' serve with a topspin lob that narrowly landed inside the baseline. The match-winning shot was a backhand winner.
Zvonareva, 26, hasn't dropped a set in the tournament. Clijsters leads their head-to-head series 5-2, though Zvonareva won both of their meetings this year, in the quarterfinals of Wimbledon on grass and in the same round of a hard-court tournament in Montreal.


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Our department holds a multidisciplinary pelvic pain clinic that takes place once a month in our 4th floor OBGYN clinic at Froedtert Hospital. The team includes Dr. Sumana Koduri, our department's Urogynecologist, Dr. Camila Bomtempo, our department's Obstetrics and Gynecology Generalist, Dr. Chelimsky, a Neurologist, who specializes in pelvic pain, Beth Malak, who is a pelvic floor physical therapist and Dr. Mark Rusch, a psychologist.
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Kiel University Interfaces
Kiel's approach - the "Kiel Way"
The CAU submitted its application to become a "University of Excellence" entitled "Kiel University Interfaces". With its application, the CAU followed a special approach - the "Kiel Way". It is based on open-minded dialogue and cooperation between the subjects (interdisciplinarity), as well as fruitful collaborations with the society, politics and business and strategic partners (transdisciplinarity). As Schleswig-Holstein's state university with a unique excellent research environment infrastructure, outstanding researchers, students and employees Kiel University invites everybody to come together – at the campus, the city and the region.
The CAU as a University of Excellence
As a pluralistic and research-intensive university offering the full spectrum of academic disciplines, Kiel University has pursued an unusual path of internal differentiation over this past decade. This profiling process emerged from the concentration and interconnection of disciplinary knowledge spaces, the Interfaces. The resulting design of interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary teaching formats and of integrative research agendas laid the foundation for the university's success in the Excellence Initiative. Kiel is now ready to become a University of Excellence of a new kind; the CAU counts on gaining and training early career researchers as future minds, on equality and on promoting individual talents who will considerably shape the cultural transition of science to inter- and transdisciplinarity.
Opening up new areas, building bridges, supporting people
To support these individuals, to advance their careers and to open up new areas of knowledge together with them, Kiel University will create 'Ermöglichungsräume' (enabling spaces), which will accelerate trans-faculty research cultures. These spaces enable encounters and exchanges among disciplinary academic cultures and promote their joint research activities.
For Kiel University, creating interfaces is the key to its success, and will also remain its particular strength in the future. Interfaces open up areas and build bridges - for example, between individual research groups, disciplines and faculties, but also between the CAU, our society, politics and business.
Driving innovation in the region
With various architectural, structural and personal measures, the CAU aims to support the emergence of new interfaces for all its members. The prerequisite for this is that the people have the opportunity to meet each other, to exchange ideas - and are given the space, as well as the facilities, to jointly develop innovative approaches and follow new paths. The university management supports them here.
With this, Kiel University also assumes the role of a key driver for innovation in the region, implementing a wide variety of measures aimed at collaboration with society. Over the next few years, the CAU will define a new townscape through its campus-city construction developments (Kiel.Science.City). Through this, they will stimulate knowledge transfer on all levels, from shared meeting spaces to intellectual discourse and new participation opportunities.
The path to the Excellence Application
Success in the Excellence Strategy
As one of only 19 top German universities, the CAU received the approval for two Clusters as part of the German Excellence Strategy: "Precision Medicine in Chronic Inflammation" and "ROOTS - Societal, Environmental and Cultural Connectivity in Past Societies". They will receive funding of around 100 million Euros up to 2026. The announcement in September 2018 which collaborative research projects will be funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG) was also the green light for the CAU's application to become a University of Excellence, the second funding line of the Excellence Strategy.
Kiel University Interfaces - a joint process
The design of the application itself also followed the guiding principles of the Kiel Way. It is the result of a long collaborative process, involving various groups at the university. Starting with a big kick-off event in September 2016, followed by brainstorming and cross-section groups, and campus-wide information and participation events, the application was formed by a permanent dialogue between the university management, committees, status groups, institutions and numerous participating university members.
The highlight along the way was the Excellence Workshop on 13 June 2018, in which all members of the university - from the technician to the president, from the student right through to the chancellor - were called upon to contribute ideas for an excellent CAU. In accordance with our motto: only by working together we can think beyond existing borders, and overcome them. Over 300 ideas were collected on this day, each of which was discussed and reviewed individually by the University Board. Some of them were subsequently discussed in specially-created analysis groups, with relevant experts and idea generators. For the university management, the exchanges within the entire university was an important part of the design of the application and will be continued in future to implement first ideas.
Project of the Month
Many ideas of the Excellence Workshop that could not be incorporated into the application will be pursued further. This gave rise to the »Project of the Month«. Every month, one of the ideas that have already been implemented, is presented to the CAU university members on the intranet. In the spirit of the CAU's application to become a University of Excellence titled »Kiel University Interfaces«, these projects give rise to new opportunities for scientific dialogue and collegial teamwork between all university members.
The inspection of the CAU in spring 2019
Following the submission of the application on December 10, 2018, there will be an inspection of the university premises on 1 and 2 April 2019 by a 21-member review panel. Numerous university members – students, early career researchers, employees and professors – will present our Kiel Way to the review panel here on site.
Project management
Pascal Sadaune
Head of the Strategy and Planning department
Project team:
- Stefanie Altemark
- Dr Barbara Röckl
- Dr Anja Voßhall
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Microsoft Dynamics CRM now available on mobile.
Microsoft has made its Dynamics CRM available as an app for tablets and phones on the Windows Store, as well as the app stores of Apple and Android.
In an announcement, Redmond said that the move was aimed at
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of their staff.
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government departments to leverage the apps as they pursue mobility strategies
for their staff.
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Automakers facing new U.S. fuel-economy rules in 2012 have questions about getting credits for fuel-efficient technologies and being penalized for not complying with the law, but they will ultimately support the proposed national standards, officials from an industry group say.
The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, a lobbying group of 11 automakers, has until late next month to decide which parts of the government's proposed emissions rules are fodder for official comment, spokesman Charles Territo said in an interview with Automotive News reporters and editors.
The Alliance and individual automakers plan to weigh in, but they don't want to get in the way of getting the Coporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) standard officially passed by the beginning of April.
In remarks prepared a Wednesday public hearing in Detroit about the emissions rules, Julie Becker, the alliance's vice president for environmental affairs, said all parties involved must start moving forward toward passing the legislation.
"A final rulemaking prior to April 2010 is essential to providing manufacturers with the certainty and lead time necessary to plan for the future and to cost-effectively add new technology," Becker said.
The Alliance is considering giving opinions on how the government should give automakers credits toward their fuel-efficiency scores for using emissions-reducing technology such as improved air conditioning units, Territo said.
In addition, the Alliance may issue comments on how the government should penalize automakers who don't meet emissions standards or how regulators should account for diesel emissions in an automaker's companywide average, he said.
In May, President Obama said the United States would implement a single national emissions standard, harmonized between the EPA's greenhouse-gas regulations and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHSTA) fuel-economy parameters.
The proposed standard calls for the vehicles sold in the United States to average 35.5 mpg, although individual manufacturers' fleet averages would vary. All manufacturers would have to hit targets for emissions based on each vehicle's wheelbase. The result would be a 40% improvement in fuel economy from current levels.
The proposed rules on how to meet the new standard came out in September. Automakers have until Nov. 27 to submit written comment on the potential regulation.
In the meantime, the government has scheduled three public hearings this month in Detroit, New York City and Los Angeles to allow citizens to voice their opinions on the legislation. The first is today.
Despite plans to weigh in, "at the end of the day, we will support this program," Territo said. "If it isn't finalized, we would revert to the California program, and that is the worst-case scenario."
The proposed rule supersedes a waiver California has received to develop its own fuel-economy standards.
The Alliance also plans to stress to regulators the importance of moving on to develop a national standard for 2017 to 2020, Territo said.
"The more time you have to develop new technologies, the less expensive it is," he said.
The Alliance's members are BMW Group, Chrysler Group, Ford Motor Co., General Motors Co., Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz USA, Mitsubishi Motors, Porsche, Toyota Motor Corp. and Volkswagen Group.


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Last week Rocky Mountain Bank (according to reports) emailed, unencrypted, social security numbers and personal financial data on 1300+ customers, to the wrong address (link below):
The e-mail, sent by an employee of Jackson, Wyo.-based Rocky Mountain Bank on August 12, contained names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and loan information of more than 1,300 bank customers.
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The confidential information includes names, addresses, tax identification numbers,3 and loan information for each of the 1,325 customer accounts.
That email, with the customers' information, went to a gmail address. A frantic skirmish ensued, with Rocky Mountain Bank actually getting a court order to force Google to lock the email address. That part got the attention of the tech community, but what about the part about Rocky Mountain Bank leaking customer social security numbers? Why wasn't that part sensational? And the part about Rocky Mountain Bank filing a request to seal the court order, on the grounds that it was not good for the bank, with an assertion that the confidential information may not have been actually "disclosed":
Plaintiff argues that if its complaint and motion papers are not filed under seal, all of its customers may learn of the inadvertent disclosure. Plaintiff further argues that publication of the disclosure before it determines whether the Gmail account is active or dormant will unnecessarily create panic among all of its customers and result in a surge of inquiry from its customers. In his declaration, Mark Hendrickson, states that "until there is a determination that the Confidential Customer Information was in fact disclosed and/or misused, the Bank cannot advise its customers on whether there was an improper disclosure."
It gets worse. Now that Rocky Mountain Bank (of Jackson, Wyoming) has confirmation from Google that the owner of the gmail account had not yet read the email, we are asked to accept that all is well in Rocky Mountain Bank Security Land:
"As a result, no customer data of any sort has been viewed or used by any inappropriate user during this data lapse," Martinez wrote. "Rocky Mountain Bank acted to protect its customer's confidential information. That objective was accomplished. The matter is now closed and the TRO (temporary restraining order) entered on September 23, 2009 is now vacated."
Seriously? Unencrypted emails are stored on numerous servers on their way to their destination. An email sent from Rocky Mountain Bank in Wyoming to a Gmail account, is not "secure" along the way. Just because Google says the email has not been read via the gmail account, does not mean the email has not been copied, stored, archived, or even read on numerous cooperating servers in the public path between Rocky Mountain Bank and Google's GMail servers. I don't even trust that Google's determination is accurate. Without details, who knows if the email and been read and marked as unread? Or forwarded? Or accessed outside of the web interface? Has anyone looked to see just what Google specifically examined? Or is Rocky Mountain Bank just hoping we'll all forget this "mistake"?
Not to mention the tougher questions. Is it standard Rocky Mountain Bank procedure to email confidential customer data unencrypted, every day? Is it only when they realize they sent it to the wrong address, that it becomes news?
I expect a name change for Rocky Mountain Bank in the near future, for Reputation Management purposes, but really… when will we start demanding more from our banks and their inept managers and executives?


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Third Wave Of SAAS On the WayBy Jessica Davis | Print
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SAAS's next opportunity will come in the form of vertical hubs that turn traditional customer relationships upside down.Software as a Service's next wave of opportunity will come in the form of vertically-oriented industry hubs or exchanges that have the potential to turn traditional customer relationships upside down for ISVs and VARs.
That's according to Colleen Smith, managing director of SAAS at Progress Software, a provider of tools and infrastructure that ISVs need to build applications.
Smith, a former industry analyst, joined Progress two years ago and has been part of the company's effort to help transition its ISVs to also offer SAAS to customers by enabling them to add multitenant capabilities and the ability to integrate with other applications, among other capabilities.
But with the introduction of software concepts such as the ESB (Enterprise Service Bus), ISVs are creating applications that can be integrated with any number of applications or services from other companies, Smith said. That's opened up a whole new realm of opportunities for ISVs to work together and with VARs and for companies to expand their capabilities.
"This is the trend that is going on now," Smith said. "It still means that you have traditional channels or traditional go to market, but now there are more ways for ISVs to work together as long as they've integrated their business applications."
For some companies that means expanding their offerings vertically, Smith said, making for some interesting business combinations that go beyond what the industry traditionally has seen. For example, legal and news content provider Lexis-Nexis recently acquired a Progress Software ISV, Visual Files. Now Lexis-Nexis is looking to offer not only content but also software services to their existing customers of news and legal information.
"We are seeing a move from horizontal business processes to more of a vertical play," Smith said, as companies look to offer more services to their existing base of industry clients rather than diversify to other industries. "That's just one of the acquisitions that has happened this year. Next year we will see the building out of hubs or exchanges."
For example, Progress is currently working with EDS on building out a vertical industry travel hub.
"This trend will be great for the small ISV," Smith said. That's because, in this model, large business service providers are beginning to pick up applications from smaller ISVs, bundle them together and offer them to customers, making the large company the reseller for the smaller company.
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There is more to Estonia than the Old Town of Tallinn. Extreme Estonia – an unconventional guidebook is a must-have for everyone wanting to get to know the real Estonia outside the mainstream.
Extreme Estonia takes us to places where shipping companies and travel agencies usually don't. Avoid tourist traps and take a peek into some small towns and simple villages with ordinary people living in them. Dig in the past, face nature's miracles, be amazed by some peculiar phenomena – and why not say hi to a few ghosts on the way, too!
What's going on in the small town of Kehra? What does Viinistu, the former paradise of bootleggers, look like? What did the Soviet military leave behind in Paldiski? Why is Viivikonna all in ruins or a museum in Tartu tilting? After reading this book you can also locate the three twin cities of Estonia, as well as the tiny town of Loo!
This book won't give you all the answers. It encourages you to seek and find some of the most original locations in one of Europe's smallest countries. So don't hesitate. Ready, steady – go! The extremities of Estonia are waiting to be discovered by you!
Extreme Estonia, first published in Finland, has been a success among its Finnish speaking readers. The author Terhi Pääskylä-Malmström, is a Finnish-Estonian journalist, translator and an incurable estoholic, who sure knows how to put her words. Getting to know Estonia has yet never been this interesting, let alone twisted and fun!
Estonia's own Sodom, Soodoma, is in Kanepi Parish close to Otepää – the winter sports mecca. Even the name of the parish is rather unexpected – kanep means "cannabis" in Estonian. There is no sign of the wacky weed there, however, or maybe it is just well hidden away along with the parish's 150 inhabitants.
The "heart" of Soodoma seems to be a bus stop. According to the timetable fastened onto a post, the bus runs two or three times a day. The barn behind the bus stop has some ads hanging on the walls together with an old and faded timetable of a weekly grocery bus. If you wish to send a postcard from Soodoma, you need to buy it in advance from somewhere else. You can drop it, however, in the local orange mailbox.
In the Soviet period, the island of Saaremaa was a highly militarized region accessible only with a special permit. It was, after all, the closely watched border of a Communist country. Even the Estonians who wanted to go to Saaremaa needed to show the Soviet border guards an official invitation from a local resident.
You can still find remnants of the Soviet Army's presence all over the island. In a rectangular area formed by Sirge, Kaare and Arhiivi Streets just outside the town center of Kuressaare there are abandoned barracks, the still inhabited apartment buildings of the former officers, and other ruins. Here you can have your car washed and serviced, at the same time step in a wholesale store named Makros in the former armory or visit a former border guards' clubhouse that now hosts a Pentecostal church.
The building of Mustamäe, a much larger district and home to nearly 65,000 people, started in the early 1960s and continued until the start of the next decade. It was planned and built according to an idea of nine smaller micro-districts, with their own shops, schools, kindergartens, and recreational services.
The buildings do not differ much from each other or from any of the other Soviet panel apartment blocks that cover one sixth of our planet. They were built fast with the help of Soviet workers and materials, and the result was… Anyway, a flat in such a building with central heating and running water was a real luxury back then. There was even a popular song, Mustamäe Valss (Mustamäe Waltz, 1971), about having such a privileged lifestyle. The song is about a young man living in his new, warm, and large apartment in Mustamäe after having shared a small, shabby penthouse with his mother-in-law. He even hopes to buy his own car, a Žiguli, one day. The song is available on YouTube, of course, under its Estonian name.
About 30 kilometers before Tartu, on the right side of the road, lies Hollywood, or at least the sign says so. The very exact replica of the original Hollywood sign appeared on the hills of Laeva Parish in the summer of 1996 out of nowhere and has drawn attention ever since. For a long time, no one knew how the letters got there. The sign had been there for about 10 years when finally Postimees, an Estonian newspaper, wrote about it. It turned out that a man named Peeter from Põlva and his three friends made the sign as an ex tempore art project using picket fences from an abandoned Soviet officers' village in Tartu (Jaamamõisa neighborhood p. 140).
The Estonian Hollywood sign has been through a lot. Below it, in a place referred to as "the Canyon," the restaurant and gas station owner has repaired the sign several times, as both people and weather have not always been nice to it. However, everyone in Laeva are content with the sign, erected without official permission. After all, it has become a well-known landmark and draws attention to a place that otherwise many would ignore.
A few years ago a local pop group called HU? hit the charts with their song Depressiivsed Eesti väikelinnad. They sang about depressing Estonian small towns, so small that everybody knows everybody and no one ever locks their doors at night. Places where girls become mothers at a very young age and where guys are always drunk and fight. Where all people ever dream of is a flower bed or a used BMW. Where endless consumption is not yet endless, which is actually a positive thing if you can read between the lines.
I would like to take you to these small places of Northern Estonia. Some of them aren't even towns, but villages. Whether they are depressing or, on the contrary, refreshingly authentic is up to you to decide. In fact, I enjoyed them immensely, and best of all, along the way we will come across also some really interesting natural landmarks.
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Copyright: Terhi Pääskylä-Malmström and Petrone Print Inc. 2014
Original title: Extreme Eesti – Virollinen opas erilaiseen etelään
Translator: Triin Pajupuu
Editor: Justin Petrone
All photographs by Terhi Pääskylä-Malmström, unless stated otherwise
Cover design and map: Kirsti Makkar
Layout design: Juhani Juurik / Jumedium Disain
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The Wells College women's basketball team went on the road and dropped a 67-54 game against Morrisville State College on Wednesday, Feb. 15. Wells is 9-12 overall and 8-8 in the North Eastern Athletic Conference. Morrisville improved to 16-7 overall and 11-5 in the conference.
The Express led 11-10 after the first quarter and 29-26 at halftime. Ashida Cooper had 14 first-half points for the Express and Carley Ryan added 11 points in the first half.
Wells trailed 43-41 headed into the fourth quarter, but Morrisville started the fourth with a 9-2 run to extend the lead to nine points with four minutes remaining. The lead grew to 10 points for the Mustangs, but a 3-pointer from Ashida Cooper and a free throw by Carley Ryan brought Wells to a six-point deficit at 56-50, but that was as close as the Express came down the stretch.
Cooper finished the game with 28 points, Ryan had 12 points, and Kamarie Maturine had 10 points and 13 rebounds.
Wells wraps up regular-season play with home games this weekend. On Friday at 5 p.m., Wells hosts the College of Saint Elizabeth. Saturday at 1 p.m. Wells will play against Penn College of Technology.


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The road to Georgia…
It's been 18 years since my younger brother walked through the door with his new baby boy in his arms. My brother was extremely nervous about his new role, I can remember his face turning bright red when he couldn't figure out how to get his son to stop crying. He was fast to quip "How the F do I get him to chill out?"….my mother and I gave a few pointers over the course of that first day….but beyond that day I can't recall him ever asking again. My young brother seemed to be a natural and was able to cultivate this incredible bond with his new son. Over the years it seemed pretty normal to find them both showing up at the same basketball or street hockey tourneys. On Saturdays you could catch them down at Mark Deluca's boxing clinic so my nephew could learn how to take his lumps. This eventually led to hockey, and my brother making the trek all over eastern Massachusetts for his games. One day a good friend pulled up next to them as they sat in the car down at the Dunks on Morrissey. "They were both sitting there reading the Herald and laughing" my friend said in amazement. He could not get over how they were like old friends rather than father and son….my nephew was barely able to see over the dash at the time.
Mom was a bit of a different force, she was as nurturing as any mom should be but had a specific vision for her son. Huge on education and not a fan of excuses, she was the one who drove accountability. She seemed to approach it all with this boundless energy. Whether it was school projects at St. Brendans or watching over his grades at Catholic Memorial, she brought something to the table that seemed to strike balance all while pursuing her own nurse practitioners license at UMass. I guess you could say Mom kept everything from turning into a complete Frat party.
And of course, Dorchester also had its role. All of his neighbors and close friends helped him develop his grit and common sense. His experience here played a vital role in his love of country.
Yesterday, all of this culminated when my nephew left the family he knows here in Dorchester for his new family in Fort Benning Georgia. I am going to miss him … but I know his new brothers and sisters have his back.
Hooah Andrew!
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Good luck. You are already a hero, just take the ride. If there is anything I can send you PLEASE ask and you will have it.
Best of luck to your nephew in his military career.
Loved reading this. It brought tears to my eyes. I must have read it three times already
God bless Andrew and watch over him.
Interesting how small the world is. Our 18 year old left for the same place and is apparently in the same unit. His father was born and raised in South Boston and our son was born when his father was in the Army.
Hoo-ah indeed….sucks when you're out of the loop and you miss this stuff. So happy for Andrew, and proud. Happy and heart heavy as a parent for Ed and his wife, but we know God loves his soldiers.


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