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Pedrosa Undergoes Wrist Surgery, May Miss COTA Round
Almost lost in the drama about Marc Marquez during Sunday's MotoGP race in Argentina was the fate of his teammate, Dani Pedrosa, who crashed out on the opening lap. The Repsol Honda rider high-sided after running through a wet part of the track after being passed by Tech3 Yamaha's Johann Zarco.
Pedrosa was examined by doctors and was diagnosed with a fracture in his right wrist. Pedrosa underwent surgery in Barcelona and, if things go well, is expected to begin rehabilitation this weekend. His status for the April 20-22 Grand Prix of the Americas in Austin, Texas, will depend on how well he progresses.
After the race, Repsol Honda released a statement from Pedrosa saying: "There?s not much to say about the race. I think we did a great job during the weekend, and I was also riding very well. My race ended before I finished the first lap. Race Direction needs to look after every rider?s safety." Though he was referring to his own incident with Zarco, that final sentence is particularly interesting, given the scrutiny now being placed on his teammate Marquez.
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Dani Pedrosa undergoes operation to his right wrist in Barcelona
Repsol Honda Team rider Dani Pedrosa underwent surgery to his right wrist this afternoon at the Hospital Universitari Dexeus in Barcelona, Spain, to treat the injury suffered in a crash during Sunday?s race at the Argentina Grand Prix.
A 3D CT scan confirmed that Dani had suffered an intra-articular fracture of the right distal radius.
The fracture reduction and internal fixation with a titanium screw were carried out by Dr. Xavier Mir and his team from the Catalan Institute of Traumatology and Sports Medicine (ICATME) at the Dexeus Hospital.
The result of the operation was satisfactory, and Dani will undergo an evaluation of his progress in 48 hours. If the results are positive, he will be able to begin his rehabilitation on Saturday.
His participation in the Austin GP will be decided consequently.
The Repsol Honda Team will release information on Pedrosa?s progress as it becomes available.
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AMD FirePro™ V3900 professional graphics enables an exceptional user experience by delivering features and reliability designed to help boost the productivity of professionals working with low to moderate-complexity designs.
The AMD FirePro™ V3900 professional graphics card is powered by a new generation GPU, backed by 1GB of fast DDR3 memory, 480 stream processors and support for up to 5 (five) display devices using AMD Eyefinity multi-monitor technology and DisplayPort™ 1.2 multi-streaming technology.1
"By using SIMULIA's robust finite element and multiphysics analysis solutions product developers are able to experience the realistic performance of their designs on their desktop which saves significant time and money," stated, Matt Dunbar, R&D Technology Director, SIMULIA, Dassault Systèmes. "The AMD FirePro V3900 enables users of our realistic simulation solutions to accelerate their analysis processes with the performance and reliability of a professional graphics solution. In addition, with AMD Eyefinity technology and DisplayPort 1.2 support, it offers enhanced multitasking efficiency and productivity for design engineers everywhere."
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Thanks to its excellent cooperation with AMD, our team has thoroughly tested the new V3900 graphics board points out Dominique Laffret, VP Strategic Partnerships, Missler Software. We are happy to confirm that this AMD FirePro V3900 is a very good choice for our customers in the manufacturing field using our TopSolid CAD/CAM software.
"The AMD FirePro V3900 enables an unbeaten workstation-class experience at entry level price points," said Robert Mayer, Chief Operating Officer, of IMSI/Design. "This board is also going to resonate very well with our TurboCAD users, especially with its excellent price/performance value, exclusive features, AMD reliability and compatibility."
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This is of course a black Friday deal and if you have been waiting for the best possible moment to pick up this superb handset we'd urge you not to miss out.
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They are urging American Christians to "think cities" and "think universities".
In cities especially, there are fast-growing cultural and ethnic mixtures, as well as people from the least-reached countries who have come to stay temporarily.
At universities, the people from the least reached countries are also part of the all important "next generation".
"Across the boundaries of all these American 'backyards' are some of the world's least-reached," the Mission Society says.
The latest edition of "Unfinished" looks at the work of missionaries in inner-city areas and university campuses, and a church in Atlanta focusing on neighbourhood youths.
Stan Self, senior director of church ministry for The Mission Society, said: "Only when disciples leave the safety of their homes for the least-reached in America's backyard will the Great Commission be fulfilled at home."
Least reached 'may be your neighbour'
Published 12 October 2012


text: I was listening to the Jesus Dread box the other day and got stuck on the magnificent "Chant Jah Victory" with Errol Alphonso on vocals. When coming to think of it I cant come to recall any other tune he've done. Or are there more tunes out there with this singer?


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Feb 06, 2013 06:52
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Category: General News
People Missing After 8.0 Solomon Islands Earthquake
SYDNEY (AP) — Several people are missing and presumed dead after a magnitude-8.0 earthquake struck off the Solomon Islands today. The quake generated a tsunami of about 5 feet that damaged dozens of homes in four villages on Santa Cruz Island. Disaster officials have been struggling to reach the remote area.


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Dear Friends,
nearly one year ago, on February 08th 2016, I shared with you this post called "A Collection of True Awakening Experiences II", which was a Free E-Book project inspired by the wonderful Barbara Franken – to bring together the stories of many female voices, and their unique experiences on the path to authenticity and truthfulness. I did so, because I love projects that are born from collaborations, I saw a big chance to inspire lots of other women and men, and because I was giving myself a blessing for my birthday – which is the 8th of February.
This year I will make another leap into the unknown, and record an interview that I was invited to by the lovely team of the awakening platform "The Spiritual Voice". I will let you know for sure, when the talk goes online!! But in the meantime I did not want us to miss out on a review of the past year, and the steps I was able to make.
In what I posted for 2016, I spoke about the last ten year of my personal path of growth and enlightenment, and the dreams I have for the year that back than was lying ahead of me. Looking now at all the leaps and turns that I have taken in the meantime, I first of all feel like expressing my gratitude to my wonderful spirit guides, my loving dog family, my magnificent friends and all the other wonderful creatures, from the physical as from the non physical realm, for making my life such a magical ride of light and fun.
The Tarot Deck that I was talking about before, is developing beautifully. It is demanding a lot of attention and seams to have a very clear picture of how it want's to be brought to light. I try to be the best immaculate mother to it, that I possibly can be, just follow all the corners the flow is taking and watch the tables turn. With my personal work load, I am about 1/3 in – my partner is very inspired in her painting process, and so we hope to be ready for publishing by the end of the year.
But not only that this baby is developing just fine, in the meantime I was inspired by international world events, with the idea for a book about creativity in 2017; as this is one of the major energy fields this year is powered with. My partner and I, also started talking about the value of a book about the creative process itself, as it is quite fascinating how deeply we are called to listen to the constant changes the deck is demanding from us. We have to be awake, present and willing to serve, when ever we sit down and concentrate on sharing what we receive.
I also still adore my income work. Every time I AM spending hour with another being in a one on one training, I feel like another wonderful seed has been brought into blossoming. To have the chance and watch people go from the insecure thought of "am I crazy to think of feel a certain way", to self-acceptance, self-love and forgiveness – which than leads for them to strength, stability and clarity in their guidance; is always a rise in my own inner degree of divine bliss.
And than, as the end or the ultimate test for every awakening seeker – there is of course the lovely family. I went back home to visit my core family during the summertime of 2016. Oh what a ride it was!! I started of with meeting good friends of mine, who had invited me to come by at their house and do some magnificent energy work with them, which I happily did. I spend several days with this closer circle of very like minded people, than I went to meet my mother. Now you need to know that karmically my mother is the only significant person o my system. She turned 85 last year and is in general in good shape, but what I noticed was a change in mindset.
When I was a child, my mother was a woman who would work and push thru every physical pain you can possibly imagine. She did so to such an extend, that I actually all my life considered her very cruel (a mix of her personal history and as well one of the B-Sides of her numerological vibration of 18/9). Maybe also because one day I had watched her slip with the ax – cut deeply into her meaty knee – take a deep inbreathe, than simply remove the ax – slip a bandage on and continue. As a little child, that was a shocker to me!
And now this same woman is talking about how normal it is to feel physical pain all the time, when you are of her age; how normal it is to not want to engage with life and seriously talk anymore, when you are of her age; and a lot about her loving connection to my beloved brother Martin, who died on Valentines Day 2011. I occasionally talk with my brother too, but I do not share any of her mindsets about aging or the physical body, and even that I did not mention that – my mother was triggered by vibration.
During this Vienna visit, I took many more trips to my mothers house, in order to spend at least 2-3hours the day with her; an amount of time I thought she would be able to handle without exploding on me in one way or the other. I have to confess that I overestimated her much more than I could even ever had imagined in my darkest childhood hatred ;-). The pattern of freak outs ended up with a frequency of 3-4 days, in which i watched her build up her frustration about "not being able to understand my world", and than unloading this frustration in my presence.
I was fine with that, as I had sensed in my first week of traveling, that I possibly would not come back for a very long time – which also included a big chance that I would not meet her alive again – so I saw it as my last chance for a personal service to our relationship. Now let's be honest, with today's technology even long-term physical distance would not make any difference to a family that is close, but in our family the principle of war against everything that is bigger than the single ones imagination was "the word".On my last day of meeting with family members, I came to my mothers house in a state of deep sadness about my brothers absolutely ignorant behavior, and even more the abuse he showed for the brotherhood laws for the Golden Age of Aquarius (a collective human theme, that always sets off my inner alarm system when I see people breaking the hermetic laws). That is something, I can not explain to my mom – and she is not good in holding space for other peoples pain. I tried to avoid a last clash and asked her for some time and space on her balcony, to deal with my own feelings and left for a little conscious breathing session.
But than – like I said – she is not good in handling that other people insist on having feelings ;-). She exploded over the fact that I would allow myself to come to her house, in a state of need for myself – and not perfectly poised and ready to chit-chat with her. In a moment of totally loosing it, she screamed at me "in your presence I cut all my feelings off"; to later tell me in confidence, that she also thinks of me as "the Angel of Death" – because both, my brother and my father died, when I had visited my family. It took me about five month to understand and integrate the details, of how this moment of my life was an incredible blessing.
Time to realize, that the tapestry of this ultimate rejection, that had grown from the moment on I started building my little fetus body in her womb, would unveil the last karmic strings to me that had connected us. By now, a "freedom to naturally BE ME" is the domineering feeling in my life.
Last week I had the pleasure to receive a reading of my personal Maya Calender interpretation from a dear new friend of mine, the amazing artist Gerhild Resch. She has the amazing ability to channel in a shamanic journey, how the different qualities of ones inner powers are feeling and if they are in need of any adaptations. I will happily report about the incredible details she unveiled to me in another post, but lets just say a little right now. Her explanations opened with telling me, that she had ever only shared a world like mine for one time before during her long experience, and that was in a reading she did for a child. The world she discovered in my sacred heart, was in her words that of "Alice in Wonderland" ;-), and that is just how I feel my life to be.
Dear Ones, I recently ended a piece with the following words: "I hope you are filled with a spark of inspiration right now, that you are motivated to remember the wonderfully relaxed ways in which you have been playfully creating as a child, and that you will allow them to guide you to a new mindset. No matter if you are planing to become the most important innovator of the Golden Age of Aquarius, or if you are just looking for new ideas to create your personal life, a playful approach is always helpful". And believe me when I am saying with all my heart "I acknowledge what an incredibly blessed being I AM, to look at what I just shared with you and realize – I myself have very well followed my sparkling advice ;-)"!
Love and Blessings!
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I doubt the crowd at this year's Dundee Day rock show was expecting what it got when a sweaty, shirtless Darren Keen, a.k.a. The Show Is the Rainbow, jumped from the stage into the audience like a 250-pound Tolkien (or maybe, more suitably, toke-in') battle dwarf, his shaggy red beard blowin' in the wind as he performed his unique style of electronic funk-rock to a sheepish, half-drunk white-bread crowd, most of whom had stood at that same spot 12 hours earlier scooping plates of flapjacks into their gaping maws (served up by that Midwestern culinary hero, The Pancake Man), completely oblivious to the fact that 12 hours later they'd be subjected to glistening flopsweat, in-yer-face obscenities, hash-talk and an avalanche of hyperactive beats.
But I'll get to that later.
First, there was the annual Slowdown Block Party, held Friday night in the parking lot of America's (or at least Nebraska's) favorite indie music club. Now in its third year, Slowdown's free outdoor concert continues to draw larger crowds (estimated head count: 2,400, the biggest yet), thanks to booking bigger acts. Year One featured Azure Ray and Cursive (and was brought to you by Mutual of Omaha). Year Two was The Mynabirds, Rural Alberta Advantage and Built to Spill (brought to you by Toyota Antics).
Those tiny Antics cars were back this year, parked throughout the Slowdown lot like prizes on a game-show set -- shiny, multicolored spaceships dropped from a far-off Toyota mothership signaled to from below by a giant "aNTICs" sign projected on the side of The Slowdown building. Say what you will about the tackiness of Toyota's sell job, but it was the car makers' cash that made the event possible (and for free). These days you'd be hard pressed to find any outdoor event or "festival" that isn't draped in a sponsor's precious brand. Call it a sell-out if you want to, but get used to it because sponsorships ain't going away, especially in the growing shadow of the dwindling music industry.
Omaha ambient dreamscape ensemble Conduits was on stage -- statuesque frontwoman Jenna Morrison stood front and center, belting it out in her Siren tones while the band poured on thick dollops of droning, throbbing rock. The band just keeps getting better, honing its stage show, waiting for someone to pick up their recording and release it to a hungry public. What's taking so long?
San Diego sunset rockers The Donkeys were next, then came indie "supergroup" Mister Heavenly, the Sub Pop-fueled mega-trio of Honus Honus of Man Man, Nick Thorburn of Islands and Joe Plummer of The Shins/Modest Mouse. It was Man Man's wonky circus caterwaul, which owes a lot to early Modest Mouse, that dominated their sound.
The crowd ballooned for The Hold Steady, who seemed determined to make up for their past limp performance at The Slowdown. Frontman Craig Finn, looking like Mike Mogis' long lost accountant brother, was a bundle of nervous ticks and awkward dance steps; impossible not to watch as he barked out lyrics in his trademark flat, nasal monotone. It was a fun night that left me wondering why Slowdown doesn't do more outdoor parking lot shows.
Saturday afternoon was a street-dance death match between Farnam Fest and Dundee Day -- two competing outdoor neighborhood shows overflowing with local talent. Proximity and variety won the day for Dundee, where I showed up in time to catch Gus & Call's set. G&C is my favorite band on Slumber Party Records' roster, and deserves a deal with a mid-sized (or larger) national indie label. With two great vocalists and talented musicians, their sound blends warm, introspective folk with blistering rural rock that's as good as anything from the alt-country heyday. Wilco could not find a better opening act.
After a strange, unexpected hour-long break, on came Digital Leather. From the outset, the band seemed an odd fit for a suburban neighborhood street dance, and apparently they agreed because the trio blasted through a set of bloody-knuckled punk songs as if they couldn't wait to get off stage. Frontman Shawn Foree barked out the lyrics to songs like "My Hand, Your Glove" and a cover of MOTO's "Deliver Deliver Deliver," sounding like an auctioneer on meth.
Finally, Keen, who wore a shirt when he jumped on stage prior to his set. Among his opening verbal salvos was an attack on yours truly for having not reviewed his latest album, Tickled Pink, suggesting that I was offended by the cover art -- a drawing by Lincoln artist Jimmy Lee of a woman's shaved private parts with his band's name spelled out in a liquid substance across her scarred flesh. Not true.
From there, he took on a couple hecklers as he cued up the first pre-recorded track on a laptop that sat on the edge of the stage, unleashing the opening beats of album highlight "Return to the Microthrone." Then off came the shirt.
Keen and his belly bounced into the crowd, spitting out lines like, "I want to touch your macaroni," with a tangled mic chord trailing behind him. His in-your-face performance style is old hat to any longtime The Show Is The Rainbow fan -- Keen's performed from the floor as long as I can remember. But for those uninitiated Dundee-ites, there was a sense of shock and awe as Keen invaded their personal space. Once they realized the big man wasn't going to hurt them, the crowd got into it, embracing Keen, his music and his humor. By god, a few even danced.
It ended with Keen precariously climbing the tower of speakers that balanced on the edge of the stage, looking like a big pink bear climbing a tree in search of a bee's nest. Once on top, he looked out over the crowd he just conquered, and saluted them with his microphone.
Lazy-i is a weekly column by Reader senior contributing writer Tim McMahan focused on the Omaha music scene. Check out Tim's daily music news updates at his website, lazy-i.com, or email him at email@example.com.


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Word of the Week- Gypsy Trickery
If you recall, this phrase was used in the Avery Post. You may have wondered exactly what it meant, and, seeing as that weekend (and this whole week, really) have been filled with gypsy trickery, we thought we should explain.
Have you ever been tricked into doing something because you thought is was something else? Did someone guilt you into going somewhere awful? Have you ever been lured somewhere under false pretenses? Do you not pay taxes anywhere because you're a vagabond? THIS IS GYPSY TRICKERY.
We spent the afternoon at the pool, which backfired horribly when we realized that Coors only gave tours until 4 pm. We booked it down to Golden (which, by the way, there is no easy way to get there from Westminster) and showed up about 30 minutes before the last tour bus left.
The nice parking attendant directed us to the line, while I panicked that we weren't going to make it before the tours closed.
Since we had some time to kill, we began taking pictures with the Coors sign as though it was a celebrity.
In line, we discussed the merits of bringing children on brewery tours, since they seem to be plaguing us wherever we go. The general consensus was that children don't belong on brewery tours, and if you as a parent are dragging them along it doesn't make you "cool" or "hip".
It pretty much just means you're setting your child up to be a drunk frat boy, or a drunk whore who those frat boys will sleep with.
It also proves that you as the parent either got pregnant too young and are now attempting to squeeze every last ounce of your youth out of your life but are too cheap to afford a babysitter or you actually think bringing your child to an alcohol factory is a good "family" activity. Either way, it's a shame you were allowed to procreate anyway.
*Also, as the sign below reminds us, you cannot bring in more things for your child than necessary. I accidentally loudly made a comment questioning how I was going to use my pretend child as a liquor mule if I wasn't allowed to bring a diaper bag. (It's awfully troubling that Coors felt the likelihood of parents using their children as alcohol smuggling devices was so great it warranted a sign to prohibit it. –Lisa)
We actually didn't have to wait for too long. Coors is really good about continually having busses picking up and dropping people off from the brewery. At first we thought it was strange that they were sending a bus to drive us about two blocks from the parking lot, but as soon as we boarded it became clear this was a gypsy bus.
"Welcome to Golden, Colorado, home of Coors Brewery, Buffalo Bill's Grave and the School of Mines. On your left, is Olde Town Golden…blah blah blah."
We had been gypsy tricked into going on a tour of Golden (which is not that exciting, hence the trickery to get anyone to do it.)
About 10 minutes later we finally pulled up in front of the brewery, I told Amber that from now on, every time someone gets in my car for me to drive them anywhere, I'm going to take them on a tour of Arvada and my childhood, regardless of where our destination is.
The bus driver assured us that the pools of water surrounding the brewery that actually looked more like black tar were NOT used to make the beer but instead to clean things. Phew. How horrible would that be if a Coors beer actually had some flavor to it?
The first thing we had to do when we were inside was take a tourist picture in front of a cheesy background that we could buy at the end of our tour for the low, low price of 19.99!!
Then, they swiped our driver's licenses and gave us personalized bracelets (which could double as hospital/prison admittance bracelets later in the day depending on how the tour went), and what looked like cell phones from the 80s.
These turned out to be our tour guides for the day. The desk lady explained that we were supposed to press the number that coordinated to whichever one was on the wall and put the phone up to our ear to hear what they had to say.
The information probably was interesting, but I honestly don't see how self-tours benefit Coors. Most of the people around us weren't listening to any of the stops. They were instead rushing to the three free beers at the end. In fact, there was even an option at the start of the tour to forgo the 80's cell phone tour guide all together and just meander to the tasting room for the free beer. If they really want to make the tour more interesting they should hold races to see who can run past the educational exhibits and drink all three free beers the fastest (bonus points for knocking the most small children into vats of beer along the way!)
However, we took the time to kind of do the tour. This is what followed.
- Did you know that Coors is made from water from the Colorado Rockies? You probably could've guessed, since ALL OF THEIR BEER TASTES LIKE WATER.
- There are a bunch of flowers all over the brewery because Adolph Coors's wife really liked flowers.
- Large boobs are great places to hold things.
- There are subliminal messages in the self-tour. Whenever the man doing the voiceover would mention a Coors beer, a softer woman's voice would immediately whisper it afterwards. Lisa and I both heard it. Amber didn't. I guess we know which one of us is going to end up in a cult drinking Kool Aid someday.
- The Coors Brewery in Golden is the largest self-contained brewery in the world. This means they do all of the brewing, packaging and distribution from there. Which is kind of cool.
- Acid might be the secret ingredient in their beer. Okay, probably not, but this room was hilarious.
- There is an elusive Red Keystone. The only place you ever hear about it is the brewery. It's not sold anywhere. No one knows why this is. And I couldn't ask, because the 80s cell phone wasn't answering ANY of my questions.
Finally we found some really awesome cutouts of giant Coors beer and the proper tourist picture taking commenced. We even talked a stranger into taking the picture of us and didn't end up with them asking us if we stalking them OR them walking away horribly offended!
We also came up with the best Halloween costumes ever. Lisa, Amber and I are going to be Slutty Keystones.
Amber: "I'm going to be Key Light because I go down easy"
Lisa: "I'm going to be Key Red because I'm a tease"
Julia: "I'm going to be Key Ice, I guess…because no one likes me?" (Picture me looking sad)
Finally we reached the mecca of shitty beers- otherwise known as the Coors Tasting Room. You get 3 free, pretty decently-sized beers. They're all on tap and you're supposed to be impressed because they've never left the brewery. It was kind of crowded, you have to finish one beer before they'll give another, and old ladies will poach your table as soon as you get up, even if you're planning on coming right back. Did we mention there's small children running around making messes everywhere? Thanks again responsible parents!
Now, for the beers. Keep in mind we spent most of college drinking an array of Coors products. These are the staples that we compare all of the other beers we drink to, so the descriptions were incredibly hard.
Blue Moon- It tastes like Blue Moon. It's a light, wheat beer with just a hint of citrus to it. Best served with an orange. It's a good staple beer if you're at a bar with limited choices and you want to be slightly classier than everyone else, but not too douchey.
Amber and Lisa- 2 boobs
Julia- 3 boobs
Honey Moon- This is just like Blue Moon, only sweeter.
"I expected to get stung by a bee. It was THAT sweet."
3 boobs
Molson- "It takes like Key light, only Canadian. Yeah. You know what I mean."
1 boob
Batch 19- This is their strongest beer. It's still not great, but it gypsy tricks you into thinking it's better than it is because it gets your drunk quicker.
2 and a side boob
*Note, we've added side boobs into the equation. We don't believe in half boobs, because that's dumb, but side boobs make sense. It's when you're shirt is just a little too small and you get that weird amount of boob that kind of spills out the side. See: Lisa most of our time in Vegas.
Killians- It's a red beer, and it definitely tastes like copper.
"For a beer that's never left the brewery, I expected this to be better."
2 boobs
Colorado Native- this is the newest beer from Coors, and they're pretending that it comes from some small, side brewery in the middle of the mountains. It's their shot at a "craft beer" because they realized that they weren't going to be able to cut it in Colorado anymore. It's a solid, mass-produced beer.
"I can't tell if it's good or not. It might be like being the smartest kid on the short bus…"
Our outing ended with a stop at the gift shop, where we realized we were JUST drunk enough that buying stuff seemed like a good idea. Gypsy tricked again.


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Monday, April 23, 2012
getting there
I should add too that I finally figured out that my blocks are so much more accurate if I leave the paper on until the very end. And that it's great to have an 11-year-old helper who actually likes picking teeny pieces out of seams! Avery sat next to me while I sewed this weekend, working on a sock monkey for a friend. It was so nice to have company in my sewing room.
I'm also caught up in the Free Bee. Mari asked for an urban landscape, inspired by the work of Elizabeth Barton. It was another block that I was overthinking. So in the spirit of being "free," I just started cutting and sewing and made this little cityscape.
My list of sewing to dos is still quite long. But I'm getting there.
15 comments:
- A.J. Dub. said...
Your pig is adorable! The cityscape turned out very nicely,too.
- April 23, 2012 at 7:15 AM
- Dan R said...
The cityscape turned out great. The pig is magnificent.
- April 23, 2012 at 7:34 AM
- Michele said...
I love the pig!
- April 23, 2012 at 7:44 AM
- MariQuilts said...
The cityscape is wonderful...I love love love it. Thanks again Krista.
- April 23, 2012 at 7:59 AM
- **nicke... said...
i love that cityscape so much! the colors are beautiful and wilber is adorable! ;)
- April 23, 2012 at 8:12 AM
- Dianne said...
HaHa adorable little pig!! I L.O.V.E. your cityscape block, I too have recently dicovered the liberation of free piecing so this block is inspiring to me in many ways.
- April 23, 2012 at 9:33 AM
- Svetlana said...
Wow! both blocks are amazing!!!
- April 23, 2012 at 3:45 PM
- Sandra said...
omg the pig is ADORABLE!! (I collect pigs)
Super cute!! Glad Avery was your helper and kept you company.
- April 23, 2012 at 4:22 PM
- Jo Ann said...
great blocks Krista!
- April 23, 2012 at 4:52 PM
- Danielle said...
I love both of them .. but have a fondness for little piggies, so that's my favorite ! very inspiring :) Danielle - CraftPlayLove.com
- April 23, 2012 at 6:25 PM
- felicity said...
I love the piggie and the background fabric you chose is absolutely ideal.
- April 23, 2012 at 8:18 PM
- Mary Menzer said...
Great, now I want a pet pig.
- April 24, 2012 at 2:31 PM
- Krista Withers said...
I love your piggy.
Yay, for getting stuff done and 11 year old helpers!
- April 26, 2012 at 9:32 PM
- Lish Dorset, crafter said...
This pig is wonderful!
- April 27, 2012 at 4:23 AM
- Pippa Armbrester said...
That little pig is just too cute! I like the modern feel of the urban scene too.
- April 27, 2012 at 2:54 PM


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Hello folks,
I had the sheer pleasure tonight to enjoy a tasting of 3 wines by the Gush Etzion Winery, one white and 2 reds. While this winery is among the oldest in the Judean Hills, I feel a bit ashamed as I first tasted their wines at the Sommelier exhibition in 2008 in Tel Aviv. The only bottle I bought then (and ever at an exhibition) at that event was a Gush Etzion Nachal Hapirim 2006, one of the Bordeaux-blends produced by this great winery that keeps improving over the years.
Gush Etzion, Emek Bracha, White blend 2010: A blend of 66% Viognier and 34% Chardonnay, oak-aged (I missed to take note of how long) in large 400 liters old french oak barrels. Gold in color, medium-bodied with on the nose fresh white azaleas flowers and peach, on the palate the peaches are showing with a hint of caramelized sweetness going to reveal notes of green apples and butterscotch on a moderately long and round finish. I liked this one very much though it would have benefited of being served well-chilled and not just cool as a bit more acidity would have been welcome.
Gush Etzion, Haalon Haboded (Lone Oak) Cabernet Franc 2008: Dark royal purple, medium to full-bodied (leaning to the full) with on the nose black cherries and raspberries as well as mint and toasty oak, these showing layer after layer on the palate together with red plums as well as notes of green bell pepper, mediterranean herbs, vanilla and cigar tobacco well-balanced with nice minerality, very good acidity and well-focused tannins on a long smooth finish. Amazing, one of the better wines I've tasted over the last 3 months.
Gush Etzion, Haalon Haboded, Cabernet Sauvignon 2008: A classic Bordeaux-blend of 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot and 5% Cabernet Franc aged for 20 months in French oak barrels. Very dark-garnet with on the nose black currants and cedar wood as well as blackberries, full-bodied with on the palate ripe juicy black currants, blackberries, slightly sweet and spicy cedar wood, plums, mediterranean herbs and backers chocolate with very good acidity and mouth-coating tannins on a very, very long finish. An impressive wine reminding me a bit of the Castel Grand Vin 2007, I believe this wine has still quite a few years ahead of it and I wouldn't hesitate to cellar it till 2016, may be longer.


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GAFFNEY, S.C. – The King University men's swimming & diving team faced the other Conference Carolinas member schools on Friday at the Conference Carolinas meet hosted by Limestone College. The Tornado finished third in the three-team meet with five points.
Jacob Morales scored two points for the Tornado in the 50 yard butterfly as he took fourth place in a time of 25.98 seconds. Taylor Horton also scored one point in the same event with a time of 26.38 to finish fifth.
Nicholas Piumelli and Reynold Thibideau also scored points for the Tornado as Thibideau finished fifth in the 50 yard backstroke, and Piumelli placed fifth in the 100 yard breast stroke. Thibideau finished in a time of 27.64 seconds while Piumelli finished in 1:03.67.
King will be in action again on Thursday when they travel to Milligan College. The meet is scheduled to start at 6:00 p.m.


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This past week, I've put quite a few miles on my bike. I've also tested the limits of myself and my gear.
I don't get free stuff for my bike. I shop around, get stuff that looks like it'll meet my needs, and run with it. After I've used some stuff for a while, I get to form an opinion about it.
Anyhow, in the coming days and weeks, I'll work on some product reviews:
* Trek 1200 Bicycle.
* Blackburn CrossRack
* Genuine Innovations Ultraflate CO2 tire inflater
* Banjo Brothers Saddlebag Panniers
They all have some good and some bad aspects, but I put all of these things to the test this past week.
Friday, May 18, 2007
Upcoming product reviews
This past week, I've put quite a few miles on my bike. I've also tested the limits of myself and my gear.
3 comments:
- Fritz said...
Looking forward to the reviews.
My take on the Genuine Innovations inflator: It's cheap and probably the smallest/lightest weight out there, but the threaded cartridges are too expensive. SPend the money up front on a threadless inflator and save on the consumables.
- May 18, 2007 12:08 PM
- Noah said...
Aha! The one I got is the one with the yellow cover. Mine takes threaded CO2 of any variety, or with the yellow cover, will take 12gr threadless.
I then went to a sporting goods store and bought a 15 pack of 12gr threadless pellet gun cartridges for the price of 2 16gr threaded cartridges at the bike shop. ;)
- May 18, 2007 12:14 PM
- Fritz said...
Ah, all I was familiar with was the "Microflate" -- I didn't know they sold one for unthreaded. Just looked up the "Ultraflate" and I see it's not that much more than the Microflate. Thanks for the info.
- May 20, 2007 12:41 AM
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Romantic Picnic Basket are sold by Lovely Merchants during the event. Love is in the Air
chocolates are found randomly in Buttermilk Delight Box of Chocolates, also sold by Lovely Merchants.
You do not need to own a Romantic Picnic Basket of your own, you just need to sit at one (with a companion) and eat the chocolate in Dalaran.
Also, although chocolates cannot be sold in the Auction House or mailed, they can be traded between players.


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Description:(XTA-3310-73GB-15K) Sun Original 73GB Ultra3203.5-inch 1 15K LVD SCSI Hard DrivePart Number(s)
Sun Part# 540-6097
Overview:Sun Microsystems' hard disk drives provide the performance reliability and overall high quality required in today's computing environment at competitive prices. Sun invests significant resources into qualifying and integrating these devices into Sun workstations servers and disk arrays. This means that Sun customers get the very best mass storage value and an opportunity to add larger capacity drives or incorporate the latest technology.


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Musician and exhausted mother of three Renai Lambert (Rose Byrne) and her well-meaning but more than a little thick schoolteacher husband Josh (Patrick Wilson) have just moved into a palatial, deeply shadowed old house, when their energetic oldest child Dalton (Ty Simpkins) suffers a knock on the head while exploring the requisite creepy attic. The next morning the boy has fallen into a coma, and the family begins to suffer under a plague of what paranormal experts like to call "freaky shit." Creepy voices from the nursery are overheard on the baby monitor, strange faces appear in second-floor windows, and middle son Foster (Andrew Astor) reports seeing his brother walking around at night, even when Dalton is clearly still strapped in his sick bed. Fleeing the haunting, they move into suburban crackerbox that is much more believably affordable on a high school teacher's salary, only to find that the malevolent entities have followed them. Turns out it's not their house that is haunted, but their son--his soul has come detached from his body via innocent astral projection gone too far, and the demons of the netherworld called "The Further" want to commandeer his body to wreak havoc on the living. Can Josh use his own astral projecting skills to retrieve his son and keep the demons at bay?
Spoiler: yup.
Directed by James Wan and written by Leigh Whannell (the horror loving duo who struck gold in 2004 with the first installment of the loved-by-some and reviled-by-others Saw series), Insidious has a few good ideas and manages a couple of extremely effective scare scenes. The movie's at its best early on, establishing Renai's exhaustion and Josh's obliviousness, then turning up the tension with the tried-and-true "child in danger" shtick. Once Josh follows his son into the Further, the ghosts and demons that inhabit the place are wonderfully creepy in a "porcelain dolls gone wrong" way; the Sith Lord-styled, Tiny Tim-loving Lipstick Face Demon is also a disturbing creation. The astral projection angle is an interesting one too, and I got a kick out of psychic Elise Ranier (Lin Shaye) and her team of nerdy paranormal techs. (The medium's method of channeling the dead while wearing a fetish-style gas mask was also a pleasingly WTF touch.)
However, much of the movie seemed to me a slightly higher-rent version of Wan's summarily awful 2007 flick Dead Silence. As in that earlier flick, Wan doesn't seem to trust his nightmare imagery to be quite scary enough, and so relies heavily on screeching strings and other loud noises to put the exclamation point on every jump scare. The director even seems to transplant the "creepy old ventriloquist lady" character from that movie into this one, here making her a netherworld demon.
The problems continue with Whannell's script, which includes such absurdities as Renai listening to a grunting, growling male voice on her baby monitor for a full three minutes (BEFORE rushing upstairs to, you know, CHECK ON THE BABY), and Josh dashing downstairs to find the front door wide open and the burglar alarm going off, then nonchalantly shutting the door, turning on the alarm, and, you know, NOT CALLING THE POLICE.
Byrne and Wilson are both usually fairly decent actors, but here they both seem to be phoning it in from a great distance. And scream flick legend Barbara Hershey is similarly detached in her small role as Josh's mother. When the most engaging actors in the flick are our comic relief ghostbusters (writer Leigh Whannell as "Specs" and Angus Sampson as "Tucker"), somebody at the top of the marquee isn't pulling his or her weight.
I didn't think Insidious was really a bad movie--I can see where many viewers (especially those whippersnapping young'uns) might be thrilled and disturbed by the spookhouse scares and loud noises--but I guess it just left me a little tired and unfulfilled. It looks good though, and did manage to raise the goosebumps a couple of times, so I give it a 1.5 thumb rating.
|"See you later, babe. Darth Maul and I are going to try to get in a quick 9."


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Rluna necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 236 diseños de 44 diseñadores freelance.
ASCHOCO http://www.aschoco.org.mx
The National Chocolate, Sweets and Confectionery Producers Association (Asociación Nacional de Fabricantes de Chocolates, Dulces y Similares, A.C.) was established in March 26th, 1936. It represents the confectionery industry in the Mexican territory by providing professional services to the associated companies.
Nowadays ASCHOCO has 47 associated companies that represent the confectionery industry.
In 2011 ASCHOCO will be celebrating its 75th anniversary, one of the most traditional and prestigious association in Mexico.
Some of the associated companies are Chocolates Turin, Bremen, Barry-Callebaut, Chocolate Ibarra, Ricolino, Mars, Ferrero, Hersheys, etc.
* See attached file
By representing chocolate and confectionery industry, ASCHOCO works closely with top officers from the government, private and civil society sectors like:
• Government institutions
• NGO´s
• Agriculture and raw material producers
• Private sector associations
• Media
• Universities and culinary arts schools
• General Public
We have 2 options that may be accepted:
a) Upgrade the existing logo with the Aztec image; or
b) Enhance letter "A" for the word ASCHOCO (the large version) and just the letter "A" (the short version)
The new ASCHOCO logo should transmit tradition but at the same time a fresh, modern and globalized image.
The logo should be ready to use with most design software for printed and electronic media such as:
• Illustrator
• Photoshop
• .jpg
• .gif
Be creative!!!
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Date(s) - Monday, January 25, 2016
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Mellow Mushroom
Ah, Trivia night at Mellow Mushroom. Good food, plenty of beer, and a chance to empty out all that useless crap that's been gumming up the RAM in your head oh these many years. Yes, you may be humiliated, but then again there's a chance you may come out looking like Einstein. Or what Einstein would be like if he watched every episode of Star Trek, like nine times.


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Men's field jacket in cotton nylon
Scuderia Ferrari Store Exclusive
The men's cotton nylon field jacket is unique due to the patches on the shoulders, inspired by pilot suits of the past.
This shirt-style Scuderia Ferrari jacket has an elegant and timeless look. The two ergonomically shaped pockets on the chest and the welt pockets on the bottom accentuate the practicality of this piece, which features patches on the shoulders, much like the suits of pilots of other times. The Scuderia Ferrari field jacket has a central zip made of nylon and equipped with a customised zip puller inspired by the brake lights of the Formula 1 single-seaters. The tone-on-tone Ferrari Shield appears on the left sleeve.
- Two zip pockets and two flap pockets
- Customise zip puller
- Ferrari Shield
- Composition: 57% Polyester, 43% Cotton
We offer both Standard and Express shipping: choose the service that best meets your needs at checkout.
We provide free pick up for your returns: you have 15 days from delivery to follow our quick and easy return procedure.


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JTJ needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 118 designs submitted by 35 freelance designers.
Logo is for a disability insurance website that will cater to the medical community.
Favicon must also be included. Logo must be unique and professional. All popular formats, GIF, JPEG, PNG, AI, etc. and grayscale should be provided.
- Item 1...I am open to just about any color scheme, but I see a lot of blue, green and red on sites that serve this community.
- favicon too.
- file formats as above
- unique design
- Item 1...
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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Sunday, 29 July 2007
Himerge unmasked - (GHC too!)
Today I have just unmasked the himerge-0.13 package in the official Gentoo portage tree, so you only need to accept the testing ~amd64 or ~x86 keywords for now to install himerge. I expect to get the ebuild stabilized within the next few weeks too.
himerge-0.13 depends on ghc6.6 , so you have guessed right, ghc and many other packages depending on this compiler version have recently been unmasked too in the Gentoo tree, and if you even stop by #gentoo-haskell on the irc freenode network, you will see our team is pretty happy about it :-) ; and the stabilization process has also immediately started , since most of these packages have already been well tested by many users from our Gentoo-Haskell overlay since many months now, it's a matter of a few days until we probably can have all the packages stable in the portage tree.
Feel free to report me directly any himerge bug, or/and you can also send reports about any Haskell packages in Gentoo to our team email address at haskell_at_gentoo_dot_org
Regards and Enjoy!
3 comments:
- Mickael said...
thank you very much for your work. Himerge is a Magnificent GUI, and it's worked perfectly on my box (~x86). I have not tested all the features of Himerge yet, but given that it uses eix, why not to replace the emerge sync command by that of eix: eix-sync. It is just a suggestion :)
Thanks again.
(Sorry for my english)
- 5 September 2007 at 02:54
- Mickael said...
I've got a little problem when I try to open the Use flag editor (Crtl + F) :
himerge: src/UseFlag.hs:135:23-56: Irrefutable pattern failed for pattern (var, (_ : val))
This does not appear with the Packages Branch.
- 5 September 2007 at 05:39
- araujo said...
Thank you mickael, i am glad to hear Himerge works fine for you.
I have just released the 0.14 version of Himerge , where the USE flag browser (among many other things) has been greatly improved and this problem should be fixed now.
Thanks and Regards,
- 7 September 2007 at 17:56


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8:00 pm
Outdoor Idaho "Idaho's Salmon" The once abundant salmon runs into the heart of Idaho disappeared. Since then efforts have concentrated on maintaining their genetic lines. OUTDOOR IDAHO explores the causes for the decline, what is being done to save the fish, and what the salmon mean to native cultures. Underwater cameras capture sockeye salmon returning to Redfish Lake.G
8:30 pm
Idaho Reports Election Special 2012 "Ballot Measures" Host Greg Hahn explores issues surrounding propositions 1, 2 and 3 on the November ballot - the educational reform measures. State Superintendent Tom Luna, an opposition spokesperson, a panel of journalists, and political analyst Jim Weatherby put the questions in context.G
9:00 pm
Midsomer Murders "Judgement Day (Part 2)" In a town still hoping to win the Perfect Village competition, DCI Barnaby finds there is no shortage of suspects for the pitchfork murder of a local thief and womanizer. Then too, there are the murders of two of the competition judges to solve. Part 2 of 2G
10:00 pm
Billy Connolly's Route 66 The Scottish comedian and actor begins in Chicago on his journey to the Pacific Coast along the storied route. He points out distinctive aspects of the Chicago Tribune Building, meets the Route 66 "Pie Man," sees Abraham Lincoln's home, and the Chain of Rocks bridge. He paces a horse-drawn carriage with his low-rider motor-trike at an Amish community. Part 1 of 4G
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Law of Moses
The Law of Moses refers primarily to the Torah or first five books of the Hebrew Bible, traditionally believed to be written by Moses.
The Law of Moses or Torah of Moses (Hebrew Torat Moshe תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה, Septuagint Greek nomos Moyse νόμος Μωυσῆ) is a biblical term first found in the Book of Joshua 8:31-32 where Joshua writes the Hebrew words of "Torat Moshe תֹּורַת מֹשֶׁה" (translated as "Law of Moses", meaning "instructions of Moses") on the altar at Mount Ebal. The text continues "And afterward he read all the words of the teachings, the blessings and cursings, according to all that is written in the book of the Torah." (Joshua 8:34).[1] The term occurs 15 times in the Hebrew Bible, another 7 times in the New Testament, and repeatedly in Second Temple period, intertestamental, rabbinical and patristic literature.
The usage of the Hebrew term Torah (which was translated into Greek as "nomos" or "Law") as equivalent to the English term "Pentateuch" (from Latinised Greek), meaning the "Five Books of Moses" of the Hebrew Bible, is clearly documented only from the 2nd Century BCE.[2] In modern Hebrew the term Torah (typically translated into English as "instruction") refers to both the first section of the Tanakh and to the "Torah of Moses" itself, the actual regulations and commandments found among the 2nd to 5th books of the Hebrew Bible. Rarely in English "the Law" can also refer to the whole Pentateuch including Genesis, but this is generally in relation to New Testament uses where nomos "the Law" sometimes refers to all five books, including Genesis. This use of the Hebrew term "Torah, 'Law'," for the first five books is considered misleading by bible scholar John Van Seters since the Pentateuch "consists of about one half law and the other half narrative."[3] The adjective "Mosaic" meaning "of Moses" is also found in the description "Mosaic Law" in which case only the actual law, not the five books is intended.
Law in the Ancient Near East
The "Law of Moses" in Ancient Israel is distinguished from other legal codes in the ancient Near East by its reference to offense against a deity rather than against society.[4] This compares with the Sumerian Code of Ur-Nammu (c. 2100-2050 BCE), then the Babylonian Code of Hammurabi (c. 1760 BCE), of which almost half concerns contract law. However the influence of the ancient Near Eastern legal tradition on the Law of Ancient Israel is recognised and well documented.[5] For example the Israelite Sabbatical Year has antedents in the Akkadian mesharum edicts granting periodical relief to the poor.[6] Another important distinction is that in ancient Near East legal codes, or in more recently unearthed Ugaritic texts, an important, and ultimate, role was assigned to the king, whereas in the Law of Ancient Israel, Israel was intended to be a theocracy, not a monarchy.[7]
Hebrew Bible
According to the Hebrew Bible, Moses was the leader of early Israel out of Egypt and traditionally the first five books of the Hebrew Bible are attributed to him, though Mosaic authorship is disputed. The law attributed to Moses, specifically the laws set out in the Book of Deuteronomy, as a consequence came to be considered supreme over all other sources of authority (the king and his officials), and the Levite priests were the guardians and interpreters of the law.[8]
The Book of Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 31:9 and Deuteronomy 31:24–26) records Moses saying "Take this book of the law, and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD." Similar passages include, for example, Exodus 17:14, "And the LORD said unto Moses, Write this for a memorial in a book, and rehearse it in the ears of Joshua, that I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven;" Exodus 24:4, "And Moses wrote all the words of the LORD, and rose up early in the morning, and built an altar under the mount, and twelve pillars, according to the twelve tribes of Israel;" Exodus 34:27, "And the LORD said unto Moses, Write thou these words, for after the tenor of these words I have made a covenant with thee and with Israel;" and Leviticus 26:46 "These are the decrees, the laws and the regulations that the LORD established on Mount Sinai between himself and the Israelites through Moses."
Later references to the Law in the Hebrew Bible
The Book of Kings relates how a "law of Moses" was discovered in the Temple during the reign of king Josiah (r. 641–609 BCE). This book is mostly identified as an early version of the Book of Deuteronomy, perhaps chapters 5-26 and chapter 28 of the extant text. This text contains a number of laws, dated to the 8th century BC kingdom of Judah.[citation needed]
Another mention of the "Book of the Law of Moses" is found in Joshua 8:30-31 .
The content of the Law is spread among the books of Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers, and then reiterated and added to in Deuteronomy (deutero-nomy is Latinised Greek for "Second reading of the Law"). This includes:
- the Ten Commandments
- Moral laws - on murder, theft, honesty, adultery, etc.
- Social laws - on property, inheritance, marriage and divorce,
- Food laws - on what is clean and unclean, on cooking and storing food.
- Purity laws - on menstruation, seminal emissions, skin disease and mildew, etc.
- Feasts - the Day of Atonement, Passover, Feast of Tabernacles, Feast of Unleavened Bread, Feast of Weeks etc.
- Sacrifices and offerings - the sin offering, burnt offering, whole offering, heave offering, Passover sacrifice, meal offering, wave offering, peace offering, drink offering, thank offering, dough offering, incense offering, red heifer, scapegoat, first fruits, etc.
- Instructions for the priesthood and the high priest including tithes.
- Instructions regarding the Tabernacle, and which were later applied to the Temple in Jerusalem, including those concerning the Holy of Holies containing the Ark of the Covenant (in which were the tablets of the law, Aaron's rod, the manna). Instructions and for the construction of various altars.
- Forward looking instructions for time when Israel would demand a king.
Rabbinical interpretation
The content of the instructions and its interpretations, the Oral Torah, was passed down orally, excerpted and codified in Rabbinical Judaism, and in the Talmud were numbered as the 613 commandments. The 'Jewish Law given to Moses at Sinai' (Hebrew Halakhah le-Moshe mi-Sinai הלכה למשה מסיני) is a halakhic distinction.
See also
- ↑ Kristin De Troyer, Armin Lange Reading the present in the Qumran library 2005 p158 "Both at the beginning and at the ending of the Gibeonites' story there is now a reference to the law of Moses and to the fact that ... The building of the altar happens on Mount Ebal, not in Gilgal—Joshua gets to Gilgal only in 9:6. "
- ↑ Frank Crüsemann, Allan W. Mahnke The Torah: theology and social history of Old Testament law p331 1996 " there is only clear evidence for the use of the term Torah to describe the Pentateuch as a ..."
- ↑ John Van Seters The Pentateuch: a social-science commentary 2004 p16 "Furthermore, the Hebrew term Torah, 'Law', is a little misleading as a description of the content of the Pentateuch, since it consists of about one half law and the other half narrative. "
- ↑ John H. Walton Ancient Israelite Literature in Its Cultural Context 1994 p233 "The ancient Near Eastern collections do not include cultic law; rather, their focus is on civil law. As a generalization, in the ancient Near East violation of law is an offense against society. In Israel a violation of law is an ..."
- ↑ A survey of the Old Testament p52 Andrew E. Hill, John H. Walton - 2000 "The influence of the ancient Near Eastern legal tradition on the form and function of Hebrew law is undeniable and widely documented.2 Along with this contemporary cultural influence, the Old Testament affirms the divine origin of "
- ↑ The Bible and the ancient Near East: collected essays Jimmy Jack McBee Roberts 2002 p46 "The Israelite Sabbatical Year, which seems to have the same purpose and recurs at about the same interval, appears to be an Israelite adaptation of this mesharum-edict tradition."
- ↑ Adrian Curtis in Law and religion: essays on the place of the law in Israel ed. Barnabas Lindars - 1988 p3 Chapter 1 GOD AS 'JUDGE' IN UGARITIC AND HEBREW THOUGHT "The many legal texts discovered at Ugarit make it clear that the king played an important legal role; although legal transactions could be carried out before witnesses, "
- ↑ Graham, M.P, and McKenzie, Steven L., "The Hebrew Bible today: an introduction to critical issues" (Westminster John Knox Press, 1998) p.19ff


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Wedding season is upon us, and that means one of two things: either you're planning your own/planning to attending, or quite frankly, my dear, you don't give a damn. However, when we came across French designer Delphine Manivet's bridal lookbook — regardless of which category we fell into — we couldn't wait to share her collection of drop-dead gorgeous (we might even venture to say fairy-tale) dresses.
Delphine addresses the modern bride who wants to look glamourous and beautiful, but never resemble a cheesy cake topper. With sublime silk, delicate and ornate lace, and ethereal silhouettes, Dephine re-envisions traditional dresses into looks that are total dream-wedding inspiration. Of course, there are plenty non-traditional options here, too: wedding skirts, lace robes, and teeny minis are all included, to name a few.
Whether you're tying the knot or not, these could totally move you to commit. Click through to see what we mean.


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Friday, November 13, 2009
Swiss Textiles Award 2009
24 comments:
super föteli, fühlt sich aa als wär ich näb dir gsässe ;)ReplyDelete
bis glii
honestly from the pictures i see here i thought alexander wang did a great job, and he probably should have won. If i had to pick another designer that i think stood out it would have to be ohne tite. Although i think for some of the looks i would have reconsiderd sending down the runway... like the color items in the front, the pieces more in back are a lot better for sure.ReplyDelete
I have to say that judging purely from the photos, I likes the Mabille collection a lot more. But I have to admit that the details on Wang's collection look stunning - it must have been incredible to see them live!ReplyDelete
Having moved here from NY, I am quite relieved and excited to find that fashion seems to be getting more of a stronghold on Swiss soil :-) It was about time!
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2009 at 10:41 AM
Peter Pilotto wuz robbed. Just like Jean-Pierre Braganza wuz robbed last year.ReplyDelete
mues au säge, kompliment, sind wiedermal usgeziechneti bilder!ReplyDelete
I do admit that I am a strong fan of Thakoon, however I am glad that Alexander Wang won - he is obviously so talented and creative and I think that should be rewarded. However, although I have not heard of them prior to now, I was very impressed by Erdem. Their use of shape; colour; textures and repetition makes me a new fan.ReplyDelete
Hope you had a wicked time.
x VAN.
Alexis Mabille!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousNovember 13, 2009 at 3:20 PM
Haider Ackermann is french, when you spendReplyDelete
3 yearsof your all life in Belgium, you don't become belgian.
I don't see anything "belgian" in his work...
i find the choice is excellent. i thought wang did the best job yet i agree with you saying that he didn't really need it. thakoon was my other favourite but he just as well is well known and successful in america.. i thought the others collection all preety good but the only included a few designs where i was like: WOW! alexander wang's collection is just WOW.. he deserves it even though he's the most successful.. you say the choice was obvious still i think only because he's already a star that shouldn't be a reason to not pick the him when he did the best..ReplyDelete
like your pictures though:)
keep up the good work
- pizzmakNovember 13, 2009 at 5:03 PM
I also liked Erdem and Peter Pilotto because of the nice dresses.ReplyDelete
I'm glad that Wang won, he's probably more famous in Europe, but Thakoon is as known as Wang in the usa, he even did a collection for target,like,last summer :)
Och,ich hätte gerne einmal alle diese Klamotten bitte.ReplyDelete
Wunderschöni Bilder!!ReplyDelete
i love a wang..he is so a great designer!! (:ReplyDelete
Wang..i met him a few months ago he's so incredibly nice. He deserves everything he's gettingReplyDelete
Ganz tolle Bilder! Die Frage bei Twitter hab ich leider zu spät gesehen...ReplyDelete
Even though I love Wang, Mabille's collection was gorgeous! Maybe she deserved a chance.ReplyDelete
Alexander had the overall show right but I feel his clothes really are kinda tacky not to say being ugly isn't beautiful sometimes. I think Peter Pilotto had a pretty promising collection yes there are things that could do with a bit of a fix up like the fit for one and the need for variation but there is just something edgy but at the same time staying on the cliff-top and not plunging into the abyss of bad tasteReplyDelete
the glasses are so hot! i want them!ReplyDelete
I love the dresses and the glasses are so cute!ReplyDelete
erdem. erdem. erdem. the season before this, when they did the lace & blurred florals, I fell in love. and this one was amazing as well. classy yet fun & flirty. so much love for this brand.ReplyDelete
you're right, it doesn't seem right that wang won when he already has all this recognition BUT I'm sure he could use the money too. If there's one thing fashion documentaries have taught me it's that it takes awhile to become profitable. I mean, Luella just stopped trading. In this economy, I'm sure even Wang needs the help.
Everything looks soooo lovely, I want it all. Wang is a worthy winner in my eyes, he just cannot put a foot wrong :))ReplyDelete
I absolutely love the erdem floral collection, however i dont the shades are nice!!ReplyDelete
Great collection, black is mine. I love it :) So beautiful.ReplyDelete


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xbay wrote:8th ave wrote:migya wrote:ufc 113 in a week and the rematch of Machida v Rua is the main event. I like Machida more, but Rua was the true winner of their first fight a few months ago, should be a good fight, hopefully with alot more action.
Koscheck goes against the large Welterweight Paul Daley in what should be a real good fight. Koscheck is looking to be the next #1 contender and if he wins this, he likely will get the next shot at GSP, especially since Alves and Fitch fight later for the supposed #1 contender. Daley is a bit of a monster at that weight and he smashed through Hazelett easily
i use kos when i play undisputed all the time so i'll be cheerin for him to win..
I think Daley will win. Dude is talkin' a lot of head, lately... and I don't really like him, but I think he'll win. I can only see Koscheck winning if he takes Daley down.
Koscheck is real touch and a good striker himself, but yea, his best bet is to take Daley down, which won't be easy as Daley is so big and strong. I pick Koscheck, but I think he should have a rematch with Paulo Thiago, who won by lucky KO in their first fight about a year ago, and the winner of Alves v Fitch should be the next Welterweight fight against GSP. I really want to see GSP v ASilva at Middleweight


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Like Clark Kent, Shawn Stasiak is having a bit of identity crisis. By day he is Dr. Shawn Stipich, a thirtysomething professional drinking a cup of Starbucks coffee while pondering his burgeoning chiropractic practice in Dallas, Texas.
By night, he is Shawn Stasiak, a second-generation wrestler full of piss and vinegar aching to get back in the ring for one last push for the WWE Title.
Shawn Stasiak's Determined DVD is an attempt to bridge the gap between the two Shawns. With over three hours of footage, by the time you are done watching you know the story of Shawn Stipich, of Shawn Stasiak, and every form of Shawn in between.
For those not familiar with Stasiak's history, he is the son of Stan "The Man" Stasiak, a former WWWF Champion and master of the heart-punch. He grew up around wrestling, and the DVD includes family photographs of young Shawn posing with his father's belt.
It was no surprise then when Shawn followed in his father's footsteps and began a career as a professional wrestler. Unfortunately, once he made it to the big-time, Shawn was unable to find the same success as his father. Saddled with unfortunate gimmicks, "Meat" the boy-toy of the Pretty Mean Sisters, and "Planet Stasiak." An injury-prone, lost-in-the-clouds lunatic, Stasiak never really advanced past a low-card jobber in the WWF. In WCW, he fared a little better but still never reached the top.
But Stasiak always felt as if he had the potential to be more than that. The Determined DVD is an attempt to show Stasiak's fans all different facets of his life, to bring forward the man behind Meat. Determined is about family, history, spirituality, weightlifting and most of all, wrestling.
On the telephone, Stasiak is honest and candid. He lamented how hesitant people are to reveal their true selves to a more general audience. "Screw it," Stasiak said, "I'm gonna open my life up. Show the wrestling world who Shawn Stasiak really is."
The original plan was to do a shoot interview, said Stasiak. "But as we started filming it just grew into something more than that," he explained. "It's not exactly what we were trying to put together, but I'm pretty happy with the story. I wanted to just let wrestling fans seen to see what I've been through, and how I've managed to maintain a healthy spiritual outlook."
For wrestling fans looking to know the real Stasiak, you get more than enough of it here. The director, Howard Feintuch, follows Stasiak all across the country. They visit the Sportatorium in Portland, Oregon, where Stan "The Man" used to work matches against Andre the Giant. They make a stop at Boise State University, Stasiak's alma-mater, for a workout routine. And finally on to Dallas, Texas, for a look at Stasiak's new chiropractic practice. Stasiak is our guide along the way, peppering the scenes with anecdotes from his life, advice for up-and-coming wrestlers and body-builders, and a healthy dose of his own unique spiritual outlook.
Clocking in at over three hours, there is a lot that could have been trimmed out of this documentary. Also, many of the scenes tend to drag on and could have been spruced up by incorporating more clips and cuts from Stasiak's life in the ring. This is not the fault of Stasiak or Feintuch -- unfortunately World Wrestling Entertainment refused to grant a license to use any footage of Stasiak in the ring. As a result, people unfamiliar with Stasiak's career might find themselves falling asleep in places.
For Stasiak's fans however, there is plenty of interesting material that would warrant at least a viewing or two. As an added bonus for wrestling fans, Rob Van Dam is featured in a scene where he and Stasiak sit at Van Dam's yin-yang emblazoned dining room table and discuss the philosophic and spiritual importance of coincidences.
On the whole, Shawn Stasiak's Determined is a message to the professional wrestling community. Shawn Stasiak is back. In his own words, he is "refocused, refueled, and ready to get back on track." He is Shawn Stipich, the chiropractor, and Shawn Stasiak, a second-generation wrestler ready to make good on his legacy and determined to be a champion in the professional wrestling business. One can only wonder if the WWE or TNA are listening ...