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Lanark's newest restaurant with amazing pizzas, specialty burgers, and sandwiches. Live music every weekend and a good time every day.
Rocky Waters Vineyard & Winery
Welcome to Rocky Waters Vineyard and Winery. We are located in the rolling countryside of Jo Daviess County on the Northeast side of Hanover, Illinois. Rocky Waters is a Boutique Winery dedicated to the pursuit of delicious Marechal Foch, Leon Millot, St. Croix, along with white varietals of Lacrosse and St. Pepin. These varieties are best suited to the climate and soils of our beautiful 25 acre vineyard. We invite you to visit our winery, gift shop, tasting room, and vineyard. Each season brings gorgeous views from our magnificent winery built on the bluff overlooking the vineyard. We feature music on our spacious deck overlooking our vineyard and lake.
Discover Us in the Heart of Northern Illinois Wine Country. Silver Moon Winery welcomes wine lovers, families and friends to a timeless wine-country escape in a heavenly slice of Northern Illinois heartland. Whether at our Lanark, Illinois estate or our website, you're always among friends eager to serve you. Refine your palate, soothe your spirit and let your senses flow.
Fergedaboudit Vineyard and Winery
A boutique winery located in a scenic valley in Hanover. They specialize in dry-red-bold wines from their vineyard.
Featuring local and Illinois made gifts, foods, and specialties. Enjoy specialty coffees, muffins, desserts and other goodies in their historic building built in 1906 which boasts the original art deco soda fountain from the 30's.
42 single rooms and eight double rooms with kitchenettes. We also offer a 9 hole golf course and The Sand Trap Bar & Grill.
This rural style cafe will capture your senses. The decor is clearly slated rustic with a cozy and a distinctively pleasant ambience. The cafe is a staple of small town life with a sense of community as it embraces the environment that has been set forth by the Heirloom Market. We feature homemade baked goods and gourmet coffee. The espresso drink with steamed milk or variegated flavoring is designed for a picker upper or as a way to pass your time with a good book or to surf the free wi-fi internet.
Serving Italian sandwiches, spaghetti, lasagna, Italian bread, ravioli, salad bar and pasta buffet. Banquet room is available for any occasion.
Enjoy our friendly and inviting atmosphere offering 16 beers on tap with 15 TV's easily viewed from any seating area, including the patio. The bar boasts vaulted ceilings, stonework on the walls, two billiards tables, video gambling, an outdoor covered patio, and a stage where bands play every Friday and Saturday night. We also offer burgers, wings, tacos and more.
CITY:Rock Falls
Be sure to stop by Charlie's Place for great home-style cooking. Featuring all-day breakfasts, homemade soups and specials, Friday all-you-can-eat walleye and a Saturday rib special.
Home cooking at its best with many daily specials, homemade desserts and soups in a casual atmosphere.
American and Italian cuisine. Specialty pizzas, subs, 15 selections of pasta dinners, homemade breads. Everything from steaks to ribs.
CITY:Rock Falls
Delicious soups, salads and sandwiches all available in a great Rock 'n' Roll atmosphere.
Martin's offers a wide variety of dining options, but what we are really famous for is our steaks! If you want something light to start the evening, check out our scrumptious dinner salad with soon-to-be famous Blue Cheese and Caesar Dressing! If it is entertainment you are looking for, then belly up to the bar and enjoy a large list of cocktails and premium spirits poured by the best bartenders in the area. While you are here, enjoy the atmosphere and take in our live entertainers who play from the balcony nightly. We look forward to serving you!
Featuring daily lunch specials. Home of The Bootburger. Big screen TVs & internet jukebox.
They offer a bakery & café in a beautiful historic building. Check out their specialty ice cream, a coffee & smoothie bar. as well as a retail shop and beer/wine bar.
The Sauk Valley's best pies, bagels and other baked goods. Catering service available for all locations.
CITY:Rock Falls
We offer a New York Deli style experience with flavorful, fresh, meaty sandwiches. Our focus is top quality ingredients and BIG flavor to give the ultimate taste experience. We offer a large line up of hot, toasted sandwiches. Our sandwiches are prepared with top of the line artisan breads and our own custom made sauces. Our soups, deli salads and treats are made from scratch in house. We feature several premium salads that are sure to please. We carry 24 flavors of gourmet hard ice cream, as well as, a custom blend of soft serve that is out of this world! We offer shakes, malts, real fruit smoothies, floats, flurries and sensational sundaes.
Providing breakfast anytime, homemade soups and more.
We specialize in anything sweet including cookies, candies, cakes & cupcakes plus custom baking. We also offer free wifi and fresh brewed coffee. Large & special orders welcome.
The Rusty Fox Wine and Alehouse
We offer a full line-up of quality wines and micro-brews for your enjoyment. Always bringing in new beverage offerings.
Bennigan's Irish-American Grill and Tavern
Bennigan's Irish-American Grill and Tavern is a casual restaurant known for our great American food, large selection of beers and our special brand of Irish hospitality.
CITY:Rock Falls
We're located right along Rt 84 on the Great River Road and also have outside seating with a great view of the Mississippi River. We cater to boaters, bikers and everyone in between. so visit by car, bike or boat!
20+ specialty sandwiches, baked goods and variety of lattes, coffees and more! No fried foods of any kind! We're located in the Kraft Bldg in the heart of historic Mt Carroll. Come explore the brick streets and country charm of Mt. Carroll and stop in to see our restored historic building where we also feature a health food section, gift items & locally crafted artesian items.
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It's another baby girl. Sister Mabel is 3.
It's another baby girl for actor Chad Lowe and his wife, Kim Painter Lowe. The couple announced the the Nov. 15 birth via Twitter.
"It's a girl!!! And she's as beautiful as her mommy (@ikimlowe) & big sister Mabel!! We are blessed!" read Lowe's exultant tweet.
Kim Lowe's tweet today sounded more relieved. "Thanks everyone, for all your kind words!! We r exhausted but loving every minute with our new little addition :-)."
No word yet on the new baby's name. Check out a picture of the couple at Huffington Post.
Just before the birth, Kim Lowe sounded anxious for it to be over. "If I get sucker-punched in the ribs one more time, I may start fighting back. Holy Toledo...Ouch!!!! (ninja growing in there for sure)!!!"
Amazing that women in labor can still find the strength to pull out their phones and tweet.
Lowe, 44, is a star of Pretty Little Liars on ABC Family, is the younger brother of actor Rob Lowe and the former husband of Hilary Swank.
He and Kim, a producer, met in 2007, welcomed Mabel, now 3, in 2009, and married in August 2010.

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she won't die because she is too much. of an annoying character. dont argue with that logic, its impossible
Hey baby, wanna take a gander at some Adam West penis?
It seems like Kenichi is stronger then simple 'disciple' level, he isn't even paying attention to Berserker, who is much more of a threat then any of the other Disciples there (he was compared to the Elder's fighting genius after all).
And it's about time Kenichi starts to improve above that, this manga will last 1500 chapters on the rate it's going lol
Aggravate, Anger, and Piss off
Aggravate, Anger, and Piss off
Also, I wonder if the Elder will start to train Kenichi more or less now, before they made it a big deal that the Elder would train anyone, but at the time it was when Kenichi needed to decided which path he would take as a martial artist.
Boomz Kenichi about get some badass. Hope he manages to surprise ogata n at least stun him or something. Also its strange that none of the teachers are down on the scene considering there's so much fighting going on
Chapter 516
Spoiler!Okay, this is interesting, but i'm so confused right now about it that I'm not sure how to react to it.
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Thrice Biography
Last updated: 07/24/2012 12:00:00 PM
The post-hardcore quartet Thrice formed in 1998 in Irvine, CA. Guitarist/vocalist Dustin Kensrue, guitarist Teppei Teranishi, bassist Eddie Breckenridge, and drummer Riley Breckenridge all knew each other from high school and the neighborhood skate park, and the usual round of practices, music competitions, and local gigs helped hone their new band's sound. By late 1999, Thrice had amassed enough material to cut a proper record. Working with Death by Stereo's Paul Miner, the quartet recorded 12 tracks and self-released the Identity Crisis LP in April 2000. More gigs followed, and Thrice's mounting buzz sparked the interest of Hopeless/Sub City's Louis Posen.
Posen signed the band in 2001, reissued Identity Crisis, and put Thrice on tour with Samiam. Tours with Midtown and Hot Rod Circuit followed, and eventually Thrice reentered the studio with producer Brian McTernan. Although those recording sessions proved to be a trying period for the young group, The Illusion of Safety emerged and was later released in February 2002. Naturally, the band hit the road in support of the album, this time playing concerts alongside Further Seems Forever and Face to Face. Thrice also began headlining shows for the first time that year, and major labels began to take notice. Eventually, Island Records signed the band in June. A stint on the Warped Tour followed, and Thrice spent the fall playing club dates with Hot Water Music and Coheed & Cambria.
February 2003 found Thrice returning to the studio with McTernan, but this time Island Records was footing the bill. The focused effort The Artist in the Ambulance appeared in August 2003, and Thrice supported it with an ambitious slate of tour dates that included jaunts to Europe. The band also continued to involve itself with charitable organizations, having actively supported nonprofits and charities since signing with Sub City (the charitable arm of Hopeless Records). Portions of the proceeds from Artist in the Ambulance went to the Syrentha J. Salvo Endowment, which provided financial assistance for cancer screenings.
A new studio effort, the ambitious Vheissu, followed in October 2005, while the EP Red Sky appeared early the next year. A slew of new material arrived in 2007 and 2008, including a four-disc conceptual project entitled The Alchemy Index (issued in two double-disc releases: The Alchemy Index, Vols. I & II and The Alchemy Index, Vols. III & IV) and two separate releases of live material, The MySpace Transmissions and Live at the House of Blues. Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide


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Cian Healy will play his 100th game in Leinster colours on Saturday as the champions begin the defence of their crown against Exeter.
Cian Healy will play his 100th game in Leinster colours on Saturday as the champions begin the defence of their crown against Exeter at the RDS.
The 25-year-old prop will start in the front-row alongside Richardt Strauss and Mike Ross while skipper Leo Cullen partners Damian Browne – who will play his 25th Leinster game – at lock.
Kevin McLaughlin continues in the back-row alongside Shane Jennings and Jamie Heaslip.
The backline is unchanged from the one which started last weekend's victory over Munster with Fergus McFadden partnering Brian O'Driscoll at centre and Isa Nacewa on the left wing making his 33rd Heineken Cup appearance.
Rob Kearney trained well on Thursday but pulled up sore afterwards, as a result Ian Madigan continues at full-back for his second Heineken Cup start. Both Kearney and Gordon D'Arcy are expected to be available for selection for the Round 2 trip to Llanelli next weekend.
Meanwhile, scrum-half Isaac Boss has recovered from the injury he sustained on the opening weekend of the league campaign and takes his place amongst the replacements alongside fellow Ireland internationals Sean Cronin and Devin Toner.
Exeter teams news see coach Rob Baxter unsurprisingly stick with virtually the same side that saw off Harlequins at Sandy Park.
The two changes come in the pack where Irishman and skipper Tom Hayes returns in place of Dean Mumm, whilst James Scaysbrook is also back at openside flanker in place of the injured Ben White.
On the bench, Chris Whitehead – another who missed out last week – returns at the expense of Neil Clark; whilst Aussie international Dean Mumm remains within the squad as an option both in the second and back-row.
The teams:
Leinster: 15 Ian Madigan, 14 Andrew Conway, 13 Brian O'Driscoll, 12 Fergus McFadden, 11 Isa Nacewa, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 8 Jamie Heaslip, 7 Shane Jennings, 6 Kevin McLaughlin, 5 Damian Browne, 4 Leo Cullen (capt), 3 Mike Ross, 2 Richardt Strauss, 1 Cian Healy.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Heinke van der Merwe, 18 Jamie Hagan, 19 Devin Toner, 20 Leo Auva'a, 21 Jordi Murphy, 22 Isaac Boss, 23 Fionn Carr.
Exeter: 15 Luke Arscott, 14 Ian Whitten, 13 Phil Dollman, 12 Jason Shoemark, 11 Matt Jess, 10 Gareth Steenson, 9 Haydn Thomas, 8 Richard Baxter, 7 James Scaysbrook, 6 Tom Johnson, 5 James Hanks, 4 Tom Hayes, 3 Carl Rimmer, 2 Simon Alcott, 1 Brett Sturgess.
Replacements: 16 Chris Whitehead, 17 Chris Budgen, 18 Ben Moon, 19 Ally Muldowney, 20 Dean Mumm, 21 Will Chudley, 22 Ignacio Mieres, 23 Sireli Naqelevuki.
Date: Saturday, October 13
Kick-off: 15:40 BST
Venue: RDS
Referee: Pascal Gauzere (France)
Assistant referees: Jean-Luc Rebollal (France), Cyril Lafon (France)
Television match official: Daniel Irazoqui (France)
Timekeeper: Andrew Baird (Ireland)
Assessor: Clayton Thomas (Wales)
Citing commissioner: Ray Wilton (Wales)


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It is really interesting when a network television couple sits next to each other at a big event but neither of their spouses is there
. Other family members came, but not the spouses. Makes those real life romance rumblings that much louder.
Kerry & Prez?ReplyCancel
Kerri Washington and someone? I don't watch much Network shows tbhReplyCancel
I guess I wasn't so off pointReplyCancel
I guess that's thatReplyCancel
My stomach is rumbling.ReplyCancel
I don't think there's even mumbling about them.
But I know we haven't much to chose from.ReplyCancel
@Violet. Ur feets r missing!!!
Ur reasonably tapered toes and all!
@SYF—blagh do not encourage that lolReplyCancel
U can't fake that much chemistry Mr. Goodwin and Ms. Washington. Rumor has it the reason you have not seen her baby is because it is half white i.e his.ReplyCancel
The Washington guess with her fake pap hand holding hubby and baby is too invulnerable itbshoulds be eas easy easy category
To be different:Nathan fillion/Maria stanic/castle
Too *obvious not vulnerableReplyCancel
Katia StanicReplyCancel
I think Neil Flynn and Patricia Heaton barely tolerate each other.ReplyCancel
Kerry Washington and Tony Goldwyn at the Democratic fundraiser that Shonda Rhimes hosted at her house last night for President Obama. They were co-chairs for the vent.ReplyCancel
Neither Fillion nor Katic are married, and from what I've read online, Boreanaz/Deschanel only tolerate each other. I am on board with Washington/Goldwyn.ReplyCancel
@gadfly totally possible:but there was a rumour once upon a time they were an item…their chemistry of f charts..butvthrn yeah I heard he was jealous of her getting attention for showReplyCancel
Awww I don't believe Nathan Fillion would be such a dick. Stana doesn't come off as an egomaniac either.ReplyCancel
Felicity and the wall-eyed British lead on "The Americans". Too drunk to look up their names and what channel the show is on.ReplyCancel
This is Fillion's type, at least in a fuck buddy on Desperate Housewives and some daytime soap they were on together.
It's Washington/Goldwyn. I don't know why they didn't just come out with it last year.ReplyCancel
She is separated and they are datingReplyCancel
I know it's Kerry & Tony. I don't doubt that for a second but this BI is a little too convenient. I Expect another publicity stunt from Kerry and her "husband" soon. Then I expect another blind item exposing her. I find the cat & mouse thing entertaining, lets see how long it will last.ReplyCancel
Nathan Fillion is openly gay doubt if it would be him and StanicReplyCancel


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Mark Noworolski is the CTO of Streetline. He has been working with low-power sensing technology for more than 15 years, and he co-founded Streetline to leverage low-power sensor design, mesh networking, and web technology to deliver valuable applications to cities.
Peter Leiser is vice president of engineering, platforms, and applications at Streetline.
Mark Noworolski and Peter Leiser of Streetline detail how they are transforming the parking ecosystem with cloud, mobility, and analytics technologies using RESTful APIs.
Interview conducted by Vinod Baya, Bo Parker, and Bud Mathaisel
PwC: Mark, can you tell us about your company?
MN: Sure. Streetline was founded about six years ago with the vision of applying wireless sensor technology to compelling problems. We were very excited about low-power mesh networking and all the applications it makes possible with region-wide connectivity and sensors. We explored many applications and chose to transform parking first. What excited us about parking was that it's an activity that occurs in a dense urban environment and with a large number of transactions. We often asked ourselves, "Where can I derive some value from the bits of information that I'm able to squeeze through a wireless mesh network?" We were looking for something where we can assign a value to each one of those bits of information.
At a high level, parking raises many challenges in almost every city. A one-year study of a 15-block area in Los Angeles found that about 30 percent of the traffic in the city is people looking for parking. That's almost 1 million miles of driving and about 50,000 gallons of wasted fuel.
We have digitized the process of parking and created new value for consumers, parking garage operators, and local governments concerned about parking enforcement and the impact that parking-seekers have on the quality of life in cities. We get two pieces of information from the field in real time: occupancy and payment information. We use this information to transform the parking process and create a smart parking ecosystem. [See Figure 1.]
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Smart parking ecosystem enabled from Streetline's technologies and solutions
PwC: What's possible now that was not possible before?
MN: In our system, we address several use cases. The first innovation is to guide consumers to available parking spots. Parker is our consumer guidance application, available on iPhone and Android platforms. Parker takes the parking availability, policy, and pricing data, and displays it to drivers in real time so they can find parking quickly. We also have a mobile payment capability inside the Parker app, so you can set reminders for yourself to add new payment before the parking meter expires, thereby avoiding a fine. You can even take a picture of where you parked, and that picture will be marked with GPS. Then when you're done shopping, for example, and need to find your car, just pop up the picture and it will show you where to go.
One of our other solutions is ParkEdge, which is a parking management platform that is a self-service solution for private garage operators. Now a parking garage operator who has excess inventory in the middle of the day can access parking-seekers in real time with messages such as, "I have a special on parking right now near your location." There's also the ability to offer reserved parking. For example, if OpenTable1 is integrated with the ParkEdge platform, a restaurant could offer a reserved parking space with dinner reservations. Similarly, if you're a merchant, you could validate parking for consumers shopping at your store. Many such use cases are now possible.
PwC: How does the system work?
PL: On the street, we have sensors in each parking spot and meter monitors, as well as wide area network gateway devices on lampposts. Everything is connected to everything. Information flows from the field and is posted to our data center. Our detection engine generates arrival and departure information in real time. This information is published onto a messaging queue to update the appropriate systems. We also aggregate information about payments from meters. We have a meter payment API [application programming interface] to aggregate information from different meter vendors that all have their own data semantics.
MN: Also, through our ParkEdge product, garage operators can enter their inventory into our system and indicate that some amount of capacity could be reserved. They can handle it any way they want: publish their charges, change pricing dynamically, offer valet parking, and so on.
PwC: So you instrumented parking spaces, surfaced new information, and digitized the parking process so that it can be transformed with cloud, mobile, and analytics technologies?
MN: Indeed, that is what we have done. The key for us, as I said before, has been to find information that we could assign value to. It was clear to us that real-time information about occupancy and payments is valuable to lots of constituents. You can probably appreciate that there's a lot of value to the real-time aspect of the data, but there's also a lot of value to the historical aspect of the data. This is where analytics comes in. It turns out that occupancy varies from day to day. The advantage of having sensors and real-time meter information is that you can then feed that into a back end that will allow you to look at historical trends over time. You can compare one city street to another, and if you have a true global reach to that data, then you can also compare how your city is doing to other cities.
PwC: You are using RESTful [representational state transfer] APIs to publish and share data. What is the strategy behind that?
MN: We've had an open business strategy from the beginning, and we've come to see RESTful APIs as a key enabler of that. We use them in our internal development as well as in how we interface externally. The openness applies to the sources from which we will consume data and to the way we share data via robust APIs. From relatively early in our company's history, we've taken the position that we don't need to limit ourselves to using only our own sensors. It does not matter where the data comes from; the value comes from how you aggregate and link data together.
PwC: What are some benefits you are seeing with an API-driven approach?
MN: One of the interesting things about our APIs is that the core data is the same. What changes is how the data gets used. Different use cases want parking data presented in different ways. For example, in Parker, if you're trying to do real-time guidance to empty parking spaces, you're not after historical data; you're after what's happening right now or what's likely to be happening by the time you get there.
Whereas if you're sitting in the parking department office and need to see what's going on out on the streets, that's a different API on the same data. In Los Angeles, we will cover close to a third of the city's entire metered parking spaces. A parking control officer now has a global view that shows how many violations there are in each individual city block and can be guided by that information to specific blocks. The officer can zoom in, and it shows where the parking violations are on that individual block. As the officer gets out and writes that ticket, it sends information back to the server, and that information then gets republished to all the other officers in the city.
PwC: Are there benefits outside of parking to what you are doing?
MN: Indeed, a key benefit we plan for is the extensibility of our platform. An example that we've considered that's not directly related to parking is to open up our sensor mesh network to collect other types of information from the environment. The idea being that you could then spur open development of different sensors.
Consider pollution sensors, for example. Let's say we weren't sure whether there was a market for those, but we opened up the APIs and we allowed somebody to build hardware that could use our already-deployed mesh network infrastructure to move pollution data from highly distributed sensors back to pollution control officers. Or because the APIs are open, we could get information from some other infrastructure entirely. That data can be published to our servers, and then it can be mashed up or brought into the Parker app. Anybody could use the open APIs to extend the parking experience to include pollution information or other environmental information.
PwC: How has the transition to RESTful APIs affected your software engineering practices, enterprise architecture consideration, and that side of things?
MN: If you think of everything you code as a module that has an API, it's much easier to run development. As a small startup company you have a few people who know the full software stack and all the interdependencies in that stack. Inevitably as you grow, fewer people know the entire stack and understand all the interdependencies. Just because of that, you need to do something like this. You need to become more API driven, because if you don't, you're going to have intricate dependencies.
PL: In the past, we ended up with big pieces of software. When you looked at it, you could determine what was shared and what had been added specifically for another application, but it's all one big soup. That becomes a maintenance nightmare, because there's always this problem where you change one thing over here and you've just broken something over there.
Now we have multi-tenant, system-of-record APIs. There are APIs for each use case: a parking status API, a meter payment API, a payment status API, and so on. It makes it much easier to organize and run engineering development and much, much easier to integrate with external code bases. We think API first now. We think, "What is the API contract based on the use cases?" and that helps us establish clear boundaries. Even with an internal application, the question is, "What data does that application need?" So you drive that through this API framing, which has the added benefit of not constraining other potential use cases.
PwC: Based on your experience, what would be your advice to CIOs considering a move to more openness and more focus on linking to other sources of value both internally and externally?
PL: Internally, we talk about our older practices as having created "technical debt." The longer you're in business and the more things you've built, the more technical debt you have. That technical debt is really like financial debt, where sometimes just servicing it ends up eating all your time and capital. I would advise CIOs to not be afraid to start over. If you use this loosely coupled RESTful API approach, you accumulate less technical debt for every new piece of functionality created.
With loose coupling, it's a lot easier to replace modules one by one, piece by piece. When you have an API contract, those systems that talk to your API don't need to worry about what goes on under the hood. What is important is to keep the API stable, so it needs to be managed like a product that would be maintained, supported, and evolved with good change management practices.
MN: Strategically, you need to take an educated guess about what information and APIs will add to business value. Technically, if I were starting a company now, or doing an application that had a mobile and web component at any enterprise, I can't think of any way to do it other than focusing on the platform that provides the RESTful APIs that the mobile and web client consumes from. This way, you can actually get to market fastest because you can have one built in parallel with the other.


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By Alice Wadley
The Emery County Domestic Violence Coalition held their 15th annual event. This year Donna Kelly was the guest speaker. Kelly is a sexual assault and domestic violence resource prosecutor for the Utah Attorney General's Office.
Law enforcement and other emergency responders frequently encounter people who have been traumatized. Until recently, there were very few studies on how trauma affects victims. Rebecca Campbell, PhD, NIJ Studies and Russell Strand, US Military Police school are leading researchers on the neurology of trauma.
There is definitely a divide when it comes to victim advocates and law enforcement officers. Law enforcement officers are trained to detect deceitful behavior in people, such as an inability to remember, not reporting a crime and sketchy behavior. These cues are consistent behaviors that would lead a law enforcement officer to believe someone is lying. Often times, victims of trauma exhibit the same behaviors leading officers to believe a victim is lying.
In a 2012, Campbell study these were actually responses given about sexual assault victims from police officers. "The stuff they say makes no sense. So no, I don't believe them, and yeah, I let them know that". "No way it's true. No one would act like that if it was true." "They lie all of the time I can tell." In one police report it was noted, complainant refused to cooperate. Case closed.
In the same study a victim advocate said, "It's hard to change what they do to victims. They don't believe them and then victims give up. It happens over and over again".
One victim's response to the treatment she received was "He didn't believe me and he treated me like (expletive). Didn't surprise me when he said there wasn't anything to go on to do anything. Didn't surprise me but it still hurt." With such polar views it is easy to see how victims may be neglected by the law enforcement and judicial community.
There are two parts of the brain, the cortex and the amygdala. The cortex is the thinking, logical or "rational" part of the brain. The amygdala is the emotional or the "primitive" part of the brain. The cortex part of the brain will always trump the amygdala part of the brain except in trauma. In trauma, the amygdala turns off the cortex. It focuses involuntarily on the danger or threat. It operates on primitive functions. There is no problem solving or highly logical thinking.
During an interview with a suspect the cortex part of the brain is in control. The suspect's story will be rational, chronological and orderly. The victim's behavior will be totally different because the amygdala is in control. They will be terrified, and overwhelmed. The victim's story will be fragmented, illogical and not chronological. The assault experience for a victim is remembered in fragments. They can recall sensations such as smells, sounds and tastes because the primitive part of the brain is in control.
Studies have also been conducted on critical incident amnesia. A large number of these studies have focused on law enforcement officers involved in shootings. The effects of trauma on memory are an inability to remember a sequence of events or a recall of any information outside the perceived threat. The things that are well encoded during these events are details most important to survival, threat of harm (weapon focus), emotions and sensations. After experiencing critical incident amnesia, officers will not be able to write or give a detailed report of the incident. Research has shown that after one sleep cycle, officers memory increased by 50 percent. After two sleep cycles, officers memory increased to 90 percent.
It has been long been thought that the brains response is "fight or flight". The brains first response is to freeze then "fight or flight" if possible. The freeze mode is broken down into two categories, disassociation and tonic immobility. Disassociation is the brains way of protecting against overwhelming emotions and sensations. Victims may report, they felt like they were having a dream or watching a movie or they felt like they were standing in a corner watching. The purpose of tonic immobility is to preserve life. It is caused by a perceived inability to escape. Tonic immobility can last for minutes or hours. The victim may report, I was frozen, I tried to scream but I couldn't. A study of tonic immobility looked at serious traffic accidents, serious physical assault, sexual assault and a close call with death. The findings were 44 percent had significant immobility, 11 percent had extreme immobility. The greatest immobility was from sexual assault victims, 60 percent experienced tonic immobility.
The after-effects of trauma with victims can be dramatic. Victims can experience flashback, extreme mood changes, fear, hypervigilance, guilt, shame, shock, depression, suicidal thoughts, sleeplessness and physical pain.
Kelly concluded with saying the system needs to be a victim centered response. You need to express sympathy and understanding to a victim. Express thanks to victim for reporting the crime. You need to give victims time to collect their thoughts. You need to provide specific ways to help such as victim advocate information and domestic violence resources, such as women's shelters. Be aware that every action you take, you will make a difference. Kelly gave information on Start by Believing a public awareness campaign focused on the public response to sexual assault. For more information you can visit their website at startbybelieving.org.


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This mid-top Headsail boat shoe by Nautica is perfect for those days when he's playing at the lake or sailing the high seas!
- Canvas upper
- Dual velcro closure for secure fit
- Mid-top silhouette with lacing detail
- Rubber sole
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By: myermom
Location: kcmo
July 26, 2013
"very stylish on my 16mo old son (size 5). got it in red, and it's not too much and goes well with many of his outfits. i was concerned the fabric shoe would be flimsy... no way! they are super sturdy and well made. they fit great, he has average width feet but i feel like a wider or narrower foot would fit just fine since the high top well supports the ankle for walking. great quality and they look exactly as pictured...perfect!"
By: MaDonnaC
Location: Grosse Pointe Woods, MI
May 14, 2013
Cute shoes
"I bought these shoes for my 2 year and I love them! They are so cute and stylish!"
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Prompt: I *so* don't do ____, but one day last week, my long-lost _____ showed up and told me he/she needed my help. Here's what he/she asked me to do: __________.
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Restricted Sydnee Platform Pump
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Discover the Restricted Sydnee Pump! This cork platform sandal with its chunky stiletto heel is the perfect sexy sandal to go with any outfit, any where. Let it lace up your style and take it to the next level.
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By: detrini
Location: Hallandale Beach
December 24, 2013
Adds just enough pop of color and comfy
"I can wear these EVERYDAY and ALL DAY. I can run in these if I wanted to. These are super comfy and amazing cute. Love that the yellow is not too bright. It's a mustard yellow. I wear it with jeans or dresses and it adds just the right pop of color to my outfits. They are also very sturdy and well constructed. I see these lasting me a long while."
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Location: Florida
July 15, 2013
Love these shoes!
"The shoes look fantastic, the fit was spot on, and they feel great. I was so excited when I tried them on that my husband teased me I was going to try to sleep in them. Definitely recommend these shoes!"
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By: ahoyt
Location: South Florida
June 16, 2013
Super Cute
"This shoe is super sexy. I bought it in the tan color, and it looks great. Very versatile. I may buy it in black too. The heel is a great height, and the cork makes it look casual enough to rock with jeans. Only downside that I have is that you have to tie the shoe, and it doesn't stay tied. I am sure there is a trick to it, that I havent mastered yet."
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"The Sun Tsu," or "The Art of War," has guided military commanders for hundreds of years. How much do you know about the military tactics in this esteemed book?
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Question 1 of 30
If other forces are battling, how should you join the fray?
Wait until they are both tired.
Attack when those forces are exhausted from fighting each other.
Approach from an angle that allows you to engage only one of the forces in the battle.
Stay out of it.
Question 2 of 30
How can you create illusions that confuse your foe?
Many signal fires
Divide your forces
Create something from nothing; alternately, make nothing from something.
Question 3 of 30
In order to crush your enemy, you must feign what?
If your enemy senses chaos, he may underestimate you.
Great power
Question 4 of 30
If your enemy is uphill from your forces, how should you advance?
You shouldn't.
And if they come charging down the hill, don't try to oppose them.
From the side
From the flank
Question 5 of 30
What is an excellent way to throw off your enemy before an attack?
Pretend you are sleeping
Feint one way, attack from another direction.
If he thinks an attack is coming from one direction, he'll be less prepared on another front.
Fireworks and beautiful women
Question 6 of 30
When you finally decide to attack, how should you do it?
Strike like a "lightning bolt" and destroy your enemy.
Question 7 of 30
If you outnumber your enemy by 10 to one, how should you approach their forces?
Flank them.
Surround them.
That way they cannot escape.
Attack them head on.
Question 8 of 30
If your forces outnumber your enemy by five to one, what should you do?
Divide them.
Divide them and then conquer them.
Feign retreat and then attack.
Attack them straight on.
Question 9 of 30
When is the best time to attack another force?
When your troop levels are at their maximum
When the weather is in your favor
When your foe is dealing with internal conflict
"Loot a house on fire;" take advantage of your enemy's disarray.
Question 10 of 30
If your enemy outnumbers you, your field commanders should always maintain the capacity for what?
Run away, run away!
Full-frontal assault
Flanking maneuvers
Question 11 of 30
If the strength of your forces isn't favorable, you should do what?
Find a new homeland.
Cajole an ally into attacking for you.
It's called "attacking with a borrowed knife," leveraging a third party to do what you cannot.
Build up your forces over time.
Question 12 of 30
If you want to lull an enemy into a false sense of superiority, what can you do?
Pretend that your forces are wounded.
If they think you're already hurting from previous battles, they'll be less inclined to take you seriously.
Leave treasures scattered about.
Hide your weapons.
Question 13 of 30
When preparing for a battle on the field, what should you always do?
Set up camp.
Show up before your enemy.
That way your forces are fresh and ready to fight
Sharpen your blades.
Question 14 of 30
If all of your tactics fail, what should you do?
You will fight another day.
Commit ritual suicide
Question 15 of 30
If you want to initiate discord within an enemy camp, what should you send their way?
Beautiful women will distract them and cause aggressive, competitive behavior in their ranks.
Extra gunpowder
Question 16 of 30
If your enemy is superior to you in every way, what should you practice?
Making peace
Creating alliances
Eluding them
In other words, guerilla warfare may be your only option.
Question 17 of 30
If a superior force is about to attack your fort, what should you do?
Set fire to the fort and run.
Give them hell.
Make it look like you have no real military presence.
Your enemy will grow suspicious and think you have a hidden force; this may make them turn away.
Question 18 of 30
If your enemy is too strong to be attacked directly, what should you do instead?
Distract him with one column of troops on the flank.
Attack something he holds dear.
Your enemy will pursue to protect his interests, wearing him down and making him more vulnerable.
Retreat and fight another day.
Question 19 of 30
How should you inflate your foe's confidence before battle?
Send some of your troops off in a false retreat.
Feign weakness or inability.
Exaggerate or invent weakness and make your opponent overly confident.
Lay down your arms.
Question 20 of 30
If you see birds suddenly rising from the trees, what should you do?
Be ready for ambush.
Be alert for signs of your enemies.
Fire arrows into the forest.
Chop down the trees so you can see what's going on.
Question 21 of 30
If you are chasing a desperate and beaten foe, what should you do?
Retreat and let them regroup.
Leave a route to let them flee.
If you force your hand too far against a defeated foe, the situation could turn on you.
Surround and destroy them.
Question 22 of 30
After your forces cross a river, what should they do?
Leave half of your forces on one side to slow the enemy's advance.
Hide by the river and wait for enemies to attempt a crossing.
Get far away from the river
And then wait for half of an enemy's forces to cross, then attack them.
Question 23 of 30
If you are fighting in varied and sometimes treacherous terrain, what should you do?
Lure your foes into the worst of the terrain.
Then they'll be stuck fighting both you and the awful terrain.
Descend to an open and safe area where you can see all around.
Find caves and hide.
Question 24 of 30
If you want maximum effort from your soldiers, what should you do?
Put them in an inescapable situation.
If they are faced with death, they will fight to their maximum ability.
Give them the best weapons.
Meditate with them before each battle.
Question 25 of 30
If your enemy is holed up in a stronghold, what should you do?
Sacrifice a small portion of our troops to gauge your enemy's strength.
Lure him out.
Trick the tiger into leaving its lair and then chop off its head.
Besiege him.
Question 26 of 30
What should you use for every kind of warfare?
Spies gather knowledge for every circumstance, in war and peace.
Question 27 of 30
You should attack or capture a force's leader only under what condition?
His forces believe in witchcraft.
His forces follow him out of fear or money.
Capture a beloved leader and his followers will get him back at any cost
His soldiers truly love him.
Question 28 of 30
To lower an enemy's guard, how should you move about your forces?
On boats
Under the cover of darkness
In broad daylight
Concealing your activities with everyday routines makes enemies complacent.
Question 29 of 30
How can you bait your enemy into giving away his position or plans?
Do something weird or unexpected.
If you draw their attention with a strange display or irresistible bait, your enemies will reveal parts of their plans.
Wave a white flag.
Send 10 troops to incite attack.
Question 30 of 30
If you must retreat from a superior force, how should you slow them down?
Leave behind distractions to slow them down.
If the enemy thinks you're leaving behind valuables and scrambling for your lives, they may slow their pursuit.
Leave archers to fire arrows at random times.
Set up roadside bombs.


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Canadian pairs eliminated in round of 16 at Olympic test event
LONDON – Kacie MacTavish of Sharon, Ont., and Julie Rodrigue of Quebec City as well as Heather Bansley and Liz Maloney of Toronto were eliminated in the round of 16 on Friday at the at the FIVB beach volleyball international.
MacTavish and Rodrigue, seeded 10th, lost to second seeds Chen Xue and Xi Zhang of China 21-13, 21-15.
It is the second week in a row, the Canadian pair advance to a main draw at an international event.
''We were feeling a bit tired,'' said Rodrigue, who made a pit stop to Toronto in between the two tournaments with her partner. ''But overall it was a good experience for us. We were happy with our matches against the Chinese and Americans because they were ranked higher than us. We feel our level of play is improving.''
Bansley and Maloney, the fifth-seeds, fell to Lucy Boulton and Denise Johns of Britain 26-24, 22-20.
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Folklore And Tradition : Festivities And Folkloric Traditions
The Planting of the Meyboom - Folklore & traditions in Brussels
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The planting of the Meyboom, or tree of joy, has its roots in many legends and is a typical and popular event. Every year in Brussels on 9 August!
The procession leaves from outside the Comic Strip Centre, rue des Sables, at around 2pm. The tree is part of this procession which includes the Giants of Brussels, the "Roue de la fortune" (wheel of fortune) and a cavalcade headed by Charles V. They march to the Grand Place then return to the corner where the Rue des Sables meets the Rue des Marais. The tree must be planted before 5pm!
The Meyboom festivities continue until late into the night.
This famous event has been organized since 1213 and celebrates Brussels' victory over the inhabitants of Louvain.
The Meyboom has been recognized as an Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by UNESCO.
The event always takes place on 9 August.
The procession leaves from the rue du Marais at 2pm and heads towards the Grand-Place. The planting of the Meyboom takes place a little before 5pm, between the rue des Sables and the rue du Marais.
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Watch out for snakes
High-risk encounters due to available food sources
There have been many reported snake encounters in Pueblo West this summer, and Dan Gates, a pest and critter expert in the area, said that number of snake sightings is likely due to an increase in the available food sources for snakes.
Populations of small animals and insects are cyclical, said Gates, of Colorado Rid-A-Critter.
And while there are probably no more snakes in the area than normal, citizens are possibly seeing more snakes because there is more food available, making the snakes more active.
"We have an uptick in rodent population every few years," Gates said.
"And depending on what rodents there are, when you have more rodents, there's a bigger food source for snakes.
"So you see more snakes," Gates added.
"I remind people that without a Country Buffet, there would be no people," he said. "And it's the same with snakes."
Mice and other small critters that make tasty meals for snakes need food sources of their own. And when there is a large amount of insects available for mice consumption, for example, the mouse population thrives, meaning there are then more mice active for snake consumption – and so continues the circle of life.
"We try to tell people that mice need a food source, and they'll eat insects. So to take care of insects, it takes care of the mice, which helps take care of the snakes," Gates said.
He noted that there are many places – debris piles, equestrian easements or even just yards in a neighborhood – that accumulate more things and areas of weeds.
Those areas don't just harbor snakes, but mice, as well.
"It's not necessarily that you have to kill everything, but you've got to start somewhere to decrease populations," Gates said.
Gates said he's heard many people say they believe there have been more rattlesnake occurrences in the area this year, but he said he believes it to be an anomaly.
HE SAID ACTIVE sightings for both rattle and bull snakes over the past decade remain consistent.
One of the biggest problems he runs into in his profession is people misidentifying bull snakes, thinking they're rattlesnakes.
He stressed that rattlesnakes have a triangular-shaped head and a rattle on the end.
Bull snakes, when threatened, can puff and hiss, but don't rattle.
Other than rattlesnakes, Gates said the other snake to particularly steer clear of is a red racer.
They don't have a venomous bite, but they are extremely aggressive and fast snakes.
If threatened, they will stand up and come quickly toward a person.
"I tell people that are particularly scared about snakes, have a shovel handy on the outside of the house that you could use," Gates said.
"People have fire extinguishers for fire, so why not have a shovel for a snake? Cold water from a garden hose is also often though to make a snake leave an immediate area."
However, Gates noted that if a snake continues to return, there is a food source attracting it, which needs to be mitigated.
FOR ENCOUNTERS WITH a red racer, take small, slow steps backward until the snake doesn't feel threatened anymore, and leave it alone.
"The biggest things I tell people are to do property mitigation for habitat and food," Gates said.
"That would also include maybe a rodent and insect mitigation as well. Vaccinate your dog for the rattlesnake vaccine – it's a cheap way for your vet to give your dog a little ounce of help.
"And be cognizant of your surroundings and what is going on. Don't leave little pools upside down to generate heat and moisture, and don't leave your garage doors open. Try to modify your little piece of heaven so it's not attracting the things you don't want."
Gates also said that many people are under the impression that if they mow down their yards to be very short that it will take care of a snake population.
But very short vegetation is attractive to rats and prairie dogs, so then snakes are attracted to those food sources.
High ground cover attracts different kinds of rodents, like field mice and pocket gophers.
A mid-range cover, around four to six inches, is usually best, he said, for the least amount of pests.
"I tell people to make sure their kids understand that snakes are hard to identify and that it's best to just stay away from them," Gates said.
"If they see a snake, let an adult know. Don't tease a snake, and if you get cornered, try to put something in between you and the snake."
When a professional, such as Gates, is needed to help with snake or other pest removal, he said a big problem he encounters is, "People will call and say they saw the snake on Thursday, and now it's Sunday. Try to keep an eye on it and know where it is or was."
Gates has a snake-trained dog, Trapper, who can alert Gates to where a snake is or has been. Trapper is the only dog-trained snake in the state and is very accurate and "particularly smart in his trade."
Colorado Rid-A-Critter does snake detection for many large organizations and projects in the area, including the SDS pipeline project and St. Mary Corwin Hospital.
The office is located in Canon City, though Colorado Rid-A-Critter has two trucks in the Pueblo area every day of the week. Colorado Rid-A-Critter can be reached at 719-275-4077.


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The Bandolino Rinollie is a classic boot that never goes out of style! This leather boot is perfect for the office or bopping around town on the weekends.
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"It is not easy to find a stylish dress boot with kitten heels! I looked everyplace, but had no luck, until I found this perfect boot! The leather is soft and not dull looking like many others were. The heel is perfect, just enough to dress up tunics and short dresses. I'm thrilled to have found them online at DSW. The boots even arrived ahead of promised date. I'm very happy!"
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In 2013 the CRF110F replaced the immensely popular CRF70F within Honda's family of fun, entry-level off-road bikes. Now, two new larger-displacement 2014 CRF125F models enter the lineup, allowing consumers more choices in this market segment. The two CRF125F models offer unique wheel sizes that allow them to replace the CRF80F and CRF100F. With a seat height of 28.9 inches, the small-wheel CRF125F seat is the same height as the CRF80F it replaces, while the CRF125F Big Wheel features the same seat height—30.9 inches—as the CRF100F it replaces. This seat-height option allows riders to pick the CRF125F that fits best. Featuring an all-new electric-start 125cc single-cylinder OHC four-stroke engine tuned for loads of low-end grunt plus plenty of pull throughout the powerband, the CRF125Fs also feature a four-speed gearbox. Add a new rolling chassis with upgraded suspension components front and rear plus styling just like Honda's CRF® motocross bikes, and you have a great addition to Honda's off-road line of family machines with a bike for all riders—young to old, beginner to expert.
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- The CRF125F replaces the CRF80F and shares the same seat height of 28.9 inches, while the CRF125F Big Wheel replaces the CRF100F and offers the same 30.9-inch seat height.
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I was laid off over 3 months ago from a job I've had for over 8 years. I feel I've overcome the shock, anger and frustration, but have had trouble getting motivated. I'm plagued with anxiety and every day, despite my best attempts, don't feel as if I'm really moving my job search forward. Any suggestions?
- Depressed in Durango
Dear DID: There's no way to sugar coat it. We are living in trying economic times. And while by nature we may be a nation of optimists, the reality is that our national economic woes are creating a ton of anxiety and suffering.
For those who have unexpectedly lost their jobs it can be a traumatic and devastating experience. It's hard to imagine, but the loss of a job is similar to other losses in life -- a death, a divorce or breakup. Your daily routine and day-to-day habits are suddenly shifted in a massive way. You feel disoriented, aimless and lost.
According to author and grief expert Carole Brody Fleet, "More than simply a 'means to an end' (i.e., a paycheck), the loss of a job is actually one of the most devastating losses that a person can experience. So much of our identity, our self-esteem and to a certain degree, our self-respect is directly connected to what we do for a living."
"Getting laid off is hard on everyone, and it's a huge blow to your self-esteem," says Dr. Susan Bernstein, who has studied the effects of being laid off. "It's really a form of shock or trauma, so the natural responses are fear, anger, sadness, and depression. We feel disoriented and without a direction. And we tend to beat up on ourselves for our negative feelings, sort of expecting ourselves to act as though everything is fine. It's not fine. Unfortunately, people actually prolong those difficult feelings when they feel ashamed for feeling them. Then, they try to suppress the emotions. But those emotions generally linger. Whatever we resist, persists."
For those who have been laid off, there are many common and natural emotions ranging from fear, loss of identity, shame/embarrassment, abandonment, anger and rejection. Many times these emotions lead to a loss of self esteem and confidence - and are replaced with destructive negative self talk, or what Dr. Bernstein calls "stinking thinking."
"I hear people say, "I'll never get a job," or "I don't have enough experience," or "No one wants to hear from someone as old as me." Dr. Bernstein says. "Until they clean up their "stinking thinking," they risk sabotaging their job search. It's vital to maintain a positive attitude. I encourage my clients to become aware of the "voice in their head" and to discern the positive, uplifting inner voices from the negative, unsupportive inner voices -- even having them write down the negative self-talk and reversing or revising it."
Carole Brody Fleet suggests that the best way to regain some focus and balance is to take immediate proactive steps. "Nothing helps boost self-esteem, energy and motivation more than being proactive."
Jonathan Alpert, a Manhattan-based psychotherapist and advice columnist agrees with the proactive approach. Alpert is consulting with many clients who have recently lost their jobs in the finance industry.
"Taking a passive approach towards finding a new job doesn't work as well as being a go getter," Alpert advises. "Although between jobs at the moment, your new job is that of marketing executive and you are the product. So, take an inventory of your best qualities and strengths. Actually write them out - this helps to refresh your memory and stimulate you to market yourself."
Alpert suggests composing a letter summarizing your background and expertise and send it, along with your resume, to 10-15 or more of your contacts, and in it ask that they also send it along to a few of their contacts.
"You will have successfully built a massive marketing machine."
He also advises to add structure to your day by getting it to resemble a 9-5 workday as best as possible.
"A common habit that develops with people who are out of work is they stay up late and by the time they get going in the morning it's 10 or 11," Alpert says. "Make sure you're in bed at a reasonable time and able to get up with the masses for the start of your day at 9:00 a.m. and then plan your day out. For example, 9-11 look at job sites, 11-12, send out resumes, 12-1 lunch, 1-2, follow up calls, 2-3, go to the gym, etc. This structure will help the person feel connected to mainstream and avoid getting lazy."
According to Carole Brody Fleet, by taking proactive measures, "...you are psychologically taking control of the situation. You are taking positive steps to move forward. You are regaining a dogged determination; sending a message to others (as well as yourself!) that you may be "down for now", but that you are not going to stay that way."


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Some of the neighbors thought it might be fun to have a summer get together with a Christmas theme. Has anyone ever done this? We can't BBQ at my condo, so putting a turkey on the grill isn't an option. We do have AC, so turning on the oven isn't an issue. The whole thing will be indoors. It won't be the whole condo, just some of us who hang out together.Does anyone have any suggestions for a summer Christmas meal? What would be some fun things to do? We will be watching Christmas movies, and drinking a cranberry or eggnog punch.
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Combined saw/drill unit designed for railroad industry
Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (AME) offers the Amsaw R series saw, designed for high-production cutting of high-alloy rails for the railroad industry.
Features include a saw blade changeover time of less than 3 min., hardened spindle gears ground for minimum backlash, a blade guide and dampening device for blade stabilization, and dry operation.
An electronic overload device monitors cutting performance and stops the saw feed when necessary. The heavy machine base is ribbed and braced for rigidity. A chip conveyor conveys chips to the rear of the machine and into a tote box.
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Editor's Note: This article was adapted from its original form and updated to include new information for Smithsonian's Mysteries of the Ancient World bookazine published in Fall 2009.
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It was a hot, dusty day in early 1927, and Herbert Winlock was staring at a scene of brutal destruction that had all the hallmarks of a vicious personal attack. Signs of desecration were everywhere; eyes had been gouged out, heads lopped off, the cobra-like symbol of royalty hacked from foreheads. Winlock, head of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's archaeological team in Egypt, had unearthed a pit in the great temple complex at Deir el-Bahri, across the Nile from the ancient sites of Thebes and Karnak. In the pit were smashed statues of a pharaoh—pieces "from the size of a fingertip," Winlock noted, "to others weighing a ton or more." The images had suffered "almost every conceivable indignity," he wrote, as the violators vented "their spite on the [pharaoh's] brilliantly chiseled, smiling features." To the ancient Egyptians, pharaohs were gods. What could this one have done to warrant such blasphemy? In the opinion of Winlock, and other Egyptologists of his generation, plenty.
The statues were those of Hatshepsut, the sixth pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, one of the few—and by far the most successful—women to rule Egypt as pharaoh. Evidence of her remarkable reign (c. 1479-1458 b.c.) did not begin to emerge until the 19th century. But by Winlock's day, historians had crafted the few known facts of her life into a soap opera of deceit, lust and revenge.
Although her long rule had been a time of peace and prosperity, filled with magnificent art and a number of ambitious building projects (the greatest of which was her mortuary, or memorial, temple at Deir el-Bahri), Hatshepsut's methods of acquiring and holding onto power suggested a darker side to her reign and character. The widowed queen of the pharaoh Thutmose II, she had, according to custom, been made regent after his death in c. 1479 b.c. to rule for her young stepson, Thutmose III, until he came of age. Within a few years, however, she proclaimed herself pharaoh, thereby becoming, in the words of Winlock's colleague at the Metropolitan, William C. Hayes, the "vilest type of usurper." Disconcerting to some scholars, too, was her insistence on being portrayed as male, with bulging muscles and the traditional pharaonic false beard—variously interpreted by those historians as an act of outrageous deception, deviant behavior or both. Many early Egyptologists also concluded that Hatshepsut's chief minister, Senenmut, must have been her lover as well, a co-conspirator in her climb to power, the so-called evil genius behind what they viewed as her devious politics.
Upon Hatshepsut's death in c. 1458 b.c., her stepson, then likely still in his early 20s, finally ascended to the throne. By that time, according to Hayes, Thutmose III had developed "a loathing for Hatshepsut...her name and her very memory which practically beggars description." The destruction of her monuments, carried out with such apparent fury, was almost universally interpreted as an act of long-awaited and bitter revenge on the part of Thutmose III, who, Winlock wrote, "could scarcely wait to take the vengeance on her dead that he had not dared in life."
"Of course, it made a wonderful story," says Renée Dreyfus, curator of ancient art and interpretation at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. "And this is what we all read when we were growing up. But so much of what was written about Hatshepsut, I think, had to do with who the archaeologists were...gentlemen scholars of a certain generation."
Hatshepsut was born at the dawn of a glorious age of Egyptian imperial power and prosperity, rightly called the New Kingdom. Her father, King Thutmose I, was a charismatic leader of legendary military exploits. Hatshepsut, scholars surmise, may have come into the world about the time of his coronation, c. 1504 b.c., and so would still have been a toddler when he famously sailed home to Thebes with the naked body of a Nubian chieftain dangling from the prow of his ship—a warning to all who would threaten his empire.
Hatshepsut seems to have idolized her father (she would eventually have him reburied in the tomb she was having built for herself) and would claim that soon after her birth he had named her successor to his throne, an act that scholars feel would have been highly unlikely. There had been only two—possibly three—female pharaohs in the previous 1,500 years, and each had ascended to the throne only when there was no suitable male successor available. (Cleopatra would rule some 14 centuries later.)
Normally, the pharaonic line passed from father to son—preferably the son of the queen, but if there were no such offspring, to the son of one of the pharaoh's "secondary," or "harem," wives. In addition to Hatshepsut—and another younger daughter who apparently died in childhood—it's believed that Thutmose I fathered two sons with Queen Ahmes, both of whom predeceased him. Thus the son of a secondary wife, Mutnofret, was crowned Thutmose II. In short order (and probably to bolster the royal bloodlines of this "harem child"), young Thutmose II was married to his half sister Hatshepsut, making her Queen of Egypt at about age 12.
Historians have generally described Thutmose II as frail and ineffectual—just the sort of person a supposedly shrewish Hatshepsut could push around. Public monuments, however, depict a dutiful Hatshepsut standing appropriately behind her husband. But while she bore her husband a daughter, Neferure (her only known child), Hatshepsut failed in the more important duty of producing a son. So when Thutmose II died young (c. 1479 B.C.), possibly still in his 20s—the throne went, yet again, to a "harem child." Duly named Thutmose III, this child was destined to become one of the great warrior kings of Egypt. But at the time of his father's death, he was likely an infant, a "hawk...still in the nest"—and deemed too young to rule.


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Nine West Vintage America Figama Bootie
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February 13, 2013
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"These shoes are super comfortable but I have small feet and ordered a 6W, thinking it would be fine. There's a noticeable gap in where my foot is and the shoe if I wear thin socks. I tried it on with thicker socks and its still a little bit big, but much more tolerable. However they're really comfortable shoes. i love them!"
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Vince Camuto Cristina Satchel
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Vince Camuto brings us the most sophisticated handbags, every bit as stylish as their shoes. The Cristina satchel exceeds expectations with its bold and fashionable design.
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Looking for a versatile flat boot to carry you through the season? The Restricted Chopper moto-inspired boot will have you flying through fall in style.
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Altomare and Humana-Paredes win silver for Canada at under-21 world beach volleyball championships
HALIFAX - Top-seeds Victoria Altomare and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto won the silver medal in women's competition on Sunday to conclude the FIVB under-21 world beach volleyball championships.
In the women's final, Altomare and Humana-Parades, seeded number-one, lost 21-16, 14-21, 15-11 to eighth seeds Nina Betschart and Joana Heidrich of Switzerland.
The Canadian pair started the tournament with two losses in round robin and needed to win their last round robin match to sneak into the playoffs. They strung together four wins before Sunday's match.
In the men's bronze medal match, Garrett May and Danny Demyanenko of Toronto, seeded number-one, finished fourth falling to second seeds Vitor Felipe and Marcus Carvalhaes of Brazil 23-21, 14-21, 15-13.
In the gold medal match, 20th seeds Valeriy Samoday and Sergiy Popov of Ukraine completed their great run defeating Piotr Kantor and Bartosz Losiak of Poland 22-20, 19-21, 15-12.
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Living with anxiety is a very serious and debilitating thing. People don't understand you and certainly don't understand the condition. It can be socially crippling and mentally binding. Panic Away is a program that claims to help cure the disorder. It is a series of DVD's and an eBook that together as a course will help cue anxiety and panic attacks.
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BCBGeneration Carleen Wedge Pump
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Sleek, simple and nicely understated! The BCBGeneration Carleen is the perfect wedge to pump up your look.
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I truly apologize for not being the best blogger and updating so little and also not being able to comment everyone back. I've been so caught up with work life and social life that I haven't had time to really sit down and update myself with everything. I swear, every time I get a notification that someone commented my blog, I become so motivated at that instant to blog more but that motivation diminishes once I open my computer to see thousands of pictures and videos that I have yet to edit. D:
I will get to them eventually! There are tons of pictures from Japan that I haven't blogged about yet so look out for that as well! :]
So, here's something exciting: I received my very first sponsored circle lens! A HUGE thank you to Pinky Paradise for sponsoring me!
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I've actually been eyeing out these lenses for a while since they always seem to be on the top 10 for majority of circle lens carriers AND I really needed new grey lenses. Oh, and not to mention that this is one of Tsubasa's products which guarantees me that I would love it. :3
Sorry, my eye makeup is fairly messy because I took these photos after work and I didn't use falsies. Nonetheless, look at how beautiful these lenses are!!!!! Very vibrant and bold. The color is not exactly grey per say; there's a tint of light brown which makes the contacts look a bit more "natural". I honestly can't wait to try other colors in the Bambi series!
There is definitely evident eye enlargement with these lenses. As far as comfort, I wore them today for a 6-hour shift and no problems whatsoever. Usually when I first try on contacts, I tear up like crazy but these gave me no problems. Although, I must admit that these are by far the largest lenses I've ever worn so in a way my eyeballs did feel claustrophobic. hahaha Nonetheless, I give these lenses a 10/10. HONESTLY!
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I'm going all out today but in addition, I made a quick video blog just to say "heeeeey". I just got a new video editing program so I'm sorry for the crappy editing. And I'm still awkward & shy with these things!


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- Daily Use
- Showing Team Pride
Bought this as a gift for my boyfriend who is the worlds biggest Avs fan. He LOVED it! The quality is great, but the best part is the jersey divider! I was a bit scared that it would just be a plain piece of the jersey with no part of the logo on it, but I was happily surprised. The wallet I received had part of the foot from the sleeve on it! It is perfect in every way, and an excellent gift for the diehard fan!
- Authentic Look
- It Was Beautiful
- Quality Construction
- Shows Off Team Pride
- Stylish Design
- Unknown Player
Best Uses
- Anytime
- Around Town
- At The Game
I thought the the wallet would've came with some type of sheet tell you who's jersey it was. And what gave me played during the duration of that jersey. But with everything else I think the wallet was great.
- Authentic Look
- Quality Construction
- Shows Off Team Pride
- Stylish
Best Uses
- Anytime
Okay, I'm writing this cause while shopping and considering this wallet I could only find a handful of reviews for these. I went out on a limb and bought one anyways. I'm a DIEHARD Avs fan, and I figured I would celebrate the return of Roy as coach by getting this wallet. :P Plus my old wallet was 15 years old anyways. Lol
Anywho, This wallet is very fine quality. The box it comes in is nice and says NHL Game Used Authentic on it. The leather feels nice and soft and smells great... always a good sign. I love the subtleness of the team logo stamped on the outside. The jersey itself on the inside is exactly what you would expect. Amazing to know that this was on the ice on and with some of your favorite players. I do think the cut of the jersey is different for every wallet, so your might not line up exactly like what you see in the picture. Mine is a little off center... but I actually like that. :) I will love using this wallet for years to come and hopefully it will bring my boys some luck as I sit on it watching many many games. GO AVS!
- Sizing:
- Feels true to size