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GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (May 3, 2012) – The U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team defeated the Bahamas 10-0 to open Group B play at the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship on Thursday at Estadio Cementos Progreso.
Midfielder Summer Green had five goals, including four in the first half, to pace a U.S. attack that was in complete control over the full 90 minutes. Margaret Purce also added three goals and an assist as the U.S. team out-shot the overmatched Bahamians 52-1.
The match was the first step for the U.S. U-17s toward achieving qualification for the 2012 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup in Azerbaijan later this year. The top three finishers from the CONCACAF tournament earn berths to the World Cup.
In the first matchup between the Bahamas and a U.S. Women's National Team at any level the U-17s completely overwhelmed their inexperienced opponents, taking only 37 seconds to find the net as Purce finished a Gabbi Miranda cross from the left side. The central defense misjudged Miranda's delivery and Purce had time to take a touch before calmly placing her shot into the right side of the net past Bahamas goalkeeper Cori Strachan.
The rest of the first half belonged to Green, who scored the USA's next four goals to build a 5-0 lead heading into halftime. In the sixth minute, Green cleaned up a loose ball for an unassisted goal that originated from U.S. defender Lauren Kaskie's left-footed corner kick from the right side. Strachan got a glove on the ball, but couldn't hold it and U.S. forward Emily Bruder took a shot that was blocked, but not cleared well enough off the line. Green was on the spot to slot the rebound into the net.
Green netted her second goal in the 39th minute, dribbling the ball down the right side and sneaking her shot into the near post past Strachan. One minute later, Green was on the attack again when Morgan Andrews played a perfectly slipped pass behind the defense. Green finished smartly across the 'keeper into the far left post to earn the hat trick and make it 4-0.
The Bahamas struggled to clear the ball out of their defensive third all match long and that was evident in the 44th minute when their left back accidentally gave up the ball to Green, who easily finished for her fourth goal in the first half.
Second-half substitute Andi Sullivan joined the scoring fray in the 55th minute with a high shot from distance that Strachan got both gloves on above her head, only to see it fall behind her into the right side netting for a 6-0 advantage.
Green found the back of the net for a fifth time in the 60th minute with Purce laying the ball off to her for a right-footed tally at point-blank range. Green became the first U.S. U-17 player to score five goals in a World Cup Qualifying match and just the second to score four (Lindsey Horan accomplished the feat at 2010 qualifying). Before Green could finish a sixth goal, which would have been the best-ever single-game scoring performance for a player at any level of the U.S. Women's National Teams, she was substituted in the 71st minute in favor of Toni Payne.
With Green on the bench, the U.S. did not let up offensively. Purce added her second goal in the 75th minute – a tap-in off of a Payne assist. Payne did the brunt of the work, dribbling past her defender on the left, taking the ball to the end line and then feeding to Purce for a first-time shot to push the lead to 8-0.
Two minutes later, the USA struck again with Payne's unassisted goal that originated from a Purce cross from the right side. Strachan touched the ball, but it was swept away from the goalkeeper by Sarah Robinson and Payne pounced on it for the goal.
Purce got the final goal to complete her hat trick on a strong individual effort, weaving past several Bahamas defenders before shooting from about eight yards out into the left side corner past Strachan to make it 10-0.
The U.S. attack also produced multitude of corner kick chances and long distance attempts that the young Americans could have finished to push the lead even further. If not for an impressive effort from Strachan, who made a remarkable 17 saves, including several tremendously brave stops, the U.S. team could have made the score line even higher. Andrews had a 30-yard shot in the 34th minute that struck the left post, and in the 63rd minute her 25-yard attempt hit the crossbar.
Defender Brittany Basinger had a shot from distance that was bound for the upper left corner of the goal in the 56th minute, but Strachan deflected the ball just enough to redirect the shot into the woodwork.
The lopsided match made for an easy night for U.S. goalkeeper Jane Campbell. She needed to make only one save in the 48th minute on a long distance drive from Dina Ingraham to earn her fifth shutout in international matches this year.
The U.S. U-17s continue Group B play against Trinidad & Tobago on Saturday, May 5, at 4 p.m. ET (2 p.m. local). They then finish the first round against Mexico on Monday, May 7, at 6:30 p.m. ET (4:30 p.m. local). All matches for the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship can be watched live on CONCACAF.com. Fans also can follow the action on ussoccer.com's MatchTracker and on Twitter @ussoccer_ynt. For a full tournament schedule and results, visit the 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship tournament page on ussoccer.com.
Mexico faces Trinidad & Tobago later Thursday night in Group B action.
- U.S. Under-17 Women's National Team Match Report -
Match: United States U-17 Women's National Team vs. Bahamas
Date: May 3, 2012
Competition: 2012 CONCACAF U-17 Women's Championship – Group B
Venue: Estadio Cementos Progreso; Guatemala City, Guatemala
Kickoff: 2 p.m. MT
Attendance: 200
Weather: 75 degrees, warm and cloudy
Scoring Summary: 1 2 F
USA – Margaret Purce (Gabbi Miranda) 1st minute
USA - Summer Green 6
USA - Summer Green 39
USA - Summer Green (Morgan Andrews) 40
USA - Summer Green 44
USA - Andi Sullivan (Sarah Robinson) 55
USA - Summer Green (Margaret Purce) 60
USA - Margaret Purce (Toni Payne) 75
USA - Toni Payne (Sarah Robinson) 77
USA - Margaret Purce (Morgan Andrews) 84
USA: 1-Jane Campbell; 3-Brittany Basinger, 5-Maddie Bauer, 16-Mandy Freeman, 6-Gabbi Miranda; 10-Morgan Andrews (capt.), 17-Sarah Robinson, 14-Lauren Kaskie (11-Morgan Stanton, 46); 8-Summer Green (19-Toni Payne, 71), 9-Emily Bruder (7-Andi Sullivan, 46), 15-Margaret Purce
Subs not used: 2-Lizzy Raben, 12-Joanna Boyles, 13-Darian Jenkins, 18-Cassie Miller
Not Available: 4-Amber Munerlyn, 20-Morgan Reid
Head Coach: Albertin Montoya
BAH: 1-Cori Strachan; 3-Taj Dorsett, 4-Shelby Green, 5-Dina Ingraham, 6-Lindsay Seymour, 7-Kennadi Green, 8-Clayre Saunders, 10-Lauren Haven (capt.) (17-Keisha McCartney, 53), 11-Tate Cuffy, 15-Dawn Dean (9-Akwah Thompson, 50), 16-Raunice Butler
Subs Not Used: 2-Amari Bethel, 13-Lian Haven, 14-Joya Smith, 12-Shekhinah Wells, 18-Sheryl Evans, 19-Eden Taylor, 20-Jodei Clarke
Head Coach: Daria Adderly
Stats Summary: USA / BAH
Shots: 52 / 1
Shots on Goal: 30 / 1
Saves: 17 / 1
Corner Kicks: 13 / 0
Fouls: 6 / 4
Offside: 6 / 0
Misconduct Summary:
Referee: Cardella Samuels (BRB)
Assistant Referee 1: Suzanne Morriset (CAN)
Assistant Referee 2: Stacy Ann Greyson (JAM)
Fourth Official: Gillian Martindale (BRB)


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I'm wondering how many more beatings this guy has to take before he gets the message. He's in an E90 M3, probably modified based on the sound of its exhaust and the fact that he's kept up, to a point. He's been riding my backside like a subway groper at rush hour, and, when space allows, I drop it down to Fourth, flatten the pedal and move one lane over so he doesn't benefit from a tow. He stays close until the end of Fourth gear. That's when the gap widens, when he should accept the facts, but he keeps coming back for more.
I'm on the stretch of Interstate 5 just north of Los Angeles, the plateau near the Los Angeles/San Joaquin Valley county border just south of the steep descent of the Grapevine. Even though it's a three- to four-lane interstate, it can be both a challenge and thrill because there are stretches where you can see a mile or so ahead and scan for CHPs as you play the cat-and-mouse game. The trouble usually lurks on the downside of a crest or the blind side of a long sweeper, at least that's how I got my last speeding ticket.
I'm wondering if this supercharged E39 M5 that I'm test-driving has license plates that read "race me" because it seems that anyone with an aftermarket exhaust, sport springs and wide tires wants to see how they compare. There are the ricers, who are often louder than they are fast, and the retro muscle cars like Challengers and Camaros. They'll either ride your bumper or get alongside you and then floor it to surge ahead. I ignored most of them simply because it's not worth the effort or the risk, but others, like the driver of the M3, needed to be taught where they sit in the pecking order.
So I give him one last chance. This time I let him get the jump and take the lead. And again, as the needle nudges the redline in Fourth and the ESS Tuning supercharger system crams as much air as it can into the combustion chambers, it's clear which car has the bigger lungs and the longer legs.
Into Fifth and I'm ahead again, I let him catch up once more. Now we're at those speeds when the asphalt, which once seemed relatively smooth and flat, is throwing so many small bumps at the KW Variant 3 coilovers, Radenergie three-piece wheels (9x19 front, 10.5x19 rear) and Yokohama Advan Sport tires (245/30-19 front, 285/25-19 rear) that they're having a hard time keeping up and causing the car to jiggle and feel a little nervous. Nonetheless, duty calls and there's one long stretch of highway before the road crests and descends.
The soundtrack is dominated by the Supersprint headers feeding into a Kelleners race exhaust. It's a cacophony of V8 boom, open-throttle blaaaat and a sharp crackle between shifts. I can see the M3 getting smaller in the mirrors as Fifth gear is about to play out. Into Sixth and then let up because it's beyond ridiculous how fast we're going. Point proven. I feel like the cat that bats around a half-dead mouse just for sadistic kicks.
And yet he comes back and I run with him until just before the highway drops down, where I jam on the Brembo GT eight-piston calipers and trail the brakes onto the exit ramp. Solid and stable, the car brushed off triple-digit speeds and took the off-ramp like it was pulling into a driveway.
That final crest before I pulled off is where I got my last ticket and, after the drop down the hill, the M3 driver will see the signs for the CHP station if he didn't get nabbed after cresting the hill.
This 2000 E39 M5 belongs to Chris Naguit, founder of the BMW owners club MFest and organizer of their annual tire-shredding orgies in Las Vegas. You could say Naguit is obsessive-compulsive when it comes to customizing his cars, or you can say he's indecisive or obsessively indecisive because this M5 has ridden on seven different sets of wheels, worn four different body kits and received three different interior makeovers and two different supercharger systems since he bought it in 2003.
You can tell Naguit wants to rock it like no one else has from the selection of his parts. The Hamann Full Competition body kit is one of a handful in the U.S. and the Exotics Tuning rear diffuser is just as rare. The bronzed anodized lips on the Radenergie wheels are a unique touch and, in a nod to JDM methods, they're mounted to the Brembo discs via Macht Schnell wheel studs. Both the headlights and taillights are from the European M5.
Inside is an interior by Top Stitch Upholstery of South El Monte, Calif., that features a grid pattern on the suede and leather seats and carbon dash inserts featuring extra large weave patterns. The steering wheel and seatbacks also get the large weave carbon treatment. The Hamann pedals and hand brake also get the bronze anodized treatment.
Underneath the Vorsteiner full carbon and custom Kevlar hood sits an ESS Tuning VT550 Stage 2 supercharger system. Prior to that, Naguit was running a Dinan supercharger system but, as is his MO, since everyone seemed to be running the Dinan system, he went with ESS's solution. The system is based around a Vortech V3 Si compressor, larger injectors, ESS software, casted supercharger intake system and assorted brackets, belts and mounts. As the name suggests, it's good for 542 hp at 6 psi and 457 lb-ft of torque.
The naturally aspirated 4.9-liter was rarely short of torque and the ESS supercharger only adds to the effect by coming on early in the rev band and producing power all the way to redline. Throttle response feels instant thanks to a 3.45:1 Dinan differential. The quicker response and the taut ride from the KW Variant 3 suspension make the car feel lighter, smaller and more tossable. After some sharp turn-in, understeer comes into play late in the corners, the Yokohama's holding on tenaciously. Feed in the right amount of throttle and you can settle into a neutral attitude. Over-cook the exit and the rear tires will squeal their disapproval and send the tail a waggin'.
Having owned and modified several other Bimmers in addition to this E39, Naguit is always on the mission to out-mod the next guy or bring something new to the table. We've been watching his build of an E60 M5 and it will be a beast to remember. Stay tuned.
Layout Longitudinal front engine, rear-wheel drive
4.9-liter V8, dohc, 32-valve. ESS Tuning supercharger (VT550), Supersprint headers, Kelleners race exhaust
Six-speed manual. Dinan 3.45:1 differential
Brembo GT eight-piston calipers, 405mm two-piece rotors (f); four-piston calipers, 345mm 2-piece rotors (r)
Wheels and Tires
Radenergie R10 9x19 (f), 10.5x19 (r);
Yokohama Advan Sport 245/30 (f), 285/25 (r)
Peak Power: 542 hp
Peak Torque: 457 lb-ft

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U2 Manager Paul McGuinness: Google Should 'Take Down' Sites And 'Keep Them Down'
from the be-careful-what-you-wish-for,-www.u2.com dept
Paul McGuinness, U2's manager, ("World's Richest Band Seeks Handout") has been a longtime critic of Google, whose search engine he views as being nothing more than a portal for pirates. That's when he's not blaming pretty much everyone else (ISPs, any tech company connected to the internet in general) for not making U2 incrementally richer. But Google is never far from his mind, not even when accepting an Industry Icon award from Billboard Magazine for his 35 years as the band's manager.
McGuinness (again) thinks he has a quick fix for the piracy problem, and it all revolves around Google.
What needs to be done is simple, take the sites down and keep them down. If the pirates can manage to replace their sites instantly with legions of bots, Google, with their brilliant algorithm engineers can counter it. We need the technology giants like Google to do the things that labels, the publishers, the artists, the writers repeatedly ask them to do. They need to show corporate and social responsibility. Take down the illegal sites, keep them down and clear the way for the legal digital distributors like iTunes, Spotify, Deezer, the new Jimmy Iovine Beats service, which promises to be a very serious competitor.Yes. It's all so "simple." Just "take sites down" and "keep them down." Like many people who frequently confuse "Google" for "the Internet" (see also: many people in the UK government), McGuinness overstates the simplicity of his request while granting powers to Google that it simply doesn't possess.
Let's tackle the "simplicity" aspect first. If McGuinness is only referring to delisting sites (and that's somewhat unclear), it's not nearly as easy as he (or the RIAA, MPAA, UK government) thinks. There are several ways this could go wrong (see also: site blocking/web filters), not the least of which is that it puts internet access in the control of agencies and entities that can't even seem to issue DMCA notices without taking down legitimate content sources. So, if labels and studios (and those represented by them) can't even send out failure-free DMCA notices, they're hardly in the position to tell a company that indexes millions of sites how "simple" it would be to "block" or "take down" pirate sites.
Then there's what's actually in Google's power to do. McGuinness does mention "algorithms" but shortly thereafter he's deploying wording that sounds suspiciously like a call for Google to take down sites, as in do a private ICE job and lock up the domain, thus keeping it out of searches and "clearing the way" for legitimate offerings. That's something Google simply can't do, and even if it could, certainly shouldn't do. Google's main product is a search engine. It crawls and indexes sites. It is not in the "internet police" business. That's not what it's product is intended to do and that's not what a majority of those using the search engine want Google to be doing.
But the RIAA, MPAA and others insist this is Google's job -- to sniff out infringing content and remove it from the web (or at least, its search results). Google processes millions of DMCA notices per year, but this is always viewed as a sign of failure on the company's part. If it was "better" at the job McGuinness and others think it should be doing, it wouldn't be receiving so many notices.
Somehow, it always comes back to the claim that Google "owes" millions of content creators something for indexing the web.
I would like to see them open their hearts a little and be more generous to the ecosystem that started their success a few years ago. Google talks a lot about Internet freedom -- that's fine, we all support Internet freedom don't we* -- but let's not confuse freedom of speech with the freedom to steal pirated stuff.*Note: Paul McGuinness does NOT support internet freedom.
I don't think anyone confuses freedom of speech with piracy, but just like the above situation, it's not nearly as simplistic as McGuinness and others believe it is. Shut down a whole site because it hosts or links to pirated content and you're also shutting down everything that surrounded it, a lot of which greatly resembles "free speech."
McGuinness likely won't be happy until every search engine is completely subverted by IP-heavy industries, but that's apparently acceptable collateral damage if it results in incremental sales increases.
Filed Under: censorship, copyright, engineering, open internet, paul mcguinness, search engines, u2
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ModCloth Handmade Contest -Weekender Bag #2
Added Dec 22, 2010
by Natalia *
Guelph, Canada
I made this Weekender Bag for my sister for Christmas. She pretty much only wears black, grey or white paired with jeans, so I tried to keep the colours pretty simple. Its made from black cotton canvas, with black upholstery vinyl. Having attempted this pattern before and realizing it wasn't exactly as I wanted it, I adjusted the pattern such that the straps would be longer and the black vinyl would cover the bottom and be seen from the sides as well. I think it turned out great. I lined it in a beige/almost gold polyester. There are two pockets on the front and back, with heavy duty snaps, as well as one inside. She's currently being certified as a yoga instructor, so I thought this would be a great bag for her to take with her to classes. She could have her yoga clothes, mat and towels as well as books and whatever else she needs.
Material Notes
cotton canvas
upholstery vinyl
upholstery nylon thread
leather/vinyl needle
nylon wedding (which looks pink in the photos, but is really beige)
brass hardware
- Season
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter
- For
- Women
- Garment Type
- Accessories
- Style
- Casual
- Material
- Cotton, Polyester
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Dec 22, 2010, 08.55 AMby zaarissima
a wonderful bag and great work!
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Dec 22, 2010, 02.24 PMby Natalia *
thank you :)
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The Bloomsbury Harry Potter website is Bloomsbury Publishing's official website for the U.K. releases of the Harry Potter books. Launched in 2001, the site features information about both the books and author J. K. Rowling, as well as bonus features such as games and printable bookmarks & posters.
In June 2012, Bloomsbury launched a contest on the site, a search for the U.K. and Ireland's biggest Harry Potter fan. The contest was open to residents of those regions.
- Author - A biography of J. K. Rowling with news updates, a press photo circa 2007, and a video interview with Rowling regarding The Tales of Beedle the Bard. Subsections include additional interviews and videos, as well as details on awards won.
- Books - Details on each book in the main series, an archive of all U.K. releases, and a glossary describing key terms and characters from the series.
- Fun Stuff - Includes the games Magical Matches and Harry Potter Connection, as well as computer desktop wallpapers, printable bookmarks and posters
- Video - selected videos regarding Harry Potter launches, promotions and interviews with Rowling


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There is a new eye pencil on the market–Burberry Effortless Eye Kohl in Poppy Black ($30/0.07 oz.). This roughly 4 inch pencil is a smooth, well-pigmented and long-lasting eye kohl. The pencil glides easily and leaves plenty of dark, rich color. Burberry has packed a sharpener with the pencil.
I had the best results using this pencil in true kohl style–pulling the pencil sideways against the lash line. This avoided any tendency to skip and minimized any unevenness that could be introduced by a minor shake of the hand. This also minimizes the need to sharpen the tip, because the tip is not the primary application point using this side-to-side method. I've been using Poppy Black for almost two weeks without sharpening by pulling it sideways along my lash line, whereas with a more traditional point-first application, I'm sure I would have had to sharpen it once or twice already.
I liked the Burberry pencil quite a bit–you have just a short 20-30 second timeframe to smudge it if you like. It works beautifuly. I found that this long-wearing, non-irritating pencil was a welcome addition to the Burberry line. I kept reaching for it day after day, and I enjoyed the results.
Is Burberry Eye Kohl in Poppy Black a must-have? If you are looking for an elegant, well-formulated pencil from a premium line, you should give it fair consideration. I mean, I love mine. However, as you might guess, the results of one black pencil over another is marginal. Above is a casual, non-scientific swatch of two other black pencil liners–Chanel Ebene ($30) and Prestige Deepest Black (about $5 from the drugstore). In application, the results are not terribly distinctive. Liz is wearing the Burberry Eye Kohl in Poppy black in the image in this post, but it's very difficult to tell whether it's this Burberry or the Prestige which she typically wears.
Nonetheless, I'm very happy find the high quality of this pencil in Burberry's line. At present, I'd recommend the formula and I'm excited to see whether Burberry will be releasing any unique and interesting colors in the future.
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I am visual and a oral learner. I tend to do well with both. I have to see it in writing as well someone explain it to me too!
What kind of learner are you?
I think it depends on the subject matter. But overall I think it's a combination of audio/visual.
Especially, if Im learning a technique for the first time. I need to see it and hear the explanation.
I'm a visual learner, but reading helps. I actually tend to read the instruction manual haha
I am more of a visual and hands on type learner
Definitely hands on, written tutorials, and videos ... but all those require you doing it yourself, and that's what's the most important for me, I don't do well with someone just showing me once and then leaving me to my own devices. Lol
im a visual touchy feely learner...the hairdresser in me i guess
I am a visual learner, if I have to read something forget it lol!
I learn best by watching and doing or by just playing around.
This is going to sound strange but for me it depends on the subject I'm learning about and also the space I'm in at that particular moment. Sometimes I want to see it, sometimes actually do it, sometimes I can read it. I have a kind of wonky photographic and auditory memory. However I cannot teach someone something. I do not have a teacher somewhere inside of me. I'm a learner all the way. So to those brave people out there that are willing to sit and show someone how to make or do something, gold stars because that is so difficult. I'm just thankful that there are people as great as teachers (occupational and otherwise) that are out there to guide us.
Depends what the subject is! Generally I'm visual / auditory / sensory. When it comes to something like say, knitting, I need to be physically doing it to understand what's supposed to be happening. With languages, I need to hear it and repeat it, just reading it out of a book isn't enough and I really don't gain mastery over it- reasons Italian is easy and French is hard. D:
I am compulsive in taking notes when someone is explaining/lecturing. I need to write things myself to remember. When it comes to manuals written text with pictures works best! Nowadays I´m a slow learner compared to a few years ago. After a car-accident I live with cronic pain and that lead to exhaustion-syndrome and my learningskills and ability to concentrate is impared.
In my case, It can take me a while to learn, depending if it's something hard or easy but once I get the hang of it, I can become an expert, everyone was a beginner once
i am a fast learner, specially if i'm attract to it.. :)
I think I'm a visual learner. I do well with written tutorials that have pictures, and with video. Straight text I can learn ideas, but not physical objectives. As in, if I read a text on how to install a new bathroom sink, I could not do that. But if it has pictures, or a video, to go with it, then I understand it more quickly.
I like to learn through picture and text tutorials the most, but I can learn through videos. I need things really really spelled out for me though, because I tend to get confused easily.
I know photoshop really really well, but I have a hard time thinking of new ways to do things, whereas for some people, they can figure it out by looking at it, or just coming up with it on their own. I didn't use to be that way, I think it has something to do with medications I'm on for panic attacks. It makes me more easily confused and forgetful!
I am a visual and hands on learner. I like to know why I am doing something as well as how to do it. It just helps me to understand better if I know why it is done a certain way.
video and text with pictures work for me ,,I like to see it ,but also like to read it ,so usually I watch a video how to do it but make notes at the same time ,sometimes I find written instuctions hard to follow so it there is a picture beside it show also what to do very helpful
Videos work well also but i learn best with a live teacher next to me showing me how to do something. I have severe ADHD among other learning disorders so learning new things is a very slow process.
I'm more audio than anything. They say most people are visual but definitely not me! Seeing pics especially with symbols does absolutely nothing for me - I even have trouble trying to figure out what some symbols are! Even the ones that everyone else knows. But if I hear the instructions, all I have to do is rewind them in my head as and when I need to and I'm off like a dogs robber
@Janae: lovely name btw! So I have to say for the first time in a long time, I've been thrown by a phrase you used. I've never heard it used before... "Off like a dogs robber" What does this mean? Is there a story behind the origins? I love learning new phrases from different areas.
I am crying with tears Shawna! ...sorry. I just burst out laughing when I read your post lol. Umm well we kiwis have a lot of sayings ...off like a dogs robber means basically you're away and running with the ball so to speak. And just to make sure that wasn't another kiwi only saying, in the context I used it, it meant I could understand what to do and nothing can stop me now ...I love you name too
I'm definitely a visual learner. I can't get through tutorials, I get a few steps along and skip ahead to how I think it should be done. Of course, sometimes I have to backtrack because it doesn't work lol.
@Janae: To make you laugh even more I had to look up Kiwi... and now I know that 's a nickname for New Zealander's.
I'm learning tons from you today! I think if I said that in America, my friends might hide their puppies from me. Hee Hee
@Kim: Girlfriend!!! I totally understand this concept... the "Alt-Ctrl-Z" is my BEST friend!!!
Of course, sometimes I have to backtrack because it doesn't work lol.
I like to check out videos, but mostly I learn by trial and error. I've had photoshop for a month now and it's
a trip playing with all the different things it can do.
I learn best by written instructions, and hands on.
I Most definitely learn better by hands on. I find myself easily confused if I am reading instructions. I find it much easier to be shown how to do it in front of me I even learn well by watching videos.
I see it, then do it over and over and over until I have it memorized. It's all in the doing.
I learn great when I can read directions step by step better for me to read then to be told or to see.
I learn best with written, step-by-step instructions that have screenshots to illustrate them.
I usually find that videos go too fast for me, and that the screen resolution means I can't actually see what the person is pointing at. Oh, and a pet hate of mine is when the mouse pointer is whizzing around all over the place, because the person doing the video is using hand gestures while they're talking (and forgets they have a mouse in their hand!)
However, if a video is at a reasonable pace, and the person doing it has a clear voice, it really is helpful to see what they're doing - but even then, a "cheat sheet" to accompany the video is a MUST, for me. I really have to have something I can print out to follow while I'm practicing.


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Here are some of my favourite guest posts of 2010. I've organized them by topic, but many of the links appear under more than one category.
On Geek Identity
- G33k & G4M3R Girls: You're doing it wrong. by Metaneira
- She Geek: Women and Self-Labeling in Online Geek Communities by Courtney
- G33k & G4M3R Girls: You're doing it wrong. by Metaneira
- How to Appear Incompetent in One Easy Step by Amber
- If She Can Do It, I Can Too by Leslie Hawthorn
- In Pursuit of Awesome by Cate Huston
- In Pursuit of Awesome by Cate Huston
- Drupal Voices 100: Jack Aponte on Diversity, Power and Privilege in Open Source Communities by Neville Park
This is a personal (biased) list of favourites, and I did not consult other Geek Feminism bloggers before making the list. The full list of guest posts are tagged 'guest post'.
Earlier this year, I found this interesting drawing at Wrestling Buddies and unicorns: a personal reflection on gender:
In the accompanying text, Nicole Lorenz writes:
Secretly, I wanted to run away with my brother's Wrestling Buddy (which he still slept with every night), bind my boobs, and live the rest of my life as a boy.
Even more secretly, though, I wanted to be a girl – and not just any girl, but a capital-G, trend-setting, epitome of femininity, datable, respectable Girl. I had the right biological accouterments. I had the right level of socialized self-consciousness. Thanks to my parents' unintentional sexism around the holidays, I had the right toys in the back of my closet. What was wrong with me that kept me from being a Girl?
Near as I could tell, other girls had access to some sort of mythical well of girliness – some ace in their perfectly pressed sleeves that I didn't have.
I wanted to provide commentary before posting the image and quote, but I never got around to it, so I want to hear your thoughts.


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This is the first photo cropped.
This one didn't seem to know how to keep its head feathers nicely smoothed down in the slight wind that was blowing.
such gorgeous birds! :)ReplyDelete
What??!!! I've never heard of this bird before! Looks like an amazing find. Another bird to look up:)ReplyDelete
Fantastic colours!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.ReplyDelete
aren't they the best; great up close shots!ReplyDelete
So soft looking and PINK - I think it has stolen my heart. :)
LOVELY captures!
Wonderful images of a fantastic little bird..it's a real stunner.ReplyDelete
What a beautiful bird! And great pics!ReplyDelete
Fluffy and cute is right!ReplyDelete
Wow, what a gorgeous bird. I want one for my yard or patch. Your photos are beautiful, thanks for sharing the Galahs.ReplyDelete
yes, this bird is cute. And such gorgeous colors. A young girls romantic dream. :)ReplyDelete
Great shots Mick!
I love their colours. I have yet to get up close with a group of Galahs
Gorgeous captures. I love the fluffed up feathers.ReplyDelete
They ARE beautiful! Lucky you for catching them in your garden!ReplyDelete
Wow! That is gorgeous, Mick! Great colors!ReplyDelete
Awwww! Gorgeous. And even when they're noisy, they're not as bad as some other cockatoos that I could name. (I'm looking at you, sukphur-cresteds.)ReplyDelete
Little galahs are cute, unfortunately I have a few dozen of them . . .ReplyDelete
What a gorgeous creature. How exciting to have them in your own back yard!ReplyDelete
Awesome shots Mick! My inner detail freak is well satisfied. Color like this is unimaginable for a Michigander. Beautiful stuff!ReplyDelete
Oh my gosh, this bird is just beautiful. How amazing to see a flock of them.ReplyDelete
Such a beautiful bird!ReplyDelete
Terrific bird!ReplyDelete
I am great fan of Cockatoos, and Galahs are definitely a delight!
I took a few shots of them when I was in the Blue Mountains last year!
They look like roses! Awesome photos, Mick!ReplyDelete
I only heard of these for the first time a few months ago and wow, I just love their look and that coloration is so what I adore!ReplyDelete
Beauty and detail in that cropped shot Mick. I love those colors too!ReplyDelete
I've never seen these before, are they really wild birds. They sure are a beautiful colour.ReplyDelete
These birds are so decorative, that they look unreal :)
Beautiful creations and photos.
Oh how sweet and was beautiful colors...ReplyDelete
Fantastic shots of the beautiful bird!!!
I have only seen the white ones.


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Is Supply Chain Analytics The Next Big Thing In Business Intelligence?
In my previous post, I noted the importance of the renaissance of RFID across industry verticals and what this means for pharmaceutical supply chains in terms of elevating their current level of performance. In this post, I want to focus on another emerging supply chain trend that seems to be gaining significant traction by allowing companies to increase operational responsiveness and flexibility. This area, known as supply chain analytics, hopes to allow for supply chains to quantitatively segment multiple data points to make fact based predictive decisions as a means become "data driven" and improve operational performance.
Supply chain analytics, a somewhat nascent yet growing business intelligence platform, led by companies such as Teradata, is proving to be a powerful force. While most companies across industry verticals measure supply chain performance based on what has occurred solely in the past through metrics, this approach will no longer be sustainable in the future. By contrast, analytics ties future and predictive performance together by analyzing trends based on millions of data points gathered from operational transactions in real time throughout the globe.
The idea of analytics utilized within supply chain management becomes even more important as companies look towards cost containment and freeing up working capital, risk management, sustainability, and increased visibility within their supply chains. Therefore, automating the entire supply chain through advanced modeling and predictive performance is not only here for today, but very well may be the way of the future.
The promise of supply chain analytics allows for "intelligent systems" to learn and adapt to how a particular supply chain is run and then make adjustments accordingly through advanced simulation and complex algorithms. For example, this avant-garde system allows for predictive buying and selling patterns (i.e. what is the supply chain impact of a particular promotional event or seasonal trends) to coincide with the proper level of production, inventory, and distribution to more effectively align costs with revenues. In addition, some companies are even using supply chain analytics software as a competitive advantage, to adjust their supply chains based on market conditions, weather patterns, or customer segments. This ultimately provides the correct level of "end to end visibility" of the performance of each specific node within the supply chain in order to improve responsiveness, contain costs, and improve customer service. Sophisticated modeling and analytics software may also allow companies to uncover data that may be overlooked within traditional ERP and CRM systems.
So what does this mean for pharmaceutical supply chains? For one, it can allow for issues and risks to be predicted earlier, such as seasonal spikes in demand and optimizing inventory accordingly. Perhaps this could allow for these supply chains to finally increase inventory turnover and velocity. Or perhaps analytics could provide a catalyst for pharmaceutical companies to predict CMO or supplier performance, allowing pharmaceutical companies to work with their suppliers before problems arise. While this is just a theory the basic premise is sound, using analytics to make precise decisions with greater agility and speed while having a full understanding of why certain events may or may not happen.
Considering that this is still an emerging trend, we would like to know your thoughts on the future of supply chain analytics in the pharmaceutical industry. Is your company currently utilizing analytics to align supply chain goals with corporate objectives? If so, how is supply chain analytics software being incorporated into your existing technological infrastructure?
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Published On : Apr 2017
Category : Cable & Wire
No. of Pages : 113 pages
The cable and wire industry currently plays a very important role in a massive array of end user spectrum. Today's digitally driven lifestyle for the common consumer is also creating an indispensable role for cables and wires around the world. At the same time, cables and wires were already a hugely important part for its end users, including telecom companies, automotive players, the power sector, and the construction industry. Due to these factors, the overall growth rate of the cable and wire industry is expected to remain on the positive side for the foreseeable future. The scope of innovations in cables and wires is also high, especially in fields such as the implementation of fiber optic cables for faster communication and higher broadband speeds. Copper, the key raw material for all markets within the cable and wires industry, is also receiving a boost in demand due to the same reasons.
This market intelligence document holds its foundations in exhaustive data that has been gathered the years, on the Global electronic cable markers market professional survey report 2017 and the lifestyle industry, and contains top analytics on its individual elements in the form of segments and sub-segments. Primary and secondary research methodologies are utilized fully to maintain the intentions of the analysts: creating an accurate and analytical outlook of what the future holds for the market. The report explains the various functionalities of the market from the ground up and this can be crucial in for users trying to gain a clearer understanding of the definitions of each of the key components of the market. The introductory passage of the report includes a description of the fundamental data pertaining to Global electronic cable markers market professional survey report 2017 as a means of making it easier to explain the various dynamics surrounding the market.
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The honey beehives went on their way Tuesday. The cottonwood tree that once held them came down.
The tree in a greenbelt area in the Westlake neighborhood, an estimated 92 years old, was dying and needed to come down for safety reasons. The hives, residents of the tree for a least 10 years, were carefully trucked to Anthony Stano's organic farm on Lowell Boulevard, where the bees will get their "happily ever after" home, according to Westminster beekeeper Eric Smith said.
When the bees, dormant in the cold weather, become active again, they will migrate to the hives Smith keeps on the property.
Broomfield took extra measures to save the hives, home to an estimated 80,000 bees in the peak of summer. Those measures included cutting the tree into pieces and using a crane to lower the pieces that held the hives on to cushioned pallets on the trailer used to relocate them.
Arbortec paid for the crane, an effort city forester Tom Wells said he appreciated.
Why so much trouble?
"Bees are pollinators of almost everything we eat," Wells said earlier this month. "I value bees and what they do for our environment and if at all possible, I wanted to try and remove them safely."


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Golden Buddha
The Organization is hired by the CIA to steal the Golden Buddha which contains documents about oil deposits in the country of Tibet. The Organization is going to use the Golden Buddha as a bargaining chip so that the Dalai Lama can return to Tibet and the Chinese will leave the country. Only, it will not be easy for the Organization to steal the Golden Buddha. A fake Buddha has been made and greedy billionaires are in possession of it. ...


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Hilton Als' "White Girls" is as much about white girls as the author's previous effort "The Women" was about femininity — which is to say quite a lot and not at all. Like its predecessor, "White Girls" is an inquiry into otherness, and by extension, commonality, what keeps us apart and also what brings us close.
"I see how we are all the same," Als writes in "Tristes Tropiques," the book's opening essay, "that none of us are white women or black men; rather, we're a series of mouths, and … every mouth needs filling: with something wet or dry, like love, or unfamiliar and savory, like love." These are the contradictions that Als, as a gay African American writer, has woven into the very center of his work.
"White Girls" is a collection of essays that blurs the line between criticism, memoir, even fiction and nonfiction — 13 takes on, among others, Flannery O'Connor, Michael Jackson, Louise Brooks and Truman Capote, all of whom represent the figure of the "white girl" in actual or invented ways.
It is Als' first book since "The Women" came out more than 15 years ago, and if you don't think this is momentous, think again. A staff writer for the New Yorker who also contributes to the Believer and the New York Review of Books, Als is one of the most consistently unpredictable and surprising essayists out there, an author who confounds our expectations virtually every time he writes.
"Tristes Tropiques" is a case in point, a 90-page examination of his relationship with a straight man identified only as SL ("Sir or Lady"), a bond both platonic and romantic, a kind of doubling (Als' concept) that leads to unexpected juxtapositions, personal and cultural.
There are whispers of James Baldwin: Als' description of his father — "When I was your age, I didn't like my father to hug me either," the older man tells him — brings to mind "Notes of a Native Son."
There is a sense of the futility of writing and also of its necessity. "What is writing but an I insisting on its point of view," Als writes, even as he acknowledges that "details … diminish me, or rather, the whole storytelling enterprise does, words limit things."
This is the most essential contradiction, that once we begin to frame something, to create a story or a set of meanings, we distance ourselves from the experience as it has been lived.
And yet, for Als, the critic's posture is not a way of stepping back from life; it is a matter of engaging with the world. Most of the pieces in "White Girls" use their subjects as a starting point, but the genius has to do with where Als goes from there.
Thus, Eminem (or Marshall Mathers, as Als refers to him, getting underneath his persona) is not just a white boy appropriating black music, nor is appropriation a particularly clarifying lens. "To say, as many critics have," Als writes in one of the book's many provocative passages, "that whites steal from blacks who originate important work in music or fashion is beside the point. … Unlike many of the whites he grew up with, Mathers never claimed whiteness and its privileges as his birthright because he didn't feel white and privileged."
Als is not denying Mathers' whiteness, just saying that it's trumped by class, by economics, by his awareness of being on the outside looking in. It's a terrific point, and Als pushes it further by suggesting that "rap's dissonant sound … was as familiar and natural to the burgeoning artist as the short story form was to Flannery O'Connor." Notice what he does there: arguing not that rap and short fiction are the same (this would devalue both forms by forcing a false equivalency) but that for these artists, the drive to create comes out of a common otherness.
The O'Connor reference highlights another kind of doubling, since Als has already written about her in the book. What he's getting at is how these artists come together in his imagination, echoing one another and himself. This makes "White Girls" more than a collection of disparate pieces but rather a coherent portrait of Als' inner life.
The focus is privilege, who has it and who will never have it, and what those without it are supposed to do. As Als notes of Capote, "It is hard to garner privilege when you begin with none — for those who have to reach for it, it remains perpetually out of reach."
Als closes "White Girls" with two pieces on Richard Pryor, the second narrated by the late comedian's sister and echoing Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own." "What if Shakespeare had a sister named Judith," Als asks, "and the sister's brilliance went unrecognized because she had to take care of everyone else?"
What Als is getting at in this long hybrid work (Is it fiction? Is it essay?) is the dilemma of the critic/observer, his own sense of reading meaning into the work and actions of those by whom he is compelled. Pryor is a vivid mirror: black, confrontational yet ultimately co-opted, a mirror for his audience's desire.
Als makes this explicit in the construction of the essay, which in tracing a bond between Pryor and his sister, echoes "Tristes Tropiques," with its portrait of the relationship between Als and SL.
On the one hand, this makes for structural symmetry — two extended essays, each about a kind of doubling, functioning as bookends. But even more, it highlights our need to see ourselves in others: the very reason Als (like all of us) is drawn to art.
Is such a concept a contrivance? Of course it is. But the point of this magnificent collection is that all our endeavors are contrivance and yet utterly essential just the same.
"This career — it is a handful of dust in the end," Als writes, referring (we must assume) to both his subjects and himself. "One may fixate on it as if it were not. Presumably this career safeguards one from having to read one's face and the mask behind it, which reveals, truly, what is in the mind and the quality of what is in the mind. When this mask cracks — underneath it, that is writing."
White Girls
Hilton Als
McSweeney's: 300, pp., $24


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City and County wide
May 18, 2012 by Judy Trull
There are lots of things happening in Manawa the weekend of June 2nd. Manawa's annual city wide rummage, a right of passage for anyone who loves a good rummage sale, there will be things for sale all over Manawa and even beyond. Just remember one person's cast off's are another person's treasures. Those living in the Manawa area can sign up at Baylake Bank, the cost is $10 and your name will go into a drawing for Chamber Bucks to be spent right here in Manawa, and your location on a map. Many people don't know that we have a large Amish community between Manawa, Clintonville and Marion, they will be having their 8th Annual Spring Quilt & Consignment auction at Lester Lambright's farm, 4 miles south of Marion, or 12 North of Manawa on Hwy 110, or from Clintonville, west on Highway C to 110, then right on 110 to the farm. They are also having a pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 9 a.m. and a bake sale to support their school. If you want to look at or even purchase some beautifully handmade quilts, and have an awesome breakfast, this should definitely be one of your planned stops on Saturday June 2nd.
Another happening here in Manawa will be at Keglers Bowling Center from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. a beer, wine and appetizer festival, the cost is $10 per person. In case there are some of you who are unfamiliar with Kegler's, they have a very good selection of beers, many different microbrews and some very nice beers on tap as well. So you can taste a selection of beers and wine while enjoying some appetizers. So grab some friends and take a break from the activities of the day and step in for a cold one.
I am very excited that a group of ladies will be having a bridal luncheon here also, the woman who is hosting this luncheon has just some fabulous ideas and I am excited to see how it all comes together. Perhaps they will allow us to have some photos that we can post. The Lindsay House is an intimate and beautiful place to hold baby showers, bridal showers, gift openings, or simply to have your out of town guests stay. Enjoy whatever you plan to do on June 2nd , but always keep in mind, there is always something happening in Waupaca County!


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Someone got it?, I'm moding a SMF 2.0 RC5 forum to work as a Facebook APP, using the SA Facebook Integration Im getting it to work as an APP, but Im getting problems coz I need that whe the links are clicked then it changes the Top url and not the iframe url because it does the forum to be faster, that thing is that I know basics about SMF modding and I dont know where the links are created.. to add a Javascript function...
For example I have the links...
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And i want to add a function.. so all links should look like
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Can be it done?.. Thanks in advance!
I dunno if this thread goes here.. so excuse me if not.
SMF will not work well, if at aall, in an iframe.
Yes, I finally decided to maintain the main domain name.. anyway now Im getting problems when reading the cookies from the iFrame... the site is working fine at IE.. but not at FF and Chrome
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|cardigan: aeropostale, tank: mango, skirt f21, belt: f21, shoes: madeleine stuart
that lighting was so harsh. that's what happens when you take pictures right around lunch time on a super sunny day with not a cloud in the sky. big photography no no ;) but sometimes there is no other option.
this is what my hair looks like on the second day after washing and curling it the day before. it goes pretty flat since it doesn't have any volume to begin with, but keeps a slight wave from the day before. if i pull it up half way like i did here, i can pretty much get away with it.
also, i hadn't been in an aeropostale store in probably about 6 or 7 years. then while my dad and brother were in town we were looking for a hoodie as a gift for someone and stopped in. i ended up taking this cardigan home for only $7!
and that's the end of this super random post.
how was your weekend?


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Collecting On Your Own In Virginia
Reported Mineral and Rock Deposits in Virginia
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This will give the diehard collector a starting place to collecting in Va. The information here is for the most part from the Minerals Availability System/Mineral Industry Location System (MAS/MILS). Some may be from word of mouth or literature listed on my research page. Most if not all locations are closed, restricted, reclaimed, built upon, etc. and you should do more research before visiting / collecting there. The map above provides links to pages listing past collecting locations and working mines / prospects some with minerals reported for the location.


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Love is a Madness
"A terrific cast, a production that enhances...and superb conducting make Los Angeles Opera's new production of Lucia di Lammermoor a go-to event." Chris Pasles, Los Angeles Times
Albina Shagimuratova "has a gorgeous voice, opulent and bejeweled, with a surprising volume and penetration for all its basic delicacy. Everything sounded effortless and graceful..." Saimir Pirgu "revealed impressive expressive and dynamic range as well as intelligence"
Tim Mangan, Orange County Register"Maestro Conlon with his unceasing sensitivity and intelligence and the LA Opera Orchestra with their rigorous technique met all the demands of the bel canto score, becoming the heartbeat of the opera: crisp, buoyant, moody, and reflective all at once." Jane Rosenberg, Seen and Heard International
A darkly romantic tale of family honor, betrayal and madness returns to Los Angeles for the first time in a decade. As Lucia, Russian coloratura soprano Albina Shagimuratova is "a phenomenon that must be heard to be believed" (Opera News). Returning as Lucia's secret lover is tenor Saimir Pirgu, whose "youthful stage presence and eager phrasing...mark him out as a tenor to watch" (Opera News).
Forced by her family to marry against her will, Lucia descends into madness. Her chilling, blood-spattered reappearance at the wedding reception has become one of the most iconic scenes in all opera. A tour-de-force of Italian Romantic opera at its most powerful and dramatic, Lucia di Lammermoor is the gleaming jewel in opera's bel canto crown.
Click here to read the program.
New production.
Production made possible by generous gifts from The Blue Ribbon and The Seaver Endowment.
There are currently no upcoming performances.
Among the Lammermoor Hills of Scotland, Normanno and the castle guards search for a prowler spotted on the grounds of Ravenswood Castle. The lord of the castle, Enrico Ashton, in a state of agitation, tells Normanno that he must escape financial ruin by arranging a wealthy husband for his sister Lucia, but that she has so far refused. The chaplain Raimondo assures him that the girl's refusal to wed stems from her grief after the recent death of her mother, but Normanno reveals the truth: Lucia has fallen in love with Edgardo, the heir of the former lord of Ravenswood, whose estates and title Enrico has usurped. The guards return to report that Edgardo was seen trespassing on the premises.
Lucia tells her companion Alisa that she has been meeting Edgardo in secret at the well on the castle grounds. It is a place that fills Lucia with dread, for she has seen the ghost of a murdered woman there. Alisa urges her to give up this ill-omened affair, but Lucia swears that Edgardo is her only source of happiness. When Edgardo arrives, he tells her that he must travel to France on a diplomatic mission; he hopes to make peace with her brother and ask him for her hand in marriage before he embarks. Knowing the depths of her brother's hatred, Lucia begs him not to do so. They exchange rings, vowing eternal love for one another.
During Edgardo's absence, Enrico has intercepted all of his enemy's letters to Lucia. He has also gathered his kinsmen for Lucia's wedding to Lord Arturo Bucklaw, whose arrival is imminent. Enrico shows Lucia a forged letter that deceitfully states Edgardo's love for another woman. Enrico tells Lucia that she will marry Arturo that very day.
Raimondo, invoking the memory of her mother, urges Lucia to go through with the ceremony for the good of the family. She is too stunned to object and he reminds her that there are heavenly rewards for earthly sacrifices.
In the great hall of the castle, guests hail the union of two important families. Arturo pledges to restore the Ashtons' prestige. Enrico prepares him for Lucia's melancholy by explaining that she is still in mourning for her mother. As soon as Lucia signs the marriage contract, Edgardo enters, to the astonishment of the wedding guests. Enraged that Lucia has apparently broken her vows to him, he prepares to fight; Raimondo is able to restrain him. Edgardo furiously demands his ring from Lucia, cursing her.
Edgardo returns to his destitute home, the tower of Wolf's Crag. Enrico follows him there, challenging him to a duel for insulting his sister and his family's honor. Edgardo accepts, eager to avenge his father's murder at the hands of Enrico. They agree to fight at dawn near the graves of Edgardo's ancestors.
Meanwhile, the wedding celebrations at the castle continue. Raimondo bursts in with the shocking news that Lucia has killed her new husband. She enters, bloodied by the deed and irreparably altered. When Enrico storms in, he is silenced by the sight of her pitiful condition. Believing herself in heaven, Lucia falls dying. As she is carried away, Raimondo turns on Normanno, blaming him for the misfortune that has fallen on the family.
At the tomb of the Ravenswoods, Edgardo laments Lucia's supposed betrayal and awaits his duel with Enrico, which he hopes will end his own life. He learns of Lucia's madness and her request to see him once more on her deathbed. As he is about to rush to her side, Raimondo arrives with news of her death. Unable to bear the thought of life without her, Edgardo kills himself.
Two hours and 40 minutes, including one intermission.Evening performances: 7:30-10:10pm (approximately)Matinee performances: 2:00-4:40pm (approximately)
Get the full story by joining other opera-goers at our complimentary pre-opera talks in the Eva and Marc Stern Grand Hall of the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion. One hour before every performance of Lucia di Lammermoor, LA Opera's acclaimed Music Director James Conlon will present an entertaining and informative talk on the opera. These talks are free of charge to everybody attending the performance, and no reservations are required. More info
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there... my name is
Kayla. I am a 23 year old college student. I
attend a private
liberal arts college in the Midwest. I am in
the graduate program
for sexology... or how to be a sex therapist.
I am ALWAYS horny. I
can never get enough cock... or cunt. I am a
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monogamy, and like to
keep my options open... so I am currently
dating/fucking a few men
and a few women. I've always wanted someone
to call while I was
fucking one of them so they could hear how
much I please someone
else... or hear me moaning and biting in the
background. I am both a
voyeur AND an exhibitionist.
love role playing. I
attend school, so I always imagine going back
to one of my
professors' offices and fucking their brains
out on their desk. I
also have a few other dirty little secrets
that I would love to tell
you and hear you get off. I LOVE the sound of
a slippery cock when
its being jerked off. :-)
I am willing to talk about anything. I have
an attitude to go along
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men and making them beg for me, and then not
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October 3, 2011
Robert Knowling '77 will share his success and life story with the Wabash community Sunday evening. Knowling, Director of Eagles Landing Partners, N.Y., will speak at 7:00 p.m. in Salter Hall. He will sign copies of his autobiography after the talk.
"You Can Get There From Here" is Knowling's "memoir of his journey from childhood deprivation to the summit of the telecom industry," writes Fortune Magazine.
Knowling is the former Covad CEO where he hired numerous Wabash graduates. He also has worked as CEO at Telwares, NYC Leadership Academy and served as consultant to other software industry businesses. Earlier in his career he worked as Executive Vice President for U.S. West, Vice President for Ameritech, and a Director at Acordia.
The Malcolm X Institute of Black Studies will welcome Knowling back to campus during its fall semester Sunday dinner. The dinner will be held at 5 p.m. RSVP is required by Friday.
After Wabash graduation, Knowling went on to Northwestern University and earned an MBA at the Kellogg School of Management.
Knowling was an independent and Religion major while at Wabash.


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WNN Breaking
(WNN) Bangui/Dakar, AFRICA/GENEVA, UNITED NATIONS: The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) said today that it had received credible reports that rebel groups and pro-government militias are increasingly recruiting and involving children in armed conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR).
UNICEF calls for the immediate cessation of child recruitment by all armed groups in the CAR and urges all parties to protect children against the harmful impact of, and their involvement in, armed conflict in the country.
"A number of rebel groups and various pro-government militias have become more active in recent weeks in the capital city of Bangui and across the country," said Souleymane Diabate, UNICEF Representative for CAR. "Reliable sources have informed us that children are newly being recruited among their ranks. These reports are of serious concern."
The recruitment and use of children under the age of 18 by armed forces and armed groups is prohibited by international law, and constitutes a war crime and crime against humanity if the children who are recruited and used are under the age of 15.
As a signatory to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the Involvement of Children in Armed Conflict, the Central African Republic is accountable to ensure that no child is used by armed forces or armed groups in any way.
"Our team on the ground is working with partners to monitor, verify, and respond to grave violations of child rights, including recruitment into armed groups. Those at greater risk are children who have lost their homes, are separated from their families or were formerly associated with armed groups," added Mr. Diabate.
As part of its reporting obligations to the United Nations Secretary-General and the Security Council, UNICEF is currently working with other UN agencies to monitor grave violations against children in CAR. This may include recruitment or use of children in armed forces and groups, sexual violence against children, attacks against schools or hospitals, killing or maiming of children, child abduction and denial of humanitarian access.
Even before conflict erupted in December 2012, about 2,500 children – both girls and boys – were associated with multiple armed groups, including self-defence groups, in CAR. While it is impossible to give a precise figure, reports indicate that this number will rise because of the recent and escalating conflict.
UNICEF is highly concerned about the harmful impact of conflict on children in the country and condemns the involvement of boys and girls below the age of 18 who may be forced to fight, carry supplies, perform other support roles and be abused as sex slaves by armed groups.
Since 2007, UNICEF has worked in CAR with both the government and rebel factions, in collaboration with non-governmental organizations, to secure the release of more than 1,000 girls and boys from armed groups and self-defence groups and support their reintegration into families and communities.
"Recent commitments under international law by the Government and some rebel groups to keep children out of the fighting must be respected," said Mr. Diabate in Yaounde, Cameroon. "All violations must stop. It is critical that everything is done to protect these children and keep their families safe."
The highly volatile security situation is also hampering the delivery of humanitarian assistance to affected communities and has led UNICEF to relocate 14 international staff and consultants last week. UNICEF has established an operational crisis centre for CAR in Yaounde, Cameroon. Through a team of national experts, UNICEF maintains a critical staff presence in the CAR and collaborates with a network of partners to continue emergency activities.
According to UNICEF, more than 300,000 children have already been affected by the violence in CAR and its consequences, including through recruitment, family separation, sexual violence, forced displacement and having no or limited access to education and health facilities.
UNICEF's Consolidated Appeals Process (CAP) appeal for emergency response in 2013 has so far only received US$500,000 out of a total request of US$11 million. Aside from emergencies, the UNICEF regular program for 2013 is only about 60% funded or US$7 million out of a planned amount of US$12 million.
Working in 190 countries and territories to help children survive and thrive, from early childhood through adolescence UNICEF is the world's largest provider of vaccines for developing countries. The agency's campaigns include child health and nutrition, good water and sanitation, quality basic education for all boys and girls, and the protection of children from violence, exploitation, and AIDS. Funded entirely by the voluntary contributions of individuals, businesses, foundations and governments, UNICEF continues to work at a level that is bringing impact to regions where children's needs are ongoing.


text: Sijun Forums :: View topic - Ying_dragoon Gallery Log in to check your private messages Sijun Forums Forum Index >> Gallery/Finished Work View previous topic :: View next topic Author Topic : "Ying_dragoon Gallery" Ying_Dragoonjunior memberMember #Joined: 02 Aug 2011Posts: 7 Posted: Tue Aug 02, 2011 4:57 am Hi guys, I've been lurking here for a while and decided its time to make a account. I've seen lots of talented and passionate ppl here and I hope to improve my own work by flooding myself with this much awesomness . Here's some stuff i've done before, hoping to push my work a lot further. Last edited by Ying_Dragoon on Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:43 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top darylmemberMember #Joined: 28 Oct 2000Posts: 441Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posted: Wed Aug 03, 2011 11:04 am I really like the first and the last! Depending on what happened in the first though (I assume something bad due to the fallen furniture etc) the mood contradicts the theme perhaps? I'd just put the furniture back up and add a grandpa reading a book with his granddaughter or whatever.._________________homepage:blog Back to top TomasismemberMember #Joined: 19 Apr 2002Posts: 813Location: Sweden Posted: Sat Aug 06, 2011 5:50 pm coool all ones.. keep continue doing new works.. "tightening more in the images" _________________out Back to top Ying_Dragoonjunior memberMember #Joined: 02 Aug 2011Posts: 7 Posted: Sun Aug 07, 2011 3:40 am @Daryl: cheers mate, i was trying to depict a abandoned house, but didn't want it to look too dark? Or perhaps it look a little too chaotic. Thanks for the comment anyways. @ Tomasis thanks man, haha detailing is something i am somewhat struggling with, will keep on it . Anyways here are some random stuff stuff ive been doing and old stuff . (mostly studies) http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RE-ErvC_7rI/Tj53vgzLGKI/AAAAAAAAAGU/RswbV08152U/s1600/singer+sargent+study_2.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-aWzc5ldLdBk/TitLj0vbkCI/AAAAAAAAAF8/55itOaEeu_s/s1600/valuequez+study.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-qrsifruVLCw/TiW5apR17MI/AAAAAAAAAFw/3mhdH_t8K5s/s1600/bleh.jpg http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-fB-DGiIxvjE/TiGX8ZMg8MI/AAAAAAAAAFc/CqGHfT0Xl1A/s1600/William+Borgeau+study.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-zs3J73sDRio/Tg4mWdedgKI/AAAAAAAAAFI/6tu_n8_CFLI/s1600/step_2.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0IUpY1Guo9s/TUvpGAQS9XI/AAAAAAAAACc/kg1JHshn4Jo/s1600/sargent_carolus-duran.jpg http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_0IUpY1Guo9s/TQIkDn8XPdI/AAAAAAAAAAo/nSZTUr-uvqY/s1600/sargernt_2.jpg http://th08.deviantart.net/fs70/PRE/i/2011/108/2/b/brumaire_by_chao_ken-d3eaaj2.jpg Back to top Rawiiijunior memberMember #Joined: 26 Oct 2009Posts: 13Location: Washington, DC Posted: Tue Aug 16, 2011 10:35 am I really like the direction you are headed in, I think your work would be pushed ten fold if you focused on the material differences within your paintings and by looking closely at temperature relationships to really get the feel of the light. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Sijun Forums Forum Index -> Gallery/Finished Work All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Digital Art----------------Digital Art DiscussionWork in ProgressGallery/Finished Work Miscellaneous----------------Random MusingsArchive : Sep99 - Dec00 You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Powered by phpBB © 2005 phpBB Group


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According to a statement released by Comedy Central's press department, the 31-year-old comedian "underwent an emergency appendectomy early this morning." Fortunately, the "procedure went well and he is currently recuperating from the surgery."
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That's a pretty good excuse for a sick day he's giving up.
The Twitter account for Comedy Central press wrote, "Feel better @TrevorNoah," but the official account of the "The Daily Show" had a bit more fun sending their well wishes.
Noah should come out on the other side of that experienced unscathed, and when he does, he might use his experience in that "American hospital" as source material for the show.
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1,500 ministers to preach on politics
Movement challenges IRS ban on naming names from pulpit
The number of pastors standing up for their right to preach from their pulpits on politics is surging.
They call a ban on such speech a "cultural myth."
In 2008, 35 pastors defied the IRS, which holds the position that church "organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office."
The number of pastors boldly opposing the IRS rule grew to 539 in 2011 and is expected to be more than 1,500 on Oct. 7, during what organizers are calling "Pulpit Freedom Sunday."
The pastors find support and instructions on participating at pulpitfreedom.org, and they are backed by a legal team at the Alliance Defending Freedom.
While WND was told no church ever has lost its tax-exempt status over such issues, the circumstances of such cases vary widely. There was a case handled by the American Center for Law and Justice in 2000 where Branch Ministries of Binghamton, N.Y., had its tax-exempt status withdrawn after church officials bought full-page newspaper ads blasting Bill Clinton.
The decision was affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.
The ACLJ said, "The ACLJ believes that this campaigning ban impermissibly infringes on the First Amendment rights of churches," but added, "It is nevertheless the current law. Consequently, churches desiring to keep their tax-exempt status must stringently adhere to it."
Americans United for Separation of Church and State says it has sent 60,000 letters to churches in an effort to tell pastors that the law requires them to stay out of politics.
The group's position is that churches are only tax-exempt because of the 501(c)3 provision in the tax code, which has been revoked at least once since 1954.
That was the year Democratic Sen. Lyndon B. Johnson inserted language into a tax bill designed to restrict outspoken political opponents from using their nonprofits to campaign against him. Known as the "Johnson Amendment," it enabled the IRS to become a watchdog of America's church pulpits.
"Any activity designed to influence the outcome of a partisan election can be construed as intervention," the Americans United letter declares. "If the IRS determines that your house of worship has engaged in unlawful intervention, it can revoke the institution's tax-exempt status or levy significant fines on the house of worship or its leaders."
The letter then recalls, "In 1995, the IRS revoked the tax-exempt status of a Binghamton, N.Y., church for buying a full-page ad in USA Today opposing a 1992 presidential candidate."
The Alliance Defending Freedom contends the AU letter is misleading and disingenuous, explaining that the church in New York had its "determination letter" revoked, not its "tax exempt" status. The distinction is crucial, ADF told WND, because there was basically no effect on the church from this IRS action.
Erik Stanley, senior legal counsel for Americans Defending Freedom, told WND that churches don't need a determination letter from the IRS to be considered tax-exempt.
"IRS section 508(c)1 (a) automatically exempts churches, and no advance determination letter is necessary," he explained.
He said that some churches get the letter anyway, but it is not necessary.
In essence, the IRS claims it has the ability to keep churches out of the political realm, while ADF insists that position isn't constitutional.
ADF noted that a scholar who studied the issue extensively concluded that the Johnson Amendment "is not rooted in constitutional provisions for separation of church and state."
"Johnson was not trying to address any constitutional issue related to separation of church and state; and he did not offer the amendment because of anything that churches had done,'" ADF said.
Pastors who participate in the special Sunday event send recordings of their sermons to the IRS, effectively throwing down the challenge to argue the free speech of ministers in open court.
"It is important to note that in our opinion provisions of the tax code are unconstitutional," says a letter from the Alliance Defending Freedom legal team. "Specifically, any IRS attempt to censor a pastor's sermon from the pulpit is unconstitutional.
"That's why Alliance Defending Freedom started Pulpit Freedom Sunday, to protect a pastor's right to speak freely from the pulpit without fearing government censorship or control."
ADF said: "After all, it's the job of the pastor and the church leadership not the IRS to decide what is said from the pulpit. No pastor should ever fear IRS censorship or punishment when he stands in the pulpit to preach."
In a conference call regarding the effort, Pastor John Hagee of Cornerstone Church in San Antonio agreed that no church has ever lost its 501(c)3 status for teaching Bible principals.
Hagee says that every Sunday is "Pulpit Freedom Sunday," and it's time that pastors in this country "choose truth over popularity."
Jim Garlow, a prominent figure in the Pulpit Freedom Sunday movement, said, "We didn't receive tax exempt status as churches because we did a swap saying we would not speak out on governmental issues.
"What the government can tax it can control, and what it can control it can kill," he explained.
About the Johnson Amendment, Garlow said Johnson's chief aide later admitted that they didn't have churches in mind when the senator pushed the tax language through the Senate.
But, Garlow says, "This became the first time government intruded into the pulpit in America's history."
WND attempted to get comment from Americans United but received no response.
Hagee said during a half-hour-long conference call, "The evil day is not coming, the evil day is here."
He continued, "Christians are being trampled by the secular left."
He then urged pastors to get involved with educating their church members about biblical principles.
"Don't get confused with left or right, or Democrat or Republican, vote the Bible," he said.
"God's Word is against homosexuality and abortion. You know the party that is for those things, therefore you cannot support them," he continued.
He said that he tells his church not to go into a voting booth as a "union member," or any other label, but to go into the voting booth with the Bible in mind.
He then had a word for Christians who don't show up to vote.
"Fifty percent of evangelicals don't even vote. How insane is that?"
Garlow said, "We need to see a turn in this country in the next 30 days."
A short video about Pulpit Freedom Sunday:
ADF points out that before 1954, "there were no restrictions on what churches could or couldn't do with regard to speech about government and voting, excepting only a 1934 law preventing nonprofits from using a substantial part of their resources to lobby for legislation."


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This is not paranoid fantasy. The current direction of this Administration and liberal gun control advocates is a path that can not be backtracked. This is an essential, necessary, natural right that they are attempting to revoke, even though they have zero authority to do so. The discussions of mandatory buy backs, home inspections, and limitations are not "safety measures" but all out attacks against our freedoms and not just the 2nd amendment, but all rights.
The simple fact that these edicts are even being openly discussed and proposed are proof positive that we have allowed our government far too much power over the citizen and the states. There are those on the left that are actively seeking to use these measures to provoke a violent response so that they can use the spear of federal power to assume complete control. As such, we are starting to see the lines be marked, states enacting laws of felony charges for any federal agents wishing to enforce these unconstitutional laws, sheriffs and police chiefs threatening arrest for the same, a massive up swell in citizen arms purchases, manufacturers refusing to deal/provide equipment to government entities based on biased laws, and on the other side, a federal government attempting stricter, more invasive laws and filing lawsuits against states.
This is not the 1994 Weapons Ban again, this is far more invasive. The 1994 Ban was an overreach, but it was limited. The new bans being proposed can be interpreted to ban essentially all firearms, including handguns and shotguns, not just so called "assault weapons". The new proposals are allowing for law enforcement to come into your homes to ensure "safe storage" without warrants or due process. They not grandfathering any previously owned personal property, making it necessary to surrender your property to the government or destroy what is legitimately yours. They are creating privileged classes of citizens, by allowing certain citizens (law enforcement both local, state, and federal) to own what every other citizen cannot. I'm a big supporter of law enforcement, but at the end of the day, they are a citizen just like us. Lastly, they are using grand gestures like "Universal Background Checks" to entice you to sign on to their power grab, but think about that. How can there be "universal" checks, unless it is known who owns what to ensure that if it changes hands, a background check was done? Even the term "universal" is a misnomer, as criminals will never submit, which are the real danger to society.
All of the above is registration, and history shows, registration always leads to confiscation. It further divides our society into those deemed "worthy" by government and those that are not. It is, by definition, tyranny. Our government is not looking out for the best interests of it's population, but instead are working in direct contradiction to our interests. They are are attempting to limit those naturals rights of ours that they did not bestow, therefore have no right to revoke or modify.
The last time something of this magnitude happened on our soil, it spurned the birth of our nation. The last time a government attempted such power over it people in North America, a revolution was sparked and America was born. Government has no concept of understanding history and its implications. My question to you, do the people?


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