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Happy Leap Year Day: Spend Your Extra Day Exploring Onslow County
This year, we've been gifted with something particularly special: an entire extra day on February 29th, 24 additional hours that only come around once every 4 years. Anyone with a full time job, kids, or a jam-packed schedule knows that a few extra hours in the day would be a dream come true, so we don't intend to waste this opportunity. It's time to make the most of your Leap Year Day by spending your time having fun with friends and family in Onslow County.
On this most unique day of the year, why not go on the hunt for something just as special to spruce up your home? Onslow County is home to incredible antique shopping, from refurbished furniture to precious vintage souvenirs. 2 Flipping Roosters offers two convenient locations in Jacksonville on Lejeune Boulevard and Piney Green Road, filled with furniture, antiques, gifts, accessories, and collectible military gear. Want unique items found only in Onslow? Head to Swansboro and shop local on the waterfront.
Get Outside
An extra day in February is the perfect excuse to get outdoors and enjoy all that Eastern North Carolina has to offer, like scenic bike routes. Jacksonville City to Sea boasts a 21-mile ride from the Jacksonville Mall all the way to Hammocks Beach State Park in Swansboro, where you can enjoy year-round fishing, unique shell searching, and natural nesting grounds for the endangered loggerhead sea turtle. If you're bringing the kids along for a shorter ride, try one of our 1-3 mile trails and greenways throughout Jacksonville, or visit Hammocks Beach State Park for a day by the water.
Learn Something New
Onslow County is rich in military history and opportunities to learn about the men and women who dedicate their lives to our freedom. Dedicate your Leap Year Day to honoring our veterans by visiting the oldest operating USO in the world, located in Jacksonville, or visit a variety of memorials to remember those who served.


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Welcome to Creative Landscapes
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Blanc Quigley Boutique Hair Salon
We are a boutique hairdressing salon located on South Main Street, Naas, Co. Kildare, Ireland.
We are a Joico colour and retail product salon and we retail Moroccanoil hair products as well as using them on the salon floor.
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DP World is one of the largest marine terminal operators in the world, with 50 terminals and 11 new developments across 31 countries. Its dedicated, experienced and professional team of nearly 30,000 people serves customers in some of the most dynamic economies in the world.
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In 2009, DP World handled more than 43.4 million TEU (twenty-foot equivalent container units) across its portfolio from the Americas to Asia. With a pipeline of expansion and development projects in key growth markets, including India, China and the Middle East, capacity is expected to rise to around 95 million TEU over the next ten years, in line with market demand.
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Established in 2005, CrazyPriceBeds.com was founded with the ambition of offering stunning unique bed frames, quality mattresses and furniture at low prices directly to the public. We believe that much of the high street, expensive designer brands and large chains of stores give consumers a bad deal. We aim to bring you great products, the latest designs & fashions, delivered quickly directly to your home and at rock bottom prices. Here is a brief insight on how we acheive this:
We don't have 'fancy' expensive physical shops or stores and 'shiny teeth' salemen! Nor do we spend tens of thousands on costly advertising. We keep it simple! There are no middlemen, we purchase directly from our approved Manufacturers, we buy in bulk, we hold huge stocks. We rip out all of the expensive costs and pass these savings directly on to our customers.
Our team have an eye for design. We work with fresh design talent to create our unique beds and furniture collections. We follow as well as create the latest designs and trends in furniture, we then find the best craftsmen to build them - often the same people who make products for top high street brands!
Without all of the expensive costs and overheads we are able to give you fantastic beds, mattresses and furniture at extremely affordable prices. We pass all of the savings we make on to our customers. This gives us the ability to keep our pricing unbelievably low! Via a secure portal we offer a number of ways to pay whether that be via Paypal, Credit/Debit card.
We believe that once you have set your heart on the bed or piece of furniture you want then you don't want to have to wait for it! We also know that you don't want to be paying any 'hidden' delivery costs either! Everything we sell is held in stock at a our national distribution centre. We then provide FREE Delivery throughout Mainland UK normally within 48 hours of placing the order or you can simply tell us on what day you would like it delivered!
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Adobe Flash is a multimedia platform used to add animation, video and interactivity to Web pages. Flash can be displayed on various computer systems using Adobe Flash Player.
The Adobe Flash Player plays the SWF and FLV format and is available free of charge for Web browsers and some mobile phones.
What's SWF?
The SWF format (ShockWave Flash) is used to display animated vector graphics on the web. It's a compiled Flash file that can be played by the Adobe Flash Player and can no longer be edited with Adobe Flash.
What's the problem with Flash?
- You need the Adobe Flash software to create an SWF file.
- Adobe Flash is difficult to use and requires Action Script programming.
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- Adobe Flash handles text poorly and is criticized due to the fact that it is not accessible for everyone. Apple for example no longer supports Flash on mobile devices.
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Confronting the seamless contradictions and provocative absurdities of Mark Ryden's paintings, the question hardly seems to be how does he think of this stuff, so much as why do they somehow make sense to us? As to the former question, this artist is far too imbued with the mystery to look for the reasons, and would rather attribute the radical extremes of his imagery to the convoluted choreography of those leaps of imagination that lie outside the bounds of intentionality. He'll call it all a dream, what we might think of rather as some lucid dream-state where Ryden can access his subconscious without filters of forethought or the constructs of analysis. As to this latter question however, we cannot answer for the method to his madness without in some way coming to terms with the collective derangement of visual language and meaning that is endemic to our cultural schizophrenia as a whole. In the lineage of visionary art, reality has been twisted and pulled, inverted and turned inside out, for any number of reasons. Today, considering the pictures of Mark Ryden, it seems quite possible that such contortions of content and context here may be as much an idiosyncratic inventory of this painter's private obsessions as it is some baroque symptomology for the greater public folly unleashed by a consumer media spectacle run amok.
Force fed on the obsessive compulsive diet of carnal indulgence and candy-coated junk that is America's great contribution to the history of bad taste, Mark Ryden expels it all from the gut, giving gastric voice to the soft-white underbelly of our manic materialism, and heaving forth the bile and the beauty of our frothy fantasies back into the great vomitorium of popular culture. And make no mistake about it, this is a thoroughly American form of art-making. Evident not simply in the iconography, a language so easy to mimic now that it approaches universal familiarity, but in our national vernacular of conjunction, Ryden grasps at a tradition of mass communication in which the linearity of pictures has been forfeited for the sake of a highly articulated form of visual compression. His insistent manner of pastiche owes as much to the Surrealists as it does to the formal appropriation of their strategies by the world of advertising. The historical confluence is of course unmistakably post-modern. What is not post-modern per se, what is elusively yet unmistakably that which we would have to call Ryden's Southern Californian sensibility, is the application of an irony that in no way constitutes a critique. If it is dark, it is still bathed in an unrelenting sunlight. If it is morbid, it still throbs with life. If it is perverse, it is so with such an unmitigated innocence that we must attribute this to our own dirty minds. Yes, Mark Ryden invites us into a slaughterhouse disguised as a madhouse, but it is also a funhouse, where the distortions of flesh and mind are there primarily for our greater entertainment.
No fairy tale is ever worth its weight in pixie dust if it doesn't scare you just a little bit. Mark may not deliver the usual troupes of ogres, trolls and wicked witches, but his Never Never land has that velvet touch of evil none the less. Oddly, this most obvious aspect of Ryden's art is in fact its most subtle as well. We may be well used to seeing skulls and devils in the work of Ryden's contemporaries, but the context here is quite different. Mark Ryden does not celebrate evil, even it's its most campy denatured form. Quite to the contrary, his art-making can be seen as an elaborate charade of avoidance towards life's grimmer realities. His is an utterly pure infantilistic escapism. This is the artist's gaze fixedly upon the sweet and shiny, the idealized and innocent, in deliberate denial of the more explicit alternatives. However, as in any emphatic effort to push the darker dimensions of experience out of sight and mind, in even Ryden's most beautiful paintings something lingers, a shadow that haunts his nostalgia infused picturesque. For this artist, who also seeks to answer in his own way those big questions of life, what this dis-ease may ultimately amount to is an awareness of mortality.
In as much as Mark Ryden's art is driven by startling and radical juxtapositions, none perhaps is as poignant and potent than the continued confrontation that takes place between the bucolic dream-scape of childhood and the innuendo of death. Much like the momento mori genre in which still lifes would be arranged in tableaus that would mimic the shape of a skull, Ryden's pastoral is indeed a nature morte infused with the bitter-sweet reminder of how precious, ephemeral and fleeting youth and existence really is. This is obviously most evident in the skulls, skeletons and Christian religious imagery, but it is just as well true in its other myriad manifestations, from the head of Abraham Lincoln (a dour almost deathly expression of not simply an assassinated president but one of the first leaders to be captured in a photograph) to the ongoing leit-motif of meat. An admitted omnivore with no particular grudge against meat per se, Mark takes a certain relish in our whole consumer-culture of carnivores, particularly the cattle cross-section graphics and advertisements of those glory days in the 1950s before we worried about such petty matters of health and diet. For Ryden there is just something special about the depiction of a slaughtered carcass, the ways in which we package it to make us think of food rather than a murdered animal, the residue of our barbaric and primal past wrapped up in apron strings and the benevolent face of a smiling neighborhood butcher. With so much meat in these paintings, you know it's not just random, perhaps more like some mythic metaphor akin to how the act of communion transmogrifies the cannibalistic act of ingesting the flesh and blood of Christ. But then again, it is also like all of Ryden's visual obsessions, something that he does for no deeper reason than that he cannot resist it. Quite simply, Mark Ryden likes how meat looks, and damn, he can paint it better than anyone else I know.
For every aspect of Mark Ryden's art, there is this split potential: on one hand the very simple explanation of his manic collector's personality in which one or once could never be enough, and on the other a wealth of readings that one can take from or attach to his archetypal symbology. We might speculate ad nauseam on what the surface sexuality he allows his depictions of children to bare might tell about humanity, society and the artist, but would prefer to think of this as a kid's book. So too is this artist's contemplation of the ideals and artifacts our recent past, his true love and fanatical devotion to the halcyon days of popular Americana, open to all sorts of insights through cultural criticism. And then, while we're at it, there are so many other ways in which the wealth of religious and art-historical references could be analyzed. But as much as one can sense how this is a painter who has taken some inspiration from the psycho-analytical legacy of Freud and Jung, he is certainly not parlaying in such currency himself. Mark Ryden has an uncanny access to the stuff that dreams are made of, and a rare capacity for sharing and baring the full glory of his explorations into this fantastical realm with us. His working process seems something of a waking dream state, a meditation on nothingness in which he can freely download all the surfeit of a life-time's media overload. He does not try to explain his pictures, and I'm not sure that he even could. What Ryden shares is his passion for the mysterious and mystical sides of reality. When we questioned him about this visionary aspect of his art, he told us that he is in fact a pretty logical person, one who if not an artist might easily have chosen to become a mathematician. By such an account, we come to understand just how it is that the illogical fascinates him so. In it he may seek the discrete synchronicities and other-worldly perspectives that invisibly bind our chaotic world, and we can take pleasure in how this rational mind has turned its attention to the archetypal language of imagination itself.


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Our stores are giving back to the community.
Our stores are giving back to the community.
Thanks to our store managers who have raised over $17,136.00 towards local charities through store donations. You can do your part next time you are in one of our stores and donate to a worthy cause.
Point Grey raised $50 towards the BCSPCA this year
Park Royal raised $4000 towards Muscular Dystrophy since 1993
Park and Tilford has raised $3200 since 2002 towards BC Cancer Society
South Point raised $1500 to benefit Zajac Ranch for Children since 2006
Granville Island has raised $3667 for the BCSPCA since 2007
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Do you dare go underground? Not afraid of the dark? Go exploring in the caves below the St. Pietersberg hill. No light, no sound, no smell, no radiation, no pollution, no mobile phone signal, no idea of time…
Through a labyrinth that once comprised more than 20,000 corridors, a professional guide takes you underground. The man-made galleries once measured 230 km in total and measure around 80 km today. Highlights of the tour are the big explosion dome, the remains of the 18th century shelter, and many more. Also you will find National Storage Facility no. 9 here, better known as the "vault". From 1942 to 1945, this space provided protection for a large part of the Dutch national art treasures. The North Caves are very child friendly. For more information on the caves, click here.
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Patron me, maybe
Here's a video we made about two weeks ago. I am the $5 sign, $10 sign in the beginning and the green puppet. Enjoy!
This is a little online commercial for the drama/theater program at a local high school. This kind of program, contrary to how it might have been portrayed on TV shows like Glee, actually has no fundings for their productions. Instead of having the kids sell necessary stuff like candies, the teacher, Leah, decided to start a patron program.
The shows are normally $5 per person at the show. But by joining the program at the $5 level, you get two tickets to the show instead. And for $10, you get a pair of tickets to every single one of the seven shows throughout the year. It was quite brilliant, I thought. It raises money, and at the same time brings more people into the theater. Subscriptions and the season pass model have worked well for many professional theaters and apparently it can work for school too.
So Leah, a fellow graduate of Puppet School, gathered several fellow alumni to put the video together. She's the orange puppet, and we have Josh (purple), Jenn (pink), and Ray (gray) on this project as well. It was a fun collaboration. We all contributed ideas of what the shots should look like and how to accomplish them.
As puppeteers, we are all looking at a monitor to see what's being filmed. Usually, looking at the monitor is what the director does, while the human actor doesn't get to do so. So in puppeteering, it feels like you are half directing and giving the actor (your arm) notes while the filming is going on. So what a shot should look like becomes a collaborative effort, especially on a small project like this.
And I had never imagined that sticking signs into shot to give a puppet something to react to can be so much fun. 😀


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Networking: how to use it to find a job
Advertising jobs takes up a lot of time and money for employers, so most jobs are filled by networking.
Networking is passing on information. You network every day. When you speak to a friend you might recommend a film, a hairdresser, or a good restaurant. Just as you network in your personal life, you can use your contacts to help with job hunting. It's also a great way to find out about a particular career and whether you might like it.
You can network with anyone. You could start by talking to people you already know about their jobs and who they know. Once you start, you'll be surprised at how quickly the list of people you know gets bigger.
Get comfortable with networking
At first you might feel uncomfortable with the idea of making contacts to 'get something from them'. Try to look at networking as two-way - you offer your skills and abilities in return for support and information.
Don't think you need to be a very outgoing person. You can continue to be yourself, but make sure you are enthusiastic and interested in the career you're finding out about.
Learn to bounce back
Everyone gets knocked back at some stage. The contact you speak to may be pushed for time or not hiring at the moment. Thank them for their time anyway and ask if they can recommend anyone else that might be able to help.
If you're new to networking and get knocked back, try to think about how you can learn from it and change your approach for future networking opportunities.
How to network
A good way to start networking is to:
- make a list of who you know, which positions they hold, and who they know
- identify your existing networks, like family, friends, acquaintances, referees
- have a clear idea of who you want to talk to and why you're interested in the organisation
- research what a company does and what your contact's role is
- think about what you can offer the organisation before approaching them
- keep a record of contacts listing everyone you've spoken to, their contact details and their positions
- chat to professionals on web forums or on social media


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Five Saints To Represent North In American Association All-Star Game August 2 At CHS FieldST. PAUL, MN July 20, 2016
The hometown crowd will have plenty to cheer about at the 2016 American Association All-Star Game, presented by CHS, at CHS Field on August 2. The St. Paul Saints will have five players in the mid-summer classic as first baseman Angelo Songco, second baseman Tony Thomas, outfielder Alonzo Harris, starting pitcher Mark Hamburger and closer Ryan Rodebaugh were all selected among the 22 North All-Stars.
The 27-year-old Songco is hitting .294 with 11 home runs and 35 RBI in 59 games. In 211 at bats he has scored 44 runs, has nine doubles, two triples, a .428 on base percentage and .512 slugging percentage for an impressive .940 OPS. He has played in every Saints game and has played more games than anyone in the American Association. He is second in the league in walks and tied for fifth in on base percentage. He leads all first basemen in games played at first (58), total chances (510) and putouts (472). His season has been highlighted by tying a franchise record with two doubles and five RBI on June 10 at Sioux Falls and finishing a triple shy of the cycle on June 17 at Winnipeg.
The 30-year-old Thomas is hitting .305 with 10 homers and 43 RBI in 57 games. In 220 at bats he's scored 36 runs, roped 16 doubles, three triples, has a .368 on base percentage and a .541 slugging percentage for a solid .909 OPS. He is currently third in the league in extra base hits (29) and fifth in total bases (119) and slugging percentage (.541). He began the season on a torrid pace and hasn't let up. After not collecting a hit in the first game he then collected a hit in the next 26 games from May 20-June 15 and reached base safely in 37 straight from May 20-June 27, both league highs. He also had an impressive streak of recording an RBI in a career high 10 straight games from June 5-15.
The 27-year-old Harris is hitting .294 with 12 home runs and 43 RBI in 55 games. In 238 at bats he has scored 41 runs, clubbed eight doubles, two triples, swiped 26 bases, a .335 on base percentage and .496 slugging percentage for an .831 OPS. He leads the league in stolen bases and is tied for fourth in home runs. He has been one of the hottest hitters in the league recently, hitting safely in a career high 15 straight from July 3-18. He had a string of five straight multi-hit games from July 3-7 during that streak. He hit two home runs on June 18 at Winnipeg and hit a walkoff home run on June 13 against the Sioux City Explorers. He had a career tying high four RBI on May 22 vs. Gary SouthShore Railcats.
The 29-year-old Hamburger is currently a perfect 10-0, the first pitcher in Saints history to accomplish the feat, with a 2.75 ERA and four complete games in 12 starts. In 95.0 innings pitched he's walked just 11 and struck out 56 while opponents are hitting .251 against him. He has been named the Pointstreak Pitcher of the Week twice this season, for the week of May 23-29 and from July 4-10. He is first in the American Association in wins, complete games, innings pitched and winning percentage and sixth in ERA. He has nine career complete games, one shy of tying the franchise record held by Charlie Ruud (2005-09).
The 27-year-old Rodebaugh is 1-1 with a 1.17 ERA and 14 saves in 22 relief appearances. In 23.0 innings pitched he's walked just five and struck out 32, with a WHIP of 1.00, while opponents are hitting a miniscule .207 against him. He has converted 14 of 15 saves and currently leads the league in saves and reliever points (42) and is second in games finished (21). He has eight hitless relief appearances and five perfect relief appearances and has not allowed an earned run in 19 of 22 relief appearances.
The North All-Stars are comprised of the four teams from the North Division and four Central Division teams. Along with the five Saints players the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks also have five representatives, the Sioux City Explorers, and Central Division leading Lincoln Saltdogs, each have three, the Gary SouthShore Railcats have two and the Winnipeg Goldeyes, Kansas City T-Bones and Sioux Falls Canaries all have one representative.
The North All-Stars were selected through a vote of each of the eight managers from the North and Central Division, with the three reserves and each pitcher selected by Sioux City Explorers, and Central Division manager, Steve Montgomery. As the runner-up in last season's playoffs Montgomery is rewarded with managing the North and will bring his coaching staff of Pitching Coach Bobby Post and Hitting Coach Matt Passerelle. Joining them on the coaching staff will be Saints Manager George Tsamis.
Below is the starting nine, including designated hitter, three reserves and 10 pitchers for the North All-Stars. The starting pitcher will be named by North Manager Steve Montgomery, at a later date.
1B Angelo Songco (St. Paul Saints) – .294-11-35. He is 2nd in the league in walks (39) & T5th in on base percentage (.428). He leads all first basemen in games played at first (58), total chances (510) and putouts (472).
2B Tony Thomas (St. Paul Saints) – .305-10-43. He is currently 3rd in the league in extra base hits (29) & 5th in total bases (119) & slugging percentage (.541).
3B Josh Mazzola (Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks) – .296-15-57. He is 1st in the league in RBI, 2nd in home runs & 3rd in total bases (126).
SS Nate Samson (Sioux City Explorers) – .369-4-40. He is 1st in the league in batting average & on base percentage (.454), 2nd in hits (79) & sacrifice flies (7), T2nd in doubles (21) & 3rd in stolen bases (20) & stolen base percentage (.952). He leads all shortstops in total chances (282), assists (178) and double plays (43).
C Jose Gonzalez (Gary SouthShore Railcats) – .275-4-16. He is 2nd on the team in slugging percentage (.420), 3rd in on base percentage (.347) & T4th in doubles (7). He is 3rd in the league in caught stealing percentage (27.5%)
OF David Rohm (Winnipeg Goldeyes) – .341-6-46. He is T3rd in the league in hits (74) & RBI & 5th in average
OF Alonzo Harris (St. Paul Saints) – .294-12-43. He is 1st in the league in stolen bases (26) & T4th in home runs (12).
OF Keury De La Cruz (Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks) - .349-8-46. He is 1st in the league in at bats (261), hits (91), total bases (138), doubles (23) & extra base hits (31), 2nd in runs (48), 3rd in average & T3rd in RBI
DH Curt Smith (Lincoln Saltdogs) - .340-11-35. He is 2nd in the league in slugging percentage (.567) & 6th in average
INF Blake Schmit (Sioux Falls Canaries) – .348-4-13. He leads the team in runs scored (37) & on base percentage (.405) & 3rd in doubles (7). He is 4th in the league in average.
OF Kes Carter (Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks) – .306-6-32. He is 2nd on the team in on base percentage (.378), T2nd in doubles (14) & 3rd in slugging percentage (.478)
C Luis Alen (Lincoln Saltdogs) - .305-4-30. He is 3rd on the team in walks (27) & 4th in on base percentage (.394) & slugging percentage (.401). He has thrown out 20.0% of base stealers.
LHP Tyler Alexander (Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks) – 7-3 with a 3.24 ERA in 12 games (11 starts) and one complete game. Struck out 76 in 75.0 IP while opponents hit .249 against him. He is 2nd in the league in strikeouts, T2nd in wins & 9th in ERA
RHP Colton Reavis (Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks) – 1-3 with a 2.61 ERA and four saves in 23 relief appearances. In 31.0 IP struck out 41 while opponents hit .222 against him.
RHP Charle Rosario (Gary SouthShore Railcats) – 5-3 with a 2.99 ERA and two complete game shutouts in 14 starts. In 87.1 IP struck out 64 while opponents are hitting .228 against him. He is 1st in the league in games started, T1st in shutouts, 2nd in innings pitched, T2nd in complete games, 3rd in strikeouts & 7th in ERA.
RHP Mark Haynes (Kansas City T-Bones) – 0-0 with a 2.36 ERA and 12 saves in 24 relief appearances. In 26.2 IP has struck out 28 while opponents are hitting .189 against him. He is 3rd in the league in saves, 4th in reliever points (36) & 5th in games finished (18)
LHP Lindsey Caughel (Lincoln Saltdogs) – 5-3 with a 2.10 ERA and one complete game in 11 games (10 starts). In 77.0 IP has struck out 77 and opponents are hitting .214 against him. He is 1st in the league in strikeouts & 2nd in ERA.
RHP Evan Reed (Lincoln Saltdogs) – 1-1 with a 0.77 ERA and 13 saves in 22 relief appearances. In 23.1 IP has struck out 24 and opponents are hitting .195 against him. He is 2nd in the league in saves & reliever points (39) & 3rd in games finished (20).
RHP Mark Hamburger (St. Paul Saints) – 10-0 with a 2.75 ERA and four complete games in 12 starts. In 95.0 IP he has struck out 56 while opponents hit .251 against him. He is 1st in the league in wins, complete games, innings pitched & winning percentage (1.000) & 6th in ERA.
RHP Ryan Rodebaugh (St. Paul Saints) – 1-1 with a 1.17 ERA and 14 saves in 22 relief appearances. In 23.0 innings pitched he has struck out 32 while opponents are hitting .207 against him. He is 1st in the league in saves & reliever points (42) and 2nd in games finished (21)
RHP Connor Overton (Sioux City Explorers) – 4-0 with a 0.98 ERA and eight saves in 22 relief appearances. In 27.2 IP has struck out 34 and opponents are hitting .156 against him. He is 4th in the league in games finished (19) & 5th in saves & reliever points (32).
RHP Rob Wort (Sioux City Explorers) – 2-2 with a 0.76 ERA and one save in 13 relief appearances. In 23.2 IP has struck out 32 while opponents are hitting .107 against him.
All-Star Monday begins at 6:00 p.m. on August 1 and includes the iHeart Radio Celebrity Softball Game, the Select Heartland Chevy Dealers Homerun Derby and musical acts Chris Hawkey Band and Soul Asylum. The 2016 American Association All-Star Game, presented by CHS, takes place on Tuesday, August 2 at 7:05 p.m.
Tickets for All-Star Monday are $15 in advance and $20 on the day of the event. They can be purchased at the Saints box office or over the phone at 651-644-6659, Monday-Friday from 9-6 or Saturday 10-2 or anytime at saintsbaseball.com.
Tickets for the 2016 American Association All-Star Game on Tuesday, August 2 begin at $5 for berm seating (available only on day of game in person at the box office), $9 for bleacher seats, $15 for the drink rail, $17 for outfield reserved, $19 for infield reserved and $21 for home plate reserved.
Saints Box Office hours on non-game days are Monday through Friday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. On game days, the Box Office will open at 9 a.m. Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday and 12:00 p.m. on Sunday and will remain open until 15 minutes following each game. Tickets are always available at saintsbaseball.com.


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Alex brought up in adversity, he believes people can change through spiritual faith and education.
"I was not a good student in a traditional sense. I used to be very naughty. I could only show my strength when I felt respected."
His mission today is to encourage and help the youths, how to step out of their comfort zone and to live out an abundant life.


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WASHINGTON — American aircraft on Saturday struck a training camp in Somalia belonging to the Islamist militant group the Shabab, the Pentagon said, killing about 150 fighters who were assembled for what American officials believe was a graduation ceremony and prelude to an imminent attack against American troops and their allies in East Africa.
Defense officials said the strike was carried out by drones and American aircraft, which dropped a number of precision-guided bombs and missiles on the field where the fighters were gathered. Pentagon officials said they did not believe there were any civilian casualties, but there was no independent way to verify the claim. They said they delayed announcing the strike until they could assess the outcome.
It was the deadliest attack on the Shabab in the more than decade-long American campaign against the group, an affiliate of Al Qaeda, and a sharp deviation from previous American strikes, which have concentrated on the group's leaders, not on its foot soldiers.
It comes in response to new concerns that the group, which was responsible for one of the deadliest terrorist attacks on African soil when it struck a popular mall in Nairobi in 2013, is in the midst of a resurgence after losing much of the territory it once held and many of its fighters in the last several years. The planned attack on American and African Union troops in Somalia, American officials say, may have been an attempt by the Shabab to carry out the same kind of high-impact act of terrorism as the one in Nairobi.
The fighters had just completed "training for a large-scale attack" against American and African Union forces, said Capt. Jeff Davis, a Pentagon spokesman.
Pentagon officials would not say how they knew that the Shabab fighters killed on Saturday were training for an attack on United States and African Union forces, but the militant group is believed to be under heavy American surveillance.
The Shabab fighters were standing in formation at a facility the Pentagon called Camp Raso, 120 miles north of Mogadishu, when the American warplanes struck on Saturday, officials said, acting on information gleaned from intelligence sources in the area and from American spy planes. One intelligence agency assessed that the toll might have been higher had the strike happened earlier in the ceremony. Apparently, some fighters were filtering away from the event when the bombing began.
The strike was another escalation in what has become the latest battleground in the Obama administration's war against terror: Africa. The United States and its allies are focused on combating the spread of the Islamic State in Libya, and American officials estimate that with an influx of men from Iraq, Syria and Tunisia, the Islamic State's forces in Libya have swelled to as many as 6,500 fighters, allowing the group to capture a 150-mile stretch of coastline over the past year.
The arrival of the Islamic State in Libya has sparked fears that the group's reach could spread to other North African countries, and the United States is increasingly trying to prevent that. American forces are now helping to combat Al Qaeda in Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso; Boko Haram in Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad; and the Shabab in Somalia and Kenya, in what has become a multifront war against militant Islam in Africa.
The United States has a small number of trainers and advisers with African Union — primarily Kenyan — troops in Somalia. Defense officials said that the African Union's military mission to Somalia was believed to have been the target of the planned attack.
Josh Earnest, the White House press secretary, called the attack a "good example" of how the United States military can work with local partners to advance security.
"The removal of those terrorist fighters degrades Al Shabab's ability to meet the group's objectives in Somalia, including recruiting new members, establishing bases and planning attacks on the U.S.," Mr. Earnest told reporters on Monday. He insisted that avoiding civilian casualties is a "very very high priority, both for moral reasons but also because extremist organizations like Al Shabab would just use the death of innocent civilians to try to recruit additional members and whip up additional anti-U.S. sentiment."
Saturday's strike was the most significant American attack on the Shabab since September 2014, when an American drone strike killed the leader of the group, Ahmed Abdi Godane, at the time one of the most wanted men in Africa. That strike was followed by one last March, when Adan Garar, a senior member of the group, was killed in a drone strike on his vehicle.
If the killings of Mr. Godane and Mr. Garar initially crippled the group, that no longer appears to be the case. In the past two months, Shabab militants have claimed responsibility for attacks that have killed more than 150 people, including Kenyan soldiers stationed at a remote desert outpost and beachcombers in Mogadishu.
In addition, the group has said it was responsible for a bomb on a Somali jetliner that tore a hole through the fuselage and for an attack last month on a popular hotel and a public garden in Mogadishu that killed 10 people and injured more than 25. On Monday, the Shabab claimed responsibility for a bomb planted in a laptop computer that went off at an airport security checkpoint in the town of Beletwein in central Somalia, wounding at least six people, including two police officers. The police said that one other bomb was defused.
At the same time, Shabab assassination teams have fanned out across Mogadishu and other major towns, stealthily eliminating government officials and others they consider apostates.
The Shabab have also retaken several towns after African Union forces pulled out. The African Union peacekeeping force, paid for mostly by Western governments, features troops from Uganda, Burundi, Kenya, Djibouti and other African nations.
The Shabab were once strong, then greatly weakened and now seem to be somewhere in between, while analysts say the group competes with the Islamic State for recruits and tries to show — in the deadliest way — that it is still relevant. Its dream is to turn Somalia into a pure Islamic state.
The Pentagon's announcement of the attack in Somalia came as the Obama administration said it planned in the future to be more transparent about the number of casualties caused by the use of counterterrorism strikes outside declared war zones. Lisa Monaco, President Obama's counterterrorism and homeland security adviser, said a report would be released "in the coming weeks," on the total number of casualties caused by strikes since Mr. Obama took office.


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Ludwig Thoma
This article may be expanded with text translated from the corresponding article in German. (June 2019) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
Ludwig Thoma (21 January 1867 in Oberammergau – 26 August 1921 in Tegernsee) was a German author, publisher and editor, who gained popularity through his partially exaggerated description of everyday Bavarian life.
After graduation from the Imperial Latin School in Landstuhl (today: Sickingen- Gymnasium Landstuhl), he first studied Forestry in Aschaffenburg, then Law until 1893 in Munich and Erlangen. Subsequently, he settled down as a lawyer, at first in Dachau, later in Munich.
After 1899, he worked for the magazine Simplicissimus and published humorous narrations, comedies, novels and stories. Thoma satirized Bavarian rural and small-town life. His serious peasant novels Andreas Vöst (1905), Der Wittiber (1911), and Der Ruepp (1922), as well as his humorous collections Assessor Karlchen (1900), Lausbubengeschichten (Scoundrel Stories, 1904), and Tante Frieda (Aunt Frieda, 1906), are characterized by authenticity of regional language and life. Thoma's dramas, including Die Medaille (The Medal, 1901), Das Säuglingsheim (The Orphanage, 1913), and especially Moral (1908), reflect elements of folk theater.
In 1907 he married 25-year-old Marietta di Rigardo, who was born in the Philippines. The marriage, however, did not last; Marietta was soon bored and by 1911 Thoma and Marietta were divorced. In the later years of his life, he wrote nationalistic propaganda agitating against left-wing politicians (e.g. for the newspaper Miesbacher Anzeiger).[1]
During World War I he served as a paramedic. In July 1917 he joined the German Fatherland Party.
His best-known works are Ein Münchner im Himmel (A Municher in Heaven), the Lausbubengeschichten (Scoundrel Stories) and Jozef Filsers Briefwexel (Jozef Filser's Correspondence). Lausbubengeschichten was made into a movie in 1964, also released in English under the title Tales of a Young Scamp.
- Die Lokalbahn (1901)
- Lausbubengeschichten (1905)
- Tante Frieda (1907)
- Moral (1909)
- Ein Münchner im Himmel (1911)
- Jozef Filsers Briefwexel (1912)
- Altaich (1918)
- Münchnerinnen (1919)
- Der Jagerloisl (1921)
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- Works by Ludwig Thoma at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- https://web.archive.org/web/20050831020847/http://www.uni-regensburg.de/Fakultaeten/phil_Fak_IV/Germanistik/gajek/thoma.htm
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Last week in Madrid was super intense and proactive, meeting friends, attending a live performance of a friend's band, The Diesel Dogs, Sonisphere, vermouths, neighborhood fests…
Using subway in Madrid as the definite public transport is great for reading and listening to music, because the average journey from one point to final destination is of half an hour minimum, same as in London. Can't recall how many books I read in two years I was living there, but bringing them back to Spain was sweat and tears, and almost overweight expenses.
In the gaps I wasn't listening to Soundgarden or The Afghan Whigs I chose Blunderbuss, the first solo album Jack White has just released, as the soundtrack of the week. And the verdict is already settled: thumbs up!
Those times I used to think he and his "sister" Meg were an absolute hype, and misjudged him without proper knowledge nor grounding, are long gone. Little by little, every single project Mr. White's been involved in, The White Stripes, The Raconteurs and The Dead Weather, eventually has received my approval.
It's taken many years to this mainstream rebel to finally release a full studio album on his own. Why such long time? I don't think it's a matter of lack of confidence, perhaps he's tired of projects with other artists, although we all know he's the outstanding figure of any of them with the exception of Meg White and her bewbz, right? Just joking!
Perhaps you might think I'm exaggerating when I compare Jack White to Ryan Adams, labeling both them as the ultimate musical genius: singers, songwriters, multi instrumentalists, able to cover different styles and sounds without blinking.
Blunderbuss is simply bewitching, with songs so different from each other, and this uniqueness it's hardly to relate the album to any other band or artist. It's just Jack White.
This album is actually a compilation of all the styles White is comfortable with, and such variety makes of this a histrionic and excessive work. Don't misunderstand me, I love it. What I mean is that the opening Missing Pieces is far away from Trash Tongue Shaker.
First single chosen to promote the album is simply stunning, Love Interruption, featuring Ruby Amanfu on backing vocals. Check it out!
Nevertheless is Hypocritical Kiss the song that blew my mind last week. First time I listened to this song I could only think of one adjective to sum up the way I felt: Sonofabitch!
The fact is that, the more I listen to it, the more song I now love, which is great. Nowadays my new favorite is Weep Themselves to Sleep. I don't think of any as a mere filler, the thirteen cuts have been carefully chosen to shock and make people finally adore Jack White. Brilliant!


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BALTIMORE, Md. – Logan Lewis opened the Centennial Conference (CC) Track and Field Championships by taking gold in the hammer throw on Friday afternoon. Lewis' victory highlighted day one of competition for Franklin & Marshall, which featured limited action from the men's and women's teams.
At the end of day one, the F&M men stand in third place with 16 points, while Johns Hopkins leads with 34. The Diplomat women narrowly missed out on scoring on day one, with Hopkins leading at the end of the day at 32 points.
Top Performances
-With his toss of 45.70 meters (149'-11"), Lewis became the inaugural CC men's hammer throw champion, as 2017 marks the first year the event was contested at the meet. He was the only competitor to record a distance longer than 44 meters.
-Ramon Williams and Ryan Kozloski backed up Lewis in a strong team showing, with Williams taking fourth at 41.72 meters (136'-10"). Kozloski followed in eighth with an effort of 36.29 meters (119'-1").
-Najee Mendes recorded the top finish of the day for the Diplomat women, also in the hammer. Her distance of 31.38 meters (102-'-11") was good for ninth place, just outside of the points.
-George Pekeshe was the only participant in the men's pole vault for F&M, taking 10th with a height of 3.60 meters (11'-9.75").
-Sabrina Piccinini represented the Diplomats in the women's pole vault, taking 11th at 2.45 meters (8'-.5").
Up Next
F&M returns for day two of the CC Championships tomorrow at 8:45 a.m.


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"I could watch and listen to this every single day and never tire. Wonderful."—Barbara posted on Emma's Revolution's FaceBook page (https://tinyurl.com/EmmasRev-FB)
"I sang along for the entire song, singing with everyone around the world fed my soul and nourished every cell of my body…."—Grace posted on Emma's Revolution's YouTube channel (http://tinyurl.com/PeaceSalaamShalomVideo)
Sung around the world, Emma's Revolution's song "Peace, Salaam, Shalom" has been called the anthem of the peace movement and was chosen for the new hymnal of a worldwide denomination. Out of the hymnal's 600+ songs, Community of Christ selected the song to be taught to its 250,000 members worldwide and created "Peace Through All People", a stunningly beautiful and moving video of congregants and friends from Australia to Zambia singing "Peace, Salaam, Shalom". The video has more than 49,000 views--watch and share the video with your community (http://tinyurl.com/PeaceSalaamShalomVideo).


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Yemi Alade is one of the newest and brightest stars of the Afropop music style. Ever since her first hit single Johnny Yemi Alade hairstyles have attracted as much attention as her musical talent.
The singer is never afraid to show off her cultural heritage and unique fashion sense, which is why each Yemi Alade latest hairstyle is discussed for weeks. Check out 8 cutest Yemi Alade hairstyles!
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1. Afro
Fans were delighted to see the latest Yemi Alade afro hairstyle – it's styled to perfection and completely matches Yemi's personality and dress sense. Hopefully, we'll see even more Yemi Alade Africa hairstyles in the future!
2. Mohawk Afro
Yemi Alade hairstyles 2017 are famous for being edgy: it seems like there is no ultra trendy hair look Yemi hasn't rocked yet. Her Mohawk Afro hair is an inspiration to us all to try new and fresh styles.
3. Undercut + weave
Yemi Alade was one of the first Nigerian celebrities to try the highly popular undercut trend, and, as always, the singer put her own twist on the hairstyle by pairing it with a dark braided weave with golden highlights.
4. Fringe Puff
This fringe puff hairstyle not only looks delightfully vintage – it's also very similar to Yemi Alade's hairstyle in Marry Me, one of the singer's latest music videos that inspired thousands of girls to try the same fashionable style.
5. Bantu knots
Earlier this year we finally got to see the Yemi Alade new hairstyle – these adorable Bantu knots, which are not only playful but also prove Yemi's commitment to respecting her heritage and trying more hairstyles that are authentic to her community.
6. Twist braids
There have been plenty of Yemi Alade braids styles to admire over the past few years, but this twisted braid look stands out to us: not only because the braids undoubtedly suit Yemi, but also because the two-tone twist braids are a very refreshing look.
7. Wraparound braid
It's hard to tell what we love the most about the next Yemi Alade hair style: the trendy undercut, the fabulously thick braid, or the striking purple color that couldn't be a better match for Yemi's style. Needless to say, the whole look works perfectly.
8. Braid updo
A simple updo would be too plain of a look for someone like Yemi Alade, who is known for her unconventional approach to hairstyles. That is why recently she rocked an updo made from braids, and the blue highlights make the whole look even more fashionable.
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Mac Snow Leopard OS struggles against Windows 7
Snow Leopard faces hurdles before it can move beyond art and marketing departments into widespread corporate use.
Although the Mac Snow Leopard operating system has big consumer appeal, VARs agree that it has a way to go before it can gain significant share in enterprise accounts.
In business, Snow Leopard has found its way into a few marketing and advertising desktops -- where Apple has always maintained a foothold -- but when it comes to widespread adoption throughout an organization, Apple Inc. has its work cut out for it.
The good news for Apple is that high-level executives are showing a growing interest in the latest Mac operating system (OS), especially in small to medium-sized businesses, VARs said. That could stem from Snow Leopard's compatibility with Microsoft Exchange or solid sales for Mac laptops and notebooks.
"About a month or two ago, Apple released the Mac mini server that is priced at $1,000. It includes two hard drives and unlimited client licenses. We have seen a lot of companies [use Mac mini] when they have four to five Macs total and want to place them on one server. The cool thing about [this server] is that it's a gateway for more enterprise Mac solutions down the road," said Dana Stibolt, owner and founder of MacMedics, an Apple-authorized VAR in Baltimore.
Mac Snow Leopard OS riding on iPhone coattails
Some experts speculate that Mac is basking in the reflected glow of the iPhone and iPod. And many say that Apple would be foolish not to use these products as a lead into the enterprise.
A study by The NPD Group Inc. showed that consumers are in fact buying Apple. According to the 2009 Household Penetration Study, 12% of U.S. households own an Apple computer, up from 9% in 2008. The study also found that Apple computer owners tend to own more computers than the norm and have more types of electronics than the average household. For example, 63% of Mac households also have an iPod, compared with the 36% of total computer-owning households that have an iPod.
Many corporate executives have Apple computers at home, an iPhone and an iPod touch and demand Mac compatibility with their businesses. VARs believe that familiarity with Apple products is what's prompting business customers to look into Mac OSes.
"People want their iPhones to have enterprise functionality, and now, it essentially has the same OS as a Mac computer system. It's a great pathway into business accounts. In early 2010, Microsoft will probably have a good response to the iPhone," said Todd Swank, the vice president of marketing at Nor-Tech, a systems builder based in Burnsville, Minn.
Windows 7 system steals Mac Snow Leopard limelight
Windows Vista's well-documented failings over the past few years gave the Mac OS a leg up in enterprise accounts. But VARs agree that Microsoft has smartened up, especially in its Windows 7 OS marketing campaigns. The company wants the public to know that it's aware of Vista's shortcomings.
"Vista was an enormous blunder -- a disaster. Windows 7 is Vista, fixed, but Microsoft was smart enough to not call it 'Vista Service Pack 2,'" said Ron Herardian, chief systems architect of Global System Services Corp., a Microsoft partner in Mountain View, Calif.
Initial sales of Microsoft's Windows 7 boxed software were far greater -- as much as 234% higher -- than Vista's first few days in the U.S. market, according to The NPD Group.
At least one VAR believes that Mac is still far ahead of Windows 7. "Microsoft's advertising is clever, but too late in the grand scheme. Mac is great because you can take it out of the box and set it up. You don't need to load a bunch of service packs, and that is so much different than Windows. We're always busy with business, because people that need advanced help with Macs come to us," Stibolt said.
Comparing Mac Snow Leopard and Windows 7 system
Microsoft dominates market share in OSes, which means applications are plentiful.
But the Snow Leopard OS does have advantages. "Almost everything that worked with Leopard is also compatible with Snow Leopard. And any issues from moving to [Snow Leopard] are solved with patches from manufacturers. Windows 7 is a major upgrade from Vista, and it has a lot more compatibility issues than [Snow Leopard]," Stibolt said.
Snow Leopard's upgrade price of $29 doesn't hurt. Microsoft charges between $120 and $320 for a Windows 7 upgrade. During the first two weeks of release, Snow Leopard's sales were more than two times higher than the previous version, Leopard, and almost four times higher than Tiger, according to NPD.
"Apple is great at having tight control over their hardware, components and pieces. Microsoft will continue to improve their products, but Apple will have the advantage because they continue to successfully integrate hardware and software," said Michael Oh, founder and president of Tech Superpowers Inc., a Boston Apple reseller.
Mac Snow Leopard OS sales opportunities for VARs
Because of Apple's easy integration with peripherals, printers and scanners, VARs said they do see more concentrated peripheral sales that coincide with Mac purchases.
But the biggest business opportunity may lie in integrating Mac OSes into a PC environment. Stibolt specializes in network integration and finds much success in this particular market.
"Our customers are mostly banks, insurance companies and large associations. In those types of companies, there're normally five to six people that are using Macs for creating marketing materials for their organization. But the rest of the company is on a PC. We specialize in making Mac play nice with a Windows environment, and there's a lot of business there," Stibolt said.


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Fans of Jet Li can breathe a sigh of relief.
Photos of the world famous martial arts actor appeared on social media recently, in which he appeared shockingly aged and frail. Fans immediately took to the internet to express their worry that Li was in failing health, and that he was looking far beyond his 55 years.
"He is completely fine," his manager, Steven Chasman, assured. "We appreciate everyone's concern. But Jet is completely fine," he told USA Today. "There's nothing wrong with him. There's no life-threatening illness. He's in great shape."
The photos that appeared online of Li were taken while he graced a temple in Tibet with his presence. One particular picture shows him smiling and in seemingly good spirits, but standing under an unflattering, glaring light that may have given Li a grey, unhealthy cast that concerned his fans. His manager pointed out, "If you took a picture of me at the wrong angle and wrong time of the day, I could look frail, as well."
Is that Jet Li? Alleged photos of actor in Tibet fuel speculation about his poor health https://t.co/8JEM0gtF0f pic.twitter.com/23OG2MN65f
— The Straits Times (@STcom) May 20, 2018
It's worth noting that Li was diagnosed with hyperthyroidism in 2013 and has been dealing with its side effects, which include muscle weakness and sleeplessness, ever since. Luckily, he seems to be taking it in stride, and continues to march steadily on.


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Esti Chem A/S
Since being founded in Copenhagen in 1988 - and temporarily for five years as part of the US-based Dow chemicals company (2001 to 2006) - Esti Chem A/S has established itself as one of the most important manufacturers of additives for cleaning agents and metalworking fluids. Oil exploration products are also included in the company's product line-up. The most important products are package solutions for developing cleaning systems and as an alternative to the use of solvents.
Since January 2007, Esti Chem has also added ACL goods distribution for Nordic countries to its own product range.
EstiChem products are used in the following areas:
- Surface cleaning agents and grease-removal fluids for industry, automotive and municipal janitorial cleaning agents.
- Cleaning additives for the graphics industry including ink manufacturing as an alternative for volatile hydrocarbons (VOC).
- Additives for water-miscible coatings and as furniture surface treatment products.
- Additives for polymer processing as an alternative to N-methylpyrrolidone (NMP) and acetone in polyester, polystyrene and epoxy processing industries, reactor and furnace cleaning and solvents for core binders for subsequent mineral casting.
- Additives for water-miscible and non-water-miscible metalworking agents, release agents, rust removers, corrosion protection products and defoamers.
- Additive packages for use in oil well drilling fluids including "top site" and "well bore" cleanup.
- Esti Chem A/S


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I don't, but I would like to...
... have one cover or postcard with post mark from each post office from Faroe Islands.
They are not so many, but without you will not be possible.
I'm waiting your feedback... and of course I will support the cost deliveries or I'll send you back some nice cover with stamps from Portugal.
Please e-mail me for details...
Sunday, 15 March 2009
Postal Máximo da Emissão 'Desporto nas Ilhas Faroe' / Maxicard of the Stamp Issue 'Sports in Føroya'
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If you couldn't tell from the title of this blog post, Dayna is the name of these Ballard Designs chairs lol! Also known as a Chippendale chair, I've been DYING to use these in a space for a long time so when my client wanted to update her pool house I knew they would be perfect. I've gone to order them on other projects but the description online as "rubbed cream" did not sit well with me. From afar on the Ballard website, they look bright white BUT when you zoom in you can see they have a distressed finish on them. I also read some of the reviews that called them yellow and definitely not white which made me nervous. What's a girl to do when she wants what she wants? I decided to take a gamble on them knowing that they would be paired with a traditional, darker table and worst case scenario could be returned (the shipping back though yikes!)
{Dana Side Chair-up close of the distressed finish}
Luckily the chairs didn't take too long to arrive and I held my breath as I opened the box. My initial thought honestly was, "Yep not white." But after taking them out and putting them with the table I kinda fell in love. Are they white? No. Are they ivory? Yes. Do they have that glam, lacquered finish? Nope. Are they solid and made well? Yep. So my advice is this…if you're looking to put these in an all white room next to a white table or white kitchen island they will definitely not look white. They will probably look dull and yellow. However, if you have some warmer tones in your house and want to add them to a space to brighten up the feel, then go for it! Bottom line, I'm super happy I went with them and now my mind can rest easy that I don't have to pay those horrific shipping costs back!


text: The Ghost Rockets phenomena is one of the most well documented UFO-cases in history. Since 1946, approximately 2,000 unidentified objects have been seen in the skies above Sweden. The shear number of witnesses and the enormous effort made by the Swedish military to determine the origin are some of the reasons why UFO-Sweden have never given up trying solve this puzzle. To this day people still report seeing ghost rockets throughout Sweden, with unsettling resemblance to the original 1946 reports. But what they were or where they came from remains unknown.


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Researchers Seek To Reverse Alzheimer's
Posted by Delbert on July 26th, 2007
Researchers Seek To Reverse Alzheimer's
Researchers Seek To Reverse Alzheimer's
Reviewed by: John M. Grohol, Psy.D.
on July 25, 2007 at 10:20 am
Scottish biologists report they have developed man-made compounds capable of blocking nerve cell interactions known to lead to the symptoms of Alzheimer's disease.
The researchers believe this finding shows that it may be possible to reverse some of the signs associated with Alzheimer's.
The biologists at the University of St Andrews found the blocking of nerve cell interactions lead to a successful reversal of the progression of the disease and prevention of the death of brain cells among laboratory animals.
After the procedure the targeted mice displayed improved memory and learning ability overcoming prior brain damage.
The discovery that Alzheimer's is caused by a toxic protein which kills off nerve cells in the brains of sufferers, has led to the search for a compound which can block or reduce the debilitating interaction.
Alzheimer's is linked to the build up of amyloid protein which eventually forms 'senile plaques'. The amyloid protein inflicts damage by interacting with an enzyme called ABAD Amyloid Beta Alcohol Dehydrogenase and releasing toxic substances which kill brain cells.
Dr Frank Gunn-Moore's team, from the University of St Andrews in collaboration with researchers in the US, initially focused on developing the three-dimensional shape of ABAD and understanding how amyloid attaches itself to the structure.
Dr Gunn-Moore, a senior lecturer at the University's School of Biology said, "Alzheimer's sufferers produce too much amyloid and ABAD in their brains. Based on our knowledge of ABAD, we produced an inhibitor that can prevent amyloid attaching to it in a living model. We have shown that it is possible to reverse some of the signs associated with Alzheimer's disease.
"The work is now being continued to try and refine the inhibitor into a potential drug. Our research holds a possible key for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, particularly in its early stages.â€
Source: University of St Andrews
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Marcus Samuelsson is Now Offering Room Service
The award-winning chef teams up with a new D.C.-area resort.
Club sandwiches, French fries, Caesar salads—room service menus, at even the poshest hotels, can leave a lot to be desired. But next week, when the MGM National Harbor bows just outside of Washington, D.C., room service will get a spectacular makeover at the hands of James Beard Award-winning chef Marcus Samuelsson, who is set to debut his first-ever in-room dining program at the luxury resort.
Yup, that's right. Guests who want to experience the Marcus Samuelsson magic won't have to trek to New York City, Sweden, Chicago, or Bermuda to taste his signature cuisine. Alongside restaurant concepts by Jose Andres and Bryan and Michael Voltaggio, Samuelsson will debut Marcus, his first D.C.-area restaurant, on property. The Marcus menu will feature Samuelsson takes on American classics, including chicken waffles with sweet pickle daikon, K-Town splash and barrel-aged maple; blackened catfish with brussels and apples and honey mustard sauce; and pot pie with doro wat, chopped liver, egg, and piccalilli yogurt.
"Comfort is king when you're dining in your room," Samuelsson told Food & Wine. "When I'm traveling, I always appreciate a quick, delicious meal that comes right to your door after a long day. You're going to find the same level of quality that you'd find in the restaurant and our take on a lot of classic dishes when you're on the road—like a really killer burger."
That "killer burger" he's talking about? It's no ordinary hotel burger. It's the "Lenox Burger," which the kitchen team will lace with Benton's bacon and Samuelsson Comeback sauce—a cross between thousand island dressing and remoulade—and garnished with a side of house-made B&B pickles.
"We wanted travelers to feel right at home with foods that make you feel warm and cozy, like toasted corn bread with honey butter or a crispy bird sandwich," Samuelsson says. "I always think of room service like a treat to yourself, just a moment to center yourself, take a moment to replenish."
In-room breakfasts á la Samuelsson will feature classics such as Virginia baked eggs serviced with spicy tomato, grits, chorizo, and Thai basil, or "Bird and the Egg," an open-faced fried chicken biscuit sandwich topped with red-eye gravy (which gets its name from one of its key ingredients: coffee). All-day dining options echo some of the most popular dishes from Samuelsson's repertoire (and signature items from the Marcus restaurant menu), including the aforementioned fried chicken and waffles, Marcus' steak frites with charred broccoli and chilichurri, and Uncle T's grilled salmon with Aleppo honey, cauliflower puree, and bacon-celery gremolata.
Is your mouth watering yet? The MGM National Harbor hosts its grand opening December 8th. Get your appetites ready!


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- Make a smooth swing. It is always a good idea to focus on making a smooth, relaxed swing when playing a shot over water. You will be tempted to swing hard and aggressively in this situation, but that is exactly the wrong way to go. Do your best to relax and make a smooth swing, perhaps taking one extra club in order to avoid feeling pressure to swing too hard. Not only is this a good tip to keep in mind when you are playing near a water hazard, but swinging smooth is a good choice on any kind of challenging or risky shot.
- Double check your yardage. The last thing you want to do is make a good swing and still hit the ball in the water because you measured your yardage incorrectly. No matter what method you use to measure distances on the course, double check your work anytime there is water in play. When you stand over the ball to make a swing, you want to make sure that you have complete confidence in the number you are using. Distance measuring mistakes are surprisingly common in the amateur game, so you certainly shouldn't assume that your first measurement is always correct.
- Prepare a shot ahead of time. When you know there is going to be water in play on an approach shot, you should think about that fact and adjust your plan off the tee as necessary. For example, if the water isn't in play off the tee, you might want to play a more aggressive tee shot in order to set up a shorter – and easier – approach. Or, you might want to adjust the line you use off the tee in order to set up a good angle around the water for your second shot. You might not be able to take the water completely out of play by planning ahead, but you should be able to make the shot over/around the water a little bit easier.
There are 3 Very Important Swing tips we would like to pass along that have not been covered in our other articles. Those tips are listed below.
While it might be a challenge, golf without water hazards would be rather boring. It is features like water hazards which add excitement and drama to the game. You will be frustrated if you hit your ball into the water, but you will get quite a thrill when you manage to pull off a great shot in spite of the presence of a hazard. We hope the tips provided in this article will help you perform at a higher level during upcoming rounds when water comes into play. Good luck!


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For the past month, Julia Mancuso, the former Olympic skier and multiple medal winner, was perched high in the Pyeongchang mountains for NBC, offering her analysis for the millions tuned into the network's coverage. But in March, Ms. Mancuso will be back on the mountain, offering tips and insight in private ski and snowboard sessions. The secret to unlocking these seemingly exclusive and in-demand insights from the top pros of the sport? It's through a newly launched app called Stomp Sessions.
Created by former professional extreme sport athletes, Stomp Sessions works like Uber or on-demand delivery apps: simply open it at any of their current locations — ski and snowboard at Squaw Valley, Calif., and skateboard at municipal parks in San Clemente, Truckee and Oceanside, Calif., with more locations and surfing and mountain biking coming soon — see what pros are available for the time desired, click "book," and then ride or skate with a pro.
For skateboarding, the session options run the gamut of skill levels. Pros like Ryan Sheckler and Chris Cole, former X-Games competitors, as well as locally sponsored skatepark heroes offer both group and private sessions.
For snowboarding and skiing, the options are slightly more limited, and exclude beginners (that's the domain of mountain-run schools).
There are, however, three tiers of pros offered: "Gold" is for gold medalists at either the Olympics or X-Games or Street League (Mr. Sheckler for skating and Jamie Anderson for snowboarding, for example), silver is athletes who have competed in those contests, and bronze is for athletes with professional sponsorships.
I found myself in need of some help recently after looking down at the pink imprint of my face in the snow in Squaw Valley, evidence of a slightly bloodied nose from a fairly gnarly wipeout. It was my second full day trying out snowboarding after a life of surfing and skiing, and while I had the basics down, I clearly needed a quick lesson, but was too late for the intensive, full-day sessions offered at the ski resort. I wanted a quick blitz of tips and demos from a pro.
Fortunately, Stomp had a tent hawking the app, and so I downloaded it. After quickly making a profile, I booked an hour with Ryan Williams, a former X-Games medalist and one of the company's founders, who was ready to go within five minutes of my desired start time of 10:20 a.m. Once on the mountain, Mr. Williams started the app's timer to signal our session had started; the app keeps a running clock, so the lesson can go for any amount of time past one hour, and then the rate is automatically prorated.
He quickly dispensed some handy tips that made my life easier (dig a ledge with your board so you can strap in while standing up), demonstrated proper form and then fixed my carving ("think of the edge more like a butter knife"). It was exactly the kind of lesson I was looking for.
One major bonus was that the app has a built in media-upload function; as Ryan was coaching me, he was also filming through the app. After the session, he uploaded photos and videos, accessible through the app, so I could see what I could correct or improve upon (or, in my case, post an Instagram of me carving and then falling head first).
Mr. Williams told me that the idea for the app came to him while he was working on some of his own tricks at a skatepark, and had a fellow skater ask him for a few tips on landing a 720 rotation.
"It dawned on me, just seeing how many pro athletes were in the park, both the snowboard park and the skateboard park," he said. "They of course have busy schedules, but if we could create a program similar to Uber or Airbnb where they could manage their own schedule, what an awesome opportunity."
Getting tips, tricks and guidance from a pro on a world-class ski resort isn't cheap. My run with Mr. Williams cost me about $250 for an hour, which are comparable with the Squaw private lesson rate of $539 for a half day. Bigger name pros like Chas Guldemond or Ms. Anderson would cost more, around $499 an hour. But the draw of Stomp, in addition to the pros, is flexibility: It let me just choose an hour, and I could start any time I wanted, and go for as long as I wanted, and focus on exactly what I wanted.
Skateboarding lessons and pro sessions offers cheaper and more varied options starting around $80 per hour. And the app is loaded with dozens of tip videos from pros like Mr. Cole showing how to pull off simple jumps and complex flips.
An app like this could seem disruptive to the lucrative ski schools run by world class mountains like Squaw Valley. But the resort has embraced Stomp as a partner through a revenue sharing agreement. (Plus, anyone using Stomp still needs a Squaw Valley lift ticket — pros and amateurs alike.)
For the athletes, the draw is twofold: many view their role as ambassadors of growing sports, and the app allows the opportunity to spread their knowledge. But Stomp also brought many of the top names, like Ms. Anderson, into the company as advisers, so they also have a part ownership stake in its success.
The app is still in its nascent stages. There are two planned weekends left for ski and snowboard pro sessions at Squaw Valley on March 17 and 18 and April 7 and 8. For skateboarding, the lessons around Truckee and Oceanside are fairly regular, with more cities on both coasts set to open soon. Mr. Williams said they require at least six pros to sign up for a location before they flip the switch in the app for a locale.
"I have a way of breaking down tricks in a specific manner and people have always said, 'hey you should def do something with that skill you have of breaking down tricks into little bitty pieces an explaining them to people'," said Chris Cole, the pro skateboarder. "And I was just waiting for the right application to do it."


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So I've worked it out in the morning. Had a nice salad for lunch. Headed out into the big world and made a round of returns and grocery shopping. Somewhere during the errand run I have decided on dinner. I'm shopping today, but it turns out I already have everything I need for dinner. This should not be a surprise. I have two refrigerators, a big chest freezer and two pantries. I should always be able to come up with something. Greg grills two turkey tenderloins for us. Sara helps me snap green beans that we roast and finish with a scant grating of fresh Parmesan. I warm up some Costco whole grain artisan bread. Sara trims some beautiful winter strawberries (I did go to Costco after all).
|pretty berries in my new colander from the Sur La Table sale
I make that yummy pan roasted acorn squash because I have some wine better suited to deglazing than
drinking. Everyone makes their own salad and voila, dinner is served. But since this is my house and Kelly is still home on break and asks if we can bake some dessert, well sure we can and we whip up an apple crisp. It's in the oven right now. It smells delicious.
Now we wouldn't have to assemble and bake an apple crisp, but I made two bumble berry jalousies (like strudel, but with a French name) for New Year's Eve and I'm pretty sure I ate one of them over the weekend. That did not leave enough for Kelly, so instead of taking the ornaments off our tree after dinner I assisted on the apple crisp. I looked up a recipe on King Arthur Flour's website on my cute new iPad and set it in my cookbook holder. How cool is that? Greg totally surprised me with that one Christmas morning. There were tears.
Apple Crisp
1/2 C sugar
2 T Pie Filling Enhancer (a King Arthur product, delivers what it says) or 4 T flour
pinch of salt
5 C cored, peeled and sliced or diced apples
1/2 a lemon, juiced
1/2 C firmly packed brown sugar
3/4 C flour
1/2 C rolled oats (old-fashioned or toasted oats from Trader Joe's)
1/4 tsp salt
1 tsp cinnamon
6 T butter, softened
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Spray a casserole dish, 8x8 dish or deep dish pie pan with cooking spray (mine is Pampered Chef stoneware so I do not need spray or butter).
Whisk together the sugar, filling enhancer/flour and salt. Toss with the apples and lemon juice. Spoon into pan.
|apples from the storage refrigerator
|tossed and poured in the deep dish pie pan
Combine all of the dry ingredients for the topping and mix in the butter until crumbly (your hands work best). Sprinkle evenly over the apple mixture.
|Kelly mixing up the topping
|ready for the oven
Bake for 30 to 35 minutes or until the topping is golden brown and the filling is bubbly.
If you also have apples left from the farmer's market in the fall, make yourself a crisp. MMmmmmm.....


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Harry Potter Joke Books?
"The Unofficial Harry Potter Joke and Riddle Book", by R.U Kidding M.E. I stumbled across this in my Kindle recommendations this morning, but sadly it did not live up to expectations.
This book needs a lot of work before I would pay money for it. I didn't need to read further than the free sample–most of the jokes are not actually HP-related apart from the author sticking a character name in front, some are Americanised and just don't fit with the feel of the books, and there are persistent errors: in the Herbology section, Professor Sprout is consistency referred to as Madam Pomfrey. The few jokes that were actually Harry Potter jokes and I as a Brit appreciated and were factually correct, just didn't merit paying for.
If you're looking for a Harry Potter joke book where the author knows their stuff, I highly recommend "Harry Pottiness: A Totally Unofficial Book of Muggle Fun".
I've thumbed my way through this book time and time again when needing some laughs. It's true it's incredibly cheesy and the jokes are BAD, but most do fall into the "so bad it's good" category. The highlights however have to be the more creative pages, such as the Invisibility Cloak care label, and the music chart–always worth a giggle. Highly recommended, and you don't have to be a die-hard Harry Potter fan to understand most of the jokes; having seen most of the films once is probably good enough.
Writing Stuff
Since we seem to be having a Potter themed post, why not? I don't normally discuss my fan fiction on this blog, but as it happens, the (Harry Potter) fan fiction chapter I mentioned in my last post that got mostly wiped, I have managed to re-write to, I think, a pretty good standard. It's a couple of hundred words shorter so I've obviously lost some content forever, but I'm pretty sure I covered everything I meant to cover. Even a lot of the dialogue reads like it did before, which is brilliant. My prayers have been answered. The chapter in question is actually on a story that's not public yet, and won't be for a long time–but that doesn't mean I don't write something on it when the thought strikes. It's actually one of the sequels to Six.
Moving away from the Potter stuff, I am so close now with my coursework–just got to figure out this bibliography, and some proof-reading, and I'll be free to work on Aquila! (And hopefully a few days' holiday!) I got a 5 for my Children's Writing module–I have to say I was slightly disappointed, as the first draft of one of my stories was predicted 4-6 before it was redrafted, and it means I just missed getting a First on another module. I'm not totally confident in the report I'm about to hand in, so my hopes are pinned on my Aquila script.
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Renault boss Eric Boullier believes Formula 1 chiefs should think hard about whether it is right to hold a grand prix in Bahrain this year, amid an increasing likelihood of the race being slotted back onto the schedule
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Welcome to the Brownstones at River's Edge, one of the Fox Valley's most prestigious townhome communities. Located in the heart of downtown St. Charles along the Fox River, these miniature castles offer three levels of luxurious living. Each unit is unique in its own way, designed specifically for its original owner.
|Total # of Homes: 46
|# Homes Sold in 2007: 3
|Average List Price: $771,300
|Average Sale Price: $724,166
|List/Sale Ratio: 93.9%
|Average Market Time: 75 Days
|Association Fees: $125/Month
|Age: 2004-2005
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Extra Innings: 4/30/07
All of our thoughts: There is this saying that "Baseball is life" and anyone who has ever played or watched the game knows just how important it is to win games and play well as an individual. However, when something tragic happens as it did in St. Louis when the Cardinals lost Josh Hancock, you learn that losing a teammate transcends everything.
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My name is Tanya and I have been married to SFC Benjamin Rogers for almost 15 years. We have twin daughters, Aliyanah & Skylar, who are 9. My husband is in the Army and we have lived Fort Drum, NY..Schofield Barracks, HI..Fort Leonard Wood, MO…Fort Carson, CO and are currently at Fort Campbell KY. Life as a military spouse is not easy but I take great pride in it. We have been through multiple deployments, with my husband just deploying..again…a few weeks ago. Almost 3 years ago, during a deployment, my husband lost his father. We hoped he would make it stateside before he passed, but he didn't. This was a game changer for my husband who now embraces every day as another day not promised. He has faced his inner demons and attended Operation Restored Warrior to help with PTSD. He has embraced Christ into his life and our family and we are much stronger for that. This deployment he made sure to see family and talk to loved ones. Our marriage is not perfect but we love our daughters and each other to fight for it. The nights of praying for him melt away when I go to every welcome home ceremony and see him stand proud in his uniform. For that I will gladly stand beside him.
Thank you so much to Tanya for sharing her story with us! If you, or anyone you know, is married to one of our service members, please tell them about the contest.
They should send their story to firstname.lastname@example.com and remember to include a picture for me to use on the website.
I'll select and highlight one family every week over the summer and then I'll pick 3 winners on Labor Day weekend.
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