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Monday, October 18, 2010
New Horse from Bruce Davidson
I am the proud new rider of a very fancy looking 3-year-old gelding by Salute The Truth out of Eagle Lion's full sister! The gelding was purchased from a local breeder/Olympic & World champion, Bruce Davidson.
Being born at Chesterland Farm, his current name around the barn is 'Chester'. He is a perfect mix of 15/16 thoroughbred, 1/16 Irish Sport Horse. He is a beautiful mover, and should be a wonderful jumper considering his uncle, (Eagle Lion).
I plan to spend the next few months gently teaching Chester the basics. Standing proud at 16.3hh tall, he looks mature enough to start eventing early next year.
I would like to thank Bruce and Susie for giving me a great deal on such a promising looking horse. Below is a video of me having my test drive on him.
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- Rachel C.October 18, 2010 at 4:10 PM
Yay, Stormy has a rider! It is very exciting to see these horses grow up. I remember Stormy as a baby and broke him out as a 2 year old, under watchful eyes of course! Have fun!
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TAG, The Corner Office, Ambria, Locanda Del Borgo and Lola are teaming up for tonight's Harvest Week feast at GrowHaus, 4751 York Street. The crew of chefs will be showcasing their skills with local takes on global cuisine during the fourth in a six-part series of pop-up meals celebrating Colorado's food community, all sponsored by Eat Denver.
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Day boat scallop ceviche -- roasted poblano, pickled papaya, sweet chili aioliadeas Hush puppies Hamachi, watermelon, yuzu and chille pasilla Braised beef tongue ravioli with piperade
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E for Emmaus
Glorious sunshine, a quick trip to Ikea and then an hour rummaging at Emmaus.
I found some beautiful vintage clothes for Savannah and I, a black straw hat and this fun French paper craft book from the 60's. Very K&C, n'est-ce pas?
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The seizure occurred at about 8:30 a.m. on August 30, when officers with the port's Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team (A-TCET) were conducting inspections of vehicles and travelers and targeted a white Ford F-250 pick-up truck. Officers utilizing a density measuring device detected anomalies to the undercarriage of the bed area and referred both driver and vehicle for further examination.
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Editors Note: In early April the Associated Press announced that it would no longer use the word "illegal" when referring to undocumented immigrants. The decision has been hailed by immigrant rights groups and others, who say the term is a pejorative that dehumanizes large swaths of the U.S. population, immigrant and native-born alike. Below, authors Andrew Lam, Helen Zia and Chitra Divakaruni offer their own views on the term "illegal" through the lens of the immigrant experience.
My Americanization, A Love Story
Andrew Lam
When the Cold War ended and refugees from Vietnam fled en masse, western countries agreed on a cutoff date for hopeful entries. Up until then, anyone who escaped from communist Vietnam was given automatic political refugee status.
After July 2, 1989, however, most were deemed "economic" migrants – or what we refer to as "illegal" -- and forcefully repatriated.
For one family, the sudden shift proved a cruel twist of fate.
They came in two boats. One – carrying the father and two sons -- reached Hong Kong before the cutoff date. The other – with the mother and two more sons -- came a few days after. They became "illegal immigrants" and were sent back to Vietnam.
That experience showed me how labels can hold out the promise of a future, or rob you of it. In America, the two boys grew to become an engineer and a doctor. The mother and her two sons in Vietnam, however, were forced to depend on relatives to get by. Neither boy went to school.
I think of them when I hear the word "illegal." And I think of my own experience.
My family left Vietnam in the aftermath of war. We fled without passports, entering the Philippines illegally, without entry permits or visas. We later arrived in America.
My Americanization story is a love story, a success story. Had I not been granted a place here, I cannot think of where I might have ended up. Perhaps sent back to Vietnam to toil in the new economic zone set up for children of the bourgeois class.
I certainly would not be on a book tour around the United States, speaking of the Vietnamese American experience and the transformational power that comes with giving immigrants in this country a fighting chance.
All Criminals from Mars Report to the INS!
Helen Zia
There's a TV commercial I remember from my early childhood, more than half a century ago. It was a US government public service announcement, of all things -- a grainy, black-and-white cartoon ordering "aliens" to report their whereabouts or face dire consequences.
The faces of the cartoon figures were featureless, almost inhuman, making it clear that an alien had more in common with a Martian than an American. That PSA appeared every year for most of my childhood, popping up while I watched Star Trek or the Three Stooges -- and I hated it.
There was something creepy, even shameful about the ad. Still, I didn't connect the faceless cartoon aliens to my mother and father, who were immigrants from China.
I was born in the US and therefore an American, thanks to Wong Kim Ark's lawsuit that was decided by the Supreme Court in 1898. But not my parents, they had not yet become naturalized Americans. It took me several years before I realized that the creepy "aliens" in the PSA were people like my mom and dad.
My parents never talked about this PSA with their children, nor did they ever tell us that they had once been threatened with deportation for overstaying their visas at the time of China's Communist revolution. Because they had some American-born infants, including this writer, the INS allowed them to stay.
But the stain of being "aliens" never washed away, especially during the austerity years of the Reagan administration in the 1980s. Suddenly the issue of "aliens" turned even uglier. An extremist, histrionic wind stuck the word "illegal" onto the word "alien," turning my Martian parents into something worse: "illegal aliens," criminals from Mars.
For the last three decades, these dehumanizing words have been applied to people like my parents. It's about time to call out this degrading language for what it is, and to return humanity back to those people, who, for whatever reason, are without documents. Now maybe some reasonable immigration policies can be made for human beings, not Martians.
The Words That Hurt Us
Chitra Divakaruni
I came to this country in the 1970s as the holder of a coveted "green card," the official name of which was (and still remains) the Alien Registration Card. For years, every time I looked at that card, it made me cringe. I felt strange and un-American, of a different species. It took years of living around kind, helpful Americans for that term to stop stinging.
Thus it is with pleasure that I read of the Associated Press's decision to drop the term "illegal immigrant" from its stylebook.
The term had several technical problems associated with it. It was an oxymoron (since an immigrant is a person who has entered a country legally); it was inaccurate (an action is illegal, not a person). But most of all, it was a term rife with prejudice. It lumped thousands of people into a single, negative category and made it easy for us to judge them as some kind of parasite feeding stealthily upon America's bounty. It allowed us, through two brief words, to de-humanize them.
The term "illegal immigrant" harmed the people to whom it was applied, yes, but it harmed the rest of us, too, by promoting attitudes of superiority -- and racism. It is easy to turn such attitudes -- once condoned by law -- on anyone who looks different from us, by whom we feel threatened. It is easy to blame them for the troubles of the nation. Ultimately, this can only weaken America.


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Tuesday, June 05, 2012
Tuesday Lectionary Leanings~~Ordinary Time
If you choose to go the OT route,there are options as well. We begin a series of readings from Samuel this week that will extend into the summer, and if Satan in the gospel isn't enough, we also have the story of God confronting Adam and Eve after they succumbed to the serpent's temptation. Are your preaching juices tempted by this?
Paul is not left out either; we have a passage from the second letter to the Corinthians: "what we can see is temporary, but what cannot be seen is eternal."
So where is the Spirit leading you this week, preachers? Join the discussion, share your ideas and questions. And if you happen to be new here, welcome! This is a great place of support and friendship!
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Goodness, everyone must be gone on vacation! I am first up? I am not preaching this week but if I were, I think I might want to take on Paul. I think I would want to take on the whole concept of BELIEF and it being about what we can't see, but I would want to talk about 'beloving' which is the origin of the word and how the word has become a word to trust in things that are not based in fact. "I believe that Creation was done in 6 days."
ReplyDeleteI'm riffing off the concept of Trinity as the way we talk about God being relational - my sermon theme for the summer will focus on the gospel and what that says about how God related to us and how we are invited into relationship.
This week, I'm focusing on the section of the gospel where Jesus' family comes looking for him and talking about the God who creates family/community.
I love the image of God looking for Adam and Eve in the garden - I want to try to use that image of God seeking relationship with us in my sermon - I referenced it last week and it would be a nice segue.From now to the middle of July (when I start 5 Sundays of vacation time) I am going with stories from the Saul-David cycle. [Basically following the Lectionary but with expansions and adding in the story of Abigail and Nabal in 1 Samuel 25].
This week the sermon title is Give Us a King!?! My Early thoughts are hereI'll be with Samuel for a while. I'll talk about the desire for a king as an incarnational impulse. How the people were centuries away from their faith stories about the God of miracles and wanted a tangible presence of God in their midst - the traditional ANE understanding of monarchy. And transition to how Jesus' manifestation of incarnation was not as expected, neither to his family nor the crowds. But focus on the need for divine presence. That one is largely done. I'm sketching out next week's. Trying to stay one ahead and revise Fri-Sat.
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Muguet du Bonheur by Caron is a Floral fragrance for women. Muguet du Bonheur was launched in 1952. The nose behind this fragrance is Michel Morsetti. Top notes are neroli, bergamot, lily-of-the-valley and orange blossom; middle notes are jasmine, tincture of rose, lilac, magnolia and lily-of-the-valley; base notes are musk, sandalwood and heliotrope.
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I love both of them (Muguet du bonheur and Diorissimo) and also prefer MdB, but it is virtually impossible to find one in Brasil.
I agree with you calvini - I prefer Muguet du Bonheur also, to Diorissimo, This is much more beautiful, and fresh and feminine. It's gorgeous. Pure and elegant. Lovely!
Starts out quite "classic" with aldehydic vibe, but pleasant all the way and doesn't feel dated. The watery lilac in the middle compliments the green LotV very well; I like it more than most muguets out there, probably more than Diorissimo (too perfumy) & McClintock (smells cheap-ish)
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With my experience of other muguet perfumes, I think usually muguet perfumes often appear with fresh green notes that's makes me feel little coldness, but this CARON's Muguet de Bonheur is very mild (maybe being PERFUM, not EDT) like beautiful day of May, Just picking up from garden to put your dresser table which making other perfumes and powder to little hesitate.
Such a well blended that I can't detect any single notes except MUGUET. ( Or I can say that I have poor nose)
Every time when I smell perfumes of CARON they makes me joyfull and makes me I WANT IT (this is my problem)
Let me start off my saying that I am a huge, huge fan of lily of the valley/muguet fragrances. From Yardley to Penhaligon's to Serge Lutens Un Lys, to Jo Malone Lily of the Valley and Ivy, to Diorissimo, to Guerlain's yearly LE Muguet perfumes, and everything of the like in between. I was so excited to try this! I almost blind bought a bottle of it because I was convinced I would love it. Sometging told me to sample it first though and I am glad I did! I got a decant from Surrender to Chance, and I really do not like it at all. I was shocked when I first applied it at how much I did not like it. This is SO green, the crunchiest greeny green GREEN i have ever experienced. I don't smell much lotv, I moreso just smell green, with a weak and diffused afterthought of lotv. I will give it credit though for being very interesting! I have never smelled anything quite like this before, and I have tried many, many, many lotv/muguet focused fragrances. I kept waiting to see if it would develop into something I liked, waiting for those sharp green notes to tone down and hoping I would smell more actual floral lotv, not the stem and greenery of it, but alas it never did. If anyone would like my decant feel free to message me!
Muguet de Bonheur is weak, watery floral that powders up, little fruit in it; lily. But, OMG, get yourself some Muguet Extrait. This is pure, deep, intense, rich lily. You can wear water or you can wear the real thing.
A true masterpiece !!!! This has the same vibe of Narciso for Her, flowers and musk in a luminous coupling. It is a stand out scent, quite unique in comparison to other perfumes of its time, heavily aldehydic and civet-intensive. Diorissimo is the only one that resembles it. Thanks to Francis K and Christine Nagel for resurecting this vibe.
When I was a child I was mesmerized by this divine scent. long lasting with moderate projection, too bad never smelled it again (only in recollections).
Sampling from decant giveaway off a generous fragrantican....let me start by saying i can appreciate the quality and conception of this however its just not to my taste nor would it suit my style. However this is an exceptionally expensive smelling floral bouquet with lotv and jasmine standing out the most. If i were a churchgoer i could imagine putting my best frock on and going to easter service on a bright spring day.
Beautiful bouquet scent featuring a lovely combo of lotv, jasmine and Lilac. Perfect spring scent. Classic, sophisticated perfume for day or night. The lotv makes it a bit soapy but the scent is very well blended so it isn't to much. Gorgeous!
Very clean scent, soapy and green. Quite overtaking, and decadent to me. Prefer Diorissimo
I tried Muguet du Bonheur Caron but Vintage (1965), well: I think that is the best lily of the valleyin the world with wonderful evolution, woody in the drydown. Diorissimo is nothing in comparison. 10/10 lovely.
Hmmm...from all Carons masterpieces this one is a bit of chalenge to fell in love with...At the beginning smells extremely alcoholic and sour like vinegar...really frighteningly disgusting. BUT then SUDDENLY and totally unexpectedly opens up to gorgeous notes of lily of the valley, rose, jasmin...fresh and crisps, happy and pretty. I tried and sprayed this perfume few times on me, before i "understood" and in a way was impressed like nearly ALWAYS with Caron unique scents...I am not sure i will often use it, but i will definitely keep it in my collection as one yet of another wonders from Caron.
Thanks God Caron is still producing true to its fashion the masterpieces, unlike many parfumes on the market!
hmmm, this perfume is STRANGE...It smells very alcoholic and weird at the beginning, but after evaporating smells very faintly of lily of the valley...very weak and short lived, maybe interesting for collectors. Will give to my mum...
Thank God "Caron" has promised to re-launch the original version of the Muguet du Bonheur Parfum soon. For years I´ve been begging them to do so on behalf of all the ladies in Brazil who love it and miss it so much.
We all keep our fingers crossed !!!....
Not bad at all, just nothing surprising or unexpected out it. Very soapy. Glad it was just a sample. Definitely not for me, I hate soapy.
Muguet Du Bonheur is far from being a successful fragrance, expecially considering it's from Caron. Lily of the valley, some other white flowers, and green nuances on a clean musky base. Somewhere between a cheap moisturizing lotion and an household product. We've seen this iteration too many times.
Rating: 4/10
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Muguet du Bonheur is a clean, powdery-Smokey lily of the valley, more fruity than floral.
It's quite beautiful and romantic fragrance. A more light and less complex version of Diorissimo.
This fragrance stay extremely close to the skin.
Sherapop, have you ever tried Nina Ricci Fleur de Fleurs? I think it can compete with Diorissimo EASY!!! I have them both and love them both, after Diorissimo, I didn't think I would ever meet a match, but I did!
Caron MUGUET DU BONHEUR edt is a very soapy lily of the valley perfume, so much so that I'd say a better name would be SAVON DU BONHEUR. The floral notes are really doused in soap suds in this reformulation, and there is next to no development. Close to a shower-in-a-bottle scent, in fact. I'd be very curious to try either a vintage edp or the parfum...
I'll wear this MUGUET DU BONHEUR when I want a simple, clean fragrance that makes me smell freshly showered. For lily of the valley, I still prefer DIORISSIMO above all contenders.
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I've been playing with lily of the valley lately, Tauer's version, for example, and so many others. This note can swing either way for me: too 'white floral' or too 'weed like.'
I"ve spent more time wiht this scent, wearing it off and on for a month. This walks a thin line with me: the 'green I love it' and 'so white its too sweet'.
It's the middle phase and dry down that walk the tight rope. I often adore this scent because it's grassy-green, not sharp, not bitter, not herbal, but fresh.
Then there are times when I get worried, thinking, 'ooh, it's stepping too far in the sweet pile'.
I"ll have these thoughts within the same second. This is one I'd like a decant of, because on certain days I'm really drawn to it.
Oh- and my usual comment. Since Caron parfums are about 1/3 the cost of most other parfums, go for it instead of the EDP and EDT, the notes are richer and more pronounced.
I agree this is soft and clean.Not too soft tho,U can enjoy it urself thru drydown.At first,there is LIly of the valley,u can almost see the little blooms poking their head out in early spring.The thing that makes this different is that its kissed by roses.Like an all new species of flowerrs.Jasmine comes into play next,and,mingles with the mix and,makes it stronger and more pronounced.A true jasmine like,vines growing over head as u pass thru.THe dry down is soft,sensual sandlewood merged with a lovely musk.THe heliotrope comes in and then the whole fume merges into a truly beautiful fume.I think best for spring.U could however,wear it any season.The thing I like best is nothing is artificial.It all smells like real flowers and woods.Priced right so all can enjoy!
Just picked up a bottle of Muguet du Bonheur- this is the best LOTV ever-- it has a slight peppery edge to it, so it is pretty, with attitude. A gorgeous fragrance, at a decent price.
Gone are the days when Caron offered us real perfume. What they have in the market now are pale imitations of the extracts they had in the 50´s and 60´s. Muguet du Bonheur is a typical example. Its up-dated version is so weak and so inexpressive, it makes me cry. I hope and pray that someday the old , original smells will come back so that all of us Caron´s users do not feel cheated and start wearing those wonderful perfumes again. Please, Caron, bring them back. The real thing, not these insipid new versions! The old ones had strength, class and a true personality!
We want the genuine MUGUET DU BONHEUR !
Light and sweet floral fragrance.
I know how a lily of the valley smells in nature, but I almost don't feel it in this fragrance, or maybe just its lightness.
For me it smells more like a little bit sweet and light heliotrope scent. I am disappointed. Besides, it reminds me an air freshener scent a little bit.
Not my cup of tea. But sometimes I like the floral sweetness in it because it's tender enough. Besides, it reminds me my friends-neighbours's toilet air-fresheners scent a lot, that is why I can't wear it(
Today on May 1st, I received my "Muguet du Bonheur" and it could not have picked a better day to show up on my doorstep!
As far as I know, it is custom in France to presenting each other with a bouquet of muguets (lily of the valley) as some sort of "good luck" token on May 1st.
"Muguet du Bonheur" starts up fresh right away with the lily of the valley and a hint of green following close up. As soon as the scent warms up, it settles softly and graciously on your skin; the lily of the valley still there, but very well behaved.
It is truly a gentle, beautiful spring fragrance; soft spoken and clean, but by no means boring.
I was very much surprised to find out, that "Muguet du Bonheur" was released in 1999. It could have been one of the old classics released in the 40is or 50is.
This fragrance is perfect for the woman who loves gentle, soft and clean fragrances. She is one with nature and does not mind spending some time alone – alone but "one-with-all".
If you remove the citrus peel from Penhaligon's Lily of the Valley, you get something like Caron's Muguet de Bonheur--which is what I love about it. Solifleurs are not everyone's cup of tea, but the world needs one for poor lily of the valley which has been used so often in soaps and detergents that it may seem to some that that's all it offers. MDB is sweet, fresh and powdery without being too light. In the drydown you still have the lily, but warm and yeasty, like the lily has been secreted away inside your bra all day. Mmmmm...
Unfortunately all of Caron perfumes are not listed in the site and I'm happy to find this one here!this is absolutely a spring perfume.the composition is not complicated,but sweet and lovely."Muguet" in french means "Lily Of the Valley".it indicate the tradition of giving and receiving a muguet in the first day of May.it's better that the original perfume made in 1954.it's softer and more transparent.the bottle is nicer.just reminds me Dolce Vita.
so don't forget to put this fragrance at the 1st day of may!
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here welcome to: forums > entertainment > jokes and riddles > riddle
Recommended friends are based on your interests. Make sure they are up to date.
oO"I''m having a BF!"-White ChicksOo
Music is worthless unless it can make a
complete stranger break down & cry.
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You want me to take the eardbuds out and turn off my iPod?
You want me to STOP
listening to music?
haha... you''re funny
They all cheat at cards and the checkers are lost,
My cellmate''s a killer, they made me do push-ups in drag
But nobody cares if you''re losing yourself ...am I losing myself?!
Well, I miss my mom,
Will they give me the chair,
Or lethal injection, or swing from a rope if you darex
Ah, nobody knows...all the trouble I''ve seen!
Um... yeah
Tell her you love her
Shes not gonna wait
----> forever
skateboarding and baseball rock!
banana cow gr
also Hellslilangel!
i don''t have a friends list cause.................i just don''t want one
Well somebody told me
You had a boyfriend
Who looks like a girlfriend
That I had in February of last year
It''s not confidential
I''ve got potential
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Sorry guys, unfortunately when we purge the old posts some of the more popular ones get deleted like Sabie''s Advice corner did the last time. We''ll try to give you a heads up the next time we do it.
*Hey everybody. My name is Ronny but I''d prefer you call me Phil. I have one other account, She_Is_My_Sin, for when I''m feeling kinda weird. So, if you see them talking to you instead of me, dont freak. It''s still Phil.
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"After all this has passed
I still will remain.
After I''ve cried my last
There''ll be beauty from pain.
Though it won''t be today,
Someday I''ll hope again
And there''ll be beauty from pain"
Hey, it''s not my fault your god put my brain in the wrong body. - TG: We''re everywhere


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Dell ships OptiPlex 3020 business-oriented tower line
Dell has announced a new business-class PC. The OptiPlex 3020 tower series provides what the company calls "industry-leading performance and best-in-class security in a budget-friendly package." The new tower line is powered by Intel Core i5 "Haswell" processors, can be outfitted with Windows 7 Professional or Windows 7, and has integrated Intel HD4600 graphics.

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All my pros seem to be very selfish.
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Pecha Kucha Edinburgh. Curated by Gordon Duffy and sponsored by Studio DuB, Pecha Kucha Edinburgh's July event will be at Inspace, reserve on line at: http://pknedinburgh.eventbrite.com/ The University of Edinburgh's Inspace is a public engagement facility that explores the cultural significance of informatics and new media practice. Inspace is home to a joint research partnership between the School of Informatics and New Media Scotland. Pecha Kucha Edinburgh gratefully acknowledges their support in hosting the event at Inspace with special thanks to Executive Director Mark Daniels.
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The London DJing institution lays down an exclusive mix
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Since winning the 1987 DMC DJ Championship, CJ Mackintosh has been a name synonymous with the London club scene. He'll be headlining The 103 on Easter Sunday when Groove Odyssey while one half of Masters At Work, Lil Louie Vega will be taken headliner duties in The Box.
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According to S&P's press release, home prices nationwide continued to show some signs of growth:
"With May's data, we saw a continuing trend of rising home prices for the spring," says David M. Blitzer, Chairman of the Index Committee at S&P Dow Jones Indices. "On a monthly basis, all 20 cities and both Composites posted positive returns and 17 of those cities saw those rates of change increase compared to what was observed for April. Seventeen of the 20 cities and both Composites also saw improved annual rates of return. We have observed two consecutive months of increasing home prices and overall improvements in monthly and annual returns; however, we need to remember that spring and early summer are seasonally strong buying months so this trend must continue throughout the summer and into the fall.In year-over-year comparisons for March, Atlanta showed the largest drop, with a decline of 14.5 percent, while the index in Las Vegas fell 3.2 percent. Year over year, home price indices fell in 8 of the 20 cities included in the study. Denver was among the twelve cities reporting increases, and had the fourth-largest increase of the twenty cities. Only Dallas, Phoenix, and Minneapolis reported larger year-over-year increases in the home price index than Denver.
The second chart shows trends in the Case-Shiller index for the Denver area and for the 20-city composite index. It is clear that Denver did not experience the kind of price bubble that occurred in many other metropolitan areas, and consequently, the index has not fallen nearly as far in Denver compared to the larger composite.
The 20-city composite is down 32 percent since it peaked in July 2006, but the Denver index is down only 8 percent from its August 2006 peak.
Although the Denver index showed some significant growth in May compared to May of last year, the Denver index during May was at levels comparable to those found during 2004.
The third chart compares year-over-year changes in the Denver area index and in the 20-city composite. Overall, the index has been less volatile in Denver than has been the case for the 20-city composite. The year-over-year change in the 20-city composite during April was again negative with a decrease of 1.9 percent while Denver reported an increase of 2.8 percent, and also increased for the five month in a row. In the 20-city index, the year-over-year change has been negative for the past 20 months.
In short: Denver metro home prices are increasing while the national index continues to fall in year-over-year comparisons.
The last chart provides a closer look at year-over-year changes in the Denver index. The index went negative as the economy began to slow in 2007 and remained negative until this year with the exception of the period in which the homebuyer tax credit pushed up prices temporarily. Recent home price growth is accelerating as inventory declines, household formation continues, and rental housing continues to become more expensive.


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Deploying a middleware architecture for next generation mobile systems
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Although 2G systems quite adequately cater for voice communications, today demand is for high-speed access to data centric applications and multimedia. Future networks have been designed to provide higher rates for data transmission, but this will be complemented by higher speed access to services via hotspots using secondary wireless interfaces such as Bluetooth or WLAN. With a wide range of applications that may be developed, a growing number of short range wireless interfaces that may be deployed, and with mobile terminals of different capabilities, a means to integrate all these variables in order to facilitate provision of services is desirable. This paper describes an architecture involving the use of middleware that makes software development independent of the specific wireless platform
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March 18, 2011 at 12:36 am #3509
How can I make my blog page full width? I have seen the notes for the Portfolio pages but I can't figure it out for the blog page.
March 18, 2011 at 12:36 am #42558FYI – Not the blog posts, the blog page that contains the listing of posts.
March 18, 2011 at 8:03 am #42559Hey,
search for following code in template_blog.php:
$k_option['custom']['bodyclass'] = ""; // $k_option['custom']['bodyclass'] = "class='fullwidth'";
and replace it with:
$k_option['custom']['bodyclass'] = "class='fullwidth'"; //$k_option['custom']['bodyclass'] = "";
Afterwards delete following code:
<?php get_sidebar(); ?>
March 18, 2011 at 4:22 pm #42560Sweet! Thank you!
March 18, 2011 at 6:00 pm #42561June 21, 2011 at 2:44 pm #42562Following up on this one: I was able to move both blog page and individual posts to full width, following instructions above. Now, on Display theme, when typing text into blog post it appears on the right (or center, actually) side of the page. How do I move it flush left. Also, how do I extend the hairlines to the full width, to below the date.
June 21, 2011 at 3:03 pm #42563And we need to move the "Comments" to the right, as well. Thanks!
June 22, 2011 at 3:29 pm #42564June 22, 2011 at 9:08 pm #42565Hi,
It's on an internal server right now. I'll save that tweak for last and I'll send you a link once I launch. Thanks!
June 30, 2011 at 6:24 pm #42566Hi,
I followed the above directions on single.php to make blog posts full width, but now the first three lines of any post are kicked to the right, as you can see here. http://184.108.40.206/~deangyor/?p=106
If I start text below any code, it justifies correctly, to the left.
I need to move the text to the left, and also extend the lines and "comment" field all the way to the right.
And it may not be a template issue, but I'm having a hard time getting the text to wrap around the shadowbox. I added this to style.css
to go with the code (below) for the post in the above link. Any help you could provide with that would be appreciated.

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June 30, 2011 at 6:32 pm #42567Hmm. Seems to be wrapping now, but still have the alignment issue.
July 1, 2011 at 1:27 am #42568If I add any text before the "Read more" link, it seems to align left, which I can live with. Now I just to extend those lines and "Comment" all the way to the right.
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French Adverbs
What they are: Adverbs are words that modify: the action described by verbs (e.g. I run slowly), the quality of adjectives (e.g. I was very sad) and even the modification made by other adverbs (e.g. I can smell it even now).
How to recognize them: As with English, there is a simple rule that covers most cases. The majority of adverbs in French have a recognizable ending, namely -ment. This is the equivalent of the -ly ending in English. (Of course, there are exceptions to this general rule — after all, how much fun could we have if we didn't have exceptions.)
CAREFUL! Not all words ending in -ment are adverbs. Some nouns are formed by combining a verb root with a -ment ending.
rajeunir (v.) (to get younger) => rajeunissement (n.) (the process of getting younger)
adouber (v.) (to dub [as in knights and lords NOT audio dubbing]) => adoubement (the dubbing ceremony)
A more generalized, more widely applicable rule is to look at the role the word you're wondering about plays in the sentence. If it does any of the things described in this page's first paragraph, it probably is an adverb. If it does not end in -ment, file it away! You've just found an exception.
As in English, most French adverbs are formed using adjectives as a root.
How to go from adjective to adverb:
Adjectives that end in -e in either the feminine or masculine singular form simply append a -ment ending.
French: Adjective into Adverb |
Adjectif => Adverbe |
Agréable => Agréablement (Agreeable => Agreeably) |
Riche => Richement (Rich => Richly) |
Pénible => Péniblement (Ardous => Arduously) |
Pauvre => Pauvrement (Poor => Poorly) |
Le temps est agréable. / The weather is nice.
Ils parlaient agréablement. / They were conversing nicely.
La tâche était pénible. / The task was arduous.
Ils avançaient péniblement dans la neige. / They were advancing with difficulty through the snow.
Adjectives that end in -i or -u in the singular masculine and -ie or -ue in the singular feminine append a -ment ending to the masculine form.
French |
Adjectif => Adverbe |
Joli (beautiful) => Joliment (beautifully) |
Poli (polite) => Poliment (politely) |
Absolu (absolute) => Absolument (absolutely) |
Vrai (true) => Vraiment (truly) |
Louis XIV était un monarque absolu. / Louis XIV was an absolute monarch.
J'étais absolument sûr de mes propos. / I was absolutely sure of my statements.
Ce qu'il dit est vrai. / What he says is true. è Je ne le croyais pas vraiment. / I didn't truly believe him.
The following adjectives that end with a silent -e in the singular feminine form replace the -e with an é. This is purely for phonetic reasons.
French | English |
Adjectif => Adverbe | Adjective => Adverb |
Aveugle => Aveuglément | Blind => Blindly |
Énorme => Énormément | Enormous => Enormously |
Intense => Intensément | Intense => Intensely |
Précise => Précisément | Precise => Precisely |
Profonde => Profondément | Profound => Profoundly
Deep => Deeply |
Uniforme => Uniformément | Uniform => Uniformly |
Il est aveugle. / He is blind.
Elles le suivent aveuglément. / They follow him blindly.
Nous avons commis une énorme faute. / We have made an enormous mistake.
Elle me plaisait énormément. / I fancied her enormously.
Adjectives that end with a consonant (but not -ant or -ent) in the singular masculine form, append a -ment ending to the singular feminine form.**
French | English |
Adjectif => Adverbe | Adjective => Adverb |
Plein/Pleine => Pleinement | Full => Fully |
Doux/Douce => Doucement | Soft => Softly |
Créatif/Créative => Créativement | Creative => Creatively |
Sérieux/Sérieuse => Sérieusement | Serious => Seriously |
Réel/Réelle => Réellement | Real => Really |
Les filets sont pleins. / The nets are full.
Je lui fais pleinement confiance. / I trust him fully.
Sopie est vraiment sérieuse. / Sophie is really serious.
Il faut sérieusement considéré la possibilité. / We must seriously consider the possibility.
** There are two exceptions to this rule: gentil / nice and bref / brief. In the case of gentil, the -lle ending of the singular feminine form (e.g. gentille) is dropped altogether; thus, the adverb is gentiment / nicely. In the case of bref, an archaic form of the adjective (e.g. brief) – in fact the same word as in English – serves as the basis for the adverb; thus, the adverb is brièvement / briefly from the singular feminine form briève.
Adjectives that end in -ant or -ent in the singular masculine form, replace the final -nt with -mment.** The adverbial ending is thus either -amment or – emment; both are pronounced -amment.
French | English |
Adjectif => Adverbe | Adjective => Adverb |
Précédent => Précédemment | Previous => Previously |
Différent => Différemment | Different => Differently |
Constant => Constamment | Constant => Constantly |
** Exceptions: lent(e) / slow => lentement / slowly; présent(e) / present => présentement / presently
Elle avait envoyé la lettre le jour précédent. / She had sent the letter the prvious day.
Précédemment en tête, je me retrouve dorénavant en queue du peloton. / Previously in the lead, I now find myself at the back of the peloton.
Sa réponse est toujours lente. / His reply is always slow.
Il répond toujours lentement. / He always replies slowly.
The following adjectives have irregular adverbs. They're very important exceptions and should be memorized.
French | English |
Adjectif => Adverbe | Adjective => Adverb |
Bon/Bonne => Bien | Good => Well |
Meilleur(e) => Mieux | Better => Better |
Mauvais(e) => Mal | Bad => Badly |
Petit(e) => Peu | Small => Little |
C'est la meilleure joueuse. / She's the best player.
Elle fait de son mieux. / She does the best she can.
Ils donnent la bonne réponse. / They give the correct answer.
Ils parlent bien. / They speak well.
Finally, there is a category of adverbs which stand on their own without adjective equivalents. They can be divided into several sub-categories of: time, frequency, manner, place and quantity.
Here are some of them:
Hier / Yesterday
Aujourd'hui / Today
Après / After
Auparavant / Previously
Ensuite / Next
Autrefois / In the past
Quelquefois / Sometimes
Souvent / Often
Toujours / Always
Jamais / Never
Encore / Again
De temps à autre / From time to time
Petit à petit / Little by little
Aussitôt / Immediately
Volontiers / Willingly
Dedans / Inside
Dehors / Outside
Devant / In front
En bas / Down
Autour / Around
Ici / Here
Beaucoup / Much
Assez / Enough
Environ / About
Plus / More
Trop / Too much
Je suis revenu hier. / I came back yesterday.
Il lui en avait parlé auparavant. / He had previously talked to him about it.
Elle s'améliorait petit à petit. / She was improving little by little.
Je jouais dehors. / I was playing outside.
Tu en demandes beaucoup. / You're asking for a lot.
J'en ai assez! / I've had enough!


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Non-Action is a state of selflessness and self-abandonment. It is when we give up our total dependence on our own thinking and analysis for our actions and instead rely on direction from God. Hieromonk Damascene says, "When we catch ourselves trying to solve our personal problems with our minds, we realize the futility of this enterprise and give up the Problems to the Personal Absolute. We cease trying to be our own savior, and we commend ourselves to the mercies of our true Savior."
This notion of non-action is one of the primary reasons people fail in their spiritual life. It is because they are trusting and relying on themselves. Abba Dorotheos says, "I know of no fall that does not come from trusting one's own judgment" (Discourses and Sayings p. 126) Hieromonk Damascene points out, "Even if a self-opinionated person calls upon Christ to save him, he is still seeking salvation on his own terms and in his own time (which usually means immediately). He makes his petitions or demands in order to feel better and make his path easier, rather than to know objective truth and be united with his Creator, which is the very purpose of his existence."
How do we practice Non-Action?
Hieromonk damascene advises,
"We must come before our Creator and Savior without an preconceived opinions. We must seek salvation on His terms and in His time, even if it requires that we endure worse suffering that we knew before!"
We cannot expect Him to relieve us of all our burdens now and once-for-all. We must trust that He will continually save us, perfect us through His grace step by step, as long as we submit ourselves to His will.
Hieromonk Damascene says,
"In letting go of our will to prevail through ambitious striving, we find that the will of our Creator is accomplished naturally and spontaneously through us.... When we do His will instead of our own, good appears of its own accord, flowing effortlessly into our life. There is no frustration, no dissatisfaction.
On practicing non-action, we do not try to heal ourselves; rather we allow ourselves to be healed... We find that our problems find their own solution, spontaneously"
This idea of Non-Action does not mean we do not have any thoughts. Any attempt attempt to stop our thinking is but another prideful effort. What is needed is to develop the ability to observe our thoughts, seeing how they often represent our selfish needs and desires. In observing them, we become watchful and they then end without impacting our action.
This way of Non-Action is the natural way to spiritual healing.
Adapted from Christ the Eternal Tao by Hieromonk Damascene, pp 322-324
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Boost health and knowledge of Colorado's natural areas along the Front Range and witness scenic vistas! Get outdoors for a free guided hike provided by Mountain Area Land Trust (MALT). Free hikes are occurring throughout the summer. These educational hikes are an opportunity to learn about the land trust's work in saving and protecting natural areas along the Front Range. Join MALT at Beaver Brook Watershed near Evergreen, CO to learn how they helped preserve some of the last lowland forest on the Front Range from development. Call MALT at 303-679-0950 to reserve your space!
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Yesterday me, Boyfriend and Mother with two dogs - my Krecik and Boyfriend's Sara went to our family's home in the countryside. I absolutely love this place. It was there where I first got on a horse (or rather was put on a horse) when I was only 3. I've spent some amazing summers there. Although sometimes I was bored, sometimes I was annoyed that there's no cellphone coverage... now I truly appreciate all these things (where in the world there's no cellphone service?!): peacefulness, nature and a blue sky. It is literally in the middle of nowhere surrounded by woods and fields. The nearest shop and asphalt road is 40 minutes walk through the forest and hills.
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lovely photos, i love going to the country and getting away from the busy city, perfect time to relax and all
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In 1962, Elizabeth Taylor fell seriously ill while making the blockbuster movie Cleopatra in London. Ms Taylor was then regarded as the world's most beautiful woman. She was about to start a celebrated affair with her co-star, Richard Burton.
What thing, or person, she was asked on her sick-bed, could make her feel better? She replied, instantly: "Bring me Alexandre."
"Alexandre" was not a lover or a doctor or a friend or a pet or a child. He was a hairdresser, the first of the "hauts coiffeurs", the man who turned women's, and occasionally men's, hair into an ephemeral art-form. For half a century, "Alexandre de Paris", whose death at the age of 85 was announced at the weekend, was hairdresser to the royal, the rich and the celebrated: from the Duchess of Windsor (one of his first clients), to Claudia Schiffer, via Princess Grace, Princess Margaret and Greta Garbo.
"They called me straight away," Alexandre once said of his ministration to the sick Elizabeth Taylor in 1962. "I jumped in a plane and went to London. There, in her hospital bed, she was held up by three nurses while I created her famous artichoke cut."
The vaguely ancient Egyptian spikes and ringlets brought off a miraculous cure. They also became one of the famous screen "looks" of all time. The film Cleopatra was generally regarded at the time as a turkey. The hairdo was a triumph.
Alexandre de Paris was born as Louis Alexandre Raimon, in Saint Tropez in September 1922. He was still dressing the hair of his final clients – Sophia Loren and the Countess of Paris, wife to the pretender to the French throne – into his 80s. He retired to his birth-place three years ago and died there late last week.
Alexandre de Paris was, a wiry man with a 1930s-style pencil moustache. He was once memorably described as looking "like a cross between a P G Wodehouse character and Salvador Dali". Although high camp in style and conversation, and a close friend of the bisexual French writer and artist Jean Cocteau, Alexandre Raimon was married with two children.
Over more than half-a-century, he created the most glittering client lists. He was the Duchess of Windsor's hairdresser for 30 years. Sophia Loren is said to have had more than 500 appointments with him. Greta Garbo was a client, but also "a friend". He also dressed the hair of Jackie Kennedy, Maria Callas, Audrey Hepburn, Lauren Bacall, Liza Minnelli, Shirley MacLaine, and Romy Schneider.
The fashion designer, Jean-Paul Gaultier called him "Alexandre the Great". Paco Duffo, Alexandre's assistant for 30 years, before setting up his own salon in Barcelona, once said of his mentor: "There are a lot of barbers and few hairdressers ...Monsieur Alexandre makes love with hair ...He is so quick with his fingers: I pass him pins and it is as though they grow from his fingertips – it's magic.
Alexandre described the secret of his success more succinctly: "Never disappoint a woman."
As a young man, his parents, restaurateurs in Saint-Tropez, wanted him to be a doctor. The young Louis Alexandre was interested in only one part of the human anatomy: hair. As a small child, he would practice hair-styles on his grandmother's waist-length blonde locks.
At the age of 14, he was apprenticed to Antoine de Paris, one of the most celebrated society hairdressers of his day. Antoine was celebrated for always wearing white and sleeping in a coffin. He had made his name by styling the hair of the actress Sarah Bernhardt and creating the so-called "garçon" or boyish look for Chanel in the 1920s.
Alexandre once said of his early hairdressing career with Antoine: "My mother took me to a fortune-teller. The first card she turned over was the Queen of Hearts. 'You will meet a king's wife and she will determine your future path.' Naturally, I didn't believe a word. Two years' later, in 1946, I actually met a king's wife who made me famous."
Alexandre had styled the hair of the wife of the Aga Khan, the Begum Aga Khan, for a ball to celebrate her marriage. The guests included the Duchess of Windsor, the former Wallis Simpson, wife of the former King Edward VIII, who was living in gilded exile in the Bois de Boulogne in Paris.
"The very next day, (the Duchess) called me and asked me to go and see her," Alexandre said in an interview with The Independent in 1998. "She gave me a thousand explanations as to what she wanted, and then I did her hair. The next day I got another call." 'What did you do to my hair?' she asked. 'I disobeyed you and did exactly the opposite of what you requested,' I admitted. 'It's wonderful!' she said. 'For the first time in my life, I woke up with my hair exactly as it was when I went to sleep. From now on, you will stay by my side'."
The severe, elegant hairstyle which Alexandre said that he had "knitted" for the Duchess became her trademark. His association with the Duchess changed his life. "They were like parents to me," he says with a hint of nostalgia. They persuaded magazines to write profiles of him. The Duchess introduced him to 400 wealthy or celebrated clients.
Alexandre went on to become not only the favourite hairdresser of the world's richest and most beautiful women but the most sought after high fashion hair stylist. For 34 years, he created the hair "look" at the shows of Yves Saint Laurent.
He was celebrated especially for creating the "chignon", or elaborate bun, which dominated women's hair-fashions in the late 1950s. He also worked with Givenchy, Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, Karl Lagerfeld, Jean-Paul Gaultier and Thierry Mugler.
Alexandre created his own collection of locks of hair from his celebrated customers, which he had preserved in Perspex. He became a close friend of many of his clients, including one celebrity famous for having few friends: the actress Greta Garbo.
"When she came to the salon, she would say: 'Hide me! Don't let anyone see me'," he once said. "She also told me: 'I hate hairdressers. Don't style my hair. Cut it!'" He gave her a fringed bob.
He was, however, equally dutiful in his service to the less famous. In a letter to The Independent in 1990, Lady Iris Hayter, widow of a celebrated former British ambassador to Cold War Moscow, described how Alexandre de Paris had opened his salon especially for her in 1955 when her hair left "a great deal to be desired after almost a year of Soviet hairdressing".
"I found myself climbing Alexandre's stairs in the Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré and ringing the bell of his closed salon. As I walked in, a shadowy figure in a blue hair-net stood up and kissed my hand. It was Jean Cocteau. Not much later I emerged, transformed, I suppose, and Alexandre left for his daily appointment with the Duchess of Windsor."
Alexandre said the secret of his success was "to recognise a woman's personality and match her hair to it". He also once said: "I express myself through hair. I can translate my dreams." Asked for "tips" on how women should look after their hair, he would give two pieces of advice. First, they should change their brand of shampoo every two months. Like bodies and minds, hair thrives on variety, he said. Secondly, women should brush their hair at least 100 times before going to bed.
Alexandre de Paris was twice a winner of France's fashion "Oscars" in 1963 and 1969. He was made a knight of the Légion d'honneur, France's highest civilian award, and also a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters.
He was president of the World Federation of Hairdressing between 1978 and 1993.
Asked once why he got on so well with his women clients, he said: "I never revealed any secret I heard. They had confidence in me and knew that I would not repeat anything."
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June 2 2004 Guest Speaker: Bill McMillan
Presentation: The Situk & Skagit Rivers: A Comparison of Steelhead, Past and Present Where: Bothel American Legion Hall 19213 Bothell Way NE, Bothell, WA Time 7-9 PM For half a century Bill McMillan has fished Northwest steelhead rivers and observed both abundance and depletion. In early May 2003 Bill had his first experience fishing and observing Southeast Alaska's famed Situk River, well known for it's spectacular steelhead fishing. "It was to be my first experience of seeing steelhead abundance rivaling that of Pacific salmon such as chum. But the fact is, I have since found that it was but a reduced level of depletion. Nevertheless, the experience is one that has suggested how far off the target we may be in setting goals for steelhead restoration in the Pacific Northwest of the Lower 48." In this presentation Bill will compare and contrast Alaska's Situk River with our own Skagit River, and how the history of steelhead abundance and depletion has played out in both systems. Biography: Bill McMillan started fishing at age 12, and after some fisheries studies at UW, he decided that he could be more effective with his activism from outside the system. Fish became a primary means for data collection. In 1983 he initiated the first snorkel surveys to document declining wild fish numbers. He managed a research camp on the Kamchatka Peninsula during joint Russian/American research expeditions. Bill is currently very active in many Washington conservation activities. In November 2002 Bill was the WSC's guest speaker on the topic of "Hatchery Impacts on Wild Steelhead Populations". |
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The Situk is in Peril Strait...
due to a glacier? No, 'twas another glacier that ran aground in those waters recently. Ah, but another glacier, the Hubbard, does indeed threaten to crash on the beach and put the little (literally) Situk in peril.
The Hubbard is in retreat at the moment, but its trend is not. In time, a year, or ten or perhaps even yet this summer, the Hubbard will dam Russell Fiord and create Russell Lake like it did in 1986 and again 2000. But this time the dam will not break free as it has before because it will be constructed from material that is more of the terminal moraine and less of the ice. And then lake's grey waters, fed by the icy Hubbard, will spill over the Yakutat forelands and increase the flow of the Situk from a stream whose discharge is measured in hundreds of cfs to tens of thousands cfs of cold dark grey water. The effects of this future event on the Situk's fish population will not be a pretty picture. The future Russell River will be a cold dark icy place compared to the clear and relatively warm waters of the Situk which were as high as 12°C while I was there last week. Discussion and debates among the locals, state and federal land and resource managers are occurring about the management of the Situk. The debate focuses on whether to allow nature to take its course and spill the lake's waters over into the forelands and thus the Situk, or to intervene with engineering measures to guide the new Russell River to the south away from the Situk. Even in Yakutat, where the Situk fuels the economy through commercial, sport and subsistence fishing more than anything else (as much as 65-75% of the town's economy by some estimates), some would choose to let the Russell River choose its course. Of course many want action taken to keep the glacial waters from overwhelming the Situk and detrimentally impacting their livelihoods. I see an interesting contrast between the management problems faced for the Situk with those of the much larger Skagit. The latter stream's threats can be viewed as more human in nature, e.g. dams, recreational use, hatcheries, and development, etc. while the former's greatest threat appears to be Nature herself. pescaphile Last edited by pescaphile; 05-26-2004 at 11:34 PM. |
Bill talk about Situk and the Skagit was interesting. How can a little river do that? and the Skagit can't?
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Since our potty yard is pretty much barren, we often throw down straw to keep the hounds from getting muddy. I threw out another bale and Maddie thought it was great fun to help spread it around.
Monday, February 4, 2013
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- What Remains Now said...
Looks like you may have found the next best thing to leaves.
- February 4, 2013 at 7:43 AM
- Mr.Mischief said...
Hilarious and adorable <3
- February 4, 2013 at 3:09 PM
- jet said...
it's always good to have a helpful pup around!
- February 4, 2013 at 6:51 PM
- Those Brindle Kids said...
Seeing her at play makes me just want to hug and squeeze her! :)
- February 4, 2013 at 8:06 PM
- K-Koira said...
That's adorable. And very helpful of her, too.
- February 6, 2013 at 10:26 AM
- Apex Agility Greyhounds said...
SO jealous of your lack of snow!
Kili LOVES the hay from the rabbits. If I put out a bale of straw she'd probably eat a bunch and get an impaction. She's always had a thing for trees. Not just sticks. Trees. Maybe Maddie can come teach her how to NOT eat the bark off trees... you know, remind her she's a greyhound and not a deer! - February 6, 2013 at 4:18 PM
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Giana's Return is an unofficial (i.e. fan-made) sequel to the classic Great Giana Sisters. The Evil Swampy has stolen the magic ruby, which enabled Giana and her sister Maria to wake up from their dream in the first game. Moreover, Swampy has fallen in love with Maria and kidnapped her. It is now up to Giana to go back to the dream land to rescue Maria and get back the ruby.The game, like its predecessor, is a classic 2D side scroller. Giana needs to pass through various levels in seven different worlds. She can jump on enemies to kill them, or find a magic ball which turns her into Punk Giana, who can shoot enemies with fire balls.
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Make tracks from Chicago to New York with Boston and Toronto in between.
Canada and America. Both big places with big reputations, so take your time soaking it all in on this tour from Chicago to Toronto and New York City. Criss-cross the country and enjoy the sights of the Midwest and the North as you drive through scenic countryside and towns. Feel the fine spray on your face at the thundering Niagara Falls, look out over the city and beyond from the CN Tower in Toronto, enjoy a Chicago-style hotdog in the Windy City and chat with an Amish Bishop in Berlin, Ohio. Walk the Freedom Trail in Boston, and then head on out to New York, New York for a stroll around Times Square, taking in the Empire State Building, the Rockefeller Center and the Statue of Liberty.
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Why we love this trip
Learn about another way of life over a home cooked meal, in the company of an Amish Bishop and his family
With an overnight stay at Niagara Falls, you'll be able to see this spectacular sight in the day, at night, up close and from afar. The scenes are unique from both the Canadian and American sides
As an extremely popular activity, the Kensington Market Urban Adventure is a great way to get under the skin of Toronto in a short period of time
Stroll galleries, walk out to a lighthouse or take a dolphin and whale-watching trip in season. Cape Cod is a picturesque retreat away from the big city
The Freedom Trail in Boston is one of the best free ways to learn about America's history. Taking you indoors and out, this living museum is made up of at least 16 sites across the city
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You'll be travelling in a van with a group of travellers on long journeys, so conditions may feel a little cramped. This is all part of the adventure though and you might even make some long-term friends.
As this trip includes a visit to Amish country, we ask you to dress respectfully and please don't take photos without asking.
This part of the country can experience extremes of weather. Summer can be very hot and humid on the east coast of the USA, whereas shoulder seasons can be chilly around Chicago and Niagara Falls. Bring layers regardless of the season.
Traffic in/out of the cities of New York, Toronto and Boston can be quite hectic and busy, especially during the holiday period. There may be delays, so be prepared to take part in car games to keep you entertained.
This itinerary includes a walking tour of Toronto and free time in Montreal and Boston, which are best explored by foot. You'll get the most out of your trip if you're reasonably fit and able to walk moderate-to-long distances. However, public transportation in these cities is modern and reliable.
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- Chicago History Museum - USD14
- Chicago Boat Cruise - USD18
- Field Museum - USD15
- Navy Pier - USD16
- Museum of Science and Industry - USD27
- Bobby's bike hike--Chicago - USD35
- Willis Tower Skydeck - USD18
- Adler Planetarium - USD12
- Museum of Contemporary Art - USD12
- Art Institute of Chicago - USD23
- Buddy Guy's Legends - USD55
- Architecture Boat Tours - USD50
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- Dinner with an Amish family
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Notes: The Amish are quite conservative and we recommend you dress modestly for dinner, with shoulders and knees covered, so as not to cause offence.Accommodation
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- Hornblower Niagara Cruise
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- Cave of the Winds - USD14
- Rainbow Bridge pedestrian crossing - USD1
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Notes: The Hornblower boat tour is subject to weather conditions. While this activity is scheduled to run from 01 April to 30 October, there is a chance that it will be unavailable (especially at the start and end of this period). If unavailable, your leader will organise a replacement activity for the group.Accommodation
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- Kensington Market Urban Adventure
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- CN Tower - USD28
- Toronto Blue Jays baseball game (in season) - CAD40
- Hockey Hall of Fame - CAD18
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- Montreal Jet Boat ride - CAD67
- Biodome - CAD19
- Olympic Park - Free
- Montreal Tower - CAD23
- Dinner at O'Noir - CAD50
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- Ben and Jerry's Factory Tour
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Note: Intrepid's aims when researching and contracting accommodation is to find properties that are well maintained, clean and as centrally located as possible. In an expensive destination such as Boston there is a balance to be reached in choosing a centrally located, clean property and still maintaining a value priced trip. Because Boston is such a great city for walking, in this case we have elected to go with a slightly lower standard hotel, but in a more central location. The hotel will still be clean and comfortable, but may not be up to the level expected on a Comfort trip.Accommodation
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- Cheers Bar - Free
- Freedom Trail - Free
- USS Constitution Boat Tour - Free
- USS Constitution Museum - USD5
- Samuel Adams Brewery - USD5
- Harvard Campus - Free
- Boston Celtics basketball game at TD Garden (in season) 2 - USD75
- Boston Red Sox baseball game at Fenway Park (in season) - USD50
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- Plymouth Rock
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- Whydah Pirate Museum - USD10
- Pilgrim Monument & Provincetown Museum - USD12
- Whale Watching (seasonal) - USD50
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- 24 Hour Metrocard
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- American Museum of Natural History - USD22
- Empire State Building - USD27
- Guggenheim Museum - USD22
- Metropolitan Museum of Art - USD25
- Museum of Modern Art - USD25
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Really liked the small group aspect of the Intrepid tour model. Cool places visited, accommodation was really good and our tour guide was awesome! Great value for money, professional company and looking to book 'Intrepid Cuba' later this year!
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H. Kent Baker, Kogod: his study, coauthored with Gary Powell, "Management Views of Corporate Governance and Firm Performance" in Advances in Financial Economics, was chosen as an Outstanding Author Contribution Award Winner at the Literati Network Awards for Excellence 2010.
Karen Lynn Gerlach, director, student activities: received the 2010 Patsy Morley Outstanding Programmer Award for outstanding achievement in the field of campus activities advisement, 50th Anniversary National Convention of the National Association for Campus Activities (NACA).
Daniel Schneider, SIS: was a 2010–11 Academic Fellow in Israel in May and June with the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, Washington, D.C.
Susan Shepler, SIS, and Sharyn Routh, SIS Ph.D. student: their coauthored article, "Effects of Teacher Training for Refugee Women in West Africa: Fostering Agents of Change in Schools and Society?" won the Jackie Kirk Memorial Competition sponsored by the Interagency Network on Education in Emergencies.
Ed Stazyk, SPA: his paper, "Public Service Motivation: The Role of Fit and Mission Valence," has been chosen for inclusion in the Best Paper Proceedings of the 2010 Academy of Management Meeting.
Peter Kuznick, history, CAS: was interviewed by NHK TV and Nippon TV on the U.S. plans to relocate the Futenma Marine Base in Okinawa to Okinawa's Henoko district despite the strong opposition of Okinawa's population, April.
Judith Shapiro, SIS: discussed Google and China on Voice of America's China Branch, April.
Jack Child, language and foreign studies, CAS: keynote speaker, "Latin America's Smallest Icons and the Message They Give Us," based on Child's book, Miniature Messages: The Semiotics and Politics of Latin American Postage Stamps, Duke University Press, 2008.
Robert Marshak, SPA: "Organization Development Approaches to Change," to members of the British civil service, National School of Government, London, U.K.
David Rosenbloom, SPA: "The Problem of Sustaining Administrative Reform in the USA," and "Rosenbloom's Twelve Tips for Publishing in Referee Journals," College of Political Science and Public Administration, Wuhan University, Wuhan, P.R.C.
Robert Tomasko, SIS: "Corporate Social Responsibility: Past, Present and Future," at the StartingBloc Institutes for Social Innovation at Tufts' Fletcher School and NYU's Stern School of Business.
Emilio Viano, SPA: was the closing keynote speaker at the First International Conference of the South Asian Society of Criminology and Victimology, Jaipur, Rajasthan, India.
Paul Wapner, SIS: plenary speaker: "Mindfulness: Foundation for Teaching and Learning, Association of Mindful Education," Association for Mindfulness in Education, Lesley University, Cambridge, Mass.
Papers Presented
Consuelo Hernandez, language and foreign studies, CAS: chaired the panel on "Latino Cultural Production in the United States" and presented "Las secuelas de una guerra en Viaje a la tierra del abuelo," at the Mid-Atlantic Council of Latin American Studies Conference, Johns Hopkins University.
Published Works
Naomi Baron, language and foreign studies, CAS: guest-edited a themed section of an issue of New Media & Society, vol 12, no 1, on "Mobile Phones in Cross-Cultural Context." The collection includes her lead article (coauthored with Ylva Hard af Segerstad), "Cross-Cultural Patterns in Mobile Phone Use: Public Space and Reachability in Sweden, the United States, and Japan."
Daniel Dreisbach, SPA: "Micah 6:8 in the Literature of the American Founding Era: A Note on Religion and Rhetoric," in Rhetoric and Public Affairs, 12, no. 1, 2009.
Thomas Jandl, SIS: "Domestic Mobility and Elite Rent Seeking: The Right to Migrate among Provinces and Vietnam's Economic Success Story," in Society and International Relations in Asia, edited by M. Parvizi Amineh, Amsterdam University Press, 2010.
Julie Mertus, SIS: "Operation Allied Force: Handmaiden of Independent Kosovo," International Affairs, vol 85(3), April 2009.
Stephanie Newbold, SPA: All But Forgotten: Thomas Jefferson and the Development of Public Administration, SUNY Press, March.
Beryl Radin, SPA: "Overhead Agencies and Permanent Government: The Office of Management and Budget in the Obama Administration," in The Forum, December 2009.
Richard Sha, literature, CAS: "Imagination as Inter-science," in European Romantic Review 20:5, 2009.
Noriko Williams, language and foreign studies, CAS: The Key to Kanji: A Visual History of 1100 Characters, Cheng and Tsui, January 2010.
Andrew Yarrow, history, CAS: op-ed "American Must Get Back to Setting Goals," Baltimore Sun, March.


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Friday, April 15, 2011
BENCHmarked design....
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I read your blog a few weeks back when you told about P.D.'s. My husband and I went to Nashville for our anniversary last weekend and I made him drive me down to find PD's. It was WONDERFUL!!! I am in love with that store. We were also in there on Saturday and I told the girls we were from AL and I had read someone's blog who mentioned the store so we put it in the GPS and there we were. We of course stocked up on items, but wanted more. Thank you for telling everyone about that store. I can't wait until my next trip up there. Franklin was such an adorable town.
ReplyDeleteThanks yall! I'm a little giddy over it. Is that weird? ha ha
@Tiffany- O.M.G the girls at PDs TOLD ME ABOUT YOU!! Um, does that tell you how often I stalk that store, I go religiously every Wednesday at noon!! lol! Too funny! The owner Shari and I blab forever ever time I go in and I always feel like I am making them behind, lol....
Thank you to you all for reading, truly!! xoxo Shel


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Buttercream Flower Cake |
If you've been waiting for me to add more classes to my calendar, I'm pleased to announce that I have 2 new classes that I'll be teaching in December. Check it out!
Buttercream Flower Cake will be on December 19th at 1 pm. You'll learn how to make and decorate cake with buttercream. Piping the flowers and put them onto the cake. Sign up now : Buttercream Flower Cake
Holiday Cookie Decorating will be on December 20th at 1 pm. You'll learn how to pipe and decorate the cookie with colorful royal icing. Sign up now : Holiday Cookie Decorating
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So good
Little wonder why these images look so tasty. First, it's a home of Swedish stylist Marie Olsson. Secondly, it's shot by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen from Norm Architects. And finally - it's styled by Wendy West. When you hear so many names of talented people, you can't imagine anything else than a little miracle, right? ;)
Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen
Styling: Wendy West
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Is your Maharaja having trouble finding his place in the planning process? This couple found a perfect way to highlight this groom's creative talents! Check out the too cute wedding stationary, cards, and graphics used throughout the celebrations and reception, that were designed by the groom himself! Even the favors were given in bags featuring cartoon illustrations of the bride and groom! Coordinated efforts by all parties, including Event Creative, LOLA Event Productions, Shaadi Creations, and Rendezvous Music, make this event personal and memorable for every guest! For more of this awesome reception, check out the gallery!
See you tomorrow for more beautiful, unique Maharani inspiration!


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Lot 175: Schwatenberg (1898-22) Bronze Nude Male Sculpture
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Description: Spiro Schwatenberg (German, 1898-1922) Continental Bronze sculpture of a nude male on marble plinth. Marble base shows some restoration, and sculpture is missing what appears to have been originally held in left hand and over right shoulder. Signed, "S Schwatenberg". Very good condition. Measures 3.75" x 3.75" x 12.5".