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I have always enjoyed nature and in particular, I love watching the sky, there is so much to see and I always want to know "why" things happen.
By: Tom Niziol , 6:46 PM GMT on May 15, 2014
The Weather Channel named 26 winter storms this past season. The naming process evaluates the winter impacts across a minimum population in the U.S. based on Winter Weather Warnings and Advisories issued by the National Weather Service. Each of these storms produced a wide variety of winter impacts across different parts of the nation. The rest of this article will detail those storms on a month to month basis beginning in October and ending in May.
Storm tracks were drawn to the best of our ability based on surface analyses produced by NCEP. In some situations, secondary development occurred away for the parent Low and those tracks are shown as dashed lines. In at least a couple of storms, it was difficult to identify a closed secondary surface Low, rather weak mid-level disturbances running along a cold front laid down from the parent system were responsible for the winter weather and were drawn to accordingly. The feeling was that these weak disturbances were all part of the larger scale winter weather pattern that controlled the track of the parent Low and therefore were part of the overall system. Defining tracks of winter systems is one challenge that our team has had this season. Enjoy !!
Winter In a Nutshell
The winter of 2013-14 could be broken into two halves across the nation, warm in the West and cold in the East. In particular it was a very long and snowy winter for a good part of the Upper Midwest through Great Lakes Region. The 4-month period from December through March was the coldest on record for places like Chicago and Marquette. Below is the surface temperature departure (anomaly) through meteorological winter, defined as the 3-month period of December, January and February.
It was not only cold but very snowy across a good part of the Upper Midwest and Great Lakes. In fact, several cities set all-time seasonal snowfall records including Billings MT, Detroit and Flint MI, Toledo OH, and Rhinelander WI. Chicago had its third snowiest winter on record and farther east in Philadelphia they set their second highest snowfall in over 100 years of records.
Storm Summaries
October and November
Atlas October 3-5 2013
The winter season began early with a major winter storm named Atlas that had devastating impacts on man as well as beast across the Black Hills of South Dakota. Winter Storm Atlas delivered feet of snow from the northern Rockies to the northern High Plains Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 3-5. A record-breaking 4 feet of snow fell in parts of western South Dakota. Match that snowfall with winds that gusted to 70 mph in places, it left ranchers dealing with heavy losses, in some cases perhaps up to half their herds, with reports of as many as 14,000 cattle lost during the blizzard. The cattle had not yet grown their winter coats and were grazing in summer pastures rather than more protected winter pastures. In addition, the ground hadn't frozen, so cattle that sought protection in low-lying areas became stuck in mud. Rain soaked the cattle; then feet of snow and winds up to 70 miles (113 kilometers) per hour froze them. Some of the snowfall reports included Lead SD 55" snow, Deadwood 48", Rapid City record for snowfall in October, previous 15.1" October 1919. Finally wind gusted to 71 mph in parts of SD.
Boreas November 22-27 2013
Winter Storm Boreas was responsible for a pre-Thanksgiving wintry potpourri of snow, ice and wind from California to Maine. It was estimated that 58 million people were affected by this storm. This slow-moving upper-level low pressure system cut off from the jet stream and inched slowly over the Desert Southwest from Nov. 22-24, wringing out some impressive snow totals, 11.4" fell in Flagstaff, AZ but as much as 41" fell in higher elevations such as Abajo Peak in SW Arizona. In the Sierra, winds gusted as high as 129 mph at Alpine Meadows near Tahoe.
But arguably the bigger headache from Boreas was ice. At least a light ice accumulation in trees was observed as far south as near Boerne, Texas, just northwest of San Antonio. Power outages from ice accumulation and winds plagued parts of West Texas, the Texas Panhandle, north Texas, Oklahoma, and eastern New Mexico. Marathon, Texas reported one-half inch of ice on roads with power outages. Up to two inches of accumulated sleet and freezing rain turned Interstate 20 into an ice rink near Odessa, Texas, shutting down overpasses and stranding motorists for a period of time on Nov. 24. Boreas prompted the National Weather Service office in Lubbock, Texas to issue its first ice storm warning since Jan. 28, 2010.
During December the pattern became more active with several storms developing in the vicinity of Colorado. These Colorado Lows produced repeated bouts of winter weather across the heavily populated corridor of the Northeast. A few of these storms had multiple phases as secondary features formed along cold fronts laid down from the parent system.
Cleon December 1-7 2013
Winter Storm Cleon delivered snow, sleet, and freezing rain to a large swath of the country from Dec. 1, 2013 into early Dec. 7, 2013. At least 11 people were killed as the storm marched east. This was a two-part storm, snow along part I (the northern track) and ice Part II (southern track). As much as a foot of snow fell across Illinois and 10" in Indiana. Ice in Dallas closed major highways, 10's of thousands were without power at some point during the storm, ice also produced impacts across Oklahoma, Tennessee and Arkansas.
Dion December 5-11 2013
Fresh off the heels of Winter Storm Cleon, Winter Storm Dion brought another punch of snow, sleet, and freezing rain to a large swath of the country Dec. 6-10, 2013. This was a very long track storm that produced winter impacts from coast to coast, snow then freezing rain. Corvallis Oregon had their biggest snow in 20 years at 6-8". One to two feet of snow piled up in the Western Mountains of Utah, Idaho, Nevada, California. On the south side of this storm enough cold air was in place to produce a coating of ice from ½ to - ¾" from Tennessee through Kentucky to Virginias
Electra December 11-15 2013
Winter storm Electra dumped heavy snow from the Midwest through the Northeast. 12" to 18" of snow hammered New England, even New York City picked up 5" of snow. This was more of a typical northeast storm that closed down schools in a multi-state area in New England. Early on as much as 10" to 11" of snow fell across parts of Missouri and Illinois. Even a bit of freezing rain occurred in parts of Missouri on the southern edge of the wintry precipitation.
Falco December 16-18 2014
Winter Storm Falco was the fourth winter storm to affect the Northeast, in half as many weeks. Although snowfall amounts were not spectacular, the timing of the event closed down the Long Island Expressway for several hours and produced major airport delays. Portland ME picked up 9" of snow (Down East a foot) and Boston set a daily record with 6.4".
Gemini December 19-23 2013
Winter storm Gemini produced a combination of snow and ice knocked which out power to 440,000 homes and businesses in Michigan, upstate New York and northern New England, and also left more than 475,000 people without electricity in eastern Canada.
Hercules December 31 – January 3 2014
Winter storm Hercules delivered a swath of snow from the Midwest to the Great Lakes and Northeast during the first few days of 2014. It all began back in Kansas and Missouri where 4" to 6" of snow fell, Chicago received 10.9", Gurnee IL picked up a whopping 18", then Detroit then saw almost a foot of snow. As the system head to the east coast it continued to produce heavy snowfall with Buffalo receiving 8", Greece NY, near Rochester, got a bonus off Lake Ontario for a snow total of 22". New York City picked up 6.4" and Boston got a whopping 17.8" !! Finally, top honors went to Boxford MA where 23.8" of snow fell.
During January the major winter storms took a decidedly more southerly track as repeated bouts of arctic air were brought into the Deep South. As a result many southern cities felt the brunt of significant winter impacts during the month. Along with the storm tracks, take note of the significant temperature departures over the eastern half of the nation, all the way down to the Gulf coast.
Ion January 3-6 2014
Winter Storm Ion delivered a one-two punch of snow and brutal Arctic air to parts of the central U.S. on Jan. 5-6, 2014. The worst impacts were in Indiana, where heavy snow and high winds led to severe travel difficulties and even closures on several major highways in central and northern parts of the state. 3,700 flights (10% of domestic departures) cancelled from Chicago through Detroit to Cleveland. 18" Benton Harbor MI. 11.7" Chicago on the heels of another 10" storm, 11.4" Indianapolis and 17" Flint MI. Wind chills dropped down to 50 below zero in Wisconsin. Ice in Pittsburgh resulted in 10,000 losing power.
Janus January 20-22 2014
Winter Storm Janus spread its swath of snow from the Ohio Valley into the Northeast Urban Corridor from Jan. 21-22, 2014. Anywhere from 4" to 5" of snow fell from Louisville to Cincinnati, and 7.2" piled up at Midway in Chicago. 8" to 10" fell across the Appalachians of West Virginia. As the system intensified along the Mid-Atlantic Coast Washington DC picked up 3.8". Philadelphia however got hammered with 13.5" making Jan 21st the 10th snowiest day on record since 1884. Finally New York City got a whopping 11.5".
Kronos January 23-24 2014
Winter Storm Kronos brought snow, sleet and freezing rain into parts of central and east Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi as an arctic High plunged southward from Canada. A weak Low rode eastward along the cold front and produced 4" of snow in Texas and 3" in Alexandria Louisiana. There were multiple highways shut down in and around Austin TX from the ice. Sleet was reported as far south as Pensacola FL and Harlingen TX.
Leon January 27-29 2014
The arctic High that brought the exceptional cold to the Southeast during Kronos set the stage for one of the more significant ice/snow events for a couple of major metropolitan areas during Leon. The Winter Storm affected a long swath of the Deep South and parts of the immediate East Coast Jan. 28 into early Jan. 29, bringing traffic to a standstill in several major cities. Anywhere from 1 to 3" of snow fell from east Texas through Georgia to the Carolinas. Only 2.6" of snow fell officially in Atlanta and 2" in Birmingham. However temperatures in the low 20s refroze the snow as it melted under traffic during the early afternoon and very quickly 10s of thousands of motorists in both cities came to a standstill on roads. Many were stuck for over a day as those roads literally turned into ice rinks. Ice closed parts of I-10 in the Florida Panhandle. Farther north as much as 8" to 10" of snow piled up from North Carolina through Virginia with several inches as far north as Massachusetts.
Maximus January 29 through February 3 2014
Winter storm Maximus was a very long track storm that began with over a foot of snow in the Cascades and Sierra. As it crossed through the Central Rockies over 4 feet of snow piled up through the higher elevations of the Colorado and Wyoming peaks with an incredible 56.2" recorded at Schofield Pass, 10,722ft.
Farther south as much as 12.5" of snow accumulated in Crowell, Texas and 8" in Frederick Oklahoma. As the system lifted through the Ohio Valley 6" to 8" of snow occurred with Detroit picking up 4.1". Across Kentucky 6.2" occurred in Paducah and 3.7" in Lexington. As this system moved through the eastern Great Lakes to New England it dumped a foot of snow in parts of Pennsylvania through West Virginia. 8" piled up in New York City, 9.3" in Allentown and 3.5" in Philadelphia.
Nika January 31 through February 5 2014
Winter Storm Nika spread a wintry mess of snow, sleet and freezing rain from the Plains to the Northeast. The storm also brought snow to the mountains of the West. Over a foot of snow dumped across the Colorado Rockies with 3" to 4" around Santa Fe. As the system crossed the Plains it dumped 13.2" of snow in Topeka, 9" in Kansas City and 8.5" in Indianapolis. The system then moved northeast and transferred its energy to the east coast. Enough cold air hung around at the surface to produce a significant ice event across Philadelphia and its suburbs. As many as 1 million people lost power to ice, with about 750,000 in Philadelphia alone. In the colder air of New England there were several reports of a foot of snow.
February saw a wide variety of winter storm tracks but most of them ended up travelling through the Mid-Atlantic to New England Coast. As a result, many of these areas continued to get hit with modest accumulations of snow in what was becoming a relentless winter. Exceptional cold conditions continued across the Upper Plains and Upper Great Lakes Region in what was becoming one of the coldest winters on record for some of these areas.
Orion February 6-10 2014
Winter Storm Orion, the 15th named storm of the 2013-14 winter storm season, brought much-needed snowfall to the West, bringing welcome moisture to a drought-parched region. The primary disturbance then zipped across the Midwest and Northeast. In the West some record setting snowfall occurred around Eugene OR where 8.7" of snow was the most the city had seen in February in 77 years. Even Seattle picked up 2.9" of snow at the airport. The ski resorts in the Wastach, Tetons as well as Colorado Rockies saw nearly 3 ft. of snow. As the system cut across the Midwest through Ohio Valley to the Northeast, a wide swath of 4" to 6" of snow accumulated.
Pax February 9-14 2014
Winter Storm Pax pushed two rounds of wintry weather across the South from Feb. 10 to Feb. 13. The second round produced the heaviest amounts of freezing rain, sleet and snow across the region late Feb. 11 through early Feb. 13. Pax also brought heavy snow to Appalachians, Middle Atlantic and Northeast late Feb. 12 into Feb. 14. Up to 1.25" of ice produced widespread power outages across South Carolina. 11" of snow fell in Ringold Georgia. The system hammered the East Coast with 12.5" in New York City and 11.1" in Philadelphia. Tops snow totals however were in higher elevations including 28.5" in Pilot West Virginia and 30" in Mounty Holly Vermont.
Quintus February 14-16 2014
This storm was a fast moving system that developed into a major bomb as it headed off the East Coast. It produced anywhere from 6 to 9" of snow as it barreled across Illinois through Ohio and Pennsylvania. As it headed off the east coast it put down as much as 7.5" in eastern Long Island, 15" in Massachusetts (4" in Boston) and as much as 20" across Maine.
Rex February 16-19 2014
Winter Storm Rex brought a swath of snow from the Midwest to parts of the Northeast late Feb. 16 into early Feb. 19, 2014. Thundersnow was observed in at least seven states as the storm pushed east. As many as 4,500 flights were cancelled in the path of the storm, over 1,000 in Chicago alone. Some of the snow totals included 9" in Michigan and Ohio and 11" in parts of Massachusetts and 15" in New Hampshire. This was a very convective storm system and probably produced the most widespread thundersnow of any winter system this season.
Seneca February 19-21 2014
This storm produced another widespread area of thundersnow across several states with places like Des Moines Iowa getting everything from snow to sleet to freezing rain to thunder all within the course of an hour. Minneapolis picked up 9.9" of snow and there were blizzard conditions across the state of Minnesota where 50,000 were without power and over 1,000 accidents occurred on roadways. 22" of snow fell in Gile WI, 18" in Alborn MN and 14" in Ironwood MI.
Titan February 27 through March 3 2014
Winter storm Titan produced heavy rainfall and mountain snow as it came onto the West Coast February 27th. The system then shifted across the Rockies and into parts of the central and eastern U.S. Saturday and Sunday, March 1-2. Titan continued to impact parts of the East on March 3. Donner Peak picked up 30" of snow and Taos NM saw 20". As the system lifted across the Plains to the eastern U.S. it dumped snow on its northern side with 5" in Chicago, 4 to 6" around Washington DC and 8 to 10" in other parts of Virginia. On its southern side, ice accumulations resulted in power outages for 27,000 across Arkansas and 61,000 throughout Tennessee.
March provided a little bit of everything winter-wise across the U.S. as we headed into our change of seasons. It began with an ice storm for the Southeast, was followed up by a couple of MidWest through Mid-Atlantic/Northeast events and ended with a Northern Plains blizzard. Once again , those cold temperature continued to remain in place across the eastern U.S., in particular the Southeast where ice hammered the region.
Ulysses March 5-7 2014
High pressure locked in across the Northeast U.S. pushed another round of cold air into the far South setting the stage for a significant ice event as a Gulf Low moved up the Southeast coast. The Carolinas were hardest hit with hundreds of thousands of customers losing power, and for some of those customers power was not restored for several days. On the colder side of the storm Mt Mitchell picked up 15" of snow. Salisbury, Asheboro and Lexington NC saw as much as ½" of ice.
Vulcan March 9-13 2014
Winter Storm Vulcan deposited a swath of heavy snow from the Midwest into the Great Lakes and interior Northeast, less than two weeks before the arrival of spring 2014. This system not only produced snow but strong winds as well. In fact, it led to blizzard conditions from northern Ohio and Indiana through Buffalo, NY where winds gusted to 47 mph during the storms and 13.8" of snow fell. Chicago and Cleveland picked up 6 to 8". Across the Northeast Burlington VT picked up 18", Syracuse 12", and Caribou ME 16".
Wiley March 16-18 2014
Winter Storm Wiley spread a swath of snow and ice from the Missouri Valley into the Mid-Atlantic states from Mar. 15-17, 2014. Washington's two airports picked up from 7-11" of snow, Baltimore 7" and Philadelphia accumulated 4.7" which pushed their seasonal total to 67.6", second highest on record. It was the 5th time that Washington's Federal offices had closed due to winter weather this season.
Xenia March 30 through April 1 2014
Winter Storm Xenia produced whiteout conditions across large swaths of North Dakota, South Dakota, and northeast Wyoming on the final day of March 2014. Visibility was reduced to 10 feet in parts of North Dakota. Drifts of 5-6 feet were observed in Roseau, Minn. Winds gusted to 64 mph at the Rapid City, S.D. airport, and up to 58 mph near Oakes, N.D. Whiteout conditions prompted a shut down of Interstate 29 from Brookings, S.D. to the Canadian border, and Interstate 94 from Fargo to Bismarck, N.D. Xenia prompted the 11th separate blizzard warning in the winter season issued by the National Weather Service in Grand Forks, N.D.
• North Dakota: 20" in Grafton
• Minnesota: 18" in Thief River Falls and near Warren
• South Dakota: 10" in Sisseton
• Wyoming: 15" near Centennial
• Montana: 12" near Carlyle and St. Phillip
• Nebraska: 5" in Arthur
Below is a list of snow totals in larger cities in the northern Plains and Upper Midwest:
• Bismarck, N.D.: 8.1"
• Grand Forks, N.D.: 11.5"
• Fargo, N.D/Moorhead, Minn.: 2.5"
• Pierre, S.D.: 6"
Winter wound down in April and compared to the 2012-13 season when there were 4 named storms, only one storm occurred. Cold air continued to make its presence known near the Canadian border of the Upper Midwest however keeping near record ice cover on the Great Lakes, in particular, Lake Superior. When a robust Low pressure system tracked out of the Central Plains to the Great Lakes, it tapped that cold air to become Yona. This storm followed very closely on the heels and track of the previous storm, Xenia, impacting the Upper Midwest. After a several week respite, just when we thought we were done with winter, a Rockies storm developed and there was enough cold air around to ensure one more heavy dump of snow.
Yona April 2-4 2014
Winter storm Yona produced yet one more round of heavy snow to the winter weary Upper Midwest. Below are the top snow totals for some of the states that were impacted by Yona:
• Minnesota: 12.2 inches in Brownton. Officially, 6.5 inches was reported at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. However, up to 10.5 inches was measured in downtown Minneapolis.
• Wisconsin: 17.8 inches near Superior; 17 inches near Ashland; 14.5 inches near Poplar
• Michigan: 17 inches in Tapiola; 15 inches in Hancock
• Iowa: 7.8 inches near Sibley
• South Dakota: 7 inches near Fairview
By the time Yona had loosened its grip on the region, Duluth had a total of 34" of snow on the ground. Only several days at the beginning of April 1965 had a greater snow depth in its period of record which goes back over 100 years.
Zephyr May 10-13 2014
Winter Storm Zephyr dropped heavy snow in the Rocky Mountains and even into parts of the Front Range urban corridor May 10-13, 2014. Dating to 1883, Sunday was the heaviest calendar-day snow so late in the season in Cheyenne, by a narrow margin. They had a pair of 10-inch-plus snow days later in the calendar (May 13, 1961 and May 16, 1943), but slightly less than Sunday's total of 10.5 inches. The weight of this heavy, wet snow damaged trees in Cedar City, Utah on Sunday. Up to 17,000 were without power on the morning of May 12 in northern Colorado, according to Xcel Energy in Aurora, Colorado.
The winter of 2013-14 was certainly a busy one with no less than 26 named winter storms that spanned the alphabet to the letter. While parts of the eastern half of the nation faced an extended period of cold and snow, parts of the West underwent record warmth and critically dry conditions. Only time will tell what our next season brings, stay tuned !!
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
I have always enjoyed nature and in particular, I love watching the sky, there is so much to see and I always want to know "why" things happen.


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So over the weekend I managed to really mess up my madsonic install, db, and backup db. The ultimate solution was a completely fresh install. Unfortunately this meant I lost all of my play statistics. Since I scrobble everything to Last.fm I figured there should be a way to scrape that data and update the Madsonic database. Thus, I wrote the following python script: https://github.com/philosowaffle/script ... c_query.py
What you will need:
- A Last.fm API Key: http://www.last.fm/api
- Your Last.fm Username
- Python 2.7.11
1) In the script, replace YOUR_API_KEY_HERE and YOUR_USER_NAME_HERE with the correct values respectively.
2) From the command line run `python lastfm_to_madsonic_query.py`
3) Be patient, depending on your number of scrobbles this could take a while. If you find it takes too long, or you exceed your API queries you can adjust how far back in time to look by changing the for-loops at lines 77 and 97.
4) When the script completes you will find a file called 'temp.txt' in the same directory. Inside of this file should be a long list of UPDATE statements, one for every song you have ever scrobbled to Last.fm. Now you may not have all of these songs in your Madsonic library, but that is ok, the database will simply ignore any songs it cannot find. These statements will set the play_count and last_played fields in your database for each of the songs listed. IMPORTANT - These statements will REPLACE any previous data in these two fields.
5) Go to you database view http://my.madsonic.com/db.view
6) Copy and paste the UPDATE statements into the DB console and click OK. IMPORTANT - These statements will REPLACE any previous data in these two fields. If you copy too many statements into the console at once it may error out, that's ok. Just refresh the page and try doing fewer queries at a time. I found that about 1000 queries at once was the threshold.
And that's it! You should now have playcount and lastplayed data re-populated in your database!

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Jmatt1 needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 100 designs submitted by 30 freelance designers.
My personal website needs an awesome logo to launch! I'd like something bold, fun and unique.
I'd like to put my resume, blog, projects and contact information on the site. I'm a hacker, gamer and entrepreneur. The demographics are my peers in the software industry, friends and customers... but then again I think robots, pirates and ninjas are cool. So take that with a grain of salt.
My name is J. Matt Peterson. I am known as JMatt and my initials are JMP. This logo is for me and my personal website. There are two parts to this logo:
1) I'd like a letterform of "JMP" similar in structure to the attached image but it doesn't need to be the same style. I'd prefer if it wasn't ~ thus the reason I'm putting on this contest.
2) I'd also I'd like a similarly stylized "jmatt" in a form that will be usable with or in place of the letterform.
More details: I am ok with any of these capitalization combinations: "jmatt", "JMatt", "JMATT". I currently sign my name similar to the attached image as a letter form instead of signing my full name.
The logo will be on a light background with dark text. I would love some color in the logo. I like blue and green the most. But if it looks really awesome, I could be open to another color(s).
Examples (but not limited to these colors): http://www.colourlovers.com/palette…onsultancy
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Its 10 days of giveaways girls, as I attempt to hand out some booty and free up some space for that pony I've been saving up for! International readers welcome and you may enter as many giveaways as you like.
Also look out for our 10 day Sleek palette giveaway running til the 20th November!
All winners announced on the 23rd November.
The Prize: Purity Organics is a relatively new brand with its products made without parabens or nasty additives. This prize is the full size gentle face scrub.
The Question:Megan, once had a tiny crush on Juggernaut from X-Men.
I made a mental note of this and said to myself, one day – in a decade or so, when people communicate only by Facebook Pokes and Domino's pizza is the national dish, Megan will come through that door with her new boyfriend, some geek no doubt, and I will relish the moment that I tell him that her first crush was on Vinnie Jones.
With this in mind, who were your earliest childhood crushes?
*Hangs head in shame*…Gary Lineker followed by…………Tom Cruise. Hey – this was back in t'day when I used to wear Marks & Spencer Shell Suits!


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This blog is for lego fans, it has updates about lego star wars, and much more. It usually covers recent news with the lego companies, set releases and other items of interest. Our administrative blog still monitors this site and it's comments, but we no longer update it as "Legowiz" has lost interest in updating lego related topics. Thanks so much for the fans and positive feedback over the years!
Feb 20, 2010
Winner of the Legowiz Contest!
The winner of the Creativity post is this AT-ST Moc. by "agencyORANGE" on flickr. This is one of the most impressive Mocs I've ever seen!
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Miranda has all the drugs one could ever want. After the drug related death of her boyfriend Miranda spirals faster into the world of drugs because she believe's she is responsible for his death. This books takes a look into the life of a Upper East side rich 19 year old socialite....


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The first clue that all might not be well with Facebook's new "Chairs are like Facebook" ad from ad agency Wieden + Kennedy is that on YouTube, the comments are turned off.
Advertisers do that when they think they might get a negative reaction from viewers.
The commercial — Facebook's first ever big TV campaign ad— is a lushly filmed existential inquest into the question of whether we are alone or together.
But it uses a lot of racial shorthand in order to represent exactly who "we" are. Unfortunately, that shorthand indicates that black people like to sit on junky furniture on the sidewalk, while white people lounge in richly furnished rooms and teach prestigious classes. Black people dance wildly, while white people do the Electric Slide. And so on.
Take a guess what Arab life is like in the Facebook universe.
We're not saying that Facebook or W+K is racist. That would be ridiculous. We're just saying that when you need to use visual cues to briefly signify the full diversity of the human race, you could make a different choice than showing a black neighborhood where chickens peck in the street.
We've put the full video at the end of this frame-by-frame, so you can make your own judgments.
The first person we meet in the ad is this elderly African American, reading a newspaper at what appears to be a bus stop. So far, so good:
But the elderly white man gets to sit in a lushly furnished house. Maybe we're reading too much into this, but ...
... the black kid plays on a junky old kitchen chair in the middle of the street. We know it's not a wealthy neighborhood because of what's in the background ...
... chickens. There are chickens in the street:
There are also deck chairs in the street. Not on the beach, or on a wide grassy lawn, but the street:
Farther East, this Arab boy takes a break on his chair, which is also out in the street. Also, note that the town he's living in is crumbling, just like all Arab towns, right?
Finally, Facebook's 'Great Nation' is a European one:
Here's the full ad so you can judge for yourself:


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DailyDirt: Some Inspiring Graduation Speeches...
from the urls-we-dig-up deptIt's graduation time for a lot of students, and there are a lot of different commencement addresses being given in lot of different venues. Here are a few memorable ones, preserved by YouTube, for your enjoyment.
- Steve Jobs gave a pretty popular graduation speech a few years ago. Stay hungry... [insert your own inappropriate joke about Jobs' physical appearance here] [url]
- Denzel Washington advises grads to "fall forward"... But having something to "fall back on" doesn't seem like bad advice, either, though. [url]
- JK Rowling recounts her own failures and the inevitability of failure. Gay wizard joke, FTW. [url]
- To discover more stuff for possible self-improvement, check out what's currently floating around on StumbleUpon. [url]
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Mayor's Office
Resident input drives "Taking Charge" process
Mayor Chris Beutler today announced a new citizen satisfaction survey will be conducted to get the public's evaluation of City services as part of his continuing "Taking Charge"initiative. A scientific phone survey of about 600 randomly selected residents is schedule to begin the first week of December. That will be followed by an online survey on the City Web site, lincoln.ne.gov. The City also will invite private and non-profit sector representatives to participate in a series of "City Stat" meetings to review data compiled on City performance.
The Mayor said the efforts are the next steps in the City's implementation of outcome-based budgeting, a process that began in February 2008 (timeline attached). He said residents have played an important role in helping the City prioritize its services. Mayor Beutler wants citizens to continue that role and encourages residents to complete the survey if called or fill out the online version.
We are becoming a more focused, professional and performance-based organization through our 'Taking Charge' process," Mayor Beutler said. "We have tied City programming directly to what we want to accomplish, rather than what we spent last year. The process also has been successful in increasing resident awareness on City revenues and expenditures.
The City is again partnering with the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center, which also helped with the PRIORITY LINCOLN project and earlier "Taking Charge" efforts. The citizen satisfaction survey will address a broad range of City services, including public safety, roads, health and sustainability. Mayor Beutler said the survey will provide the City with data it is not able to obtain from other sources.
Participants in the City Stat meetings will review City service data that are available. "City Stat meetings are occurring all over the country and are helping municipalities make choices based on need rather than politics," Beutler said. "The information from these meetings will help us set a strategic plan for the 2010-2011 budget year, a plan that helps City Hall be more flexible and responsive to the needs of the community. Focusing on performance and measurable results will help City Hall squeeze more value out of every City tax dollar."


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September Song Classic TV Show
Drama series which follows the adventures of Billy Balsam and Ted Fenwick, two friends in their fifties who set off on a voyage of discovery.
September Song Fan Tributes19 roger eade from norfolk: just acquired all three series, compulsive viewing of a memorable series. acting was so good, michael williams stood out of a very good cast
18 Marianne from Darlington: Just watched the first series on DVD, can't wait for the second to be released. Michael Williams was one of the best but under rated actors ever
17 Trish from Lancashire: Brilliant series finally being released on dvd 13th September 2010
16 Vernon Liddell from Wiltshire: Michael Williams could turn a small part into a starrring role, or in the case of September Song, turn a great series into something you will remember all your life. He was one of a kind.
15 Rosie from Cromer: Part of this series was filmed in Cromer and I would love to be able to obtain a copy of a dvd to revisit the series.
14 Ken Patterson from Portsmouth: Like all the others a great shame it's not available on vidio/DVD is there any chance it maybe?dw
13 douglas miller from leeds: with so many wanting it wey cant we get a DVD
12 nigel c jervis from wales: i loved this series to bits, why o why cant you get it on dvd or repeat it on tv, it would be nice to see something new repeated
11 john from gainsborough: brilliant series, so well written, so believable, my wife and I would love to see it again, please put it on dvd - and repeat it for this generation?
10 irene from wigan,lancs: how wonderful if one of the suppliers of old tv programmes could supply this brilliant series on dvd. it is getting hard to find something good to watch these days, despite all the extra channels!
9 Janet Lynham from Manchester: I Played a Burlesque dancer in the second series, I wish i could get hold of a copy of the series to show off my claim to fame.
8 pat wright from cornwall: This was a great series and if it were to be repeated there would be a great demand for a dvd
7 cyril from Devon: I too hope this will be released on DVD. I particularly remember some of the show with a couple wearing just a guitar - a tribute to Dickie Arnold and Dottie.
6 Ken Baker from Wakefield: Great series .. wish it were available on video or DVD
5 Gordon Sheach from Neilston, East Renfrewshire: This was a great series watched by my wife & I every week but why is it not repeated now so that todays generation can see it?
4 Rebecca from Manchester: I played Susie in the first series (the daughter of Julie Peasgood) who was dating Ted (Russ Abbott). I filmed for about 6 weeks in Blackpool and Salford, I had a fabulous time and very happy memories. All the cast and crew were fantastic.
3 christina collister from isle of man: oh i remember watching this when i lived at home and i remember i just fell in love with the series! my mum and i watched it every week. Its such a flipping shame they dont repeat it!
2 joan from essex: I thought that it was so lovely. I thought that all the actors were great. lots of love Joan.xx
1 amanda roles from salford: I was an extra in this series, they filmed at my old school, Lowry Hight in Salford, you can see me in the classroom scenes... find memories .. Rus Abbott is a really nice man too!
September Song
Genre: Drama
Russ Abbot as Ted Fenwick
Michael Williams as Billy Balsam
Diana Quick as Katherine Hillyard
Diane Keen as Connie French
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Neil Boorman as Peter Shelly
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Christos Tsangas as Leonidas Alexiou
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- 4. Spend at least 30 minutes, on two occasions, practicing warm up exercises before skating.
- 5. Play a game of roller hockey,
- 6. Learn two new roller skating skills: Forward Scissors, Forward Stroking, Crossover, or Squat Skate.
- 7. Participate in a roller or inline skating skill development clinic.
- 8. Demonstrate how to stop quickly and safely.
- 9. Demonstrate how to skate backwards. Skate backwards for five feet.
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Defending champion Chris Froome has abandoned the 2014 Tour de France after a third crash in two days.
The 29-year-old Team Sky rider tumbled to the tarmac on Tuesday's fourth stage, damaging his wrist.
He started the cobbled fifth stage from Ypres to Arenburg Porte du Hinaut, which took place in torrential rain and slickened the roads.
Froome crashed early on the route before a second crash 85-kilometres in saw him end his defence by taking his place in the back of the Team Sky car.
The stage commemorates 100 years since the start of World War One and features many of the cobbles used in the Paris-Roubaix one-day race 'the Hell of the North'.
Wet weather forced race organisers to remove two of the nine cobbled sections, but Froome's falls came prior even to the first section of cobbles he had been dreading since the route was announced last autumn.
The sad sight of Froome, dominant in winning the 2013 Tour, grimacing by the roadside was reminiscent of Sir Bradley Wiggins' abandonment with a broken collarbone in the first week of the 2011 Tour.
The Tour last took to the cobbles in 2010 in a stage Lance Armstrong predicted would be carnage.
So it proved as Geraint Thomas finished second to Thor Hushovd and Frank Schleck was among those to crash out.
That took place in the dry, but the downpours caused treacherous conditions even prior to the first section of cobbles.
Froome fell on his left side during June's Criterium du Dauphine and again on Tuesday, and then on his right.
A further tumble proved too much for Froome to continue as he exited the Tour.
Team Sky principal Sir Dave Brailsford said prior to the start that Richie Porte would be a protected rider, like Froome, as an insurance policy.
It is likely the Australian will now be Team Sky's leader, although Thomas could also be given a chance to prove his potential.
Froome's fate again highlighted Brailsford's call to omit Wiggins, the 2012 winner, from Team Sky's squad.
Wiggins was ninth in Paris-Roubaix in April and won May's Tour of California but was not selected.
The first cobbled section was due after 87km of racing, with organisers removing sector seven and five - two sections totalling 2.4km - reducing the stage distance to 152.5km, 3km less than originally planned.
Froome joins Mark Cavendish in exiting the Tour after the Manxman's crash on stage one to Harrogate.
Cavendish had shoulder surgery on Wednesday, which rules him out of the Commonwealth Games.
Thomas and Simon Yates (Orica-GreenEdge) were the remaining Britons.
Froome was not the only rider to be unseated on a difficult day, with Marcel Kittel (Giant-Shimano), the winner of three of the opening four stages, also tumbling.
The Kenya-born Briton had been dragged back to the main pack after 42km as seven riders, including world time-trial champion Tony Martin (Omega Pharma-QuickStep) was up ahead.
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In its effort to better prepare professionals for the global reality, Alliant International University is integrating both an international and multicultural focus to its curriculum and professional practical training.
For the past year, Alliant has been participating in a prestigious, national project by the American Council on Education (ACE) entitled, "At Home in the World," which is aimed at integrating internationalization and multicultural education initiatives in higher education. Along with seven other institutions named to the project, Alliant is developing ways to integrate both curricular and co-curricular international and diversity efforts to better prepare students to be competent professionals in an increasingly global world.
Since the fall of 2011, a cross-disciplinary Alliant team has planned and launched an intercultural curricula transformation pilot project in several psychology and business programs in the U.S. and Mexico. Through this project, Alliant has developed intercultural competencies to be included in key courses, developed novel assessment tools and created innovative methods for students to competently engage across cultures.
Alliant has already begun to share promising preliminary results from the pilot at international and diversity conferences. The team will continuously work to improve the new curricula as more outcome results come forth. Ultimately, new intercultural curricula will be extended to other programs across the university. The "At Home in the World" pilot has been instrumental in Alliant pursuing its larger goal of becoming an international leader in global professional practice education that prepares students to solve real problems across the world.
Most recently, a number of thought leaders in Alliant's core faculty joined efforts to contribute to the newly released book, "Internationalizing Multiculturalism: Expanding Professional Competencies in a Globalized World." Similar to the ACE project, this book attempts to broaden the concept of multiculturalism (race, gender, sexual orientation and religion) to encompass internationalism (country of origin). In other words, it internationalizes multiculturalism.
The book, published by the American Psychological Association (APA), is edited by Distinguished Professor Rodney L. Lowman. It features chapters by many important authors in the field, including many current and former Alliant faculty authors, including: Drs. Wendy Chung, Nurcan Ensari, Louise Kelly, Sue Kuba, Beth Limberg, Denise Lopez, Estela Matriano, Monique Taylor and Danny Wedding.
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Fifth Third Bancorp (Cincinnati OH) (FITB) Falls 2.71% for December 21Equities Staff Follow |
One of the S&P 500's big losers for Monday December 21 was Fifth Third Bancorp (Cincinnati OH) (FITB). The company's stock fell 2.71% to $19.74 on volume of 23.18 million shares.
The stock opened the day at 20.16 and traded between a low of $19.67 and a high of $20.20. The stock finished the day down $0.55 per share. Fifth Third Bancorp (Cincinnati OH) has an average daily volume of 8.15 million and a total float of 794.33 million shares. The 50-day SMA for Fifth Third Bancorp (Cincinnati OH) is $19.83 and its 200-day SMA is $19.89. The high for the stock over the last 52 weeks is $21.93 and the low is $17.14.
Fifth Third Bancorp along with its subsidiaries provides financial products and services such as checking, savings and money market accounts, and credit products such as credit cards, installment loans, mortgage loans and leases.
Fifth Third Bancorp (Cincinnati OH) is centered in Cincinnati, OH, and has 18,311 employees. Today's trading day leaves the company with a market cap of $15.68 billionwith a P/E Ratio of 11.9. The company has a P/S ratio of 2.46, P/B ratio of 1.08, and a 11.6.
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SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing machinists in the Northwest have rejected a contentious contract proposal that would have exchanged concessions for decades of secure jobs.
The International Association of Machinists District 751 announced Wednesday night that the proposal was rejected by 67 percent of the votes.
Some union members had called for a no vote, protesting Boeing Co.'s push to end a traditional pension plan and increase their health care costs. Workers would have received a $10,000 signing bonus if they approved the deal.
Boeing had proposed the eight-year contract extension, saying it needs the deal to assemble the new 777X in Washington state. With the threat of those jobs going to another state, lawmakers rushed to approve $8.7 billion in tax breaks last week.
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
Brenda Chapman's dismissal as director of Pixar's Brave is old news, but she recently spoke out about being fired.
Henry Selick's untitled film with Disney was cancelled, forcing the layoff of over a hundred artists at the Cinderbiter studio in the San Francisco area.
Finally, and this won't be as well known, the CEO of the Go Go Gorillas operation, Christopher Turner, is under investigation for fraud. Further details here. I've written about John Celestri in the past. John's a friend and former co-worker who was looking for an alternate financial model for animation and connected with Christopher Turner. The company was attempting to use a restaurant/arcade to fund animation. That's the reverse of the typical approach where popular cartoon characters are used to brand other enterprises like theme parks. In any case, it is doubtful that the company will be able to move forward or survive with this shadow hanging over it.
The important thing to realize is that risk is unavoidable and the above events are not the result of malice. While the people who have been affected by this will suffer, there was no intent for that to be the case. Pixar would have been better off not hiring Chapman rather than deal with the public relations problems of taking her off the film. Disney expected to release Selick's film or it wouldn't have bothered to invest in it to begin with. Time will tell if Christopher Turner was a businessman who got in over his head or whether he deliberately planned to defraud, but there are much quieter ways to steal money. Ask Bernie Madoff.
There's no shortage of studios that have lost projects in mid-production or been forced into bankruptcy by creditors. The artists at those studios have fallen victim to forces beyond their control. If Chapman and Selick, who were working for the largest animation company in the world, couldn't avoid risk, no one can.
That's the moral. No matter how solid things look, they never really are. It pays to plan for losing your job. Can you survive financially if you're laid off? Are you in touch with enough people in the industry to find your next job? Are your skills up to date so that you can easily fit into another production? If the answer to any of the above questions is "no," then you're more vulnerable to risk than you should be.
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Geez, I hope John Celestri can get out that that one. That's a really crappy thing to get stuck in.
- August 19, 2012 9:59 AM
You make a great point in illustrating the importance of being prepared for rainy days.
Would like to add to this by saying that if you only account for rainy days as a result of other people making good reasonable decisions you are understating the risk by a factor enough to make note of it.
It is important to limit the duration of down time by having cultivated contacts and by expanding ones skill set. It is also important to understand that Risk mentioned in the article lowers your per/hr rate rate when you account for the percent of time it goes away or if you prefer the amount of time it takes to find a similar situation. It is important to allow for it in your budget and to put extra money aside in the rainy day jar because the risk monster can strike at a time of its own choosing.
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Calling for 36 billion gallons of biofuel to be produced by 2022, the Environmental Protection Agency has issued a long-awaited final rule on the implementation of the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS) established in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.
One of several announced Obama administration efforts to boost renewable fuels, the final rule is being both embraced and criticized by farm-state legislators and advocacy groups. Despite criticisms, the rule is expected to provide a boost for biofuel manufacturers.
The White House said increasing renewable fuels "will reduce dependence on oil by more than 328 million barrels a year and reduce greenhouse gas emissions more than 138 million metric tons a year when fully phased in by 2022."
(See White House memorandum.)
Currently, some 11 billion gallons of ethanol is produced annually in the United States so production will have to be ramped up to hit the 36 billion gallon target. The current ethanol output is exempted from a law stating biofuels must have greenhouse gas emissions at least 20 percent lower than gasoline.
That standard was a cause of concern for corn ethanol advocates. It was unknown if the EPA's latest data-crunching would show corn-based fuels had achieved the needed percentage. Last year, the EPA released figures showing such targets would not be met by corn-based fuels.
In the lead-up to EPA's final rule release, ethanol advocates warned if the "less than 20 percent" rule was unmet the industry would be badly impacted.
In response to questions about EPA's newest calculations, Lisa Jackson, EPA administrator, said ethanol now meets the mandated target because of improved modeling. "We've followed the science. Our models have become more sophisticated and we've accrued better data."
"We're pleased the EPA recognizes that corn ethanol provides a distinct advantage over conventional gasoline when it comes to greenhouse gas emissions, with a reduction of more than 21 percent in some cases," said Darrin Ihnen, a South Dakota farmer and National Corn Growers of America president.
"This means that all corn ethanol including existing grandfathered capacity and new production will qualify to meet the conventional biofuels targets in the RFS." (Full NCGA statement)
The EPA "was right to recognize that ethanol from all sources provides significant carbon benefits compared to gasoline," said Bob Dineen, Renewable Fuels Association president. "As structured, the RFS is a workable program that will achieve the stated policy goals of reduced oil dependence, economic opportunity, and environmental stewardship. The RFS is the public policy building block upon which America's renewable fuels industry will be built. Today's industry and tomorrow's ethanol producers require stable federal policy that provides them the market assurances they need to commercialize new technologies. To that end, EPA has achieved that goal." (RFA statement)
Perhaps the biggest source of controversy with the final rule, indirect land use, has carried over from the EPA's proposed rule last spring. The land-use theory posits that with increased biofuel demand, grains will claim more acreage worldwide and negatively impact food production and the environment. Then, as now, critics loudly complained that science and modeling are not advanced enough for the EPA to consider such effects.
"Typical of most decisions made in Washington, there is some good and some bad in the Renewable Fuel Standard final rule," said Minnesota Rep. Collin Peterson, House Agriculture Committee chairman, who recently introduced legislation aimed to prevent EPA from considering indirect land use in ethanol carbon "footprint" calculations.
"I am pleased that ethanol and biodiesel will qualify as advanced biofuels under the RFS. However, I am concerned about some provisions in the final rule that fail to use science-based standards. To think that we can credibly measure the impact of international indirect land use is completely unrealistic, and I will continue to push for legislation that prevents unreliable methods and unfair standards from burdening the biofuels industry."
Indirect land use "is the perfect example of bad science being applied unfairly," Ihnen said. "Removing the impacts from the international indirect land use theory means that corn ethanol actually provides a 52 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions, compared to gasoline. The EPA is not considering similar indirect impacts of petroleum-based fuels, so why are they so stringent when it comes to green, renewable corn ethanol?"
A burr under the saddle of a wide swath of agriculture and biofuel advocates, indirect land use was also addressed by Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin, former chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee. "EPA has concluded that the existing biofuels do meet the lifecycle greenhouse gas emission limits imposed as a part of" the RFS, said Harkin. "This clarity is very important given the uncertainty over whether indirect land use change emissions calculations that had been included in the proposed rule issued last spring might make some biofuels ineligible for inclusion under the mandate.
"Despite this, I am disappointed that the EPA continues to use questionable data and methods for calculating 'indirect land use changes' at all. These methods are not adequately developed, and thus should not be used in ways making it harder for ethanol and biodiesel to meet requirements of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. If we continue to do this, we'll exclude some good biofuels and stifle the investment that is so essential to our national renewable fuels strategy."
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- A slim briefcase designed to withstand the rigours of daily wear, in our signature London check and trimmed with smooth leather. Fully lined, the interior is fitted with plenty of pockets to store your phone, wallet and pens. Carry yours in hand to meetings, and attach the shoulder strap when travelling.
- 38 x 7 x 28cm/15 x 2.8 x 11in
- Min. shoulder strap length: 89cm/35in
- Max. shoulder strap length: 135cm/53.1in
- Outer: 100% PVC
- Trim: 100% leather
- Lining: 100% polyester
- One interior zip pocket, two interior slip pockets, one interior press-stud pocket
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As Frank Lampard's sparkling career approaches the end and with Steven Gerrard entering the final few years of his, we compare and contrast the performances and records of England's finest.
When Lampard and Gerrard burst onto the scene in 1997, many began to re-consider England as potential World Cup winners.
Lampard joined Chelsea from West Ham in 2001 for a fee in the region of £11million.
Since then, he has scored goals for fun the the Premier League. In 606 Chelsea appearances he has scored 203 goals - a very impressive statistic for a central midfielder.
On 23 December 2009, he was named the Premier League's player of the decade.
He has recently gone on to surpass Bobby Tambling's record when he scored twice against Aston Villa to take his 202nd and 203rd goal for the Blues.
As Lampard is now 35, many are expecting him to either hang up his boots or move to America, but with 'The Special One' now back at the helm in Stamford Bridge, there may be a few more seasons left for Lampard yet.
In 2012, Lampard captained Chelsea to their first ever Champions League victory in the absence of John Terry.
Gerrard, 33, graduated from the Liverpool academy in 1997 and has gone on to become a Liverpool legend.
Gerrard has had numerous offers to leave the Anfield club during the past 16 seasons but he has refused; much to the joy of the Liverpool fans.
He has captained Liverpool to Champions League glory and was instrumental in their outstanding comeback against AC Milan in 2005.
He has scored 159 goals in 630 appearances for Liverpool. Gerrard is ranked up there with the Kop Legends like Kenny Dalglish and Ian Rush
Gerrard had a brilliant season with Luis Suarez, but the club could only manage a seventh place finish; two points behind arch-rivals Everton.
Both are well-known free-kick specialists and penalty experts. Perhaps the reason Lampard has more goals than Gerrard is the fact that Gerrard usually plays a deeper role for Liverpool, whereas Lampard has the licence to roam forward.
On the international Stage, both have been vital to England. Gerrard is the current England captain and in 102 matches, he has scored 19 goals.
Lampard has 29 goals in 97 appearances. Despite this, England have struggled at major tournaments despite a squad full of exceptional talents.
Many claim that the two cannot play together in centre-midfield for England, but others claim they complement each other.
Whatever your view is on the pair working together, no-one can disagree with the fact that Lampard and Gerrard have been two of the Premier League's finest ever midfielders.
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Steven Laine Lovely
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Steven Laine Lovely, 53, of the Common Road, Waitsfield, passed away at Fletcher Allen Health Care in Burlington surrounded by his family on Wednesday, March 7, 2007, following a long and valiant battle with thyroid cancer. Born in Barre on January 18, 1954, he was the son of Wilma Lodascia (George) Lovely and the late Lloyd Lyle Lovely. On May 16, 1987, he married the former Dorothy Ann DeFreest in Warren. He was previously married to the former Jean Wheeler.
Steven attended Cabot Elementary School and St. Johnsbury Trade School. He worked for Merriam Graves Co. for 16 years, first as a truck driver and then as a manager. Since 1989 he has been employed by the DeFreest Farms in the Mad River Valley. While living in Cabot, Steven was an active member of the Cabot Fire Department and the Cabot Ambulance Service. In his leisure time, he enjoyed bowling, fishing as well as racing at Thunder Road where he competed in the Street Stock and Flying Tigers divisions. One of the highlights in Steven's life was spending time with NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett at New Hampshire International Speedway in Loudon. His favorite times, though, were in the company of his family, especially is wife, children and grandchildren.
Steven is survived by his wife of 20 years, Dorothy Lovely of Waitsfield; his mother, Wilma Lovely of Cabot; his children, Rachael Marie McLeod and her husband, Daniel, of Barre, Joshua Steven Lovely and his wife, Melanie, of Barre, Sarah Ann Lovely of Waterbury, Hannah AliciaJo Lovely and Rebekah Alison Lovely, both of Waitsfield; his grandchildren, Gregory Steven McLeod, Connor Troy McLeod, Tyler Shawn McLeod, Kayla Marie Lovely, Brittney Jean Lovely, and Joshua Steven Lovely Jr.; two sisters, Marcy Martin and her husband, Wayne, of Cabot, Lisa Guy and her husband, Edward, of Montpelier; two brothers, David Lovely and his wife, Chris, of Marshfield, Ronald Lovely and his wife, Brenda, of Plainfield; four cousins who are like siblings, Rose Talbot of Cabot, Claire Lines of Corning, NY, Sandra Menard Alexeunis of Enfield, NH, and Richard Sullenberger of Painted Post, NY; as well as nieces, nephews and extended family. He was predeceased by a sister-in-law, Margaret (LaPan) Lovely.
Memorial services will be held from the Cabot United Church on Friday, March 16, at 1 p.m. A gathering and time of remembrance will be held on Sunday, March 18, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the home of Theodore and Tammy DeFreest, 2285 Brook Road, Warren, the home in which Steven and Dorothy were married. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts would be appreciated to the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 1460, Williston, VT 05495, or to the Mad River Valley Ambulance Service, P.O. Box 305, Waitsfield, VT 05673. To send on-line condolences, please visit www.perkinsparker.com. The Perkins-Parker Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Waterbury is assisting the family.


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Thursday, September 22, 2005
Mexico, here I come!!!
But it suffices to say that I'm very much looking forward to the trip. I'm staying with my dear friends Angeles & Rafael in Mexico City. Angeles is a very good cook. She has a food technology degree and worked in a small bakery while Rafael was studying in Edinburgh - and I enjoyed many a nice meal at their place in Edinburgh 2000/2001. I'm sure I will be pampered this time as well.
I also anticipate couple of nice meals at Ada & Mauricio's place, my friends of 2001/2002 vintage:) Ada is a professional chef who has contributed to a cookbook about Veracruz food, and she was entertaining quite a lot when her hubby Mauricio was studying for an MBA degree here in Edinburgh. On the side, she also consulted some ready food suppliers on Mexican food, and refreshed and spiked up the menu for one of Edinburgh's Mexican restaurants, Viva Mexico - she even made it to the national newspaper!!! Apart from the numerous dinners at their home, I had also the pleasure of being one of the 'guinea pigs' that was invited to the 'main preview' of the new 3-course menu back in Viva Mexico in August 2002. It was absolutely delicious - and how could one not like it when the chef has taken the concept of 'personal touch' so far:
I will be staying in Mexico City most of the time, and unfortunately cannot travel out of town with neither Angeles or Ada - both of them have just had a baby (first and second child, respectively - and in the first case only last Sunday!). But some of my other friends have volunteered to show me around and maybe even take me to the coast for a couple of days. Who knows, I may be able to recreate the tan on the above picture - acquired during a 2-week conference/holiday on Santorini and Sifnos in Greece in 2002 in time for the wedding:)
But I'm pretty sure I will have lots to write about when I get back! Hasta la vista, amigos!
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How exciting! Have a wonderful time!
- 9:07 am, September 23, 2005
- Spinning Girl said...
Hääd reisu!
- 5:03 am, September 24, 2005
- johanna said...
hi pille, i am very excited for you and can't wait to hear all the stories. i lived in mexico for a year in 1989/90 and have never had a chance to go back since... i absolutely adored the country and particularly the food (gained 25 kg in just 6 months!) and had the most wonderful time of my life there!
- 11:56 pm, September 29, 2005
- Anne said...
Welcome home Pille - you're it! I just tagged you for a meme that's making its way around the food and wine bloggers of the world! I hope you'd like to take part! This is the post that started it all: http://basicjuice.blogs.com/basicjuice/2005/09/1_meme_2_tails.html
and this is my entry: http://annesfood.blogspot.com/2005/10/its-fall-so-heres-stew.html
Hope you had a great time in Mexico!
- 6:46 pm, October 01, 2005
- Pille said...
Paz - thanks! It was much more exciting that it should have been:)
Spinning Girl - suur aitäh! Reis oli tore, kuigi mul on kurb meel, et pulmad ära jäid;(
Johanna - I know how you feel about not being back. I spent a year as an exchange student in Svendborg, Denmark, in 1992/93 and haven't been back either (frequent stopovers at Kastrup airport don't count, I guess). And gaining weight when abroad is also common - I was a skinny girl when I went to Denmark and returned 10 kilos heavier (all of that gained within the first 3 months!) I had loads of wonderful food in Mexico, and will be writing about my food experiences soon!
Anne - tak! And thanks for tagging me for the new meme, I'll try to respond asap..
- 1:13 pm, October 04, 2005
I'm not sure if the last comment that i posted will get put on this page so I'll kinda just repeat what i typed in the last one...
I'm pleased that you had a great time in Mexico and VERY envious coz I've wanted to go there for a long time!!! Next time we meet up, you can cook me and Ruxanda some Mexican dishs :)please...hehe
Tom x
- 9:40 pm, October 05, 2005
- Pille said...
Hi Tom, I'd be more than happy to cook something Mexican for you and Rux - all you need to do is to drive up to Scotland;) And if you leave it too late, then you may need to come to Estonia instead. In the chaotic and noisy Mexico it dawned upon me that I'm ready to go back home on a more permanent basis:)
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