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This is a different part of the safety discussion than the whole tired escort debate, bringing butthurt boyfriends and chatty friends to save models from the big ogre evil pants photographers, le sigh, LOL. But more rather physical safety for both the model and photographer at the location. Basic location photoshoot safety. My particular choice of locations makes this a pertinent discussion in that extreme I suppose. It's my job as a project coordinator and photographer to prepare my subjects for potential hazards. That by the way a location like this isn't my pick for every client or model, it doesn't fit everyone's look or the end result styling they're going for.
I'm no white knight who has to over protect the damsels in distress….they're not children and I don't treat them like it or mollycoddle them. But I've seen photographers ask models to get in cold or nasty water with no thought of them getting sick or hurt, etc. Total other extreme…That's tool-ish. But some care should be given. When I use these abandoned and distressed locations, sure it's fun and creates a dramatic mood to the photos, as well as a nice contrast with the beauty of the female form and subject matter. But there are dangers. Debris, broken glass, nails, needles, etc. strewn about the floor….nails sticking out of the walls, etc. exposed hazardous materials etc. Poking, cutting, or falling hazards exist. I always let them know that possibility and look over the shooting area we are using before bringing them in. But they know the risks. And we together determine they're worth the reward. I encourage them to be very careful about where they go barefoot or not do it at all. Just a little chivalry and not to the point of knighthood. 😀


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Yesterday evening, the waning sunlight was so decadent in the garden, I had to run back inside to get my camera.
Summer is pretty much over, isn't it?
And yet we've only had 5 red tomatoes all year.
The snails and slugs did a number on the entire garden.
I'm not sure these melons will ever ripen to where they need to be.
Meanwhile many things ripened too quickly.
But the roses have bloomed again –
adding their perfume to the medley of scents –
and the kiwi is climbing along the fence.
The wildflowers are still working their magic
and the planted flowers retain their vibrancy.
We can still have tea on the patio for a bit longer
and Hunter still runs free.
But there is definitely an end to the summer era
and school has begun.
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Draft day is here, and the Chicago Bears are hours away from being on the clock with the 14th overall pick in the first round (assuming they don't trade down). Who would our Bears writers take if they were running the war room at Halas Hall?
Michael C. Wright: Calvin Pryor, S, Louisville
A defensive tackle probably provides more value at No. 14, but more than likely, a player such as Pittsburgh defensive tackle Aaron Donald will be gone once the Bears go on the clock. So the next best thing would be to address the club's glaring need at safety, which is why I'd take Louisville safety Calvin Pryor in the first round.
Of all the team's position needs headed into the draft, safety is the only one that's absolutely imperative for the Bears to address at some point this weekend.
Cornerback makes sense as well in the first round, but let's remember the Bears already have a pair of starters (very good ones, too) in Charles Tillman and Tim Jennings.
At safety, the Bears signed Ryan Mundy, M.D. Jennings and Danny McCray during free agency, and although this trio has started games in the NFL, is anyone absolutely confident any of these guys can get it done consistently for an entire regular season? I'm not, and that's not to say they can't. Maybe they can. But I certainly wouldn't leave it up to chance without doing everything in my power to strengthen the position.
As it stands now, both starting safety spots are up for grabs, according to general manager Phil Emery. So why not add a young, intimidating, physical presence such as Pryor to throw into the mix with the other players on the roster for a training camp competition to determine the starting two on the back end?
Compared side by side with Alabama's Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, who is considered the better pass defender, Pryor's numbers stack up favorably. Over his last three seasons in college, Pryor, like Clinton-Dix, picked off seven passes.
The difference in my opinion is Pryor has delivered more crushing, knockout blows on opponents; the type of hits that set the tone and energize an entire defense, while striking absolute fear in the opponent. Perhaps that's how Pryor forced nine fumbles over his last three years at Louisville, while Clinton-Dix forced only one in the same span at Alabama.
The Bears can't go wrong with either player at No. 14, because both would address an immediate need. But my preference is Pryor just because I like his style of play and believe it would transfer well in Chicago. He reminds me a lot of former Bears safety Mike Brown.
Jeff Dickerson: Pryor or trade down
The greatest unknown in tonight's opening round of the NFL draft centers around the quarterback position.
Exactly how many of the quarterbacks (Blake Bortles, Johnny Manziel, Teddy Bridgewater, etc.) will be taken before the Bears are on the clock at No. 14? That is the key question of the draft for the Bears.
If two of the quarterbacks are selected prior to the 14th pick, the Bears likely will find a much better pool of players to choose from at No. 14, thereby diminishing the likelihood of a trade.
If available, Louisville safety Calvin Pryor makes sense for the Bears at No. 14 overall, especially if Pittsburgh defensive tackle Aaron Donald is off the board.
Pryor would immediately add a physical and intimidating player to a defense that failed to scare anybody last season. Pryor isn't the best coverage safety in the draft (that distinction goes to Alabama's Ha Ha Clinton-Dix), but he dominates in run support. Remember, the Bears ranked a respectable 15th last season in passing defense, but 32nd (dead last) versus the run.
With the safety declared wide open by general manager Phil Emery, it's easy to envision Pryor stepping into the starting lineup from Day 1 and strengthening the middle of the Bears' defense.
Pryor also is an open book to the Bears. There are no secrets. One of his former college coaches at Louisville, Clint Hurtt, was added to the Bears' coaching staff in the offseason. The valuable inside information that Hurtt can provide on Pryor, and the rest of the college football landscape from his days as a recruiting coordinator for the Cardinals and University of Miami, cannot be overlooked.
Pryor, Donald, Clinton-Dix, Oklahoma State cornerback Justin Gilbert, Michigan State cornerback Darqueze Dennard, Alabama inside linebacker C.J. Mosley and even UCLA OLB Anthony Barr seem logical candidates for the Bears to consider at No. 14, although Pryor appears to be the most feasible pick at this late juncture of the pre-draft process.
But what if the quarterbacks slide as many expect?
The Bears could be tempted to trade back in the first round to acquire more picks if a quarterback-hungry team presses the panic button and attempts to move up from Bortles or Manziel.
Maybe Emery can still grab Pryor a few picks later or in the 20s. If not, Northern Illinois safety Jimmie Ward, Virginia Tech cornerback Kyle Fuller and Minnesota defensive tackle Ra'Shede Hageman are among the strong options that should be available beyond No. 14.
In a draft rich with offensive talent, teams need to strike quickly to scoop up the top defensive players. Expect the Bears to address defense in Round 1. That's about the most definitive statement a media member can make regarding Emery's draft plans.
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The Basics 101 session, held Nov. 30, helped teach women to get the most for their money.
Conducted in the Bowld Student Commons, it was a time for women to learn gift ideas, spending and finance solutions, and easy soup recipes.
"I want the attendees to learn to be creative with gifts they have, then use these gifts to show love to others," said Ema VanCleave, resident director of the female quads.
VanCleave came up with the idea for Basics 101 in 2008.
"I always heard comments from graduates or students about not knowing a certain skill," VanCleave said. "Then I thought, 'They could have learned that skill here.'
"There is no class offered at Union for these skills, so this is the perfect way to do it. It is beneficial and fun. It is just a fun setting with peers where you can learn life lessons outside of class and develop the whole person."
Jeana Margaret Pratt, junior biology major, attended the first Basics 101 session on car maintenance with her friends.
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Becca Johnson, junior nursing major, said, "Women need to take these classes because they (teach) practical life skills. We sometimes forget these things are important to learn until … we need them."
VanCleave is planning five Basics 101 sessions this year. Spring classes will cover budgets, tips on insurance and what to look for in a job.
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Hey everyone, thank's for stopping by! Today I'm going to review the Stranger Things Season 1. There are only 8 episodes, which is unfortunate because it was so good! If you haven't yet, please hop on over to my pilot review to catch up on episode 1 if you like!
The plot follows the disappearance of a young boy, and a telekinetic girl who helps his friends in their search, while the boy's older brother, mother, and the town police chief start their own investigations.
The show starts off with a young boy named Will who mysteriously disappears. The monster who is named Demogorgon follows him back to his house and although you do not see what has taken him at first, you hear a creepy clicking sound and the electricity going funny before Will is taken. Demogorgon takes him to a place called The Upside Down, where everything looks the same but it's much darker and creepy. You know when he is coming as the lights will flicker on and off, this is also how Will communicates with his mum. Demogorgon is tall, pale, and has no face. Instead, his face opens up and he looks almost like a flower, a very creepy, disturbing flower with multiple sharp rows of teeth that I can't imagine one would want a bouquet of!
- Eleven (or El for short) is the young girl with telekinetic powers and can travel to the upside down. She is my favourite character! She is so badass and she loves food, so we have that in common, hah! She can also throw and move things with her mind, though it weakens her for a little while depending on how much strength she uses. She helps Will's mum and friends locate Will and get him back from Demogorgan. In the final episode she alone defeats him but loses her life in the process. I cried bad and was hoping that she would magically appear and be okay but unfortunately not 🙁
- Police Chief Jim Hopper, he is the first one to believe Joy (Will's mum) that Will is not dead and that he has been taken by a creature. Everyone else thinks she's crazy. Jim has a heartbreaking backstory where he lost his daughter very young to cancer, and has been trying to deal with this loss and the break up of his marriage. He helps Joy and Will's friends locate him and get Will back.
- Dustin Henderson, one of Will's friends. His cleidocranial dysplasia causes him to lisp. I have never heard such language come from a child. The amount of times he says s*&$ throughout the show is too funny! He always made me laugh.
- I loved the Demogorgon. I loved how creepy he was and how he appeared triggering the lights and often coming through walls. You would not want a visit from him that's for sure.
- The show had a very cool soundtrack, filled with a lot of 80's music.
- Joy surprising her son Will with movie tickets to Poltergeist, a classic 80's movie.
- The upside down looked incredible, was very well done. Great special effects.
- The annoying cool kids, who in fact were not cool at all.
- The demogorgon was a little too CGI'd for my liking.
- Barb is Nancy's best friend, she goes missing after Nancy leaves her to go spend time with her boyfriend. Barb is sitting by a pool when her finger bleeds, the demogorgon is attracted to blood and he comes and takes Barb. The reason this is a dislike is because I liked Barb. Nancy was determined to find her and bring her back but Barb died in the upside down. I would have loved for her to be a bigger part in the show and not have died so soon 🙁
And that's all the dislikes I have. It's hard for me to fault the show as I really enjoyed it!
Overall, as I said, I really enjoyed this show. I loved the characters they were all so interesting to watch, and although they may not have all got a long or would have normally never spent time together, they all came together to save Will. I am a huge fan of 80's music and this is what you hear most throughout the show. So definitely a good soundtrack. The Story is amazing, it's easy to follow and doesn't get confusing while managing to keep you on the edge of your seat. The acting is great; Winona Ryder killed it. She was so believable, my heart broke for her. The children are just as excellent. I am so excited for the next season, I have read that is not a continuation of the story as this one ended in episode 8, but it is more of a sequel. I hope that it is as good as this one was.
Stranger Things is available to watch now on Netflix, and I really hope you check it out!


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Gay-rights effort aims to identify 63,001 voters
By Gregory Korte
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If only gay-rights supporters could talk to every voter in Cincinnati, they're sure they can persuade them to repeal the 1993 charter amendment that forbids a gay-rights ordinance.
And so they aim to do just that.
In the most sophisticated grassroots political campaign in the city's history, the Campaign to Repeal Article XII hopes to identify - by name, address and phone number - every one of the 63,001 votes they figure they'll need to strike the provision from Cincinnati's charter. It's the only constitution in the country - federal, state or city - which expressly forbids its legislative authority from passing a gay-rights law.
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Fairy Tales: New Spaces, Different Faces
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In his article, "Decolonizing Fairy-Tale Studies" (2010) Donald Haase cautions against the "limited horizon of much contemporary fairy-tale research" and advocates developing "effective intercultural or transcultural model[s] for understanding the fairy tale," in order to "create a disciplinary or interdisciplinary space that can accommodate the genre in its many manifestations." A few recent, exemplary studies indicate the rich theoretical possibilities for fairy-tale scholarship: Jack Zipes draws on cognitive science and evolutionary biology in The Irresistible Fairy Tale, and Cristina Bacchilega's Fairy Tales Transformed? frames fairy tale adaptations as "ideologically-variable desire machines" entangled in a hyptertextual age of wonder and magic.
This special session panel for the 2014 Midwest Modern Language Association is interested in exploring new theoretical spaces of the fairy tale with a preference toward less canonical writers and texts. Potential papers might consider, but are not limited to, the following: material culture readings emphasizing the "thingness" of fairy-tales; marginalized fairy-tale texts and films; fairy tales and (post)colonial discourse; fairy tales and queer theory; fairy tales and post/trans-humanism; and fairy tales and eco-criticism. We welcome paper proposals from any historical period of fairy-tale cultural production and in any form: from the theatre of seventeenth-century French contes des fées, to Victorian chapbooks of fairy-tale figures, to contemporary television shows like "Once Upon a Time" and "Grimm."
Papers dealing directly with the 2014 conference theme, "The Lives of Cites", are particularly encouraged, especially those engaging with the mental and physical landscapes, as well as the rural and urban settings of the fairy tale and its modern incarnations.
Please send abstracts of no more than 300 words and a 1-2 page curriculum vitae to Ryan Habermeyer at firstname.lastname@example.com. no later than June 21, 2014.
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Well, I came home from the hospital yesterday. I never knew a c-section was so painful. I now have a huge respect for any woman who has one. I will try and get my birth story up as soon as I feel good enough.
For now Layne is not home with me. He got sent up to the NICU my last day there for quick labored breathing, At first we did not know what was wrong with him which sent me into a panic, but we found out early yesterday afternoon that he has Patent Ductus Arteriosis and a small heart murmur.
I am devestated ladies. I go in for a normal term delivery only not to bring my baby home. He most likely will not be home until later this week, and that is only if they can close the artery within the next few days. I cannot drive yet, and my kids cannot go with me alone to the hospital, so I have only been up there to see him 3 times since he got in there yesterday. They had to put a feeding tube in him so that he does not inhale any of his food while feeding, seeing how his breathing is so labored. I have been trying my hardest to keep pumping as my milk barely came in yesterday. I even woke up 3 times last night to pump for him.
More than anything I just want my baby home. My heart is so broken right now that I cannot concentrate on anything but him getting here. I will update yall as soon as I can, but as of now I might not even know anything for the next few days.
Here are some pictures of him from yesterday and the day before. I just keep picturing myself holding him and him not laying in that crib in NICU. If you pray, please pray that this heals up on his own and he can come home to me.
Two days old
Yesterday at NICU- Three days old
So Layne will be a week old tomorrow and is still in NICU. Turns out that a lot of his complications are due to my GD. His lungs are weak even though he was a term baby because of my GD, so he will have to stay in the NICU with no definite come home date until they mature and his breathing stabilizes. Thid can take a day, or it can take a month. He is strictly bottle feeding right now, but they have to keep the feeding tube in just in case his breathing is bad and they cannot bottle feed. I am pumping like crazy to make sure he gets pure breast milk. I now make enough that they do not have to supplement him at all with formula.
As for his PDA, it might be closed, it may not be, but it is not an issue right now. I guess it can take months to close, so we will just be following up with a caridologist when he gets out. Also we will see him for the small hole in his heart. He main issue is his breathing. When that gets under control, he can come home. I will have to take infant CPR and go through a car seat test too, but I am ok with that. I just REALLY want my baby. I tried to bake him as long as I could, but I guess he just wanted to come.
If you pray ladies, please pray for my little one. Every day that passes that he is not home, my heart breaks just a bit more. My only sanity right now is going to the NICU and holding him at least once a day. I just break down every time I leave him there. I miss him so much already.
Thank you Shortcake for my beautiful siggy!
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Monday, AT&T notified the city of Ojai that it is actively pursuing an alternative location to its currently-proposed wireless site at 1290 Grand Ave. AT&T's alternative location is expected to be approximately 700 feet north/northeast of the previous site, outside the city limits. The county of Ventura would be the permitting agency for any requests outside the city limits.
The alternative site is expected to be located among existing trees north of Grand Avenue, which is the city boundary in that area.
AT&T has told city officials that it will withdraw its application for the 1920 Grand Ave. site today. If AT&T does that, the city will cancel a special Ojai Planning Commission meeting that had been scheduled for tomorrow.
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by Ed Lallo/Gulf Seafood News Editor
Congressional leaders called upon two Gulf Seafood Institute (GSI) board members to testify on The Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Conservation Act of 2013. Florida's Bob Gill and Louisiana's Harlon Pearce represented the interests of Gulf of Mexico fishermen before the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs in the ongoing saga of red snapper management.
The subcommittee, chaired by Representative John Fleming of Louisiana, heard testimony on the challenges resulting from the current recreational red snapper management structure and whether the proposed management changes in H.R. 3099 are the correct approach to solving a complex management struggle.
Pearce and Gill joined panel members David Cresson, the executive director of the Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana, and Captain Jim Green, vice-president of the Destin Charter Boat Association, on the four member panel.
Commercial Red Snapper Management Works
"It is very important to understand that the current red snapper program on the harvest side is working," Gill told the Congressional hearing. "The species is no longer undergoing overfishing and is now being managed under a rebuilding plan which will allow the species to rebuild back to target population levels."
According to the Gill, a former member of the Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Management Council, the commercial red snapper Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) program, which began in 2007, has reduced the number of vessels and improved the operation of this fishery. The IFQ program now provides the harvesting sector with flexibility to fish during times that suit their needs and the needs of the market resulting in less pressure on the fishery, less pressure on the resource and a consistent supply of red snapper to meet consumer demand.
The problem in the Gulf remain the inability to find a similar solution resulting in turmoil in the federal management of the recreational side.
"Fishery managers, still relying on the antiquated "days at sea" model for management, have drastically reduced fishing days for recreational red snapper leading to serious economic implications for the entire Gulf coast economy," he said. "While I agree that Congress should take steps to improve management of recreationally-caught red snapper, any solution that upsets the success of the commercial red snapper program is not a solution at all and would only harm the industry, seaside communities and the millions of consumers who depend on the year-round availability of red snapper."
According to Pearce, effective and fair management of Gulf red snapper is not only a concern for the recreational fishing community, but for the broader Gulf coast economy and consumers nationwide.
"While red snapper is a highly coveted sport fish, consumer demand for red snapper at the retail and restaurant level remains high," GSI's president told subcommittee members. "Red snapper is an iconic American favorite, and according to the National Restaurant Association, seafood sales are one of the biggest drivers of the important tourism industry in Louisiana, Florida and the other Gulf states."
Accurate Data Needed
Gill told the committee that one challenge facing red snapper management in the Gulf continues to be the lack of accurate and timely data on the species.
"Until we have a reliable system to collect and process information on the fishery itself, it will remain impossible for the Council, federal OR state policymakers to make sound management decisions that can protect the longevity of our ecosystems while keeping up with demand from fishermen," said the Naval Academy graduate.
One component of the Gulf recreational fishing community is poised start collecting and processing accurate data, the charter-for-hire sector.
"This action is widely supported by charter boat captains and their customers, as well as the seafood community and conservationists," said Pearce." This will increase stability for the for-hire component, increase flexibility in future management of the recreational sector, and minimize the chance for recreational quota overruns which could jeopardize the rebuilding of the red snapper stock. By managing the charter component separately, state and federal managers can be more responsive to the needs of professional fishermen and their hundreds of thousands of non-boat owning customers who must plan their travel to the Gulf coast months in advance."
During a recent meeting, the Gulf Council voted 10-7 to separate out the federally permitted charter-for-hire community from private anglers in the Gulf, setting the stage for the charter fleet to be managed independently for purposes of red snapper. GSI has worked closely with charter boat captains across the Gulf to generate support for a program to collect real-time, verifiable data on reef fish using technology that can be as simple as a smart phone or tablet application attached to a Vessel Monitoring System.
"These systems are ready to roll out and have received overwhelming support from fishermen, stakeholders and charter captains themselves," said Gill. "This cost-effective and sleek technology will allow fishermen to quickly and accurately report their catch to a secure database administered by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) thus providing regulators with enough data to more fairly and equitably manage red snapper for charter boat fishermen and their customers."
GSI member CLS America is working closely with representatives from the Gulf charter-for-hire community, NOAA and other stakeholders to identify ways to incorporate their Thorium product into an electronic data collection program for the Gulf charter community. GSI also worked with Congress to include $2 million in the Senate version of the FY 2015 Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations bill to help cover the cost of such an electronic data collection program. We look forward to working with Congress to see funding included in future federal appropriations bills and have this important electronic data collection program off the ground in 2015.
H.R. 3099, Red Snapper Conservation Act
Both Gill and Pearce testified that H.R. 3099, The Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Conservation Act, would not solve the recreational red snapper management challenges in the Gulf.
"While both the commercial and charter-for-hire communities are seeing great management improvements in red snapper, there is no question that red snapper management in the private angling community in the Gulf is in dire straits," testified Pearce.
"Simply shifting management authority from the Council and NOAA to another agency, the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission will not address the fundamental issues of a lack of data, rapidly increasing participation on the part of private anglers, and a lack of accountability measures to address egregious overages on the recreational side," said Pearce, who owns Harlon's LA Seafood in New Orleans. "Further, H.R. 3099 does not authorize any new funding for the Commission to carry out its new responsibilities under this bill, neither does it address how the resource should be equitably allocated between the five Gulf states – an issue the five state resource agencies have been unable to solve after repeated attempts."
Both GSI members expressed concerns to the committee over H.R. 3099:
- H.R. 3099 Tasks the Gulf States Marine Fisheries Commission with Tremendous New Responsibilities But Provides No New Resources – GSMFC is not equipped to handle the mission of a de facto fisheries management agency as outlined in this legislation, even if given ample financial backing, meet staff and infrastructure needed to required to comply with the legislation.
- Does Not Address Increased Recreational Fishing Effort – According to the Coastal Conservation Association, there are approximately 3,000,000 private anglers in the Gulf and another 3,000,000 Gulf tourists wanting to go fishing. There are approximately 700,000 red snapper available to be caught by the recreational sector. Based on those figures, fishing trips directed to catch red snapper alone more than consume the available resource with only one person on the boat. It is clear that resource managers must determine a method for reducing fishing effort or the supply of red snapper will always fall woefully short of demand.
- The Legislation Would Shut Down Effective Management of the Commercial Red Snapper Fishery – This legislation does not address the need of preserving the current, effective management regime for commercially caught red snapper in the Gulf.
- Does Not Maintain Federal Sustainability Standards Under Magnuson Stevens Act – Section 5 of H.R. 3099 requires the Secretary of Commerce to determine if the Commission's red snapper fishery management plan is compatible, "to the extent practicable" with the sustainability requirements outlined in the Magnuson Stevens Act. This loophole may render red snapper as the only major fishery in the entire United States that is not fully compliant with important federal sustainability guidelines needed for both preservation of the stock as well as marketing of the species.
- Accountability Measures for the Fishery Remain Unclear – This strategy leaves state waters open, and possible continued fishing with significant impact to the overall stock, as well as inevitable cross boundaries of federal waters of an adjacent state, further imperiling stock status.
- Enforcement Challenges Would Arise – Turns management of the red snapper fishery over to the five Gulf States and grants the Commission oversight of these state management programs. As such, enforcement and oversight of the red snapper management plans put forward by the states would be, to a certain extent, self-enforced leaving the door open for a slippery slope of missed deadlines, loose enforcement and future mismanagement.
- Charter Fleet Would be Placed in Limbo – Turning management of the entire red snapper fishery over to the Commission and the states threatens to dissolve the new federally-permitted charter-for-hire red snapper management program and rope professional fishermen and their customers back into the unmanageability of the private angling community.
Both GSI members believe that serious strides have been made in terms of the commercial and charter components of the fishery under the current Council-run process. They feel that given the increased emphasis on new data collection programs and the willingness of the Council to begin adopting a more progressive management strategies, a solution to the challenges facing private red snapper fishermen can be developed without much change in federal law as it is currently written.
"While drastic management solutions are needed, it is clear that programs outlined in H.R. 3099 are not the right approach. This bill will result in a worsened, not bettered, management system and impact the Gulf of Mexico seafood community and the consumers who depend on them," said Pearce after his testimony. "While I applaud the sponsors of H.R. 3099 for their effort to take some action, it seems that an equitable solution for managing the recreational sector of this fishery remains a long way off."
Complete GSI Testimony
December 4, 2014 – Bob Gill, Owner, Shrimp Landing, Crystal River, Florida Representing the Gulf Seafood Institute Before the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs "H.R.3099, The Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Conservation Act of 2013"
December 4, 2014 – Written Statement of Harlon Pearce Owner, Harlon's LA Fish, Kenner, Louisiana Before the House Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs "H.R.3099, The Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Conservation Act of 2013"


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Not being a fan of romance books in general, you might wonder why I decided to read this book when it was presented to me. The reason, actually, is quite simple. I've never read (or heard of) a romance book set on another planet with some very science fiction details. I had to give it a try. Anyone willing to try their hand at a very exhausted genre in a science fiction setting deserves to be tried out. That's brave of the author, and I respect that bravery.
* * *Once Elizabeth realizes she's dead, an interesting dynamic builds. She's no longer alive, so she has a unique perspective on a planet that's facing an interesting dilemma. The relationship that forms is obvious and rather predictable, but the author also uses it in an interesting way to highlight social issues between both the ghosts and the humans. Instead of being a book about romance for romance's sake, Fisher uses romance as a great plot device to explore facets of the planet that she otherwise wouldn't have been able to reach.
On top of this, Fisher had a great ability to bring the world to life with her writing. She truly did a wonderful job at portraying the absolute isolation and starvation the ghosts feel with some raw, realistic emotion in her prose. That is, perhaps, Fisher's true strength as an author. She did a wonderful job at not only portraying emotion, but writing emotions into Ghost Planet in such a way that I couldn't help but feel them myself.


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Adam and I had to run to the grocery store Sunday to pick up a few things, so we split up the list. Adam's assignment: a few odds and ends and fruit. The boy came back with his arms loaded down in fruit - really, Adam, there's only two of us! He had a SACK of oranges, bananas and a BAG of honeycrisp apples.
To me, an apple is an apple, but I've been hearing a lot lately about these so called a-maz-ing honeycrisp apples. When we checked out, the BAG of apples rang in at $14.50!! What tha! Adam immediately jumped in and said, oh but they're on sale; just wait until we use our Kroger card. Well after the Kroger card, they STILL rang in at a little over $10. In my book, that is WAYYYY too much for apples. All the fruit together should have cost $10, not just the apples.
After splitting a few of these bad boys with Adam (because they're the size of a small cat's head!), I take back all the negative comments - Adam did good with his apple selection. These apples are SOOO worth their price tag. I'm really not much for just eating apples (apples in desserts are different), but these honeycrisp are to die for! Juicy, sweet and NOT mushy! You gotta try them. I'm telling you they'll change you life (or at least you opinion on apples).
My other new favorite -
Thank you chapstick gods for this little piece of heaven on earth!
As of yesterday, the braces have been on for a full month (1 down, 11-14 more months to go! If that don't getcha down...). I have somewhat gotten used to them (I mean, come on, do you ever really get used to braces....). I don't have that "full month" feeling anymore, and for now, my teeth don't hurt. Eating is still a
I've always been an avid chapstick wearer, but this has been out of control. Ole Burt's Bees wasn't doing the trick anymore. My lips were crying for help! After a little research on, where else, the internet, I noticed a lot of braces wearers like myself raving about Aquaphor Lip Repair. It supposedly used to be by prescription only but is now over the counter. This stuff changed my life, and definitely brought my lips back to life. It kind of feels like Vaseline on my lips, and it doesn't wear off unless you eat or drink. My lips were still moist when I woke up this morning - a-maz-ing! It also doesn't have that ingredients that's in Carmex that makes you essentially addicted to the stuff. I LOOOVE it!
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"Elizabeth, tampons aren't for virgins!"
My mother was exasperated, which was nothing new, she usually was with me; ever since she found me shaving my legs at age nine, blood covering the tub in streaks. She made sure to raise her voice at the word "virgins". We stood toe to toe in the middle of the Walgreens. I was at that tender age when my mother still wanted to make decisions about my vagina and both the words "virgin" and "period" mortified me. Needless to say, this moment has stuck with me throughout the years; I am now a married 28 year old. I still exasperate my mother. I decided in that moment, my ears still ringing from the word "virgins", my face hot with humiliation and my eyes staring down at the cheap drugstore linoleum, that I would exclusively wear tampons the rest of my life, if only just to spite my mother.
Now, I should say, I don't just like tampons. I love them. I think because of all of those years I was forced to wear pads the size of a baby's crib mattress; I count them as one of modern day's greatest inventions. Not to mention knowing what life is like without them: hell. Also, the added bonus of picturing my mother rolling her eyes every time I pick up a box has never ceased to bring a smile to my face.
Flash forward to present day Liz: smooth- legged woman (some of the time), consummate tampon consumer, and living in Taiwan. On my second day of living in this gorgeous country filled with hospitable people, I set out to find the store where all of my personal needs would be met. At the first drugstore I entered I started to get nervous. The wall of pads looming before me was terrifying. Aisles and aisles of Asian women smiling on the pink and white boxes put me into a state of shock. Their faces morphing into my mother "Tampons are for virgins!" they echoed as I ran from the store, my husband following behind confused and questioning, "You realize you just yelled "I don't care mom!" in the middle of that store?"
"I don't wan't to talk about it."
Store after store, aisle after aisle nothing but beautiful smiling Asian women happy about how dry they were. I tore about the shelves hoping there would be a dusty, forgotten box somewhere hidden behind the "super thins" that some manager had ordered on a whim thinking to themselves "Why not! Surely one day an American woman will grace us with her presence!"
I went to bed that night dreaming of all of the cashiers from the barrage of stores I ransacked, sitting around a bar smoking off-brand cigarettes and shooting sake talking about a "crazed foreigner" dissembling their perfect pyramids of maxi-pad boxes.
" I know I picked up the word "mother." one of them giggled between shots.
"Probably, she just couldn't find the one with "wings", those are the best." another said blowing out smoke rings.
The next day I would be lying if I said I didn't start to panic. Pads? For a whole year? The thought gave me goosebumps. I had brought a gallon-sized Ziploc bag with me in my suitcase, I took inventory: 85 tampons. "That should last me the whole year right?" I asked my husband,trying to estimate. He gave me that look he always does when I try to do math, a blend of pity and disbelief; "Liz, you'd need 350 tampons." My heart sank. I threw in the white flag. Shuffling along the 5th or 6th store, I figured I'd just go buy some nail polish to cheer myself up when…
There they were.
You know that scene in Shawshank Redemption? When Tim Robbins' character finally makes it out of that maze of poop-filled tunnels into the open air, he hits his knees to turn his face to the rain, experiencing freedom of prison and oppression? That was me but in the front of a tampon shelf in the middle of a second floor drugstore.
Somewhere Morgan Freeman started narrating:
"Snuggled within the floor to ceiling shelves of pads and shower slippers- Tampax, O.B., Kotex.
Elizabeth went to her knees. She whispered tenderly to the mythical boxes,"I swear I'll name my future daughters after you."
On some other aisle her husband was pretending he didn't know her. But she was free."


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GW1 Issue 117 – Experiencing the Experience
This week, as a matter of convenience, we recorded "on location" at an exclusive little café in Summit County (ok, it was a Panera). We have some geek news, an update on the awesomeness to come with the Rubber City Rumpus and a bit of DC and Marvel news. Plus, Jessie just returned from a trip abroad where she toured the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff, Wales, so she's sharing details with us. More
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The Underground Comedy Movie
- type
- Movie
- Current Status
- In Season
- mpaa
- Unrated
- runtime
- 88 minutes
- performer
- Vince Offer, Joey Buttafuoco, Slash
- author
- Vince Offer
- genre
- Comedy
We gave it a F
Star and perpetrator of The Underground Comedy Movie Vince Offer looks like one of those L.A. jerks who thinks that he's in show business because he shows up at auditions. Most of Offer's targets (The Godfather, Dirty Harry) are centuries old, and he's got a second grader's notion of satire — dumbbell reversals like a sendup of Randy Newman's "I Love L.A." called "I Hate L.A." Joey Buttafuoco and Slash drift through a couple of sketches, but the movie's one true celebrity PR coup is that Offer actually sued the creators of There's Something About Mary for allegedly ripping off his movie. He's joking, right? F


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Want to be an author? Don't let others tell you otherwise.
You are not an "idle dreamer. Poor girl, she thinks she can write books." That's idle chatter.
You are a dreamer. Don't let anyone give you drivel about idle, though. Every author was a dreamer—Austen, Bellow, Christie, Dahl… you really think all of their stories were based on real life incidents?
That is the world of art—art with the pen, the paintbrush, the needle, whatever: it is the world of dreams. Get that right. The more you dream, the better an artist you are.
You are a writer because you are not afraid to put those dreams down in words.
Don't let anyone tell you "you are not going to get anywhere writing books." That is an armchair view, words from people who haven't even taken that first step.
You are a dreamer and a traveler. If you have written your first few words, you have taken your first few steps. Don't know where those steps are going to take you? That is the joy of the journey. The journey you are going to take your readers along on. They won't know where they are going, either.
They won't until you tell them, so reach them.
You are a writer because you keep those readers in mind as you write.
Let no man doubt "that you are smart enough to have it in you". That kind of talk is derisive at best, envious at worst; it is talk from someone who hasn't ventured out, and therefore doesn't have it in him. Like with most things, becoming an author means breaking out of your cocoon.
You are smart enough, and you are talented enough, and you know it. You don't have to be MENSA material to write a book. If Lewis Carroll had Albert Einstein's IQ, he would have come out with the Theory of Relativity much before Einstein, and none of that craziness about little girls, mad hatters, rabbits with watches and disappearing cats.
Come to think of it, I would say imagination trumps IQ for authors. Would you agree? Can you even imagine Einstein dreaming up the blue smoking caterpillar and theJabberwocky?
You are a writer because you let your mind run free and your hand run true.
Ignore losers' talk about how "you just don't know enough for your novel, you are never going to be able to complete all the research you need for your book". That kind of talk comes from people are just too lazy to type in their keywords and hit enter in Google. Because that is all it takes nowadays… almost.
You are good enough to get your book going. What you don't know, you are going to find out, because you want to finish your book in style, without errors. You know what information you want, and you know where to get it.
Have you ever read that masterful book Shogun? It is a book with all the right details in all the right places about seventeenth century Japan. The author James Clavell published the book in 1975, the twentieth century. As far as I have been able to find out, his major exposure to the Japanese was as a World War II prisoner in a notorious Japanese camp. In Singapore.
You are a writer because you do your research. And you take pains over it.
Turn a deaf ear to those who wonder: "Are you a good enough writer?" If you are not, what's new?
Nobody is good enough. I wasn't around when Shakespeare was churning out his stuff, but I seriously doubt that what folks have been reading down the centuries is the virgin stuff Shakespeare originally penned. Helpful people around must have been crossing his ts and dotting his is.
That is what support folks—your friends, your relatives, your ARC readers and other pre-publication reviewers, your proofreaders and editors—are for.
You are a writer because you do your primary job—write things—and you let the right people do the finishing.
You shouldn't let people mess with your mind by letting people ask you, "Will everyone read your book"?
What exactly does that ridiculous question mean? Everyone doesn't read any book. Not even the Bible. If every single human among the reading public read your book, you could probably buy out Bill Gates and take on Warren Buffet with the remaining change.
The all-time big seller is supposed to be Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, which is estimated to have sold over 500 million copies since it was first published in 1605.
We are talking about 500 million sales in over 400 years. Just to drive the point home: our world is now groaning under the weight of over 7 billion people. Take your own guess about how many of these people are literate, and how many actually read books.
You are a writer because you target the readership that enjoys your genre and your kind of writing. Just that limited readership. You are not even going to try to sell to 7 billion people.
There is an old saw in my part of the world about frogs. Say you have a bunch of frogs in a well. If any frog tries to climb out of the well, the other frogs will gang up on that frog and pull it back down. They are afraid of the world outside their well, but they will do all they can to keep any venturesome frog from actually trying out that world.
I have never bothered to test this story. What I do know is there is no shortage of humans who are like frogs in a well. Learn to keep the frogs out of your sphere.
Every day, get your nose down to the grindstone, your eyes down to the monitor and your fingers down to the keyboard. This frog will fly.
You are an author only when you are done with the writing and the publishing and everything else that comes in between. When you are done with all the folks who thought you couldn't.
When you can tell the world, "I am an author". Frogs be damned.
What about your own experiences with those who won't dare, but don't think you should, either? Would love to read in the comments.


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3rd Annual CYCLE 4 CMT
My good friend, Amy, has convinced me to get back on a bike again by joining her in participating in the 3rd annual CYCLE 4 CMT on August 28. Last year, I went to this event to support Amy, raise some money for CMT, and enjoy the party. Continue reading
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I recently learned, after my Aunt let it slip, that my parents knew there was something "wrong" with me, when I was an infant. Even though my father was not a fan of doctors, they had me examined, hoping for an answer. Continue reading
NEW ART INSTALLED at Art de Cure Gallery for CMT
NEW ART INSTALLED at Art de Cure Gallery for CMT at the Christine A. Hook Gallery at CPO for Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT) neurodegnerative disorder, for our next show,"MULTIPLICITY," which runs from JANUARY 10, 2014 through JUNE 13, 2014. Continue reading
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How To Control White Footed Ants
Among the toughest species of ants to control, the white-footed ant has become a rising problem in the southern United States, particularly in Florida. The reason that they are hard to control is because colonies of white-footed ants have many reproductive queens which can make up nearly half the colony if left to their own devices. This can make their population grow to massive proportions and be a pain in the neck for homeowners.
First identified in Florida in 1986, the white-footed ant has become a nuisance in the Southeastern states of Florida, Louisiana and Georgia area after being imported by accident from Japan. The white-footed ant resembles the Crazy Ant and Odorous House ant but can be easily distinguished by their tarsi (section at the end of their legs) which are a very light yellow or yellowish white, hence the name.
White-footed ant colonies are very large with an average colony carrying a range of between 400,000 to well over 1 million ants. This puts food at a premium and as a result, these pests forage over a wide range of different food sources. Typically, these ants show up at food sources in large numbers.
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Funeral Mass
Back in January 4th, one of our former residents, June O'Neill, formerly of the Green, died in New York. We all have fond memories of the O'Neill family who were an integral part of our community for so long. On Monday next 25th August June's Funeral Mass will take place in St. Mary's church at 11am.Following her Funeral Mass interment will take place in Clonbonny cemetery.
Back to School Youth Disco
A back to school youth disco will take place on this Friday night, 22nd August in Club 3 Roscommon from 9.45pm to 12.15am. The DJ on the night will be Yazoo and the event will be fully supervised. Admission is €10.
The marriage took place on Friday, 25th July at the Church of Mary Immaculate Queen, Barna, Co. Galway of Rory Donnellan, son of P.J. and Joan Donnellan, Rathcline Road and Breda Atkinson, daughter of Beatrice and Gerry Atkinson, Athenry, Co. Galway. Bestman was Eoin Donnellan, brother of the groom and groomsmen were Alvin Baxter, school and college friend of the groom and Darren Kenny friend of the groom. Matron of Honour was Rosemary Dunne, sister of the bride and bridesmaids were Maria Joyce and Cliodhna Martin, both friends of the bride. The pageboy was Anthony Dunne, nephew of the bride. The chief celebrant was Fr. Robert McNamara, friend of the bride, assisted by Fr. Sean Kilcoyne, friend of the bride and Fr. Michael O'Reilly, Lanesborough. The wedding reception took place in the Radisson Blu Hotel, Galway. We wish the happy couple many years of wedded bliss.
Harvest Festival
The Harvest Festival will take place, this year, in Newtowncashel on Sunday week 31st August. On Friday night next 22nd August in Gav's Bar, Kenagh, the official Press night will take place at 9.30. The committee welcomes everyone to come along and be part of the launch of this year's festival.
Finally, you are reminded to come along to support the Harvest Festival and Working Field Day in Newtowncashel on Sunday 31st August. The festivities will kick off at 12noon and it will continue until 6pm – 6 hours of great entertainment.
Lough Ree Golfing Society
On Wednesday last the 13th August the society hosted its Captain, Mike Brennan's Prize Day at Royal Tara Golf Club in Co Meath. A great turnout of 30 golfers competed on this splendid course in magnificent sunshine for the lovely crystal trophy presented by the captain. Everybody enjoyed the day on this lovely old course with its delightful tree-lined fairways. The prizes were allocated as follows: Ladies first prize went to Antoinette O'Donnell with a very good score of 33 points and her back nine was better than any of the men's! The 2nd and third ladies prizes went to Fiona Gillen and Ursula Burke respectively. Nearest the pin was won by John Martin. The visitor's prize with a great score of 38 points was won by Kevin Barry. Front nine with a good 17 points went to Brendan Whitty and back nine to Ronan Cullen. Colm Dardis won 4th place Peter Day was third and Sean Brennan won second. The winner of the lovely captain's trophy was the ever popular John James O'Shea. Well done to all. Thanks to all for great turnout and to the catering staff of Royal Tara who provided lovely food to all afterwards. The next outing is to Athlone on the 10th September.
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Over 55s Mens Club
The over 55's Mens club will be returning on Thursday, 11th September in St. Mary's Parish Hall at 12.00 noon. All men 55 years and over are invited and are assured of a great welcome.
Summer Bridge
Summer Bridge continues every Monday night and the results of the last two Mondays in July are: N/S: 1st E. Kelly and Nancy Dolan, 2nd Loretta Cooney and Renee Walshe and 3rd M. O'Dowd and Elsie Maxwell. E/W: 1st E. Curley and J. Hunt, 2nd A. Fallon and A. Delaney and 3rd C. Mc Grath and K. Dowd
Wk 2: N/S: 1st E. Kelly and Nancy Dolan, 2nd B. Murtagh and Mary Murtagh and 3rd Mary Mc Gushin and Renee Walsh. E/W: 1st K. Dowd and C. Mc Grath, 2nd M. O'Dowd and E. Maxwell and 3rd Una Clarke and Nora Kelly.
Thank You
The total amount raised at this year's church gate collection in aid of the Irish Kidney Association was €508. A sincere thank you to all who kindly contributed.
Music Galore
Of late a number of CDs have been released with local involvement. Ita Trimble released her debut CD and she will have her official launch in The Lodge, Tarmonbarry on Friday next, 22nd August. Appearing with Ita will be Frank Nelson and his band, Seamus Farrell, Gerry Keenan, Jimmy Kearney, Andy Murphy and more artists. Ita's CD cost €10 and is on sale in O'Brien's.
Frank Nelson has released "The Essential Collection" – a three CD set containing 45 and more songs. This collection is also available in O'Brien's at a cost of €12. Roscommon Solstice choir with a number of local and former residents have also released their own CD and it is available in O'Brien's at €10.
Defibrillator Collection
The annual church gate collection will take place on the weekend 23rd/24th August and the committee is once again seeking your most generous support.
Last week we seen the incredible value of a defibrillator and those trained in its use when a former county player collapsed in a local championship in Derry. It is essential to have as many as possible trained up in our community. At present there are names being taken in O'Brien's for the next upcoming course and anyone not familiar in the use of the defibrillator should make it their business to attends the upcoming training.
We would like to extend our sincere sympathy to Mrs. Mary Walsh and family, Ballyclare, Ballyleague on the death last week of her sister Anne Morgan, Roscommon town.
World War 1 Exhibition will continue to be available for viewing in the Library from for one more week. The exhibition covers all aspects of the Great War, with particular focus on the contribution of the locals of Lanesboro. The opening of the exhibition took place last week and it was a wonderful occasion and the trip to the library is well worth a visit before the exhibition closes on Friday next 22nd August.
Heritage Week
Heritage Week in Lanesboro Library: Exhibition of beautiful Wildlife drawings by local artist Mary Fleming will be on display in the Library from Monday 25th August to Saturday 30th August.
We would like to extend our deepest sympathy to the Ward family, Cullentra and Rathcline Road and the Gavigan family, Corrigeen and the Bawle family, Portanure, Newtowncashel on the death on Sunday of Elaine Bawle, wife of John Bawle.
5k in Lanesboro
The 4th Annual Ros 5k Series starts on Wednesday, 20th August. The first race is in Roscommon, followed by Boyle 27th August, Taughmaconnell 3rd September with the final race in Lanesboro on 10th September. Entry fee is €10 per race on the night or €25 euro for the four races. Entries can be made online www.roscommon5kseries.com and all enquiries should be directed via email to firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also check the
With the Lanesboro run taking place on Wednesday 10th September and being hosted by our own Lough Ree Athletic Club there is lots of time for all local joggers, runners and even walkers to prepare for the run. It would be great if the run was the biggest yet in our own area. The race will start at Clonbonny at 7pm.
Community College offers new courses
In September, Lanesboro Community College will embark on two new year long full time courses. These will be PLC courses in Outdoor Recreation and a PLC course in Music both FETAC level 5. The Outdoor Pursuit course will include outdoor recreation, outdoor leadership and safety, adventure activities, hill walking proficiency, team working, work experience and communication. As you can see it is a wide and varied course and it is a course full of potential. Following the successful completion of this course there is the opportunity to go on to a 3rd level degree course at GMIT Castlebar and Shackleton College, Dublin. The second course is a PLC course in Music. This course includes modules in music performance, musicianship, music theory and practice, music industry studies, graphic design, communications and work experience. This course covers all aspects of music and following a successful completion of the course there is the great opportunity to progress to a wide variety of colleges to complete your music degree: A.I.T., W.I.T., Tralee and Dundalk I.T. and Limerick I.T. There are career opportunities in music performance, production and promotion.
The courses will commence in September and early booking is advisable as places will be limited. For bookings or additional information you are invited to contact Breda 043-3321139 firstname.lastname@example.com for both courses or in case of The Outdoor Recreation course you can also contact Deirdre 086-1952663 email@example.com
Lotto not won
The Rathcline GAA lotto took place on Saturday night last the six numbers drawn were 3, 4, 10, 26, 36 and 44. There was nobody with four of the numbers and the jackpot of €1500 was not won. The four winners of the €25 were; John Gill, c/o Jimmy Leavy, Foigha; Frank Regan, Rockwood; Tom Mulvihill, Cullentra and Donal Brady, Carrickboy. The next draw will take place on Saturday night next for a jackpot of €1,600.
Barry Raftery Memorial Conference
Professor Barry Raftery died in August 2010 leaving an amazing legacy following a distinguished career. Nothing sums his life up better than an appreciation written by Gabriel Cooney in a quarterly review of world archaeology, Antiquity. The future of the Mid-Shannon Peatlands, Amenity, Archaeology and Bio Diversity is the topic of the conference and it should draw a huge interest due to its range and tremendous and immediate interest to our area. The conference will take place at Corlea Interpretive Centre on Friday 29th August. Admission is only €10 which includes tea/ coffee am and pm and also lunch. Registration will take place at 10am. At 10.20am Dr. John Feehan will open the conference with a lecture on 'The Past of Midsummer Peatlands. 11.10am Dr. Ronan O'Flaherty will speak on the Guardians of Midhir – Cranes in our past and future. At 11.40 local archaeologist, Brian O'Hara will speak on Experimental and Community Archaeology. The morning session will close with a talk from Eoin Donnelly, a forester and woodright who is in the process of building a replica Viking house. The afternoon session will commence Longford County Senior Planning officer Donal Mac an Bheatha on the Future of the Mid Shannon Peatlands. Wetlands Heritage chairman Kieran Mc Entee and Tom Egan, Land project Manager from Bord na Mona will speak on the Shared Vision of the two groups. The conference will finish with a Walk in the Bog with David Fallon, Ecologist with Bord na Mona who will talk and present Biodiversity on the Walk. Barry Raftery's input into the development at Corlea was remarkable and it is only fitting that his name should be honoured at this memorial conference. The excellent Wetlands Heritage committee have worked so hard in the development of this programme and it is one that should not be missed. The calibre of the contributors goes without saying and there is a lasting education to be garnished from the conference.
Mortgage Open Day
The Ulster Bank Roscommon will be opening its doors on Saturday next 23rd August for a Mortgage Open Day between 10am and 2pm.
Charity Concert
Local pianist, Peter Regan returns to St. John's Church, Battery Road Longford on Friday evening next, August 22nd at 8:00 p.m. to give another electrifying concert, "The Last Rose of Summer". All proceeds will go to Co. Longford Hospice and St. John's Church. Joining him will be violinist, Phoebe White and mezzo-soprano, Heather Fogarty. Tickets are €15, students €10 and are available from Denniston's Music Shop, Longford or text 086 256 0408. Come along for an evening of magical entertainment in aid of a worthy cause.
Strictly Come Dancing
The Rathcline and St. Faithleach's clubs have come together to host what will be a very special and unique evening out when they will host 'Strictly Come Dancing' next November. Both clubs are actively seeking dancers for the event and you are asked to be positive in your response if you are approached. Strictly Come Dancing has been a big hit everywhere it has been held and I am sure that it will be no different when both clubs come to stage it in November. The merging of the clubs for this event is a huge bonus as it allows the talented from both sides of the bridge to come together and produced a night never to be missed or forgotten. Don't worry about your dancing skills as the entire event will be co-ordinated and choreographed by the Midlands Drama School over an eight week period. Don't wait to be asked to come on board as one of the dancers just give your name to Lorraine 0876827966 or Helen 0860809377 and these ladies will take you through what will be required. Come along and be part of a wonderful night as well as get trained to dance over an eight week period.
Bus to Lough Derg
The annual day pilgrimage to Lough Derg will take place on Sunday, 24th August, leaving Lanesboro at 7am. At present there are just a very limited number of seats remaining. The bus will travel via Scramogue, Rooskey and Carrick on Shannon. As the bus booked is from Farrelly's and will leave Kenagh at 6.40am and will also pick up at Derryhaun at 6.50am. Anyone wishing to make a booking should do so immediately by contacting Mary at 043 33 21969.


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Breakfast on a Happy Day!
I am so honored that you all have chosen me to be SELF's new "Eat Like Me" blogger! I couldn't have gotten here without your votes and support so a BIG thank you to each one of you!!...
Readers, I am excited to start this "Eat Like Me" experience with you all on a day to day basis, and I want this blog to be all about you. Please continue to share your comments and feedback and let me know what topics and types of posts you would most like to see on "Eat Like Me," and I will do my best to deliver! Thanks again, and I can't wait to get to know all of you better! Happy eating!
Speaking of eating, this morning I went for a swim to do a little something different for exercise, and I was hungry for something warm and filling when I got back. So breakfast this morning was a bowl of oatmeal. Since oatmeal is not quite flavorful or filling enough for me by itself, I stirred in a tablespoon of peanut butter. This gave it an extra shot of flavor and a protein boost. I also had a half cup of blackberries and a cup of skim milk. This breakfast had approximately 375 calories, 20g protein, 50g carbs, 9g fiber and 11g fat.
What did you have for breakfast this morning?
Thanks again for choosing me to be your Eat Like Me blogger. Just in case you missed the blog off, here's a little more about me:
I am a registered dietitian, but I am not a "perfect" eater, gourmet chef, or food scientist. But I do love food! Everything about it-cooking it, eating it, and talking about it! To get to know me a little better, check out this video... #video: http://www.youtube.com/embed/_OZkGZ143dI?rel=0||||||
Sarah-Jane Bedwell, R.D., L.D.N., is a registered dietitian in Nashville, TN. A national speaker and media personality, Sarah-Jane appears every month on the CBS affiliate, News Channel 5, doing upbeat food and nutrition-related segments on a live noon-time show. She has served as a nutrition consultant/spokesperson to various companies such as Whole Foods, Unilever, Dole, and Coca-Cola. Sarah-Jane enjoys cooking for others (especially for her husband and 2 dogs) and volunteering as a speaker for local senior citizen groups. Follow Sarah-Jane on twitter @sarahjaneRD or connect with Sarah-Jane on facebook.
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Apple patent focuses on wired/wireless headphones
Date: Thursday, April 21st, 2016, 08:43
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This could turn into something nifty.
An Apple patent application published Thursday suggests that the company is continuing work on a Lightning-equipped audio product some expect will replace wired EarPods if and when iPhone ships without a 3.5mm headphone jack.
The patent, entitled "Audio class-compliant charging accessories for wireless headphones and headsets" details a headphone device and supporting hardware capable of seamlessly switching between wired and wireless listening modes.
Apple's idea seems to work around an electrical connector compatible with both digital and analog signals, requirements the proprietary Lightning protocol satisfies. An ideal connector would employ a plurality of contacts to transfer power and audio data — via differential signaling — from a host device to the headphone. This arrangement allows for a single cable to both charge and control the device, eliminating the potential for ground loops that compromise audio fidelity.
Apple's proposed headphones would feature an internal battery, processor, memory, antenna and wireless transceiver package to communicate with a device.
The final product would handles its audio signal transmissions through both wired and wireless interfaces, sending packets of authentication data along for decision logic processing. This data could be analyzed by control circuitry to determine whether a wired or wireless connection is present and what to do from there.
When a successful match is found, audio data sent to the headphone device via wired or wireless communications module is collected in a hardware buffer, or onboard memory. The headphone is able to fall back on this buffered audio when a user switches from wired to wireless playback, or vice versa, an action that normally results in audio dropouts as the system re-establishes communications.
The design document hints at in-ear, on-ear and over-ear style headphones.
It's unknown as to how Apple is looking to incorporate this and rumors of Apple's removing the classic 3.5mm headphone jack in favor of a wireless or Lightning-based connection have been present since November. The company already fields both wireless and Lightning-enabled audio equipment through its Beats by Dre lineup, but has yet to utilize similar technology in an equivalent Apple-branded product.
Apple's hybrid headphone switching patent application was first filed for in October 2014 and credits Zachary C. Rich, Baptiste P. Paquier, Joseph A. Sarlo and Jahan C. Minoo as its inventors.
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You can never be too careful
Can you believe those irresponsible parents? Letting their children walk around the neighborhood unsupervised!? That's a recipe for abduction, that is. Every year in the United States, somewhere between 100 and 200 children are abducted by strangers. That's, on average, about 1 every 3 days or so. So I never let my child out without me watching. You can never be too careful.
That's why, when I have to drive somewhere, I leave my child behind. Can you imagine those irresponsible parents who put their kids in a car, ever? Car accidents kill about 1300 young kids (ages 0-14) a year, and injure hundreds of thousands more. And I'll never let my kids drive, because about 3000-4000 older kids a year die in cars. You can never be too careful.
I've taken the precaution of turning off the water to my house, and we never go near pools, since childhood drownings account for well over 1000 child deaths a year.
I've also removed all blankets and plastic bags, because suffocation accounts for about 1000 child deaths a year. And medicines and household cleaners are banned, since 700 or 800 kids die of unintentional poisonings each year. And I've disconnected the gas and electricity, lest my child become one of the 500 who die in fires.
It goes without saying that things like bicycling, running, and climbing are right out. Hundreds of thousands of kids are seriously injured in falls and bicycle accidents each year and need to go to the emergency room.
And let's not forget assault and molestation! Damn pedophiles! There are tens of thousands of instances of child abuse and sexual assault reported every year. Most of them happen in the child's home, and the vast vast majority are perpetrated by friends and relatives of the child. So that's why I never let my child alone with my spouse or extended family. And no baby sitters, ever.
You can never be too careful.
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