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Viva Los Old Fogies
As I read Jeff Wieand's Taxes, Laws and Finance column, "Your Gray-haired Pilot", I realized that had I not left the cockpit for a writing career in the 1990s, I would now be that pilot, gray hair and all.
With respect to retirement age, as Jeff points out, corporate pilots fall between a rock and a hard place. While by federal regulation airline pilots must retire at age 60, corporate and charter pilots face no such rule. Nevertheless, some charter operators and companies have adopted the age-60 rule for their pilots, figuring, "What's good enough for the airlines is good enough for us." Well, maybe not, some pilots have replied. A few are challenging their arbitrarily early retirements in court.
Personally, I think the FAA should change the 48-year-old, age-60 regulation and increase the mandatory retirement age to at least 65 for all pilots flying turbine-powered aircraft or any aircraft in commercial operations, but require them to pass more robust medical exams each year, perhaps including psychological and mental-acuity testing.
Health and ability should be the key factors in any age-related fly/no-fly decision. To be sure, reaction time slows with age, but this is compensated for, I believe, by one's better judgment in the latter years. As the old saw goes, "There are old pilots and there are bold pilots, but there are very few old, bold pilots."
Issues such as airline pension plans, seniority lists, pilot pay, advancement opportunities for younger pilots, age discrimination and the pilot job market just muddy the pilot-retirement-age discussion. If a pilot is physically fit, mentally alert and psychologically healthy enough to fly past age 60, then let him just do it. If you want her to fly only with another pilot who is younger than 60 or only as a copilot, fine-but let her fly. Don't ground pilots just because they've been eligible for AARP membership for 10 years.
I admit I'm feeling my age some, but I still feel fit enough to fly professionally today and for several more years. However, following my father's death two years ago, I began seeing glimpses of the Grim Reaper in my rear-view mirror. I sensed I needed something to test myself physically and mentally. That something came in the form of a 45-day Outward Bound outdoor leadership course in the mountains of western North Carolina. Thankfully, Wilson Leach, the managing director and owner of the company that produces this publication, granted my request to use a block of banked vacation time during a rare, relatively quiet period in our work schedule. I returned to work on May 1.
Most of the people on this particular course were in their early 20s. The youngest was 18. The second oldest was 32. I was the oldest by 25 years. Our two instructors, at 32 and 25, are about the ages of my middle and youngest children.
My main concern before starting the course was that I'd be unable to keep up physically with my much younger cohorts. Though the physical part was no cakewalk, it turned out not to be as big a problem as I had feared. Our focus was on performing well as a group, so we put our slowest hikers in the front, making the pace just about right for me.
What I found more difficult was relating to my co-students, many of whose main topics of discussion swirled around pop culture: celebrities I don't care about; music I don't listen to; movies I've never seen; TV shows I don't watch; Internet sites I don't frequent; e-mail lingo I don't understand; stores I don't shop in; and video games I've never even heard of. In addition, I was the only married person in the group. But we soon found common ground in the wilderness experience itself-Outward Bound is big on experiential learning-and eventually other shared interests and experiences emerged. Some members of the group even began asking for my opinion and, in their words, respecting my "wisdom." I left the course with a feeling of close kinship with several of them.
I think there's a lesson here for us Baby Boomers as we approach our Old Fogey years. Sure, 60-somethings are now the new 50-somethings and 70-year-olds are the new 60-year-olds. (Yes, I read that in AARP's magazine.) Regardless of how healthy we are, how young we feel and how young we may look (by natural or other means), we have a good deal of life experience. Passing on our wisdom of the years to younger generations is as important for them as it is gratifying to us, regardless of the topic or activity.
Moreover, for the smooth-skinned, shiny-haired, recent flight-school graduates of today, the aviation knowledge and lessons-learned that seasoned, older pilots can afford them could someday prove downright critical in the cockpit. IMHO (e-mail-speak for "in my humble opinion"), that's one more good reason we should keep those old, wrinkled, gray-haired pilots flying as long as they safely can.
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Ed LaDou is widely regarded as the creator of the California style pizza. He was the guy behind Wolfgang Puck's Spago, coming up with the exotic pizza toppings. From what I heard, he had a load of ideas he never got to try out at Spago, so he took the ideas with him and later used them in the founding of CPK. History Channel's American Eats episode on pizza covered this pretty well.EDIT:http://www.pizzatoday.com/features_articles.shtml?article=MTI1MXN1cGVyMTI0OHNlY3JldDEyNTU=
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Prep football teams pass midway point
We've already reached the midway point of the 2013 high school football season.
Many teams around the state are looking to solidify their playoff positioning in Week 5, while others are hoping for continued improvement.
Among the top area games this evening – one will take place in Clear Lake, where No. 6 (Class 3A) Humboldt visits the fifth-ranked Lions.
In Class 2A, meanwhile, upstart East Sac County hosts Garner-Hayfield/Ventura.
Manson Northwest Webster travels to Emmetsburg in an intriguing 1A matchup, while No. 4 West Bend-Mallard hits the road to face North Iowa in a battle of 8-Man foes.
No. 6 (Class 3A) Humboldt (4-0, 2-0) at No. 5 Clear Lake (4-0, 1-0)
Last year, the Wildcats earned a 26-10 victory over the Lions.
Junior Brady Ross rushed for 69 yards and two touchdowns in that win, while also hauling in a 15-yard scoring reception.
Ross currently ranks sixth in 3A in total yards on the ground (546), reaching paydirt eight times for a 7.2-yard average per carry.
Nikko Wheeler, a senior, has chipped in 212 yards and found the endzone on five occasions for Humboldt, which downed Algona a week ago, 34-14. Quarterback Jaxon Heinz has completed 29 of 37 passes, as well, for 358 yards, including a pair of touchdowns. Alex Nelson is the top receiver, pulling down 10 catches for 145 yards.
Defensively, Ross has registered a team-high 39 tackles, while Heinz is tied for first in 3A and third in the state with four picks.
On the season, the Wildcats have outscored their opponents by a combined margin of 132-48.
Clear Lake prevailed over Waverly-Shell Rock in its previous outing, 35-14.
Carter Hand (53 attempts, 266 yards, 3 TD), Pete Swenson (39-243-6) and Brock Adams (36-217-4) form a dangerous backfield trio for the Lions, who rank eighth in 3A in combined rushing yards (1,133).
Adams has gone 26-for-47 through the air, as well, for 484 yards and six scores.
The stingy Lions' run defense ranks among the best in the state, surrendering only 57.3 yards per game.
Garner-Hayfield/Ventura (3-1, 0-1) at East Sac County (3-1, 1-1)
Behind 147 yards passing and two touchdowns from Ty Jacobsen, the Raiders bounced back with a 21-14 triumph at Forest City in Week 4. Jacobsen, a junior, has thrown for 500 yards and seven scores on the season.
Senior Alex Green (48-227-1), junior Chris Villhauer (36-223-1) and sophomore Nick Snyder (54-210-5) spearhead East Sac County's balanced rushing attack. Carter Niehaus has been Jacobsen's favorite target, reeling in 17 grabs for 347 yards and five touchdowns. Niehaus actually ranks seventh among all 2A players in receiving yards.
Cameron Allen and Green have combined for 75 stops, two fumble recoveries and an interception for the Raiders, who have already tripled last year's win total.
After thumping their first three opponents by a whopping margin of 163-0, the then-No. 8 Cardinals saw their unbeaten season come to a screeching halt last Friday with a 29-7 home setback to third-ranked and defending state champion Sprit Lake.
Logan Miller has been the workhorse for G-H/V, netting 281 yards and four scores on 51 totes.
Braden Meints has contributed 193 yards and discovered paydirt five times, while Nic Tusha has added 149 yards and three TD.
In 2012, the Cardinals pounded the Raiders, 41-6.
Manson Northwest Webster (3-1) at Emmetsburg (2-2)
Revenge will be front and center on the minds of the Cougars after dropping a 43-21 decision to the eventual state semifinalist E-Hawks last fall.
Quarterback Alex Bush, a MNW junior, has completed 39 of 78 passes for 535 yards and four scores on the year. Senior Hudson Spedding has been Bush's go-to receiver, posting 15 catches for 255 yards, including a 31-yard touchdown.
Coy Snell, a junior, has been the catalyst in the MNW ground charge, accumulating 324 yards and reaching the endzone twice. Senior Braden Moser has also produced 210 rushing yards and found paydirt four times.
Ty Condon anchors the Cougar defensive unit with 33 tackles, a fumble recovery and interception.
Following rare consecutive losses to open the season, Emmetsburg has managed to right the ship with back-to-back resounding victories over North Union (41-14) and Okoboji (31-6).
Senior Allen Jensen is the focal point in the smashmouth E-Hawk rushing assault, producing 613 yards and 10 touchdowns on the year – numbers that rank seventh and third best, respectively, among all 1A players.
Brady Christensen and Greg Wesley have also combined for 314 yards and a pair of scores on 54 totes. As a unit, Emmetsburg is eighth in 1A in total rushing yards (1,159).
Wesley paces the E-Hawks with 34 stops, two fumble recoveries and a pick.
No. 4 (8-Man) West Bend-Mallard (5-0, 2-0) at North Iowa (3-1, 1-1)
In Week 4, the Wolverines had no trouble with Northeast Hamilton, rolling to a 60-18 victory.
Seniors Davey Jergens (35-311-7), Jordan Buhs (38-225-6) and Jesse Zinnel (41-215-6) supply WB-M with a reliable 1-2-3 backfield punch. Zinnel has also gone 23-for-47 through the air for 365 yards and a touchdown.
On the year, the Wolverines have outscored their opponents, 184-60.
Nathan Grimm ranks fourth in the state in tackles (75) for West Bend-Mallard, which fell to the Bison last fall by a 21-14 final.
Fresh off a 53-0 shutout of CAL, North Iowa has plenty of momentum on its side.
Sophomore Alex Paulson has delivered a team-high 508 yards and nine scores on the ground for the Bison, while junior Austin Paden is next in line with 228 yards and six TD.
North Iowa has rushed for 988 yards this season, while passing for just 157.
Other area games tonight: No. 10 (3A) Webster City (4-0, 2-0) at Algona (1-3, 0-2); Forest City (1-3, 0-2) at Clarion-Goldfield (2-2, 1-1); South Central Calhoun (1-3, 1-0) at Estherville-Lincoln Central (2-2, 1-1); No. 1 (2A) Carroll Kuemper (4-0, 1-0) at Greene County (1-3, 1-1); North Union (0-4, 0-2) at LeMars Gehlen (1-3, 1-1); Pocahontas Area (0-4, 0-2) at Maple Valley-Anthon-Oto (2-2, 0-1); Hudson (2-2, 1-1) at Eagle Grove (0-4, 0-2); Bishop Garrigan (2-2, 1-1) at West Hancock (0-4, 0-2); Mason City Newman (2-2, 2-0) at Prairie Valley (1-3, 1-1); Southeast Webster-Grand (1-3, 0-2) at No. 4 (A) AGWSR (5-0, 2-0); Laurens-Marathon (2-2, 1-1) at No. 3 (8-Man) Newell-Fonda (4-0, 2-0); Northeast Hamilton (2-2, 0-2) at Corwith-CWL (2-3, 1-1).


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The Ontario beer menu is shorter because there are only two retail choices, Enright said: The provincial government's Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO) outlets, and the Beer Store outlets, which are run by large beer companies, Molson, Labatt and Sleeman.As a result of this silliness beer lovers from Ontario are forced to go to Buffalo to get a proper taste of the booming micro-brewery industry. And as a friend of mine put it, "people should never have to go to Buffalo."
Brewers can approach the Beer Store for shelf space, but the entry price can be too steep for many of the smaller American companies.
"The majority of brands at the Beer Store are different brands from the big brewers, multiple products from Molson, Labatt, Coors, Bud, that kind of thing," plus mass-produced internationals like Heineken and Stella Artois, Enright said.
The Liquor Control Board stores have the widest selection, but it's not easy for small American brewers to meet its requirements, Enright said. Varieties, even short-run seasonals like a pumpkin ale, have to be submitted for possible inclusion a year before they can appear on shelves, Enright said. Labels have to be printed in French as well as English.
"It's not like you have small, independent stores where you can talk to the beer buyer and he'll take a couple cases," he said. "It's a process that takes a year for a beer to get onto the shelf, which makes it very challenging to a lot of small craft brewers."
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Ontario regulation restricts beer selection
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- Simeon (Sam) George Drakich said...
Freedom come to Windsor and we shall cross the creek to quaff a few pints at the Oak Cafe.
- December 1, 2010 at 12:35 PM
- renegade tory said...
Interesting article, I wonder how different the selection of beer would be if the LCBO was no longer under the direct control of the Ontario government?
- December 1, 2010 at 12:37 PM
- Martin said...
This is mostly correct, but ignores the fact that LCBO discriminates against all micro brewwers, including the Ont. companies. Brewers located a few miles away do not have their products on the shelves, while beers from New Zealand, Japan, Poland are prominently displayed.
There is nothing wrong with any of these brews, but beer is one product that does not transport well, the local product is invariably better. It always irritates me to see so many brews from England and Ireland displayed. Many of these brands are made by industry giant Guinness. The LCBO will always prefer to deal with a large compamy like Guinness, or the Belgian equivalent, rather than an Ont. company. It is insanity to brew beer in Dublin or Aukland and fly it all the way to Ont., not much value added in any of these related jobs.
- December 1, 2010 at 2:26 PM
- Hugh MacIntyre said...
renegade tory,
Privatizing the Control Board is not enough. You need competition too. Consider the fact that the selection is actually better in the Control Board than the Beer Store.
Not only do we have access to more foreign beer than local beer, we only have access to the worst of the foreign beer.
- December 1, 2010 at 2:31 PM
- NeilD said...
We have some very good micro-breweries here in the Niagara region.
Lots of vineyards and highly rated restaurants too.
Combine those with your pick of B&B's and you have the makings for a very pleasant weekend.
I was recently stopped crossing back into Canada and told to pay an additional $17 on my $10 bottle of cheap brandy that I had bought to test the system.
The $17 surcharge was for duty, taxes and lost LCBO profit.
I told them to keep the bottle.
- December 1, 2010 at 4:53 PM
Because we have to have French on the label no matter what. (real conservative)
- December 1, 2010 at 5:05 PM
- L said...
BC is just as bad. Try to find a store ... All the booze is taxed to the max.
- December 2, 2010 at 12:07 AM


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Stock Market Story: Nov. 27
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- The major U.S. stock averages opened mildly lower Tuesday as worries about talks over the so-called fiscal cliff overshadowed some decent durable goods and home-price numbers.
With the worries over U.S. budgetary talks persisting, U.S. investor sentiment didn't get much of a boost from the rally in overseas markets on positive aid news for Greece.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was falling more than 22.5 points, or 0.18%, at 12,944. The S&P 500 was falling more than 1.5 points, or 0.11%, at 1404. The Nasdaq was down more than 2 points, or 0.08%, at 2974.
"An agreement to avert the fiscal cliff before year-end remains our central assumption, though it continues to look like a fairly close call given the political obstacles to a deal," said Goldman Sachs economists in a morning note. "If a deal is reached, we would expect a tax increase of a magnitude similar to the upper income tax cuts, though the composition might differ. Entitlement reforms also seem likely to be part of a package, particularly related to health programs. 'Downpayments' in both areas seem likely, with additional deficit reduction to be enacted in 2013 as part of a two-stage process."
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"While talks are ongoing, we would not expect serious negotiations to begin for another couple of weeks. In the interim, headlines out of Washington are likely to be mixed, but we would expect more negative than positive news until at least mid-December," the economists noted.
The Census Bureau reported Tuesday that durable goods orders were unchanged in October after a prior downwardly revised gain of 9.2% in September. Excluding the transportation component, orders rose 1.5%, compared with a downwardly revised increase of 1.7% the previous month.
Economists, on average, had expected orders to fall 0.6% in October and decline 0.5%, excluding transportation.
"Overall sales had been hampered by the impact of the recession gripping the eurozone while of course fears over what is on the other side of the fiscal cliff," said Andrew Wilkinson, chief economic strategist at Miller Tabak. "The report appears pretty encouraging given the nature of the rebound in orders outside of the transport sector, while demand for capital goods also surged. The minor downwards revisions will likely be overlooked in the face of strengthening orders in September."
The S&P Case-Shiller 20-city home price index showed a gain of 3% year over year in September after the prior month's rise of 2%. Economists were expecting a 2.9% year-on-year increase in September.
At 10 a.m., the Conference Board's read on consumer confidence for November is expected to show an increase to 73 from 72.2.


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Before I head out to mow on this beautiful sunny Missouri morning, I have to get something off my chest. I will try mightily to keep myself under control...but last night I received some of the most stupendously stupid emails yet known to man, so while my grass dries, I'll enlighten you - for what it's worth.
The Statesman web poll was, I thought, highly informational this week: How do you spend most of your time on the Internet? (Or some such variation..) As of today, Saturday, May 17, 2008, 133 people have responded, and here are the results: Email - 45.9%; websurfing - 22.6%; education - 4.5%; online chatting - 4.5%; online shopping - 3.0%; online games - 6.8%; something else - 12.0%
Some of us have probably suspected that the "education" part of the internet would be so low, but that doesn't keep us from being disappointed. Reality is often disappointing, isn't it?
As for the "online games," I can attest to the massive waste of time that a certain virtual reality game has on my oldest brother, who works nights and spends most of the day caught up in the web of interactive gaming...
However, the prevalence of email is no surprise to me or anyone else. That is rapidly becoming the mode of communication for many of us. Frankly, I love it. I find it most helpful. As our community library board secretary, I love the fact that I can email the minutes of our meetings, and all nine members of the board can get this information - along with notices of meetings and all sorts of necessary information. I only wish our senior citizen board were the same, but, it's encouraging that five out of nine are email literate. Age, of course, is no excuse, as the oldest member of our board (93) is a computer whiz!
That said, here's the issue: There are entirely too many people who have too much time and too little sense to judge what sort of email they should be sending to their friends/acquaintances/enemies/perfect strangers!
My top email pet peeves are as follows:
1) "Angel" and twinkling prayer emails which you have to send to everybody on your mailing list within 5 minutes - or you're a very uncaring, BAD person.
2) Christian emails which baldly state that if you don't send this email to all your friends, it means that you are ashamed of Jesus.
3) Frivolous emails with graphics or enormous photos, which lock up my dial-up system for 30 minutes or more while they download. Example: my cousin Beverley sending me a silly "trailer trash" email which has 7 photos of very upscale travel trailers with room to carry a sports car in the baggage section. (And I'm supposed to care about this --- why???)
4) And, most insidious of all: False, inflamatory, bigoted and very mean-spirited emails intended to spread the worst kind of falsehoods! These emails are usually sent to long, long lists of recipients, in the misguided idea that the sender is doing a "service" to all his/her acquaintances.
Yes, I received one last night from ....well, no need to go into that...but it was most disappointing.
These false emails always sound SO CONVINCING, giving all sorts of concrete details, which turn out to be absolutely false. And, how can you FIND OUT IF THE EMAILS ARE FALSE?? Very simple. You minimize your email screen, click on your internet browser, and type "www.snopes.com" into the little box at the top!
In this case, I scrolled down the topics, clicked on "Politics," and then clicked on "Barack Obama." The list of rumored emails was extensive. I scrolled down the list and found "connections to Kenya." I clicked on the highlighted word, and it led me to an exact copy of the text which my acquaintance had sent me - exact, word for word. And there it was --- "FALSE." I read through all the details, which set the record straight.
Looking back over that slanderous email which was sent to me, I counted the number of others who had received the same email. There were 53 on the original email and 21 on the one sent to me. Some of the names on the original email would be quite familiar to you...
How many of those 74 people do you think checked the truth of the email before sending it on?
When we were back in school, we played a game called "Gossip." We sat in a circle and whispered something to the person next to us. They whispered it to the person next to them...and it continued around the circle. When the statement completed the circle, (you know the answer, because you've played it too, haven't you?) the statement was nothing like the original "gossip."
Whether we're in an election year or not, we need to keep ourselves informed as best we can. When we get these outlandish emails, let's check them out before we pass them on. Rumor is a terrible beast, and technology can give that beast an enormous amount of power.
It's going to take an entire day of mowing outside in the sun - feeling the fresh air on my face - watching my dogs chase each other in the sunshine - for me to get the bad taste of internet ugliness out of my system....
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Wow!! I am so glad I looked in here to see what has been happening. Locks in the foil and plastic wrap boxes, and the gas gauge.. these things are far too cool. No wonder they are called dummy lights, this DUMMY had no clue!!!
-- Posted by SKDellinger on Sat, Jun 14, 2008, at 10:50 AM
Wow, LUFER, you're a wealth of information! Thanks.
-- Posted by Ducky on Wed, May 21, 2008, at 10:48 AM
Don'know Madeline, there was also one I had forwarded to me the told how to tell what side your gas tank is on by looking on the gas gauge to see what side the hose is on the pump or on some there is an arrow.....the helpful ones are few and far between though....
-- Posted by LUFER on Tue, May 20, 2008, at 9:20 PM
Tere are some forwards that are very usefull as follows
Finally.....a useful forward!
Well, I'm not telling everyone my age, as most of you already know...BUT...I had to go into the kitchen and check this out for myself. Who ever looks at the end of your aluminum foil box? What a fantastic idea! Now, if someone would just make plastic wrap that didn't stick to itself.
I've been using aluminum foil for more years than I care to remember. Great stuff, but sometimes it can be a pain. You know, like when you are in the middle of doing something and you try to pull some foil out and the roll comes out of the box. Then you have to put the roll back in the box and start over. The darn roll always comes out at the wrong time.
Well, I would like to share this with you. Yesterday I went to throw out an empty Reynolds foil box and for some reason I turned it and looked at the end of the box. And written on the end it said, Press here to lock end. Right there on the end of the box is a tab to lock the roll in place. How long has this little locking tab been there? I then looked at a generic brand o f aluminum foil and it had one, too. I then looked at a box o f Saran wrap and it had one too! I can't count the number of times the Saran wrap roll has jumped out when I was trying to cover something up.
-- Posted by LUFER on Tue, May 20, 2008, at 3:32 PM
Madeline Dejournett's response:Hey! You're right! How long has THAT been there??
I've gotten very hateful emails about every single candidate still running (and some that aren't any more). It seems that sending hateful, false emails isn't limited to just one party. I delete them all. Thanks for checking that one out on snopes.com MD.
I got a very funny and appropriate email recently that said something like "stop sending me all the prayers, angels, good luck and heath suggestions. None of the **** is working. From now on just send cash, chocolate, alcohol and gas vouchers." I pass on the alcohol, but the chocolate and gas vouchers sound pretty good.
-- Posted by Ducky on Mon, May 19, 2008, at 12:57 PM
Oh, so you'd like to have some of that junk email, would you, FJGuy? We'll just see what we can do about that!
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, May 18, 2008, at 9:59 PM
GL, I feel a little left out because I've never gotten one of the emails you are talking about!? Maybe I have my spam filter set too high? What else am I missing out on? Or do I not want to know!? But yes, it is very possible that every time an email is forwarded that it is kept track of by the source.
MD, I have a "retired" friend who is "addicted" to an online game. But I look at the bright side, at least it isn't gambling and costing her money, and she could keel over at any time and she seems to get enjoyment out of it.
-- Posted by FJGuy on Sun, May 18, 2008, at 6:45 PM
I have a question for those online techno experts who seem to know the reason behind all things modern and up to date: Why are so many emails PUSHY? Is there a way the email creator can track how many times his/her email has been forwarded? Is there some contest whereby the person with the most forwarded emails gets some sort of prize out there in cyberspace?? If their email creation is forwarded 2,350 times, do they have a shot at being hired by Google or Microsoft or some big technology company??
Why do they CARE if we forward their email? Why do they bother telling us that something wonderful is going to happen to us within the next 24 hours -- only if we forward their prayer email to 10 people in the next 5 minutes???
-- Posted by goat lady on Sun, May 18, 2008, at 7:16 AM
Right on the money, MD! I use the internet primarily for email and secondarily for blogging. I hate those stupid spam emails. I delete all emails coming from folks not in my address book unless it is on some matter of importance from somebody I recognize. Most of those "Fwd:..." emails I never read. I usually don't have time and just delete them.
-- Posted by swift on Sat, May 17, 2008, at 9:44 AM
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In addition to value-added measures and classroom observations, teachers could be evaluated by their students, reports Ed Week's Teaching Now. At a Center for American Progress event, the Tripod student-perception survey was discussed.
Developed by Ronald Ferguson of the Achievement Gap Initiative at Harvard University in partnership with Cambridge, the Tripod surveys have been used in 3,000 classrooms across the U.S. as part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded Measures of Effective Teaching Project. . . . Teachers are rated on the research-based "7 C's"—care, control (of the classroom), clarify, challenge, captivate, confer, and consolidate.
Tiffany Francis, a Pittsburgh teacher, said her second-grade students' views were "enlightening." All rated her highly on "care," but scores were lower for "control," and on the statement, "to help us remember, my teacher talks about things we already learned." She plans to make changes in her teaching.
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Where you with him the moment he died?
– Of course. I had decided to go to Montreal for a weekend to visit an exhibition when I got a call from the doctor. He said that it was a question of maybe one or two weeks. Before and after that, I sat by his side.
He had brain cancer. Did Yves Saint Laurent know that his death was approaching?
– Not at all. He never knew. The doctor told me that there was nothing more to do and we mutually decided that it would be better for him to not know. You know, I have the belief that Yves would not have been strong enough to accept that.
Would Yves Saint Laurent hate the fashion industry of today?
– Of course! Yves retired at the right time and he died at the right time. I am sorry to tell you that, but it is very difficult for me to understand what has happened to the fashion business. It is all a question of money and marketing. We never talk about talent – it's not the point. We only talk about sales. Yves Saint Laurent would have hated that.
Mr. Bergé, is it true that you met Yves Saint Laurent for the first time at Christian Dior's funeral in 1957?
– Well, you can see us both in a picture that shows the mourning guests, but in fact I met him on February 3, 1958 during a dinner organized by Marie-Louise Bousquet. I had come to congratulate him a few days after his first collection at Dior was presented. We were living together six months later.
What would you say was his biggest achievement in fashion? Especially in the '60s, Yves Saint Laurent and the whole company around him really pushed into a new direction.
– Saint Laurent is, along with Chanel, the most important fashion designer of the 20th century. It was a different time of designers, a time of great masterminds. I've seen wonderful dresses by Balenciaga and Christian Dior – but the difference between those fashion designers and Chanel and Saint Laurent is that they stayed on the aesthetic field. Saint Laurent and Chanel went to the social field – they changed the lives of women around the world.
Because of what exactly?
– Chanel gave liberty to the women; I think Saint Laurent gave them power. We can see that today, everyday.
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RANDOLPH – Eunice H. Hills Milliman, 69, of Route 394, Kennedy, passed away at 7:50 p.m., Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Heritage Village Rehab and Skilled Nursing in Gerry.
She was born March 31, 1944, in Jamestown, the daughter of Harold C. and Candace Jorenby Hills.
Eunice was a 1962 graduate of Randolph Central School. She retired in 2002 from the New York State Police, where she was a communications specialist with 16 years of service in the Jamestown barracks.
She is survived by her mother, Candace Hills, and sister, Joy Mora and her husband Dean, all of Great Falls, Mont.; a sister, Jo Anne Sutter of Colorado Springs, Colo.; a son, Bradley Milliman and wife Jennifer of Colorado Springs; a grandson, Taylor Milliman of North Carolina; uncle Roy N. Hills of Leon, N.Y.; and numerous cousins.
She was preceded in death by her father Harold C. Hills and a aunt and uncle Hank and Rachel Visker Jorenby.
Visitation and a memorial service will be held in the fall in the VanRensse-laer & Son Funeral Home, 14 Church St., Randolph, and will be announced at a later date. To send a condolence, log on to www.vanrensselaerandsonfuneralhome.com.
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The market of netbook computers emerged only about a year ago, but popularity of such low-cost ultra-portable systems appears to be so high that the top suppliers of personal computers now battle each other in order to become the biggest netbook vendor.
Acer Group, the world's third largest supplier of PCs, said that it expected its Acer Aspire One netbook to outsell Asus Eee PC mobile computer already this year. Considering that Acer is considerably larger PC vendor than Asustek Computer, there is no surprise that Acer has all chances to be more successful, but since Asus Eee PC is a substantially broader product family, it remains to be seen which of the two becomes the top netbook vendor in 2008.
Asustek Computer intends to ship five million Asus Eee PC netbooks in 2008, whereas Acer Group plans to sell six million Acer Aspire One computers this year.
"The netbook segment is growing very nicely," said Acer chief executive offiver Gianfranco Lanci during the company's third quarter investors' conference in Taipei on Friday, reports IDG News Service.
It should be noted that Asus Eee PC product family includes over 20 different models, whereas Acer Aspire One line features less than 10 variations. Nevertheless, Acer is a much larger company with higher amount of sales channels, hence, the chances of Acer to become the top netbook maker already in 2008.
Acer Aspire One comes with 8.9" screen with 1024x600 resolution and is based on Intel Atom N270 (1.60GHz) processor as well as Intel 945GMS and ICH7-M core-logic with integrated graphics core. The notebooks are equipped with 512MB or 1GB (Windows XP version only, model AOA150-1570) of PC2-5300 (DDR2 667MHz) memory, 8GB solid state drive (Linux version, model AOA110-1722), 120GB hard disk drive (Windows XP version, model AOA150-1570), memory card reader, 1.3MP webcam, Ethernet controller, Wi-Fi controller, Bluetooth controller, audio outputs, USB ports and so on. The weight of the machine starts at about 1Kg (2.2 pounds). In addition, Acer recently introduced the Aspire One model AOA150-1447, which offers a six-cell battery, 160GB internal hard drive and Windows XP Home.
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MARINETTE, Wis. – A man involved in one of the pair of suspicious incidents in Marinette this week has been identified and is not a threat to the community according to police.
Officers from the Marinette Police Department were investigating two suspicious incidents in the city this week. The first occurred Wednesday afternoon and the second on Thursday.
A spokesperson from the Marinette Police Department said the male subject involved in the incident that occurred Wednesday in the 900 block of Carney Blvd. has been identified and poses no threat to the community.
In the incident on Wednesday, officers said a man knocked on the door of a residence and asked a young boy if his younger sister was home. The man asked for the girl by name.
That man has now been identified and cleared in the investigation.
Police are still investigating the incident that occurred Thursday nearby on the 1500 block of Carney Blvd.
In that case officers said a man was following a young boy. When the boy began running, the man ran to a blue pickup truck and fled east on Carney Blvd.
The suspect was in his late 20s to early 30s, had short brown hair, and was wearing a white sleeveless shirt and blue jeans.
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Thanks to the help of Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky's wonderful staff we now have a copy of the "Robby's Law" report to Congress for 2009, showing the numbers of military working dogs adopted, transferred, and euthanized during that year.
A total of 81 dogs were euthanized in 2009, compared with 386 dogs adopted or transferred to law enforcement agencies. The report attempts to distinguish between dogs euthanized for "humane" reasons (44) and for all other reasons (37), including "aggressive" behavior. However, our experience suggests that the line between the two may not always be all that clearcut.
While we are glad that the numbers of dogs being euthanized in 2009 were far fewer than the numbers adopted and transferred, we grieve for all our canine veteran friends who were put to death unnecessarily and will work even harder on our mission to save all of them.
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Also, we have learned that someone in the Congress inserted a provision into the 2012 defense authorization that repealed the reporting requirement in Robby's Law.
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Tunes in 'common time' [4/4 & 2/4] which look like reels may not be all they seem when they appear in the Lowland repertoire. This category will look at a number of different types, though one tune may well be playable in different ways; it all comes down to the 'dird'.
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this version has the alternative title 'Captain Keeler'.
David Glen, however, has a tune in book 4 of his Collection titled 'Captain Keiller', which has 'Lowland Amusement' as the alternative title, and it is slightly different: http://www.ceolsean.net/
Glen's version, which I have only just discovered, looks more like a lowland version to me. I base this on the 2nd strain which instead of the repeated notes it has runs of four quavers; I'll try and get a performance of this version uploaded; in the meantime, my current performance is HERE{jcomments on}
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Skip to comments.Obama Inc Trying to Use Banks to Destroy Gun Manufacturers
Posted on 01/25/2013 8:21:44 AM PST by sheikdetailfeather
There were fairly clear policy rules once upon a time. If you wanted to pass gun control, you would get up, use a bunch of kids as props and put in a Senate bill that would get the job done. Thats still being done, but its only the tip of the iceberg.
Obama Inc. is consolidating control over the economy which puts its minions in the position of being able to make policy through economic pressure and policy. Under Socialism, you dont have to pass a law, you just have to use your economic control to make the companies enforce the law.
Growing government control over banks and investment companies, directly and indirectly, allows those institutions to be used to target firearms manufacturers.
Cerberus was bullied into dropping the Freedom Group which includes Remington and Bushmaster. Bushmaster has become a special target for the anti-2nd amendment movement. Now Rahm Emanuel is demanding that TD Bank and Bank of America end their lines of credit to firearms manufacturers unless they come out in support of Obamas war on the Bill of Rights.
(Excerpt) Read more at frontpagemag.com ...
Please allow me to change: Communists destroying America for their own power.
Communists are cowards and incapable of direct conflict. They know good and damned well that they would rile the American bear into action if they came at it directly, so they're trying to trap it and kill it to make us comply.
We are rapidly reaching the point that the Founders feared would require a Second Amendment.
I wonder if the folks who sat home because they didn't want to vote for a Mormon moderate have a clue yet as to how badly they screwed up?
Or your position is that a Mormon baby killer, gun grabber, homo facilitator is better than a non-Mormon one???
"I wonder if the folks who sat home because they didnt want to vote for a Mormon moderate have a clue yet as to how badly they screwed up?"
Or how about the ones who wasted their votes on the green party or on Ron Paul over "principle". I would have gone along with that if he had a chance to win, but to know he wouldn't and that you were giving your vote to Obama is plain dumb.
Sadly, it seems near.
Sadly, it seems near.
They won't.
Obviously not by the response on this thread.
I think he would have been better than Obunghole on the economy, regulations, taxes and some other stuff. I have no reason to think he would have been appreciably better than what we have now in the areas you mentioned and he may have even been worse as the Republican House would have gone along with him.
Don't own a bank, rob one.
Under Obama's policies, it will soon make more sense to rob banks, since often bank robbers succeed, than to own banks, on which Obama will impose increasingly profit-losing regulations, making it impossible for banks to succeed.
The 2 opposing forces are, first, Obama's effort to squeeze financial interests (lending and investors) out of the gun market and, second, raging demand for guns and ammo resulting from Obama's attacks on gun ownership.
The most likely result is that the larger gun companies are pressured by big lenders and big investors causing them to divest and splintering the industry into smaller companies.
Small is a great place to be for the gun industry. Yes, more competition, but frankly demand is so incredible that the additional competition won't even be noticed.
The gun manufacturers should go to the equity market to replace their loans. It would be tough on current share holders, but make them immune to commercial bank pressure.
Houston, TX:
Moody Bank
Frost Bank
They would be a good replacement for BOA.
Fascists destroying America for their own power, because this is fascism. Even a flaming liberal would have a hard time defending it if that liberal were to be brutally honest.
If a Republican were doing this to the first Amendment (another Constitutional right, for example), that liberal would be freaking out right now - big time. There would be rioting in the streets. Buildings would be set ablaze.
My 92 y/o mother (who is scared to death of guns) made that very point just yesterday.
While she is scared of guns, she appreciates the fact that I have a growing arsenal.
That said, retail investors (small, non institutional investors like you and me) might pick up the slack if the gun companies accessed the public markets for equity.
They will whine when the gun manufacturers start using foreign banks.
The irony is classic. Libtards mock us for using tyranny as the argument for having the 2nd Amendment while Ovomit is using tyrannical actions to eliminate the 2nd Amendment.
There are a lot of banks in Houston which did not take tarp funds or any other funds from the government and they are pretty flush with cash from the oil business. You haven't heard of these banks as they are local and they keep a low profile. One of the banks when called by the Feds to take TARP funds actually told the Feds "go to hell".
Staffed with Texans they would be very happy to entertain any financing arrangements with gun manufacturers. This is Texas and they will listen.
I think a lot of people are starting to think the same way. I think honest people would say they're happy a few in their neighborhood are armed, because when protection is needed, those neighbors will be the only thing that saves them. No politician is going to show up at their doors and shoo the bad guys away.
People know Obomas economy is a mess (even though some democrats won't admit it, they know it is), and they know there's a risk of raging, animalistic welfare hoards if the money runs out. Who's going to come running to personally save them? Nancy Pelosi? (She's going to be on a plane out of the country before the American even know what hit them!)
What they have done is insured the demise of our country. I have my doubts that it will ever come to a shooting war. The US as we have known it is over.
Thanks principled voters, you did it. Thats right you voted for Paul or stayed at home, YOU did it. What you did is worse than Obama. Obama knows what he is doing and we know it and expect him to do it. What you did you did out of arrogance. You think your principles are more important than the life of the country.
Have fun as we spin down.
Just got a note from my niece. She lives in California and LOVES all the freebies that socialist government provides.
Asked me to try to buy a handgun for her (in another state).
You can imagine the polite but firm reply I gave her.
If Romney were in the Whitehouse, after Sandy Hook most of the Republicans would be following him so closely on a post shooting gun ban that if he stopped fast, their heads would jam so far up his ass it would look like he had dozens of adams apples...
Maybe it's time for the manufacturers to start using credit unions. They can provide syndicated loans of a reasonable size - not as large as a regional bank - but they're a heck of a lot more member friendly and they cooperate with other CUs as partners vs enemies.
Frankly, I think we are being manipulated. But, their incompetence is showing also. I am sure that the lefties would nothing more than a violent clash, especially where guns are involved. These idiots inherently know that the barrel of a gun holds power and they covet this power for themselves.
They keep stoking this hot botton issue but at their own peril. I fully expect a Krystalnacht(sp) in the form of racial event some time in the near future. The headlines will read something like "whities execute dozens of poor, defenseless blacks near Detroit neighborhood".
The NRA produces mountains of spam and other money raising mail. They should, instead, open an NRA bank. It would be huge.
Guys ... this is a concerted "back door" effort by Obama. The banks that suck are:
Bank of America
Wells Fargo
This is about who processes the credit cards and the small banks keep getting bought up by these two and then the gun stores are purged from the ranks.
I will not do business with Bank of America or accept checks from Bank of America since they asked me for two forms of id after I watched them cash paychecks for the 4 illegals in front of me with no ID...the girl literally refused to cash a $90 check from a client without a TX DL and a passport....but photocopied driver's licenses were a okay for the fine gentlemen in front of me.
The left actually loves the fascist model more than the socialist model.
Under the fascist model, they control a few big companies which buy up or put of of business all the small competitors.
And, when there are negative consequences of their policies, they can still blame the private entity instead of taking the blame themselves.
"Or your position is that a Mormon baby killer, gun grabber, homo facilitator is better than a non-Mormon one???"
I'll take that as an "I sat home". :)
Now THAT is a good idea...
I'm way past shock at this point. I wonder how long it'll be until they come for Greenfield (then the rest of us).
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40 points, 13 boards tonight against IUPUI in a 75-64 win.
Although slightly misleading, the Bucks were down by 9 with 12 to go. He was literally a man amongst boys. Just fed him the ball the entire second half.
One thing specifically that concerned me was Matta did not sub the entire second half. On one side it was an easy game plan to just feed Sullinger all night, but this non-subbing brings back memories of last year. One time fluke or trend to see in the future? Thoughts.


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Solitaire (by MobilityWare) Level 86 Tips and Strategies
- App name: Solitaire
- Developer: MobilityWare
- Genre: Casino
- Release: Jul 11, 2008
If you are stuck on Solitaire level 86 you came to the right place. Below you will find a video walkthrough and some written tips that will guide you through that level. Have fun and enjoy this great game.
Level 86 Walkthrough
This page contains Solitaire video walkthroughs for iOS (iPhone/iPad) called "tales" and has been uploaded on tobiasdeamon official channel at Jun 14, 2013.
Still need help with this level? Here you can ask questions and discuss with other Solitaire users.
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Stuck on some levels in Solitaire? This walkthrough can help you finish the game.


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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Updates and new things to expect...
How was your night? I went to sleep late again…I think my boyfriend is a bad influence on me because he stays up sooo late. He just tells me that I should go to sleep because I can't hang with the big dawgs or something or other, lol. I'm supposed to be at work by 8:45 (which is more like 9:05-9:15) but go to sleep at 1:30am and always feel it the next day...that's not good :(
Anywho, after reading Vanessa, Mrs. Lynne and everybody's pages about all their drug store hauls I was really wishing there was a Walgreens or Duane Reade near me so I could finally get my hands on the HIP paints. Alas, my local CVS does not carry them. Also, the Milani blush that's a dupe for NARS is definitely on my list.
I think I might go to Wal-mart during lunch today and pick up more work snacks and check out the cosmetics aisle ;)
Last night I did a really quick makeup look to one of my sorority events. I wore one of my neglected Mattene lipsticks in "All Grown Up". I try to revisit some of my older products to make sure I at least use all of them a few times. I mean if we shell out so much cash on these items we've got to get our money's worth, right girls?
Just like friendship, you may meet new friends, but you can't forget the faithful ones that have stuck by you through the years...well the same goes with makeup (good methaphor eh?). This lipstick is described as a deep chocolate brown and honestly, I'm not sure I can pull it off. I got it mainly because it was different and I didn't have too many dark colors at the time. It shows up so dark that I need to use something underneath because it settles into the lines of my lip, giving me unsightly dark lines on my smackers-you know, the Angelina Jolie affliction?
Here's a pic from the MAC website:
I paired it with nothing else except my eyes lined top and bottom with Graphblack Technakohl liner. It was definitely a darker, more mature look...not really my typical bright eyes but I was happy that I expanded my makeup boundaries, lol. Sometimes you need to try different things! Sorry but I didn't take a pic but you get a visual image right?
So this Thursday I'm planning on recreating the smokey pink eye and curly hair for a Valentines Day look. I'm doing it Thursday evening because that's date night for my BF. I might of mentioned htis before, but we switch off each week picking a new restaurant neither of us has been to. It's my week...usually we pick some form of ethnic food-any suggestions?
Like I mentioned before, I'm putting out less videos so I can have a few nights off each week. Last night I finished edited my Shiseido Mascara Base Review. I also got the go ahead/music approval from the BF on the "Hot Hepcat" look (he's the one who usually gives me my background music inspiration) as well as what I call my "Blue Bling Bling" look. Unfortunately Windows Media Maker is tempermental and lost all of my edited music clips I inserted in my Blue Bling Bling video. I was so mad that I took it out on the boyfriend :( If you're reading this babe, I'm sorry! I went to bed all frustrated but I think in my random tossing and turning I looked over my shoulder and could've sworn I saw him redoing the music on my video for me. Gotta love him!
Anyhow, with those vids I should have enough material for you tube posting for the next week or two.
Meanwhile, here's my "To do list" of viewer requests, tutorials, videos and looks:
• Warmed MSF as eyeshadow
• Burnt orange look
• Collection video
• Valentines Day look
• Curly hair tutorial
• Still have to do my funky eyelashes and drag queen look but those take a little more practice...
Don't forget to watch American Idol tonight! Well back to work so I can make money to pay off my makeup, he he. Ciao bellas!
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- said...
Hey Ren, girl I suffer from youtube and blog insomnia. I probably would be asleep if I could see everyones stuff while I'm at work, but usually I need to wait until I get home to see all the pictures and to have sound for the vids so of course one thing leads to another and it's 1 am like you said.
I feel you on those browns. Sometimes they can be harder to pull off than reds in my opinion. I had Film Noir l/s and deceit l/g from back in the day when I use to wear really dark makeup and I tried it on and was like WTF!! I use to wear this! That's going B2M pronto.
Can't wait for the new videos so I will have something else to watch instead of sleep :)
Ok I have made a book in your comments. Can you tell I'm board at work LOL!
- January 29, 2008 at 11:49 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
LOL yes girl thank goodness for B2M, I might just trade in that dark brown. I just don't think I can pull it off! I sometimes look at old looks I wore back in the day and cringe...sighhh to my mismatched foundation...LOL and I know right I've been blogging since this morning on the DL...ever since I got back into this stuff I've been losing lots of sleep but I've also been way crazy excited about every new thing that comes out he he.
- January 29, 2008 at 12:06 PM
- Alice said...
Hi Ren! I'm a new reader to your site. I just started reading maybe last week or so and omg I thought it was so cute when I read that you and your boyfriend switch off picking restaurants to eat at each week because my boyfriend and I do the same thing! We usually do it on a Sunday, and I'm in Philadelphia so there's tons and tons of restaurants we always want to try out. We ate at a restaurant called Pod and they have a sweet sushi bar with a little conveyor belt so you can just pick whatever you want. It's pretty sweet hehe. Anyway sorry to ramble on, I hope you get more sleep in the future and I look forward to more of your tutorials =] -Alice
- January 29, 2008 at 2:09 PM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
Hi Alice! Thanks so much for stopping by :) That's so cute how you go out to eat at different places too :) I really think it helps keep the excitment week to week alive when you have a date night like that. I've always wanted to go to one of those conveyor belt sushi places like that...but I don't think we have any here in Atlanta. Well I hope you enjoy reading, nice to meet yah!
- January 29, 2008 at 2:20 PM
- christianadivine said...
You're so lucky that you have so many videos to back you up when you're feeling lazy. :P LOL. :] I'm looking forward to all of your future posts. :D too bad you didn't take a pic of the the makeup today but it's all good. :] I was suppose to go to a drugstore today but I've been too lazy. Hahaha! :P Ahhh well. :P
- January 29, 2008 at 5:08 PM
- mayaari said...
haha, my bf is a bad influence on my sleep pattern too - he works weekends, so mon-thurs are his days off to relax & stuff, so I end up staying up late with him even though I have to get up for work in the morning...thank goodness my schedule is pretty flexible and I can roll in by 10 (which I do, most days =T). Looking forward to the upcoming posts!
- January 29, 2008 at 5:34 PM
- (g)ezebel said...
woah. that's a really dark lipstick. i can do dark reds, but dark browns, i'm really uncomfortable in.
- January 29, 2008 at 7:44 PM
- Mrs. Lynne said...
Wow. That is definitely a charred red, huh?
You and your bf are so cute. Once you get your makeup gig going, you should make him your marketing manager and sound tech :) But as if he's not already, hah.
And I am all over American Idol! I've been watching it for however long it's been on (7 years?). I really like the first few weeks as they weed through the crowds then find myself tuning in the last month or so to see who wins. But the horrible ones keep me laughing hard, lol.
- January 30, 2008 at 1:20 AM
- MakeupByRenRen said...
christiana: yah I gave myself a surplus so I wouldn't have to be doing makeup each and every night...I dont really wear makeup regularly unless i'm going out at night or doing tutorials...so whew! it takes a lot out of a girl sometimes...r u feeling better?
mayaari: lucky! you have flex time...I kinda just show up late to work and stay late, lol
g: yah dark browns don't work on me :(
mrs. lynne: lol yah I'll definitely make him handle the business side of things...lol american idol is too crazy...last night they definitely played up on some of the more "interesting" characters...I can't wait to see the ppl when they actually start to do the singing in hollywood
- January 30, 2008 at 9:54 AM


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Seriously, this clip was supposed to reduce the "cheese
Seriously, this clip was supposed to reduce the "cheese factor" of BG? It seems to me to be more theology trite. Such philosophy renders meaningless the ultimate questions that will not cease to be asked: is there a God and has that God communicated to us? If so, how or through whom? If, for example, Jesus of Nazareth really was raised from the dead and his recorded words, "I came that they may have life eternal," are true - then, indeed, this renders such comments by this character nonsense and even dangerous. Even aside from those matters, the BG philosophy being espoused has far reaching and relativistic consequences few, if any, are willing to face.

Discussions about relativism and absolutes as it's lived
Discussions about relativism and absolutes as it's lived through moral and ethical decisions informed by one's own spirituality/religion/tradition are provocative. That this clip serves as an entry point to thinking and talking about the consequences you mention has merit.
As for the "cheese factor," I really enjoy thinking about existential questions and how I not only differentiate myself as a human being, but how I become a better person. This actuality from BSG just helps me wrestle with that "mortality" a bit differently and recalls some of the resonance — and dissonance — in my love affair with Camus during my college years. And, as far as entertainment, what's wrong with a little cheese?! It's science fiction! *grin*


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Long, Straight and Sleek Sensual Hairdo
This attractive woman has very long straight hair that has been put into a ponytail and then drapes long over one shoulder. Her hairstyle is very chic and it is a nice formal style. The hair has all been pulled back up and around her ears.Her cut is long and all one length. The cut is very neat and easy to maintain.Her hair has been colored several shades. There is a mix of red, blonde and light brown.
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Topic: Recurring events (income/expenses)
I'm creating an app that lets a user input a recurring income or expense. I'm trying to figure out what the best way is to implement this, keeping both the backend and UX in mind.
One option is with a field like frequency_in_days, which is not ideal because months have different lengths
The other is just daily/weekly/bi-weekly/monthly for instance but also not ideal because users might have different needs
They will most likely also need to supply a starting date... for instance, if my wage gets transferred to my account on the 25th of each month, I don't want it added today and then once per month on the 2nd of that month...
Any tips / tricks are welcome :-)


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Signing ER support
LAKE PLACID – An emergency room nurse who works for Adirondack Health spent her day off Saturday collecting signatures on petitions in support of keeping open the emergency department at Adirondack Medical Center in Lake Placid.
Lisa Keegan, who works at both AMC-Lake Placid and AMC-Saranac Lake, stood on Main Street under the awning of the former With Pipe and Book store, talking to passers-by and gathering signatures from both locals and visitors. She is one of several hospital employees and local residents who've been carrying petitions around the area in recent weeks. Nearly 1,000 signatures have been collected so far, Keegan said.
"There's a proposal to close the Lake Placid emergency room, and the hospital wants to turn it into an urgent care," she said. "The community of Lake Placid and a lot of the staff at Adirondack Medical Center feel that this is not a safe thing for the community of Lake Placid. We're trying to get the word out so the hospital will give people the opportunity to speak up."
Keegan said she's heard a range of responses from the people she's approached. Some people have seemed flabbergasted by the idea that Adirondack Health would actually close the ER, while others believe it won't really happen. Some people have told her closing the ER would be a good thing, calling it a "Band-Aid" station where no serious care is provided.
Keegan, who has been a nurse at Adirondack Health since 2002, said there are a lot of misconceptions about the services provided at the Lake Placid ER. Among other things, she noted that it carries blood and can provide transfusions, has a helicopter pad that can be used to transfer patients to other facilities, and can provide initial treatment to patients who have had heart attacks.
Hospital officials haven't said publicly what they're proposing to do with the Lake Placid ER, only that a wide range of options are being considered to improve the hospital's financial position.
In a recent letter to Adirondack Health medical staff, however, Chief Medical Officer Dr. John Broderick said the organization is considering converting the around-the-clock Lake Placid ER to a daytime outpatient urgent clinic. He said it sees few patients during the night, and that the level of service it provides "isn't needed medically," noting that patients with serious medical issues being transported by ambulance often bypass the Lake Placid hospital and are taken directly to AMC-Saranac Lake. Broderick also said ambulance traffic would still be able to stop at the Lake Placid clinic for treatment of "appropriate non-life threatening injuries as we do now."
Keegan said she's seen the letter. She acknowledged that the Lake Placid ER doesn't see many patients at night, "but if you're that one person having a heart attack and there's no emergency room in Lake Placid, that's a very scary thing." She also raised concerns about the impact to EMS response times if ambulances carrying local patients have to travel to the Saranac Lake emergency room instead of Lake Placid's.
"It's going to be very difficult on the ambulance services and the community," Keegan said. "We have a lot of patients that actually just show up at our door, people saying, 'My dad is having a heart attack!' or 'My baby isn't breathing!' In an urgent care, I don't know how that's going to work out. We're going to have to say, 'Sorry, we're going to have to call an ambulance now because we're an urgent care.' The urgent care is not an emergency room."
Keegan said she was told seven nurses would lose their jobs if the Lake Placid ER closes.
Broderick's letter says the reason the proposal has come up now is "driven by finances," but Keegan said their nurses' union representative told them the Lake Placid emergency department is not in the red. The losses, she said, are coming from the Uihlein Living Center nursing home, the dialysis unit in Tupper Lake and the departure of two surgeons, whose work generates revenue for the hospital.
Adirondack Health officials have blamed their revenue losses, including $1.7 million this year, on declining Medicare reimbursements, the fiscal cliff negotiations, the federal spending cuts known as sequestration, a drop-off in inpatient admissions and other factors. In response, last week the organization laid off 18 full-time employees and reduced the hours of another 15 full- and part-time workers. That came just three months after another 17 employees were laid off as part of a long-term restructuring plan.
Keegan said she wasn't surprised to hear about another round of layoffs last week.
"The hospital is in a pinch right now," she said. "I think they're trying the best they can to preserve what we have, but they have to cut somewhere and unfortunately staff is – that's where the money is. I understand there will be layoffs, but I still believe the Lake Placid community, surrounding communities and our tourists need to have an emergency room."
The New York State Nurses Association said last week that Adirondack Health's board was poised to make a decision last Thursday on converting the Lake Placid ER to an urgent care center. It called on the board to delay the vote.
Adirondack Health spokesman Joe Riccio said Friday that the board didn't make a decision, but he declined to answer additional questions other than saying the community would have a chance to weigh in on any changes to the Lake Placid ER.
"We're going to continue to have a thorough conversation with the community," he said.
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Topic: dropdown list question
Can somebody refresh my memory as to how to access the value of a drop down list?
Right now my view is like this:
<b>Select Quote no: </b>
<select size ="1" name="record[quote_no]">
<% @quotes.each do |quote| %>
<option value ="<%= quote.QuoteNo %>">
<% end %>
I'm defining @quotes in my controller and the values are coming out right. But how to grab the value selected?
It's a rails app built on a legacy dbase scheme so QuoteNo is the name of the field in the records table.
I tried warn params[:record][:quote_no] but it throws me a nil error:
You have a nil object when you didn't expect it!
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Here's how RW members rated this race in the past (56 votes).
In short: Do this every year anyway though the timing chip issue and awful weather made this less fun than usual!In full: Fantastic support and marshalls despite the awful weather, the Marshall at mile 6 in Watermead park got us all motivated!!!!Date of review: October 27, 2013
In short: Leave reserves for the incline finish.Date of review: October 26, 2013
In short: Not good enough for a marathon in UK's tenth largest cityIn full: Leicester Marathon was my tenth marathon, at 8 different locations, and the third in as many weeks, and easily the one with most improvements to make. 1. Pre-race instructions - The website was very limited in its instructions. Particularly with respect to travel to the marathon and parking instructions. Parking instructions were not helpful, and seemed to be designed for someone with a good knowledge of the area around Victoria Park. Likewise with travel directions. If you didn't know Leicester well, you would struggle.2. Collection of race-pack only - Again, this seemed to be designed on the assumption that all runners were from Leicester. Maybe this is the case, but I would have thought the marathon organisers should be encouraging runners from outside of Leicestershire. Posting race-packs makes entering the event much easier for these people.3. Knowledge of volunteers at race-pack collection point - When I asked what I thought was a simple question (are there going to be any pace-runners?), the response was "sorry, we're volunteers". I'm grateful that people give up their time, but it shouldn't be too hard to have someone at registration who can answer questions about the race. This question covered have been covered on the website, but wasn't, and I asked the question via twitter and never got a response.4. Toilets - There were not nearly enough toilets at the start. There were very large queues right up to the start. I'm sure many people must have started late.5. Starting in predicted time orders - There were a lot of people who clearly started too close to the front and slowed others down behind them. This could have been stopped by having pens for each predicted time group. The only control were some small signs on the railings. I saw signs for >03:00 and >03:30, with nothing in between. That's a big gap.6. No pace runners - the first road marathon I've run where there weren't any.7. Signs on course and instructions from marshalls - There weren't enough clear signs on the course. At many points it wasn't very clear in which direction you were supposed to go. For full marathon runners this was a problem. Often I didn't have sight of the person in front, so I couldn't see where they had run. The problem was exacerbated by marshalls who weren't paying attention or whose directions were vague, too quiet, or left it until I was right upon them. I was often asking "which way?!" Also, as someone else has pointed out, there was quite a lot of traffic on the route and it felt a bit risky at some points.8. Timing chip and system - It wasn't clear from the race-pack instructions whether I should leave the timing chip in the bag on the back of the race number or detach it and attach it to my laces. The instructions seemed to suggest I should leave it in the bag, which I did, but that meant it wasn't possible to provide some of the medical detail on the back of the race number because the bag covered it. Additionally, I saw a lot of people dropping their chip during the race because the bag holding the chip broke open.9. Post-race - It's a small detail, but it's the first marathon where someone hasn't put the medal over my head, rather than just hand it to me still in its plastic wrapper. 10. Water in small plastic cups - it's really difficult to collect and then drink from small plastic cups without breaking stride. I don't think I seen these in a marathon, or race of any kind, before.Since I've run the race I've seen the public comments from the organisers blaming the rain for the problems with timing chips and talking about a steep learning curve. This is England, in October, so rain shouldn't be an issue, and there are marathons effectively organised and run everywhere, all the time, and have been for years, so I don't see why there should be a "learning curve". Positives? Just one, considering the weather the support on course was pretty good in parts. Especially in some of the villages furthest away from the city, and around Highcross Shopping Centre (although I do agree with the comment below and felt I was getting in the way of a good day's shopping in some parts of the city).Date of review: October 19, 2013
In short: Great race with a few niggles.In full: An enjoyable route and fairly well marshalled. Atmosphere was good considering it was so wet and windy.Main niggle I had was the fact that the website info didn't correlate with the race pack info (which feed stations would have energy gels and the type of gels, something which I feel is pretty important to know when planning nutrition for a marathon - turned out website was right and not the race packs given to us the day before the race).Despite issues with chip timing (these things happen!) a great day of racing with a pretty well organised event.Date of review: October 16, 2013
In short: Some great marshalling and support, let down by finish area and chip timing.In full: Lets start with the bad – From very early on I noticed people stopping dead and retracing their steps in an oncoming wave of runners to retrieve the timing chips that had fallen out of their flimsy plastic covering. Certainly not an efficient system, and not great for the safety of runners – although this was not the greatest safety concern.The bigger problem was that you were playing with the traffic on some sections – to be fair the organisers did well to cone off sections of the main roads, and the marshalling of the crossover points was done very well, but these sections still felt dicey. The route itself while pleasant in some places, was grim in others. Once you'd got back into Leicester City Centre you couldn't help feeling that you were getting in the way of a normal day in the City. Also if you're going to use a path that's barely wide enough for a runner to get along (7 miles-ish), at least trim back the vegetation!The finish area was poorly organised and confusing. The literature beforehand said water and a banana at the finish. No banana. Just as well I had a carb gel left. I could hardly see in the dark tunnel of the tent where you collected the t-shirt and had your chip removed, and the baggage tent was chaos. If there's one thing you don't want to be doing after running 26.2 miles, it's trading carefully over other people's bags to retrieve articles that have become detached from your own bag. A bigger tent, with bags placed in number order, with some adult supervision would be my advice to the organisers. The army cadets were doing their best but needed support.The good –Considering the weather there was some great support along the route – the couple that cropped up three times being particularly memorable! As mentioned previously the marshalling was very effective – there was little chance of getting lost as the field thinned out. The water stations were at regular intervals with no wastage problems you get with bottles of water. Gels were also plentiful and appreciated!The medal was also good and I liked the technical running vest – with a humorous nod to the city's recent historical discovery.Overall, there were some good points but a city the size of Leicester deserves a bigger and better event!Date of review: October 15, 2013
In short: Good friendly marathon In full: Overall this was a good event. The weather was pretty bad but did not stop the marshals from doing and excellent job. Same goes for all the army cadets out there at the water stations. The route is varied and fairly flat. The hill at the end isn't that bad. Yes, the chip timing system failed but the organisers are doing their best to provide results from their backup process. Unless you are on the margin for a GFA time this really shouldn't be an issue and let's remember this is a charity event. I agree that the web site could be more informative about fairly basic information. I still really enjoyed it though and would recommend to others.Date of review: October 14, 2013
In short: cold and wetIn full: Full marks to the marshals who gave good support to the runners, first time Leicester and I felt there was some bad faultsRace Pack having to collect, to be given a envelope which could have been posted.Water in Cups (half cup thank god it was not hot)Parking awfulChip what a farce I think more fell off than got roundMedal good but no bag so you had to carry everything I dropped my new shirt which got dirty, easy done after four and half hours running.Date of review: October 14, 2013
In short: Good course, shame about everything elseIn full: Firstly I loved the course. I did Nottingham two weeks ago and the organisers there seemed to go to great lengths to avoid including Nottingham in the route. Leicester however took the route straight through the city centre by road, showing off the city and then after we'd reached Watermead Park, we came through there, Abbey Park, along the canal etc all on tarmac paths until we reached the city centre again and spent most of the last two miles in the pedestrianised centre. Excellent. Also most of the marshals were good and considering the weather the crowds were good too.Everything else though left much to be desired. As someone else said, it smells of cost cutting and amateurism.I've got no problem with collecting race packs on the day but the pack included useful parking that isn't on the very poor website. Not much good when you've arrived. Also not on the website were any directions to Victoria Park for those who weren't local. A copy of the excellent and useful site plan that was available on the day, although not included in the race park either, should also have been on the web.It should need to be said - drinks in cups is a total no-no for a big race, particularly for a full marathon. No goodie bag.I missed all but one of the first six mile markers as they along with hundreds of other race related signs were the same sized yellow signs. Next year please, a different colour, bigger and on both sides of the road.As has also been said, the timing chip was stuck in a plastic bag on the back of the number and the first mile was accompanied by a cascade of these chips crashing against the pavement as loads fell off. I lost mine, so I picked another one up off the road, so at least they couldn't charge me for losing one. So somebody out there will get a surprise time. That is if they get any times off the chips at all as apparently the whole system failed and they reverted to manual timing. This caused a huge bottle neck at the finish as everyone queued single file for them to record everyone's number in the order they finished. The organisers at least deserve credit for this and trying to recover the situation.Also all the medals and t-shirts say marathon on them, so I can't show off ether as I only did the half!Date of review: October 14, 2013
In short: poor organisation and all corners cut to make moneyIn full: 1 small car park charging £5 but we were advised to cycle in!insufficient toiletsran our of water at the end - criminal - runners need to hydrate and to run out is unacceptablewater provided in cupsnot all roads shut and many near misses with idiot drivers - not the organisers fault, but they should have put more marshals on the open roadsyoghurt was spilt all over my bag in the baggage areatiming chips didn't work although a lot were on the road as they'd fallen outno goodie bagsigns to direct runners to the car park were non existent or taken down when i got there which was before the cut offset the half marathon runners off with the full so very cramped at the start and then left isolated after the halves veered offinsufficient toilets on the coursethe one positive - i now appreciate even more the race directors that get it right!Date of review: October 14, 2013
In short: Good course for my time. But that's about the only thing going for it.In full: -Starter pack wasn't posted out, had to be collected for city centre.-Chip was stuck in a plastic bag on the back of my number, covering over the personal details. The chip then fell out of the bag after 2 miles.-There was no parking laid on for the event, on street parking where you could find it. The organisers had requested that people cycle to the event!!-There was a 20 minute queue at the end of the race to collect T-shirts and medals etc.-The collection for the bags was a shambles. 1500 bags in a tent, with no obvious method for finding them.-2 sections of the route were flooded, including one unpleasant section in a subway.Date of review: October 14, 2013
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