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Montreal: Ice-bound Canada hailed on Wednesday Canada's shock win over Test-playing cricket nation Bangladesh in the World Cup in South Africa.Austin Codrington grabbed five for 27 as Canada enjoyed its greatest moment in international cricket on Tuesday with a 60-run victory over Bangladesh in the World Cup One-day series."Miracle on grass: Canada weekend cricketers shock heavily favoured Bangladesh at World Cup," ran the Globe and Mail's headline. "Canada stuns world with win at cricket championship," trumpeted the National Post. However, the French-speaking papers relegated Canada's first win ever in cricket's showpiece to an agency report on page 10. And the West Coast papers were more concerned with injury worries affecting the Edmonton Oilers after their National Hockey League (NHL) 5-4 ice hockey win over the Toronto Maple Leafs.Canada, which made its only other World Cup appearance in 1979, qualified this time after finishing third in the ICC Trophy tournament for non-Test playing nations back home in Toronto in 2001. Canada next plays Kenya at Cape Town on Saturday.
Copyright AFP 2001
Bangladesh loses an ODI again....this time to Canada
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Written on: 22/08/2010
Great product, I only wish I knew about it sooner! I went 30 years being self concious about my nipples which were just slightly inverted. If I was cold it was atoss up which direction they would go. I could manipulate them out easily but they wouldn't stay that way very long. I was considering surgery and even peircing, which I'm not even a fan of at all. While googling my options one day I came across the niplette. $40 seemed very reasonable wether it worked or not after considering the cost… Read Full Review
Written on: 08/08/2010
I came across this site as I am 35 weeks pregnant and am concerned that it will be impossible to breastfeed because of an inverted nipple. Not sure whether I would recommend the Niplette as I used the Niplette a few years ago as I had a tiny slit in my left breast and did not like the sight of it.
Although I was able to get the nipple out manually, I wanted it to come out by itself. So I started using the Niplette. I did not find it painful or uncomfortable at all and did not have… Read Full Review
Written on: 01/08/2010
I have been using this for several months now during the night. While the nipples are much more easily stimulated and become more erect when stimulated, without continuous use they begin to go flat again. Another problem with usage is that the nipples become very dry, cracked and flaky. The trapped 'nipple sweat' in the cup in the morning is a bit gross too!!! But, having more erect nipples whilst using it definatlely makes me feel more feminine and sexy. My husband has noticed a difference too… Read Full Review
Written on: 19/07/2010
I have been using the niplette for both of my nipples for around 3 months now, from having inverted nipples from birth, i find that when i the device is on, that is when the nipples seem to erect, but when taken off they only stay out for a number of hours, or soon as go back in, also i have noticed that i am started to get large blisters on one of my nipples, hoping that the niplette keep them erected at a long time basis not just for a couple of hours, is there anyone who has been using this… Read Full Review
Written on: 15/07/2010
Well I have had many self-esteem issues because of my flat/inverted nipple problem. I had it in my mind that I wanted to purchase the nipplette but it took me some time to actually go through with it. I was not convinced that it would help me. Well I've had the nipplette for little over a month. It works when I have them on but couple minutes without them, they go back to the way they were before. I really hope that this works. I don't want to go through surgery because heard many bad things… Read Full Review
Written on: 24/06/2010
I bought the niplette for cosmetic purposes only. I have had these for over a year but only use it now and again. I used to use moisturiser with them however I later discovered that vaseline/petroleum jelly works much better. To avoid discomfort, don't try to apply too much suction when you first use them, although it is tempting! The results are honestly amazing you can't stop looking at your new nipples! Everyone is probably different but for me, when i remove the cups, my nipples stay… Read Full Review
Written on: 21/06/2010 by hopeful101 (1 review written)
I have been using the device for two and a half months and am pleased with the results. However, my nipples only stay out for about a day and go back to the inverted state. Is there any one out there who has had PERMANENT correction. I am a little concerned, due to the fact that it has almost reached the three month mark and the nipple still goes in. I have yet to read a review of someone who had type one inverted nipples ,and state that the product has FULLY corrected the problem. I am happy… Read Full Review
Written on: 27/09/2010
I originally purchased the Niplette in 2003 and used it over several weeks and my nipples made a complete turn around... I was blown away by my new look and it completely changed my self-confidence level. I had a lover tell me he loved my nipples --- I was in heaven -- any woman who has suffered from the shame feeling of having inverted nipples should know --- it was amazing to hear the words.

I'm one of those women who works out hard for 6 weeks before a vacation or event & my muscles come back - then I kind of slide in between. I sometimes forget about my nips until I have interest in a man. In general, I have used the cups on and off over the last 7 years.

I'd say I have not been using them for about 2 years...it's not like they were out all the time -- but, they worked...I can cut glass when it's cold. I recently became interested in someone I'd like to get serious with....... and my insecurity creeped up on me --- so I busted out my niplettes the other day. Filled cups immediately and they seem to be out all the time again... or --- pop out at the slightest brush of anything, change in temp, changing clothes.

I wanted to make the analogy of working out and how the body responds and has memory. If I workout and get my body in perfect shape -- it looks great in the moment --- if I keep up maintenance I keep looking good.... if I slack off, I get softer. If I do what it takes to get firm again --- I get firm again. So -- I think the nipple can be 'permanent' --- if you keep up the maintenance.

7 years later I am still super happy about the results I've obtained from use of the niplette. I'm no longer concerned about my appearance, I feel confident and I love when the go off in my bathing suit or the like. I don't think you can use them for only 3 months and expect them to stay out and perky for the rest of your life, no. But, I do think you can find a minimal basic maintenance/upkeep schedule that will keep you happy and satisfied for many many years to come. Mine are still in perfect condition.

p.s. I use neosporin to seal the cups
Written on: 18/06/2010
I have just started using this again. I used to have flat nipples (both were) and then after wearing the niplette for about a week there was a noticeable difference. I had started back up at school and had found it difficult to wear them and then ran out of time altogether or just forgot to put them on.
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I am wearing them all day and all night (as much as I can - I rest for a few hours between but my nipples come out to barely any tweaking and stay hard for a minute… Read Full Review
Written on: 11/06/2010
I have been using the Niplette for nearly two weeks now, for as much as a can during the day and at night..and what a change i have seen! Although the the extraversion lasts a couple of minutes after i have removed the device, I have noticed that the nipple responds (outwardly) to any external stimulation. I am quite optimistic abbout the result after 3 months of its use (as recommended) hopefully in the form of permanent nipple extraversion. I dont wish to generalise on my experience and say… Read Full Review
Written on: 10/06/2010
I can't believe what I am reading in these recent reviews - "itchy, discomfort,nipples turning purple!". Did you read the information leaflet that came with the Nipplette pack? I used Nipplettes because I had slightly inverted nipples. My doctor recommended them to me along with a good moisturiser (Mothercare Nipple Cream - contains camomile and vit. E). I guess the secret is to use them with care. Moisturise the nipple(s) firstly - this not only helps to start getting a good blood flow… Read Full Review
Written on: 21/09/2010
i'm interesed in purchasing the niplette but i've heard about the different "stages" of nipple inversion and wonder what "stage" mine are. while i am going to try and figure it out, i was wondering, what "stage" yours were? i'm worried that i will waste my money if it turns out that my nipples aren't able to change.
Written on: 08/06/2010
Well, i know it's too soon to tell, but for the first time in 30 years, i have NIPPLES. I received my package in the mail, and went straight to the bathroom to see if this would really work, or it was a total waste of money.. I was TOTALLY taken back when i saw my nipple fill the little cup up....something i've never had and often wondered what it was like. I really hope that once they stay *out* that i will have some sensation to cold and or touch. I bought these for total cosmetic… Read Full Review
Written on: 08/06/2010
I have always had flat nipples, so I thought i'd give this a go. I kept the niplette on all day for 2 weeks. (I work from home) Otherwise they do stick out through all my clothes. They did pull my nipples out a bit, but I found that on little suction I was blistering from the suction hole and bleeding!I also got pain and gave up on them.
I then looked on different sites to see what else was on the market and found "Supple Nips", which are amazing, no pain, no blisters. You can even wear them… Read Full Review
Written on: 20/05/2010
Can someone please tell me if I can use niplette on the nipple that has blistered or should I wait until the blister is gone? I have just been using this a day and one nipple blistered is that normal? did I suction too much? please help!!… Read Full Review
Written on: 22/05/2010
if your nipple blisters or turns purple, stop use at once and wait until your nipple settles down. resumme use of niplette, only this time use less pull on syringe, look at your nipple, if like me inverted/very small, you will see the thimble filling. judge by the pain how much to pull. if you work in stages you will fill the cup. i use the niplette for cosmetic reasons, and it really does work! though i do find that once you start to use it, you need to keep the niplette to maintain your nipple size. i have been through the horrible blistered/purple stages! not nice, but you learn yourself how to use properly. good luck!
Written on: 17/05/2010
I used this to correct my inverted nipples. It seemed to be working, but its very painful! If you put it on tight enough to actually make them stay, they will turn purple, scab, and blister. I just gave up because I couldnt deal with the pain anymore. But I think Im gonna give it another go. After a couple of hours, when I took it off they were basically all the way out. I definatly think that if used the right way, it could fully correct them. You just need to be very dedicated and be able to… Read Full Review
Written on: 14/05/2010
I have flat nipples and so bought the nipplettes. Although I find that they do work wonders my nipples get blisters and then scabs when the nipples burst. This happens after just a few hours of usage. Is this normal or am I doing it wrong? I am loath to stop trying as the results are so good otherwise… Read Full Review
Written on: 22/05/2010
I found this review very helpful because...yes you are pulling too much on the syringe,,, let your nipples settle down then use it again. only this time do not pull on syringe past the leaking sensation, it should not hurt. it really worked for me, from nothing! no one need ever take the risk of surgery again.
Written on: 26/04/2010
Does anyones nipples turn a purple colour when they use this?… Read Full Review
Written on: 22/04/2010
I have been using these now for 2 days and omg what a change i really have nipples and very big with the nipette :) im soooo happy,cant wait for the 3 months results woop woop..hope they stay out as i have had inverted nipples all my life :( im 34 now… Read Full Review
Written on: 15/04/2010
I have been using niplette for just over a week and have noticed a dramatic change already. I tend to wear them as much as possible during the daytime and always at night with a well fitting sports bra. Sometimes they do fall off, but I take the syringe with me when out and about and my friends seeem to think I have developed a weak bladder. I sometimes get a bit of itching and mild soreness, but vaseline seems to help with this. One of my nipples was only flat and I have noticed the most… Read Full Review
Written on: 15/04/2010
I have been using nipplett for just over a week and have noticed a dramatic change already. I tend to wear them as much as possible during the daytime and always at night with a well fitting sports bra. Sometimes they do fall off, but I take the syringe with me when out and about and my friends seeem to think i have developed a week bladder. I sometimes get a bit of itching and mild soreness, but vaseline seems to help with this. One of my nipples was only flat and I have noticed the most… Read Full Review
Written on: 22/05/2010
I found this review very helpful because...the niplette worked for me.
Written on: 04/04/2010
I am 20yrs old, have been using the niplette for over 2 months now and it had completly fixed one nipple which i think would have been 2 on the inverted scale. The other one i had not seen the nipple ever, it was just a slit, so i think a 3 on the scale. That is now coming out when I get cold but still a little inverted, I have just got eczema on my nipples so now can not use it till that clears up, but once that is over I will start just using the niplette on one nipple as the other is now… Read Full Review
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[This is Part Two. You can read Part One here.]
"During the Night" echoes one of McKinney's earlier poems, "Visiting My Gravesite: Talbott Churchyard, West Virginia"—another poem in which she takes an aerial view of her past and present life, almost rehearsing her own inevitable absence.
…Once I came in fast and low
in a little plane and when I looked down at the church,
the trees I've felt with my hands, the neighbors' houses
and the family farm, and I saw how tiny what I loved or knew was,
it was like my children going on with their plans and griefs
at a distance and nothing I could do about it. But I wanted
to reach down and pat it, while letting it know
I wouldn't interfere for the world, the world being
everything this isn't, the unknown buried in the known.
McKinney is known as a "regional" writer, but her fluency in the language of place was enriched, antithetically, by her ability to see it as an outsider and, moreover, to write from the vertiginous place that is at once both "in" and "out." To me, McKinney's most memorable and powerful poems are those that linger in the in-between, and look through distance as if looking through a lens—part prism, part telescope, part two-way glass.
I feel a sudden chill of exposure—revelation—when I read "the trees I've felt with my hands." As I feel it, this moment is a kind of out-of-body experience, a bit like seeing oneself on film, or hearing one's voice piped through a speaker. Is that me? Who I've been all along? Who I am to others? Who am I? Only once it has been perforated, punctured, pierced by perspective does one realize how "home" has been like a second skin. What happens when you shed it? Goosebumps rise up on my own skin as I read these lines. Do you feel it too?
Let's linger in this sensation for a while. In "I Have Gone Out" (from Have You Had Enough Darkness Yet?) McKinney once again looks through distance, but this time she's looking out, not back. In many other poems, she regards such distances with a sense of longing—albeit a longing that is neither rueful nor forlorn. While "I Have Gone Out" is also neither rueful nor forlorn, it is resolved. The poem acknowledges that this particular distance is now irrevocable: "I have / removed myself / so far away I can't come back," she writes.
I have gone out to the red woods, and the gold,
staring into the unfenced distance, hearing
the inside of my body, pleading.
She goes on,
…I have gone further
out to the edge of the known farm,
piercing my way along through the brambles.
The tense in this poem is particularly poignant—the use of present-perfect "have gone" instead of "am gone" suggests that although the voice "can't come back," it does go on—however, it does not return. I am also struck, held, snagged by the line "piercing my way along through the brambles." Piercing, not "leaving" or "departing" or "making my way." Recognizing that it pierces even as it is itself pierced, the self assumes a kind of responsibility for all this dissociation. Long story short, this poem just tears me up. That is, it makes me feel torn, rent, riddled, shot through by space and time. It puts me in touch with the impasse that detachment can become.
Have You Had Enough Darkness Yet? is McKinney's least "regional" book. If you didn't know she was the state's poet laureate, you might not readily place most of these poems in West Virginia. However, you would note the clear, honed voice and discerning, precise point of view. You would notice that the primary mode of these poems is description, aiming toward realism, unvarnished truth, and the dispelling of myths. But the myths this collection seeks to dispel are not only regional; rather, McKinney roots into the myths of intelligence, of womanhood, of medicine and cures, and of what it means to be sick. These are the poems of not just a regional writer (Who is "just" a regional writer, anyway?), but a writer who has lived in the borderlands: between Appalachia and "civilization," between feminism and the patriarchal culture, between the life of a "normal" person and the life of an artist, between sickness and health. More interested in context than place, and what it means to be a human-in-and-between-places, McKinney's poems speak from the junctures. She shows us how a poet finds her voice: by sending breath and light through the fissures in her identity.
McKinney's "fluency in the language of place" means that her voice and ear are attuned to nuances that others might not readily perceive. Take for instance the subtle juncture on which her poem "Homage to Hazel Dickens" hinges. Dickens was a bluegrass singer and musician who left her home in southern West Virginia to sing its songs elsewhere in the world. In this poem, McKinney channels Dickens and they speak in unison on the verge of departure—Dickens's departure for the start of her career in Baltimore, and McKinney's departure for the unknown. "Whether I go or stay the pain will be the same, so now I'm picking up / my suitcase with the leather handle," she writes—"and now I'm waving to you all." Dickens/McKinney rationalizes her choice to physically leave home on the grounds that she has already left it—"lost it"—in the way that she sees the place:
Whether we go or stay, we've lost it.
The porch, the cold crocks of cream in the cellar,
the redbone hound in the yard, the wild azaleas all orange
and sweet, we've lost it standing here looking at it
this way. So we should turn our faces outward
from this place, string our guitars, and go.
This irrevocable shift in perspective yields its own kind of grief and longing. Alas, it is true: you can't go home again. Yet, while innocence is lost, power is gained in choosing how you see your life—a poetic power that can save if not your flesh-and-blood life, then the meaning of your life.
This poetic power saves McKinney again and again, even as she becomes dissociated from her own weary, broken body. In "Near Midnight," for instance, she describes how her body has become an "it." When she writes, "it is a fiction to pretend it is mine when it has so clearly / been handed over to those who process it," one can almost see her in another little plane, coming in "fast and low," parting the air between self and other, self and body.
And now the body is so bruised and punctured
and the flesh is ravaged from all the ports and
lines into veins and transplants and biopsies
that it becomes necessary to prop or lean
it against any available surface or table edge,
against countertops and cabinet doors, just to
keep it upright, and now we find it is
necessary to forego ownership of the body, so
that it becomes The Body, not my body,
because the connection is damaged and
distorted completely…
Yet, this dissociated perspective opens a creative, generative space for her to actually empathize with the cancer cells that have "colonized" her bones. Unlike other patients who are inclined to see cancer cells as enemies in a kind of battle, McKinney writes,
…I think they're
just mistaken, the patients and the cells alike.
Someone took a wrong turn, and the others
followed. Cells make mistakes like we do.
One made a chemical error and misled
the others to a torn place inside the DNA,
a thorn, a laceration in the mind, and
millions more lined up behind.
Rupture yields both losses and gains. While there are risks in a broadened perspective—possibly even the loss of life as you know it—so are there rewards: a new way of knowing, a more refined and possibly more true meaning.
Initially, when I started writing this piece, I comforted myself in thinking about the cyclicality of life—the notion that no one ever truly leaves us, because they return to the earth and live on in the work they've left behind. But I think McKinney might quibble with that notion a bit; she would look for the trouble, the crux. In "The Outsider Speaks," she asks,
…How could I ever be
what you'd call civilized, when I don't want it,
never have, never will.
"No way I'll ever / join the circle," she goes on to say. "Please understand I can't." On the surface, this poem seems to be about social or artistic circles, cliques, and clubs; however, McKinney also seems to be making a more essential argument for the "line" over the "circle." "I never end," she writes. "I run on and on in my head / and in my belly." She is not comforted by the artificial narrative of closure, or coming full circle, so to speak. Hazel Dickens couldn't go home again. McKinney couldn't un-see or un-feel "how tiny what I loved or knew was" when seen from afar. Cancer is not truly a battle for anyone to win; if the cancer cells are to be blamed for anything, it is for mindlessly following their leader. Indeed, McKinney is skeptical of the deadening repetition of unconscious patterns, "having seen in my brief forays / into predictability that there's no percentage / in it," she writes in "Legs." Therefore, in Have You Had Enough Darkness Yet?, McKinney draws a distinction between dwelling in the body and dwelling in the mind. To dwell in one's mind is to obsess, to turn in circles before coming to rest, "like the dog, ritually turning / around six times before lying down" despite the fact that "There's no nest there, that necessity / disappeared thousands of years ago" ("Brass Bowl, Wooden Striker"). On the other hand, to dwell in the body is to move in pursuit of desire, guided only by hunger and insatiability. Dwelling in the body, even the broken body, is to progress and move forward, even when your ultimate destination remains unknown, "coaxing / the pattern to relief," as she wrote in "To My Reader" (which was originally published in our Kenyon Review).
In the book's penultimate poem, "In House," we feel McKinney dwelling in the body, and moving ever forward, toward the edge of distance. At this point, as her "bones are breaking down, / hard bones dissolving into honeycomb" ("Give It"), she sees how the essential act of dwelling, in her house, in her body, is her life's ultimate challenge and ultimate relief: "What I remember / of my time inside is the salt, / dripping down my cheeks." Salt, she writes, "is a cleansing wash, and salt / is in every cut in your body." McKinney describes her deliberate efforts to keep on dwelling, trying
to pass into my rooms, to find
the rooms within the rooms,
the house the house lives in,
the gradual home.
While it is not difficult to imagine rooms nested within rooms, "the house the house lives in" is a twist of language that baffles even as it feels utterly true. To understand, we must dwell in the language, and to allow it to dwell in our own bodies. In the last lines of the book, McKinney writes, "Hold me, / and pass me on. House me, / and bring me home." And so I am. Sending her body of words out—out of this world and into your own hearts, minds, bodies—knowing that we find in poetry the power to make our own meaning.


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Primare was later taken over by Lars Pedersen of Xena Audio of Sweden. The year was 1996 and Primare was moved the Sweden where Pedersen and Bent Nielsen of Primare began a collaborative design, manufacturing, marketing, sales and distribution effort that has been quite successful. In the late 1990's, designer and engineer Björn Holmqvist came on board to further the brand's development and growth.
The Primare A30.7 amp is an all-new seven-channel Class D power amplifier. It is rated to deliver 150 watts per channel with all channels driven. I like the idea of Class D amps. They are efficient which saves energy and holds the promise of being able to deliver the rated power to all channels simultaneously. Still, most Class D amps have left me cold when it comes down to the harmonic character of their sound. The Primare A30.7 amplifier, on the other hand, was designed exclusively by Primare to incorporate important advancements that would accentuate the positive attributes of the Class D architecture while mitigating the most challenging shortcomings of the technology.
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The 2013 BMW M6 Coupe Gets Put to the Test at Laguna Seca Raceway
The 2013 BMW M6 Coupe (F13) launch was held at Laguna Seca Raceway in Salinas, California. What better place to showcase the M6 than on a racetrack of this caliber. With Laguna's elevation changes and variety of turns and straights, all aspects of the car would get an intense shakedown. And with a blessing to show no mercy, it definitely did.
From the press of the start button on pit lane, the 4.4L Twin Turbo V8 fired up with a low rumble. Game on. I gripped the wheel, gave the paddle a tap to call on the DCT, and put my foot down. The combination of motor and exhaust notes, and being placed firmly into the back of the seat upon acceleration really got the adrenaline rushing. Pit lane disappeared and it was onto the rollercoaster ride.
Around the track, the M6 delivers with aplomb. You don't get the sense that you are piloting a 4250 lb. car; it feels lighter and quite nimble. Steering is precise and turn-in is quick. The M Steering wheel really feels great in your hands. The suspension feels tight and keeps the car very well planted, most notably in the corkscrew, with the quick left and then the quick right downhill. For such a plush car I was impressed with the amount of feedback it offers. As for the power, with 560 hp at your disposal, and 500 ft.lbs of torque coming on at just 1500 rpms, everything starts to happen real fast when you press down the gas pedal.
To quote Bill Auberlen, with whom I had the pleasure to join in an M6 for a few laps later in the day, "when you put your foot down, you've got to be careful that you don't just roast the
Once you've made it past corner exit and start grabbing gears, shifts are lightning quick and straights get really short. You get rocketed into the braking zones before you know it. Not a problem though, as this M6 was fitted with the optional carbon ceramic brakes. They grab hard lap after lap, giving good feel and inspiring the confidence to carry more speed and push deeper into the braking zones.
At the end of the day, I left Laguna with many stories to tell, a huge grin on my face, and a yearning to make the F13 my new commuter car. BMW truly created the ultimate driving machine in the latest M6 coupe.
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Her training in dance begun at the age of six, with classical ballett with Maestra Nada Colak in Padova, who she follwed for ten years.
After ballett, she continued with other dance experience, studying modern dance, paso double with Maestro Luigi Martini of Padova, and in the same school she studied theatre, entering in the professional company.
Lara practices yoga, training autogeno and vibrationally therapy, those holistic disciplines permitted her to understand the energy and moviment's importance, through body, approaching her to oriental philosophy.
She've been studied oriental dance from 1998 to 2005, attending classes and worshops with many teachers such as: Saad Ismail, Aziza Abdul Reda, Francesca Foltran alias Farida di Venezia, teachers of Magica" school Milano. In 2004 she continues her oriental dance studies with Maryem from Taus Club, Rome and she begun to collaborate with her to promote egyptian dance in Veneto. In May 2007 she take the Maestro Oriental Dance Certificate, MIDAS/FIDS, after the professional training taken by Jivan Parvani, in Taus Club Academy,
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Do you feel hurt when your husband (or wife) pulls away?
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When all you really want is to be close and connected. But, somehow you just keep ending up further apart.
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Couples counseling or marital therapy can help you heal your relationship so you can have:
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And that's important. Because, when it comes to relationships, a therapist can't give what they don't have. In other words, I can't help you heal your relationship if I don't know how to have a good marriage myself. Because, I can't make you any healthier than I am. (Lewis, Amini, & Lannon, A General Theory of Love, 2000)
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Race: Bee
Occupation: School kid
Marital Status: Single
Base of operations: Buchenwald, Germany
Story: Maja is a young bee, exploring the World.
Continuity: Die Biene Maja
Company: Bastei
DeVisionFirst app.: Books: Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer (1912)
Drama documentary: Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer (1926)Creator(s): Waldemar Bonsels
Cartoons: Die Biene Maja episode 1: Maja wird geboren (1975)
Comics: Die Biene Maja #1 (1976)
Games: Maya The Bee & Her Friends (1999)
Susumu ShiraumeCountry of origin: Germany
Background notes: Originally Maja appeared in the children's book Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer from 1912. The book was written by Waldemar Bonsels and it was a fable about a girl growing up. The book was apparently a success, and led to a drama documentary about the interactions between bees and other animals in 1926, using Maja as the protagonist. The story for the documentary was written by Waldemar Bonsels and was named Die Biene Maja und ihre Abenteuer, like the book.
In cartoons, Maja appeared in the cartoon series Mitsubachi Māya no Bōken/Die Biene Maja from Japan, where her visual design was done by character designer Susumu Shiraume. The series ran for 52 episodes from april 1975 to april 1976 i.e. once a week for a year. In the original Japanese cartoons, Maja's voice was done by Michiko Nomura, and in the German versions her voice was done by Scarlet Lubowski. A second series with another 52 episode ran from 1978 to 1979. In 1977, an 80 minutes movie version of the first episodes was released. The movie was named Die Biene Maja - Ihre schönsten Abenteuer. The last cartoon so far is the 2001 special named Die Biene-Maja-Show - ein Weltstar feiert Geburtstag.
The cartoon was adapted into comics in 1976. While the series has had a few changes in publisher and a few pauses, it is still published today.
The series has also been transferred to games. The first game was Maya The Bee & Her Friends for Game Boy Color from 1999, and so far, six games have been released.
Maja, along with her friends Willi and Flip, has been a popular character for merchandise, and has been on wide variety of items like figurines, pillows, plush toys, a stamp, and board games.
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oh, I did'nt know he meant tools sorryOriginally posted by ACETone@Aug 4 2005, 11:50 PM
Wind chimes who the #### are you dude.....the guy that started this thread didnt mean weapons as in the ones you kill ppl with he meant what are your fave graffiti tools man....and honestly dude if you cant stand the heat that you have to deal with doing graffiti.....GET THE #### OUT!
Hah no worries Wind Chimes ...just as long as you know it aint literal weapons were talking about....
Fave Weapons are....
Magnum 44
Paint markers you can buy from craft stores with different paint in em
paint markers
mean streaks
glue stick filled wit griffin and brake fluid for quick walls or w/e is in my way...and meanstreaks for wenever im on da bus
pink sakura, glue pen with shitty india ink,but the way i look at it is if its gonna get buffed it doesnt matter what kind of ink because its gettin buffed anyways...
Pocket Knife...o......thoze mini krylon ones come in handy
weapon of choice for me ? rocks ....... . . .
kill em all
i like ma black molotaw cover all and then a nive can of white star montana platinum paint
"some beef is big and some beef is small but what yall call beef aint beef at all"
Rusto - Fat Caps
Montana - Keep Them Hand-e
And My New Favorite - Rustoleum - Proffessional - High Performance Enamel
They only 5 dollaz and u get 14 oz of Paint :P
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maybe my 30mm artline and a export for some throw ups
and level 5 caps for big tags
Spray paint
Im probably in the sky, flyin wit da fishes, or maybe in the ocean, swimmin wit da pigeons.
rusto cans
my bag of caps
Hard 2 Buff
Pilot filled with Griffin
soon i will get my etch mop
im jealous.Originally posted by Tails0nE@Aug 14 2005, 05:55 AM
rusto cans
my bag of caps
Hard 2 Buff
Pilot filled with Griffin
soon i will get my etch mop
I need to cop one of dose hard 2 buffs, im beggin my mom to get me that 16 cans of montana and 8 nitro for my b day, im tellin her ill do canvas shit or on wood boards in the backyard, but im gonna keep all the pink dots n outline n shit that ima get with it... =D! smart.
Im probably in the sky, flyin wit da fishes, or maybe in the ocean, swimmin wit da pigeons.
My red Montana L-Marker Mini. Works great for any occasion. h34r:
Mega Chrome Montana
Black Nitro Montana
Silver Rust bucket paint Kiwi Mop
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id rather use spraypaint over aney marker aneyday.
Two words, Montana Alien.
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id rather use spraypaint over aney marker aneyday.


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Japan Dolphin Slaughter Continues in Taiji Cove; Death Toll Tops 260
The mass killing of dolphins for their meat continues in Japan's notorious Taiji cove, with more than a dozen Risso's dolphins herded and slaughtered on Saturday.
Sea Shepherd Cove Guardians report that the total number of dolphins killed in the cove has reached approximately 260 as seven mass killings have taken place over the past eight days. According to the group, 14 Risso's dolphins were driven into the cove by fishermen in small boats who then proceeded to massacre the animals en masse.
"Members of the pod clearly understood the horrific intentions of the killers and in a panic tried to swim through the nets, but only became entangled," SSCG wrote on its Facebook page. "Killers in dive suits were forced to wrangle the fear stricken Risso dolphins by placing ropes around their flukes and drag them to shore where slaughter awaited."
"No lives were spared and all members of the pod ended their morning lifeless on the butcher house floor."
Saturday's killing actually marked a decrease from Friday's, when a pod of around 30 Risso's dolphins were herded into the cove and exterminated. According to SSCG, the fishermen were also hunting small whales.
Earlier in the week, some "lucky" dolphins escaped death by being selected for captivity in marine parks where they are forced to perform for humain entertainment. According to SSCG, eight bottlenose dolphins were transferred from sea pens into concrete tanks at Dolphin Resort. Another 15 pantropical spotted dolphins were selected by employees of Taiji Whale Museum, Dolphin Base, and Dolphin Resort Hotel for lives of depressing captivity. Another 13-15 animals deemed unfit for captivity were then killed and purchased for processing by Taiji meat merchants.
The mass killing of cetaceans has been going on since late last year, as the 2012-2013 Taiji killing quota for seven different species of dolphins has been set at 2,089 animals. With just over 10 percent of the quota met, there is likely much more suffering ahead for the hapless animals who make the fatal mistake of passing through the area.
Taiji cove was brought to international attention following the release of the 2009 film "The Cove," which chronicles the mass killings and the efforts of international activists to document and stop the tragic slaughter. "The Cove" won the 2010 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
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I think this one's for Bud...
I will have several hundred square feet of terra cotta tile to install on four different floor areas.
The tile is either octagonal or square, as you can see from the attached photos. The octagonal tile has an "M" pressed into the back and the square tiles have an "X".
Maybe that's where brand X comes from?
Thus far, we have put two coats of sealer on the surface of the tile, being as careful as we could not to get the sealer on the edges. We were advised to be careful about this to avoid grout adhesion problems.
I believe the floors are more than adequate as far as strength (deflection) goes. On the smaller floor inside the front entrance I have Easyboard to put down, but not yet installed. It is on hand though.
The solarium has a cement backer board already installed.
The third floor, which will cover the dining area and kitchen only has plywood yet, as does the breakfast nook, which is the fourth floor.
Any advice concerning cutting, the thinset I should use, spacing, grouting, backerboard or anything else will be most sincerely appreciated.
I have never installed any terra cotta before. Just porcelain, ceramic, slate and marble.
If it's any help, this information is on the boxes: LOSETA de BARRO, Clay Tile Hand Made, Tapa manejese con cuidado, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico.
Since my Spanish is basically limited to "Dos cervesas por favor, senor" I am none the wiser as to what this may mean.
Permit me to thank you in advance for any assistance...:)
Hey-hey, nuthin speedy about me. In fact my wife has said for years that I am half-fast! I think that's what she says.:):wink:
OK, terra-cotta ("clay of the earth" or something like that).
I lived in Texas thirteen years and saw and installed a lot of terracotta tile. I love the stuff! In Nebraska however, I haven't seen much here at all and haven't installed any in about fifteen years.
Terracotta has been used for thousands of years and was once upon a time baked in the sun. You can still get terracotta made the old fashion way as far as I know but you have to be willing to give up an arm or a leg or maybe both I think.
Terracotta like Saltillo was at one time produced by residents of Mexico. It was molded in their yard and sun-baked. Then it was sold to a government agency that in turn sold and distributed the products throughout the world. Historically it also comes from Spain and Italy.
OK, here's what I know about the subject.:)
Terra cotta is (as tiles go) generally a very soft tile. Therefore it should be installed using the same recommendations as natural stone tiles. That means the substrate is required to be twice as strong as that that would be required for ceramic tile. Substrate Deflection: (ceramic 1/360) (stone 1/720) and a double layer of plywood is required. This is from the Marble Institute of America (MIA) and The Tile Council of North America.(TCNA) Tile installations in Canada are of course covered by a Canadian organization whose name escapes me at the moment but I have always been told the Canadian Specs go hand in hand with the American Specs.
From what I see in the pictures those you have are the "Real McCoy". In fact the letters stamped on the back are probably identifying the family maker. There are other tiles available that are made to mimic the real thing but in truth nothing has the charm and warmth of the real terra cotta and Saltillo tiles.
Hold one those tiles by a corner and rap on it with a hard object and it will sing to you. In fact that's how you detect interior cracks and fissures in a terra cotta tile. If it is cracked it won't sing.:)
OK OK OK, I'm getting carried away.
As I said the sub-structure must be sufficient to support the weight as well as measure up in the deflection department.
Next, most of the tiles will be distorted in a charming way. Usually in the form of a slight crown. This isn't a problem but of course you usually can't simply spread the thinset and set the tile knowing it is fully supported. Chances are it won't be. So the thing to do in my opinion is to first use a large notched trowel, either 1/2" or 3/4"X. Generously wet the back of the tile(s) with a sponge, then the substrate. Allow the moisture to soak-in before attempting to spead any thinset. Then spread a small area of the substrate with thinset then spread thinset on the tile. Plant the tile with a slight shimmy backward and forward until it is firmly nested into the thinset. Any purging of thinset must be cleaned off the tiles right then and there. You said you had already sealed the tile faces. Truthfully I would also seal the edges to prevent any grout color from wicking into the clay but this process would have been done after the tile was installed.
Most tiles won't allow the grout to stick to the edges anyway. This is arguable of course but this has been my finding over the years. Grouts may stick to the tile edges at first but will later develop a small hairline separation between it and the tile, this goes unnoticed so I wouldn't sweat it. Raw terra cotta may be the exception.:)
Once all the tile is set, I would give it several days to dry out before applying yet another application of sealer. Once that has had sufficient time to dry you're ready for grout.
The problem with sealing the tile before it is installed is that sealers are intended to keep things out of the tile. That's good! But, the sealer will also try to (now) keep the moisture from the thinset in the tile and will slow the evaporation process and may even turn the sealer white.
Thanks Bud...now that is what I call an EXCELLENT reply!!
Many years ago a friend of mine had a sign up in his fish and chip shop up in the Yukon. It said I'm not a fast cook...I'm not a slow cook...I'm a half fast cook. Maybe your wife knows this guy from somewhere!
I think this tile is probably not done in sun baked molds, but most likely in a kiln of some kind. It wasn't that expensive if I recall rightly.
A local tile setter apparently bought several thousand square feet for a big job. What we bought from him is what he had left over - about 750 sq. ft.
We paid him $2.50 a sq. ft. about 13 or 14 years ago...so we have had it kicking around for awhile. I didn't open any of the boxes until recently, when I started to do the sealing.
I've just got back from an all day trip to Vancouver, so I will check for singing tile in the morning. But you are right about the slight distortion in the tiles. No two seem to be quite the same.
OK, now let me make sure I'm going to get this right.
I understand now how to stick the tiles down. Any thinset that squeezes out the sides of the tile I should clean off right away...is that right?
Then let it dry - I can leave it for weeks if necessary - then seal the edges.
When I put the two seal coats on the surface of the tiles, it disappeared into the tile within seconds. I thought that the second coat - which I waited a day more to apply - might show up. But no, it too disappeared. So this stuff eats sealer for lunch.
I think what I might try is to lay just three or four tiles carefully following your advice and see what happens. Maybe I can do that tomorrow.
I will take pics as I am going, and then you can let me know how to do it properly after you correct all my mistakes!
Many, many thanks for this terrific advice.
I'm almost looking forward to doing this...almost
OK, just gave the tile the "singing" test.
Even as I took it out of the box and it scraped the next tile, I could hear the "sing". Amazing!
I tapped it lightly - and you're absolutely right - it really does sing. I'm thinking wind chimes maybe????
Cut some tile into strips about one inch wide and in varying lengths. Drill a tiny hole in the end of each strip at exactly the same location from the end of each strip. Then devise a wood or terra cotta disc that will allow the strips to touch one another when hung from the disc with fishing line in the wind.
Probably not as impressive as some wind chimes but hey...unique and in-keeping with the terra cotta floor scheme.:).:)
We have several different wind chimes here...so one more wouldn't hurt at all.
...see what I can do about posting a pic when I'm done...
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On the bottom of the new strut there are 3 holes. The 2 outer holes are for the Hex Bolt with Washers. The hole in the center mates with a 'nipple' that is on the inside of the brake/wheel. This can be a bit of a hassle and gave us a fair amount of trouble our first pass. I had to file off some of the paint on the inside of the hole on the strut in order to get the nipple to fit. If you try to install the strut and have trouble, don't worry. File a small amount of the paint away and it will fit fine.
To install the strut, bring the lower end in first (be aware of the brake lines!) and then bring the top in. This is the exact opposite of removal of the stock strut:
With the strut in place, put the Fit Bolt in first and then put the Self Locking Hex Nut #2 on loose. You should be able to get the two Hex Bolt with Washers in without any trouble. Tighten these three bolts. The Torque Value of the Hex Bolt with Washers is 107NM. The Fit Bolt's Torque is also 107NM. You will need to use a wrench to hold the Self Locking Hex Nut #2 (Also 18mm) while you tighten the Fit Bolt. Both the Fit Bolt as well as the Hex Bolt with Washers are 18mm.
Reconnect the Brake Lines to their holders.
Move into the engine bay and put the three Self Locking Collar Nuts in place. Do not torque these down, we will get to them later.
With strut in place, move onto the other side and repeat this process. Take the time now to once again clean the wheel wells and the inside of the wheels. Once both sides are done, put the wheels back on the car, remove the jack stands and lower the car onto the ramps (You will need the ramps at this point for the same reason you needed the boards when doing the back, your car is going to be over an inch shorter and you want to be sure you can get the jack out from under the car). Once the car is on the ramps, tighten the Self Locking Collar Nuts. The Torque value on these nuts is 22NM and should only be applied when there is a load on the strut (i.e. the car should not be on jack stands or on a jack when tightening them down).
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Pull the car out of the garage and pop open another 40 of High Life. You are finished! After installation of the new suspension, take your car to a reputable mechanic and have it aligned. This was a very long and drawn out modification but is one of the best mods one can do to their Z (aside from adding some Leather accents to the interior!). Installation of the front struts took my dad and myself a good 3.5 hours.
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I know I'm going to get flak for this, but as someone who has hearing damage, and carries this scares me.
This is a discussion on "...shooting was not justified.....stripped of his gun and badge." within the In the News: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly forums, part of the The Back Porch category; http://www.king5.com/news/local/Vide...112106374.html...
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I know I'm going to get flak for this, but as someone who has hearing damage, and carries this scares me.
I know not what this "overkill" means.
Honing the knives, Cleaning the longguns, Stocking up ammo.
Knowing how far away from me that someone can be, and still be a threat with a blade, I am inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to the officer. I suspect that the preliminary finding was such to appease a certain segment of Seattle society.
I hope that the involved officer's actions are ruled justifiable in a more formal setting. Granted this looks bad, but sometimes even good things have no good appearance.
At least there was a knife, not a garden hose nozzle. Murder 1 too possibly, as the other case.
In the video it is really really clear the guy was just going across the street doing his thing and minding his business when
the officer followed him up and around the corner and out of sight-- and out of sight of the dash cam-- where the deed was done.
The news folks 7 second thing doesn't concern me, we all know someone can cover a lot of distance in even 1 or 2 seconds.
Is there evidence the man shot turned and made any aggressive move toward the officer? From what we have no.
From the fact that he was relieved of duty and this, "A preliminary police finding was that the shooting was not justified, and from this, "Birk has been stripped of his gun and badge," it can be inferred that no witness saw a hostile move. You can even note the lack of justification from the female witness' shouting, " He didn't do anything."
Not justified is probably the most mild thing that can be said.
As I posted in the other related thread about the garden nozzle, this isn't an anti-LEO issue, it is a public safety issue. We, [especially those of us who carry concealed weapons and knives, can't have cowboys doing stuff like this. The more some cowboys get away with it, the less safe the rest of us are. That isn't law enforcement.
Always, ability, opportunity, jeopardy, AND intent. It may not be easy but without that last factor, intent being in the mix, none of us are safe.
Jeopardy only flows from intent, and intent flows from jeopardy, but they are different things. This fine point is discussed in Gravest Extreme and often overlooked. It seems like many just figure if there is ability and opportunity there must be jeopardy, which it would seem was this officer's error.
Sometime in 1971 I was almost shot myself for no reason by an LEO. I was with a group on land where we had permission from the owner to be, and to go diving. The officer came up and demanded that we leave. When I took one step toward him and said "we have permission," his quivering hand on his gun (I'll never forget it) was about to draw on me as he rudely shouted, "well I'm taking it away."
I have no doubt that had I been shot he would have said, well, they all had knives (true); there were several of them and one of me--disparity (true), he took an aggressive step toward me (debatable, there is a difference between stepping forward to speak and an aggressive step). One thing that absolutely was absent was real jeopardy stemming from intent.
And factually, we were assaulted, as we had every right to be where we were doing what we were doing, as in these two incidents we have been discussing.
I cannot understand the news what the news reporter is trying to say by bringing up the time issue. Unless she left out some other facts the time involved has nothing to do with the shooting. Another thing I do not understand is why the officer decided to try and detain this individual. Did someone call and make a complaint? Did the officer see him breaking a law? Was this man a know threat?
All that aside, if the man made a threatening move towards the officer with the knife then I'm afraid the officer was justified in his response.
Is walking around carving on a piece of wood illegal there? I dont think I would take a second look at someone doing this myself.
If this guy was using a legal knife I don't see what the issue was to begin with.
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It might be in some places , but then I doubt the officer would have been dismissed if that was the case.
Michael wrote: "I cannot understand the news what the news reporter is trying to say by bringing up the time issue." Agree. The timing is irrelevant.
Michael wrote: "if the man made a threatening move towards the officer with the knife then I'm afraid the officer was justified in his response" Agree with one slight qualification. Sometimes an innocent move can be misperceived as a threatening move. Here the officer was yelling at the guy to stop. If that prompted the dead guy to turn around and look in the direction the shout was coming from while he was holding the knife, a big misunderstanding might happen.
Guns must be the last resort not the first. And that goes for all of us.
Doesn't look justified to me. This scares the crap outta me.
You seem to have an inability to consider that this may in fact be a justified shooting. If you read my previous post you will see that while I am inclined to give the benefit of the doubt to the involved officer, I also wish for a more formal forum for this to be decided. It wouldn't be the first time that an agency has cast it's employee to the wolves based on nothing more than public opinion and an attempt at appeasement.
I will now add another to my "Ignore" list.
We don't have as many facts as we will have after the inquest, but we do have the fact that he has been stripped of his badge and weapon by the department. Given that he was not put on admin leave, we can infer that the department meant it when it said the shooting was not justified. Other facts in hand, the dead guy was armed with a knife, although he did not use it in a threatning manner when we could see it. Further, the officer shot at least 5 times very quickly. We also have a person saying that the dead guy did not do anything immediately after the shooting. Those are the facts that we have from this report, so yes, there are some facts. Would I hang my hat on a verdict with these facts, no, but I would say it is not looking too good for the cop.
"I've noticed that everyone that is pro-abortion has already been born." - Ronald Reagan
"When governments fear the people there is liberty. When the people fear the government there is tyranny." Thomas Jefferson
You are only paranoid until you are right - then you are a visionary.
When tazers are a major part of police gear yet are not used to prevent loss of life. This is a prime case IMHO.
The bias is certainly present in that report. We don't know both sides of the story...all we know is the audio from the tape, one testimony from a friend of the man and tiny bits and pieces of information.
I don't know the laws in Seattle but hopefully the officer had sufficient cause to stop him. To me and in my town/state walking while carving a block of wood isn't really cause to be stopped by police.
There is something about firing 4,200 thirty millimeter rounds/min that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.


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Al Gore
Making for quite the eventful past few days, the celebrity world was in full throttle over the weekend of July 31-August 1.
With weddings dominating the headlines, Chelsea Clinton and Alicia Keys both tied the knot with plenty of other juicy stories and breaking news pieces coming forth.
Looking as if he's in the clear, Al Gore has been notified that allegations of sexual abuse stemming from a 2006 incident have been dismissed due to a "lack of credible evidence".
With the investigation stemming from claims that the former VP inappropriately touched masseuse Molly Hagerty during a massage session at a Portland hotel in October 2006, authorities have since dropped the investigation due to "insufficient evidence to support the allegations".
He's been keeping quiet about masseuse Molly Hagerty's allegations that he groped and sexually assaulted her, and finally Al Gore is speaking out to defend himself.
The former Vice President insists the Portland, Oregon massage therapist is lying about her claims that he sexually violated her during a massage session in 2006.
She made headlines by exposing former Vice President Al Gore as a "sex poodle," and now Molly Hagerty has come forward to tell her tragic tale of being assaulted.
The 54-year-old massage therapist told press, "Al Gore is a pervert and sexual predator. He's not what people think he is- he's a sick man!"
He's splitting up with his wife of 40 years Tipper and now Al Gore has been accused of sexual abuse by an Oregon masseuse.
Back in 2006, the former Vice President of the USA was in Portland when a massage therapist was summoned to his hotel room for a three-hour session.


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Unfortunately we didn't enjoy our stay. The hotel itself is run down and tired, and facilities very outdated. Our room backed on to a very rough and busy Macdonalds car park, and there were groups of young people fighting, revving their cars, shouting and swearing until all hours of the morning. The room had a really bad odour- and smelt stale - obviously because nobody felt safe opening the window. only positive- friendly staff, cheap price- but would not stay again.
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Collab/Space 2012
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
Event Details
PBS MediaShift and the Investigative Reporting Program at UC Berkeley's Graduate School of Journalism will be hosting the first Collab/Space 2012, a hands-on workshop and networking event to help journalists better collaborate. The event will include thought leaders in the world of journalism and technology, with targeted talks, helpful demos, and breakout teams that will work in collaboration. Collab/Space will be held in conjunction with the new website, Collaboration Central, recently launched by MediaShift and Berkeley IRP, and with funding from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
The symposium will take place:
April 11: 9 am to 5 pm, with Mixer from 6 to 8 pm at David Brower Center, Berkeley, Calif.
Collab/Space is sponsored by ScribbleLive, a leader in real-time content creation and publishing.
You'll get to hear from innovative journalism leaders, and work with them on teams, too! Highlighted participants and facilitators include:
Mark Glaser, PBS MediaShift
Carrie Lozano, Berkeley IRP
David Cohn, UC Berkeley Journalism School, Spot.us
Burt Herman, Storify
Evelyn Larrubia, Investigative News Network
Jigar Mehta, Groupstre.am
Martin Reynolds, Bay Area News Group
Also, we expect key people to attend from the Center for Investigative Reporting, Guardian, New York Times, Voice of San Diego, ProPublica, Texas Tribune, KQED and many others.
We are looking for reporters, editors, web developers, project managers, designers and community engagement experts to join us as well. Participation will be capped at 80 people. All meals are included in the entry price.
FOR MORE INFORMATION: http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/collabspace-2012.html
When & Where
The David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 from 9:00 AM to 8:00 PM (PDT)
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Boasting a promising home record under interim coach John Hackworth, Philly takes its show on the road to Stade Saputo.
|Montreal Impact (4-5-1): Ricketts; Camara, Rivas, Nesta, Brovsky; Arnaud, Warner, Bernier, Martins, Mapp; Wenger.
OUT: DF Zarek Valentin (L ankle sprain); FW Bernardo Corradi (L knee ACL tear)
|Philadelphia Union (4-3-3): MacMath; Williams, Valdes, Okugo, G. Farfan; Adu, Carroll, Lahoud; Hoppenot, McInerney, Pajoy.
OUT: FW Krystian Witkowski (concussion symptoms)
DOUBTFUL: MF Michael Farfan (L foot contusion)
QUESTIONABLE: DF Chris Albright (R groin strain)
PROBABLE: DF Bakary Soumare (R knee menisectomy recovery)
- This will be Philadelphia's first trip to Quebec. The Union defeated the Impact at PPL Park last month with a stoppage-time goal from Carlos Valdes.
- Montreal's Davy Arnaud and Felipe Martins are number one and three respectively for fouls suffered in MLS, with 62 and 48.
- Philadelphia won for the third time with a goal in the 90th minute or later since John Hackworth took over as team manager when Jack McInerney's header gave the union a 2-1 win Sunday against New England.
- With 61, Philadelphia is tied with Chivas USA for the fewest shots on target in the league.
- Felipe set up all three Impact goals in the New York victory, his first three-assist game in MLS, giving him eight for the season, good enough for the sixth-highest total in MLS.


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PEEKSKILL, N.Y. – Ernest Henderson of Peekskill died Nov. 17. He was 79.
Born Oct. 30, 1933, in Mobile, Ala., he was the son of John and Clara Taylor Henderson. He served in the U.S. merchant marine for several years. Henderson loved to cook and travel and was an active volunteer with the Salvation Army food kitchen.
He is survived by three daughters, Doriada Henderson, Kim Powell and Kenya Holliman; a brother, John Henderson; a sister, Tina; six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
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It's no surprise that agent James "Bus" Cook has become an unpopular figure in Denver as he has been widely labeled as the instigator in the raging dispute between his client, quarterback Jay Cutler, and Denver Broncos management.
In the opinion and strong language of Denver Post columnist Mark Kiszla, Cutler should fire Cook.
Kiszla called Cook a "two-fisted, money-grubbing agent who has Cutler wrapped around his finger like a puppet and seems to enjoy yanking the chain of Broncos owner Pat Bowlen. While earning free publicity at the expense of Cutler's good name, Cook has wrecked the working relationship between Jay-C and Denver to the point of no repair, if you're asking me."
The columnist goes on to say that Cutler has been "brainwashed" by Cook to believe he's a superior player than he actually is, referencing his 17-20 record as a starter, adding that Cutler "has a large ego an agent could lead around the NFL, forever in search of greener pastures and paychecks, at the expense of success defined by the scoreboard."
Cook also drew caustic remarks during Brett Favre's divorce from the Green Bay Packers.
It's no surprise that agent James "Bus" Cook has become an unpopular figure in Denver as he has been widely labeled as the instigator in the raging dispute between his client, quarterback Jay Cutler, and Denver Broncos management.
VaBthang4 says: Mar 22, 2009 3:13 PM
Yawn…smells like pencil necked reporter spirit.
777 says: Mar 22, 2009 3:20 PM
the patriots are still laughing their asses off
ken13 says: Mar 22, 2009 3:24 PM
joshzombie says: Mar 22, 2009 3:24 PM
Remember the good old days when agents didn't think they were bigger stars than their clients? Sometimes the old fashioned way is much much better Bus Cook, Drew Rosenhaus and (for baseball) Scott Boras.
TheDPR says: Mar 22, 2009 3:30 PM
I think Mark Kiszla is my new hero.
Slow Joe says: Mar 22, 2009 3:30 PM
Cutler's "good name"?
garyofferdahl says: Mar 22, 2009 3:32 PM
You would think Jay Cutler/Bus Cook would have leared something from the Favre fiasco last year…bitching and moaning may get you outta town but it won't get you where you wanna be.
RonO says: Mar 22, 2009 3:41 PM
But isn't an agents primary purpose to "money-grub" for his client? If not, why have one?
afiresnake says: Mar 22, 2009 3:45 PM
"two-fisted, money-grubbing agent who has Cutler wrapped around his finger like a puppet and seems to enjoy yanking the chain of Broncos owner Pat Bowlen. While earning free publicity at the expense of Cutler's good name, Cook has wrecked the working relationship between Jay-C and Denver to the point of no repair"
Somebody should check whether Kiszla just copied the wikipedia entry for "professional football agent" and just replaced "player" with "Cutler" and "team" with "Broncos" and "guy who writes the cheque" with "Pat Bowlen".
See Rosenhaus, Drew.
MaineMan says: Mar 22, 2009 3:48 PM
Denver isn't paying Cutler much and there are three (?) years left on his contract. If Cutler stays out of meetings and practices and gets fairly far behind Simms in learning the new, significantly different offense, it's entirely possible and justifiable for the Broncos to bench Cutler and play Simms.
Denver doesn't absolutely have to trade Cutler. Sure, it seems like now is the time to get optimum trade value for him. But it's not gonna break the team not to trade him. They have through Week 6 of the regular season.
So, Cook is taking a big gamble here and Cutler is making the same bet, willingly, knowingly, or not. If Cutler ends up on the bench for the entire season, yes, his trade value goes down, but so does the money for any new contract for him – and both Cutler and Cook lose.
There's still time for Cutler to man-up and say, "what's done is done and now it's time to work through the changes and get this team playoff bound." But that window of opportunity is shrinking.
lax11slice says: Mar 22, 2009 3:49 PM
I dont understand how we can just dismiss Cutler as controlled, the kid went to Vanderbilt, dont we have to assume he at least understands his situation, no matter how we may disagree with his approach?
The 17-20 record is blown way out of proportion in terms of Cutler's qb play, how many of those games were wins if the Broncos had any defense or running game?
peteman says: Mar 22, 2009 3:52 PM
Maybe the Jets should trade the rights to Brett Farve to Denver for Cutler and their 1st Round Pick. Then Bowlen can back a dump truck of cash into Brett Farve's driveway, and Farve can play a year or 2 in Denver. Then Cook would really make out!
Favre2012 says: Mar 22, 2009 3:54 PM
"Cutler's good name"????
What good name? He's a whiny bitch who has never won anything and goes around saying he's got a better arm than John Elway. He and Bus Cook are in this together, they both want more money. It's hilarious that Cook gets the blame, he's just half of the Favre/Cook and Cutler/Cook equation. This is one more example of why nobody needs newspapers.
Eddie Drycleaner says: Mar 22, 2009 3:59 PM
Preach brother preach!!
A mainstream journalist actually saying something that might jeapordize access? This guy is now one of my journalistic heroes.
Maybe he can come work at PFT(not the fruity juice) when his paper goes under next month.
NinerNation says: Mar 22, 2009 4:07 PM
Like the Denver columnist isn't biased. The arguments are weak, Jay Cutler has every right to be pissed after being lied to by both the owner and the new HC.
As for blaming him for their record, this columnist might want to look at the defense first. Cutler led the team to the 2nd best offense last year…yeah, totally his fault, the voters just sent him to the pro bowl because they felt bad for him. The Broncos management is totally to blame, and somewhere, Shanahan is laughing his ass off right now.
Jeterleto says: Mar 22, 2009 4:09 PM
Honestly people are always bitching how big a baby cutler is. If anyone was in his shoes and you have played as hard as you can for years with the team like him go through the rough medical time have a decent year with the broncos lose your head coach and you get a new head coach and then you hear he wanted to trade you away? Id be pissed too. That is Cutlers team and now he wants out due to a new pos head coach. Cassel hasnt proved very much. Number wise yes but look who he played for. You could put Tim Couch under center with the patriots and he would be a star. Cutler to the Browns for Anderson is the way to go.
ViKing says: Mar 22, 2009 4:17 PM
Apparently there's talk between the Packers and the Broncos about a trade sending Aaron Rodgers to Denver.
bowdog says: Mar 22, 2009 4:17 PM
Cutler is 17-20 because he's on a team who's had an absolute horrible defense. The same defense that the new coach was supposedly going to focus on. Instead, he's dismantling one of the best offenses in the league. If Denver had only an average defense, they would've walked into the playoffs next year. For the people who blame their lack of playoffs on Cutler either don't follow the Broncos or know very little about football. Oh yeah….he's only been starting two seasons. The guy can play…
littlexman says: Mar 22, 2009 4:20 PM
Cutler should fire Cook. Cook is giving him very BAD advice!!!
ViKing says: Mar 22, 2009 4:27 PM
lol Nobody asked for your opinion, besides, you Cheese heads need to move on and get over Bret leaving!
M-o-v-e-on with your lives!!!
Now onto the other obsession you have over Cook now, he just takes orders from his boss and,…that would be Cutler, OK? What he says go's and, when he says jump, Cook will say how high? In other words, Cutler is forcing their hand to trade him to any team and at any cost and what better way to show your disinterested in such a dysfunctional Head Coach, Coaching staff, Ownership and team by asking for a promise with a raise???
VonClausewitz says: Mar 22, 2009 4:30 PM
This is a propaganda article pure and simple. Its purpose is to demonize the player and agent. If Cutler wasn't as good as he thinks he is this breakup would be a non-story, the Broncos wouldn't have any trouble dropping him, and there wouldn't be at least 10 teams interested in picking him up.
ViKing says: Mar 22, 2009 4:31 PM
I heard he hurt himself shoveling snow of his steps, guess hes not to familiar with a shovel and didn't read the directions correctly.
lusdawg says: Mar 22, 2009 4:49 PM
If you've ever read any of Kiszla's "work", you'll quickly discover that it's all essentially trash.
dave61 says: Mar 22, 2009 5:08 PM
fire the press guy
ACforever says: Mar 22, 2009 5:21 PM
Cutler's been brainwashed by Cook. Right. It was Cook's idea for Cutler to force his way out of Denver. Bullcrap. Cutler knows what he wants and Cook is doing his damndest to make it happen. The last thing Cutler should do is fire a guy willing to go the extra douchebag mile to get him the trade he desires.
mahofam1 says: Mar 22, 2009 6:02 PM
Well stated, it is greed such as this that will be the downfall of the sport. Cutler is positioning himself for a great big fall, he is not the finished product and if his head gets in the way, never will be.
Mistress Rachael says: Mar 22, 2009 6:17 PM
McD learned on the Deion Branch holdout…..that if he waits until a team gets desperate, you get a bundle.
Cutler will be traded, but on terms which will benefit the Broncos long term…In the meantime, I hope Cutlers prepared to rot in his own misery, because McD will not give in to him or Cook.
Cutler has really become one of NFL's biggest azzholes.
CaptainFantastik says: Mar 22, 2009 6:38 PM
Apparently Cutler still hasn't figured out that the NFL is a cut-throat business and that he's just a pawn. He needs to get over his feelings being hurt. What he thinks he's done "for the team" and "for the organization" is immaterial. It's a common occurance for incoming head coaches to want their own guys, and not inherit somebody else's. Cutler needsto understand that and earn his new head coach's respect. He has to, because he's holding the weakest of hands and bluffing the Broncos like he's holding more than he is. He has zero leverage. Get over it and grow up Cutler. You've not done nearly enough on the field to justify behaving this way.
zwilson says: Mar 22, 2009 7:12 PM
I agree with all of what he said except that his ability is shown by his win-loss record. All things being equal, a qb is ultimately judged by his wins- especially championships, but Cutler's story is yet to be written, in my opinion. He is 14-7 when his D holds the opponent under 30 points. Why is that significant?
Quarterback records when their defense allows 30 or more points:
Peyton Manning- 6-22
John Elway- 6-31
Phillip Rivers- 1-7
Tom Brady- 5-7
Jay Cutler- 3-13 (16 of 37 games- already more 30+ point games than Brady)
I'm waiting to see how good Cutler becomes, because I don't think anyone knows yet.
30PTBUCK says: Mar 22, 2009 8:06 PM
Dear Tavaris
You are much more important than the Vikings think you are and in the least should do their drafting
Bus Cook
chip says: Mar 22, 2009 8:18 PM
this may be the only article PFT hasnt linked in the last week
but a pretty good perspective i think…
777 says: Mar 22, 2009 9:15 PM
all of these comments say the same thing so…
jimicos says: Mar 22, 2009 10:37 PM
ViKing says:
March 22nd, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Apparently there's talk between the Packers and the Broncos about a trade sending Aaron Rodgers to Denver.
Hahaha. Maybe you ought to worry about your own team's QB before spreading BS like this.
NinerNation says: Mar 23, 2009 12:56 AM
Anyone who sides with the Broncos on this is either a Bronco fan, or an idiot. That is the truth, accept it and move on.
I fugured it out, this is the Broncos plan:
"With the 1st overall pick of the 2010 draft, the Denver Broncos select Sam Bradford QB, Oklahoma."
If the Broncos let Cutler go, they'll finish dead last in the division and the league. They won't have an offense or a defense. No Cutler = worse than Lions…that's bad.
nflfollies says: Mar 23, 2009 1:17 AM
Denver's coach made a huge mistake by lying to Cutler.Obviously Bowlen made a huge mistake hiring him.Now Denver's trying to spin the story as the agent's fault.LOL
ViKing says: Mar 23, 2009 1:47 AM
I gotta spread all the BS I can here, its the normal thing to do. After all, us Viking fans owe the Cheese puffs a great deal of it. Revenge is best served as a cold dish my friend!
burley29 says: Mar 23, 2009 6:48 AM
NinerNation wrote: "No Cutler = worse than Lions…that's bad."
Technically, it isn't possible to be worse than my Lions. They redefined the standard for "Worst Team of All Time" to its most perfect form (0-16).
That aside, a mediocre QB could score some points with the talent in the Denver offense, but unless the D gets fixed up they are going no where even with Cutler.
dashoe says: Mar 23, 2009 11:11 AM
I love how all of these Cutler/Cook bashers only use the win/loss record as evidence of Cutlers "lack" of ability.
Either these people are really, REALLY stupid and cannot comprehend that football is the ultimate team sport, not to mention that Denvers defense has been horrible in the short 3 years Cutler has been QB. They always seem to convieniently leave out Cutler's stats and the fact that he was a Pro Bowler in only his 3rd season.
Or they have some other agenda.
How are these hacks employed? Seriously!


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A funeral has been set Wednesday for Charles F. Black, Jr. of Layton, the owner of Black Island Farms in Syracuse, known for its fresh vegetables, fall harvest festival that attracted thousands of people each year and field trips for schoolchildren. He died in a one-car accident on July 6. He was 75.
"Charlie was a leader in Utah agriculture and his dedication to the land and to farming will be missed," said Agricultural Commissioner Leonard Blackham. "Charlie was passionate about teaching the next generation about farming and often took bus loads of schoolchildren into the fields to show them where their food comes from."
Family members will continue to operate the well-known farm.
As homes took over the area and surrounded his farm, Black worked with the Utah Quality Growth Commission, The Nature Conservancy and the Utah Department of Agriculture in 2000 to place a conservation easement on a portion of his property, which harbors critical wetlands habitat.
"We got some money from the conservation easement to retire some debt, but most importantly, I want my grandchildren to know that this land will be protected forever," Black had said. "We can do everything we need to do to keep the farm profitable we can improve the land, build fences and corrals. The only thing we can't do is build homes."
He also spoke out when the Utah Legislature declined to fund the voluntary LeRay McAlister program to keep other working farms intact.
"I understand that not everything can be funded in tight economic times, but it's shortsighted in the long term when you can't save farmlands," Black had said. "With agriculture, you've one chance to save the land, because when it's gone, it's lost forever."
He also was known for giving many teenagers their first job, putting them to work tilling the fields.
"He realized the great contributions agriculture makes to society with food, but even greater, in building character," said Utah Farm Bureau President Leland Hogan. "This was evident by Charlie's working with all kinds of youth on his farm, working with them to build these young people into productive members of society. He has left an enduring legacy upon his community and family. Charlie will be missed by many throughout Utah."
Black was born April 7, 1938, in Bountiful to Charles and Marrietta Olsen Black. He graduated from Davis High School and served four years in the U.S. Army before graduating from Utah State University in 1964 with a degree in agricultural science. He worked at Condies Foods with his father and two brothers before establishing his own farm.
He served on Weber Basin Board, Davis Hospital Board, Davis County Planning Commission, Layton Canal Company and the National Onion Association. He also served in the Westminster Presbyterian Church.
He is survived by his wife of 44 years, Marta McClure Black, and his daughter and son-in-law Dorathy and Brandon Law, who operate the farm, and his son and daughter-in-law Richard Call and Joni Black, five grandchildren, two great-grandchildren and his brothers Gary and Bruce Black.
Funeral service will be at 2 p.m. on Wednesday at Lindquist's Layton Mortuary, 1867 N. Fairfield Road. Friends may visit with family on Tuesday from 5 to 8 p.m. and Wednesday from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the mortuary.


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New Cars for 2013: Mitsubishi
Charting the changes for the 2013.
Outlander Sport (shown above): The biggest changes for '13 at the House of Mitsubishi are the deaths of some long-running nameplates. Of the model families still available, only the Outlander Sport mini crossover gets any discernible changes. It wears new front and rear fascias, comes with slightly more standard equipment, and carries a recalibrated CVT. Also, according to Mitsu, the Outlander Sport now comes with a "more sophisticated image."
Minor trim changes: Lancer, Outlander
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My family lived at the Book Shop in the middle of the photograph from 1961 to 1981, it was a shop that seemed to me to sell everything, newsagents, sweet shop, chemists, haberdasherers as well as selling books. I was 6 years old in 1965, I can remember looking up at the jars of sweets in awe, mouth watering at the thought of ...Read full memory